White_Knight
11-16-2003, 05:11 PM
okay, as I said, I am putting the AU MMPR fics on indefinate hold to rework my Super Sonic series, which will lead to Combat Thunder, which will launch next year.
And without further Ado, I present Power
Rangers, Super Sonic Strike, episode 1
"Going Supersonic."
enjoy and please supply feedback, good or critical. It will help me become a better writer.
***
June, 1998, Angel Grove, USA.
It was over. They knew it. They had failed.
Cassie's words echoed in TJ's ears as they watched the Dark Fortress descend from the heavens.
"It's Astronema. She's won."
He knew she was right. That fear was confirmed when the hatch opened and she emerged. An astro blaster was pointed at the head of the Red Ranger.
Pirhantrons surrounded them. earth was the next link in the chain to galatic domination. The famous Space Rangers had failed.
Astronoma hauled the Red Ranger up in front of the crowd gathered below her. She had just defeated him in battle. He lay
almost unconscious in her grasp.
"Karone, please. Don't do this."
Looking down, she made sure that the other Rangers were watching. "This is how pathetic your so-called heroes really are."
"I love you, sister."
Andros took one last look at his friends. TJ, Cassie, Carlos, Zhane and Ashley.
Ashley.
She would never know how he felt about her.
Why couldn't he have told her?
Astronema looked the Red Ranger in the eye. "So long, brother." she spat and hurled the Red ranger from the roof.
He landed with a sickening thud on the ground far below.
Laughing, she turned to her henchmen, pointing at the terrified civillians gathered below. "Kill them all."
Ten years later.
Earth had been destroyed.
The slaughter of thousands of cilillians still fresh in her mind.
The blood still tainted her hands.
And her heart.
Everything left of value in this once beautiful world had burned in flames long ago. The only momument left standing was the grave of the Red Astro Ranger.
She stood looking down at it.
For some reason, she couldn't destroy it.
She had destroyed Megazords, lives, even the greatest human development of them all.
Terra Venture.
She raised her staff, but something deep inside her forced her to lower it again.
Her.
"Astronema!"
She raised her communicator to her ear. "Cybertron?"
"Report to your departure station. Your time on Earth is over!"
The cyborgs were here. She was needed elsewhere.
Glasgow had been one of the worst hit cities. It was a former industrialtown in the centre of Scotland.
What had once been Scotland.
It had no strategic stronghold, no value what so ever.
It was just a city with now an even smaller population.
One thing it did have though, was an extensive network of underground caverns and caves.
It was a well known spot for determined rebels. Quantrons andTengas were known for patrolling these areas. There had also been Cyberbytes spotted in recent days.
Beings with no emotion, no conscience.
The ultimate warrior.
Scott Hamilton had spent years constructing this. It was hard enough trying to keep this off of enemy sensors, but he had finally managed to complete it.
The Lab was finally ready.
The sound of gunfire drew his attention to the doorway.
"It's RJ," came the cry from outside, "We've got Tengas on our tail!"
Scott pressed the panel on the door, making it slide open. RJ Jackson forced his way in, blasting a couple of tengas back on his way.
Scott approached him. "You got it?"
RJ opened the satchel to reveal a glowing green jewel. "The green gemstone."
Scott nodded and patted his old friend on his sholder. "Good. We just need one more then."
RJ peered at the console over Scott's shoulder. "How's it on your end?"
Scott shrugged and ran a hand through his long black hair. "The base for the portal is sound. I just hae to establish the correct quantum temporal coordinates for the transfer."
"Any word from D.C?"
Scott shook his head again. He had decided not to tell RJ about what had happened to the others. Nicola Leitch, Jacqui Kinsella and Will Cameron had been killed retreiving the items they had been sent for.
"No sign of him yet."
A beeping drew their attention to the corner of the Lab. "The Comm transponder." Scott commented.
"Carrier, this is Jet, come in..."
"Jet, this is Carrier, whats your status?"
"I have accomplished the mission goal and am on route to your location."
An explosion interrupted his report. "I am encountering resistance. Prepare to engage teleportation unit!"
"That device has not been tested!" Scott yelled into the microphone, "Find another..."
"Power it up and bring me in!"
Scott locked eyes with RJ. He had to do this. He locked it on to Connors' last known location and engaged the beam.
Instead of Connors though, a small bag arrived on the platform. RJ bent down to open it. The Red Gemstone.
"We can't make a difference now!"
"You're right, RJ. But we can make a difference in the past."
"And how do we do that."
"One of us goes through. And stays there."
Another explosion rocked the underground base.
"We have to engage the portal!" RJ yelled. "Give me the stones!"
Scott shook his head. "No. You can't go. You're already there."
He placed the last gemstone in formation. Green, Pink, Yellow, Blue and Red. The five began to pulse. "When I go, pull this lever. It will bring the last part of the plan on line."
