Power Rangers: Defender

Chapter 6

-Zika-

Radster didn't make keeping him occupied easy for Zika, the monster trying to move past him and head after the rangers Megazord as it began to split apart into its separate zords. He had almost made it past Zika before the warrior threw one of the blades into his legs, tripping the monster up as well as getting a set of sparks confirming it's damage as Radster tripped over. "Zika, can you hear me," came a voice in his helmet, making Zika sigh as Torozord charged past him, knocking the monster further from the group. "I just got confirmation that there's a swarm of Stingwingers that made it into here while I was starting to get ready to start watching the zoo. Any chance you can head over and assist?"

"Sadly I'm a bit busy at the moment, Nathan," Zika responded as he ran to his thrown weapon, picking it up as Radster finally was able to free himself from Torozord's charge, now back to having Zika and the zord standing in between him and the rangers. As the pause gave him a moment, he could hear the sound of slashes coming from the other side of the communicator. "However, Stingwingers aren't your only problem. Furio's over there too, and he's following Eric and one of the workers at the zoo who came over to the mountain. You'll be getting some other help though."

"You don't mean the rangers here, do you," came a response, making Zika sigh as he heard the fighting stop as Radster held up his gun, firing a blast of flames from it as Zika held up his blades to deflect it. "Why should I accept their help when they couldn't even save this planet in the previous timeline?"

"Because they could turn out like Ivan did when you got to know him," Zika responded before he started slowly walking forward towards Radster while holding his blades up, bracing himself as he felt the heat of the flames licking against his armor as he focused. "Now I need to focus on this fight, so just deal with the situation yourself."

With that he cut off the communication before he finally couldn't hold the flames back anymore, being knocked back by them as he rolled back, Torozord moving in front of him as he slowly got up. "Look, just keep yourself out of my way and things'll go smoothly," Radster spoke, only getting a chuckle from Zika as he stood up again, holding up his blades.

"Maybe if you decide to turn up the heat on that thing, I'll consider it," Zika responded as he took a stance. "This barely counts as a warmup."

-Nathan-

Nathan sighed as he sat atop a stone within one of the many tunnels of the mountain, a group of Stingwingers fallen around him as he rested his hand on his sword hilt, the tip of the blade resting slightly into the dirt. "Let's hope some of Marianne's luck is watching over us today," Nathan muttered as he picked himself up, pulling the blade out of the ground as he started walking deeper into the tunnels, his mind moving off of memory as he listened to the sounds of buzzing ahead of him. "And to make things hairier, I have to deal with the rangers coming here too..."

He soon sheathed his sword as he continued walking, the shape of the weapon soon shifting to its blaster mode before he aimed it ahead, firing into the area as he felt a sense of déjà vu, catching a few Stingwingers that had been hiding on the walls and revealing others that had been crouched in waiting as he chuckled. "Well then, seems Furio was expecting me to try to come in here anyway," Nathan continued as he cocked his blaster before resting it on his shoulder, the remaining Stingwingers rising from their spots and moving towards him. "Cutting and blasting through Stingwingers to save a few people in here. Feels rather reminiscent of when we first worked together, doesn't it Ivan..."

-Kendall-

'How far does this slide go down?' Kendall thought as she rolled from side to side through the tunnel, her gaze kept up at the top where Eric had pushed her down from. She still couldn't believe he just pushed her down, even when out of the two of them she had a better chance to deal with the Stingwingers alone. 'He doesn't know that I'm a Power Ranger though, so if anything it should be considered rather noble to focus on protecting me over himself, but still...'