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Post by Mr.Silver on Jun 30, 2020 20:54:02 GMT -5
"I'm sorry I missed him," Jennifer said. She looked at Dr. Manx. "It's okay. Nolan and I talked about it and I'm in a better head space. Right now doesn't seem to be the time to get into it so I can wait." She looked at the others. "I'm sorry for leaving so abruptly earlier. It was just a lot to take in."
"That's why there's no need to apologize." Dr. Manx smiled. "I know that now is a trying time for everyone and tensions are a bit high, so it's okay. I'm going to head back to my lab if anyone needs me."
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Julian and Joey continued to ride down the road, enjoying light conversation with one another. After the former teammates shared a laugh, Joey's expression became more serious.
"I've got a question, Bushy?"
"What is it?"
"How did Zeo get to you? What did he use to leverage your services?"
"Huh? What are you talking about Joey?"
"Bushy, we've been friends for a long time and we've worked together in the past. It's bad enough that the Eltarians got to you but don't disrespect me by playing dumb."
Julian sighed, nodding his head slightly. "What gave it away?"
"First the random visit. You haven't been in Delta Command in years and you randomly pop up today of all days."
"Like I said before, I needed to borrow you for a bit?"
"For a drive miles away from the base? If you needed me that badly, you could have called or we could have stepped outside." Joey countered. "But let's just say I believed that your visit was purely coincidence, on your sleeves, there's a decent amount of dried up blood on the arm of your shirt and your hair isn't neat like it normally is."
"I may have hurt myself during training."
"Possible but not likely. If that were the case, you would have cleaned up before driving all the way out to Synchro City. What really gave you away was that bulge under your shirt sleeve where your wrist is." Joey said, pointing at Julian's wrist. "Now I know that bulge doesn't mean you're happy to see me and if I had to guess, I'd say that's your morpher."
"Perhaps I was being sentimental." Julian rolled up his sleeve, revealing his Wind Morpher.
"You're not the sentimental type but it's been a few years so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Here's what I know. You're not wearing that unless it's working and last I checked, the only way to get that to work is if the Eltarians flip the switch. So I'm going to ask you again, what do the Eltarians have on you?"
Julian remained quiet for a moment, knowing that he was discovered. A single tear descended down his cheek, briefly looking at Joey while fighting off more tears. "They're dead. Amy and Christian are dead....."
"F*ck." Joey was silent as he was in shock over the Thunder Rangers meeting their end. "I'm sorry, bro."
"He said he could bring them back. The same way he brought back Garland."
"Let me guess, the catch was that you convince me to give up Storm?"
"Yes and no." Julian sighed. "They believe that if you're in danger, Storm will show himself to protect his last operative. Garland wants to kill you and be done with it. Xavier is more civilized and Zeo was with him but I get the feeling that he's starting to lean towards Garland's way of thinking."
"Shit." Joey hit the dashboard, furious with the turn of events. "So assuming I believe all of this, why drive me all this way?"
"Because I'm about to ask a question I know you're going to say no to and once you do, I'm supposed to be come the reason you get put in danger. Your team seems like a good group and I'd rather not put them in harm's way."
"Okay. So what's the question?"
"Can you point me in Storm's direction?" Julian asked. "He hasn't been seen since the Eltarians were at Delta Command and if there's anyone on the planet who can find him, it's you. So please... help me bring my people back."
Joey leaned back in the passenger's seat, letting out a deep sigh. "I can't. I honestly don't know where he is and even if I did, I can't give him up."
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Post by wwff3 on Jul 2, 2020 0:13:39 GMT -5
Lord ItoIn an alternate timeline... During the 7th Great Ninja WarThe village hidden in sound was eerily quiet, even more than usual. But throughout the village, it's inhabitants swarmed the streets. There were a few hushed murmurs amongst them but it went back to silence when the sound of footsteps was heard. Every eye turned to the direction of the steps as a silhouette walked onto the crowd. As he got closer there was no mistake among the villagers of who this being was. Lord Ito. Ito's eyes were cold yet focused as he approached a wooden stump. The being rummaged through his bag slung over his shoulder as he pulled out the helmet of the Red Ranger, placing it onto the stump. "You... you managed to kill those pathetic rangers!" A villager blurted out as the crowd looked amongst themselves in disbelief. Ito's eyes remained on the Visor of the fallen ranger as the villager went on. "Ito slayed them! The war is over just as he said it would be! So Ito... how long did it take for you to master their styles?! Knowing you no longer than half the day! Lord Ito what will happen now that you're-" the villager was cut off by a swift katana blade that went right through his chest. Ito stared into the man's eyes almost as if watching his soul leave the body. The katana began to warp turning from metal into flesh and retracted into the body of Ito. There was a gasp among the crowd then silence again. "The Rangers were elite adversaries... and as ninja despite them being our enemy... you will honor their memory. As they fought and died a proper Shinobi death..." Ito practically was growling as he spoke. A few villagers hesitantly began to move towards the body to remove it from the presence of Ito. "Burn the body amd bury the ashes... his flesh is not worthy to soil our earth..." Ito sat in front of the helmet as the townsfolk began to bustle about. Ito's eyebrow raised noting a change in the air. Someone was coming.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Jul 2, 2020 0:41:32 GMT -5
In an alternate timeline where the Weapons Master resides, a large portal opened and with it, the two Eltarians along with the sinister Ventaran walked through, looking at their current surroundings, all with different reactions.