RJ nodded. He didn't agree with Scott but he had learned to trust him. "Get going."
2003, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Cybertron had been left in charge of Earth after Astronema had departed. He worked well with Ecliptor. The old orbital Space Station had made a perfect base for his operations. Ecliptor rushed in and imediately accessed the visual scren.
"Sensors have detected a rift in the Space-Time Continuium."
Cybertron approached his partner. "What is it?"
The screen flashed into life, showing what looked like a doorway in downtown Glasgow. "Sent a squad of Quadrons to check it out."
Scott looked at where he landed. "Where am I?"
It looked like an old warehouse. He knew where this was. The old dockyards. The question now was when was he. He peered outside, shielding his eyes from the sunlight. It had been so long since he had saw the sun. It was beautiful.
He had to find out when he was, and what he was looking for.
He had been walking for what seemed like hours. He was in no doubt that whenever he was it was after the invasion. There was no sign of any kind of public transport. So far the timeline was consistent.
He rounded a corner to see a group and Cyberbytes cornering a group of three teenagers.
He ducked back around the corner and put his hand into his back pocket. "Hope this works."
Cyberbytes were all around them. They had fought them off valliantly but they just kept coming.
As good a fighter as he was, Will Cameron just couldn't cope with them. Jacqui Kinsella had been trying to protect the injured Dave Connors, who lay unconscious on the ground.
"Hows he doing?" Will asked between trading blows with a Cyberbyte.
"Not good, he's losing a lot of blood." Jacqui answered, fighting off another.
"Hang on.." he was knocked to the ground beside his two friends.
His blue shirt was covered with blood. He wasn't sure but he thought he could see a black form making it's way through the crowd before he lost consciousness.
The man in the black suit pushed the Cyberbytes clear and made his way to the three fallen teenagers. "Get them together." he yelled to Jacqui.
"You're....a......Ranger....?"
She gathered her injured friends together and he activated his teleporter.
Cyberbytes were at the location where the temporal doorway had first shown up on the sensor grid. "Scout team to base. There's nothing here. It must've been a glitch in the sensor net."
"Acknowledged. Report back to base."
The three teens and the black stranger materialised in the old warehouse. He lay Dave Connors and Will Cameron out on the warehouse floor.
"We have to get them to a hospital." Jacqui yelled at him, "They're gonna die!"
Black shook his head. "See that bag." She noddded and handed it to him.
He knew who these people were and what they were going to do. "Take the blue one and run it over him." he pointed to Will.
He took the red gem and ran it over the unconscious form of Dave Connors. Almost instantly, the physical wounds began to heal. It would be some time before they came round though.
He turned back to Jacqui. "I need to find RJ Jackson and Nicola Leitch, urgently."
Across town, two other teenagers were fighting Cyberbytes to protect the lives of a group of elderly people.
"Leave them alone!" The man cried and he snapped a cyberbyte's jaw.
Before he could react though, two other cyberbytes ambushed him. pinning him down.
"RJ!" the girl cried and ran toward him. RJ Jackson could only watch as she dissolved before she could reach him.
"Nic!! What the hell have you done to her!?"
He was hauled to his feet and the lead Cyberbyte, the same one he had knocked down, approached him. "Not half of what we're going to do to you!"
RJ braced himself for what was coming. He knew it would be the end of him.
The only thing that came though was a blur of black, clearing the area of Cyberbytes.
He also saw three people escorting the group of pensioners away. The man in the black suit caught him as he fell. "Come on. Let's get you patched up."
She turned as a beam of black and four of white flashed into...wherever she was. They transformed into four humans and the black suited man who had saved her. "RJ!" she ran to her cousin, relieved that neither RJ nor herself dissapeared this time.
He embraced her. God she was strong.
He looked at the other three who had teleported with him. He recognised them as Dave Connors, Will cameron and Jacqui Kinsella. They had fought against Cyberbytes in Weston before. according to Dave, they had "made a pretty good team." RJ, reluctantly, had been forced to agree.
"Where are we?" he asked the black stranger.
"Warehouse twenty-five. Near the docks." Jacqui answered.
"And why are we in an old abandoned warehouse?" Nicola asked.
Black raised his hand, silencing the group. "I am sure you have many questions. But we have little time."
Cybertron couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What?"
The Cyberbyte on the screen nodded. "Yes sir, it was wearing a black costume. Very much like that of a Power Ranger."
That was impossible. The Power Rangers had been destroyed long before he had arrived on Earth. "The Black Space Ranger?"
"No sir. The armour was different."
A new Ranger. This was bad but was starting to make sense. The Temporal displacement reading. This new Ranger was most likely from the future. A future where he had won.
He turned to Ecliptor. "Let's go."
