y3k
06-29-2005, 12:24 PM
Well, back to writing after a near month long hiatus. w00t!. My fanfic archive: http://www.freewebs.com/y3karchive/index.htm
Oh, and I guess I get to use this for one and only time.
http://img195.echo.cx/img195/8260/rbfanficofthemonth2b1pm.png
Above the skies of Uridia Prime, in orbit, a massive battle raged. Vile Impurium vs. the forces of SPD.
The flagship of the SPD 7th fleet, the United, a Delta Base class carrier, was flanked by a wing of smaller Astro class Megaships. The group was headed into the center of the action, the most intense region of fighting. As they did so, the Astros unleashed wave after wave of Jet Jammer class fighter craft. Small insectoid like vessels met them in dog-fight style combat as the larger ships began opening up volleys of lasers and proton blasts at the enemy vessels, and vice versa.
Just up “above”, a Delta class Megaship was ripped apart by a wing of Vilocifighters as it attempted to flee the area, its backup obliterated a few kilometers back.
Skull ships decended, coming in face to face with a Triforian battle group, which consisted of a large Pyramid class battleship surrounded by smaller Obelisk class destroyers.
Wings of Vilocifighters began to ram into the United, its hull beginning to crumble under the stress from the fighter’s metal and the resulting explosions. The flagship would have been completely lost had it not been for several Aquitian cruisers intercepting the final few wings.
Down on the planet’s surface, things where not much calmer.
“Aim!” shouted the commanding red ranger, to his team. A C-squad branch began to load their Delta Launchers, modeled after the Galaxy rangers Quasar Launchers. As they sat ready, the commander gave the order “FIRE!”
Volley after volley of laser cannon blasts where fired from the devices, over the trench where the rangers where sitting. It landed several yards away, where it caused massive explosions. Each time, the rangers hoped they had hit something.
“A-squad, advance!” shouted a general. As some lesser teams continued to lend support utilizing long range attacks, several A-squad ranked teams grabbed their sabers and blasters and made their way over the trench, headed right for the enemy position, dodging enemy blasts at every step.
Suddenly, everything froze.
“Sid, why did you do that?” asked Coros, rolling his eyes. He took the remote out of his hands.
The red ranger sat up in the Defender Megaship’s conference lounge, taking his feet off the table “Because we’ve seen this all before. The battle of Uridia. SPD forces are massacred, etc, etc. It happened several months ago. We know what happened”
“You’re not mourning your fellow men?” asked Coros.
Sid shook his head “Dude, I’m not going to sit here, crying over unknown, several month old DEAD people”
“Its not mourning I’m interested in” Blue Senturion began rewinding in slow motion “I don’t believe Gawl would be unaware of a major war happening all around him. In fact, I myself am wondering why we are detecting no fleet movements in the area”
“Easy, Gawl and his crew have been lucky, and so have we” Sid replied “No brainer there”
The Senturion turned around and glanced at Sid “Sid…we are currently sitting in an asteroid field which what should have been the aftermath of a battle three days ago. Tell me, Sid, where are the derelicts?”
Sid opened his mouth to say something, but closed it soon after when he realized he had nothing to say afterall.
Senturion nodded “Exactly. I think there’s more going on here then we know”
“You think it could be related to SPD’s infiltration?” asked Trok.
Blue Senturion nodded “I would not be surprised” he looked at the time on the wall “Sel and Xolin should be back from reconnaissance scans of the area soon”
The scanners suddenly began to beep.
Sid got out of his chair, and leaned over at the scanner consol in the room, as did everyone else “What is it?”
“There’s a wing of unknown fighters headed in the girls direction” Senturion noted, pointing at five small blips in an arrow formation slowly crawling their way across the board. Upon closer examination, the Senturion realized what configuration the ships where “We had better get back to the bridge”
************
“I will never understand why I decided to take up this job” Sel muttered to herself, letting her jet jammer run on cruise control as she sat back, in a comfortable position.
“What, this scanning job?” Xolin asked.
