Legal Disclaimer: IF it was on TV it belongs to Haim Saban. IT the only way you saw it was with my name tacked on somewhere then it is mine and you will need my permission to borrow it. While Saban probably minds people using his stuff without his permission the International Association of Power Ranger’s Fanfiction Writers could care less. This fanfic takes place between the episodes Time Shadow and Future Unknown so The Time Shadow/Shadow Winger has debuted but the Time Flyers are still under repair. Followers of the Lost Adventures of Plastica and Headset should be warned that up until now the Armatron was still in the cubical form it was in my fanfics Turbo Crisis and Who are your Friends.. After this fanfic it will be like it was when Robert and his family boarded Terra Venture.
AH the Nick of Time Odds Job shop. Once again Trip and Circuit are doing inventory. It also appears that the Xybrian and his Robotic Owl are alone. But never fear Jen is stuck downstairs while Katie, Lucas, and Wes are off making money.
"Let see there were Forty Mutants on that ship and we have what 11 so far. Counting the one Robert used for target practice last time," Circuit said.
"Let’s face it Circuit that was fun to watch. HE was aboard his armory and he picked that mutant up and said ‘How about picking on someone your own size’ The Mutant was only too happy to oblige when he decided to flick him off and blast him. Ah Circuit the count of forty does that include every Cryogenically frozen mutant on board the Prison Ship?"
"No That’s just the medium security prisoners. I think there were somewhere around ten maximum security prisoners as well. It’s my guess if things had happened differently Ransik would have been considered a maximum security prisoner," Circuit reported.
"For sure. Any clue as to where the Time Shadow Megazord came from?"
"Not yet. Trip you think Alex could still be alive and that he sent it?"
"Circuit, for Jen’s sake maybe you should keep that theory to yourself," Trip said.
Meanwhile aboard the Prison Ship Frax was working away on another of his traitorious schemes. This one was an attempt at building a robot capable of completely disintegrating the rangers leaving no DNA traces. Soon as it was done He left the ship with the robot and they headed for Silver Hills landing not too far from Bio-Synth.
"Rambler, see what you can do to destroy the rangers," Frax said.
"You got it Frax," Rambler said.
"Trip, trouble near Bio-Synth," Circuit called out.
"Jen, Circuit picked up Trouble near Bio-Synth," Trip called downstairs.
"OK I’ll call the others you head down. Oh and have Circuit see if he can contact Robert," Jen ordered.
"I’m on it," Trip said.
Circuit then opened a comm session.
"Plastica come in do you read," Circuit called.
Robert was just sitting down to lunch when his communicator went off.
"Excuse me a minute John," He said since he was eating with Lt. John McGee that day.
Robert then headed for a quiet area.
"This is Robert."
"Robert, we need help," Circuit said.
"Circuit, listen Circuit it would take me several hours to get to Silver Hills that’s assuming I left now which I can’t. The next Flight in that direction isn’t until 2:30 and it’s only noon here," Robert said.
"What about the Armatron?"
"It’s in for repairs at Fort Goddard. I think my computer whiz and my vehicular maintenance officer are giving it a major facelift. Sorry my pal but the rangers are on their own," Robert said.
"I’ll let them know," Circuit said. "Trip, Plastica is not available."
"Thanks Circuit," Trip said as he was battling a couple Cyclobots. "If you can check with Captain Logan see if the Time Flyers are repaired yet."
"They aren’t," Circuit reported.
"Oh man where is the Steel Brigade when you need it?" Katie asked.
"I think we will have to make do without Plastica. I just spoke to Circuit and our buddy isn’t available," Trip reported.
"We can manage perfectly OK without him," Jen said.
"I hope so," Wes commented as he attempted a Time Strike.
"On man I thought Mutants were tough but these Robots that have suddenly been attacking are really tough," Lucas bellowed as he was cutting away at the Robot.
The battle kept going for close to three hours. At the end of that time Rambler had the rangers pretty well worn out.
"We better form the Vortex Blaster," Katie said. At this time the rangers were using their Cannons.
