//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 // Story: MLP: Power Rangers O.S.C // by Adamverse //------------------------------// Location: O.S.C HQ, Dr Sandy’s Lab Kian had been called to Daniel Sandy’s lab; he was the smartest scientist in the O.S.C, and was once a Power Ranger himself. That was until he lost his arm in the Great War against the Decepticons; which led to his dangerous lizard experiments. But all that was in the past now; he’d called Kian to his lab, because Daniel had something to show his friend. “What’s up, doctor?” Kian asked as he entered the lab. The one armed scientist turned to his friend and explained, “I heard about your fight was John, Kian.” But Kian replied, “No, it wasn’t a fight; it was just a minor disagreement. And in time, he’ll realise I work better alone these days.” Daniel walked up to his friend and put his one arm around Kian’s shoulders; he explained to the ranger, “I have solved your partner problem.” “Not you too. Look I can’t have a ‘partner problem’; because I don’t have a partner.” Kian took Daniel’s arm off him and tried to walk away. Just before the Blue Ranger could leave the lab, Daniel managed to say, “But Tyler is perfect for you.” This caught Kian’s attention; he turned back to Daniel and asked, “Tyler? Who’s Tyler?” Daniel pumped his fist, whispering ‘yes’ to himself; he then led Kian over to what he meant. A spotlight then projected itself towards a curtain, Daniel stood in front of the curtain and looked towards Kian. “Witness the future of space justice; I give to you….” He moved out of the light and announced, “Tyler, the Omega Ranger.” Stepping out from behind the curtain, was a blond haired teenager, about the same age as Kian and wearing the classic O.S.C cadet jumpsuit; he stepped into the light and saluted, “Omega Ranger, reporting for duty, sir.” All Kian could say about this guy was, “Kind of a flashy name, ‘Omega’, isn’t it?” “Do you think so?” Daniel asked back. The Blue Ranger walked towards the new ranger, he asked, “Ranger, if a Decepticon arms a bomb; what should you do to disarm it?” he was testing his knowledge. Tyler replied with, “If I’m being honest; I haven’t got a clue.” Daniel intervened and explained, “Uh Kian, Tyler doesn’t actually know much about the field; because he never went through any of the cadet training.” “What?! Then how is he a ranger?” Kian replied, demanding to know. The scientist explained, “Before he could start his training at the base, I was looking for volunteers to become a test subject for the new Omega Powers. And Tyler seemed like a worthy candidate.” Kian stepped back and asked, “And, Olessia and John approved a ranger that skipped all the training.” The ranger turned to Daniel and said, “John hates skippers.” Daniel chuckled and replied, “Well, he doesn’t exactly know.” “He does now.” Out of nowhere, General Hook walked into the lab; grunting as he entered. Daniel tried to defend himself the best he could, but John didn’t want to hear it; Daniel knew better than anyone that all rangers have to complete the training course before they can become Power Rangers. “So, you went ahead and created that expendable ranger?” John said. The scientist corrected him, “Uh, experimental ranger.” “Unauthorised ranger!” Daniel then handed John a clipboard, saying, “Actually, it was authorised by Olessia, the director; she was curious to see what the Omega Powers could do.” Hook grunted again before saying, “Blast; he always gets me that way. I keep telling him and Olessia, no rookie could stand up to a real ranger.” “He’s got you there, Daniel.” Kian stated. “I thought of that; which is why I wanted to pair him up with Kian, he will watch and learn.” Daniel explained. Tyler then said, “It’s true, I’m going to follow you orders, Kian. And learn how to be the best Power Ranger I can be.” Kian thought for a sec; he liked the idea of being a mentor, but he wasn’t sure. He said to his friends, “I don’t know.” Daniel gestured to Tyler and said, “At least give him a test run as your new partner.” That last statement caught John attention and made him a little mad; the general then stated, “Kian, I already to you, Flutterby Lily is your new partner.” “Why won’t anybody listen to me?” Kian said, then he started yelling to make his point, “No. More. Partners!!” Suddenly, a beeping sound coming from Daniel’s computer caught the whole group’s attention; the scientist over to the console and check it out. It was an incoming transmission from another planet in the O.S.C Alliance. Daniel explained what was happening, “It’s a distress call, from Equestria.” The Blue Ranger came to a conclusion pretty quickly, “Shockwave!” “A Decepticon attack force is invading the Crystal Empire.” Daniel explained. Before Kian could run off to his shuttle, the scientist said, “You better take Tyler with you; you might need his new powers.” Looking over at John, Kian shrugged his shoulders; John did the same. The ranger then said, “Fine, come on rookie.” Tyler