[Kiryu]

Access 18: Arrested Development

Reggie stood on the rooftop of a tall building. He paced back and forth; he then glanced over the edge. From his viewpoint, the people of the city looked like indistinguishable, multi-colored ants.

Reggie takes in a deep breath as he climbs on the edge of the building. He spreads his arms open and closes his eyes. He would then jump off the building.

Earlier that day:

For the Modrangers, things had become excruciatingly dull. They did nothing but hang out in Kyle’s room all day, watching T.V. and listening to Nathan’s bad jokes, which seemed to be in abundance. Matt had the T.V. Remote in his hand; he began to channel surf, holding onto a channel for all but five seconds. “Seen it, seen it...seen it...boooring...seen it...ew ponies...seen it....” Nathan sat in a bed next to him, and like a volcano erupting, he’d shout: “Will you just pick something already?! And Don’t. Mock. The. Ponies!!!” Matt finally decided on something which looked be some kind of talk show. After a moment of silence, Nathan is the first to speak up: “So what are your plans once this is all over?” He turns his head to his fellow ModRangers waiting for an answer.

“I dunno, finish school and look for a job? I assume you’ll be doing the same Reg?” Matt asks, Reggie would nod in response. “So Reggie...I assume you’ll be sticking around then? Does that mean you and Ai will...y’know...” Reggie begins shaking his fist at him. “Nathan, I swear to god...finish what you’re about to say, and I’m going to sock you!” “KYLE! What do you plan to do once this is over?” The group turns towards Kyle, whom was still wrapped up in a full on body cast, he says something, but it becomes inaudible due to his bandages muffling his mouth. “I don’t know what he said but I’m pretty sure it was some sort of eyebrow raising Luka-related fantasy....” The group nods in agreement, but Nathan then turns towards Jordan, whom was merely sitting there lost in a daydream. “Jordan!” Nathan yells, attempting to get Jordan’s attention. Jordan snaps out of his day dream and turns to see his team looking at him. “Huh? What? is there something on my face?”. Nathan shakes his head “No...dude are you alright? You’ve been real quiet lately.” Jordan lets out a sigh “You guys remember my old boss?” Reggie places a hand on his chin. “The guy you’re always raging about? Mr.Jerkassface?” Jordan nods. “Yeah him...he came by my house the other day asking if I’d take my old job back.” Nathan’s mouth would hang open. “And you’re going to take him up on it?” Jordan shakes his head. “I...I don’t know. Well, I told him I can’t go back now because of certain commitments but...after? I’m not sure...he seemed really desperate and apologized for being such a ass...even offered me triple my original pay...” Matt shakes his head. “Dude, going back to your former boss is like going back to your ex girlfriend...and what’s to say that he won’t go back to being Mr.Jerkface once you start working again?” Joran sighs. “I know, I know...but Kristin’s been talking about having a kid lately and well...I can’t always count on Tony to bail me out.” “But dude! Working in a toy store! That’s practically every toy nerd’s dream!” Nathan yells. Jordan lets out another sigh. “You’ll understand what it’s like to be an adult someday.” Nathan frowns and pouts “Aw...but but I don’t wanna!”once again the air becomes silent and heavy.

Nathan is the first to break the heavy silence: “Soooo about that Harmony character...” All eyes suddenly turned towards Nathan. “What about her?” Reggie asks raising an eyebrow. “Well doesn’t she seem mysterious to you? I mean she talked about being our savior and all, and yet she let OnoRed and his crony squad mop the floor with us.” Matt rubs his chin “Heeey yeah that’s right...I do remember her saying something along those lines. Come to think of it, the two times she DID appear, Reggie’s life was in mortal peril.” Nathan and Matt then turn towards Reggie, whom was staring back at them, there was a heavy awkwardness between them. “Um....w-why are you two looking at me like that?”. “Don’t you wanna know more about Harmony? We aren’t going to get anywhere unless we break a few more bones!”. Matt says. Reggie blinks and shakes his head “W-what! Y-yes I want to find out more about her, but not if it means life and limb...help me out here Jordan!” Jordan shakes his head and waves his hands. “Ooooh no...I’m not getting involved in this!”. “C’mon Reggie, we just wanna break that other arm of yours!” Matt says with a smirk. Reggie would suddenly jump out of his bed shouting “No!” He runs out of his room. Nathan pushes himself up onto his wheelchair, and Matt would hop in behind him. “After him!” Matt shouts, Nathan scowls at Matt “Dude, this isn’t an electrical wheelchair, you’re going to have to push!”. Matt gets off “O-oh right...sorry.” Nathan would point his finger forward “Now push! Push like the wind!” Matt begins running after Reggie, causing Jordan to sigh heavily. “Then again, going back to my old job would mean I won’t have to deal with their dumb-ass antics anymore...”

