Power Rangers Wild Hunters

Prologue

The Mechbeasts. Like all great atrocities they were created from good intentions. Dr. Raymond Hunter, the CEO of the world's second most powerful corporation, Orion Industries, sought a way to improve upon human evolution where we would be free from disease, pain, and hatred. 's solution was to combine the strength and DNA of animals with the intelligence and adaptability of technology, unfortunately he succeeded. The combination of organic and inorganic materials was too much for a single human to handle, it went out of control and infected transforming his body into something different. His skin became fused with fur and cybernetics, his blood became oil, his organs turned robotic, his instincts and senses became animalistic, and his brain became a million times more advanced with only one thought in mind... to turn everyone on Earth into what he now became; a bio-mechanical creature, the very first Mechbeast. Given the oil that now ran through his veins he took the name Dark-Heart then used his abilities to create generals and foot soldiers. His three generals, the bladed lion Blaze-Fang, the deceitful and beautiful swan Techwing, and the flamethrower armed hyena Canex, were created to be completely loyal to Dark-Heart no matter where it may lead. Dark-Heart now had all the soldiers and weaponry he needed to finally take over the human world but even he had his weakness. Because he still wasn't used to his new body, Dark-heart could only create his foot soldiers called Mechies at a certain time of the day and only create new Mechbeasts the same way. Mechbeasts were Dark-Heart's minions that were created from his own Chaos Energy by combining animal DNA with various mechanical items. Dark-Heart also had to continually be surrounded by darkness so his new bio-tech skin wouldn't combust. With everything he needed at his disposal Dark-Heart was inches away from his ultimate goal of taking over the human world, but there was one thing he didn't count on.

Dark-Heart's human grandson Marcus felt that it was his responsibility to stop what his grandfather had become. So he used a similar technology that his grandfather used and harnessed the elemental properties of wind, water, fire, earth, and thunder along with the physical and mental attributes of various animals. He then selected five individuals with talent and attitude and gave them the technology to fight the Mechbeasts. The combination of elemental and animalistic power was given the name Earth Energy. Together these five heroes took the name of the legendary warriors who came before them; these young heroes became The Wild Hunter Power Rangers. Day after day, the Power Rangers fought against everything that Dark-Heart threw at them using every bit of weaponry and technology they had at their disposal. Together Amber the yellow ranger, Rin the pink ranger, Dirk the green ranger, Ken the blue ranger, and Adam the red ranger fought together to keep their home safe for themselves and their families all while maintaining regular lives.

Then the unfortunate day came when Dark-Heart's programming gave him the ability to venture out into the world of daylight to fight for himself. He attacked the rangers' home of Ember City, destroying everything in sight. The rangers said goodbye to their families and went off to defeat Dark-Heart once and for all, the rangers fought with much heart and were eventually able to take down the three generals but Dark-Heart was a different story. Dark-Heart was stronger and burned with an immense hatred towards the rangers that it gave him the overwhelming power to take on the rangers with hardly any effort. Dark-Heart overpowered the rangers and their defeat seemed inevitable until Adam did the last thing that anyone saw coming, he gathered every bit of Earth Energy he had as well as that of his teammates and put it all into one grand strike. With as much Earth Energy in him as his body could take, Adam charged at Dark-Heart to finally end him; the attack caused a large explosion which consumed both Adam and Dark-Heart. After the explosion, all that remained was the carnage of a great battle that cost the lives of many; including the great Red Ranger. But out of that loss came peace and prosperity as Dark-Heart and his empire were finally defeated. But not everything is as it seems.

Episode 1: Call to the Wild

"You're not asleep are you?" Luke looked up with hooded eyes at the soft angelic voice to see his history teacher standing over him with her arms crossed.

Luke flashed her a small smile, "Of course not Ms. Giles just resting my eyes since I finished the assignment." he told her. Ms. Giles gave him a look of disbelief. Aside from being a brilliant teacher, Kasey Giles was also a very attractive woman, standing at 5'5 with unblemished white skin with an adorable hint of freckles across her face and long red hair that highlighted her beautiful dark green eyes. When Luke first met her he couldn't take his eyes off of her but he knew it was only a little crush and he was okay with that.

Ms. Giles shook her head, "I find that very hard to believe." she said. Luke chuckled and held up the three different worksheets, all on 18th century Romanticism that he completed twenty minutes after she handed it out.

"See for yourself." he said handing the assignment out for Ms. Giles to see, she took them, looked them over then smiled.

"All correct, why am I not surprised?" she said smiling.

Luke smiled back, "I was only able to complete them because of what you taught me," Ms. Giles giggled," By the way Ms. G, you look very nice today. The sundress suits you." Ms. Giles cheeks glowed red slightly as she smoothed down her white sundress, then looked down at her leather cowgirl boots and walked away. Luke smirked and leaned back in his chair and put his feet up in the empty chair next to him, he then pulled the hood of his grey hoodie up over his head and began to close his eyes. Today Luke didn't feel particularly great, he actually slept in so he could be late for school and then when he actually got to school he got reprimanded since it was the fourth time in a single month that he had been late. But he was hoping that the rest of the day would go well.

"Wow Luke, you are such a flirt." Luke smiled and turned toward the deep voice that belonged to one of his best friends. Standing at 6'1 Davion Brantely was one of the biggest jokers around but he also had one of the biggest hearts, the young African-American was well built with dark brown eyes and black hair that was cut close to his scalp. He was dressed in his usual apparel of a dark blue shirt with a stylized purple dragon on the front, blue jean shorts, and a pair of grey Nike's. He also had a pair of purple Skull Candy headphones around his neck along with two custom dog tags, one with his initials, and the other with a picture of his family.

Davion's attire was a bit more colorful than Luke's; currently Luke was wearing a red T-shirt underneath a grey hoodie with a black leather jacket over it, a pair of dark blue jeans, and a pair of black motorcycle boots.

Luke laughed at his friend, "I was just paying my teacher a compliment bro. Not my fault if she blushed." he said.

Davion let out a small laugh," Whatever you say; Charming Wolf." Davion said calling Luke by the nickname he despised. Luke growled slightly, The Charming Wolf was the name people gave his older brother Adam when he became the Red Ranger. Luke couldn't stand that name, especially when people called him it today, because eight years ago today Luke's brother gave his life to save the world from the evil Mechbeast professor Dark-Heart. Luke fidgeted with the slightly singed army style dog tags around his neck as he remembered the day his older past away.

"D's not wrong Luke." said a deep even voice. Luke turned his head to the left to see another one of his best friends looking at him. At 6'2 Jacob Duran was the tallest out of all of them, the fair skinned teenager had neat brown hair cut close to his head, brown eyes, and a heavy set build that he honed from his time as a wrestler. Dressed in a pair of khaki pants, a long sleeve dark green shirt, and a pair of white sneakers, Jacob was the calm, kind-hearted giant who loved to have fun with his friends. "Ever since you bulked up people have been calling you Charming Wolf like there's no tomorrow. Plus women have been drawn to you like a moth to a flame." Jacob told Luke.

Luke waved his friends comment off, what Luke hated was the fact that Jacob was right. After his brother died, Luke kind of turned into a different person. And on this day Luke witnessed his older brother give his life so he could live, his mind flashed back to the events of that day.

(Flashback)

Luke was only nine years old when the evil Mechbeast leader Dark-Heart was finally able to venture out of his dark dimension to the place that Luke and his friends had called home. Adam and the other rangers said goodbye to their families and left to go lay down their lives to keep their home safe. Before Adam left he put his hand on Luke's shoulder and knelt down to his level so he could look him in the eyes.

"Luke today is the day that I have been training for. I don't know if I'll be back so you're going to have to become the man of the house, so I need you to remember something. Never back down from a fight, always stand up for what's right, and always stand by your allies. I know someday you'll become someone great." Adam told his brother. Luke nodded his head in understanding as his older brother gave him a tight hug, then hugged their mother and left to join the battle.

Luke and his mother sat on the couch in their home watching Adam and his team fight against the Mechbeasts, Luke saw his brother fight off multiple Mechbeasts and Mechies like it was second nature. But soon Luke saw that Adam and the rest of the team were getting overwhelmed, so, despite his mother's protesting, Luke grabbed his bike and peddled all the way to downtown Ember City where his brother was fighting. When Luke arrived at the scene where the battle was happening, he saw that the previous overwhelming moment the rangers had was only a momentary event. Luke got off his bike and climbed over cars and destroyed debris so he could get a better view of the battle. He saw his brother deliver the final blow to Blaze-Fang and he went down, as the last of the generals fell the five rangers regrouped and set their sights on Dark-Heart himself.

