Power Rangers Kiryu Force

Kill all Titans

The chopper raced through the air through a sea of clouds, descending just low enough to be out of the way of turbulence while seeing the beauty of the ocean beneath and the setting sun on the horizon.

"When was the last time you spoke to Shelby?" Grace asked.

"About three years ago. And it wasn't a... Happy... Conversation..." He admitted.

"After Newtech City we went back home to Angel Grove... Tried to put the pieces back together. Shelby dealt with it by doubling down on work and saving the world with Kendall... And I started drinking." He said, his voice quivering ever so slightly.

He glanced out the window towards the horizon as one of his hands clenched to a fist. He closed his eyes momentarily as a stream of memories seared through his mind. And as he opened his hand and his eyes, he looked back over at Grace.

"I can't tell you how much I hated myself for letting Shelby see me that way." He whispered.

Grace gave him a sympathetic nod of her head, as she had nothing to offer of comfort to such a statement.

"Uh, you mind if we cut in here?" Taylor asked. "It's just, you're gonna wanna see this." She said, handing Tyler a tablet.

"Shelby combined the bioacoustics of different Titans and previous ranger villains to create the Orca's signal. A sort of... Baseline frequency that all the creatures seem to respond to. Attracting them. Repelling them. Even at times calming them down. It's pretty remarkable, actually." She said,

"The problem is we don't know which Titans she combined. But if you can identify those frequencies we'll be able to track the Orca and find Shelby and Rose." Grace stated optimistically.

"Jesus!" Tyler whispered.

"How many of these things are there?" He asked.

"Seventeen. And counting after Godzilla." Serizawa stated.

"Seventeen?" Tyler asked, totally aghast.

"Most of them were discovered in deep hibernation. While others we've contained at top secret sites around the globe. Cambodia, Mexico, Skull Island. We even found one in Stone Canton... They're everywhere." Grace said softly.

"Why don't you kill em?" Tyler asked.

"The government wants to. But Kendall and I believe some are benevolent." Serizawa replied.

Tyler could barely form a response to what he'd just heard. His mouth opened part way, but failed to form words for a long moment before he found his voice and whispered angrily at Serizawa.

"Don't kid yourself."

"Uh... Hey look at that! We're here." Taylor said, breaking the tense silence which had formed in the chopper.

Tyler handed the tablet to Grace and moved to the front of the chopper to see where "here" was. And out of the foggy haze emerged the Gotengo.

Gotengo this is Chrophopper. On direct approach.

They'd arrived at the Gotengo in Bermuda triangle. And as the chopper descended, Tyler couldn't help but marvel at the technology which had created this massive ship.

"This is new." He remarked.

"Yeah, we call it Gotengo. Our new flagship. Built to defend the world, and recently to track and study Godzilla on his home turf." Taylor said.

"I thought he was missing." Tyler retorted.

"Well. Only if you don't know where to look." Grace replied with a smile.

"As you know, at approximately 0700 hours, our containment site in China's Yunnan Rainforest was raided. The specimen, code name Mothra, escaped. But she cocooned herself later under a nearby waterfall." Grace began as they entered the briefing room.

"Wait, wait. Why a waterfall? Don't insects normally dislike water?" Charlie asked.

"Preliminary scans show that Mothra's internal temperature is significantly greater than one would expect of an insectoid life form. We suspect it's because of her massively increased metabolism, and her radioactive properties."Ms. Fairweather replied.

"We've theorized that she chose the waterfall for two reasons. One, to help regulate her temperature. And two, because it offers a passive form of defense against any predatory life forms that may try to find and attack her." Sam added.

"Back on point. Doctor Kendall Morgan, and Shelby Watkins were taken hostage. This, is the man responsible."

A picture of the man's face appeared on the screen, and Tyler's hands, previously resting calmly on the table, unconsciously clenched into fists.

"After sending his facial scans to our agents in the field, we discovered his name is Alan Jonah. He's a former British army colonel turned eco-terrorist, and he's obsessed with restoring the natural order. Neither he, nor his followers, care who they have to hurt or kill to return this world to mother nature." Grace stated.

"A group of fanatics, in short." Taylor added.

"To fund his operations he began trafficking in a new and dangerous market... Titan DNA." Grace continued.

"What the hell is someone gonna do with a giant worm?" Asked Sasha.

"Are you kidding me, Oliver?" Charlie said.

"Our intel indicates that Jonah wants to capture this specimen. Alive. And this means that he and his mercs won't be far behind. At 0500, we'll ship out to launch a joint operation-"

"I wouldn't bother." Tyler interjected.

"Excuse me?" Taylor asked.

"This sounds like a duck hunt to me." He continued.

"Uh, Tyler, why don't we let General Earhardt finish-" Angela tried to say politely.

"It's a decoy. A diversion... How many ways do I have to describe it?" Tyler asked as he stood from his chair.

"Look, they've already got Shelby and the Orca. Why would they want just this one when they've got the keys to your entire magic kingdom of horrors back here?" He asked, gesturing to the screen behind him which showed the locations of all the Titans, and the facilities housing them worldwide.

"I think they want you to go after this Mothra so they can go after a real prize. Something bigger." He concluded.

Serizawa and Fairweather silently shared a brief, concerned glance with one anther as both of their eyes shifted between a few key facilities on the map on the wall. Africa, Eastern Europe, and... Antarctica.

"... Right." Taylor said, her head tilted slightly.

"Tyler. This is not the first specimen they've captured. They know what they are doing." Serizawa said.

"That's not just a specimen. I've got an wife, and a friend out there... In case you'd forgotten." Tyler growled.

"No. No one has forgotten that, Tyler ." Grace replied. "But to uh, to remind you, you were brought on here to help track the Orca and to advise us-" she tried to continue.

"I advise you to kill these things." Tyler said.

"You wanna make sure these things don't fall into the wrong hands? You kill them, and the Orca's useless." He stated flatly.

Serizawa and Angela both looked away slowly and sighed through their noses, Serizawa rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"Shelby wouldn't have wanted that. Even to save her life." Angela retorted calmly.

"Well it wouldn't be the first time Shelby put all of this before herself, or her family, would it?" Tyler asked.

Ms. Fairweather had no answer for that, and all she could do, along with everyone else, was watch Tyler walk out of the room without another word.

"I'll do it myself" Tyler said.