“Get away from me!!!” Reggie tore down the hallway with Matt and Nathan closing in behind him “You’re only making this harder on yourself, Reg!” Nathan shouts. “Yeah, now we’re going to have to break your legs too!”. Matt says in response. Reggie raises a concerned eyebrow, and turns back towards the two, screaming: “There is something seriously messed up with the two of you!” He turns the corner and goes into the first door he sees. He closes the door behind him and sighs with relief. “Hey handsome! I was just coming to see you!” The office Reggie came into just happened to belong to Ai. Reggie places a finger on his lips “Not so loud, Ai! Matt and Nathan are out for my blood!”. Ai glances over his shoulder, she could hear Nathan shout: “He went this way!”. Ai sighs. “Wait here, and go hide under my desk...I’ll take care of this.” Reggie nods, he stands up and does exactly that while Ai steps out of her office just as Nathan and Matt stopped in front of her. “Hey Ai, have you seen Reggie anywhere?” Matt asks. Ai places a finger on her chin “Oh! I think he went that way” “Thanks Ai! Hurry before the trail gets cold!” Matt would quickly push Nathan in the random direction that she pointed in. “The coast is clear!” Ai whipsers to Reggie. A concerned Reggie would step out from his hiding spot. “Thanks Ai, you’re the greatest! I owe you one...” Ai smiles, she gives Reggie a quick peck on the cheek. “Buy me dinner and we’ll call it even!” She smiles.

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With smiles on their faces, Will and James would insert Hunter’s and Arthur’s Mod Passes into the Pass scanner. The scanner would respond: “RECOGNIZED: MODWHITE, DOWNLOADING....”. “RECOGNIZED, MODHUNTER, DOWNLOADING....”. With a sigh, Arthur and Hunter set their belts on the table. “Well that was a hoot and a half.” Arthur nods in agreement. “Indeed, I had forgotten how exhilarating it is, fighting with the ModSuit.”. Tony takes the belts from them. “Oh and...sorry for making a mess of your office, Tony...and for well...stuffing you’re cute secretary in a locker.” Hunter rubs the back of his neck innocently, causing Tony to shake his head back and forth. “No harm done, If you wanted you’re belt, Hunter...you could’ve just asked.” Hunter laughs. “Yeah but where’s the fun in that?” He grins.

At that moment, the group could hear Matt shout: “You won’t get away from us this time!” Followed by Nathan’s: “Stairs won’t save you this time!” Reggie runs into the command center shouting “Leave me ALONE!” followed closely behind by Matt and Nathan. The trio would do a runaround around the room until they came to Tony’s desk. Reggie would desperately try to hide behind Tony while Nathan and Matt tried to go around to get him. An annoyed Tony shouts, “Will you cut that out! What the hell is going on here?!” Reggie stands at attention with Matt and Nathan, the three would point at each other, and at the same time they say: “He, they I...we!” Tony would raise his hand. “One at a time, ONE AT A TIME!”. Nathan looks over his shoulder and notices hunter. He lets out a scream “Aaaaaah! You’re the jerk from last night!!!!” Matt cracks his knuckles. “It’s payback time!”. “Yeah!” Nathan reponds. Hunter begins laughing hysterically. “Oh please...I take the two of you even if one of you weren’t in a wheelchair...with one hand even!”. Offended, Nathan bellows, “Hey!” He glances over towards Matt “Matt kick his ass for me!” Matt glares at Nathan “Me?! What the hell are YOU gonna do?!” Nathan rubs his neck innocently. “GIve you moral support?” Matt glares at Nathan once more, crossing his arms together. “What? I’m crippled here!” The two then begin to argue.

Seeing this, Hunter and Arthur would laugh. “Things never change do they?” Hunter shakes his head. “Remember when we were like that?” Arthur nods in response. “AHEM!” At that moment, the group ceased what they were doing, each would turn to an unfamiliar figure that stood at the door. He was dressed in a business suit very similar to the one worn by Phoenix Wright but in a much darker shade of blue. “You’re not suppose to be in here! Who are you?!?” Matt screams out. The strange man would reach into his pocket pulling out a golden badge. “Actually, this badge says I can go anywhere I want...and I’m officer Vincent...FBI...you’re all under arrest.” The group remained speechless for a moment, shocked expressions hung on everyone’s faces until Nathan’s the first to speak “Ooooh so you’re a Flat Broke Idiot huh?”.

