Power Rangers SPD: Aftershock
A.N: Well, my first major story. This will expand on the events following Power Rangers: S.P.D., so don't expect a massively intricate story, and all that. It's more like a mini story arc, if you will. If you want a continuation of S.P.D., go read D. Nic's Power Rangers SPD: Year 2 (which is how S.P.D. should have been shown).
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers, or anything related to it. Happy? (I know I'm not)
The sun and stars of a planet, simply labelled as Epsilon Gamma, was a beautiful place. It was known for the stars, and the average sized S.P.D. outpost that was there to keep an eye out for anything out of ordinary. The only out of ordinary in the sea of stars was the fact that the surrounding the stars and blocking them out was the sea of ruined hulks.
Many of the hulks sported the S.P.D. symbol, and the acronym of the organisation was blazoned upon many if not all of the wrecks. Out of place, a single badly damaged ship limped towards the stars, in a final, desperate attempt to escape the slaughter. The only thing identifiable on the ship was the large letters emblazoned on it: S.P.D. and even that was badly marred.
The ship's final bid at freedom was cut short by a multitude of sickly coloured greenish yellow lasers that pierced effortlessly through the ruined armour plating, and reached the ship's vulnerable reactor. The explosion lit up the darkness of space, and when the debris cleared, behind the explosion was another ship.
Coloured in the same way as the lasers that just destroyed the ship, the colour only added to the atmosphere the ship generated, enhancing the irregularly shaped portions of the vessel. The entire vessel reeked of death and decay, only emphasised by the lack of bright colouring, and only separated by small spots of black.
In the depths of the vessel, gleeful, mocking laughter echoed throughout the entire superstructure. The person who was laughing was located in the bridge, sitting on a throne of sorts directly in the middle of the room. Surrounded by displays, the creature who sat watched the images of death and destruction. The screams of the S.P.D. ship's crew was nothing compared to the destruction, the screams and cries for help coming from the S.P.D. outpost below.
As wave after wave of Krybots marched in, cutting down cadets and officers alike, sweeping every building thoroughly, the creature seated could only take sadistic pleasure at the destruction. The fact that Krybots were still being destroyed was of no concern to him. They were replaceable, compared to what S.P.D. would lose after the outpost had been wiped off the face of the galaxy.
It was pathetic really. Space Patrol Delta, or more commonly abbreviated to S.P.D., had a rather pathetic navy. Even more so, the ground troops were more or less intergalactic police officers, not soldiers. And there was their problem. They were facing an Empire built around military actions and warfare, yet they still acted like a police force.
It had galled him that S.P.D. had still survived after this long, and it galled him even more that one S.P.D. base had stood firm, and repelled a Troobian invasion, led by the Emperor of the mightiest military ever known.
They even had captured Grumm, and destroyed the true emperor, Omni. That particular base was where he was headed. After his supply ship had stripped everything of value from the outpost, and after his warship had levelled it to the ground, that base was his destination, the location of the most embarrassing defeat suffered by the Empire at the hands of S.P.D.
It was a mistake that he intended to fix. It was a mistake he needed to correct. It was something that had to be erased.
Permanently.
A.N: There it is. The prelude to the storm. At least I hope it'll a storm, rather than a lighting lightshow. This prologue isn't supposed to be much. Please leave a comment or two, and some helpful advice if you can. It will be much appreciated. The next chapter won't be up until at least the end of next week, due to end of school exams. See you all next time, when this is updated.