pumped his fist before following his mentor to the ship; he couldn’t believe it, his first mission. The Astro Mega Ship launched from O.S.C HQ, Kian sat in the pilot’s seat and Tyler sat next to him. As they left the atmosphere, Kian turned to Tyler and explained some things to him, “Now while we’re on this mission, I want to make a few things clear; we’re not partners, we’re not friends. You will only address me as sir; is that understood.” “Yes.” Tyler replied, he then thought for a sec. “I mean, ‘yes sir’, sir.” Kian just focused on flying the ship; their destination, Equestria. The Blue Ranger thought to himself for a while; that was until Tyler came out with a question. He asked, “You spent some time on the planet Equestria; about a whole year. So for you, this mission is a little like going home.” “Yeah, home.” Kian replied, that statement made him think about some things; Applejack, the Apple Family, and Wiktoria. “Home.” He said one last time. Location: The Crystal Empire Status: Under Attack (obviously) The streets of the Crystal Empire were engulfed in flames, ponies were running for their lives all over the place; protecting their children and helping those that could not run. All while they were fleeing from the Tronics that were invading the empire. The royal guards tried to fight back, but their weapons, spears and rocks, were no match for Decepticon artillery. One of the ponies was shouting, “The Crystal Heart.” Others started shouting that name as well. “We must get to the Crystal Heart!” “Get to the Crystal Heart!” A large explosion went off behind them, all the ponies in the kingdom ran for the castle; they ran for the aid of the prince and princess. Cadence and Shining Armour ran onto the balcony where the Crystal Heart was kept; they had to address their subjects. Princess Cadence announced, “Fear not, my ponies! For the magic of the Heart will protect us.” Cadence locked hooves with her husband, they touched their horns together to activate their magic. They both said in unison, “We are one.” The rest of the ponies from all over the empire began chanting as well, they locked hooves as well and chanted, “We are united, we are powerful…” All the unicorns’ horns began glowing, as did the Crystal Heart; they finally chanted, “We are….” Suddenly, the roof over where they were all standing exploded; the balcony collapsed. Shining Armour grabbed Cadence and jumped to the ground, he landed on his back and she landed on him; the Crystal Heart was lost in the rubble. Cadence looked up at the hole in the roof, she could see a Decepticon Dropship flying above them; she muttered, “Oh no.” Bludgeon was flying that ship; when he saw their way into the castle grounds, he ordered into the comm channel, “Tronics, move in.” A squad of Shockwave’s robots jumped through the hole in the roof; when they landed on the ground, they scared all the ponies away. The Tronics pointed their weapons at them, intending to blast the ponies; but before they could, an electric-blast came out of nowhere and took out the leading robot. Standing over the hole in the roof, was none other than Kian and Tyler; the Blue Ranger stated to the citizens, “No worries, little ponies; O.S.C is on the job.” The ponies cheered a little when they saw the two rangers above; but they went back to cowering when the Tronics began attacking again. The two ranger began firing their taser-blasters at the robots; while firing, Tyler said, “At ease little horsy people.” The two of them jumped from where they were and went back to back against the Tronics. Once all the Cons were down, they assumed their job here was done; but it wasn’t. Another explosion came from a wall beside them, an explosion that let in more robots; once they were inside, they surrounded the two rangers. All hope seemed lost, there were dozens of Tronics, and all the exits had been cut off. “Can I ask a question?” Tyler asked. Kian replied, “Is this going to be one of those obvious-answer rookie-questions that the answer to is really simple but you don’t know it because you’re rookie.” Tyler replied, “That’s a thing?” The Blue Ranger turned to him with an annoyed look on his face; Tyler got the message and said, “Okay; would now be a good time to morph?” “Yes!” Kian replied. After pulling his morpher out of his pocket, Kian asked, “You ready?” Tyler showed the morpher he had on his wrist and replied, “Ready.” They both shouted in unison, “O.S.C, Emergency!” Both of them stood before the Tronics as Power Rangers; Kian turned to Tyler and said, “Got hand it to Daniel, that’s a nice suit.” “Thanks.” Tyler replied. He then said, “Now let me show you what it can do.” The Omega Ranger held up his morpher, it released a motorcycle handle on its side, Tyler twisted the handle and shouted, “Omega Morpher, Electro Mode!” The ranger then punched the ground, all the Tronics were shocked with electricity that was covering the ground. Bludgeon was watching the whole thing from the Dropship; he then said