Vincent glares at Nathan, five minutes later he had Nathan out of his wheel chair and pinned hard to the table. Nathan screams out: “UNCLE! UNCLE!!!!!” As Vincent began to handcuff him. “You have the right to remain silent, anything you say CAN and WILL be used against you...emphasis on the SILENT part”. Hunter would stretch and yawn. “Oh will you look at the time. Love to stay Tony, but me and Arthur have a plane to catch....later!” Arthur would nod and the two would walk out of the command centre, Arthur waves at Vincent as they walk out. “Hey Vincent.” Vincent nonchalantly waves back. “Hey guys” In response. Nathan would begin to struggle a little “What?! You’re not going to arrest them too?!” Vincent would tighten his grip on Nathan. “I thought I told you to be quiet!”. Nathan's free hand begins to slap the table. “Ow, ow, ow! Hey careful! I’m already in one cast here!” Vincent turns towards a shocked Tony and smiles “So how’s Sky and Jess?” He asks. Tony smiles. “Sky’s on tour and Jess is still in school.” Matt raises an eyebrow “Really? The two of you are just going to make small talk?” “QUIET!” Vincent suddenly tasers Matt. Matt falls down and begins to twitch uncontrollably. “Hey, do you think I can borrow that?” Reggie asks. Vincent turns towards Reggie and is about to taser him too when Reggie raises his hands up “Kidding! I’m Kidding!”. Tony lets out a sigh. “What’s this about Vincent?” Tony inquires “Have you lost your mind?!”. Vincent throws a handcuffed Nathan back into his chair. “I wish I did, Tony but I have strict orders to inspect every square inch of your operation...my superiors are not happy with how you’re doing things Tony, and if I find things unsatisfactory...I’m going to have to shut you all down.” Tony’s jaw drops. “You can’t be serious!” Vincent nods. “I am...until I finish my investigation, this place is under lockdown....I’ll be taking these for safe keeping.” Vincent reaches over and takes the Mod and User Belts from Tony, along with his own belt.

Vincent would then glance over towards Will and James, whom were both fiddling with their handcuffs. “Haven’t we met before?” Vincent asks. Will and James look up and both gulp, remembering that they previously encountered Detective Vincent when he arrested them for harassing a celebrity. They quickly shake their heads and Will is the first to speak “Uh no officer! This is the first time we’ve met...”. James nods “Yup! We just have one of those faces!”Vincent rubs his chin. “But I’m sure I’ve arrested you before...” James would frantically shake his head. “Again we just have that kind of face!” Vincent would continue to stroke his chin, eying will and James suspiciously.

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Faster then Amaya could blink, she found herself thrown into the Anon’s prison cell with two Spammerbots standing guard over her. She had a metal cup in hand which she began to rattle against the cage bars. “Heeeeeeey!” She begins to shout. “Don’t I get a right to first trial?!” Amaya then pouts. “Hmmph, you’d think a group of evil world conquerors would be more hospitable!” She continues to rattle her cup until an annoyed Ease shouts “Quiet you!” Ease struts down the hallway until she was at Amaya’s door, she eyed the rusted metal cup in her hand. “And where did you get that?!” Amaya points to the Spammerbot that stood to her left, the spammerbot would look towards Amaya, then back at Ease, he couldn’t shake his head fast enough. Ease leans in close and glares at the Spammerbot. “I’ll deal with YOU later!” Ease turns and points her finger at Amaya “As for YOU! If you don’t be quiet, we’ll show you just how inhospitable we can be!”. Amaya laughs “Oooooh tough talk coming from Dracula’s daughter. For the love of god, please tell me that you don’t sparkle when exposed to the sun!” Amaya would suddenly find herself starring down the end of Ease’s rifle. “I don’t drink blood, but I can sure spill it...would you like a first hand demonstration?” Amaya gulps and raises her hands up. “I...I’ll be good.” she squeaks meekly. Ease would crack a grin, she holsters her rifle and crosses her arms. “Now then...explain to me how a regular human was able to cross over to the Cyberworld. Normal humans cannot exist in this plane.” Amaya smiles. “Yeah about that...see I’m not exactly what you would consider “normal”.” Ease would raise an eyebrow. “Uh...it’s easier for me to just demonstrate.” wire tendrils would suddenly extend out from her fingers. They snake around and inject themselves into the lock. Within minutes, the lock becomes undone and Amaya’s cell door would open. “TA DA!” Amaya says bowing but once again she found herself staring at the end of Ease’s rifle. “Back. In your cell.NOW!” Amaya gulps, and quickly moves to re-close her cell doors. “Just who are you anyway?” Ease says with disgust. A proud smirk finds its way across Amaya’s face. “I am Amaya, daughter of General Sui! You might’ve heard of him?” Ease simply stared back blankly at Amaya. “General of the Virusion Army?” Amaya says, as if expecting Ease to know what she meant. Again, Ease’s blank stare just merely continued. “C’mon, you HAD to have heard of him! He was part of the army that attacked Cali before you guys!” “Did she just say the Virusions?!” Ease mumbled to herself.