Black looked at the five spread out in front of him and addressed each of them in turn. "RJ," he said and handed him the green gemstone, "You will become the Green Sonic Ranger, armed with the sonic cruiser cannon. Your zord will be the Green Cruiser Soniczord.
"Nicola, the White Sonic Ranger. Armed with the Sonic Slinger. The White Racer Soniczord will be yours.
"Scott, the Blue Sonic Ranger. You will the Titanium blades as your weapon. The Chopper Soniczord is now yours.
"Jacqui, The Yellow Sonic Ranger. Armed with the Atomic Bombs and with the Bomber Soniczord as your battle machine.
He turned to the last of his potential team.
"And Dave, The Red Sonic Ranger and the leader. You will be armed with the Sonic Sword. The Red Jet Soniczord will be yours. You can call upon the power of the Sonic Megazord by combining your Sonic gems."
"Sonic gems?" Dave asked."We can combine them?" he said, eyeing up the Red gem the Black Ranger had given him. "Nice."
Black nodded. "You want to save the world?"
"We're not Power Rangers." RJ argued.
Will nodded. "They were destroyed. The Red Ranger was killed. "
"The world needs new rangers. We need a hero." Black stated, "More specifically, five of them."
Silence descended over the group.
"Fight with us." Jacqui pleaded, "Please."
Black shook his head. "I can't. Not yet."
Dave looked at the ruins of the city around him, then back at the stranger. "You say we can make a difference?"
Black nodded.
"Well, anythings gotta be better than this."
Jacqui and Nicola were behind him. Black could see that they were nodding as well. "Where do we sign up?"
Black opened the small satchel, bring out five rectangular devices. He then indicated to the gemstones, handing the respective colours to their owners. "How do we activate them?" Dave asked, placing the gem in the device, which Black had referred to as a soniciser.
"Your zord call and the words Sonic Power. Now get going."
Cyberbytes rounded up the citizens of the city formerly known as Weston. Cybertron had enjoyed it's tenure as Earth's ruler. "My subjects," it started, "As your genorous and compassionate ruler, I have given you many things. But now, I ask for something in return."
"Go to hell, you cyborg bastard!"
It turned to see who had hurled the insult and sent henchmen to drag the man out from the crowd.
Within moments, it was face to face with him. "What is your name?" she asked.
"Eugene Skullovitch." he spat.
"Well, Eugene Skullovitch, I think you should join the elite group that your power rangers joined."
Skull braced himself as it raised it's staff, ready to bring it down on him. "Can you fly?"
"Hold it right there, Cybertron!"
Both turned to see five cloaked figures fighting their way through the crowd of civillians, Phriantrons, Cyberbytes and Quadrons.
They eventually got to the base of the building where they were. "Who the hell are you?" she demanded.
"Your worst nightmare." another one answered.
"We're giving you your two minute warning," called the one on the left, "The home team is taking back the field."
The one in the middle now moved forward. "Ready?"
"READY!" came the four replies. The embarked on some kind of kata. "LET'S GO SUPERSONIC!"
Each figure now stepped up individually.
"Green Cruiser, Sonic Power!"
"Blue Chopper, Sonic Power!"
"Yellow Bomber, Sonic Power!"
"White Racer, Sonic Power!"
"Red Jet, Sonic Power!"
It watched as the glow died. Earth had new Power Rangers. "Who the hell..."
"SONIC RANGERS, ARMED AND READY!" they cried and took battle stances.
"Cruiser!"
"Chopper!"
"Bomber!"
"Racer!"
"Jet!"
Cybertron watched as the new Rangers formed. "Even with your new powers, you cannot defeat us!"
Red Ranger stepped forward. "Not on foot we can't."
Yellow Ranger agreed. "Right. We need Sonic zord power!"
The Rangers formed a single line and raised their hands to the sky.
"Green Cruiser Sonic zord, power up!"
"White Racer Sonic zord, power up!"
"Yellow Bomber Sonic zord, power up!"
"Blue Chopper Sonic zord, power up!"
"Red Jet Sonic zord, power up!"
The Jet and Bomber launched from the removeable runway underneath the airport. The Cruiser and Racer from the underground garages while the Chopper lifted off from the heli-strip.
The Rangers watched as they approached. Red Ranger gave the order."Go!"
Blue landed in his cockpit. "Chopper, ready to slice and dice!"
Green landed in the cockpit of the Cruiser, "Wow, talk about Va-va-voom!"
White landed next. "Let's kick it into high gear!"
"Bomber," Yellow reported, "Lets set 'em up.."
"And knock 'em down!" Red finished, "Jet, ready to soar! Up for an air raid, Jac?" and signalled to the Bomber.
Yellow ranger acknowledged. "I'm ready."
Ecliptor and Cybertron watched as the fleet of sonic vechiles approached. The Jet and Bomber started firing from the air, destroying enemy targets on the ground below.
