Two Worlds Collide
Zero the Cosmic Ninja and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Note: This story, as with all others from my series, is narrated by the main character. I do not own Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and this story is not told in any chronological order with either series.
The Battle I fought was tiring, but no different from any battle I had fought by myself. My exoskeleton, blue from head to toe, the outer shell made of material that seemed like plastic, however padded to give off the appearance of muscles. The helmet that masked my entire head was all blue with the exception of a black, wide v shaped visor embedded at the eyes of the helmet, giving me the appearance of a cyber ninja. My exoskeleton was complete with a samurai sword, sheathed in a blue sheath that was grafted at the center of my back. As this cyber ninja, known to one and all as Zero, I had battled robots and beings that were capable of causing me great harm. This particular fighter, a sorcerer from the army of the late Empress Demetria, had the capability of creating beings of his own. He was clad in a black shroud, complete with a hood that prevented his face from being seen. He carried with him a large wooden staff with a white crystal ball embedded at one the beings that he had created had left me exhausted but at long last there was only me and him left standing within the field. But I could tell the sorcerer had one more trick up his sleeve.
"It's just you and me now Marduk." I said, holding my sword at the side of my head, pointing it at my opponent.
"You are very bold, DeSean, but I have one more trick I have yet to show you." The sorcerer said.
"I won't let it happen." I said. Meanwhile my reinforcements approached in the form of three other Zeros, two of them male and one of them female. The shape and texture of the male Zeros was similar to my own however one was colored Green and with somewhat more mass than me and the other colored Black at about the same size as me. The black Zero, known as Zero2, had a black rectangular-shaped visor at the eyes of his helmet. He also had a samurai sword grafted to his back within a green sheath. The black Zero, known as Shadow Cog, had no apparent visor. Instead there were slits that ran down over the eyes of the helmet down to where the mouth would be. Shadow Cog also wore a black metal over armor over the top portion of the exoskeleton, with shoulder pads that were sharp at the ends. Shadow Cog did not carry a sword like Zero2 or myself, instead he carried a laser pistol, which was carried in a holster at his right side. The female Zero, known as Zero3, wore a form fitting red exoskeleton. Unlike the rest of us, the texture of her exoskeleton seemed much similar to that of leather. The helmet was made with the same, plastic-like material like ours; however her helmet was the same color red as the rest of her exoskeleton, which was sized to fit a female head. Like my helmet, Zero3 had a wide v shaped visor at the eyes of the helmet. This female Zero was the only one of us that had two sets of weapons; she carried two sai that were sheathed, one at either side of her hip, and at her back was a long bow, that was collapsed for easier mobility. Though I was relieved to see the other Zeros, I felt that I could end this battle myself. I ran at the sorcerer, but as I did, he waved his wooden staff in a circle in front of him and chanted in an unknown language. The moment I was close enough the sorcerer pushed the end of his staff into my chest and caused a flash of brilliant light, so bright that the other three Zeros could not see. When the light faded, both the sorcerer and I had disappeared. The three Zeros went to the spot where the sorcerer and I used to stand. Shadow Cog touched the right side of his helmet with his middle and index finger as the other two Zeros looked around.
"What happened to them?" Zero3 said.
"I don't know, Kim." Zero2 said.
"I'm not picking up anything from Michael or that sorcerer he was fighting." Shadow Cog said. Zero3 faced the other two and said, "Well if they're not here, where are they."
I appeared lying in a field of green, still within my Zero exoskeleton. I stood up and looked around; there was no sign of Marduk anywhere. The place that I was at seemed like a park, and although I did not know where I was, there was something familiar about the place that I was. Conveniently there was no one around so I crossed my arms in front of me and began glowing blue. As I brought my arms down there was a brilliant flash of light and when the light faded and my arms were all the way down, I was in my human form. I stood about 6'2" fairly tall for a teenager of my age. I was brown skinned with brown eyes and short black hair. I was fairly skinny, but my baggy clothes gave the illusion that I was bigger than I actually was. I was clad in a large black t shirt, baggy dark blue jeans and black suede Timberland Boots. On my left wrist I sported a digital sports watch. The watch sported four normal buttons, two on each side that controlled the normal functions of the watch. However in addition to the four normal buttons, were two additional; one yellow button on the left side of the watch and one blue button on the right side of it. I looked down at my watch looking at the time, which added to my confusion, as it was a great deal earlier in the day than it was before. I looked around at the are once again, this time with my own human eyes, a look of concern on my face.