The two turn to Hax, who wore a bright smile on her face. She quickly ran down the hallway with Agro behind her. “YOUR father is THE General Sui?!” Amaya smiles. “The one and only”. A high pitch squeal would come from Hax’s mouth, causing Ease and Amaya to both plug their ears. She reaches her hand into the bars and shakes Amaya’s hand. “I am a big, BIG fan of your father’s work! His creations were works of art! But I thought all the Virusions perished in the final battle?!” Amaya shook her head. “Nope, my father deserted his army before the final battle took place and went into hiding.” Hax would once again squeal. “Then he’s alive?! You HAVE to let me meet him!”

Hax’s delight would cease when she hears a familiar bellowing growl. Viralindas walks down the hallway. “EaaaaaSE, WHAAT is the status of the INTERROGATION?” Viralindas says with a bellowing tone. Ease lets out a sigh. “Going nowhere Master...but she claims to be the daughter of some old relic from before our time.” Amaya glares at Ease. “Hey! Don’t insult my father you old hag!” She yells. Ease eye twitches in anger. She then turns and glares back at Amaya, as if challenging her. “Old?!” Ease argues. Viralindas would growl once again, and Ease bows. “F-forgive me, Master” . Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Amaya making a motion with her hand that looked a lot like a whip cracking, followed by the noise. Ease turns to glare at Amaya, but Viralindas would once again growl. “Master! Master! We HAVE to let her help us! The monsters the Virusions created were MUCH stronger than our own! And she claims to be the daughter of their monster creator! Think about it! With her on our side, there’s no way we can lose!” Hax says pleadingly. Viralindas would nod. “RelAAASE the PRISONER!” He commands. Ease’s mouth hung. “But Master! This whelp has no respect! I doubt she would be of help to anyone!”. Amaya would then bow her head. “You have my debt, Master. Please, allow me to show my worth to you.” Viralindas simply nods in her direction, Amaya would then wink at Agro whom then blushes. “C’mon. c’mon!!!! You’re teaching me everything you know!!!!” A delighted Hax would grab Amaya by the wrist, and drag her down the hallway. When no one was looking, she turns back to Ease and sticks her tongue at her. Ease’s eyes would widened, she could feel her temper rising as she shoots mental daggers back at her, her hands tightened into fists.

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Ai was the first to be escorted into a dark room. She sat in her down and fidgeted uncomfortably in the cold, metal chair. A light suddenly turns on which for a second which completely blinds her. Her vision would eventually adjust and she sees Vincent standing in the intense light. Ai bites her lower lip and blurts out: “But I’m innocent! I swear! I’m completely harmless, wouldn’t hurt a fly!” Vincent raises an eyebrow. “Oh really?” Beside Vincent was an old looking television set. He pushes a tape in and the TV would begin to show static. Soon the video began to play, it was of Ai inside a clothing store knocking over a display of mannequins. The mannequins dominoed over, nearly knocking down a woman that was standing on the other side. No one was hurt, but the store’s window was shattered into a million pieces.

Ai’s eyes widened upon seeing this footage, her eyes would then narrow towards Vincent “I want to speak to my lawyer!” Vincent sighs. “Look, Miss Kurosawa...the store isn’t pressing charges against you, that’s not why you’re in this room. I just want your honest opinion: do you think the ModRangers are doing more harm than good?” Ai pouts “I still want to speak to my lawyer.” Causing Vincent to once again sigh. “...Next!”

It was Reggie’s turn to sit in the interrogation room, he sat there with his arms crossed “I ain’t sayin nothin!” He spoke with a thick, fake, heavy Italian accent, like the ones heard in old mafia movies. “For the last time, Reggie, I’m not pressing charges against your team! No one is getting arrested today, but whether or not I shut you down depends on your honest answers...so I’ll ask again: will you be held accountable for any future collateral?!” Reggie continues to cross his arms, and once again says: “I ain’t sayin nothin!” in the fake Italian accent causing Vincent to sigh, He places fingers over his eyes. “I can see who the idiot of the group is...” Reggie springs from his chair and shouts: “HEY!”. “NEXT!”

