EPILOGUE

By:
QUINTIN J. SCOTT

Vhund held his eyes closed, trying his hardest to block out the pain from his master’s shadow deathlock. He floated five feet off the ground – enough for him to feel the searing anger as it fell upon his face.

“You…ran?” His master asked, incredulously. “The general of my Grand Army? He ran? HE RAN!”

The deathlock’s energy arced, lancing into his limbs. Vhund groaned as the pain intensified. “Master…Forgive…”

“SILENCE!” His master’s voice rumbled. Prima, Iaxious and MacPherson cringed, the cowardly MacPherson taking a step back. “You ran from your enemies! You failed in your mission and, thusly, you failed me!”

Vhund chanced to open his eyes and fear gripped the general’s heart. The crimson energies that burned in his master’s soul was reflected through his eyes: a fiery power that would consume him at his master’s behest.

“You have all failed me! A simple enough matter: conquer the world, and you can’t even do that! Now, you have empowered those wretched Power Rangers, making the conquest of this dimension that much more difficult!”

The dark figure dropped Vhund. “I must prepare for our next assault. Regardless of your cowardice, we shall chalk this minor setback up to a fluke.” He turned and looked at the quivering human. “MacPherson, is the device intact and undetected?”

MacPherson nodded. “Yes, master.”

The master nodded in return. “Good. Once we have dealt with these…eXtreme Power Rangers, we shall activate the device, bringing this world to its knees. Let nothing stand in our way! Let nothing stop the oncoming darkness! LET NOTHING STOP THE POWER OF DOCOR RUZAN!”

The teleport beam deposited the Rangers to the applause of Sean and Angela.

“Nicely done, Rangers,” Angela said, beaming proudly at the success of her technology.

The team reached over to a small button on their helmets nearest their ear. The visor disappeared before the helmet segmented into horizontal lines and pulled away from the front to the back. The segments seemed to fold into a molded metallic circle, mounted on a wireframe.

Maya had the biggest smile out of them all. She was excited as she ran over and held the hands of Angela. “It was totally morphenomenal! I’ve never felt such excitement!”

“I must say,” Sabrina began, walking towards Sean, “that these powers are very…interesting. I can’t quite put into words how they make me feel.”

“How about…’good’?” Sean offered, smiling.

Sabrina looked at him for a moment before offering a nod.

Jason said, “I could seriously get used to this,” and flexed his muscles inside the latex-like tunic.

“A good start, Rangers,” Sean said, his smile fading away. “Now that they have had a taste of our power, they will increase their attacks. It is only going to get more difficult from here on out.”

“It’s okay,” Ashley supplied. “We’ll be ready.”

“For we are Power Rangers,” Billy added.

And, in unison, the Rangers held up their fists, reaffirming their oath to the Power. “…TO THE EXTREME!”

-= BACK 2 ACTION =-

PART I / PART II / PART III / PART IV / PART V / PART VI / EPILOGUE