Power Rangers: Defender

Chapter 4

Furio paced back and forth in the throne room, his thoughts turned to the viewing screen. Over the last few days they had Stingwingers searching around the city and areas of the planet to try to find something for the device, but every time they had thought they found a proper way to track the power it was proven fruitless. "At this rate we'll need to hold a magnet to even hope to find something of use," Furio spoke, turning again just as Starcog entered the room. "Starcog, report!"

"Yes, Furio," Starcog spoke, moving to the screen as he did so. After keying in several numbers into the screen, the screen soon turning to the Dinosaur Zoo, a jeep moving in. "While we haven't been able to get a clear visual on any specific parts, we have found that this group of people have been coming and going from the area near where the gate is. As we were watching today, they had brought with them this device."

As Starcog reiterated, the camera zoomed in on Kendall, or more specifically the device in her hand. "A device you'll need to find the key then," Furio spoke, walking up to the screen and placing his hand to where the device was pictured. "How easily can we reach it?"

"Not so easy, it's placed somewhere we can't find immediately, so by the time we'd reach it we'd have the Magna Defender or those Rangers right on us," Starcog spoke, the screen soon showing the zoo in a current showing. "We have, however, discerned a potential location of where it may be placed in this building thanks to the consistency of how the workers here have gone to."

"But it's not in a place we can reach without drawing attention," Furio spoke to himself as he looked to the screen. "What do we know of the workers here?"

"Not much at the moment, but they don't seem as if they'd be much of a threat," Starcog responded, the screen moving towards the area in front of the location, where an auburn-haired man was just walking out. "However, we could use their next trip to the tunnels in order to catch them unaware, and have a monster distract the rangers while we go to steal the device ourselves."

Furio looked to the Zoo, his mind going over the idea before he turned to Starcog and nodded. "Have Radstar cause the distraction when we find out the location, I will be the one who will personally take the device," Furio spoke, soon walking back to his thrown before he sat back down, looking to the screen. "I've had enough sitting in the sidelines, it's time I make an example..."

-Kendall, Amber Beach Dinosaur Zoo, Kendall's Office-

Kendall sighed as she leaned back in her chair. She had been going over the current readings of the gateway but couldn't see anything that could help with the situation. To add to that, the scan of the doorway they saw wasn't enough to view everything to begin with, so if she wanted to look over it more than she'd need to head back over there again. "And still nothing from Ivan," Kendall muttered to herself as she looked to the communications device, the area silent since her message to Ivan to ask about the person. However, Keeper was also against the idea of the question for the version of Ivan they knew.

'This painting has knowledge of an event directly tied to Ivan's own history, we could end up majorly changing the past if we tell him about it,' Keeper had said shortly after the idea to ask Ivan came up. 'While we were able to change time in order to save the earth before, the same can't be said for what might happen if we affect an area so close to our time.'

"But what are we supposed to do if we can't ask Ivan about the image," Kendall spoke to herself, looking over the scans of the materials of the doorway. "It would be much easier if we had something to help with the situation more.

As Kendall looked over the notes over the last reading, she heard a knock at her door that snapped her out of her thoughts. "Ms. Morgan, I've got the current finance sheet for today's sales," came Eric's voice, making her sigh before she set the notes down.