into the comm link that contacted his master, “Bludgeon to Shockwave; they sent the Blue Ranger.” Shockwave replied, “That’s why I, sent you.” The Decepticon bounty hunter jumped from his ship and landed in front of the rangers. He then transformed into his alternate mode, a tank, and drove off into the city streets. Kian saw him drive away and muttered, “A new player.” He then turned to Tyler and said, “We have to go after him.” “I’ve got just the thing.” The Omega Ranger pushed a button on his morpher and spoke into it, “Omega Max Cycle.” Suddenly, a flash create a one-large-wheeled motorbike; Tyler straddled the bike and motioned Kian to get with him. Seeing no other option, Kian got on the bike. The Blue Ranger asked, “You have driven this thing before, right?” “Nope.” Tyler replied. “Alright, well just be…” before he could say the final word, Tyler revved the engine and sped away. “Carful!” Kian cried, finishing his last sentence. The two ranger drove after Bludgeon, this started the chase through the streets of the Crystal Empire. Bludgeon was able to turn his tank gun around and fire at the rangers; Tyler pulled some fancy driving to avoid his blasts. The Omega Ranger cried, “Lasers!” his bike then firing red and blue lasers from the sirens on the handle bars; now Bludgeon was the one who had to do the dodging. Kian was able to shout, “We’ve got him on the run!” That was until they chased the Con into a smoke cloud, they drove into the smog after him. Tyler then stated, “Yeah, we’ve got him on the…” they left the smoke before he could finish, Bludgeon had disappeared. “Run?” Out of nowhere, a tank blast flew over their heads and just missed them; Bludgeon then sped passed them. Kian fired a shot from his Delta Striker, but missed the shot. After a few more minutes of them chasing the Decepticon, Kian complimented, “He's good.” He then aimed his blaster at Bludgeon’s tires, and fired a single shot; the shot took out his tires and caused him to skid out of control. The Con drove up a piece of debris like a ramp, he was thrown through the air; he transformed back to bot mode before landing on a rooftop. “But I’m better.” Kian stated. The two rangers drove up the same ramp, they landed on a different roof; the left the bike and jumped from one building to another, landing them on a sloping roof they were now using for cover. Bludgeon took out a blaster and began firing at the ranger; one of his shots managed to hit the roof where Tyler was holding on, he lost his grip and sled off the roof. “Tyler!” Kian cried, fearing for his life. When suddenly, a grapple hook was thrown to the tip of the roof; the grapple line was attached to Tyler’s morpher, he pulled himself back up. “He’s good, but I’m better.” Tyler stated. The Blue Ranger said back, “I guess you can be taught.” He then aimed his blaster at where Bludgeon was, “Watch this.” He said. Kian began shooting his blaster, he then pushed a switch that made it keep firing while he took his finger off the trigger; the two of them started sliding down the roof. Kian told Tyler, “They never see this coming.” But then the ranger gasped when he saw Bludgeon hovering in front of them; rocket boosters were coming out of his feet. “Saw it coming.” The Decepticon replied. Kian went for his blaster, but Bludgeon fired a shot from his; blowing the Delta Striker to pieces. “Tyler, gun.” Kian ordered, asking for a weapon. But Tyler replied, “I don’t have a gun.” Bludgeon heard this and fired a blast from his gun; the blast struck Tyler in the chest and knocked him unconscious. The Omega Ranger demorphed and fell off the roof, he landed on a fruit stand below. Bludgeon turned back to the castle, he noticed the larger ship that was flying above it, the Nemesis; he spoke into the comm, “Bludgeon to Shockwave; the Crystal Heart’s all yours.” Two Vehicon troopers were digging through the debris at the castle, they found the Crystal Heart, intact, under the rocks. They both transformed to jet mode and flew the crystal relic up to the ship; all the ponies on the ground were panicking at this. Once the Crystal Heart was on the Nemesis, the ship began to slowly fly away; once the ship was far enough away, it started to snow. Cadence and Shining Armour looked up at the sky, it was snowing; the ponies, including the royals began to worry, with the Crystal Heart, the Crystal Empire will be consumed by the snowy north. Before the ship could leave, Bludgeon would have to be on it; the Decepticon turned back to Kian and stated, “You’re good, but I’m better.” He then shot Kian with a low powered blast, knocking him on his back; Bludgeon then flew up to the ship. The Blue Ranger jumped down to the ground where Tyler was; he checked him, he was still alive. Once he was okay, Kian took out his morpher to contact Earth. “This is O.S.C Blue, Kian reporting; mission update, status: we failed. The Crystal Heart has been captured, and…” he looked down at the rookie he was meant to mentor, “We have a ranger down.”