"Are you sure you got the coordinates right!? I remember seeing a similar world with an evil ninja named Proto I think. Are you sure you didn't get them mixed up!?"
"I'm sure, Garland. I have been careful with this fine technology and I would not make a mistake so carelessly." The Eltarian tech guru, looked down at his gauntlet, checking once more to make sure that he did indeed get the right place and not put his foot in his mouth.
"We're close." For a bustling village of sound, things were too quiet which meant they weren't far from their target. "It won't be long now." Zeo allowed himself to smile as he and his allies walked through the village hidden in sound.
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Post by jedibloo on Jul 2, 2020 2:54:10 GMT -5
With Joey and Dr. Manx departing from the cafeteria, that left Daniel with Memphis, Jennifer, and Nolan. "So do you all have any plans for today?" He asked the others.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Jul 2, 2020 22:59:05 GMT -5
"Joey, this is literally the fate of Earth and maybe the universe at stake and you're willing to throw it all away to protect one man!?"
"Bushy, listen to yourself! Tommy would never sacrifice someone's life no matter what the risk!"
"Yeah. Well I'm not him and he's not here!" Julian snapped in defiance before his tone grew unusually dark and cold. "That's on you."
"How is this my fault!?"
"Instead of trying to loop us all in where we could figure out how to handle Zeo as a collective group, you took two inexperienced kids and went on the run. If you were half as great as you think you are, Tommy, Amy, Christian, Brooklyn, Delphinne, Kenny, they'd all still be alive!"
"You sound stupid!" Joey became extremely defensive and aggressive. He's already beat himself up over all of the deaths but to be attacked over it by a former comrade and someone he considered to be a friend hit deep and to him, the best way to deal with pain is to hit back. "You know as well as I do that these missions are marathons, not sprints! You have no assurances that Zeo is going to hold up his end of the bargain and if by chance he does, it changes nothing!" He shouted. "My team is going to stop the Eltarians and we don't need to hear bitching from someone who wasn't even strong enough to save his own woman!"
Julian slammed on the brakes immediately upon Joey's last words which were sharper than any wind he could conjure up. He was angry because Joey was right. The two time Ranger leader couldn't save the one he loved most and now he is being forced to dance with the devil in order to mask his shortcomings. He wasn't proud of it but it had to be done. He put the car into park on the side of the road.
"In that case, there's nothing else to say." Julian got out of the car, looking at the secluded mountain area.
"I guess not." Joey got out of the car, tossing his phone on the seat before closing the door. The pair started walking towards the inevitable confrontation.
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With Joey and Dr. Manx departing from the cafeteria, that left Daniel with Memphis, Jennifer, and Nolan. "So do you all have any plans for today?" He asked the others.
"Nope." Memphis answered Daniel before pulling out his phone. "Same shit, different day."
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Post by jedibloo on Jul 3, 2020 4:48:10 GMT -5
"Nope." Memphis answered Daniel before pulling out his phone. "Same shit, different day."
"You mean another day of exploring new things here." Daniel summarized, looking at his Gold comrade. Recently, he noticed Memphis focusing on his phone for some reason, which didn't bother him much since he's glad his friend was socializing for a short time. "What places are you enjoying so far?"
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Post by Mr.Silver on Jul 3, 2020 21:19:18 GMT -5
"You mean another day of exploring new things here." Daniel summarized, looking at his Gold comrade. Recently, he noticed Memphis focusing on his phone for some reason, which didn't bother him much since he's glad his friend was socializing for a short time. "What places are you enjoying so far?"
"All of it." Memphis deadpanned, giving a generic, yet specific response as he enjoyed everything that this Earth has to offer, given its vast differences to his apocalyptic home world. "What about you two?" He deflected over at the newest couple as he wasn't the biggest fan of talking about himself.