The rangers charged at the head Mechbeast but their efforts were futile as Dark-Heart knocked the five rangers away with one strike of his massive buster sword. The rangers got back up and charged again, they were able to land a few strikes but Dark-Heart's heavy red armor was able to withstand it. Dark-Heart then turned his right hand into a multi-barreled machine gun and let loose a barrage of bullets at the five rangers that knocked them away. Luke watched in horror as his brother and his team struggled to get up, his heart ached as he saw his proud, strong brother lying on the ground about to get stabbed through the chest by a sword. Luke knew he had to do something so he did the only thing he could think of; he grabbed a piece of debris about the size of his hand and threw it at Dark-Heart. The piece of debris hit Dark-Heart straight in the head; the Mechbeast leader stopped his advance on the rangers and turned his head in Luke's direction. Dark-Heart pinned his blue robotic eyes on the young Luke who just stood there petrified by Dark-Heart's soulless gaze.

Adam lifted his head and turned to see where Dark-Heart was looking and saw Luke, "Luke? Luke, you idiot run, get out of here!" he shouted at his little brother. But as much as Luke wanted to move his legs wouldn't budge, Dark-Heart aimed his multi-barreled machine gun at Luke and blasted off six shots that went straight for Luke. Four shots missed but two shots hit Luke, one in the shoulder and one in his ribs.

"Luke!" Adam shouted as he saw his little brother get knocked down, Luke could barely hear his brother shout his name as he was too busy screaming at the top of his lungs. The stinging pain of the red hot bullets caused immense pain in Luke's body, his slick warm blood spread over his heads as he clamped his hands over his wounds. He was able to push the pain aside long enough to see Adam stand up with his specially made Wolf Blade in his hands.

"Dark-Heart, you've put my family and my home in danger for the last time!" Adam shouted at the top of his lungs as he was surrounded by a multi-colored glow. The other rangers had similar glows around them but in their respected colors as they rose to their feet.

Ken shouted at Adam, " Adam what are you doing?"

Amber looked at her hands, "He's absorbing every bit of Earth Energy we have into himself." she said.

"Adam stop, "Dirk shouted", If you absorb this much Earth Energy into yourself, you won't be able to survive the output!"

"I know," Adam growled," But if I'm going down, I'm taking Dark-Heart down with me!" Adam yelled with all his might and gathered up all the energy and strength he had and charged at Dark-Heart. Dark-Heart launched a volley of bullets and laser blasts at Adam but he powered through them, determined to take Dark-Heart down. Luke tried to yell at Adam to stop but he couldn't get a single word due to the pain that was spreading through his body. In one desperate strike Adam took his sword and drove it right into Dark-Heart's gut all the way to the hilt, Adam then released every bit of Earth Energy he had in him. He turned his head in Luke's direction right before a large explosion happened that seemed to consume both Adam and Dark-Heart.

When the explosion faded, both Adam and Dark-Heart were gone, nowhere to be seen. Luke blocked out the pain coursing through his body so he could stand up and walk over to where his older brother once stood in his final strike. Luke stood over the spot that his brother had once been and saw that all that was left was Adam's custom made ranger jacket, his military dog tags that were slightly singed around the edges, and his morpher. Luke dropped to his knees and clutched the items close to his chest; these were the only things that remained of his big brother. Luke felt tears form in his eyes as he let out an immense wail of despair as his heart felt like it was being crushed as the reality of never seeing his older brother again began to set in.

(End Flashback)

Luke shook his head as he tried to get the painful memories out of his head and focused on the conversation he and his friends were having.

"I'm with Jacob Luke. Heck, even a little jealous." Luke chuckled at the soft, feminine voice and turned in his seat to see another one of his best friends sitting across from Davion. At 5'8 with long blonde hair that fell to her shoulders, stunning blue eyes, and unblemished white skin, Whisper Crane was a very beautiful girl but didn't draw a lot attention to herself. Her wardrobe went along with the fact as she was dressed in a simple yellow sweatshirt, blue jeans, and black and white Vans.

Luke looked at her, "Now Whisper don't be like that. Jealousy doesn't become you." he told her. Whisper giggled while Davion and Jacob groaned. Davion, Whisper, and Jacob were sort of like Luke's extended family, they were always there for him especially when he closed off from the world and spent all of his time working out and studying. They were the ones that kicked him in the ass and brought back to the world of the living.

Luke was about to close his eyes again when he remembered something, " Oh I almost forget." he said. Luke reached into his leather backpack and pulled a white paper bag with a picture of a happy brown bear holding an apple pie on a blue flag with the words "Big Bear Bakery" on the front. Luke worked part time at the bakery since his dream was to be a professional baker. Davion, Jacob, and Whisper's eyes lit up as they saw the bag.

"Oh Luke, you are the best." Davion said rubbing his hands together. Luke smiled at his friend's eagerness and dug in the bag to pull out their individual sweets.

"Let's see we have a miniature peach pie for Davion, maple bacon bar for Jacob and a strawberry cruller for Whisper." Luke said giving each of his friends their individual pastries and began eating but discreetly so they wouldn't get caught by Ms. Giles.

Whisper spoke first, " So, any idea what this assembly is supposed to be about?" she said wiping some crumbs off of her shirt.

Davion spoke with his mouthful, "I heard that Marcus Hunter was coming to give some kind of speech." Luke went still at that statement; Marcus Hunter was the CEO of Orion Industries and the creator of the original Wild Hunter Power Rangers. Luke hadn't see Marcus or anyone from Orion since his brother died, he wondered why he was coming to his school. This should be interesting, he thought.

Later that day, after all their classes were finished, Luke, Davion, Jacob, and Whisper all sat in the Ember Fire High School gymnasium waiting in preparation for this special assembly that they had to attend. The gymnasium was the only place big enough in the whole school that could hold the large number of students that attended the school, the gym was fairly big with a large hardwood floor, black risers on both sides, the school's mascot, a red and orange phoenix, was painted on the floor and both walls, and a white fold up screen, projector, and microphone stand stood in the middle of the floor. Luke leaned forward and put his elbows on his knees and let out a sigh, Luke never really liked assemblies. It wasn't that he didn't have any school spirit; it's just that assemblies weren't really his thing.

"Hello students of Ember Fire, I am Marcus Hunter." Luke's eyes turned in the direction of a male voice to see the man himself. Marcus Hunter was a very handsome man with broad shoulders, a muscular frame, short black hair, dark brown eyes, and a slight tan given to him by his Cherokee heritage. Today he was wearing a dark brown Virsachi suit and loafers; Marcus Hunter bled power and money but luckily didn't abuse either.

Marcus put on his biggest smile and addressed the students once more, " Now I know you all don't want to be here but I'm afraid I have a very serious issue I need to inform you all about, " Now Luke was interested, " But first, let me introduce you to my lovely assistant who helps me in all my endeavors, Jazmine Saejima." Luke's head snapped to attention as he looked in the direction of the woman Marcus was talking about. She was exquisite; she had light brown hair that fell to her shoulders, emerald green eyes that highlighted her Asian features, and flawless ivory skin. She had a fit athletic body and a kind smile on her face, she wore a black skirt that fell just above her knees, a white blouse covered by a pink jacket, and matching pink converse. Jazmine was just as beautiful as Luke remembered.

Davion let out a long whistle, "Wow, so that's the fabled Jazmine huh?" he asked. Luke was too stunned to even say anything so all he could do was nod.

"Dang, how long has it been?" Jacob asked.

Luke swallowed then spoke, "Eight years." he said.

Whisper put her hand on Luke's shoulder, "You okay?" she asked sympathetically.

Luke nodded, "Yeah, yeah it's just... I never thought she'd grow up to be so beautiful." he said.

Jazmine was one of Luke's first friends and one of his very first crushes. Jazmine's older sister Rin was the first Wild Hunter Pink Ranger who fought alongside Luke's older brother Adam so the two would always see each other, heck, Luke would never had made it out of sixth grade if it wasn't for her. And now she was at his school after eight years of being away from her.

Marcus continued speaking, " As you know, I created the Wild Hunter Power Rangers eight years ago to fight the Mechbeast Empire led by my grandfather," the students in the gymnasium mumbled their knowledge of the event, " Well, eight years ago the noble Red Ranger, Adam Anders, gave his life to keep the Mechbeast leader Dark-Heart from destroying our world." Luke clenched his fist at the mention of his older brother. Whisper put her hand over Luke's and Davion put a hand on his shoulder, Luke smiled at his friends concern and put his attention back on Marcus but his eyes kept flashing back to Jazmine.

