Knights have been around all throughout history. To protect people, countries, kings, and ideals. My name is Tim Combs and this is a story about a special group of knights. A group that fights not for king and country, but for the entire world. This is the story of the:
POWER RANGER KNIGHTS
Episode 1: A New Age of Chivalry, Part 1
In a galaxy far from ours, a dark figure stood on the bridge of a huge space battleship. It was the bridge of the Space Fortress, Oblivion. Hundreds of Dragor minions worked on flying the Fortress.
"At attention, fools!" The figure yelled. It was the master of the Oblivion, Master Draak.
Master Draak was renowned as the fiercest villain in the galaxy. He was a very imposing individual with large fangs and claws that could rip just about anything into shreds. He and his followers had been trapped in another dimension but had recently escaped.
"I want this fortress fully functional by the time we get to that wretched planet, Earth. The humans on that planet will be my perfect slaves to which I shall rule the entire galaxy!"
"Brilliant plan, oh mighty one," came a voice from in the crowd. "We shall have everything we could ever want."
Out stepped Master Draak's top 3 minions. The one who spoke was Yong, the top general of the fleet. He looked like a humanoid dragon with two swords strapped to his back.
Second was Vovin, the main scientific engineer. He was in charge of creating all of the monsters and other minions. Vovin was a short ogre with a hump on his back and a pair of glasses that looked two times too small for his oversized head.
And lastly, the only female of the group, Arach. Arach was a master of deception and an agile fighter who fought with a whip and two daggers. She was tall and thin with piercing black eyes.
"Ah, my friends," Draak exclaimed. "I am glad you were also able to escape from the timeless dimension."
He turned his eyes to Vovin. "How much longer until we reach the planet, Earth?"
"Yess Masster," Vovin started with a strange hissing noise he made when speaking, "It will not take any more than two Earth hourss to arrive."
"Good, good." Draak looked back to the Dragors. "Make it snappy."
Meanwhile on Earth, two teens, Gavin and his cousin Leah were walking down a path in an old part of town.
"I can't believe I had four tests today. FOUR!" Gavin exclaimed.
Gavin was 17 and of average height with short brown hair and hazel eyes.
"You are graduating at the end of this year, what you expect." Leah said.
Leah was 16, very thin and shorter than Gavin. She had long,wavy brown hair that was usually in a long ponytail. She wore glasses that covered her green eyes. She was very soft spoken except for when around friends.
"I expect them to go easy on me," laughed Gavin.
"Yeah right. Anyway where is that new Teen Center that just opened up?"
"It's just around this corner, cuz. I asked the rest of the guys to come." Gavin said playing with his class ring, which had a red gem in it.
A few minutes later, Gavin and Leah were standing in front of a large building that said TEEN CENTER in bold green letters.
They walked inside and immediately found their three best friends, Hannah, Jeremiah and Andre. After greeting each other, they sat at a table and began to chat.
Hannah was a 15 year old, who loved reading manga. She was tall with light brown hair that fell to her arms. When embarrassed her face turned dark red.
Jeremiah, or Jerry for short, was 17 like Gavin. He had a very thick southern accent. He had deep blue eyes and dirty blonde hair. He seemed to always have a goofy smile on his face and was always making jokes.
Andre was 16 with brown skin and short, curly black hair and his eyes were brown. He loved working out and playing sports, especially baseball.
"What do you think of this place, "asked Andre. "My dad's building company worked really hard on it."
"Yeah, it's pretty cool," said Hannah. "I could see myself in here a lot."
Yeah," Gavin said.
"It sure is nice and toasty in here, ain't it," piped in Jerry.
In another part of the city in an underground base, Tim Combs was having a bad feeling.
"I just feel like something bad is gonna happen." Tim said aloud to himself.
Tim was skinny with medium length hair and blue eyes. He was also the weapon and tactical expert.
"Don't worry," David Bell, a good friend of Tim said, "these tests will work fine. Even if they don't, we need to hope that they won't be needed."
David was about the same height as Tim, and was the technological genius of the two. He was skinny and fit, and loved tinkering with everything. He had short cropped hair and green eyes.
David and Tim were working on a very secret and important project. They were doing tests on a secret type of metal that could be used to create special weapons. All it needed was test subjects and David had volunteered.
"You could get hurt," said Tim.
"It will be fine, just do it!" David exclaimed.
"All right fine lemme just..."Tim stopped midsentence as an alarm when off around the base. "Wait, something is entering the Earth's atmosphere."
"What?" David asked, walking to where Tim was standing. "What is it? A meteor or a satellite falling?"
"No, said Tim in alarm. "It looks like...a ship."
"Ah, finally, the Earth," sighed Master Draak. "The time of my rule is at hand. Get ready to disembark."
"A ship?" David asked. "The one the boss told us about?"
"I believe so," replied Tim. "I guess it's time for what we've trained for."
"Yes," David said. "I just hope it works."
In the busiest section of Hawthorne City, a dark storm cloud rolled through. All of a sudden there was a flash and a number of figures appeared. Everyone stopped and stared at where the lightening had struck.
"Humans!" shouted Master Draak. The Oblivion had the power to disrupt all broadcasts across the planet so everyone could hear Draak's proclamation. "I am Master Draak. And as of now this planet is the first in a long line of planets that I will use to rule the galaxy. You have one Earth hour to give yourselves to me. You will all join me willingly, or you will die." Master Draak said as he and his lackeys all laughed as another flash made them disappear.