The Chopper was trying to coordinate attacks between the Cruiser and Racer. The two cars weren't much use though as there wasn't much room to manouver. RJ could only watch as Nicola hit the base of one of the buildings. "Typical woman driver."
Cybertron opened a small panel on his right arm. "Let's see these Sonic Rangers handle a Super Computer!"
He pressed a control and began to grow, towering over the tallest of the buildings. "C'mon, Rangers.Lets see what you've got!"
He struck out at the two aerial Sonic Zords, sending them craching into each other. Within moments though, the Chopper was in covering for them. Will opened his communications controls. "You guys okay?"
Dave and Jacqui got their respective zords back under control. "This is gonna be tough." Jacqui sighed.
"You got that right." Dave answered, looking down at his sonic gem., "We have to put them together. Like Black Ranger said.
"Sonic Megazord, power up!"
The Cruiser and Racer lined up to form the legs. RJ and Nicola found themselves in a combined cockpit.
"Theres the Chopper." Nicola pointed.
RJ had complete control over the two combined vechiles. "I see him. Ready Will?"
"Coming in." came the voice of the Blue Sonic Ranger.
The Chopper landed to form the base and spine. Blue Ranger joined Green and White in the forming Megazord cockpit. Green Ranger turned to him. "Nice landing."
Will had immediately set to work on his console. "Keep her steady, RJ. Here comes Jac in the Bomber."
The Bomber split to form the arms, shoulders and fists of the transforming Megazord. She joined the cockpit in the front left seat.
"Four down, one to go. Iniating final transformation sequence." Nicola opened a channel to the Red Jet. "All ready for you, Mr Connors."
Dave watched the Megazord shell as he approached. "Just hold her steady for me, Nic. I don't want to scratch the paint."
"You gonna sit on the hull and pose for postcards?" Will asked over the intercom.
"Something like that. Red Jet, coming in to complete the sequence." He brought the Red Jet down to form the breastplate, head and visor of the new megazord, still on a horizontal base. "Sequence complete." he cried as he took the centre seat in the Megazord cockpit.
"Lets get this thing on it's feet," RJ yelled, "Activating Chopper Jets!"
The jet blast from the chopper pushed the Sonic Megazord to it's feet. "Ready for battle!"
The Sonic Megazord stood ready.
Cybertron watched the battle machine assemble. "Well, rangers. I'll make a deal with you. I win and you surrender your powers. You win and..."
White Ranger sprang up from her seat. "You leave our planet."
Cybertron shook his head and sneered. "Sorry, that does not compute!" he yelled and charged the Megazord. He picked up the new battle machine and threw it through the high rise offices next to the battlezone.
"C'mon then, Sonic Rangers!!" Cybertron taunted, "That all you got?"
"We'll show you what we've got!" Will answered, then muttered, "As soon as we figure it out ourselves."
The Megazord struck out at Cybertron, knocking him back. Only for him to come again and again. "Dave," Will warned, "That blast didn't even phase him."
Red Ranger clinched his fist. "What kind of weapons do we have, Nic?"
White Ranger scanned her console. "Sonic Sabre and shield." She didn't need to wait for the next order."Sonic Sabre, online."
Cybertron watched as a long silver and gold sword appeared in the Megazord's right hand. He had a pretty good idea for what that was for. "You think that little knife is gonna do you any good?" he stammered, stepping back with every word.
In the cockpit of the Sonic Megazord, Dave sighed."Well, lets find out."
"SONIC SABRE STRIKE!!"
The Megazord swung the sabre back and then threw threw the blade forward, unleashing a cavalcade of sound. Cybertron cowered, covering his ears against the onslaught.
"Too...much....sound....Does...not....compute..Does...not...compute...."
The Rangers watched as Cybertron shattered under the power from the blade. "One down," Jacqui smirked, putting her hand on Red Ranger's shoulder, "Five hundred million to go."
"We'll take them down, one at a time." Will agreed.
Black had the local news station on when the Rangers returned to the warehouse. "We have exclusive footage of what appears to be some kind of Megazord destroying the menace known as Cybertron. It seems that Earth once again has a hope for freedom, thanks to the next generation of Power Rangers."
He turned it off as he saw the new Sonic Rangers approach. "Well done."
Dave nodded. "Thanks. Those Soniczords are something else."
"As well as the weaponary." Nicola agreed.
Black smirked. These people reminded him so much of the friends he had loved and lost. His only comfort now being that those events would no longer happen.
"You are welcome, Rangers. However, you have a long and hard battle ahead of you. What you face will not be easy. You will need more than your Sonic powers to win."
Will stepped up. "What else will we need?"
Black indicated to his chest. "Heart, teamwork and dedication. Cybertron will be back in force."
"And we'll be ready for him....her......it!" Jacqui stammered and shrugged at the others.
