Code Red

Chapter 7

"And I thought throwing people down a bottomless pit was fun."

Rubble and ash filled the streets. Broken glass fell into the sewers. Some people were screaming since a few houses were affected in the mist of it all. News reports covered televisions around neighborhoods. From behind a shadowy ally, a man viewed the scene. He felt proud of his deed and decided to go out for a little celebration. That is, until he sensed that he was not alone.
  Walking a bit slower, his head peered around the corner. He found nothing. One of his eyes traveled to the left as the eyebrow flew up. Not taking any chances, he pulled out his blaster and shot at whatever was near him. The blast however was sent back to him, which he swiftly dodged. Looking up, the guy let out an amused chuckle.

"Of course it's you." Kent said aloud, "Happy freakin new year."

His opponent drew out a sword, "Yeah except this is the time where you die and never be remembered for all of existence. So it's technically your last happy new year."

"If you're lucky." Kent warned. He drew out his sword, "Dead man loses?"

"Oh so you already lost?" His challenger asked in return.

The two men went at it. Jumping and dodging swings that were aimed at him, the non-cheesy antagonist punched the silver in the face. He went sideways and luckily was still on his feet. His blaster hit his target, but did no damage.

"Crap!" Orion shouted.

"Too soft." Kent clapped back.

He switched his sword for an axe.

"Gold silver fusion!" Orion shouted, "Unlock!"

Now becoming infused with silver and gold past rangers, he brought out his twin blades. Kent nodded.

"Huh," he said, "For once you have something that's sharp. Sure it hasn't passed the G rating?"

He ran and swung his ax around. The male alien of the team used his blades to form an X and block the hit. The two were stuck like that as they fought to overpower one another.

"Jealous that we are part of a generation?" Orion inquired smugly.

"No." Kent answered back, "Because I don't need powers to be dangerous."

Orion removed his blades from the ax and tried to stab his enemy. He was blocked and cut by the axe in the face. Rolling on the ground, it caused his helmet to pop off and slash through deeper. The silver ranger stood up and wiped his cheek.

"Dang!" Orion reacted while wiping the liquid on his black bottoms, "That's not good. Now I know why Troy wears red."

"And why you should start." Kent warned.

Coming from behind, both the girls and Noah aimed their blasters at him.

"Oh my god, you brought your squad?" Kent posed as he took this as a joke, "Screw new years! It must be my birthday."

"Yeah and your present is if you walking out alive." Gia threatened.

Kent raised an eyebrow. "You know, it's a shame that your boyfriend got in the middle of all this. You're definitely a little firecracker aren't you?"

The yellow ranger rolled her eyes.

"Just give up! You're outnumbered, you're not going to win." Emma reasoned with him.

"Oh honey..." Kent explained to her, "You really think that a bunch of people can stop just one me? I mean if there's ten of me, I could kick all of your butts in less than an hour. It's as simple as that."