Sonic the Hedgehog and the Space Ace Transformers - Episode IX by Space Ace Part 5 At the same time Alicia lost the Sun-Pack to Fiona and the MonStars, the Power Rangers had reached the surface and Sally had everyone sound off for a roll call to make sure no one was left behind. SALLY: Okay, roll call. When Ace or I call your name, sound off. Ace? ACE: Here, honey. SALLY: Hmmmph! Very funny, dear. Kimberly? KIMBERLY: Here! ACE: Kim Possible? KIM: Here! SALLY: Ron Stoppable? RON: Here! ACE: Sonic the Hedgehog? SONIC: Here as always! SALLY: Tails? TAILS: Here! ACE: Bunnie Rabbot? BUNNIE: Here! SALLY: Antoine D’Coolette? ANTOINE: Here! ACE: Team Rocket? JAMES and JESSE: Here-here! SALLY: Rotor? ROTOR: Here! ACE: Cody Jones? CODY: Here! SALLY: Chris? CHRIS: Here! The roll call went on with each name called, each warrior replying in kind. Just then Dr Kintobor and Channing noticed someone was missing. NIGEL: I say, did we lose someone in the group? IVO: Aye, Anti-Sally is still back there, in those tunnels! MILES PROWER: No, my queen! I got to go rescue her. FIGMENT: I'll go with you, sir. Together Anti-Tails and Figment hurry back into the dark passageways until re-emerging with Anti-Sally looking angry and enraged at herself, cursing every single swear word she could think up until noticing everyone was staring at her in confusion, wondering why she was cussing up a storm. ALICIA: What are you all looking at me for, huh?! FIGMENT: Chill out, misses. No need to swear in front of the Royal Couple. ALICIA: What?! Oh, no...I mean, uh... ACE: As if... SALLY: Uh-hmm... not very nice to cuss. Alicia quickly apologized for swearing in front of King Ace and Queen Sally before explaining what happened in losing the Sun-Pack to Fiona and the MonStars. IVO: Oh, dear. Now the nWo possess the solar battery and who knows what fate is in store for us. NIGEL: We have to track down those terror mutants and retrieve the invention. KIMBERLY: We're too low on power, even though we didn't use our power morphers in battle against the nWo. CODY: Right, back to HQ to power up. Now I must make a decision. Should we go after the enemy and take back what they stole or return to home base to recharge our magic rings??? Finally my wife makes the choice. SALLY: We can't take any chances, Professor Channing. That Sun-Pack is too important and besides I think poor Kintobor will never forgive himself if Borf uses it or destroys it. IVO: You got that right, my queen. NIGEL: Of course, my lady. Everyone, back to home base to recharge your magic rings. ACE: Power Rangers, Freedom Fighters transform! As always the human and mutant friends use their rings to morph into cars and trucks and proceed back to Freedom Headquarters in New Mobotropolis where we power up on Gatorade and Powerade energy drinks and recharge our morphing rings until they are fully charged and ready for usage. Once again we commence transforming into our vehicle guises and with Sally again taking the lead with me bringing up the rear this time around, the convoy speed onward towards Robotropolis, the ghost city that was once the former Mobotropolis city before Dr Julian Kintobor "Robotnik" took over so long ago! Once entering the nightmarish scene of darkened style buildings on all sides of us we continue cautiously, alert and ready for anything. NIGEL: My goodness! I've never seen anything like this. ACE: Neither have I, uncle. Sally once told me this was her home where her father the king once ruled before Dr Robotnik seized control and changed everything. NIGEL: Oh, dear. What happened to Sally's father anyway? ACE: He got banished into a whirlpool vortex known as the VOID. Then Robotnik began transforming the king's people into robot zombie slaves. NIGEL: No! FIGMENT: Good grief! And the Freedom Fighters, what became of them? ACE: Sally, Sonic, Antoine, Bunnie, Tails and Rotor escaped into the Great Forest to become the rebel warriors, the Freedom Fighters, and began their campaign to drive Robotnik out of power. As I continued telling the tale to my uncle and Figment, up ahead was Sally still leading the procession when she in her Cab-over semi form caught sight of the familiar egg-shaped building directly ahead and called out. SALLY: Rangers, Freedom Fighters halt! EggDome dead ahead. SONIC: That's it, the hideout of the New World Order. TAILS: You think they have the Sun-Pack inside there? SALLY: We won't know for certain until we find out, team. All of a sudden alarm klaxons went off that startled the Alliance forces and at the same time fighter jet planes and helicopters rose into view menacingly to face us off as a Mil-24 GunShip Hind also hovered into sight, calling forth a challenge. BORF: How dare you launch an attack on us, huh? What is the meaning of this? SALLY: We do not want to attack anybody at the moment, alien pirate! You stole an invention that belongs to Dr Kintobor. BORF: I did no such thing, misses. You must be mistaken. ACE: Wrong, Borf old buddy! Your so-called Mean Team stole the Sun-Pack battery and we want it back...now. BORF: Ha, and you think I have it, he? SALLY: Oooooooh, just return the Sun-Pack and we'll leave peacefully in the end, okay? All of a sudden the GunShip shimmers and changes back into the blue skinned black haired alien commander himself, sneering with crossed arms as he faces us off before gesturing and one by one his family also converge back to mutant selves also, also sneering menacingly down at us. At the same time I order my forces to change back, they do so as do Sally and company. NIGEL: Uh-oh, I don't think I like this. FIGMENT: Aye, Doc. A so-called Mexican standoff. IVO: We're doomed. TO BE CONTINUED... www.geocities.com/silverstarr3224/