Dave nodded. "We get it. I just have one thing to say."
Black waited for the Red Ranger to finish.
"Let's go Supersonic."
And without further Ado, I present Power
Rangers, Super Sonic Strike, episode 1
"Going Supersonic."
enjoy and please supply feedback, good or critical. It will help me become a better writer.
***
June, 1998, Angel Grove, USA.
It was over. They knew it. They had failed.
Cassie's words echoed in TJ's ears as they watched the Dark Fortress descend from the heavens.
"It's Astronema. She's won."
He knew she was right. That fear was confirmed when the hatch opened and she emerged. An astro blaster was pointed at the head of the Red Ranger.
Pirhantrons surrounded them. earth was the next link in the chain to galatic domination. The famous Space Rangers had failed.
Astronoma hauled the Red Ranger up in front of the crowd gathered below her. She had just defeated him in battle. He lay
almost unconscious in her grasp.
"Karone, please. Don't do this."
Looking down, she made sure that the other Rangers were watching. "This is how pathetic your so-called heroes really are."
"I love you, sister."
Andros took one last look at his friends. TJ, Cassie, Carlos, Zhane and Ashley.
Ashley.
She would never know how he felt about her.
Why couldn't he have told her?
Astronema looked the Red Ranger in the eye. "So long, brother." she spat and hurled the Red ranger from the roof.
He landed with a sickening thud on the ground far below.
Laughing, she turned to her henchmen, pointing at the terrified civillians gathered below. "Kill them all."
Ten years later.
Earth had been destroyed.
The slaughter of thousands of cilillians still fresh in her mind.
The blood still tainted her hands.
And her heart.
Everything left of value in this once beautiful world had burned in flames long ago. The only momument left standing was the grave of the Red Astro Ranger.
She stood looking down at it.
For some reason, she couldn't destroy it.
She had destroyed Megazords, lives, even the greatest human development of them all.
Terra Venture.
She raised her staff, but something deep inside her forced her to lower it again.
Her.
"Astronema!"
She raised her communicator to her ear. "Cybertron?"
"Report to your departure station. Your time on Earth is over!"
The cyborgs were here. She was needed elsewhere.
Glasgow had been one of the worst hit cities. It was a former industrialtown in the centre of Scotland.
What had once been Scotland.
It had no strategic stronghold, no value what so ever.
It was just a city with now an even smaller population.
One thing it did have though, was an extensive network of underground caverns and caves.
It was a well known spot for determined rebels. Quantrons andTengas were known for patrolling these areas. There had also been Cyberbytes spotted in recent days.
Beings with no emotion, no conscience.
The ultimate warrior.
Scott Hamilton had spent years constructing this. It was hard enough trying to keep this off of enemy sensors, but he had finally managed to complete it.
The Lab was finally ready.
The sound of gunfire drew his attention to the doorway.
"It's RJ," came the cry from outside, "We've got Tengas on our tail!"
Scott pressed the panel on the door, making it slide open. RJ Jackson forced his way in, blasting a couple of tengas back on his way.
Scott approached him. "You got it?"
RJ opened the satchel to reveal a glowing green jewel. "The green gemstone."
Scott nodded and patted his old friend on his sholder. "Good. We just need one more then."
RJ peered at the console over Scott's shoulder. "How's it on your end?"
Scott shrugged and ran a hand through his long black hair. "The base for the portal is sound. I just hae to establish the correct quantum temporal coordinates for the transfer."
"Any word from D.C?"
Scott shook his head again. He had decided not to tell RJ about what had happened to the others. Nicola Leitch, Jacqui Kinsella and Will Cameron had been killed retreiving the items they had been sent for.
"No sign of him yet."
A beeping drew their attention to the corner of the Lab. "The Comm transponder." Scott commented.
"Carrier, this is Jet, come in..."
"Jet, this is Carrier, whats your status?"
"I have accomplished the mission goal and am on route to your location."
An explosion interrupted his report. "I am encountering resistance. Prepare to engage teleportation unit!"
"That device has not been tested!" Scott yelled into the microphone, "Find another..."
"Power it up and bring me in!"
Scott locked eyes with RJ. He had to do this. He locked it on to Connors' last known location and engaged the beam.
Instead of Connors though, a small bag arrived on the platform. RJ bent down to open it. The Red Gemstone.
"We can't make a difference now!"
"You're right, RJ. But we can make a difference in the past."
"And how do we do that."
"One of us goes through. And stays there."
Another explosion rocked the underground base.
"We have to engage the portal!" RJ yelled. "Give me the stones!"
Scott shook his head. "No. You can't go. You're already there."
He placed the last gemstone in formation. Green, Pink, Yellow, Blue and Red. The five began to pulse. "When I go, pull this lever. It will bring the last part of the plan on line."
RJ nodded. He didn't agree with Scott but he had learned to trust him. "Get going."