Marcus' tone became serious, "Unfortunately I have to say that the Red Rangers efforts were for naught, as the Mechbeast threat has returned." the lights in the gym went off and the projector projected pictures of horrifying monsters on to the screen behind Marcus.

Some students screamed, some turned their heads in disgust, but Luke stared right at the pictures. The creatures that were shown appeared to be half robot-half animal with bronze robotic skin and rat like faces. They had long claws on both their hands and feet and each one carried a long black staff that with a bladed tip that could be used as either a spear, short sword, or a blaster. Mechies, Luke thought. Mechies were the foot soldiers of the Mechbeast Empire created from nuts and bolts and the DNA of lab rats, the only thought the hybrid creatures had in their heads was to follow the direct orders of the Mechbeast leaders. They were all supposed to be destroyed along with all other Mechbeast when Dark-Heart fell but I guess Marcus was right, Adam's sacrifice had been for nothing. The images were of Mechies destroying buildings and cars, terrorizing innocent people in various parts of the world. Along with a picture of a yellow eyed creature that Luke found vaguely familiar, the lights turned back on and the screen turned off.

Marcus started again, "As you can see, the Mechbeast threat is real and very dangerous. And the reason I'm here, I plan to counter this threat the way I did eight years ago. I plan to create a new team of Power Rangers and I need a few brave volunteers to be part of this team, so who wants to be a Power Ranger?" Marcus finished. The moment Marcus finished the entire gym erupted into chaos, mainly with the students saying hell no. Luke couldn't blame them, being a ranger was a big responsibility. One that would put those chosen on the front lines confronting every kind of danger imaginable.

Luke clutched his brother's dog tags around his neck as he remembered the day his brother and the other rangers volunteered. Adam had just gotten back from his first tour in Afghanistan and was a decorated Soldier when he heard that his home was in major trouble. Amber was a renowned acrobat, Ken was a popular parkour specialist, Dirk was a reformed hacker, and Rin was a former thief. Each member of the team brought their own strategy and specialty to the team which made them unique as rangers. Luke could only imagine what kind of people would make up this team.

Luke contemplated his options, his whole life he had strived to be the kind of warrior his brother was. When Adam died, Luke took up multiple martial arts, practiced Kenjutsu (swordsmanship), had Ken teach him parkour, and brought his IQ up a couple notches. The only thing that kept Luke from actually attaining his dream was the fact that his mother hated Orion Industries and would probably never speak to him again if he joined. His eyes flashed to Jazmine, her beautiful eyes brought back joyful memories the two of them had together when his brother was still around. His eyes drifted down to Jazmine's right ring finger and spotted what appeared to be a white ring, Luke smiled as he knew what that ring was. It was a matching one to the black and silver ring he wore except Jazmine's was white with gold wolves running around it, Luke bought the matching rings as a Christmas gift for the two of them one year

Luke knew that his mother would never approve of him becoming a Power Ranger, but she never said anything about going to see an old friend he hadn't seen in a while. Luke stood up, took his hood off, and began walking down the risers to the center area.

Davion stood up, "Uh Luke. Where ya going dude?" he asked.

Luke looked at his friend; "I'm going to go say high to an old friend." he told Davion then continued walking down the risers. As he descended the steps, he could hear some of the students around him talking about how he was either crazy or stupid; or both.

Marcus saw Luke walking toward him a plastered a big smile on his face, "Well it looks like we have..."

"Not now Mark." Luke said cutting Marcus off before he could give him some kind of lame sales pitch. Luke stood right in front of Jazmine; he was so close that he could smell her unique vanilla perfume.

Luke smiled at her, "It's good to see you, Jazzy-chan." he said calling her by the nickname he used to call her.

Jazmine frowned at him, " I'm sorry, do I know ..." she started with a slight Japanese accent but stopped as she began to look closely at him. She cupped Luke's face and looked directly into his eyes," Ruku-chan?" she asked skeptically calling Luke by the Japanese pronunciation of his name.

Luke nodded, "Yeah, it's me."

Jazmine gasped, "Oh, my god; kisama (you bastard)!" she yelled. Jazmine then slapped Luke right across the face and kicked him so hard in the chest that it knocked him to the other side of the court.

The kids in the gym began to laugh at Luke's pain as he did the same. "Okay, I had that coming." he said still laughing.

Jazmine stomped over to him and hauled him up by his collar, "Stop laughing!" she demanded and Luke calmed down, "I don't see you in over eight years and you just suddenly show up out of the blue?" she yelled at him.

Luke smiled at her anger," Well technically, you're the one showing up out of the blue since you're at my school." he told her. Jazmine then launched into a string of Japanese insults that Luke actually understood before she pulled back to punch him but Davion came over and pulled her away from Luke.

"Whoa girl, as funny as this is, I can't have you come and put a beating on my boy Luke." Davion said.

Jacob nodded and pulled Luke to his feet, "D's right. This is funny but sorry no can do." He said. Jazmine struggled against Davion's grip but ultimately gave up and calmed down, so Davion released her.

Luke laughed again, "Calmate mi hermanos. Jazmine is an old friend who I believe I have some explaining to do to." he said dusting himself off. Whisper came over to him to make sure he was okay but he told her he was fine.

Jazmine looked at Luke with fury in her eyes, "You're damn right you have some explaining to do! What happened to you, after what happened to your brother you and your mom kind of dropped off the face of the Earth." she said.

Luke looked away from her, "Yeah, well after Adam died my mom and I both took it pretty hard and she ended up blaming Orion industries for everything that happened to us." he told her. Luke's mother Gene believed that their lives would be completely better if Orion Industries had never come into their lives so she ended up blaming them for everything. Luke looked at Jazmine again, "Then I kind of changed my image," he said holding his arms out to see that he wasn't the chubby little kid she knew," But I guess we both kind of did huh?" Jazmine nodded then looked away from Luke's gaze.

"I wish you would have told me. I tried to contact you, I kept going over to your house to see if you were still there but I didn't get a response. I ended up just thinking that you didn't want to see me anymore." she said. Luke's heart broke at what she told him. The last thing he ever wanted to do was make Jazmine feel as if he had betrayed her.

Luke cupped Jasmine's cheek, "I am so sorry Jaz. I wanted to tell you but I was forbidden from having any kind of contact with anyone associated with Orion. That includes the girl that I have been friends with since she beat the crap out of those bullies who tried to take my money when we were kids," Jazmine smiled slightly as tears began to form in her eyes, " But I never forgot about you." he said holding up his onyx ring for her to see. She looked completely stunned and the tears began to fall onto her face before throwing her arms around his neck and pulled him into a tight hug.

The students around them all went "aww" and his friends just smiled at him. Luke buried his face into Jazmine's neck and inhaled her sweet scent. Luke could feel the tears forming in his eyes as he held Jazmine in his arms again; it was like a piece of him was coming back into place. Luke released her and wiped the tears from her eyes then smiled at her; finally things in his life were coming together. Suddenly a large explosion came from behind them, Luke instinctively covered Jazmine with his own body to protect her while his friends covered themselves. They all stood up and turned around to see a gaping hole in the far wall of their school gym, coming in through the opening was an entire squad of Mechies that began to attack the students and faculty in the gym. Mechies were attacking and terrorizing any person they could come in contact with, the whole thing made Luke's blood boil.

Luke saw a Mechie about to impale a young, brown haired freshman with its spear and gritted his teeth, Luke ran at the Mechie, jumped up, and delivered a superman punch to its head. He helped the young freshman up and told him to get to safety; the young man thanked him and ran for the nearest exit. Luke saw more Mechies trying to harm his classmates and decided to intervene. He grabbed one Mechie and kicked it in the chest, knocking it away. He then elbowed another in the head and heel kicked another to the side of the head.

One Mechie tried to slash him with its sword but Luke palm struck it in the face, delivered a series of fast punches to its chest followed by a hard knee strike. Throwing it to the side, Luke turned to see the rest of the Mechies staring at him debating whether or not to attack but it was short lived as most of the Mechies charged at him, but before they got to him Jacob wrapped his arms around a lot of them and threw them to the ground. Davion came in and butterfly kicked a bunch of Mechies and knocked them down, Davion and Jacob then appeared on both sides of Luke along with Whisper and Jazmine.

