[Kiryu]

Access 09: Premonition

Reggie found himself running through a fog so thick he couldn’t see his hands in front of him. In the distance he heard noise, which sounded like steel clashing against and someone fighting. Listening, he recognized one of the voices belonging to Jordan. The fog lifts just enough for Reggie to see the city in ruins and his fellow ModRangers laying dead on the floor. Fear and anxiety coursed through his body as he approached the scene of the fight ahead.

He saw Jordan, clashing swords with a crimson shadow. However, the fog cleared in time to see the shadow was getting the upper hand. He managed to knock Jordan’s sword of the way, and thrust his own weapon deep into Jordan’s chest. Seeing this, Reggie lets out a gasp and shouts: “JOOOOOOORDAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!” His voice would echo through the fog...

It’s at that moment that Reggie, who was asleep in his bed, woke up screaming. He took in deep shallow breaths in an attempt to calm his nerves and he found that he was covered in a cold sweat. It was still late at night, as his digital clock read 3:33 AM. Reggie found that he couldn’t stop trembling in fear. Walking into the bathroom, he splashed water on his face. He turned the faucet off and stared at his own reflection in the mirror. For a brief moment the crimson shadow would appear in the reflection, causing Reggie to stagger back to the wall and cling to the towel rack. Mentally exhausted, he placed his hand over his eyes. “What...the hell was that...?” he mutters to himself.

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“Reggie? Reeeeeggieee.....” Reggie could hear someone calling to him but he was too lost in thought and exhausted. He failed to notice a hand being waved in front of his face. To him the voice calling him sounded muffled and distant. “Earth to Reggie? Hello!” Someone snapped his fingers right in front of Reggie’s face, causing him to blink in surprise and snap out of his trance-like state. “Huh...? W..wha…? W…were you saying something?” he asked, rubbing his eyes before he remembered where he was: inside Jordan’s anime store during closing hours. “You okay man? You’ve been acting really weird lately,” a concerned Jordan asked. “Yeah, even for you!” laughed Matt. “Shut up Matt...I’m not in the mood for your crap today....” an exhausted Reggie said rubbing his eyes. “I’ll be okay Jordan...I’m just....I haven’t been getting enough sleep lately...” Nodding but also skeptical, Jordan asked “If you say so man...but maybe we should have Ai look at you just in case?”

“Huh? Wha? Ai..well...um...if...if you say so...” Reggie says suddenly blushing mad like a cherry. Matt laughed at the scene and smirked, “He’ll be fine.” The group walked to the back store room where Jordan placed his ModPass against the card reader. “Dude, I still can’t believe you didn’t know you had a whole freakin base underneath your own store!” Nathan said as the group followed Jordan inside the elevator. “That makes two of us, but Tony was the one who gave me this place, so I guess I should’ve seen it coming...”. “Still...I can’t believe that Tony is really a sword slinging badass...I mean...who knew?” Matt said in surprise as they all nodded in agreement.

The group went down the elevator shaft and entered the CPU HQ. Moments later Ai exited the elevator holding in her hand a large pot for making medicine, and three bags worth of herbs, supplements, and other odd-looking things. “Ohaiyo!” she said before she bowed, dropping the contents of her bags in the process. Noticing them falling, Ai caught the medicine pot before it could fall to the ground, sighing in relief. Jordan bent down and picked one of the packages up; the bag contained all manner of things foreign to him with only one object he could recognize: dried ginseng. The package was written in Chinese but had English written underneath it. “Traditional Chinese Medicine Kit? What’s all this for, Ai?” Jordan asked, handing Ai back the kit. “Well, Matt-san told me that Reggie’s been having trouble sleeping...and I know a recipe for some medicinal tea that might do the trick! It’s been in my family for generations and it can cure all sorts of ailments.”

Reggie raised a skeptical eyebrow but reluctantly said “S...sure...I’ve actually been curious to try your cooking, Ai-san.” Ai smiled and nods “Alright! I’ll start making it then.” The group watched Ai fumble around as she started throwing various objects inside the pot. Within minutes, the base smelled like a store in Chinatown that sold medicinal products. Ai poured a hot cup of jet black tea in front of Reggie. “Well it certainly smells...exotic...” Gulping, Reggie reached for the tea and said “Bottoms up.” Taking one sip, Reggie spit out the contents and said, “Urrrragh, hack! It’s so nasty and bitter and....uraaaagh! Doctors honestly expect people to drink this crud?!” Crushed, Ai sniffled and asked “You don’t like it...?” “N...no! It’s great Ai...it’s just has a....unique flavor to it.” Ai perked up once more and Reggie let out a sigh. Covering his nose, he began to down the disgusting tasting tea in one gulp while Ai looked over the recipe. “Oh dear! I used the wrong recipe...Warui, Reggie-san!” Hearing Ai’s words, Reggie spat out the tea once more. “H-here! Let me make another brew using the correct recipe and....”