Sel looked over at Xolin, her jet jammer just a few feet away “I mean this whole damn ranger thing in general…its so friggin boring”
“You call being nearly blown up every day “boring”?”
“We haven’t been shot at today” Sel said, shaking her head “Your exad—”
Suddenly, five fighter craft flew overhead, rushing just mere feet above the ranger’s heads.
“Woah!” Xolin shouted, instinctively maneuvering her jet jammer away from the ships. Sel did likewise. That was seconds before they vanished from their vehicles in flashes of blue and yellow, respectively.
************
Defender Megaship docking bay, minutes later
Green and Black rangers slowly led the two empty Jet Jammers into the bay, making sure not to damage those crafts, or their own.
“We got here too late” Sid answered into his communicator, watching the four Jet Jammers land.
“Then all remaining rangers…” though the communicator’s fuzzy noise, Sid could still tell that Senturion was trying to think of a plan “Return to the bridge. We have a job to do”
“Yes sir” replied Sid, shutting off the communicator. He motioned to the two rangers ahead of him, who had just demorphed, to follow him.
**************
Xolin awoke to the sounds of people murmuring, and the occasional scream. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw bars. Lots of them. Tilting her head up, she realized she was in a prison of sorts. One with a straw hay floor. Outside her cell bars was a hallway, which held more cells. Off at the end of the hallway was some sort of casino or something. Some gathering place.
Where was she?
Turning her head the other direction, she saw a demorphed Sel, unconscious still. Looking down on herself, Xolin realized that both her morpher and Sels had been stolen. No surprise. If one is to be captured, normally one loses things that could help them escape.
“Sel” she said, nudging her teammate’s arm “Sel, wake up”
“Mmmm?” the other ranger turned around tiredly, her eyes barely open.
“Sel, we have to get out of here” Xolin said.
Sel rubbed her eyes and sat up “Where is here?”
“No clue” replied Xolin “All I know is that our morphers have been stolen, and we’re stuck in a cage”
“Great” Sel said, brushing some straw out of her green hair “Just great”
Xolin stood up, taking a moment to stretch. She then put her hands on the bars…and was instantly thrown back into the wall by a strong electric current.
Sel got up “That must have hurt”
“No kidding” Xolin staggered to her feet, grasping the wall to keep her upright.
“Any ideas on how to get out of here?” Sel asked, looking around.
“Gee, no. I’m sorry. I was too busy getting hit with one hundred volts of electricity” Xolin replied sarcastically.
“No need to be rude” Sell took a small pebble off the floor and threw it against the bars. Immediately, it was incinerated. “Ok….got any OTHER ideas?”
***********
“Varox? Who are they?” asked Sid.
“You have to be kidding me” Coros turned his seat in the conference lounge to look at the red ranger “Your telling me that you’ve been exploring space for years, yet never come upon a Varox?”
Sid shrugged “I heard something about them once when I was on Triforia. Something about trying to abduct the king years ago or something. I dunno”
To answer your question, Sid” the Blue Senturion replied, pressing a few buttons. The holographic image at the center changed from a map to an ugly looking golden mechanical creature “This is a Varox. A member of an evil species of intergalactic bounty hunters. Once paid, they will stop at nothing from catching their prey.
“Obviously someone put a hit out on the two girls” said Trok.
“Probably all of us, actually” the Senturion corrected Trok “Sel and Xolin where merely the only ones vulnerable enough at the time”
“Who’d put a hit out on us?” asked Sid “SPD?”
“No” Coros said “Gasket”
“Most likely” Senturion nodded.
“So where did the ships take Sel and Xolin?” asked Coros.
“I managed to track them” again the hologram changed. This time, back to the map. A small star lit up.
“No way….”
“There’s no way we can go there”
“That’s where they are. So yes, we ARE going” said Senturion “Sid, set a course. To Onyx”
“Oh boy…” Sid shook his head, getting up.
************
Onyx
“So, you have who I asked for?”
The Varox nodded “Two of them. Currently powerless. We shall get the others when they come to rescue their friends. We left a trail”
Gasket laughed “Excellent. Most excellent. Bring the two girls to me”
*************
Hours after they had woken up, the cell doors opened.