Luke raised an eyebrow at his friends in wonder when Davion grinned, "C'mon bro, we can't let you let you have all the fun." he said.

Jacob spoke next, "Yeah, besides these guys have to pay for what they just did to our school." he said then cracked his knuckles.

"These robot bastards are going to feel some major pain." Whisper said with a determined look on her face.

Jazmine put her hand on Luke's shoulder, "I understand why you couldn't see me but you and I both have business with these creatures. Let's take them down together." she said. Luke smiled at his friends, he was glad to have people like them in his life.

Luke smiled, " Alright guys, let's do this!" he shouted and they all charged the group of Mechies.

Davion took down a couple Mechies by hitting them with a couple 540 kicks across the face. When he landed back on the ground he smiled at the rest of the Mechies he had to take down, he put his headphones on and took out his iPod. He started playing a hardcore beat that he began to move to, letting his Capoeira training flow through his mind and body igniting his island heritage. Soon the Mechies came at him and he knocked them away with a couple fast crescent kicks, two Mechies came at him and he knocked one off of its feet, spun on his hands, and delivered an axe kick to its chest. He then spun to his feet and delivered a butterfly kick to the other Mechies face before taking down the last of the Mechies with powerful heel kicks. Davion pressed pause on his iPod and danced around the Mechie remains.

Jacob had just suplexed a Mechie and kipp upped back to his feet. Jacob was not only a state champion wrestler but due to his Irish and Russian blood he also was a practitioner of the martial art of Sambo. He took down a couple Mechies with a few powerful punches and delivered a heel kick to another, one Mechie came at him and tried to strike him with his sword but Jacob got inside its guard and delivered an upward elbow to its head then choke slammed it. Two more came at him with their spears but he used his hands to move the spears aside and hit them both in the throat and sweep kicked them off their feet. The final Mechie met his end by Jacob's vicious spinning back kick to its head.

Whisper looked like she was having the time of her life with her Taekwondo training coming in handy. She dodged a slash from a Mechie's sword and side kicked it in the stomach then axe kicked its head. She chopped one Mechie on its neck and chopped another on the chest before kicking the second away and flipping the first one over her shoulder and punching it in the chest. The one she kicked away came back but she palm struck it in the face and delivered a 360 kick to its head knocking it down. The final Mechie came at her with its spear but she got inside its guard and delivered a flurry of fast punches to its chest then an elbow to its head finishing it off. When she was done she wiped her hands clean and smiled at her work.

Jazmine was more serious in her fighting with her Muay Thai training coming in handy. When Mechies came at her she would take them down by using every part of her body that could deliver damage to do it. One Mechie tried stab her but she took it down with a powerful heel kick, two Mechies then came at her from in front and behind. She kicked the one behind in the chest and kneed the other in chest; spin kicked the first in the face and elbowed the other across the face. There was only one Mechie left so she ran at it and delivered a powerful elbow strike to the top of its head. When all the Mechies were down she nodded at the job she did and walked off.

Luke was doing the most damage since he carried a lot of anger towards these creatures. Any time a Mechie came at him he would take it down with powerful punches and kicks using his Silat training to its full capacity, one Mechie came at him and he delivered a back fist and an elbow to the side of its head followed by a spinning back kick. Two Mechies came at him with their swords, so Luke ducked underneath them and broke one's knee, kneed the other in the ribs, kicked the first one in the head, and broke the second one's neck. Three more Mechies came at him slashing at him from every angle but Luke was able to evade each strike before punching one in the stomach, elbowing another in the face, palm striking another across the face, and sweep kicking all three of their feet. When the final Mechie charged at Luke with its spear Luke got inside its guard and delivered three punches to its chest, followed by a knee, and finishing up with a choke slam. Luke stood up and looked at the Mechie and scoffed, "I hate Mechies." he said before stomping on its face.

The five teens all joined back up with each other in the middle of the gym all slightly exhausted from fighting but all in pretty good shape.

Davion laughed at the fallen Mechies, " Yeah you hunks of junk! We beat you down every day, every week." he yelled while stomping on the Mechie remains. The other rangers smiled at Davion's actions, just then a large streak of energy was hurled at the five teens and they were flung to the ground. They all groaned at the pain of the attack luckily it didn't hit them completely so no major injuries were occurred.

Jacob groaned, "What the hell was that?" he said irritated.

Luke leaned up onto his elbows, "That attack, it can't be." he said as a figure began to appear out of the hole. The figure that appeared seemed to be humanoid from the neck down covered in knight like armor that was midnight blue with intricate white markings on it. There appeared to be three curved metallic objects on each of its shoulders and coming out of its wrists were two long broad swords that hummed with energy from the attack they had just launched.

But the most terrifying feature the creature had was its head, it appeared to be a lion's head with one eye blood red and the other one a bright yellow. It had a silver mane with streaks of white going through it and a jaw of serrated fangs that looked like they could chomp through metal.

The creature looked at Luke and his friends, "Children, this is unexpected. Are you the ones who did this to my soldiers?" the lion asked them with a slightly robotic voice. The five teens began to stand up and Luke pinned the lion with a feral look.

"Yeah Fang, it was us." Luke told the lion.

The lion looked at Luke with a curious glance, "You know who I am human?" he asked.

Luke sighed," Yeah I know who you are Blaze-Fang, the only person whose blade skills could match my big brother's." he said. The lion, apparently named Blaze-Fang, looked at Luke still unaware of what he meant until he saw the slightly singed dog tags around his neck and smiled.

"Ah yes, the valiant red wolf, " Blaze-Fang said, "A great warrior who died an honorable death. You must be his younger brother." he said.

Luke ground his teeth, "Yeah I am, my brother gave his life so that he could destroy your kind. But since your here I guess that means my big brother's sacrifice was for nothing." he said having the bitter truth set in, no matter how much it stung.

Blaze-Fang nodded, "You are correct, your brother put everything he had into his final attack turns out it just sped up the inevitable. He was going to die anyway; at least his way was quicker." That sent Luke over the top; he roared at the top of his lungs and charged at Blaze-Fang. He grabbed a spear from a fallen Mechie and spun it over his head to try and strike Blaze-Fang, the Mechbeast lion blocked the strike with his left arm and the two began to battle. Luke used the bladed edge to try and strike Fang's chest but the lion sidestepped and spun and began to strike Luke's back but Luke rolled out of the way, spun on his heel, and aimed for Fang's shoulder. Blaze-Fang caught the attack with his right arm blade, moved out of the way, and sliced it in two with his other blade before kicking Luke in the chest knocking him back a few feet. Luke threw the broken staff on the ground and entered a fighting stance; Blaze-Fang retracted his blades and also entered a fighting stance. The two rushed at each other and began to trade vicious punches and kicks, Luke attacked Blaze-Fang with a flurry of punches that he was able to block then jumped up and delivered a spinning back kick to the lion's chest but it unfortunately didn't do much damage. Blaze-Fang then landed a hard punch to Luke's chest followed by a few more rapid ones and finished up with a hard side kick sending Luke back to his friends.

"Luke!" the four shouted and rushed over to help Luke up. Davion and Jacob helped Luke into a sitting position.

"Luke; you all right bro?" Davion asked with concern in his voice.

Luke coughed a few times causing blood to come out of his mouth, "Ow, that hurt." he said spitting out some more blood. The guys were able to help him into a standing position and supported him on his shoulder.

Blaze-Fang laughed a little bit, "Well it seems the warrior blood flows through both brothers," He said releasing his blades and charged them up, " But that still isn't good enough. Cross Fang Slash!" he yelled slashing down with his blades launching an "x" shaped blast of energy at the teens knocking them to the far wall. The five teens couldn't move at all as pain began to set in through their bodies, they all groaned and tried to get back up but it was futile.

Blaze-Fang smiled and set his eyes on Marcus, "Now time for you to die. And soon no one will be able to stand against the fury of the Mechbeast Empire, the human race will fall. It's what their best at." he said walking towards Marcus.

"You're wrong Fang." Luke said as he struggled to get to his feet.

Blaze-Fang looked over in his direction, "How exactly am I wrong Pup?" he asked Luke. Luke and his friends were all able to stand up which wasn't easy but they did it.

Luke looked straight at Blaze-Fang, "Humans are flawed that's true, but it's what makes us flawed that makes us unique and proud."

Davion stood next to Luke, "Yeah we ain't perfect but the fact that we accept who we are and what we have done is what set us apart from you Mechbeasts."

