Cyberspace Task Force GammaRanger

Data21: Ground Zero

(This is the personal journal of Bryan Stone, leader of Cyberspace Task Force GammaRanger, for June 19, 1998:

After we found out Namrock's evil plan, we had to rethink our strategy. Luckily, we talked to Jill and she helped us with a plan. The next time we met, what started as a battle ended as an alliance. They helped us balance the GridRanger powers with their CyberLoaders. It was too late for Sei, but not for Jill McClain, our new GridRanger. And the story continues...)

Chouzo: Keep searching, Balzac! That basket case has to be around here somewhere.

(One Balzac throws a piece of rock at him and grumbles.)

Namrock: Anything, Chouzo?

Chouzo: Just the broken down pieces of the ship... and this. (holds up crystal-shaped thingie.)

Rhexus: (looking at it closely) I believe this is the central energy core of the Navigator's engine.

Namrock: Do you understand the opportunity that we posess here?

(Blank stares.)

Rhexus, how much energy is stored in this crystal?

Rhexus: Fifteen gig. Why?

Namrock: Let's just say I have plans...

(The crew takes a Digiwindow out of the scene when, in the background, Galevan's armored hand is struggling to see the light of day. Cut to the Tradewinds Pavilion Auditorium, where, after thirteen years, three GammaRangers are about to graduate in front of family and friends.)

Principal Mathewson: What I see today is a mighty river of bright colors getting ready to flow and join the sea. May you continue to shine, and may the successes parallel the hard work you have put in thus far.

(An applause.)

By the power vested in me by the State Board of Education, I now pronounce you graduates of Tradewinds High School and George McDonald High School. Please turn your tassels now.

(About thirty seconds later, the graduates throw their hats in the air. Cut to the after-party at the Cabaret in downtown Tradewinds.)

Scottie: Man, Eddie! I thought we were never going to graduate!

Eddie: So did I. It's a good thing Jill talked you out of killing each other.

Scottie: Yeah. I don't think I could handle being, well, dead. (turns to Amy) So, Miss Berry... how does it feel to have graduated?

Amy: One thing's for sure, I can finally sleep now.

(Jill enters with Eric.)

Hey you two!

Jill: Hey guys, I'm so proud of you guys!

Spoony: So where's Bryan?

Eric: He was born working. What are we going to do with that guy?

Bryan: (entering) I'd like to hear you say that to his face.

Eric: Oh.. Hey Bryan! (surprised)

Bryan: Well I'm only here on break. Sorry I couldn't be there for the entire thing. Congratulations, you guys!

Amy: Well, after the ordeal of the Daemon Navigator, it's nice to know we can get a break from it all.

(Could they really? Cut back to the park, where the eerie claw of Galevan has turned into an eerie arm.)

(wearily) Must... find... Rangers...

(He begins to fade in and out rapidly. Cut to the Satellite.)

Namrock: Are you sure this will work?

Rhexus: Well, we wouldn't want to have wasted energy on our hands. Besides, what if it could create more?

Namrock: I like the way you're thinking. Make it so.

(Rhexus gets to work on creating a new monster out of the crystal by infecting it with a Betavirus.)

Rhexus: There it is. Beta Element.

Chouzo: Looks like a giant mass of crystal.

Rhexus: Well, what were you expecting? A Cookie?

Chouzo: I wasn't expecting that. Just someone with power!

Beta Element: I'll show you power.

(The kanji for wind appears on his chest gem, after which a huge gust of wind blows Chouzo to the other side of the Satellite.)

Namrock: Now THAT'S power! Go down to Userspace and attack!

Beta Element: Consider it done! If you ask me, my energy was wasted on that infernal ship.

Rhexus: I couldn't agree more. Now go... (Beta Element exits) Who's idea was that anyway?

Chouzo: Do we even have to guess?

(Back to the party.)

Sara: Is this a great party or what?

Eddie: Oh, yeah. What do you think, Scottie?

Scottie: I think it's... (Cyber Loader goes off) I think I better go. Where's everyone else?

Sara: It's okay. I'll back you up.

(On the other side of the building, Amy, Eric, and Jill are talking about summer plans when...)

Amy: ... and then I'm rooming wth Sara, so if something comes up...

