When The Mighty Falls (Part 4)
"Ha!" Malcolm takes Noah and Orion down at the same time. Emma powers through to defend them. Both collide and tussle back and forth. Malcolm half smirks, "Adequate strength." He pushes Emma off, but she returns swinging, "Nice form." Malcolm nearly misses avoiding the blast. He sneaks a way to grip her. Now, she could not attack, "But the technique needs work."
The pink ranger meets the cold, concrete floor. She groans. Malcolm pridefully stands over her, smiling. The moment ceases when he is quickly ambushed. In sync, Troy and Savannah use their legs to air kick their enemy to the floor. He finds his body against the ground. Troy helps Emma stand while Savannah bolts towards him again. She comes down onto him using her sword. Malcolm blocks her. The two constantly try to get the other to break the force they have on one another.
"Ugh!" Savannah struggles.
"Getting sloppy?" Malcolm taunts.
A smirk instantly plasters itself on Savannah's face. In all of their moments together, he knew better to take this as a sign. Despite his cool exterior, he silently worries, 'Oh no.' Jake, Orion, and Noah combine their power to blast him. Malcolm is succumb to the attack, as is Savannah. She forgot to move out of the way in the midst of it all and ends up being hit as well. Malcolm grunts.
"Savannah are you okay?!" Troy shows his concern. The others have worrisome expression gracing their features.
She is fast to stand, but could not shake the effects off, "...Ow."
"You got that right." Malcolm agrees. He is slow to recover as he wipes the dust off. The group stand by each other when seeing him adjust himself, "My turn."
He charges. The gang do the same. From their right, yellow blast catches Malcolm off guard. He is able to dodge, although stops mid run. In comes the Rangers' designated second in command, suited and fired up. She holds her blaster tight, glaring at their target for the evening, "You're outnumbered."
"And you're aim is horrible." Malcolm claps back.
Gia smiles under the helmet nonetheless. A sudden crack makes Malcolm turn around. The steel pole, standing not too far behind, could no longer stay in place. Her direct hit became his problem. In the middle of the street, some civilians watch as the pole crushes Malcolm. The others run to their teammate.
"Nice!" Emma says and high fives her best friend.
"Ah!" Malcolm spews out a power of his own. Using his only free hand, every hero is knocked off of their feet. Howling from the pain, Malcolm chuckles darkly. He strives to stand again. With a hefty push up, the pole rolls off of him. His billion dollar glare sends people running. Malcolm looks to the Rangers, "You're not getting off so easily."
Having dealt with him previously, Savannah regaining strength first was not a shock. Orion is next to rise and assists his friends. Gia's anger festered. She rejected the silver ranger's help and forces herself to move. Her morpher comes out from her pocket. She yells, "Legendary Ranger Mode, Wild Force!"
Fiercely embracing the new layer of spandex, the yellow ranger soon readies herself to fight. Savannah nods at her, as if to give some sort of approval, before they take him on again. Malcolm thrusts himself at the team. The boys try to keep him surrounded while the girls keep him busy. However, Malcolm begins to tear them down one by one. First Jake, then Troy, then Orion. Noah holds on for a bit longer, but follows the same fate as the others soon enough. With each landing, the heroes de-morph.
"Ha!" Gia lets out when clawing him off. Malcolm staggers back, but she is not done. Boiling, the tiger roars. Her defenses heighten in strength. Emma and Savannah had no chance in helping her. The pink ranger feels her worry grow. In contrast, Savannah crosses her arms in amusement, entertained by this.
"Gah! Hiyah!" Gia consistently thrashes.
"You are an angry one, aren't you?" Malcolm comments as he attempts to hold his own.
"You picked a really bad day!" Gia replies.
She, for the moment, gets the drop on the enemy. Malcolm collides with the floor beneath him by her kick. Back sliding, he uses his powers from earlier, which had Gia meeting the ground simultaneously. Emma dashes over to her and crouches down. Savannah protectively stands in front of the two ladies so Malcolm would not have the ability to hurt them.
"Gia-"
"I'm fine!" Gia pushes her hand back.
Emma is slightly hurt by this. Gia dismisses this for the time being and is quick to rejoin Savannah. A beep came from Malcolm's communicator. He huffs, thinking, 'Of course. Just when things were getting interesting.' Malcolm turns to the young women, "That's all for now. Later folks!"
He flashes away. Gia groans, "Ugh!" Her power is stripped, de-morphing her into civilian mode, "Where is he going?!"
"I'm about to find that out." Savannah declares and runs off.
"Savannah wait!" Troy calls after her, but she is too fast for him.
Gia was about to run in her same direction until Jake grabbed her, "Hey hey hey! Where you going little firecracker?"
"Let me go Jake!" Gia demands.
"Not until you calm down." Jake retorts.
Gia forces a smile, "Fine, I'm calm. Now put me down." He does so carefully. Her high heeled, black boots return to the floor. Gia brushes her blonde hair out of her face, "Are you guys okay?"
"Mostly." Noah answers.
"Are you?" Orion asks the girls.
"Yeah." Emma says. She looks to the blonde, "Gia..."
"Don't." Gia stops her, "We need to follow Savannah."
"Not like this. Wherever he is, she'll let us know. We need to patch up." Troy tells her.
"You guys can do that. Emma and I will go." Gia decides.
"I need to look at my bruises." Emma bows out, "And so should you. They'll only slow us and Savannah down if we go like this."
None of the others disagree. Shaking her head, Gia leaves the team. Emma sighs.
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