7. A Parting of Ways (1/2)

a/n: this is another of my favourite tf episodes.

please read and review?

i'm sorry if paige's role is small in this one, but the way it went, i didn't have much choice, due to the storyline.

in the city, the rangers all stared at flamecon - wes standing by a warehouse, the others on a road nearby.

"time force!" wes shouted, holding his right hand out above him, and his left down by his hip.

he clutched his right fist, before he jumped up and then punched flamecon in the head. he then jumped and kicked flamecon in the chest chest, knocking him back, and then he dived and chopped flamecon down the chest, knocking him back some more. wes then punched him in the chest as the others stared at him, knocking flamecon away and against a wall, making him fall onto his side.

flamecon then pulled off a patch near his left armpit, causing the bubbles inside him to began to rise up. he laughed evilly as he towered over the rangers, who stared at him.

"circuit, we need help!" wes called into his morpher.

(clock tower)

circuit opened his eyes up.

"got it." he said. "time flyers, online!"

(the city)

once the time flyers arrived and the rangers jumped into them, before they all gathered together. the color armoured from 4, 5 and 6 at the back then vanished, then the color armoured from 2 and 3 retracted themselves, and then turned onto their sides. all six of them then combined into the time force megazord jet mode - 6 being the engines at the back.

it then flew towards flamecon, who then fired lasers at it from his eyes, but missed.

"jet mode, now!" wes shouted.

the time force megazord began flying around in circles, creating a whirlwind.

"huh?" flamecon gasped, as it came towards him.

it then blew him away, before the time force megazord separated back into the time flyers. 1, 4, 5 and 6 then quickly combined together, as 2 and 3 came up on either side of 1. both then turned onto their sides, then the top bit of both folded back slightly, folding an arm out each before they folded back in. they both then attached themselves to 1, as the front of it lowered down, showing a face with yellow eyes, forming time force megazord mode blue.

it landed on the ground as flamecon got up and stared at it. he then charged at it, before it punched him repeatedly in the chest, as wes punched his fist forward.

"ahh!" flamecon moaned, as he went flying away.

he flipped backwards through the air, before he smashed through a tower, then flipped backwards again, before landing on the ground on his back.

the time force megazord then separated back into the time flyers, before they flew off. they then quickly combined into time force megazord mode red, then a silver saber came out of the green part of its chest, before it grabbed it.

"full power!" wes shouted, holding his saber up diagonally.

the two metal points came down the ends of both sabers, then the clock appeared around the one the time force megazord held.

flamecon charged at it, before wes slashed his saber across from right to left, then the time force megazord did the same while running past flamecon, slashing him across the chest.

"ahh!" flamecon moaned, before he froze up.

"your time's up." wes said, holding his left fist up, before extending his fingers up.

the clock appeared around the time force megazord's saber again, then the metal points began to move slowly up, until they reached the 12.

sparks came out of flamecon as he moaned, then an explosion went off around him, then the bubbles inside him shrunk, turning him to tiny size.

the time force megazord then stood at ease.

intro:

time force!

wes

ings out his chrono saber, then all the rangers turn around on a building.

time force!

the rangers stand near the time gate, then all spin around on a building again.

power...rangers!

they all stand together, then lucas presses his chrono morpher.

the rangers - minus wes - all stand together while looking around through visual scanner sunglasses.

the transwarp megazord whacks the shadow winger into the time gate.

racing to...

the time flyers fly through time and space, then the rangers spin around onboard the time ship.

..another time

dinosaurs gasp as they see the time flyers, which then flew over the egyptians in ancient egypt.

chrono...

neil armstrong gasps as shadow winger flies past him on the moon.

..morphers are...

the rangers suits all light up slightly, with lines going down the helmets.

..online

wes stands near his dad's mansion and smiles.

jason fauntas wes

timeless...

lucas jumps down from a balcony in the clock tower and smiles.

..wonders

michael copenas lucas

fire...

trip works on something and then smiles.

kevin kleinbergas trip

..and...

katie smiles while standing near a window.

..thunder

deborah estelle phillipsas katie

off...

jen folds her arms and smiles.

erin cahillas jen

..to save...

paige smiles while sitting down behind a table.