At that moment, the alarms began to sound. Reggie placed the cup down and said “Ugh...saved by the bell…” Tony stepped into the room and blinked, seeing all the medicinal items laid scattered all about the table. Sighing, he began to speak- “I’m not even going to ask...team there’s a Viral energy signature coming from downtown...deal with the situation immediately...and Ai, clean up this mess!” The group saluted and nodded. “Roger!”

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Fully armed in their ModRanger gear, the team quickly arrived at the scene of the attack. The outdoor shopping center downtown was already a mess. The team saw mannequins laying scattered about with their heads missing, along with several billboards and advertisements missing their faces. “Who the hell would do something like this?” Nathan asked as the team remained on guard. “Can’t say I blame ’em...mannequins give me the willies.” Matt said shuddering. What sounded like a semi-truck’s horn honking was suddenly heard in the distance. Reggie gasped and saw a cloud of dust kicking. “L-Look!” Reggie said, pointing to a semi-truck that was driving towards them. Jordan looked closely and said “Hey...isn’t that…” Recognizing the shape of the truck, he quickly noticed that it matched the iconic design belonging to the supreme commander of the Autobots: Optimus Prime. The truck that stopped in front of them however, was much smaller than a full sized truck and stood as tall as one of the ModRanger’s waists. “It’s...puny.”

Suddenly the semi-truck began changing shape. Panels exploded and parts rearranged until the semi-truck was replaced by a robot. The robot resembled Optimus Prime as he appeared in Michael Bay’s films, but a few parts here and there were more blocky like his Generation One self. The Optimus Prime looking monster pointed to the ModRangers and said “My name is Monstimous Primoid, leader of the Autobots and I bring you this message...” His arm suddenly morphed into a cannon and it began to charge with energy. “Die!” The monster fired the ball of energy at the ModRangers, as they dodged out of the way. The blast hit a car behind them and they watch as it exploded in flames. Both of Primoid’s arms morphed into swords and he let out a loud cry, leaping into the air towards the ModRangers. The ModRangers leapt out of the way as his sword hit the ground. With their ModBlasters the ModRangers opened fire but the shots proved ineffective as the Primoid began to wildly attack them. He managed to strike Nathan and Kyle at the same time, while he and Matt clashed their weapons with one another, but the monster suddenly grabbed Matt’s head and delivered a fierce knee drop to his face. Matt let out a cry of pain as he’s knocked back by the attack. “GIVE ME YOUR FACE!!!!” the Primoid exclaimed, dashing towards Reggie and Jordan.

The two of them parry swords with the monster but with one sweep he broke their stance and sent them flying. “Ugh...see THIS is one of the reasons why I stopped collecting Transformers...they made Optimus Prime into a god damned psychopath...freaking Michael Bay!” The Primoid monster morphed his sword back into a gun and fired at Reggie and Jordan. Jordan managed to deflect the attack but Reggie wasn’t quick enough to guard and was hit. “Focus, Reg!” Jordan exclaimed. “This isn’t working, guys we’re gonna have to regroup!” “Retreat? Ain’t no way in hell I’m backing down from a fight!!!!” Matt exclaimed, as he attempted to defend from the monster’s attacks, but a swift horizontal slash broke his stance as well and he was sent flying. “We got no choice! Kyle, lay down some cover fire!” Jordan ordered. “O-Oh! Right!” Kyle said, laying down a barrage of fire creating a thick layer of dust. Monstimus Primoid cut through the smoke with his blade but the Rangers were already gone when it cleared.

The Rangers took cover by a corner; from there they could see the Primoid wreaking havoc on what was left of the mall in a furious attempt to look for the Rangers. “Our weapons aren’t having any effect on him. So what do we do?” Nathan asked in a low whisper. “I say we get into our mechs and flatten him!” Matt said, pounding the floor with his hand. “And what if the monster gets big in response? It won’t work Matt!” Nathan said, annoying Matt. “A frontal attack won’t work...but what if we kept him off balance?” Kyle asks.