Jacob stood on the other side of Luke, "And when it comes to punks like you who only know how to destroy, we will always fight to protect our own."

Whisper stood next to Jacob, "If people are in trouble it's not in us to ignore them, that's just who we are."

Jazmine stood next to Davion, "That's why you Mechbeasts will never understand why we fight. All you care about is death and destruction; you don't understand us at all."

Luke stepped forward, suddenly becoming filled with an immense energy, "That's why no matter how many times you knock us down we will always get back up, we will never stop fighting, and we will never back down!" With that last word Luke felt his body fill with power and he was suddenly covered in a bright glow that illuminated his whole body.

Blaze-Fang's eyes widened as the light began to die down, "Impossible." he said surprised as all the teens were covered in a glow. Luke frowned in confusion and looked down at his hands, his eyes widened in surprise. He looked at his body to find that he was covered in a bright red glow with small gusts of wind flowing around his fingers. He looked at his friends and saw that similar glows and elements. Davion was covered in a bright blue glow with streams of water flowing around him, Jacob was covered in a bright green glow with sparks of thunder flowing around him, Whisper was covered in a bright yellow glow with small bursts of fire flowing around her, and Jazmine was covered in a bright pink glow with small stones flowing around her.

Davion started freaking out and tried to put the glow out, "Ah, what the heck is going on!" he said still panicking.

Luke laughed, "Easy bro, you have nothing to be scared about. Our Earth Energy has been unlocked."

The other's looked at him as if he grew another head, " Huh?!" they said in unison.

Luke shook his head," I'll explain later. The gist of it is the Earth itself has given us power. Just like the Wild Hunters." All five teens looked at the glows emanating from them, this power hadn't been seen for years and now it was coming from them.

Blaze-Fang growled, "Enough of this nonsense, Earth Energy or not you will all fall. Cross Fang Slash!" he shouted launching his special attack at the teens once more. Luke looked at the oncoming attack and steeled his nerves; he drew his hands together and fired off a blast of red energy at the attack which collided with it. Unfortunately, Luke's power alone wasn't enough to completely stop the attack and he felt his strength fading. Suddenly his blast of energy was joined by a blast of blue energy then green then yellow then pink; Luke turned his head to see that his friends were all joining their powers with his. Even though they were still fledglings in terms of Earth Energy they could still do some pretty powerful stuff when they joined as one. Luke smiled at his friends and pushed with all his might to stop the attack, the added power his friends gave him was helping incredibly; they all let out a loud roar and were able to break through Blaze-Fang's attack which caused the multi-colored beam to charge straight at the Mechbeast lion.

The attack caused Blaze-Fang to stumble and fall to one knee; the five looked at each other.

"Holy crap; that was freaking awesome!" Davion shouted.

"This power is incredible." Jacob said.

"I can't believe we did that." Jazmine said.

"We were awesome!" Whisper shouted. The five glows eventually died down as Blaze-Fang got to his feet holding his chest.

"It seems that the situation has changed. I must inform Lord Dark-Heart." he said before teleporting away in a series of small blades.

Luke watched Blaze-Fang teleport away before looking down at his hands and clenching them into fists, "I finally did it bro; everything you told me about Earth Energy was true, I finally did it." Luke said to himself. The other students and faculty came out of their hiding places and thanked the five teens for protecting them; Marcus was able to wind his way through the crowd and come up to the five teens with a big smile plastered on his face.

"Now this is a surprise. I need the five of you to come with me. I'll explain everything that you want to know." He said showing them the way out. Luke considered following him, he really wanted to see what Marcus had to say about these attacks. So Luke just shrugged, flipped his hood on and followed Marcus.

Davion came up to Luke and grabbed his arm, "Luke are you sure about this?' Davion asked him.

Luke looked at his friend, "Fifty years from now when you're looking back on your life don't you want to able to say that you had the guts to follow Marcus Hunter?" he asked him walking off. Jazmine followed Luke while Davion, Jacob, and Whisper just looked at each other but they eventually just shrugged and followed after them to who knows where.

In a parallel dimension where the sun never shines an army of Mechies and Mechbeasts stand armed and ready, each ready to carry out their master's orders. A long black staircase led to a multi-towered black brick tower that was home to the most terrifying monster of this generation. The castle was known as Nightshade Palace and it was where the father of all Mechbeasts lived. Blaze-Fang walks down a long corridor, a torch lighting after each step he took until he came to a large oak door covered with intricate rune like shapes. He pushed on the door and it opened up into a large throne room with a prisoner chained to one of the far walls and three figures in the center of the room around a massive obsidian throne. Standing on the left side of the throne was a humanoid hyena dressed in military camo and Kevlar armor covering his chest but kept his clawed hands and feet revealed. Attached to each of its arms was a deadly looking flamethrower, but its head was its most terrifying feature. It had the head of a hyena that was covered in multiple scars with two fangs of its bottom jaw pointing up and two fangs of its top jaw pointing down.

Its eyes were robotic and red that looked as if they could see right through you. This fierce and deadly creature was Canex, the Mechbeast pyromaniac. On the right side of the throne was a humanoid female Mechbeast covered in blue and purple armor holding a silver iPad. She had white blond hair that fell to her shoulders, her face was human with perfect features and a pair of blue eyes that were on shade brighter than sapphire. The only part of her that showed her avian DNA was the feathers that were placed neatly on the nape of her neck. She was Techwing, the Mechbeast swan that was in charge of every technical aspect of Dark-Heart's empire. And sitting on the massive throne was the man himself, with silver hair, icy blue eyes, and robotically enhanced muscles. His eyes and features were almost hawk like which added to his menacing appearance. His left hand was cybernetically enhanced and his left hand was a falcon talon covered in metal armor, dressed in blood red medieval armor with a long black hooded cloak attached to his neck. All in all Dark-Heart's appearance made him look like a man who would slit your throat at the slightest inconvenience.

Blaze-Fang approached the throne and knelt down on his right knee in front of Dark-Heart, "Milord, I'm afraid we have a problem." he said.

Canex growled and his red eyes flashed with anger, "Your damn right we do! You had a chance to take out Marcus Hunter as well as a school full of humans and you run away?"

Blaze-Fang glared at Canex, "I didn't run away, I had to retreat due to the unexpected circumstances. And besides I didn't see you do anything dog." he retorted. Canex bared his fangs and lit his flamethrowers while Blaze-Fang released his arm blades.

"Enough." Dark-Heart said and the two Mechbeasts immediately stopped. Dark-Heart leaned forward in his throne and put his forearms on his knees, "Fang, explain yourself." he commanded. Blaze-Fang retracted his blades and stood up.

"Milord it appears that a few young humans have unlocked the Earth Energy inside them, one of them is the younger brother of the previous red wolf." Blaze-Fang told his master.

Dark-Heart rubbed his chin with his left hand, "Interesting." he said standing up. Dark-Heart paced in front of his throne with his hands clasped behind his back. He then stopped, "Techwing, prepare a sentella of Mechies for deployment. Let's see if these youngsters pose any threat." he told his chief technician.

Techwing nodded at her master, "Yes master. Shall I prepare a Mechbeast as well?" she asked. Dark-Heart shook his head.

"No, I believe that Blaze-Fang deserves another chance to prove himself." he said. Blaze-Fang bowed his head in gratitude while Canex growled. Suddenly Dark-Heart heard a small laugh coming from his prisoner that was chained to the wall. Dark-Heart walked over to his favorite trophy chained to the wall, it was a human male with thick brown hair covering his head and a thick brown beard covering his face, wearing nothing but a pair of black jeans this was Dark-Heart's most prized possession. Dark-Heart gripped the prisoner's chin and lifted it so he could look him in the eyes, "And just what is so funny my friend?" he asked the man.

The man smiled, "You don't know what you are getting yourself into Dark." he said putting his head down. Dark-Heart released the man's chin and walked over to his throne and sat down. Techwing brought him an oak mug filled with a cobalt blue liquid, he took it in his metal talon and took a long drink.

Techwing typed a few things on her iPad, " Master the Sentella is prepared and awaiting your orders." she said.

Dark-Heart nodded, "Good, good. Have them deploy within the hour." he said. Techwing bowed and went to complete her master's orders. Dark-Heart took a deep breath in and out, "Soon no one will be safe from me."