Two Gongs later the Mutant was almost taken out but he managed to remove the Patch over his DNA and He grew.
"Well now what wait for the next eclipse?" Lucas wondered when an old Cavalry tune came over their Helmet Communication Systems.
"What kind of tune is that?" Jen wondered.
"It’s an old Cavalry Tune known as When the Saints Come Marching in," Wes said. Right then they looked up to see a Ship like Vessel about Fifty Feet Long and Ten Feet tall come Flying in.
"Sarge, lucked out and my Armory was ready when I called them," A Familiar voice said. A pair of sirens was heard as two squad cars marked Fort Goddard Provost Marshal pulled up. Agent Case and Headset were in one and the Three Brothers were in the third.
"Jess, where is Robert?" Jen wondered as she ran up. Headset pointed at the Robot that has suddenly appeared.
"I/Oca and Steelca had rebuilt the Armatron such that he can ride it into battle and control it from above instead of being squeezed into the body. It hopefully will make for more comfortable fighting," Headset explained to the pink ranger.
"Why go to all that trouble?" Jen wondered.
"Well Robert had felt kind of cramped," Headset continued to explain.
Meanwhile in another time and place a Mysterius man (my guess Corporal Alex Collins Time Force Police) with what looked like Time Force Scanners on was keying a few controls. On the launchpad was the Shadow Winger. Within Seconds the Shadow Winger had been launched through the Time Portal and it came out through an eclipse.
"Oh Man Hang Gliders are getting fancier all the time," Plastica joked. By the time he could blink the Shadow Winger had transformed into the Time Shadow Megazord. Plastica used some special laser emiters to keep Rambler occupied while the Time Shadow Megazord was prepping for the ultimate finishing move. Before they knew it Rambler was destroyed.
Fairly soon everyone was back at the Shop in the Living Area on top.
"Man Robert, you showed up just in time," Trip said.
"Just in time as opposed to showing up in the Nick of Time," Robert said trying to make a pun on the name of the odd jobs shop below.
"Right before you played that Cavalry Tune I thought we were head," Wes said.
"Jennifer, I just want to know two things. One where was the Time Force Megazord and two where did the other MegaZord come from.
"The Time Force Megazord is down for repairs. The other Megazord is known as the Time Shadow Megazord. TO be honest we don’t know who sent it. All we do know is it wasn’t Captain Logan," Trip said. "It was because the Time Force Megazord is down for repairs that we had Circuit call you."
Jen meanwhile had walked over to the blond haired brother.
"Dan, you always seem so quiet," She observed.
"Well Sergeant I just never felt I needed to talk over the boss," Dan said.
"Dan, When I’m in uniform I’m a sergeant but in plainclothes especially these plainclothes," Jen said indicating her outfit of knee-high leather boots, a pink plaid skirt, a pink blouse, and a brown leather jacket "I feel like I’m the farthest thing possible from even being a cop. Besides I doubt my captain would consider this regulation duty wear and well being where I am I’m sort of always on Duty."
"You and that crazy Inspector with all the fancy hardware and gadgets. Man he makes the boss seem underarmed and outgunned," Dan said.
Jen simply gave him a blank stare. She then walked back over where Robert was trying to teach Trip how to play double deck concentration without relaying on Xybrian mental abilities.
"Robert, you think Chief Robinson would mind if we borrowed you for an extensive amount of time?" Jen asked as Robert took two Jack of hearts off the table and replaced it with two fresh cards from the draw pile.
"The game is as simple as that Trip," Robert said. "Oh and one more thing you can’t use your Xybrian Powers." He then realized that Jen had asked him a question. "Trust me Jen if I could I would stick around for a while but well I can’t just leave O’Keefe in charge for too long. What I can do though is station the Randolph brothers for an extended time period."
"Well it sounds like our best option," Jen said.
Closing Notes. Hopefully next fanfic the Triforce will be back at base and Plastica will once again appear and hopefully the Chrono Ranger will appear.
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