“Did you guys see that construction yard across from the mall? I say we use that.” All eyes turned towards Reggie. “You have a plan?” asked Jordan Reggie nods in response. “Now there’s a scary thought.” Matt chuckled. Reggie bopped Matt on the head in response. “Alright here’s what we do....”

The Primoid continued his furious hunt for the Rangers, leaving behind him a path of destruction. “Where are you....” he said. The monster suddenly let out a grunt of pain as he’s hit from behind. “Over here!” Kyle said, hitting him with his ModBlaster from a distance. The Primoid quickly turned around, firing an energy blast at the ModRanger but Kyle quickly leapt off from his position to avoid it.

Nathan and Matt came out of hiding; Nathan threw his shield at the Primoid, causing it to stagger a bit and growl in frustration. “Hey rust bucket! Catch us if you can!” Nathan taunted as the two began running towards the construction yard. The angered Primoid chased after them, firing energy blasts in their direction. With his ModClawShield, Nathan deflects the attacks while running forward, but still felt the force of the shots. “I hope Reg’s plan works!” he said. “You and me both! Man, I’m starting to understand how a Vehichon must feel!” said Matt. The Primoid suddenly leapt into the sky and landed in front of Nathan and Matt. Bringing down his swords, the Primoid began to furiously slash away at them. “A-Any time guys! I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up!” said Nathan. The Primoid stopped in his tracks as soon as it heard- “Megurine Full Burst!!!!” Nathan and Matt both dodged out of the way as the large blast of energy from Kyle’s Luka Hybrid Rifle made contact. The monster defended from the large blast of energy, but was knocked off his feet. While in midair, Reggie leapt towards the Primoid shouting “Gokai Giga Scan!!!” Covered in flames, he pushed the Primoid into the center of the half-constructed building. “Now! Tear down the supports guys!!!” shouted Reggie, leaping to a safe distance as the ModRangers blasted out the supports. The Primoid was getting up, just as the building above him came tumbling down and trapped the monster underneath a mountain of rock and steel. The Rangers gathered at the sight and give each other high fives. “Good job Reggie! Your plan worked,” Jordan said.

Their celebration was cut short however when they heard the pile of rubble rumbling. The Primoid emerged from the rubble but damage was clearly seen all over his body. “We will finish this...some other time.” Turning back into a semi-truck, the Primoid made his escape. “Wait, no! Damnit!” Reggie said, kicking the ground with a groan.

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With her rifle in hand, Ease as requested by Hax was sparring with Agro in an arena. She fired fast at Agro while an audience of SpammerBots gathered to watch, some even gambled against them. Ease of course, saw no point in a sparring match but Hax claimed it was for her own research, and Viralindas ordered her to assist. Agro rushed towards Ease, whom stood on top of a pillar firing at him. The brute would run shoulder first into the column causing it to to fall to piece, but Ease however leapt off the column and while in mid air, she fired at Agro’s back. Agro staggered back from the shot. “Ur really makin me mad girly!!!” he said. Ease chuckled and asked “Oh am I now...and what are you going to do about it?” before landing gracefully on the ground. “DIS!” Agro cried rushing towards her. Ease let out a deep sigh as she fired at Agro, knocking all four swords out of his hands. “Wut?!” Agro cried out in surprise.

As quick as lightning, Ease rushed Agro in the blink of an eye; before he noticed, she was right in front of him, knife aimed at his throat. Ease smirked and said “I believe that’s game...” “Tch...again! fight me AGAIN?!” Agro asked. “What for?” Ease asked with a shrug. “We’ve already had three consecutive battles each with the same result...all you do is swing your swords. You can’t fight with primal rage alone, Agro.” Hax chuckled as the Spammerbots passed her the winnings from the gambling that took place. Counting the large stack of money in her hand, she laughed “That’s enough for today...” Hearing the honk of a semi-truck, Hax sits down. “Besides...I think I hear my latest creation coming home.”

The Primoid arrived in the throne room, and transformed back into Robot mode. Kneeling down on one leg, he says “I have returned, Creator.” Hax chuckled at her creation. “I incorporated more of the Ranger’s tech into his design...given the intended purpose I chose well. You're dismissed, head off to be repaired.” she ordered. Yawning and now bored, Hax left the laboratory; unbeknownst to her that the pod with crimson lining suddenly came on and opened.