..the world!

kate maraas paige

go go time force!

the rangers stand together in a street.

time,

the rangers all bump their fists together.

time, time...

jen shows her badge at a villain, which glows.

..for power...

wes slashes through some cyclobots with his chrono saber.

..rangers time force!

jen slashes through some cyclobots with her chrono saber.

time, time,

lucas slashes some cyclobots with his chrono saber.

time for...

paige dashes past some cyclobots while firing her v6 blaster.

..power rangers time force!

jen runs along a street, then the rangers - minus wes - run away from the time ship.

time, time,

the rangers all ride their vector cycles along a street.

..time for power rangers time force!

the time ship blows up, then alex twirls around to avoid ransik.

time force - time force!

the rangers stand together as an explosion goes off behind them.

the transwarp megazord stands above people in the year 3000.

ransik stands in front of some cyclobots.

vernon wellsas ransik.

wes presses his chrono morpher,

inging out his v1 blaster.

nadria rips off her civilian clothes in a store, showing her battle armour, and freaking out the customers while she smiles.

kate sheldonas nadira

mr. collins sits in his office behind his desk.

andedward laurence albertas mr. collins

time shadow megazord races along the side of a building while being fired upon.

casting by:iris hampton

time, time,

shadow force megazord mode blue aims its long blaster, as a clock symbol appears in front of it.

action directorskoichi sakamotomakoto yokoama

..time for power...

it then fires at the clock numbers one-by-one.

..rangers time force!

time force megazord mode red holds up its saber, as a clock appears in front of it.

time, time,

the ends of the saber move up slowly.

the rangers all look up at the clock tower.

..time for power rangers time force!

co-producersjudd lynnkoichi sakamoto

time force -

time force megazord mode blue fires at a monster, while they both hover above the city.

co-producersscott page-pagterpaul f. rosenthal

time force!

time shadow megazord stands on top of a building.

producerjohnathan tzachor

power...rangers! go!

later that day, wes sat on a window ledge of clock tower, looking down at the city, when jen came towards him.

"something on your mind?" she asked.

wes turned to her, before he looked back at the city.

"nah, i'm just thinking." he said. "you know, it's funny how when you least expect it, life can take such amazing turns."

"you mean, like becoming a ranger?" jen inquired.

"yeah." wes said, turning to her.

"well, i'm glad life's so funny." jen said. "you're a great red ranger."

she turned around and walked away.

"huh?" wes muttered.

he got down from the window and walked after her.

"really?" he inquired, as she stopped and turned to him. "you think i'm great?"

"well..." jen said, before they walked off. "yeah, you're pretty good."

"whoa, whoa, whoa." wes said, touching her arm, getting her attention. "you just said 'great', not just 'pretty good'?"

"well, i meant...above average." jen said.

wes looked shocked, as she nodded.

"barely." she added, grinning.

she patted his chest, then turned left and walked off, as wes raised his head in annoyance.

"barely?" he questioned, turning to her. "wait a sec?"

he walked after her.

the next day, wes and his father were walking down a street, as a bunch of kids played baseball in the park. a girl threw the baseball, before a boy batted it away and ran off, but then a third caught it

"now of course you will be taking my place at bio-lab." mr. collins said, as he and wes walked by the limo, as philips cleaned the front window.

"yes, sir." wes said glumly.

"and you need to be ready, and harvard's an excellent university." mr. collins said.

"yes, sir." wes said.

"but, son..." mr. collins said.

wes turned to his father as they stopped by the front of the limo.

"..listen to me, there's no substitute for experience." the father said.

the girl threw the baseball away, before a third boy batted it away, making it hit the limo's hood, which made philips look at it.

"listen-" mr. collins said, before he stared at the ball.

"nice hit." philips remarked, turning to the kids.

mr. collins picked up the ball as a boy, who was called frankie, ran towards him and wes.

"sorry, mr." frankie apologized.

the other kids all came towards them.

"you know what i think? i think i'm gonna keep this." mr. collins said.

wes turned to his father.

"let that be a lesson to you." mr. collins said rudely. "go on, get outta here! go on,"

frankie turned around and walked towards his friends.

"aw!" some said sadly.

wes turned from them to his father.

"dad, he's just a kid." he said.