2003, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Cybertron had been left in charge of Earth after Astronema had departed. He worked well with Ecliptor. The old orbital Space Station had made a perfect base for his operations. Ecliptor rushed in and imediately accessed the visual scren.
"Sensors have detected a rift in the Space-Time Continuium."
Cybertron approached his partner. "What is it?"
The screen flashed into life, showing what looked like a doorway in downtown Glasgow. "Sent a squad of Quadrons to check it out."
Scott looked at where he landed. "Where am I?"
It looked like an old warehouse. He knew where this was. The old dockyards. The question now was when was he. He peered outside, shielding his eyes from the sunlight. It had been so long since he had saw the sun. It was beautiful.
He had to find out when he was, and what he was looking for.
He had been walking for what seemed like hours. He was in no doubt that whenever he was it was after the invasion. There was no sign of any kind of public transport. So far the timeline was consistent.
He rounded a corner to see a group and Cyberbytes cornering a group of three teenagers.
He ducked back around the corner and put his hand into his back pocket. "Hope this works."
Cyberbytes were all around them. They had fought them off valliantly but they just kept coming.
As good a fighter as he was, Will Cameron just couldn't cope with them. Jacqui Kinsella had been trying to protect the injured Dave Connors, who lay unconscious on the ground.
"Hows he doing?" Will asked between trading blows with a Cyberbyte.
"Not good, he's losing a lot of blood." Jacqui answered, fighting off another.
"Hang on.." he was knocked to the ground beside his two friends.
His blue shirt was covered with blood. He wasn't sure but he thought he could see a black form making it's way through the crowd before he lost consciousness.
The man in the black suit pushed the Cyberbytes clear and made his way to the three fallen teenagers. "Get them together." he yelled to Jacqui.
"You're....a......Ranger....?"
She gathered her injured friends together and he activated his teleporter.
Cyberbytes were at the location where the temporal doorway had first shown up on the sensor grid. "Scout team to base. There's nothing here. It must've been a glitch in the sensor net."
"Acknowledged. Report back to base."
The three teens and the black stranger materialised in the old warehouse. He lay Dave Connors and Will Cameron out on the warehouse floor.
"We have to get them to a hospital." Jacqui yelled at him, "They're gonna die!"
Black shook his head. "See that bag." She noddded and handed it to him.
He knew who these people were and what they were going to do. "Take the blue one and run it over him." he pointed to Will.
He took the red gem and ran it over the unconscious form of Dave Connors. Almost instantly, the physical wounds began to heal. It would be some time before they came round though.
He turned back to Jacqui. "I need to find RJ Jackson and Nicola Leitch, urgently."
Across town, two other teenagers were fighting Cyberbytes to protect the lives of a group of elderly people.
"Leave them alone!" The man cried and he snapped a cyberbyte's jaw.
Before he could react though, two other cyberbytes ambushed him. pinning him down.
"RJ!" the girl cried and ran toward him. RJ Jackson could only watch as she dissolved before she could reach him.
"Nic!! What the hell have you done to her!?"
He was hauled to his feet and the lead Cyberbyte, the same one he had knocked down, approached him. "Not half of what we're going to do to you!"
RJ braced himself for what was coming. He knew it would be the end of him.
The only thing that came though was a blur of black, clearing the area of Cyberbytes.
He also saw three people escorting the group of pensioners away. The man in the black suit caught him as he fell. "Come on. Let's get you patched up."
She turned as a beam of black and four of white flashed into...wherever she was. They transformed into four humans and the black suited man who had saved her. "RJ!" she ran to her cousin, relieved that neither RJ nor herself dissapeared this time.
He embraced her. God she was strong.
He looked at the other three who had teleported with him. He recognised them as Dave Connors, Will cameron and Jacqui Kinsella. They had fought against Cyberbytes in Weston before. according to Dave, they had "made a pretty good team." RJ, reluctantly, had been forced to agree.
"Where are we?" he asked the black stranger.
"Warehouse twenty-five. Near the docks." Jacqui answered.
"And why are we in an old abandoned warehouse?" Nicola asked.
Black raised his hand, silencing the group. "I am sure you have many questions. But we have little time."
Cybertron couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What?"
The Cyberbyte on the screen nodded. "Yes sir, it was wearing a black costume. Very much like that of a Power Ranger."
That was impossible. The Power Rangers had been destroyed long before he had arrived on Earth. "The Black Space Ranger?"
"No sir. The armour was different."
A new Ranger. This was bad but was starting to make sense. The Temporal displacement reading. This new Ranger was most likely from the future. A future where he had won.
He turned to Ecliptor. "Let's go."
Black looked at the five spread out in front of him and addressed each of them in turn. "RJ," he said and handed him the green gemstone, "You will become the Green Sonic Ranger, armed with the sonic cruiser cannon. Your zord will be the Green Cruiser Soniczord.