"Where am I?" I said. "Why do I know this place?" I shook my head and started walking off. I had the feeling that I would find the answers soon and when I did, I would not like what I found.
As I walked I found myself in front of what looked like a high school. I could not believe my eyes as I knew the school all too well. The teenagers who were hanging out by the high school wore clothes that had been outdated for at least 3 years. On the entrance hall in front of me in brown lettering read "Angel Grove High School" with their symbol located at the wall underneath it.
"No way." I said, absolutely flabbergasted. How was it possible that I had found myself in the fictional universe of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? I shook my head and continued forward. As I was 14 years old, I could pass for a student, even though I was not carrying a back pack or anything to show that I actually was attending school. I soon walked down the stairs into the hallway I had seen many times before. Students hung out between classes in the large hallway. I felt a sense of nostalgia as I stood there on the set of one of my favorite TV shows years ago. I reflected back on my trial as Zero the Cosmic Ninja when, while in a comatose state, I fought my favorite Ranger, Jason Lee Scott, and hoped that I would meet him again, and that we would fight side by side. But it was then that it occurred to me that I did not know what time zone I was in during this universe. In my universe it was 1998. I had long since stopped watching the show, but from what I heard from my younger siblings who still followed the series, the show that played in my own time and universe set the Power Rangers in space with 5 different characters than what I was used to. But judging from what the teenagers were wearing it was a safe assessment that I was not among that time period. If I had to guess I was in the earlier 90s which would place me in the Mighty Morphin era, however as none of the black teenagers wore high top eraser fades, it had to be closer to my time than the first season, which brought me the conclusion that I would not meet my favorite ranger again. Realizing that I came to that conclusion in moments and that it tested both my concept of fashion and chronology of a kids show made me both impressed at my expertise in fashion, and distraught that I had followed this show as long as I did. Soon I began seeing characters that I knew. Three teenagers; one of them an Asian male with curly black hair wearing black jeans, a white t shirt with a black vest over it, a pretty Caucasian female with straight brown shoulder-length hair, wearing a white mini skirt and a pink shirt, and an attractive African American teenager with straight black hair tied by a yellow scrunch in back, wearing blue jean shorts and a black vest over a yellow t shirt. I knew these people all too well. The three teenagers talked and carried on, but then the black teenager, whom I knew as Aisha, saw me walking up from the distance.
"Who is that?" Aisha asked, there was a sort of amorous tone in her voice. The other two looked and the Asian boy, Adam, said "Never seen him before."
"He's really cute?" Aisha said.
"He is a doll, isn't he?" The Caucasian girl, Kimberly said. "You should go talk to him."
"Um, I don't know." Aisha said.
"Go on, Aisha." Kimberly said, lightly shoving her toward me. The girl started walking toward me, so I quickly went to a locker that no one was using and played with the locking mechanism. Aisha walked up to me and said, "Hi." I quickly glanced toward her and grinned before going back to attempt to open my fake locker. "Are you new here?"
"Definitely." I said to myself.
"Excuse me?" Aisha said with a confused tone. I turned to her nervously and said, "Sorry, I still feel kinda weird."
"Don't worry, I know all about being the new kid." Aisha said. I smiled and said, "Yeah." She extended her hand and said, "My name is Aisha." I shook her hand and said, "Nice to meet you." Then I let go and put my hands in my pockets. She looked at me puzzled and said, "And do you have a name?"
"Oh." I said, giggling to myself. It was not that I forgot to tell her; it was that I was playing the nervous new kid role as best I could. "I'm sorry; I didn't realize I didn't give it to you. My name is Mi…" I stopped myself. I realized that if I were in fact in the power ranger universe, there was a possibility that someone from my dimension could be watching this. And should I decide to use my Zero powers in this universe, it would not be wise to use my real identity, Michael Jinks, for fear that someone may tie it to the identity of Zero, and thus all who work with me. I also couldn't use my other name, which was native to my father's home planet, because as it too was apart of my earth-born name, it was possible that it could also give my identity away. So I quickly ciphered through my memory to think up a name that I could use and within moments found one. "My name is Sean…Barker." Perfect, I thought to myself. The identity of the Guyver; that would really through them off. It was then that Kimberly and Adam walked up.
"Sean, these are my friends, Kimberly and Adam." Aisha said. I shook both of their hands individually as they welcomed me to the school. I could not believe this was actually happening; I was meeting the Power Rangers.
"Well I'd better get going, I've gotta check in and stuff you know." I said.