“On your feet!” the two former rangers where hoisted up by Varox. The girls struggled futilely, but to no avail. Behind the two Varox who now had them in their grasp stood another Varox, with a higher rank, and someone else.
…Gasket.
“You!” Xolin shouted, still struggling “Let us go!”
“Why do my prisoners always say that? Do they honestly think I’ll do it?” asked Gasket “Take them to my ship. I still need to take care of a few things”
The Varox nodded, and dragged the rangers out. The leading Varox remained behind.
“What do you plan to do, my lord?” he asked.
Gasket chuckled “I plan to use your men to capture Blue Senturion and the other three peacekeeper rangers. With them out of the way, I have one less thorn in my side. Be on the lookout for your prey”
“Yes sir”
**************
“I said, let me GO!” Xolin screamed again.
Sel sighed, her ears bleeding. Looking at the Varox, she said “Guys…you should let us go. Really”
What do you take us for, fools?” laughed one Varox.
“No…seriously” she said “Now”
The Varox stopped laughing, and slowly let go. The other one let go of Xolin as well.
“Now, go and tell Gasket that you did your job. You took us to his ship”
“Right…did….job” the two monsters walked off slowly, slightly confused.
“Ok…I’m getting sick of the mind games. How do you do it?”
“Do what?”
Xolin wasn’t in the mood to play around “Tell me now”
Sel sighed “Allright. You know how Xybrians have mind powers? Well, mines a little stronger. OK, now that that’s over with, lets go” he began walking fast down the hallway, leaving an annoyed Xolin behind to catch up.
****************
Onyx Slave Base “roof”, in orbit of Onyx
“Ok, this is the plan rangers” said Senturion, holding onto the floor to keep himself from flying off into the void “I have the tracker to find the yellow and blue ranger powers. You three will find the rangers themselves” He gave Sid another scanner “This shows where they are in the base”
“Why not just teleport them?” asked Coros.
Senturion nodded “It would be a good idea…had this base not been outfitted with an anti-teleportation grid”
“Got it” said Sid “Ready guys?”
The Green and Black rangers nodded.
“Ok then” Sid grabbed his blaster and opened fire on the roof. The other two quickly joined in creating a good sized hole…and a decompression.
“NOW!” shouted Sid, over the blasting sound of air. Coros and Trok jumped in, followed by Sid. The doors to both ends of the hallway section they had landed in where already being closed off by automatic doors.
“Hurry!” Sid ordered. Trok rolled under, followed by Coros. Both of them then helped Sid slide under just before the door completely shut.
“So…where are they?” asked Coros.
“According to the sensors…” Sid looked around “That way”
*****************
“Hello, yellow powerless ranger” a Varox said, walking up to Sel “You might have stopped by guards, but I’m smarter then that. Which is why I had you on my internal scanners”
Sel got into a fighting pose.
“I see your little friend abandoned you. No matter, I’m tracking her as well”
Sel looked behind her. Xolin was indeed gone.
“Traitor” Sel muttered under her breath “Never should have helped her escape”
“Goodbye, yellow ranger!” the Varox fired a shot from his blaster, one that Sel rolled out of the way from. She then jumped into the air and kicked the monster, who stumbled back.
“Lucky shot” he said, taking out a sword “Now meet your end, at the command of King Gasket!” his saber came down on Sel, who could do nothing to block a sharp blade like that in the position she was in…
“HYIAH!” shouted another voice. Xolin, in ranger form, slam kicked the saber out of the monsters hands. Another kick sent the Varox flying.
“Here” she said, handing Sel her morpher “You might need this”
“Where did you--?”
“I saw Blue Senturion in the base. The others are here. He handed me the powers he grabbed”
Sel looked around “Where is he?”
“He said he had other business that needed to be done. No biggie. Besides, we can take him”
“You got it!” Shouted Sel, secretly taking back what she had said earlier. But she would never admit it in public “SPD, EMERGENCY!”
The yellow ranger replaced Sel. The two rangers got into defensive positions.
“One ranger, two, two hundred, it makes no difference!” the monster vowed “I WILL take you down!”