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Post by jedibloo on Jul 3, 2020 22:36:42 GMT -5
"All of it." Memphis deadpanned, giving a generic, yet specific response as he enjoyed everything that this Earth has to offer, given its vast differences to his apocalyptic home world. "What about you two?" He deflected over at the newest couple as he wasn't the biggest fan of talking about himself.
"Really? That's cool!" Daniel smiled, happily accepting the simple response from his Gold comrade even though he figured it's a deflection. As far as the Silver Ranger knew, people don't accept the smallest answers from those who were closed of. Except for him, he didn't have an issue with that since he understood them more than anymore; probably because he liked the challenge and they reminded him of himself. Then Daniel looked at Jennifer and Nolan, wondering what they'd say.
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Post by venomizer on Jul 4, 2020 3:01:29 GMT -5
"Well, I thought that the plan was to contact Andros, but being Jenn decided not to, I have no clue." Nolan said as he looked back at Jenn in response to Memphis' question.
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Post by mariescott on Jul 4, 2020 17:42:14 GMT -5
"Before the whole Andros being alive bombshell I thought maybe we could all go out and do something fun," Jennifer said. She wrapped her arm around Nolan's waist and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Now I just want to spend a quiet day with Nolan and hang out here. Maybe watch a movie." She smiled at Daniel and Memphis. "If that's okay with everybody."
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Post by jedibloo on Jul 4, 2020 19:52:29 GMT -5
"There's nothing wrong with that. You need it." Daniel didn't mind that at all since today was a whirlwind for his Yellow comrade. So a little peace and quiet would cheer her up.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Jul 4, 2020 20:03:07 GMT -5
"Before the whole Andros being alive bombshell I thought maybe we could all go out and do something fun," Jennifer said. She wrapped her arm around Nolan's waist and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Now I just want to spend a quiet day with Nolan and hang out here. Maybe watch a movie." She smiled at Daniel and Memphis. "If that's okay with everybody."
"It's cool with me." Memphis responded. "I still don't get everything going on but I do get taking time with those that are important because you don't know when you're going to have another opportunity."
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Post by wwff3 on Jul 5, 2020 2:39:57 GMT -5
Lord Ito
Lord Ito rose to his feet sensing the presence of others approaching. He gave one last glance to the Ranger helmet on the stump and the proceeded to make his way towards the village entrance.
A snarl overcame his face, whoever these beings were they were not good at hiding their energy. Most definitely outsiders but something was different in the air. Ito would reach the entrance gate, arms crossed as he would be the first thing his country's guests would see.
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Post by venomizer on Jul 5, 2020 2:58:13 GMT -5
"Before the whole Andros being alive bombshell I thought maybe we could all go out and do something fun," Jennifer said. She wrapped her arm around Nolan's waist and leaned her head on his shoulder. "Now I just want to spend a quiet day with Nolan and hang out here. Maybe watch a movie." She smiled at Daniel and Memphis. "If that's okay with everybody." "Sounds fun to me." Nolan said as he wrapped his arm around Jenn's waist. "I guess we'll be seeing you guys later. Ya'll behave yourselves." Nolan said as he turned to leave with Jenn as they headed back to their quarters.
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Post by Mr.Silver on Jul 5, 2020 12:20:35 GMT -5
Lord Ito rose to his feet sensing the presence of others approaching. He gave one last glance to the Ranger helmet on the stump and the proceeded to make his way towards the village entrance.
A snarl overcame his face, whoever these beings were they were not good at hiding their energy. Most definitely outsiders but something was different in the air. Ito would reach the entrance gate, arms crossed as he would be the first thing his country's guests would see.
"And there it is!" Garland pointed out the village entrance, seeing someone in the distance. Once their legs brought them closer to the entrance where their eyes could get a good look, the trio all felt relief as their search was now over.
"I'm thankful that he isn't making us search for him. Perhaps he could sense our presence?"
"It is possible, Xavier." Zeo said in response. "From the data we have, he is a master level ninja, so sensing a foreign presence shouldn't be difficult to him."
The trio stopped as they were only steps away from the entrance and now face to face with the Weapons Master. "Allow me to save you some time. My name is Zeo. I am a traveler from another world. The gentleman to my left is Xavier. He's my friend who brought us here and to my right is Garland, an associate who has agreed to aid us in our quest. We come to you asking if you would do the same."
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"Sounds fun to me." Nolan said as he wrapped his arm around Jenn's waist. "I guess we'll be seeing you guys later. Ya'll behave yourselves." Nolan said as he turned to leave with Jenn as they headed back to their quarters.
"We should be telling you that." Memphis shot Nolan a knowing look before looking at his phone. "I'll see you later, Daniel." Memphis left shortly after the couple albeit with no explanaiton.
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