"Well, hey, a bunch of us usually meet up after school at the Youth Center. You can join us if you want." Kimberly said. I gave an excited smile and said, "Sure that would be great."
"Ok, great, see you then." Kimberly said.
"Ok, see you around." I said. I walked off and quickly went back to my normal look. Kimberly and Aisha continued talking amongst themselves as they watched me walk off. I had no time for school; especially since where I was from we were on summer break. I had to figure out how I was going to get myself out of this situation. And with no Cosdonian Gods or no crew members to help me, I was completely on my own.
In a dark fortress on the moon, a large throne with a capital letter Z engraved on the back rotated around. Sitting on the throne was a humanoid that seemed to be comprised completely of muscle. His brain was exposed and his face was covered by a silver full face mask of sinister design, with a large red visor at the front. The mask had a horn that had a Z at the very top of it. The figures red body was covered with a silver skeleton patterned exoskeleton that would have left no real protection in a fight. The figure also carried a large silver staff with another Z at the very end.
"Something has happened. Two beings of great power have arrived; one of them is comprised with a darkness that surpasses even my own." The figure known as Lord Zedd exclaimed. Standing off to the side was another figure that wore a Gold exoskeleton. This figure had large wings at his back, the face of a blue baboon and a gold head covering helmet that matched the rest of his exoskeleton. This being also carried with him a grey sword which he held in his right hand as there was no sheath for it.
"What does this mean for us, oh evil one?" The being known as Goldar asked.
"We must make contact with these beings. Perhaps we can use them to destroy the Power Rangers." Lord Zedd said.
"But if these beings are of such power, they may not succumb so easily." Goldar said.
"They will learn, Goldar, than no one in this universe can surpass my power." Lord Zedd said.
The Angel Grove youth Center was full of teenagers exercising or just hanging out. As I entered I saw two teenagers sparring, one a Caucasian teenager with long brown hair wearing a white gi, and the other a Caucasian teenager with short brown hair wearing a red tank top and red and black stripped pants. I knew these two all too well as Tommy and Rocky. I folded my arms at my chest and watched the two of them spar intently.
"Hey, Sean!" A voice called out from behind me. But I did not respond. "The voice called the name again. Then I sensed someone approach me. I turned and faced to see that it was Aisha.
"Hey, I was calling you." Aisha said. It then occurred to me that I was not using either of my given names and had to get used to responding to a name that was not my own.
"Oh sorry, I guess I was so into watching Tommy and Rocky spar that I didn't hear you." I said. Once again, Aisha gave me a curious look. It was then that I realized that I was not supposed to know who Tommy and Rocky were.
"You've met Tommy and Rocky before?" Aisha asked.
"Uh, nah, but I've seen them. Some cats at school say they're pretty popular." I said. My ability to lie was astounding, even to me. Aisha and I walked to a circular table where Kimberly and Adam sat along with another teenager who I knew all too well. This Caucasian teenager had brown hair, wore wire framed glasses and had on a blue plaid shirt and white pants. The three of them looked to be studying.
"Sean, this is our friend Billy. Billy, this is Sean he's new here." Aisha said.
"Well, welcome to Angel grove." Billy said.
"Thanks." I said with a smile. Billy began tutoring them on a math problem, which as he finished going over the problem; I quickly computed and recited the answer. Even Billy had to go over the problem and finally determined that my answer was correct.
"Wow, that's amazing." Billy said. "How did you calculate that so quickly?"
"I'm pretty good at stuff like that." I said. "I guess you could say I'm a human computer." I looked off to the side with a distressed look. I've gotta stop doing that, I thought to myself before placing my eyes back on the group. Soon Tommy and Rocky walked over.
"Guys this is Sean, he's new here." Kimberly said.
"Cool, where're you coming from?" Tommy asked. Now I was in a dilemma. I couldn't flat out say what town and state I was from for the fear that someone from my universe may be watching this, but it felt bad, and kind of pathetic, to have to lie every time someone asked a question about me.
"I'm from the east coast; a town you probably never heard of." I said.
"Wow, that's some move. What brought you all the way out here to Angel grove?" Rocky asked. I hung my head and said, somewhat to myself, "I was wondering the same thing myself." I continued hanging out with the Rangers. They seemed as friendly, and as gullible as I had seen them on television, so I had no worries that they would fall for my back story. I had to continue to hang out with this group of super heroes. As I was separated from my own group, I had to hope that these six were significant replacements. If they were not, then I really would be on my own.