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After hours of searching for the Primoid, the group returned to base. The group sat around impatiently while Nathan wrapped his fingers against the round table and Reggie was pacing back and forth. Jordan left the group to tend to his store, Kyle had his music player on and an annoyed Matt tapped his foot before shouting “Arrrrgh will you two stop that?! You’re driving me nuts!” Both Reggie and Nathan stopped what they were doing and said “S...sorry...” at the same time. Ryan let out a deep sigh “I ain’t detecting the monster at all...and it’s getting late. Why don’t you guys head home for the day? As soon as we find something we’ll let you know.” The group agreed, with Kyle stretching and yawning.

Reggie looked up and saw that Ai was getting ready to leave. She reached down under her terminal and grabbed her purse, hitting her head underneath the desk on her way up. “Itaaai!” she said, rubbing her head. “You okay, Ai?” Ryan asked. Ai bowed and said “H-Hai...I’m going home for today...oyasuminasai.” “Oh uh! Ai-san!” Reggie said, suddenly standing in front of her. “H-Hai, Reggie-San??” Ai asked shyly. “Well....uh...if you aren’t doing anything special...how about we go out to dinner?” Ai let out a surprised gasp and immediately became nervous. “Y...you mean...just the two of us....as in..a...a..d...date?!” Reggie shook his head and said “No uh...no...nothing like that just...as co-workers getting to know each other better...we hardly spend time outside of work and...I’d like to get to know you better...” Ai looked around the room and asked “W..well what about the others?” Matt was the first to respond, “Pass, I got other plans that are more important than watching you two love birds silently and awkwardly staring at one another all night,” before walking out of the room. “We got plans too right Kyle?” Nathan asked. Kyle takes out his earphones and nodded. “Yeah important training.” said Kyle as the two walked out of the room. Ryan and Max were the last two to leave, before Ryan asked “You two enjoy yourselves, okay?” Reggie nodded twice blushing.

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Jordan continued his duties watching over the Anime store. It was a busy afternoon, as he was organizing a card game tournament. The back room of his store was filled with passionate players with delusions of grandeur and dreams of claiming the prize for themselves. Across town, Matt was getting some much needed shut eye, he laid on his sofa with his hands over his head and a leg over the sofa in a rather ridiculous position, snoring rather loudly. While Nathan and Kyle went head to head in a fighting game. the two were in fierce competition with neither player willing to back down; a large pizza box was on the centre of Kyle’s coffee table, surrounded by soda cans and opened bags of chips, candies, and all sorts of junk food.

At the restaurant, Reggie and Ai sat there in awkward silence as they waited for their food. Ai shuffled in her seat uncomfortably. “S...so uh...” Reggie is the first to end the awkward silence, with Ai looking up from her seat at him. “How long have you been working at CPU? And um...what were you doing before then?” he asked before taking a sip from his glass. ‘Um...n...not very long...I worked in the IT Department of some government owned company.” Hearing those words made Reggie spit out his drink. Wiping away the water from his chin he stuttered “Wait, wait, wait...you mean to tell me you were building computers for the government?! Then...that means you’re like...ridiculously smart right?!” Ai giggled and smiled “That’s one way of putting it...I was working on a supercomputer for the military. When I was recruited by Tony the project was very hush hush.” Reggie blinked twice as his jaw hit the floor. “Amazing...” he said, stunned. At that moment, the staff came by with the food that they ordered.

The steak Ai ordered presented much trouble for the girl. Thrice, Ai nicked herself with the steak knife until finally a concerned Reggie decided to help cut Ai’s steak for her. Ai of course protested to this, and while cutting her steak, her hand slipped and she punched Reggie square in the jaw. Reggie let out a grunt of pain, and Ai kept apologizing. The accidents kept on happening; Ai spilt a glass of red wine all over Reggie’s pants, knocked an entire jug of water all over his head, and while getting up to use the washroom she’d accidentally tripped, knocking down a waiter and all the plates he was carrying. Even paying for the dinner proved troublesome as the contents of her entire purse spilled all over the floor, all the while Ai kept apologizing for the mishaps over and over, and over.

After those moments, the two arrived at the door of her apartment, having not really spoken a word since leaving the restaurant. “You really didn’t have to walk me home, Reggie-san” an embarrassed Ai finally said while rummaging through her pockets for her keys. “After seeing you trip four times before you were able to go around the corner...I think I had too...” Reggie rubbed his chin, which now had a small bruise. “Damn though, you have a pretty nasty right hook...ow...” Ai then opened the door and swung it open. However the door swung open so fast that it smacked Reggie across the face. Landing on the floor blacking out, he faintly heard Ai calling out to him as he lost consciousness.