“Bring it!” Sel shouted.
The monster roared, charging forward with his blade. The yellow and blue rangers countered with their own.
“HIYAH!” they shouted, jumping into the air. They preformed a flip in midair, coming down with their own sabers at the same time, slicing right into the Varox. It stumbled back, smoking. Its saber now lay on the ground.
Seconds later, as it tried to regain its breath, the Varox was again knocked down, this time by laser fire from behind.
“Looks like we got here just in time…to do absolutely nothing” Sid and the other two rangers ran over to Sel and Xolin “You guys ok?”
“Better then ever!” said Sel, nodding towards Xolin. Xolin returned the gesture.
“Uuuug…I’m not finished yet rangers!” the Varox struggled to get back on his feet. Behind him, several more Varox grouped together “You are done for!”
Suddenly, Sid’s communicator went off. It was Blue Senturion “Defender Megaship calling Peacekeeper rangers. You need a lift?”
“How so?” asked Sid “The anti-teleportation grid”
“Already dealt with” replied Senturion “Teleporting now”
The five rangers became five flashes of light, before heading out of the base at super speeds.
**************
Defender Megaship eating hall, several hundred lightyears from Onyx
Xolin settled down with a plate of food, hungry after a day like today had been. As she lifted her fork, another person walked up to her. To her surprise, it was Sel.
“…Um…Can I sit here?”
“Oh!” Xolin said in surprise “Sure. What brings you here?”
“Well…” Sel put her plate down on the table “I was thinking…I thought you had abandoned me back there, but you didn’t. Even after how many times I’ve blown you off. I just wanted to say…I guess….I’m sorry?”
Xolin was flabbergasted “I…I don’t know what to say…”
“Well….you could be saying “I accept””
Xolin smiled “I accept”
************
“You failed me” Gasket said “Again, I am paying for having others do my own work”
“I am sorry, please my lord…please let me make it up to you!” the Varox begged, kneeling before Gasket.
“Get up, you worthless bag of extra parts. I do have another plan. And it will require all of your men to pull it off”
The Varox got up “I’m listening…”
To be continued….
Oh, and I guess I get to use this for one and only time.
http://img195.echo.cx/img195/8260/rbfanficofthemonth2b1pm.png
Above the skies of Uridia Prime, in orbit, a massive battle raged. Vile Impurium vs. the forces of SPD.
The flagship of the SPD 7th fleet, the United, a Delta Base class carrier, was flanked by a wing of smaller Astro class Megaships. The group was headed into the center of the action, the most intense region of fighting. As they did so, the Astros unleashed wave after wave of Jet Jammer class fighter craft. Small insectoid like vessels met them in dog-fight style combat as the larger ships began opening up volleys of lasers and proton blasts at the enemy vessels, and vice versa.
Just up “above”, a Delta class Megaship was ripped apart by a wing of Vilocifighters as it attempted to flee the area, its backup obliterated a few kilometers back.
Skull ships decended, coming in face to face with a Triforian battle group, which consisted of a large Pyramid class battleship surrounded by smaller Obelisk class destroyers.
Wings of Vilocifighters began to ram into the United, its hull beginning to crumble under the stress from the fighter’s metal and the resulting explosions. The flagship would have been completely lost had it not been for several Aquitian cruisers intercepting the final few wings.
Down on the planet’s surface, things where not much calmer.
“Aim!” shouted the commanding red ranger, to his team. A C-squad branch began to load their Delta Launchers, modeled after the Galaxy rangers Quasar Launchers. As they sat ready, the commander gave the order “FIRE!”
Volley after volley of laser cannon blasts where fired from the devices, over the trench where the rangers where sitting. It landed several yards away, where it caused massive explosions. Each time, the rangers hoped they had hit something.
“A-squad, advance!” shouted a general. As some lesser teams continued to lend support utilizing long range attacks, several A-squad ranked teams grabbed their sabers and blasters and made their way over the trench, headed right for the enemy position, dodging enemy blasts at every step.
Suddenly, everything froze.
