Raziel shook her head at the angel's antics. "Show off." Then she dodged below more ranged fire. Well, those really were getting to be a problem. She needed to change position. She glanced over to Viv then telepathically reached out. "Alright. We got four more to take care of. I'll take the two on the left. You can take the two on the right. Watch yourself." Then she sped out of cover, shooting two more grunts as she raced into the shadow of a building. She ducked under another shot then stabbed at another grunt with her sword before scrambling up the brick facade of one of the shopping buildings, covertly using her power to keep herself from falling and hoping that the shooters didn't get enough time to change position to be able to shoot her.

Finally, she made it on top and so had a much better view of the area. In particular, where her targets were still stationed on the top of the next building over. She ducked again as they fired then rolled forward and landed two hits with her pistol.

While Grydon understood why Ven stayed close to him, it made using his axe a bit too cumbersome to use against multiple opponents. So when it was clear that the foot soldiers were no match for the rangers he dropped his axe and went for hand to hand combat. As he punched an Imperial Soldier in the chest he got distracted by Michaela's fire ball.

Luckily Ven's warning about not getting surrounded came in time to prevent the soldiers from doing just that but not before Grydon took a kick to the chest himself."Oof!" The hit was just enough to knock the air out of him but also allowed Grydon to grab the soldier's leg. Using the leverage he swung the soldier to the side, and into the path of another enemy.

@Cyrania@Theyra@Hammy Chi@mattmanganon

Vivrynn almost jumped at the sudden voice in his head. BOUNDARIES He grunts, glaring at the telepath underneath his helmet. Begrudgingly he does follow her lead, pelting incoming projectiles while she moves to a better position. Vivrynn stayed close but kept his distance to draw their shooters’ attention between him and Raziel. Another barrage of arrows from Vivrynn swooped down at the assigned target.

@Theyra @Duthguy @Cyrania @mattmanganon

More of the imperial soldiers fell to the Power Rangers, and it seemed like they were close to defeating the group. The range soldiers were dispatched thanks to the combined work of Mir'aziel'thraw and Vivrynn, and now only the melee soldiers remain.

Ven, after seeing Grydon drop to his knees but still in the fight but vulnerable to the imperials. Ven stood in front of Grydon and protected him as best as he could. Taking down three imperial soldiers in the process, and by the time he did this. He noticed that the remaining imperial soldiers, while still willing to fight, were backing off to regroup. Only five remained, but Ven had a smile on his face at the thought of victory but, something nagged at him. Imperial assaults were normally bigger, and yet this group seems smaller than what it should be. Maybe a vanguard force, Ven wagered, and as he was about to rush, the five remaining soldiers. Did he hear a loud voice calling out.

For the figure that lay at the end of the street was walking forward during the last phase of the fighting and now was in clear view of both the imperial soldiers and the rangers. The figure "Hold back my soldiers," the figure's voice boomed to the soldiers, and they obediently obeyed and stayed where they were as the figure walked up to them and stood in front of them. Now, addressing the ranger, "I see you Power Rangers are more than capable of dealing with my soldiers than these pathetic humans." The disdain in his voice was clear, "It seems like you are stronger than I expected, with most of my soldiers downed by your hands." The group could see something seemingly gathering in the figure's neck appendages. "Which I will rectify this now, for I am Lieutenant Uion Foria, and I will make Commander Von Tero pleased with your defeat today."

As soon as he finished saying that, a beam erupted from his head, and he swept it across the street, aiming for the Power Rangers. Ven tried to dodge out of the way, but the beam was too close to him when Uion launched it. It hit him in the chest, and he was knocked down. Uion laughed as this happened and aimed for the rest of the rangers. "Let's see how you ranger face against me!"

@Cyrania@Duthguy@Hammy Chi@mattmanganon

"Captain!" Raziel shouted from above, looking in horror from the building top. No...If he died...

The beam then swept up towards her. She ducked under the beam, then telekinetically pushed him away. She couldn't see where he ended up pushed, nor what her action resulted in. She just knew he needed to be taken down as quickly as possible. After being certain that she was in no more danger from the beam, she looked over the situation then hurried down as quickly as possible, leaping from the roof to a ledge to a car, heedless of anything except Uion and Ven. If she'd been born with a talent for healing...But she wasn't. So the best course of action was to end this as quickly as possible so they could hopefully take full care of the Captain so he might could recover.

Her pistol and sword were in hand. She was going to bring him down.