*Insert internal eyecatch here*

Meanwhile deep in Cyberspace Hax returned to her lab, stretching, humming and cackling as she strutted into the darkened room. Turning on a light and she let out a gasp: one of her pods had been opened. “Wha!? How! Who?!” Quickly returning to her terminal, Hax fiddled with the console bringing up security footage from earlier. “But that’s impossible! He wasn’t suppose to wake up yet!” Turning to the repair chamber the Primoid slept in, Hax slammed her hand on the release button. The pod opened up with a hiss and the Primoid stepped out. “Are you’re repairs complete?!” she asked. The monster replied “Affirmative, creator.” Hax pointed at the monitor and shouted “You see that that test subject there?! Bring him back! Do whatever you have to, understand?!” The monster responded with “It shall be done.” Transforming into semi-truck mode, the creature drove out of the room, with Hax letting out a deep sigh. Turning to the monitor she cackled “Although this might prove to be an interesting experiment...now let’s see how my ultimate pet changes the game!”

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Reggie tossed and turned in his sleep, he was having the same nightmare again and try as he might he could not prevent the crimson shadow from impaling Jordan. Reggie woke up with a shriek, causing Ai to jump back a little and drop her medical kit to the ground.“Did I scare you?…Gome.” Reggie said before Ai shook her head “I...it’s fine Reggie san...” she said, quickly picking up the contents that spilled from the box. “W...what happened...? Why does my head hurt so much?” he asked, rubbing his head. “Oh...um...you suddenly passed out. I guess you had a little too much to drink at the restaurant.” Ai said, closing the first aid kit up. “Strange...that’s not how I remember it...I mean I hardly had any alcohol at the restaurant...but I’ll take your word for it.” It took a while for Reggie to realize where he really was: he was sitting inside Ai’s apartment!

Slowly, he got to his feet and looked around at his surroundings. Ai’s apartment was furnished with expensive looking furniture; on the sofa sat a rather large stuffed panda bear, something someone of Ai’s size and stature could sit in comfortably. She had an HD TV that was build right into the wall, and a touch-screen tablet which seemed to act as a kind of universal remote for every electronic in the room. Hanging beside the TV was Ai’s Master Degree in Engineering, which caused Reggie to let out an impressed whistle. “Man... you weren’t kidding when you said you knew how to build computers.” Ai could only smile and giggle in response. Reggie saw various golden trophies on display behind a glass cabinet. “What are these trophies for?” Reggie asked. “Oh, those! They’re trophies I got from winning competitions...I use to be a ballet dancer.” Reggie’s face reflected how surprised he was, before he said “Really? Get out!” Ai shook her head. “No! Really! When I was little, all I could think about was becoming the world’s most famous dancer...” Ai said, turning away embarrassed. “So how did you go from award winning ballet dancer to Queen of the Klutzes then?” Ai let out a sigh of embarrassment. “It started when I was still young..I was out with my mother when I accidentally broke an entire store’s supply worth of mirrors...I wasn’t very superstitious mind you, but then one thing happened after another and....well you know,” she said blushing. “Wow...all those mirrors...enough bad luck to last a life time...” Ai let out a hefty sigh and nodded. “Um...you really must let me look at you...it’s the least I can do after all the trouble I caused tonight.” Reggie glanced down at the medical kit and gulped. He imagined a million different ways how putting sharp objects in Ai’s hands could go wrong. “N...no scissors...alright?” Ai nodded, setting the medical kit down, she took a seat by her sofa. Gulping, a reluctant Reggie sat next to her and with a mini flashlight, she inspected Reggie’s face. “T...thank you for taking me out to dinner tonight Reggie-san. I...despite everything that happened, I had...fun. ” Ai said blushing. “I had fun too Ai..” Reggie said. For a moment, the two said nothing and merely stared at one another. Reggie could hear his heart thumping a mile a minute. Reggie leaned in to kiss her, but Ai heard the phone ringing and stood up to answer it; in the process of getting up she ended up head-butting into Reggie. With a cry of pain, Reggie backed off, holding onto his forehead. “G-Gomen ne Reggie!...daijobu?” a concerned Ai asked. “I...I’m fine...I’ll have a splitting headache later but...I’m fine...” Reggie said, as the ringing from the phone stopped.

At the same time, Reggie’s own phone rang. While still in pain, Reggie reached into his pocket and answered it. “H...h..hello?” “Yo Reg! We located that Prime knockoff, get your butt downtown pronto!” said Ryan from the phone. “O...on it!” He turned back towards Ai who was too embarrassed to even look at him. With a hefty sigh he saw himself out of Ai’s apartment.

