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Prologue
Year 2085…
Somewhere outside the Venjix Palace….
The sky was painted with a tint of red and yellow, the scorching sun glaring at the infinite carpet of sand spread across the earth's surface. There was not a single trace of live form- no plants, no animals, no houses, no people, no water- just miles and miles of never-ending desert. There was, however, the movement of grinders, and a giant attack-bot, headed towards the north-east to investigate about a sudden magnetic wave….
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Some place away from the Domed City of Corinth
"Are you sure this is the place?" the short-haired brunette asked, walking and observing her surroundings.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure." The other person replied, looking at the map in his hand. "Why? Don't you agree V?"
"Xander, this place has only sand." Vida pointed out, stopping in her tracks and placing her hands on her hips stubbornly.
"So?" Xander asked non-chalantly.
"This place is deserted!" Vida yelled. "We were supposed to teleport to a city."
Xander frowned, stopping in his tracks and turning around to face her. "Maybe we just need to walk a bit more." He shrugged.
Vida stared at him in disbelief. "Did you leave your brain in Briarwood?"
"What? No!" Xander snapped back. Vida glared at him.
"Okay, fine. Let's just go and ask for directions...." he said and looked around for a moment, frowning again. "…if we can find someone."
"We're lost." Vida sighed and sank to the ground. "I think Claire got the spell wrong."
"Hey, it's not as bad as it looks." Xander tried reasoning as he sat down beside her. "We still have our magic. We can still-"
"Shhh" Vida shushed him quickly. "Listen… do you hear that?"
"Hear what?" Xander asked, looking around to see something.
The strange mechanical noise was getting louder and louder every passing minute, and finally, they saw something approaching them from the south-west.
"What are those?" Vida asked, pointing at them.
"Umm, giant robots that look like they want to eat us?" Xander replied, scratching the back of his head.
"Let's get them." Vida said, grabbing her morpher.
"Wait, not so fast." Xander stopped her, grabbing her by the arm.
"What do you mean?" Vida yelled again. "We are supposed to get rid of those things. That's our mission! That's why we were sent here!"
"I know, I know, but there are like hundreds of them." Xander argued, glancing at the robots that were standing mere ten feet away. "Besides, we don't know anything about them yet."
"Then what do you suggest we do? Stand here and be destroyed? Oh sure!" Vida yelled again.
"Do you need to be sarcastic even in times like this?" Xander snapped.
"Do you need to fight with me even in times like this?" Vida snapped back.
"Fine, then why don't you-"
He was cut off mid-sentence when he sensed the presence of something behind him.
"It's standing behind me, isn't it?" Xander asked, his eyes wide with panic.
Vida simply nodded.
Xander took a deep breath and then winked at her. "It's time for Plan Xander." Vida groaned and shook her head, knowing where this was headed.
Xander turned around and faced the giant attack-bot. "Hi. My name's Xander."
No response came.
"Hello? My name's Xander?" Xander tried again.
Still, no response came.
"Don't these things even speak?" Xander exclaimed in surprise. "Wow. Now I definitely don't wanna be a power ranger in the future. There's no fun in fighting villains that don't give you witty comebacks! Right, Mr. Giant Robot?" Xander tried again.
The attack bot finally grew impatient and let out a low mechanical growl, making Xander retreat two steps.
"And here we go again." Vida mumbled to herself.
"Okay, time for plan B." Xander declared.
"And what's that? Run away like scared little girls?" Vida teased.
"No. I'm talking about morphing." Xander snapped.
"Now you're talking." Vida said, grinning.
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
"Magical source, mystic force!"
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Year 2008
Briarwood
Claire was leaning over the round wooden table, spell books open in front of her.
"Okay, here's another one. Let's try this." She said, getting up and holding her hand over the crystal ball. "Futura Analysa."
The crystal ball glowed for a moment, her eyes lighting up along with it, but then finally the glow died down.
"Any luck Claire?" Udonna asked, entering the room.
"No." Claire sighed. "I forgot what spell I used to look into that future."
"It's all right, child. Keep trying." Udonna assured.
Claire nodded and returned to the books. She had to find the spell that showed her Future Earth, so that she could contact Xander and Vida again….
(A/N: I plan on making this an on-going story. Please review and let me know if you want me to continue.)