Reggie is shown out of the room, all the while grumbling. Matt is the next to be escorted into the room and as it closed he shouts: “Yeah well I can see whom the jackass of THEIR group is!”. Jordan looks up from Reggie and says: “You do know that these walls aren’t soundproof?” A shocked Reggie turns towards Jordan “Um...they aren’t?” He asks. Jordan shakes his head in response. “Oh...well...um...shit...” Reggie says nervously. Things suddenly became quite uncomfortable as he glances back at the door and gulps. “Oh would you look at the time, I really should be going...have fun with the interrogation guys!” Reggie ran out of the room as fast as he could.

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Reggie continues to dive down several stories as gravity began taking effect on his body. Before he has a chance to go splat on the pavement, a white blur rushes up and catches him. Reggie opens his eyes, and finds himself back on the rooftop of the building, looking over him was Harmony, whom smiled as he awoke. “Don’t give up!” Reggie blinked in confusion. “Excuse me?” He asks. “Don’t throw away your life so easily like that. I know things look bleak, but things have a way of working out.” Reggie continues to blink in confusion. “Um, yeah about that...I didn’t jump off the building to kill myself....I did it to get your attention. See, the guys seem to think that you won’t let me die...so I was just testing their theory...looks like they were right.” Harmony looked at Reggie, now she had a confused look on her face, which then turned to a hurtful expression. “...How cruel. I thought you were really going to take your own life...you scared me half to death!”. A guilty Reggie rubbed the back of his neck “Well that wasn’t my intent I had a good reason for it!” Harmony crosses her arms. “And that reason is...?” Reggie gulps “Well...I just wanted to get to know you better...and I don’t exactly have your phone number.” Harmony would let out a sigh. “What about that girl you’re always with?”. Reggie would blush as red as a cherry. “W-well we’ve went out together a couple of times...but it’s not like we’re a...couple or anything….” Harmony shakes her head. “Then ask for her number, not mine.” She turns to leave, and leaps away from the building, causing Reggie to gasp “W-wait! Wait! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT!!!!!!” Reggie follows after Harmony, but ends up tumbling down the building again, screaming as he fell.

Seeing this Harmony gasps, she dives down and catches Reggie, the two of them land on the ground, getting odd looks from many a passersby in the process. “You really should be more careful...I swear you’re as clumsy as you’re girlfriend.” Reggie pushes himself away from Harmony “For the last time, she’s not my girlfriend! She's just a friend that happens to be a girl!” He yells. “In any case, I must really be off...ACK!” Harmony then sees Reggie waking into the busy traffic. Once again, Harmony leaps into action, and Reggie finds himself at the opposite end of the street. “Wow...you really are my guardian angle...” Harmony scowls at Reggie. “What would it take for you to cease this idiocy?!” Reggie smiles innocently at Harmony “Have lunch with me?” Harmony looks away from Reggie “Tch...fine...but you will not find me the talkative sort!” From down the street, Ai sees Harmony and Reggie walking down, she tilts her head. “Ara? Who’s that with Reggie-Kun..hmmmm....” She eyed Reggie suspiciously and began following closely behind.

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Shortly, the two arrived at a cafe. The situation became a little uncomfortable, as true to her word, Harmony did not speak the entire time. She was drinking her second glass of long island tea while Reggie was waiting for his food, he was tapping his fingers rapidly against the table’s surface. “Sooooooooo.....” Reggie began to say, his voice trailed off at the end. “Food’s taking a long time to get here.” Harmony continued to give Reggie the cold shoulder while sipping on her drink. “What’s the deal with you anyway? I mean are you a robot...? Cyborg? Or what?”. Harmony wipes away the tea from her mouth and says: “I may not be entirely human, but that does not mean I do not enjoy human activities.” She says without even making eye contact with him. “Huh...I see...so you and Ease...” Before Reggie could even finish the word, Harmony cuts his sentence short by saying: “No relation”. Reggie could only blink in response “Riiiiiiight...” And things would once again return to being silent.