"he's just a kid who learned a good lesson." his father argued. "now, i'll see you at dinner. throw this in the trash."

he threw the ball up, before wes caught it. mr. collins then walked towards the back of the limo, as philips opened the door, and then he climbed inside. wes turned back to the kids, then back to the limo as philips got into its driver's seat, and then drove it away.

"hey, kid!" wes called, turning to them.

the kids all stopped and turned to him, as he leaned against his bike and motioned frankie towards him. frankie then walked towards wes, who then tossed him the ball, which he caught.

"hit a homer." wes said.

"thanks." frankie said.

he turned and ran towards the other kids.

"yeah!" they all cheered. "whoo!"

wes smiled as they ran off to play, before he put his helmet on and got onto his bike.

meanwhile, in the cryo prison, ransik had his head on a massage head pillow, as two cyclobots gave him a shoulder massage with their fists.

"harder." he said. "harder!"

the cyclobots began banging their fists harder on his shoulders, as frax watched.

"uh! no, no! stop!" ransik ordered, as he began to move. "stop that?! stop!"

he got up and turned to the cyclobots.

"stupid rust bucket!" he snapped, pushing one away hard.

it landed on the floor and began to sparkle, as its head fell off.

"all of you robots are useless!" ransik snarled.

the headless cyclobot sat up, then put its hands where its head should be. the other then walked towards the head and picked it up, then turned around as frax approached it.

ransik turned around as nadira entered the room, as a door closed behind her.

"oh, daddy, i have a plan." she said.

she walked towards the panels, before opening one up, and stared at the containers inside.

"we'll kidnap someone really important, then ransom them for cash." she smirked.

she picked one up and turned around, before walking towards the cryo chamber. she opened the container up, then took out the mutant inside - who was called tentaclaw, who had a purple head, and gold and white body, and claw like hands. she put him down in the cryo chamber, before she backed away as a cyclobot stood at its control panel, before she pointed at it.

it turned around and pressed a few buttons on the panel, closing up the cryo chamber. the yellow light above it then turned green, as frax came up behind nadira and ransik.

"we have mission complete." he joked.

the cryo chamber then opened up, then smoke came out of it, followed by tentaclaw, without his head. ransik turned to nadria annoyed, who then muttered nervously.

"hey, get back here?" tentaclaw yelled.

the body turned around as his head came floating out of the chamber on some white tentacles - two for arms, four for legs.

"sorry. i couldn't see where i was going with all that smoke." he apologised, as his head attached to his body.

he then turned around to ransik, frax and nadira.

"nadira, i am at your service." he said.

"this is tentaclaw." nadira said. "remember, daddy? he kidnapped the mayor back in the year 3000."

"oh, yes." ransik said, chuckling. "oh, he is good."

he, nadira and frax all laughed.

later that day, the kids from the park were all on a school bus, which moved along a highway road surrounded by trees. they all either passed each other the baseball stuff they'd played with or were talking to each other.

"alright." a boy said.

"did you see..?" a girl asked.

the driver turned back to them all and smiled, before turning back to the road. a girl smiled as a couple of boys chuckled, when tentaclaw appeared behind the bus. he separated his head from his body, and then his head began to fly after the bus. once it got to the door, it pulled it open, making the driver turn to it.

"ah!" he gasped, as the head entered the bus.

the kids gasped as tentaclaw turned to them all.

"you are all being kidnapped and held for ransom!" he announced.

"ah!" the kids cried.

tentaclaw laughed as he closed the door by moving he driver's lever.

in the clock tower, as jen stared down at the city from a window, wes and lucas sat at a table, while trip, katie and paige stood further away in the top room, circuit opened his eyes up.

"emergency" he said.

jen turned to him, as wes and lucas got up, and the others ran towards them.

"mutants on the old highway!" he explained.

"let's move." jen said.

the rangers all turned and ran towards the stairs.

on the highway, the kids on the bus kept screaming as tentaclaw stared at them.

"and, if you think you can get away from me, because i'm so little..." he said.

the rest of his body showed up behind him.

"think again." he smirked.

"aghhh!" the kids screamed.

"ah!" the driver gasped.

"move it!" tentaclaw demanded, as his body grabbed the driver.

he picked the driver up and threw him onto an empty seat.

"ah!" he yelled.

tentaclaw's head tentacles then grabbed the wheel.