“Sid, why did you do that?” asked Coros, rolling his eyes. He took the remote out of his hands.
The red ranger sat up in the Defender Megaship’s conference lounge, taking his feet off the table “Because we’ve seen this all before. The battle of Uridia. SPD forces are massacred, etc, etc. It happened several months ago. We know what happened”
“You’re not mourning your fellow men?” asked Coros.
Sid shook his head “Dude, I’m not going to sit here, crying over unknown, several month old DEAD people”
“Its not mourning I’m interested in” Blue Senturion began rewinding in slow motion “I don’t believe Gawl would be unaware of a major war happening all around him. In fact, I myself am wondering why we are detecting no fleet movements in the area”
“Easy, Gawl and his crew have been lucky, and so have we” Sid replied “No brainer there”
The Senturion turned around and glanced at Sid “Sid…we are currently sitting in an asteroid field which what should have been the aftermath of a battle three days ago. Tell me, Sid, where are the derelicts?”
Sid opened his mouth to say something, but closed it soon after when he realized he had nothing to say afterall.
Senturion nodded “Exactly. I think there’s more going on here then we know”
“You think it could be related to SPD’s infiltration?” asked Trok.
Blue Senturion nodded “I would not be surprised” he looked at the time on the wall “Sel and Xolin should be back from reconnaissance scans of the area soon”
The scanners suddenly began to beep.
Sid got out of his chair, and leaned over at the scanner consol in the room, as did everyone else “What is it?”
“There’s a wing of unknown fighters headed in the girls direction” Senturion noted, pointing at five small blips in an arrow formation slowly crawling their way across the board. Upon closer examination, the Senturion realized what configuration the ships where “We had better get back to the bridge”
************
“I will never understand why I decided to take up this job” Sel muttered to herself, letting her jet jammer run on cruise control as she sat back, in a comfortable position.
“What, this scanning job?” Xolin asked.
Sel looked over at Xolin, her jet jammer just a few feet away “I mean this whole damn ranger thing in general…its so friggin boring”
“You call being nearly blown up every day “boring”?”
“We haven’t been shot at today” Sel said, shaking her head “Your exad—”
Suddenly, five fighter craft flew overhead, rushing just mere feet above the ranger’s heads.
“Woah!” Xolin shouted, instinctively maneuvering her jet jammer away from the ships. Sel did likewise. That was seconds before they vanished from their vehicles in flashes of blue and yellow, respectively.
************
Defender Megaship docking bay, minutes later
Green and Black rangers slowly led the two empty Jet Jammers into the bay, making sure not to damage those crafts, or their own.
“We got here too late” Sid answered into his communicator, watching the four Jet Jammers land.
“Then all remaining rangers…” though the communicator’s fuzzy noise, Sid could still tell that Senturion was trying to think of a plan “Return to the bridge. We have a job to do”
“Yes sir” replied Sid, shutting off the communicator. He motioned to the two rangers ahead of him, who had just demorphed, to follow him.
**************
Xolin awoke to the sounds of people murmuring, and the occasional scream. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw bars. Lots of them. Tilting her head up, she realized she was in a prison of sorts. One with a straw hay floor. Outside her cell bars was a hallway, which held more cells. Off at the end of the hallway was some sort of casino or something. Some gathering place.
Where was she?
Turning her head the other direction, she saw a demorphed Sel, unconscious still. Looking down on herself, Xolin realized that both her morpher and Sels had been stolen. No surprise. If one is to be captured, normally one loses things that could help them escape.
“Sel” she said, nudging her teammate’s arm “Sel, wake up”
“Mmmm?” the other ranger turned around tiredly, her eyes barely open.
“Sel, we have to get out of here” Xolin said.
Sel rubbed her eyes and sat up “Where is here?”
“No clue” replied Xolin “All I know is that our morphers have been stolen, and we’re stuck in a cage”
“Great” Sel said, brushing some straw out of her green hair “Just great”
Xolin stood up, taking a moment to stretch. She then put her hands on the bars…and was instantly thrown back into the wall by a strong electric current.