"This place is awesome!" Whisper said amazed as the group entered the foyer of Orion Towers. Whisper, Jacob, and Davion began to search around the lobby; Luke did have to admit the place was rather incredible. The main desk was centered in the middle of the foyer in a circular shape and leather couches were set up on both sides of the main floor while six elevators were behind the couches. Behind the main desk and in different areas were fresh plants set up, the company's insignia, a double bow and arrow was painted in black on the floors center. But what made the entire place so incredible was the fact that everything was top of the line high tech, which made sense since Orion Industries was one of the world's leaders in technology and they were always up to date. Luke tucked his hands into his pockets and let out a sigh, when he was a child, his brother Adam would often take him here so that he could see what the whole ranger business was about. Luke loved the days when his brother would take him here.

Even though he was young being at Orion Towers made him feel like he was part of the Wild Hunter team. Marcus led the five teens over to one of the elevators on the right side of the foyer and passed by the main desk, as they did three very pretty Asian girls with black hair, brown eyes, and different features wearing long sleeve yellow shirts and brown ankle length skirts stood up and bowed to them.

Marcus inclined his head to them and Luke winked and flashed a smile at them. The three girls covered their mouths and giggled, Luke smiled and pulled his hood down lower over his face and continued after Marcus who just smiled and shook his head. The group and entered the elevator that took them to the very top floor, the doors opened and the six exited the elevator. As soon as they exited, Luke was immediately hit with the scent of roasted coffee.

He knew this smell well and turned his head to see three very lovely Asian girls working behind a small coffee bar doing various things. One girl was mixing a large pot of brewed coffee with a serene smile on her face; she had her long black hair pulled back into a ponytail with two loose strands falling over her face. She was wearing a black skirt with matching leggings and flat shoes with a white cotton knit sweater. The girl standing on her left was the tallest of the three, probably around 5'10; she had her black hair pulled back into a bun with a red blouse underneath a lightweight pink jack and a blue skirt with black shoes. In front of her was a large mixing bowl with a metal whisk in it as she was mixing some batter. The final girl was the shortest out of all of them probably standing at 5'5 wearing a long sleeve white dress and fur boots with her black hair pulled back into a tight ponytail and she was grinding coffee beans, they each had similar features and warm brown eyes.

Luke smiled happily at the three girls, "Onee-chan (big sister)!" he shouted happily. The three girls looked up from what they were doing and saw Luke before they all smiled wide.

"Ushi-chan (little ox)!" the girl with the white sweater said before coming out from behind the bar and hugging him tightly and Luke returned it in kind. When she pulled back she frowned at him, " Ara, Ushi-chan why do have your hood on?" she asked him.

Luke quickly took his hood off and smoothed down his hair, "Gome (sorry), Onee-chan. The hood is kind of my trademark." he told her. She smiled at him and straightened out his collar before reaching up on her tip toes to kiss him on the cheek.

"Maybe, but you look so much more handsome without it." she said.

Luke blushed and scratched the back of his neck, "Arigato, Mizuki-neechan." he said before looking at the other two girls, "Hisashiburi (Long time no see), Yuki-neechan, Koaru-neechan." Yuki, the girl with the pink jacket, squealed in delight and ran out from behind the bar and practically jumped into Luke's arms, hugging him to death. Luke let out a grunt and wrapped his arms around the girl; she pulled back and pouted at him.

"Mou, Ushi-Chan where have you been, It's been so boring without you here." she told him.

Luke laughed, "Gome, Yuki-neechan. Things got a bit complicated after what happened." he said. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and released him. Koaru, the girl with the dress, came up and wrapped her arms around Luke's waist and squeezed him tight.

"It's good to see you again Ushi-chan." she said with a sweet tone in her voice. Davion came up and immediately started putting on his charm in front of Yuki.

"Well it is a pleasure to meet you ma'am. Davion Brantely at you service and might I say you are incredibly beautiful." he said taking Yuki's hand and kissing her knuckle. Yuki giggled at the sight if Davion's actions, Luke groaned and grabbed Davion by his ear.

"Don't even think about it bro, no flirting, Yuki, Mizuki, and Koaru are my sisters so paws off." he said making sure his friend got the point. Davion groaned and walked away while the rest of the people in the room laughed.

Marcus chuckled slightly, "Well now that that's over, welcome to the Hunter's Den everyone. Go ahead and make yourselves at home." he said. The Hunter's Den was a cozy/technological area with many features, there was a circular suede couch surrounding a touch table that had the ability to create holograms which Marcus was currently bent over and tapping away at. A foosball table and Kinect was put to one side, various consoles that could monitor the city were set up in different corners of the room, and a tall red and white old school coke fridge was set up against one of the walls that was filled with fresh, organic sodas that Orion Industries made.

The coffee bar was simple enough, circular with a white granite counter top, a top of the line coffee maker and grinder was behind it, and red and white leather barstools were set up along the outside of the bar. But what was Luke's favorite feature of the Den were the various portraits of the past Power Ranger teams, including the original Wild Hunter Power Rangers. Luke sat down on one of the barstools while his friends began to enjoy themselves, Davion was losing badly to Jacob at foosball while Whisper and Jazmine talked and got to know each other better. Luke saw that Mizuki put some drink down in front of him, he looked down at the drink and his eyes widened in pleasure as he recognized the drink. It was a caramel hot chocolate with fresh whipped cream piped in a neat little swirl and a sprinkle of cinnamon, Luke looked up at Mizuki who gave him a warm smile. The hot chocolate was Luke's favorite drink that Mizuki made; it was also the drink that made his older brother Adam fall in love with her.

Luke's eyes fell to Mizuki's neck and saw a small circular silver pendant on a beaded chain. Inside was a picture of Adam and Mizuki when they first started dating, it was one of the only things that left of Adam after he died. Luke quickly averted his gaze and sipped the hot chocolate, his taste buds went into overdrive as the sweet, salty and slightly spicy drink slid down his throat. He let out a sigh of content as the familiar taste that he had long forgotten began to calm his nerves; Luke set the drink down and turned to Marcus who was still tapping away on the touch table.

"All right Marcus; it's time to tell us why you brought us all here." Luke said with a certain demanding tone in his voice. Everyone stopped what they were doing and suddenly became quiet.

Marcus smirked, "'Suppose it is time I give you a reason why I dragged you all here," he said gesturing to the circular couch," Why don't you all have a seat." The five teens went over to the circular couch and sat down so Marcus could explain why they were brought here.

Marcus let out a loud sigh, "Well for starters I want to thank you all for coming here, even if it was slightly against your will."

Davion scoffed, "Slightly." he said before Whisper hit him.

Marcus continued, "Well anyway, the reason I brought you all here is because I need your help. I want you all to become the new Wild Hunter Power Rangers." he said simply.

Luke knew it; why else would Marcus ask them here after they just defeated an entire horde of Mechies, It wasn't surprising but his friends were a bit skeptical save for Jazmine.

Davion jumped from his seat, " Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow your roll there big man, why us? I mean I get Luke and Jazmine since they were raised around this stuff but why the rest of us?" he asked no doubt asking the question that the others had in their heads.

Marcus spoke, "Well, the biggest reason being that you five are the first to unlock Earth Energy since the first Wild Hunters." he told them.

Jacob gave Marcus a strange look, "Earth Energy? What's that?" he asked.

Marcus smiled, "Earth Energy is the immense source of elemental energy that the Earth itself gives of when it feels threatened. In many people it remains dormant, hardly ever coming to the surface. But you five were able to unlock your personal Earth Energies when you fought against Blaze-Fang. Each of you can manipulate a certain element and with a little training you can bend the element to your will. But there is also something else that makes you qualified to be rangers." he said.

"What?" Davion, Jacob, and Whisper said. Marcus smiled and pressed the touch table a few times and floating pictures of the five teens appeared. Marcus pressed a floating picture of Jazmine and it enhanced.

"Jazmine, not only are you a skilled Muay Thai fighter but you also have an incredible desire to protect all living things. With your Earth Energy over stone, you shall call on the grace of the wild deer and take over your sister's mantle and become the Pink Ranger." A picture of the pink ranger posing appeared and Jazmine smiled.

Next Marcus clicked on a floating picture of Jacob and enhanced it, "Jacob, while being trained in the brutal art of Sambo, you also have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. With your Earth Energy over thunder, you shall call on the strength of the wild rhino and become the Green Ranger." A picture of the green ranger posing appeared and Jacob smiled.

Next Marcus clicked on a floating picture of Whisper and enhanced it, "Ms. Crane. Your fiery personality compliments your gentle soul," Davion smirked at gentle soul and Whisper punched him, "Anyway, with your Earth Energy over fire, you shall call upon the swiftness of the wild hawk and become the Yellow Ranger." A picture of the yellow ranger posing appeared and Whisper smiled gleefully.