After Grydon dealt with the solder that managed to kick him he noticed Ven in front of him. He quickly figured out what the green Ranger was doing and appreciated it. "Thanks."

Before he could do anything else a strange longnecked alien revealed themselves and ordered the foot soldiers to stand down. After introducing himself as Lieutenant Uion Foria, the alien fired a beam from his head. Ven being closer to Uion failed to dodge the attack but Grydon just barely managed to jump out of the way, the beam missing him by less than an inch.

Grydon's first idea was to try and rush Uion but as he reached for his axe he noticed Raziel already handling that. Deciding to trust her he instead checked up on the Green Ranger, hoping that Ven wasn't too injured and maybe drag him somewhere safer if needed.

@Cyrania@Theyra@Hammy Chi@mattmanganon

As the beam disappeared and only hitting one of the rangers, the green ranger. Uion would have expressed anger at this and target the red ranger who was looking after the fallen green ranger. But the sight of the blue ranger jumping down and charging him. It made Uion reconsider his actions and focus on the incoming threat first. "So you dodged my beam. Well, time to show you what else I have." Saying it in a clearly irritated tone. Taking out a one-handed axe and countered charged the blue ranger. "Face my axe!" He said in a threatening tone as he brought it down on her.

As Grydon went to inspect Ven. He would see that Ven was clearly alive yet injured and breathing hard. As Ven noticed that Grydon was checking him, he spoke. "Hey, did anyone else get hit? I... think I can still fight, but that beam really knocked me down, and my chest hurts." Ven briefly grabbing his chest for a moment and then went to grab his swords. "Help me up," Ven said in a determined yet pained tone as he tried to get up. "I am not out of this fight yet."

@Cyrania@Duthguy@Hammy Chi

Raziel crossed her sword and pistol together and blocked the axe blow, using her telekinesis to match his strength. "Cute." She grunted out. "Now it's my turn." She twisted the pistol so it shot his chest. she went to kick his legs and sweep him to the ground, only to over extend herself and fall to the ground.

For a moment, she felt the force of the fall before the situation came back to her. She then desperately sought to roll back up to her feet, weapons tight in her grip to counter attack.

"No, you were the only one." Grydon was glad to hear that Ven was okay and quickly helped him up, eager to fight Uion. He briefly worried he would have to help Mir'aziel'thraw as well when he saw her fall but fortunately she quickly got up.

As the blue ranger recovered Grydon noticed something very interesting that made him even more invested in fighting Uion. Summoning his own axe he ran at Uion, yelling to get the officer's attention on him and away from his two teammates. "Hey, lets go! Axe vs axe!"

@Cyrania@Theyra@Hammy Chi

A beat-up old jeep sped down the highway, with a platinum blonde young woman behind the wheel. Traffic was bumper to bumper in the other direction, but the way she was going was all clear. Everyone was trying to escape from the disaster. The laptop in her passenger seat was relaying live coverage and crowdsourced footage of the attack. There were also some manila folders next to it, thick with information. The top one was labeled 'Power Rangers'.

Blue lights and a barricade were up ahead, and Sarah could see a destroyed car in flames further on. She slowed her jeep, then coolly pulled onto a side road. She parked, grabbed her camera, and continued on foot. Those cops were the least of her worries, but she was in a hurry, so she'd have to avoid them. She slunk down an alley and quickly climbed over some rubble to get closer. She could faintly hear clanking metal and plasma fire. This had to be the attack site.

Sarah's blood was pounding as she jogged forward, repeatedly checking either side to see if she'd been noticed. This was so dangerous. She wasn't armed nearly enough to tangle with a platoon of imperial soldiers. 'Just some pictures...' she assured herself, that was all she needed.

Suddenly Sarah stopped cold in her tracks. Someone was there. She held back her bright hair and peeked around the corner, catching sight of two imperial soldiers, charging down the street. Their backs were turned, but still, she was so shocked she could barely breathe. Once they'd walked a bit further out, Sarah regained the courage to raise her camera. She snapped a few pictures, but the sound of battle had grown more intense. There was a loud crackle of discharged energy and the deep rumbling of an attack's impact.

"I've got to see what's happening back there!" Sarah took off after the soldiers, looking for a good vantage point to get some footage.

With all the shots fired Viv had no time to assess the situation. His heart was pounding, his arms and legs leaping, sliding, latching onto and out of any surface to dodge the blows. He finally stopped atop a toppled assault vehicle left behind in the wreckage. Immediately drawing his bow and pulling its arrows towards the clashing of axes. He couldn’t get a clean shot… Damn it.

