trans_9 | Gathering of the Power Rangers [Closed for now]

Having posted his call for the Rangers to report to the Command Center ~~immediately~~ whenever they had time, there was little Billy could do but stand in the circle of consoles and wait. With dim blue lights twinkling along the walls, he could just about see his hand in front of his face.

Maybe he should have asked someone to bring a flashlight.

Shaking that thought off, he started preparing a speech for the others in his head, reminding himself of all the rules and ideals. The threshold of a new beginning. What an exciting and nerve-wracking place to be.

I wish you were here, Billy thought as the light reflected off the empty glass tube. But wishing wouldn't bring anyone back, as the past year had proven. The Rangers were his responsibility now, and he'd have to improvise.

Starting with the first few Rangers. He hoped they would make it through the door safely, and further that they wouldn't trip.

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Kate admitted, "I really could have used something like this against the Skrulls."

She then tilted her head to the side, "But what does this mean now? I mean there's a reason I guess it worked with us right?"

"These morphers were already partially completed when I found and finished them, so I don't understand everything about their construction or the power cores they hold. I believe they'll work for just about anyone, but a team functions best when the members have a will to fight to protect. I believe you all qualify."

He glanced at the gathered Rangers, sizing them up in his head. This might not be too bad of a start.

"Quick question. Given what I know about stuff like color-coded spandex wearing superhero teams, can I assume we're getting giant robots?"

Of course this would be one of the first questions. Time to answer it.

"Yes, our mecha are known as Zords. There are six assigned to us---the Red Dragon, the Griffin, the Unicorn, the Firebird, the Lion, and the Tigerzord. They're all waiting in the Hangar if you want to inspect them. Knowledge of how to pilot them comes with the powers, but we can also train manually if we ever need to drive them unmorphed. They can be piloted individually or merged into a bipedal Megazord."

Pause. "You each also have weapons of your own in your morphed forms, and you can train with those as well."

"I saw them too!" Lash confirmed with a grin. "They look...well it's a waaay different ballgame than the X-wings, buuuut, really, they all have these really cool weapons! I already thought about installing more lasers on each of them, but anyway..." she trailed off. "I can't wait to see what they look like combined!"

Hopefully with even MORE lasers.

Jamie had already had a chance to ask questions of Billy, so he thought he really hadn't had any left. Listening to the others, however, another question came to mind. He can't quite remember if he's asked Billy about this specifically before, but even if he has and he's forgotten, it seems important enough to ask now.

"Is there anything that can go wrong with the morphers once ye have them active?"

"We could be depowered by an exceptionally strong enemy blast, but those blasts would be strong enough that they would have killed us otherwise, so they're rare. It's an awful situation, but if we plan carefully and train we'll have a better chance of surviving it."

Billy sighs. "I ran as much testing for malfunctions as I could and double and triple checked my finished work, but we should also test the morphers once or twice. Just to be reasonably certain."

Andy leaned back a bit. "Everything so far seems like it makes sense to me. Is there anything else you think we might need to know?"

"Most of what I could tell you has been true of other fighting groups, but there's just one more thing: in the event that any of us are forced into evil again."

It's a dark topic, signaled by the sudden tightening in Billy's muscles. "Enemies may try to drive us apart by taking control of our minds. It's happened to a former teammate of mine, and it's happened to me. I will never support killing anyone if that happens---it's too personal of a topic. And we'll always look for any possible alternative first. But I can't kill."

Kate stepped forward at that, wanting to touch Billy's shoulder reassuringly.

"It's one of our basic rules, Avengers don't kill. We stop the enemy anyway we can, but never that."

She added quietly to him, "Already happened to me with the Yeerk some time ago, good thing they let us get better from it."

Jamie does reach out to lay his hand on his friend's shoulder - he knows full well what had happened there, and how much it still troubles Billy. "Aye," he says quietly. "There's ways that we can stop them without killing if that happens."

He's seen enough senseless death that he is strongly motivated to do his best to prevent it from happening again.

Forced into evil. Huh. She'd been evil by choice a small while ago.

But Lash...Lash had probably killed more people indirectly and directly than everyone else in this room had seen dead. Combined. Sent so many loyal Black Hole soldiers to their inevitable deaths for the glory of Sturm and...that was in the past, right? She couldn't have been picked for this if there wasn't some sort of cosmic joke or maybe something that believed in her more that she currently believed in herself. It felt...nice. Having teammates again felt really nice. This was more intimate than the Rouge Squadron, she had to admit.

Could she have killed Jake or Hawke if push had come to shove? Probably not. Lash bit her lip and remained silent, but she also touched Billy's shoulder. That said enough, right?

For a second, Billy could have closed his eyes and imagined that he was back with his Rangers again. That's who they were: caring, loyal, and strong together. He felt an inkling of the thread between them that his old teammates had had.

With this, his hope for their team swelled.

"Thank you," he answered with a quiet smile. "If he was here, he'd thank you too."

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