"there. now you kids sit back and enjoy the ride." he said.

the kids all screamed while staring at his body.

the rangers then came racing along the rode on their vector cycles, and began chasing after the bus. (paige was on katie's left) they all raced towards the bus, as the kids inside turned around and saw them through the windows.

"alright." a boy said.

"wow." frankie said.

lucas led the others along the road as they got closer to the bus. (paige was in the rear)

"let's go!" lucas said, revving up his cycle.

"huh?!" tentaclaw gasped. "power rangers?!"

lucas and jen raced their cycles along the side of the bus, as the kids stared at them.

"hang on, kids. we'll get you outta there." lucas said. "don't worry."

tentaclaw's body came out of the front door.

"hang on yourself, blue ranger!" he snarled, firing a tentacle from his hand.

it wrapped around lucas and lifted him up, as the kids watched.

"uh!" lucas moaned, as tentaclaw laughed. "whoa! whoa!"

tentaclaw sniggered as he fired another tentacle from his body, hitting jen and knocking her off her cycle.

"oh!" she moaned.

"move it!" tentaclaw sniggered.

he pulled lucas down and let him go.

"ah!" he moaned.

he flipped onto his back as he and jen landed on the road, as the others raced past them both.

"we'll take care of him!" wes said, as lucas rolled onto his side, while jen rolled along the road.

he, katie, trip and paige all raced after the bus, as the kids stared at them. tentaclaw's body then opened the back door, while holding a small bomb in his hand.

"bombs away!" he yelled, throwing it away.

it landed on the ground as orange electricity began to come out of it.

"boom!" tentaclaw laughed.

wes, trip, paige and katie all raced towards the bomb, when wes spotted it.

"watch out!" he yelled.

the bomb went off, creating a large explosion as the bus drove away.

"ha, ha, ha, ha!" tentaclaw laughed.

the four rangers all fell of their cycles as more explosions went off.

"aghh!" wes yelled, flipping forward.

"agghhhh!" katie moaned, as she fell onto her back in the air.

"aghhh!" trip groaned, as he twirled around in the air.

"aghhhhh!" paige moaned, as she fell forwards in the air.

they all landed on their backs and clutched their chests, as the kids gasped and looked worried.

"uh!" the rangers moaned, as they tried to get up.

"read this, rangers?!" tentaclaw yelled, tossing a note towards them.

it landed near the ground, as the four rangers sat up.

"uh!" wes moaned.

some of the kids - including frankie - opened up the bus windows, as the rangers got to their feet, wes clutching his chest, while paige and katie clutched their arms.

"look, a note." wes said.

they all approached the note, then wes picked it up, as jen and lucas stopped near them on their cycles, seeing the writing was made up of letters from magazines.

"'if you ever want to see these kids again,

ing ten million dollars to the fountain at noon'." wes read.

"10 million dollars?!" jen exclaimed.

"but noon?" katie questioned. "that's impossible!"

"yeah, that's only a few hours away." paige added.

wes crumbled up the note and threw it away, before he turned and walked towards his cycle.

"where you going, wes?" trip asked, as the others turned to him.

"you guys try to find those kids." wes said, getting onto his cycle and revving it up. "i'm gonna get that money."

he revved his cycle some more, before he raced it away.

"i think i know where he's going." paige sighed.

"same here." jen said.

later, in the collins' manson, mr. collins was flicking through a paper contract, as he approached his desk in his office, where a woman and two men - one african-american - all stood behind.

"..as per the contract..." mr. collins said, as he put it down on his desk. "..i will have control of both your companies."

he sat down as the three people smiled.

"please, sit down?" mr. collins asked.

the three people sat down opposite him, as he took out a chequebook from his desk, when wes showed up at the doorway.

"dad..." he said.

the three people turned to him, as his father opened up the book.

"excuse me, i need to talk to you." wes said.

"ha, i'm sure it can wait." his father said, picking up a pen.

"no!" wes said.

his father and the three people all stared at him.

"i mean; it can't." wes explained.

mr. collins stared at wes, before he sighed and closed the chequebook, and then put it back in the desk drawer.

"excuse me." he said, getting up.

he walked over to wes, then they both walked down a hallway, before they stopped and turned to each other.

"i hope you know i'm right in the middle of a major business deal." mr. collins said.