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Headlights from the monster’s chest suddenly shined on a mysterious crimson armored figure. Slowly, the figure turned around to face the monster. “You have been ordered by the Creator to return to your stasis pod...lay down your arms and come with me.” The figure merely scuffed at the monster’s words, turning away from him and continued to ignore him. Glaring at him, the Primoid’s arm shifted to a sword “Then you leave me no choice...one shall stand...one shall fa....uuuragh!” In the blink of an eye, the crimson shadow closed the gap between him and the monster, driving his blade deep into the monster’s chest.

The Modrangers arrived on the scene just as the Primoid was impaled by the crimson shadow. He pulled his weapon out of the monster, and the creature fell back. “Till all are one...” were his final words. The creature exploded in a two story tall fireball. Unfazed, the figure stepped through the flames and swung his chainsaw/rifle hybrid weapon over his shoulder. Reggie let out a gasp, as the images from the nightmares which had been plaguing him for days came back to him. “No...no...no..no...you can’t be real...you....” Reggie said in utter disbelief. "Who are you?!" Jordan would ask The mysterious figure chuckles and said, “You group of weaklings don’t deserve to know my deserve to know my true name. But if you must call me something...then I am OnoRed!” he declared, pointing his rifle at the group. “And I will delete this world...starting with you.”

The group let out a gasp. “OnoRed!?” Jordan cried out. “Tch so this is what that freaky robot lady did with our data...damn her!” Matt said, slamming his fist into his open palm. OnoRed laughed. “Please, those weakling Anons are nowhere near my league...allow me to demonstrate!!!” OnoRed charged towards the ModRangers. With his chainsaw rifle in hand, OnoRed brought down the blade towards the group. Gasping, the ModRangers narrowly managed to escape. In response to the sudden attack, the group shouted “MOD ACCESS, LOG IN!” The ModSuits appeared around their bodies just as the group landed on their feet. However, OnoRed vanished, leaving behind crimson streaks in the air before he suddenly reappeared in front of Matt, Nathan, and Kyle. The three gasped, seeing OnoRed raise his chainsaw rifle and in one swing knocked them off their feet. “S...so fast!” Reggie said, but not even a second later, OnoRed was right in front of him. Reggie let out a shriek, before his legs finally gave in and in fear, he backed away from the warrior. OnoRed scuffed and said “Pathetic,” before stomping Reggie into the ground.

Jordan managed to strike him twice with his ModCalibur but OnoRed barely flinched. Instead, he retaliated by delivering a swift kick that sent Jordan flying. Jordan hit the ground hard, but rolled out of the way as OnoRed’s chainsaw rifle came down towards him. OnoRed kept furiously attacking him, and with no opening to defend or counter, all Joran could do was roll out of the way. Finally seeing an opening, Jordan used his hand to boost himself forward, kicking OnoRed in the process. “What?!” OnoRed said in surprise as Jordan managed to get back on his feet. With sword in hand, Jordan made furious swipes at OnoRed, but OnoRed effortlessly dodged Jordan’s attacks. “Arrgh, this guy is tough! Quit.Messing.With.Me.Damnit!” a furious Jordan said in between slashes. “Hrhmph...you’re beginning to bore me...” OnoRed began to effortlessly clash swords with Jordan. He knocked Jordan’s sword out of his hand, and with a gasp Jordan cried “Oh no!!!” OnoRed impaled his sword through Jordan’s stomach.

Reggie managed to stagger into a standing position, just in time to see Jordan getting stabbed by OnoRed. The crimson-clad figure removed his blood soaked weapon, watching Jordan fall down behind him. As his ModSuit vanished, Reggie cried “JORDAAAAAAN!!!!!” Reggie ran to his fallen friend and fell to his knees. His hands trembled as he reached towards him. “J-Jordan, c’mon man! Wake up! Wake up! Dude this isn’t funny, WAKE UP! GODAMNIT” his voice was full of fear and terror as he spoke, beginning to cry. OnoRed chuckled at the scene, before pointing his chainsaw rifle right at Reggie’s head. “Don’t sound so bad for him...you’ll be joining him in hell soon enough.” Slowly, OnoRed’s finger inched towards the trigger...

Next time on Tokunation Sentai Modranger!

????: Hurry and escape while I have his attention!
OnoRed: Stay out of my way! I refuse to take orders from anyone, especially someone as weak as you!
ZeoRangerV: Coward! Are you just giving up!?
Den-O: BanCannon...FIRE!

Access 10: Rise of the Red Beast