Across from where Reggie was sitting, Ai wearing a pair of oversized sunglasses glances over towards Reggie’s table. She begins to grind her teeth together. “Who is that woman with Reggie-san!? He doesn’t know any women except for me! Blast, I can’t hear anything they’re saying! I should’ve sat closer to the patio!” She thinks to herself, all the while grinding her teeth together. A waiter approaches Ai. “Are you ready to order something Miss?” Ai would shoot an irritated glare at the waiter, she scowls and says: “I’ll order when I’m ready, so buzz off!”, the waiter could only blink in confusion but walks away from Ai’s table anyway. A few minutes later, the waiter returns to Ai’s table. “I’m sorry, Miss but if you aren’t going to order anything, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”. Two waiters would suddenly pick Ai off the table “Huh? Wha-?! U-Unhand me! TASUKATE!!!!!!” Ai begins to kick and scream as she’s dragged away from the restaurant and escorted outside. Reggie looks up from his plate of food “Huh that sounded a lot like Ai...” He stands up but ends up bumping the table, the bump would knock would send Reggie’s coffee spilling all over Harmony’s clothing. Harmony gasps “You clumsy oaf! I’m wearing WHITE you idiot, this coffee is going to stick out like a sore thumb!” Reggie gulps and picks up some paper towel “Harmony I am so, so SO sorry!” Harmony scowls at Reggie. “I can see your girlfriend’s clumsiness has rubbed off on you!” She snatches the towels out of Reggie’s hands “H-hey! For the last time, she isn’t my girlfriend!”. “And I can see that this was a waste of time...I’m going! Next time you call me for something trivial like this, I can guarantee you that you’ll be sorry for it, Boy!” Harmony would then vanish. “H-hey! Wait! Don’t go! Harmony! Don’t be like that!!!!” Reggie could see the group of restaurant diners looking at him. “No relation my ass...she just totally called me boy like Ease does!” Reggie leans on the table, but ends up slipping and hits his head. “Owe...Harmony’s right...Ai’s clumsiness IS rubbing off on me...”

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From across the restaurant, Will and James sat handcuffed in the back of Vincent’s police car. “Hey um...are the handcuffs really necessary?” Vincent adjusts the mirror so he would look at Will and James. “Kinda...I mean the two of you did try to run away from me three times.” Will sighs. “He has a point” James fiddles with his handcuffs when he says: “So we have a dancer...an...I don’t know what...a wannabe knight...a mercenary, and an FBI agent?” Vincent grins. “Quite the oddball group eh?” Will nods in response. “Yeah I’ll say...but why the FBI?” Vincent crosses his arms. “Well, after the final battle, I started to miss the adrenaline rush you’d get from fighting in a mod suit. I tried mercenary work for awhile but...I needed something closer to home. With Tony’s help, I managed to get into the police force...rose through the ranks pretty quickly. Eventually I was recruited by the FBI....and here we are.”

From his seat Vincent glanced up when he heard a crowd of people screaming and running in a panic. As they cleared, they could see a monster ahead of them which looked like a combination of Kamen Rider Diend mixed in with a judge’s outfit. “Aren’t you boys going to take care of him?” Vincent asks. James sighs “We would but uh...welll” Will holds up his handcuffed hands. “That and you still have our gear.” Vincent nods “Fair enough...tell you boys what...defeat that monster with minimum collateral...and I’ll drop all the charges. I’ll even keep my boss of your back.” Will and James both nod, Vincent moves in with his keys, he releases their handcuffs and passes them their Userbelts and their passes. Will and James climb out of the car, and it’s then that the monster notices them. “Hey, who do you think you are?!” Will cries out “Just a passing through judge…remember that” Will and James could only look at each other. “He’s gotta be kidding us...” Will’s eyes narrow at James “let’s just kick his ass already....” James nods and the pair strap on their Userbelts, shouting “USER ACCESS!” The Judge themed monster would quickly take out what looked like a Kamen Rider card as used by Decade, but with the image of a court room on it. “Not so fast...” The card begins to glow, and the environment suddenly becomes an empty courtroom. “Log In!” James and Will would insert their Passes into their respective belts, but after a few minutes they blink when they realized they were still in their civilian forms “Hmmmm....that’s strange, the powers are never late" Will would smack James on his arm. “You dolt, he stopped our powers from working somehow!” JudgEnd would nod. “That is correct. You are in my world now, humans. Here, no weapons...or powers may work. Here only the law rules...and mine are absolute. Will and James, for the crime of monster slaughter, I declare you guilty!” From the shadows, four Spammerbots would emerge and grab WIll and James by the arms. In front of JudgEnd, a medieval style guillotine appears. “H-hey wait!” Will says as he struggles out of his grasp. “Don’t we get the right to a fair trial?”. James nods “Y-Yeah! your name has judge in it!! That doesn’t make you the jury too!” JudgEnd would sigh deeply. “You damn humans and your stupid laws...very well! You may have you’re trial...whom will represent your defense?” The Spammerbots release Will and James, they then grab Vincent and push him in front of them. “Him!” Vincent blinks and points at himself “Me?! But I’m a cop! Not a defense attorney! The two fields are completely unrelated from one another!”. “Yeah well, you’re all we got!” Will says, James nods. “And, you know more about the legal system than either of us!” Vincent sighs. “Fine...but you’re so buying me a beer or two after this” JudgEnd would nod “Very well...court is now in session!” JudgEnd bangs his gavel. “First witness, you may take the stage!”