@Theyra @Duthguy @Cyrania @olive fontaine

Uion reeled back by the shot to the chest, it seemed to hurt him, but he tried to seem unharmed in front of his men before bitterly remarking at the blue ranger. "You will play for that," and before he could launch another attack. He heard Grydon's challenge and saw the red ranger with an axe retorted, "A challenge?" Uion quickly looked at the blue ranger with an irritated look before going back to the red ranger. "Fine ranger, let's see who is the best with the axe, and it will be me!" Uion motioned to his remaining troops, "keep them busy as I deal with the red ranger." Then Uion charged at Grydon with axe ready to strike, and the renaming five imperial troops looked at the Mir'aziel'thraw and started running toward her with weapons ready to strike.

Ven watched this as he recovered, and while he was pleased that only he was hit by Uion's beam. It still hurt him, and he knew that he could still fight. He needs to be careful or risk getting more hurt. But, at the sight of Uion charging Grydon with an axe ready to strike. Ven was conflicted as he could also see the imperial troops running to attack Mir'aziel'thraw. Which to help first?

So Ven made a choice, as Uion was about to reach Grydon and yelled at Vivrynn. "Go and help Raziel with the troopers," Ven gazed at the incoming Uion. "I will help deal with Uion in the meantime," and went to stand near to Grydon. "Let's do this."

Uion at the sight of the green ranger standing near Gryrdon, only laughed as he swung his axe in a wide motion, trying to hit both of them with his swing. "You green ranger should have stayed on the floor where you belong."

Ven blocked the axe with his twin swords barely due to his pain, but Uion quickly countered with a second swing this time, aiming for Grydon first.

Meanwhile, a certain Sarah would find only two vantage points that she could use. One was a bit close to the action, but within the street where the battle was being fought, there were few other options. One was on the second floor of a nearby restaurant that had a balcony, and the other was on the roof of a building via a metal ladder that, while safer, was farther from the action.

@Hammy Chi@Duthguy @Cyrania @olive fontaine

Grydon smiled as Uion accepted his challenge, unaware of the fact that he was blocking Vivrynn's bow. Of course he realized that Raziel and Ven were both pretty close to the soldiers, who had just been ordered to keep the other Rangers busy but he trusted them to handle themselves.

As a result he was surprised when Ven joined him. He was about to say something about the Green Ranger better playing it safe after he got hit by Uion's beam but Ven proved he was up to it by blocking an axe swing. "Nice reflexes."

Grydon managed to block Uion's next attack, by blocking it with the flat of his own axe. Wanting to create an opening for Ven he tried pushing the alien officer's weapon downwards and thus leave him unable to swing it again.

@Cyrania@Theyra@Hammy Chi @Olive Fontaine

Hearing the action from the next block over, Sarah briefly sized up her options before dashing for the restaurant. She was fully intent on charging in there, but her thin frame clanked against the back door and bounced off. It was locked. But with the balcony only being one story up... Well, she was a bit more agile than her human disguise let on. Sarah let the camera hang loose on its strap while she judged the distance. She got a running start, jumped off a table and grabbed onto the ledge above. Next she pulled herself up and went over the banister.

This spot would serve perfectly. Sarah crept to the opposite edge with her camera and looked below. There indeed were the ones she'd been looking for - the power rangers! She wanted to jump down there right away and start asking questions. Most importantly, 'What did you do with my brother?!' - but she'd have to bide her time for now. They weren't the only ones on the street below. There were more imperial soldiers and some Velcon mercenary. It looked like he alone was matching the whole group of rangers. They had to keep picking themselves up, while he had yet to touch the ground. Was this really the unbeatable coordination she'd read about in the Earth presses? Sarah snapped another picture with an intense look on her face.

Just then, the two imperial soldiers she hid from before came around at an unexpected angle, right across from her. She tried to hug the wall, but she just couldn't be sure. Had they seen her?

Raziel sighed in relief at hearing Ven's voice again. Then finally leapt to her feet to face the incoming soldiers. She shot two in the chest then focused on stabbing, ducking, and parrying with her rapier, becoming a whirlwind among them. If she got them down fast, she could help deal with Uion. But she also wouldn't be any use if she was careless, again.

So she maintained her rhythm, using her telepathy to keep track of where everyone nearby was. Only by doing so was she going to find the right time to strike to actually take these guys down.