Then Marcus tapped a picture of Davion and enhanced it, "Davion, no one can match the boundless athleticism and loyalty that you have. With your Earth Energy over water, you shall call upon the courage of the wild bear and become the Blue Ranger." A picture of the blue ranger appeared and Davion grinned like a madman.

Finally Marcus tapped a picture of Luke and enhanced it, "And lastly Luke. You have been raised around the Power Ranger lifestyle since before you could walk. Your purity of heart and warrior spirit gives you the qualities of a leader, with your Earth Energy over wind you shall call upon the wisdom of the wild wolf and take the reins from your older brother and become the red ranger."

Marcus turned the touch table off and addressed the five teens, " See not only have you all gained the power of Earth Energy you also have the mental and physical skills needed to handle the ranger technology," he then turned to Yuki, " Yuki the case please." he said. Yuki nodded and reached under the coffee bar and brought out a silver briefcase with a thumb scanner and keypad and brought it over to Marcus. Marcus typed a code on the keypad and scanned his thumb, the case opened and he turned it around to reveal the contents to the teens.

Inside the cushion lined case were four bracelet-like devices that were a mixture of black and another color in the shape of an animal. They devices ranged in colors from blue, green, yellow, and pink. Near the end of the bracelet was the double bow-and-arrow mark in black while the head of the animal appeared to be a rotation disk of some sort.

Marcus swiped his hand over the case and showed the teens the contents, "These are your Wild Morphers. If you choose to take them, they will tap into your individual Earth Energies and morph you into the Wild Hunter Power Rangers," he gave the teens a minute to absorb the information he just gave them.

"But know this. Once you activate these morphers they will work for you and you only. The effects of the ranger technology will be permanent, so think strongly before you decide." he finished. The teens looked at the morphers and contemplated on whether or not to take them. Luke couldn't blame them for being hesitant, he couldn't even blame Jazmine and she was involved with the previous rangers as much as Luke was. By taking the morphers they would be putting their lives on the line each and every day so they could protect Ember City, just like all the rangers before them did.

Davion stood up and punched his palm, "Well I don't know about you guys, but I am taking Marcus up on his offer. This is one opportunity I ain't gonna pass up." He said before taking the blue morpher that was shaped like a bear.

Jacob nodded, "I'm with Davion. If the Mechbeasts are trying to take over this city, I'll be damned if I passed up a chance to protect It." he took the green rhino shaped morpher.

Whisper already had the yellow hawk shaped morpher on her wrist, "It's a no brainer for me, I'd love a chance to take down some Mechies." she said happily. Jazmine took a bit longer than the others but she eventually took the pink deer shaped morpher without saying a word.

Whisper finished strapping her morpher to her wrist then put a confused look on her face, " Wait, you said that all five of us are supposed to be rangers, but there are only four morphers." she said. Marcus didn't say anything and looked towards Luke.

Luke looked at his friends and sighed, "After my brother took down Dark-Heart, the large explosion that consumed them both left behind a few things. One of them was my brother's morpher that, thanks to Marcus, is fully functional." His friends seemed a bit surprised but waited for an answer on whether or not Luke was going to join them. Personally Luke there was nothing Luke wanted more than to follow in his brother's footsteps and fight alongside his friends, but there was sort of one problem. Before he could answer the phone in the bar rang, Yuki answered it, listened for a minute and held it out for Marcus.

"It's for you Marcus." she said. Marcus went over to the phone and took it from her. He listened for a minute then spoke.

"Thank you." he said into the phone before hanging up. He turned to Luke but before he spoke the elevator to the Den pinged, everyone in the Den turned to see a short, black haired woman with a furious expression on her face march through the Den and got right up into Marcus' face.

"Marcus Hunter!" she shouted.

Luke let out a groan, "Oh no." he said. The woman just so happened to be Luke's mother Gene, the only thing standing in Luke's way of being a ranger.

"How dare you take my son back to this god-forsaken place!" she yelled at Marcus who just stood there with a terrified expression on his face. Luke couldn't blame him, despite his mother's short stature she could be very terrifying when she wanted to be. But all in all she was a very attractive woman with lovely porcelain skin, black hair, brown eyes, and an hourglass figure. Today she wore a black pantsuit with matching high heels and her hair up in a bun.

Gene continued her rant, "I can't believe that after everything that you put my family through, you want my baby to go through it all over again." she paused and waited for an answer from Marcus but he just gaped.

She glared at him," Well, what do you have to say for yourself?" she asked angrily.

Luke could tell that Marcus had no chance at getting out of this so he decided to give the guy a break.

He stood up and went over to Marcus, "It's okay Marcus, you don't have to say anything." he said letting Marcus off the hook who gladly took it. Luke looked at his mother, "Mom, don't blame Marcus for anything, I came on my own accord." he told her.

Gene looked at her son as if he was crazy, "What? Why on Earth would you come back to this place?" She asked him. Luke looked at his mother.

"Because mom. You can't keep blaming Orion Industries for what happened to Adam, what he did was his own choice just as becoming a ranger was his own choice to." he told her.

"Yeah and look what happened to him, he's dead. Being a ranger hadn't gotten him anywhere except heaven." Gene said practically dissing everything that every ranger stood for when they fought for the Earth

Gene shook her head, "Well never mind. I lost one son to this corporate death trap and I will not lose another, you will not become a ranger and that is final." she said before grabbing Luke's ear and pulled towards the elevator and out of the Den. When they were gone the others in the Den stood shocked at what just happened.

"Well that sucks," Davion said," Now what are we gonna do without a Red Ranger?"

Marcus sighed, "Well for now we just have to make do with what we have," he said," Now, let's go train."

Luke stared out the window of his mother's black and white 1970 Chevy Camaro watching the high rise buildings of Ember city go pass as she drove the two of them towards the more suburban area of the city. Luke had his headphones in his ears listening to one of his favorite Japanese songs, Funkist's "Snow Fairy". He didn't need to listen to his music but since he was generally pissed at his mother for pulling him out of Orion Industries like a child he decided to avoid talking to her as much as possible. Gene drove the Camaro into one of the family oriented suburban areas of Ember City called Sunset Trails and up the driveway of their two story cobblestone home. It was a simple yet elegant house with stone walls, a terracotta tile roof, heavy oak door, and a small stone statue of a howling wolf in front of the door. Luke had paused the song on his iPod, pulled his headphones out, and walked over to the door and opened it. When he got inside he was basically attacked by his fully grown Golden Retriever Honey.

Luke patted his dogs head and went over to the couch in the living room and flopped down, Honey jumped up on the couch and laid her head in Luke's lap. After Gene closed the door and walked over to the couch Luke finally lost it, he shot up from his seat having Honey jump up with him.

"I can't believe that you pulled me out of there like a child! In front of my best friends no less." he said clearly angry.

Gene glared at her son, "Well like it or not Mister you are my child. And if your angry at me than I'm sorry but I'm going to do whatever I can do to keep you safe." she said.

Luke let out a loud laugh, "Don't even try it Mom. You don't want me to be a ranger because you think the world would be better off without them. But I'm telling you right now that you could not be more wrong." he said then got right up in his Mom's face. "Mom, the rangers help protect this world from all its threats, not to mention they give people hope that someone is looking out for them. You supported Adam when he became a ranger so why can't you support me?" he said and threw his arms up.

"For God's sakes mom, stop acting so fucking crazy!" he shouted. Gene then smacked her son right across the cheek, the stinging sensation took him by surprise but it didn't really bother him.

Gene covered her mouth as she realized what she just did, "Oh my god baby, I'm so sor-" she started to say but Luke stopped her.

"Don't worry it doesn't hurt." he said as he walked away from her and towards the door that led to the basement which held his personal training room.

"Don't try and deny what I said mom. You need to stop living in the past and move on. It's what I did." he said opening the door. Luke walked down the set of stairs to the basement which was where he practiced his martial arts. The dojo was a pretty big place with a matted floor and various exercise equipment scattered around the place, various weapon racks and practice dummies were set up and a number of punching bags were placed. Luke even had the Japanese symbols for family, loyalty, and honor on the upper walls. Luke's older brother Adam had created this training area so he could practice in peace and he even let Luke join in on his training every now and then.