"Nicola, the White Sonic Ranger. Armed with the Sonic Slinger. The White Racer Soniczord will be yours.
"Scott, the Blue Sonic Ranger. You will the Titanium blades as your weapon. The Chopper Soniczord is now yours.
"Jacqui, The Yellow Sonic Ranger. Armed with the Atomic Bombs and with the Bomber Soniczord as your battle machine.
He turned to the last of his potential team.
"And Dave, The Red Sonic Ranger and the leader. You will be armed with the Sonic Sword. The Red Jet Soniczord will be yours. You can call upon the power of the Sonic Megazord by combining your Sonic gems."
"Sonic gems?" Dave asked."We can combine them?" he said, eyeing up the Red gem the Black Ranger had given him. "Nice."
Black nodded. "You want to save the world?"
"We're not Power Rangers." RJ argued.
Will nodded. "They were destroyed. The Red Ranger was killed. "
"The world needs new rangers. We need a hero." Black stated, "More specifically, five of them."
Silence descended over the group.
"Fight with us." Jacqui pleaded, "Please."
Black shook his head. "I can't. Not yet."
Dave looked at the ruins of the city around him, then back at the stranger. "You say we can make a difference?"
Black nodded.
"Well, anythings gotta be better than this."
Jacqui and Nicola were behind him. Black could see that they were nodding as well. "Where do we sign up?"
Black opened the small satchel, bring out five rectangular devices. He then indicated to the gemstones, handing the respective colours to their owners. "How do we activate them?" Dave asked, placing the gem in the device, which Black had referred to as a soniciser.
"Your zord call and the words Sonic Power. Now get going."
Cyberbytes rounded up the citizens of the city formerly known as Weston. Cybertron had enjoyed it's tenure as Earth's ruler. "My subjects," it started, "As your genorous and compassionate ruler, I have given you many things. But now, I ask for something in return."
"Go to hell, you cyborg bastard!"
It turned to see who had hurled the insult and sent henchmen to drag the man out from the crowd.
Within moments, it was face to face with him. "What is your name?" she asked.
"Eugene Skullovitch." he spat.
"Well, Eugene Skullovitch, I think you should join the elite group that your power rangers joined."
Skull braced himself as it raised it's staff, ready to bring it down on him. "Can you fly?"
"Hold it right there, Cybertron!"
Both turned to see five cloaked figures fighting their way through the crowd of civillians, Phriantrons, Cyberbytes and Quadrons.
They eventually got to the base of the building where they were. "Who the hell are you?" she demanded.
"Your worst nightmare." another one answered.
"We're giving you your two minute warning," called the one on the left, "The home team is taking back the field."
The one in the middle now moved forward. "Ready?"
"READY!" came the four replies. The embarked on some kind of kata. "LET'S GO SUPERSONIC!"
Each figure now stepped up individually.
"Green Cruiser, Sonic Power!"
"Blue Chopper, Sonic Power!"
"Yellow Bomber, Sonic Power!"
"White Racer, Sonic Power!"
"Red Jet, Sonic Power!"
It watched as the glow died. Earth had new Power Rangers. "Who the hell..."
"SONIC RANGERS, ARMED AND READY!" they cried and took battle stances.
"Cruiser!"
"Chopper!"
"Bomber!"
"Racer!"
"Jet!"
Cybertron watched as the new Rangers formed. "Even with your new powers, you cannot defeat us!"
Red Ranger stepped forward. "Not on foot we can't."
Yellow Ranger agreed. "Right. We need Sonic zord power!"
The Rangers formed a single line and raised their hands to the sky.
"Green Cruiser Sonic zord, power up!"
"White Racer Sonic zord, power up!"
"Yellow Bomber Sonic zord, power up!"
"Blue Chopper Sonic zord, power up!"
"Red Jet Sonic zord, power up!"
The Jet and Bomber launched from the removeable runway underneath the airport. The Cruiser and Racer from the underground garages while the Chopper lifted off from the heli-strip.
The Rangers watched as they approached. Red Ranger gave the order."Go!"
Blue landed in his cockpit. "Chopper, ready to slice and dice!"
Green landed in the cockpit of the Cruiser, "Wow, talk about Va-va-voom!"
White landed next. "Let's kick it into high gear!"
"Bomber," Yellow reported, "Lets set 'em up.."
"And knock 'em down!" Red finished, "Jet, ready to soar! Up for an air raid, Jac?" and signalled to the Bomber.
Yellow ranger acknowledged. "I'm ready."
Ecliptor and Cybertron watched as the fleet of sonic vechiles approached. The Jet and Bomber started firing from the air, destroying enemy targets on the ground below.
The Chopper was trying to coordinate attacks between the Cruiser and Racer. The two cars weren't much use though as there wasn't much room to manouver. RJ could only watch as Nicola hit the base of one of the buildings. "Typical woman driver."