Scottie: (coming up rapidly) You mean, like now?

Amy: How could you tell?

Scottie: The detector in my Cyber Loader. It's on the other side of the park. We better go.

Amy: Right. If I know Bryan and Laura, they've probably went ahead and check it out.

Jill: Yeah. We better join them. (looks outside)

Eric: Anybody see us?

Jill: Nope. Even if they did, they're too busy partying to notice.

Scottie: Let's do it, then. (steps forward) Ranger files, download!

(Amy, Eric, and Scottie transform. Then Jill steps forward.)

Jill: Grid file, download!

(Jill transforms into the GridRanger. The four Rangers join Bryan and Laura at the park.)

RedJupiter: That's weird. Guys, check this out!

GreenMars: What is it, Bryan?

RedJupiter: The readings. I detected them to this point, but now they're fading.

AquaMercury: I know! I had this strange reading, too!

GridRanger: What could it be?

BlueNeptune: Well, when we destroyed the Daemon Navigator, Galevan was on board, right?

GridRanger: I think I remember Galevan getting on board before we met the DaemonRangers...

RedJupiter: You think he was deleted when we took him out?

YellowVenus: It's a possibility?

(Just as soon as she says that, an earthquake begins to occur.)

What the... An earthquake?

GridRanger: I thought earthquakes didn't happen in Tradewinds!

RedJupiter: Up there!

(They look up to see a new Betamon.)

Beta Element: That was me! And so is this!

(He sends a gust of wind forward to the Rangers to blow them off course.)

BlueNeptune: It's the energy! Namrock's created a monster out of it!

AquaMercury: It has to be!

Beta Element: This is only the beginning! (Forms a large icepick) Balzac, take the others! But the leader belongs to me!

RedJupiter: Balzac! Take 'em! Jupiter Saber, dowmload!

(The Rangers fight the Balzac while RedJupiter fights Beta Element.)

Beta Element: Are you ready?

RedJupiter: Let's do this! I'm ready for whatever you throw at me!

Beta Element: Now that you mention it... (throws a snowball from his ice pick)

RedJupiter: (after being felled by a snowball) Snow balls? In the middle of June?

Beta Element: So I see you're in the mood for something a little bit hot!

(He starts throwing fireballs at the Ranger. Jill, fresh from fighting the Balzac, comes to the rescue.)

GridRanger: GridBuckler, download! (forms in her hand) Need a little help? (uses the shield on it)

RedJupiter: Thanks. But how are we going to beat this guy?

GreenMars: The MD Cannon, Bryan! It's the only way!

RedJupiter: Right (Rangers call on necessary weapons) Jill, guard us!

GridRanger: Gotcha! (her shield enlarges)

Beta Element: What's this? Another blow? (readies for a wind blast)

YellowVenus: No, this is a blow!

Rangers: MD Cannon, fire!

(The Rangers fire a beam towards the monster, but he calls on a wall of rock to absorb the shock.)

AquaMercury: This isn't working! What now?

Beta Element: Nothing! That's what! I have a job to do now. (begins a scan for Galevan when Chouzzo enters with Beta Blaster) What are you doing here?

Chouzo: Galevan can wait. Right now we have to eliminate the Rangers!

(Cut to the Satellite.)

Rhexus: Why did you send Chouzo with the Beta Blaster?

Namrock: Because I didn't want to do it myself!

Rhexus: You know what I mean.

Voice: Because of me...

Namrock: What the hell? (turns his head to a seemingly familiar face)

Namrock: Hexalink. I thought we--

Hexalink: Deleted me? Not quite, my friend, sorry to diappoint you. I'm BACK. And I have uploads that will finish off your GammaRanger enemies once and for all.

Namrock: We already are about to destroy those GammaRanger enemies, thank you. Hexalink: Let me show you what I've got planned.

(Back at the battle scene.)

Chouzo: Balzac, blast 'im!

(The Balzac Beta Blast the Betamon causing him to grow.)

RedJupiter: Looks like this battle's heating up!

Beta Element: Just stick around, I'll make sure you REALLY get burnt! (fires off fire at the rangers, sending them back into the wall of a building.)

GridRanger: I felt that through my armour.