The Emoticron monster sat at the witness stand, on his face display the smiling face emoticon. “Name and occupation please?” He turns towards JudgeEnd but merely continues to display the smiling face. “Your honor, I object to this witness!” Vincent would say, JudgEnd turns to face Vincent. “on what grounds?” Vincent points back to the Emoticron. “Look at him! He can’t even talk! This witness is unfit to testify!” Will lets out a sigh. “Didn’t stop Phoenix Wright from cross examining a parrot....” He says but Vincent quickly hits him on the arm. “Idiot! Do you WANT your head under that guillotine??!” JudgEnd simply nods. “Very well...witness you’re dismissed.” JudgEnd bangs his gavel and the Emoticron displays the sad smiley face. “Next witness” The Emoticron monster disappears.

Ease now sat at the witness table, she sat there arms crossed with a bored look on her face. “Name and occupation please.” Ease nods “Ease, I’m in charge of military operations for Master Viralindas’ glorious army.”. JudgEnd nods. “You may begin your testimony.” Ease suddenly becomes emotional, she bursts into tears “Oh it was terrible! There I was minding my own business, when the ModRangers attacked me! I tried to get them to stop but they would have none of it! And those two there…they were the worst!” She continues to cry and the crowd gasps. “Objection your honor! The witness is clearly lying through her teeth! I have video evidence proving that she isn’t as weak as she wants us to believe!” In his hand Vincent held a remote, he points it to a nearby television set and pushes play. The video displays footage of Ease going toe to toe with OnoRed which caused murmurs in the crowd. Ease suddenly shoots a glare towards Vincent. “I’LL KILL YOU!” She leaps from her seat but two Spammerbots stop her, Ease would be out of reach by mere inches. JudgEnd bangs his gavel. “Remove the witness please.” Ease struggles as the Spammerbots drag her away. “You’re lucky my gun doesn’t work, otherwise you’re head will be rolling on the ground right now! Unhand me you stupid bucket of bolts! Unhand me right now before I turn you all into scrap!!!”

“Does the jury have the veridic?” Buri stands up, in his hand he holds a piece of paper, but he quickly crumples the paper up and tosses it over his shoulder. “We find the defendants...GULTY! YEE HAW!”. Will and James’ mouths would hang open “Whaaaaat?!” The two would shout, as the group of Monsters and Spammerbots cheered. Two Spammerbots would come over to grab Will and James. “Prepare the accused for their execution!” He says. James would scowl “Nuts to this!!!” Will would slam the back of his head into the Spammerbot, while James would elbow the one holding onto him, much to the objections and boos of the crowd. JudgEnd would bang on his gavel repeatedly. “Order, order, I will have order!” Will and James each grab a chair, the two of them shout “Order THIS!” And both throw their respective chairs at JudgEnd. The first chair hits him, and he’s unfazed. But the second chair manages to stun him. This causes the illusion of the courtroom to suddenly shatter around them. The monsters also disappear just as they were about to dog-pile on top of them, Will and James both sigh with relief. JudgEnd scowls “How DARE you disrespect the law?!”. Vincent smiles “Please, don’t make me laugh. You’re idea of the law is a joke, and as someone who serves it, it makes me sick!”. Vincent glances towards Will and James and nods. The duo strap on their respective belts and shout: “User Access! Log In!” joined by Vincent’s “Mod Access! Log in!” inserting the passes into the belts, the belts respond with:

USER KIRYU LOGGING IN, DOWNLOADING...

USER CONUNDRUM, LOGGING IN, DOWNLOADING...


NAVY, LOGGING IN DOWNLOADING...