Gavin and his friends had seen the strange event that they had just been shown on the television. No matter what channel someone changed to, the picture stayed the exact same.
"Now what in tarnation is goin' on there?" Jerry said.
"Yeah," said Hannah. "What was that?"
"I don't know." Gavin said. "Maybe someone is playing a massive prank."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple," a voice from behind them said.
It was a man wearing a long coat with a tall collar to where you could barely see his face. "It is all very real."
Before Gavin or any of the others could say anything back, the man stood up and made his way through the crowd to the exit.
"Did that give anyone else chills?" Leah asked. The rest nodded in agreement.
"This day could not get any weirder," said Andre.
Meanwhile, Tim and David drove quickly to where the special compass they were carrying was pointing them to.
"A Teen Center?" David exclaimed. "Are we really going to find who we're looking for here?"
"That's what the compass is saying," Tim said, "but we better make it quick. We only have half an hour left."
"Hmm, it's been thirty minutes," said Gavin, "I wonder if that guy was right about it not being a prank."
"Umm, excuse me. Excuse me," said a man who was pushing through the crowd with some sort of device. Another man followed behind him. After pushing the device in several peoples chests and backs, the two finally made their way to the table that Gavin and the others were sitting at.
"They're teens," said the man with the device. "Kids..."
"Seems so David," the other man replied. He smiled at the group. "Hi, my name is Tim Combs and this is my associate David Bell and we need to talk to you about something. Can we speak in private?"
"Uhm, sure," Gavin said as the group stood up and walked to a empty corner of the Center.
After making introductions, and the men had made sure they were clear of any other listeners, Tim spoke.
"You five have been chosen by our boss for a very important job."
"Who's your boss?" asked Leah.
"We can't really tell you that at the moment but we promise that the job is very important." David said.
"What kinda job we talkin' 'bout here?" Jerry asked.
"I take you saw what was shown on the television earlier, correct?" Tim asked.
"Yeah. We saw it." Gavin said as the other four nodded.
Tim continued. "Well, to make a long story short, that creature you saw, named Master Draak, has a plan to rule the galaxy. And you kids are the ones who are going to stop him."
Jerry laughed. "Stop 'im? How're we gonna do that?"
"With these," Tim said. He promptly pulled from behind him a case. He propped it on his leg and popped the clutches.
Inside were five fingerless gloves with different colored knuckles.
"These are Gauntlet Morphers. They are used to transform into the Power Ranger Knights." Tim said, grinning.
"Power Rangers?" Hannah and Andre exclaimed in unison.
"Power Rangers are just make-believe." Jerry said.
"Very untrue Jeremiah," David said.
"Gavin," said Tim, picking up the red glove. "You will become the Red Knight Ranger."
"Hannah. You will be the Yellow Knight Ranger."
"Leah," said David. "You will become the Pink Knight Ranger."
"Jeremiah, you will be the Green Knight Ranger"
"And finally, Andre." Tim said, "You will be taking the roll of the Blue Knight Ranger."
After Tim closed the case, he said. "To transform, you will need to cross your arms then punch your fists together and say the words 'Knight Gauntlet, Power On."
"Power Rangers?" Hannah said again. "You have to be joking."
"This is no joke, my friends," David said.
All of a sudden the ground shook, knocking tables, chairs and people over. A voice boomed, seemingly from everywhere.
"Your time is up! I, Master Draak have begun my take-over of the universe."
"There is no time left." Tim said urgently. "Will you take this challenge?"
Everyone looked towards Gavin.
Gavin looked at his friends in turn then looked Tim then David in their eyes.
"Let's do it."
"After all this time, my plans have come to fruition." Master Draak gloated. "Everyone bow to me!"
"Yes, my master." said Arach. "We will soon rule the world."
"And everyone in it," Yong said.
"NOT TODAY!" A voice yelled from behind them, "you'll never have Earth."
"Who dares defy me?"
Draak and his minions turned around to find five Earth teenagers standing beside each other. He also noticed that they all wore similar strange gloves.
"We do." said the one in the middle, who seemed to be the leader.
"Just who are you?" Yong and Arach said in unison.
The leader looked at his friends. "Want to show them?" He asked.
They all nodded their heads. Suddenly, they crossed their arms in front of them, then pulled their arms back and placed their fists together and all shouted "Knight Gauntlet! Power On!"
They were all enveloped by light. Starting from their gauntlets, a suit covered their bodies and they felt a strange power flow through them. Next, a helmet formed around their heads. Inside was the HUD, or heads-up display.
The light receded and the five teens were replaced by knights in multi-colored suits.
"Red Knight Ranger!"
"Yellow Knight Ranger!"
"Pink Knight Ranger!"
"Blue Knight Ranger!"
"Green Knight Ranger!"
"Like the knights of old!" They all yelled as one. "POWER RANGER KNIGHTS!"
Draak and company laughed. "If you are going to fight us, then be destroyed!" Master Draak said.
"Bring it," said Gavin.
From around his neck, Yong pulled a silver whistle and blew it. Out of nowhere, a legion of Dragors appeared from behind him.
"Dragors, attack!" Yong shouted.
END OF PART 1
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