Beta Element: I'm going to knock the WIND out of you! (uses his wind power to toss the rangers several metres down the street.)

BlueNeptune: I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto.

RedJupiter: Let's change this forecast: To the Skystation, now!

(The Skystation arrives from cyberspace and starts firing on Beta Element.)

Beta Element: You think that's enough to stop me? (fires off heat blasts against the Station's hull. Inside...)

RedJupiter: OK guys, Upload MegaDriver sequence!

(The Rangers all enter their individual cockpits. The station separates, at which time Beta Element fires on the individual pieces, bursting straight through their shields.)

RedJupiter: (as his cockpit explodes) Aaugh! AquaMercury: Bryan!

BlueNeptune: Complete the sequence, guys!

(The MegaDriver finishes formation and locks in place.)

Rangers: MegaDriver ready!

(Beta Element fires off frost shots against Megadriver, causing parts of the hull to freeze over. He then swipes, causing large chunks of the hull to fall off.)

RedJupiter: Damage report!

BlueNeptune: He's breaking through our shields as if they're not even there!

(Beta Element uses his sharp spikes and punches right through one of the arms as it tries to atack him.)

GreenMars: Left arm is out. None of the systems are responding.

GridRanger: Shields at eighteen percent and failing FAST!

RedJupiter: How come the failsafe program isn't holding?

AquaMercury: We're losing too much energy too fast!

BlueNeptune: All reserve power's being sent to structural integrity.

(Beta Element then combines his fore power with his foot and kicks the machine hard in the legs.)

GreenMars: He's burnt out the guidance system.

GridRanger: Shields have failed. Structural intengrity at twelve percent, power reserves at three percent.

RedJupiter: Look out guys, here he comes again!

(Beta Element fires his powerful flame again and the chest plates catch fire and explode.)

YellowVenus: That did it! All systems on zero. We're running on empty!

(As the footage seems to slow down in slow motion, Beta Element's elbow starts growing into a large spike as he pins the MegaDriver back and elbows its chest hard.)

Rangers: Evacuate the MegaDriver!

(MegaDriver's punctured arm falls off, then topples on the ground. The chest, not connected to the rest of the body, comes off as the legs give away. The GammaRangers are shot out of their cockpit and land hard in the street as the chest slides up near them, bursting sparks from the back.)

Beta Element: What do you know? Looks like I won!

RedJupiter: My Skystation!

BlueNeptune: MegaDriver!

YellowVenus: It's gone!

(Namrock sattelite.)

Hexalink: What did I tell you?

Namrock: It appears that you have succeeded where these poor excuses for viruses had failed. Perhaps you would care to finish off those GammaRangers yourself?

Hexalink: I would like nothing more, but I could not deprive YOU of the pleasure, my lord.

Namrock: It's not a request. It's an order.

(Cut to Earth. The untransformed GammaRangers are surveying the damage.)

Jill: I can't believe this happened.

Amy: It's all gone.

Bryan: My skystation. The MegaDriver. Sei. I had the rest of her stored in the database in case we ever needed her.

Scottie: What we NEED is to get in contact with Koike. He can help is.

Bryan: No he can't. The temporal links are based on the MegaDriver's database.

Jill: You mean that's it?

Laura: We lost?

Bryan: Not unless we can find a way to rebuild this thing before the next attack.

Scottie: Sure. How long should that take us?

Bryan: It took ten years to design and five to build.

Scottie: Oh-kayy...

Eric: Maybe the labs will have something.

Bryan: Trust me, if the lab has anything in the past, I'd know about... wait a minute.

Scottie: What?

Bryan: Come on guys, I've got a hunch...

(Before they can leave, they hear a voice)

Hexalink's Voice: Why leave, Rangers? We were just getting started?

(A squad of Balzac and Hexalink appear.)

Hexalink: Get them!

Bryan: Let's Lock and Upload! Ranger file, download!

(A message appears:)

WE'RE SORRY, A SYSTEM ERROR OCCURRED

TYPE 221, GAMMARANGER HENSHIN

r*

[Restart]

Bryan: We've lost our powers!

(The Balzac start moving in.)

Amy: What are we going to do now?

Fin... for now

Every new beginning comes from some other's end. For any questions, comments, or what not, please feel free to mail me.

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