Sel got up “That must have hurt”
“No kidding” Xolin staggered to her feet, grasping the wall to keep her upright.
“Any ideas on how to get out of here?” Sel asked, looking around.
“Gee, no. I’m sorry. I was too busy getting hit with one hundred volts of electricity” Xolin replied sarcastically.
“No need to be rude” Sell took a small pebble off the floor and threw it against the bars. Immediately, it was incinerated. “Ok….got any OTHER ideas?”
***********
“Varox? Who are they?” asked Sid.
“You have to be kidding me” Coros turned his seat in the conference lounge to look at the red ranger “Your telling me that you’ve been exploring space for years, yet never come upon a Varox?”
Sid shrugged “I heard something about them once when I was on Triforia. Something about trying to abduct the king years ago or something. I dunno”
To answer your question, Sid” the Blue Senturion replied, pressing a few buttons. The holographic image at the center changed from a map to an ugly looking golden mechanical creature “This is a Varox. A member of an evil species of intergalactic bounty hunters. Once paid, they will stop at nothing from catching their prey.
“Obviously someone put a hit out on the two girls” said Trok.
“Probably all of us, actually” the Senturion corrected Trok “Sel and Xolin where merely the only ones vulnerable enough at the time”
“Who’d put a hit out on us?” asked Sid “SPD?”
“No” Coros said “Gasket”
“Most likely” Senturion nodded.
“So where did the ships take Sel and Xolin?” asked Coros.
“I managed to track them” again the hologram changed. This time, back to the map. A small star lit up.
“No way….”
“There’s no way we can go there”
“That’s where they are. So yes, we ARE going” said Senturion “Sid, set a course. To Onyx”
“Oh boy…” Sid shook his head, getting up.
************
Onyx
“So, you have who I asked for?”
The Varox nodded “Two of them. Currently powerless. We shall get the others when they come to rescue their friends. We left a trail”
Gasket laughed “Excellent. Most excellent. Bring the two girls to me”
*************
Hours after they had woken up, the cell doors opened.
“On your feet!” the two former rangers where hoisted up by Varox. The girls struggled futilely, but to no avail. Behind the two Varox who now had them in their grasp stood another Varox, with a higher rank, and someone else.
…Gasket.
“You!” Xolin shouted, still struggling “Let us go!”
“Why do my prisoners always say that? Do they honestly think I’ll do it?” asked Gasket “Take them to my ship. I still need to take care of a few things”
The Varox nodded, and dragged the rangers out. The leading Varox remained behind.
“What do you plan to do, my lord?” he asked.
Gasket chuckled “I plan to use your men to capture Blue Senturion and the other three peacekeeper rangers. With them out of the way, I have one less thorn in my side. Be on the lookout for your prey”
“Yes sir”
**************
“I said, let me GO!” Xolin screamed again.
Sel sighed, her ears bleeding. Looking at the Varox, she said “Guys…you should let us go. Really”
What do you take us for, fools?” laughed one Varox.
“No…seriously” she said “Now”
The Varox stopped laughing, and slowly let go. The other one let go of Xolin as well.
“Now, go and tell Gasket that you did your job. You took us to his ship”
“Right…did….job” the two monsters walked off slowly, slightly confused.
“Ok…I’m getting sick of the mind games. How do you do it?”
“Do what?”
Xolin wasn’t in the mood to play around “Tell me now”
Sel sighed “Allright. You know how Xybrians have mind powers? Well, mines a little stronger. OK, now that that’s over with, lets go” he began walking fast down the hallway, leaving an annoyed Xolin behind to catch up.
****************
Onyx Slave Base “roof”, in orbit of Onyx
“Ok, this is the plan rangers” said Senturion, holding onto the floor to keep himself from flying off into the void “I have the tracker to find the yellow and blue ranger powers. You three will find the rangers themselves” He gave Sid another scanner “This shows where they are in the base”
“Why not just teleport them?” asked Coros.
Senturion nodded “It would be a good idea…had this base not been outfitted with an anti-teleportation grid”
“Got it” said Sid “Ready guys?”
The Green and Black rangers nodded.