And each suit would appear over their respective bodies. “NewsieKnight!” Will shouts posing heroically. “PhotoBomber!” James shouts posing Heroically. “ModNavy!” Vincent shouts, posing cooly. “Let’s get’em!” Vincent shouts, followed by Will and James’ “Right!” The trio charge towards JudgEnd, who just merely stands there not moving an inch. JudgEnd suddenly throws something towards the trio, Vincent dodges out of the way but James is hit square in the forehead by the object, the object lands by their feet and looks like a thick, hard cover black book. “Ow! Did he just throw the book at us?!” Will picks up the book, examining it from all sides. “Well, he threw A book at us...hmmmm....” Vincent cocks his head at the sight “Uh guys...I don’t think it’s a good idea to be messing around with that.” Will laughs. “Oh what’s the worst that can happen?” Suddenly the ‘book’ begins making a beeping noise. “Um...is that what I think it is?” James asks, Will sighs, “Shit...” the ‘book’ suddenly explodes in their hands. Vincent would shield himself as he’s wafted by the sudden smoke storm that kicked up. “WIll! James!” Coughing could be heard as the smoke cleared. “Ow...talk about one helluva paper cut...” Will rubs the back of his head. “Me and my big dumb mouth...DON’T SAY IT! Vincent!” Vincent shrugs “I wasn’t gonna...” But Will glares at him. “Yeah, but I know you were going to!” “INCOMING!!!!!!” JudgEnd leaps towards the two with his now oversized gavel in his hand. Both Will and James dodge out of the way just as the gavel comes down, leaving a big crater on the ground upon impact. Vincent quickly takes a few shots at him with his cross-bow looking blaster, but to no avail as the shots are blocked by JudgEnd.

While JudgEnd was busy blocking ModNavy’s attacks, Will and James began attacking his blind spots. The combined assault blow JudgEnd several feet back, he lands and staggers to get up. “Viral Monster JudgEnd, your crime is bending the law and twisting it for your own benefit! How do you plea?” JudgEnd staggers to his feet. “I AM THE LAW!” The monster shouts, he moves to reach for his gavel but James quickly shoots the weapon with his Photo Cannon, the gavel shatters into a million pieces and Vincent turns to Will and James “Jury, how do you find the defendant?” Will and James would both give Vincent a thumbs down, and Vincent nods. “Delete Approved! JudgEnd, your punishment is death!” Vincent would hold his ModCrossbow and inserts his ModPass into the weapon. He begins to lower it while energy begins to build up inside the weapon. When the energy reaches a certain point, Vincent unleashes it. The energy that left would take the form of an arrow, it travels at high speed towards JudgEnd and pierces him. He is then caught in a large explosion which is followed by a two story tall fireball.

As the day starts to wind down, Vincent hands Will and James his ModPass. “Here, this is for you...you need it right?” Will and James merely stare at the pass, perplexed. “What about the charges?” Will asks, to which Vincent smiles. “Well, unfortunately I didn’t find enough evidence to really make a case out of this, but you boys better keep your nose out of trouble, if I hear you’re stalking any more celebrities, I might be back” Vincent winks at Will and James, causing the two to gulp, but they nod slowly. Will takes Vincent’s pass and inserts into the scanner, the scanner responds: ‘RECOGNIZED, MODNAVY....DOWNLOADING....”

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Back at the base, Nathan and Matt took turns keeping Reggie in a tight headlock. “I don’t think she’s coming....” Nathan would say. “Give it a few minutes...”. Reggie futilely attempts to struggle out of the lock. “Uh...guys, I keep telling you that I really pissed her off! I don’t think she’s gonna come...not unless I’m on fire or something....” Matt passes Reggie to Nathan, and with his free hand he scratches his chin. “On fire....eh?” Reggie yells “Don’t even think about it, Matt!”
Ai approaches the three with a smile on her face. “Reggie-Kun!” She happily skips over towards the three. “You know...we could let Ai perform one of her experiments...” Reggie yells once more “Nathan, don’t be giving her any ideas!” Ai bends over, she had her hands behind her back. “Boys, do you mind if I borrow Reggie for a second?” Nathan and Matt blink, but the two nod, and Nathan releases Reggie from his hold. Reggie cracks his neck back into place and smiles “Thanks Ai you saved my life!” Ai giggles. “Oooooh don’t thank me just yet” Ai then gives Reggie the evil eye, causing Reggie to gulp. “(She couldn’t have saw me with Harmony...could she?)” Reggie thinks to himself tugging at his shirt collar. “Can I see you in my lab later?” Reggie nods. “Uh...sure? What for?” Ai giggles. “Oh just wanted to run a few tests…don't worry they won't hurt a bit…" Reggie sighs in relief. "THEY'LL HURT A LOT!" "Reggie gulps “Crap! She knows!”


Next Time on Tokunation Sentai ModRanger!

Tony: There’s nothing we CAN do!
Matt: : So this was all a waste of time then!?
Will & James: Say what!?
Ease: I can help with your current predicament...but it’s going to cost you.

Access 19: The Rusted Blade