Cybertron opened a small panel on his right arm. "Let's see these Sonic Rangers handle a Super Computer!"
He pressed a control and began to grow, towering over the tallest of the buildings. "C'mon, Rangers.Lets see what you've got!"
He struck out at the two aerial Sonic Zords, sending them craching into each other. Within moments though, the Chopper was in covering for them. Will opened his communications controls. "You guys okay?"
Dave and Jacqui got their respective zords back under control. "This is gonna be tough." Jacqui sighed.
"You got that right." Dave answered, looking down at his sonic gem., "We have to put them together. Like Black Ranger said.
"Sonic Megazord, power up!"
The Cruiser and Racer lined up to form the legs. RJ and Nicola found themselves in a combined cockpit.
"Theres the Chopper." Nicola pointed.
RJ had complete control over the two combined vechiles. "I see him. Ready Will?"
"Coming in." came the voice of the Blue Sonic Ranger.
The Chopper landed to form the base and spine. Blue Ranger joined Green and White in the forming Megazord cockpit. Green Ranger turned to him. "Nice landing."
Will had immediately set to work on his console. "Keep her steady, RJ. Here comes Jac in the Bomber."
The Bomber split to form the arms, shoulders and fists of the transforming Megazord. She joined the cockpit in the front left seat.
"Four down, one to go. Iniating final transformation sequence." Nicola opened a channel to the Red Jet. "All ready for you, Mr Connors."
Dave watched the Megazord shell as he approached. "Just hold her steady for me, Nic. I don't want to scratch the paint."
"You gonna sit on the hull and pose for postcards?" Will asked over the intercom.
"Something like that. Red Jet, coming in to complete the sequence." He brought the Red Jet down to form the breastplate, head and visor of the new megazord, still on a horizontal base. "Sequence complete." he cried as he took the centre seat in the Megazord cockpit.
"Lets get this thing on it's feet," RJ yelled, "Activating Chopper Jets!"
The jet blast from the chopper pushed the Sonic Megazord to it's feet. "Ready for battle!"
The Sonic Megazord stood ready.
Cybertron watched the battle machine assemble. "Well, rangers. I'll make a deal with you. I win and you surrender your powers. You win and..."
White Ranger sprang up from her seat. "You leave our planet."
Cybertron shook his head and sneered. "Sorry, that does not compute!" he yelled and charged the Megazord. He picked up the new battle machine and threw it through the high rise offices next to the battlezone.
"C'mon then, Sonic Rangers!!" Cybertron taunted, "That all you got?"
"We'll show you what we've got!" Will answered, then muttered, "As soon as we figure it out ourselves."
The Megazord struck out at Cybertron, knocking him back. Only for him to come again and again. "Dave," Will warned, "That blast didn't even phase him."
Red Ranger clinched his fist. "What kind of weapons do we have, Nic?"
White Ranger scanned her console. "Sonic Sabre and shield." She didn't need to wait for the next order."Sonic Sabre, online."
Cybertron watched as a long silver and gold sword appeared in the Megazord's right hand. He had a pretty good idea for what that was for. "You think that little knife is gonna do you any good?" he stammered, stepping back with every word.
In the cockpit of the Sonic Megazord, Dave sighed."Well, lets find out."
"SONIC SABRE STRIKE!!"
The Megazord swung the sabre back and then threw threw the blade forward, unleashing a cavalcade of sound. Cybertron cowered, covering his ears against the onslaught.
"Too...much....sound....Does...not....compute..Does...not...compute...."
The Rangers watched as Cybertron shattered under the power from the blade. "One down," Jacqui smirked, putting her hand on Red Ranger's shoulder, "Five hundred million to go."
"We'll take them down, one at a time." Will agreed.
Black had the local news station on when the Rangers returned to the warehouse. "We have exclusive footage of what appears to be some kind of Megazord destroying the menace known as Cybertron. It seems that Earth once again has a hope for freedom, thanks to the next generation of Power Rangers."
He turned it off as he saw the new Sonic Rangers approach. "Well done."
Dave nodded. "Thanks. Those Soniczords are something else."
"As well as the weaponary." Nicola agreed.
Black smirked. These people reminded him so much of the friends he had loved and lost. His only comfort now being that those events would no longer happen.
"You are welcome, Rangers. However, you have a long and hard battle ahead of you. What you face will not be easy. You will need more than your Sonic powers to win."
Will stepped up. "What else will we need?"
Black indicated to his chest. "Heart, teamwork and dedication. Cybertron will be back in force."
"And we'll be ready for him....her......it!" Jacqui stammered and shrugged at the others.
Dave nodded. "We get it. I just have one thing to say."
Black waited for the Red Ranger to finish.
"Let's go Supersonic."