“Ok then” Sid grabbed his blaster and opened fire on the roof. The other two quickly joined in creating a good sized hole…and a decompression.
“NOW!” shouted Sid, over the blasting sound of air. Coros and Trok jumped in, followed by Sid. The doors to both ends of the hallway section they had landed in where already being closed off by automatic doors.
“Hurry!” Sid ordered. Trok rolled under, followed by Coros. Both of them then helped Sid slide under just before the door completely shut.
“So…where are they?” asked Coros.
“According to the sensors…” Sid looked around “That way”
*****************
“Hello, yellow powerless ranger” a Varox said, walking up to Sel “You might have stopped by guards, but I’m smarter then that. Which is why I had you on my internal scanners”
Sel got into a fighting pose.
“I see your little friend abandoned you. No matter, I’m tracking her as well”
Sel looked behind her. Xolin was indeed gone.
“Traitor” Sel muttered under her breath “Never should have helped her escape”
“Goodbye, yellow ranger!” the Varox fired a shot from his blaster, one that Sel rolled out of the way from. She then jumped into the air and kicked the monster, who stumbled back.
“Lucky shot” he said, taking out a sword “Now meet your end, at the command of King Gasket!” his saber came down on Sel, who could do nothing to block a sharp blade like that in the position she was in…
“HYIAH!” shouted another voice. Xolin, in ranger form, slam kicked the saber out of the monsters hands. Another kick sent the Varox flying.
“Here” she said, handing Sel her morpher “You might need this”
“Where did you--?”
“I saw Blue Senturion in the base. The others are here. He handed me the powers he grabbed”
Sel looked around “Where is he?”
“He said he had other business that needed to be done. No biggie. Besides, we can take him”
“You got it!” Shouted Sel, secretly taking back what she had said earlier. But she would never admit it in public “SPD, EMERGENCY!”
The yellow ranger replaced Sel. The two rangers got into defensive positions.
“One ranger, two, two hundred, it makes no difference!” the monster vowed “I WILL take you down!”
“Bring it!” Sel shouted.
The monster roared, charging forward with his blade. The yellow and blue rangers countered with their own.
“HIYAH!” they shouted, jumping into the air. They preformed a flip in midair, coming down with their own sabers at the same time, slicing right into the Varox. It stumbled back, smoking. Its saber now lay on the ground.
Seconds later, as it tried to regain its breath, the Varox was again knocked down, this time by laser fire from behind.
“Looks like we got here just in time…to do absolutely nothing” Sid and the other two rangers ran over to Sel and Xolin “You guys ok?”
“Better then ever!” said Sel, nodding towards Xolin. Xolin returned the gesture.
“Uuuug…I’m not finished yet rangers!” the Varox struggled to get back on his feet. Behind him, several more Varox grouped together “You are done for!”
Suddenly, Sid’s communicator went off. It was Blue Senturion “Defender Megaship calling Peacekeeper rangers. You need a lift?”
“How so?” asked Sid “The anti-teleportation grid”
“Already dealt with” replied Senturion “Teleporting now”
The five rangers became five flashes of light, before heading out of the base at super speeds.
**************
Defender Megaship eating hall, several hundred lightyears from Onyx
Xolin settled down with a plate of food, hungry after a day like today had been. As she lifted her fork, another person walked up to her. To her surprise, it was Sel.
“…Um…Can I sit here?”
“Oh!” Xolin said in surprise “Sure. What brings you here?”
“Well…” Sel put her plate down on the table “I was thinking…I thought you had abandoned me back there, but you didn’t. Even after how many times I’ve blown you off. I just wanted to say…I guess….I’m sorry?”
Xolin was flabbergasted “I…I don’t know what to say…”
“Well….you could be saying “I accept””
Xolin smiled “I accept”
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“You failed me” Gasket said “Again, I am paying for having others do my own work”
“I am sorry, please my lord…please let me make it up to you!” the Varox begged, kneeling before Gasket.
“Get up, you worthless bag of extra parts. I do have another plan. And it will require all of your men to pull it off”
The Varox got up “I’m listening…”
To be continued….