SPD Thunder Ranger

Shadow Part 2

"You know, Syd, I kinda like it here." said Z. "Nice and quiet. I think I might become a regular."

"I don't know anything about Kat Manx!" Piggy tells them. "You've got to believe me."

"You know, being the advisor of the "C" and "D" level cadets and the editor of the academy newspaper and just generally being a pretty big blabber mouth, I'm sure I can have this place bouncing off the walls with S.P.D." said Bridge.

"Oh, all right!" Piggy said in frustration. "Gruumm is here on earth."

"Uh, this is what we know." said Boom once the rangers were back at the base. "Okay, we know that the robot has been placing spikes into the ground and then activating them. First downtown, then the harbor. Uh, west end, east end, north end. And then the airport. Now, after analyzing these spikes, I believe them to be, uh, proton spikes." Boom explains. "By themselves, harmless. Unless pulled from the ground without deactivating them first."

"You were right, Commander." said Sky.

"But if, uh, a mega neutron spike is placed in the middle and the activated, we are talking seismic activity on a quasar three level." said Boom, holding up three fingers.

"Interesting. No doubt that is why Gruumm had decided to take a firsthand look at the destruction himself." said Cruger.

"I say we give Gruumm a little destruction taste of his own." said Jack.

"Be patient. Gruumm is a cunning adversary. If we act too soon, we may fall into his trap."

"So...we wait?" asked Bridge.

"That maybe a trap as well." said Cruger.

"I was afraid you say that." Bridge said. Just then R.I.C. walks in, his power fluxing as he lays down on the floor. "R.I.C?" asked Syd, as they ran to him. R.I.C. dropped something out of his mouth. "Another message."

"Doggie Cruger, once again, I have taken something of yours." said Benaag as he popped up as a hologram. He walks away to reveal Kat and Kiara, sitting behind a containment field, wearing some belts. "Benaag, you will pay for this!" growled Cruger. Sky squared up behind Cruger. Kiara and Kat looked at them for help.

"Come alone! I will be waiting for at Sector 4, area 6. You have one hour." said Benaag as he laughs evilly.

"It's a trap, Doggie." said Kat. Suddenly Gruumm appears. "Yes, I assure you. It is." said Gruumm. "One hour, Cruger. Or their demolecularizing belt will activate and scatter their molecules will scatter, and they will vanish." Sky and Kiara looked at each other, Cruger and Kat look at each other.

"Doggie." said Kat.

"Sky." Said Kiara and the hologram turned off.

Seconds later, Cruger addressed the rangers. "All right, now we go into action." said Cruger.

"Sir, I think Z and I should go after Kat and Kiara. And Sky should lead the others in stopping the seventh spike from being planted." said Jack.

"I agree, sir." said Sky. Sky knew it was best for him to focus on something else other then Kiara.

"A good plan, but not the one we'll employ." said Cruger. "Jack, I want you and the other rangers to make sure that seventh spike is not secured."

"But sir, what about Kat and Kiara?" asked Syd.

"We just can't leave them with Benaag." said Z.

"Sir, we leave no man behind. Even when that man's a...woman." said Bridge.

"I appreciate your concern for them, but I have given my orders." growled the commander.

"Then send four of us to stop the seventh spike. Let me go after Kiara and Kat alone." said Jack.