Luke stopped on the edge of the mat and took of his shoes and jacket before bowing and stepping on the mat; he turned his head and saw a small wooden closet tucked in the corner of the room. Inside were his brother's ranger jacket, his lucky newsboy cap, and his morpher. Luke sighed as he now knew that he would never get a chance to wear them and fight alongside his friends.

He then went over to a small stand that held a few pictures of him and his brother and his fighting gloves, Luke smiled at one of the pictures and pulled on his gloves and went over to one of the punching bags. Luke began to start punching and kicking the bag with and immense ferocity while his Earth Energy began to respond to his emotions and his eyes flashed red, soon enough he was literally teleporting all around the bag and hitting it in various spots before he let loose a powerful tornado kick that ripped the bag in half.

Back at Orion Industries, the new rangers were currently trying to get a hold on their new abilities along with their various Earth Energies. Marcus had explained that in addition to their elemental abilities they were also gifted with an additional ability that was given to them by their personal Zord called a Gaiazord. Davion was currently standing in front of a large pool of water trying to get it to bend to his will. Unfortunately he wasn't having any luck.

"Keep trying Davion." Marcus said through a speaker that led into the training room.

Whisper literally flew up to Davion, "Yeah D, keep trying once you get the hang of it its really easy. Watch." she said as her eyes flashed yellow and took off flying. As she flew her hands ignited with fire as she flew around like a phoenix. Whisper laughed while she flew before landing beside Davion snuffing out her fire and turning her eyes back to normal, "See easy." she said. Davion smiled and nodded before turning back to the pool, he concentrated and made a fist while his eyes flashed blue. He then slammed his fist with his newfound super strength added to it causing all the water to go up into the air.

He then concentrated his new powers and held his arms out so he could control the water; the water seemed to become controlled by Davion's will. He let out a victorious laugh as he moved the water all around his body and the room; he stopped it in front of him and made various shapes with it. Turning it into different animals and even a transparent version of himself, Davion laughed once more and released his control on the water having it drop back into the pool while his eyes turned normal.

Davion did a quick backflip and whooped out loud, "Booya, I did it! Hey J, did you see that? Huh, did ya?" he asked his friend. But Jacob didn't seem to notice as he was preoccupied with getting stones thrown at him. At first Davion was generally scared for his friend but when he saw that Jacob's eyes flashed green and the stones bounce harmlessly off his skin he relaxed.

Turns out, that Jazmine was helping Jacob get a better handle on his new ability of body density, which caused his body to become as thick as armor. Jazmine was hurling stones of various sizes at Jacob seeing if it could get him to trip up, unfortunately she wasn't getting anywhere. She eventually gave up and hunched over, slightly exhausted.

"Okay Jacob, it looks like your enhanced ability is working out just fine." she said standing back up.

Jacob laughed and released his power, "Thanks Jazmine." he said but he wasn't finished. He charged his right hand up with green thunder as his eyes flashed green and hurled it Jazmine. Jazmine's eyes widened at this but then her instincts took over and her eyes flashed pink as she super sped out of the way, narrowly avoiding the thunder.

Jazmine glared at Jacob who just laughed, "Hey we're supposed to be training right?" he said before launching some more thunder at her. Jazmine's super speed, given to her by her deer Gaiazord was coming in handy as she was able to avoid each blast of thunder. Suddenly, she zipped out of sight and reappeared behind Jacob and sweep kicked him causing him to fall to the ground. He landed with a hard 'oof ' and laid there, Jazmine pressed her knee on Jacob's chest and encased her right arm in stone and held it over Jacob's face.

"Give up?" she asked. Jacob just nodded and admitted defeat. Jazmine smiled and released the stone from around her fist and took her knee off of him as both their eyes turned back to normal. Davion laughed at his friend's defeat and helped him up, Jazmine and Whisper hooked their arms together and laughed at Jacob. The new green ranger just shrugged them off before hearing Marcus' voice through the speaker.

"All right everyone. That's enough for today, come on back to the Den." he said.

The four teens all walked towards the elevator that took them back to the Den where Koaru was waiting with towels for each of them. They all took a towel and thanked the girl before sitting on the couch. Mizuki came over and placed a tea set down in front of them and poured each of the teens a cup. They each took a cup and took a sip, Davion's eyes widened at the taste.

"Wow, this is really good." he told her. Mizuki smiled and gave Davion a small bow before going back to the bar.

Davion took another sip of his tea before turning to Marcus, "Yo Marcus. You told us what our enhancements and abilities are; what exactly are Luke's?" he asked. Marcus went over to the holotable and tapped it a few times, he then turned to Davion.

"Well if his abilities are anything like his brother's, his abilities over the wind would give him aerokinesis and teleportation along with enhanced senses and Preflex." he said.

Jacob gave him a confused look, "Preflex?" he asked.

Marcus nodded, "Preflex is an innate ability that allows a person to see various things before they happen." he said. Jacob nodded. Suddenly a loud siren went off inside the Den.

Davion spat his tea out, "What the hell is that?" he asked slightly pissed off. Marcus began to rapidly type things on the holotable which brought up security camera footage of downtown Ember City that was being wrecked by Mechies. The four teens shot up from their seats and looked at their morphers attached to their wrists.

Marcus looked at them, "The city's in trouble. Now's the time to put your new skills to the test." he told them.

They all nodded and headed for the elevator, "Wait." Mizuki said, the four teens stopped dead in their tracks and turned towards her. Mizuki pressed a button on the coffee bar and a small gate holding four black leather jackets. Mizuki stepped out from behind the bar and took the jackets off the rack, before giving one to each of the teens.

Each of the jackets were similar in color but with certain differences, Davion's had two dark blue lines going down the sleeves with the shoulders being dark blue as well. On his back was the double bow and arrow mark with the words "Dependable Bear" on the top and bottom of the arrow, over his heart was a gold bear head surrounded by swirling blue water. Jacob's had dark green lines on the sleeves with dark green shoulders; the double bow and arrow mark was on his back with the words "Powerful Rhino" on the top and bottom. Over his heart was a golden rhino head surrounded by swirling green thunderbolts. Whisper's had bright yellow streaks on the sleeves with yellow shoulders; on her back was the double bow and arrow mark with the words "Swift Hawk" on the top and bottom. Over her heart was a golden hawk surrounded by streaks of yellow fire. Jazmine's had pink lines on her sleeves and on her shoulders with the double bow and arrow mark on her back with the words "Graceful Deer" on the top and bottom. Over her heart was a golden deer head surrounded by swirling pink stones.

Mizuki smiled, "The original Wild Hunters wore jackets similar to these. I made similar ones and kind of spitballed on the sizes, I hope you like them." she said. The four teens all grinned at each other and put the jackets on, surprisingly they all fit.

Marcus then came up to the teens, "All right everyone; this is it. Head down to the underground parking lot and you'll find your vehicles, good luck. And may The Power protect you." The teens nodded in agreement and headed into the elevator which took them down to the parking lot. There it was pretty obvious as to what their vehicles were; Davion's was a dark blue hummer V2 with a black double bow and arrow mark on the hood and doors. Jacob's was a dark green and white ATV with the double bow and arrow mark in black on the sides and Whisper's was a black and yellow Suzuki dirt bike with the double bow and arrow mark on the sides. Each ranger got into their respected vehicles while Jazmine rode with Davion who communicated with the other rangers through his morpher.

"All right guys. You all know what we have to do, so let's go out there and beat down some Mechies." he said.

"You think we'll be okay without a red ranger?" Jacob asked. Everyone paused for a moment, in the past each ranger team was always strongest when all their members were together. Especially with a red ranger, could they do just as well?

Jazmine clasped her hands together, " Daijobu minna (it's okay everyone). I'm sure that our Red Ranger will show up when we need him." she said reassuring the others who all nodded knowing she was talking about Luke. All of the vehicles started up and raced out of the garage to where the Mechies were attacking to face their first job as Power Rangers.

"This is Mariah Blanco reporting from downtown Ember City where a group of Mechies are currently rampaging through the city," the young Hispanic reporter said to the cameraman front of her. Downtown Ember City was becoming an all-out war zone with the small group of Mechies known as a Sentella were destroying everything in sight. The Mechies were attacking anything they set their sight on, cars, buildings, and even the people.

One Mechie had gotten close enough to a young man and slashed across his back, severely injuring him. They did this all in the name of their lord Dark-Heart, the Mechbeasts didn't need fear to survive but the negative energies that humans gave off were like an addictive high for them.

Mariah spoke to the camera again, "The Mechbeast threat has come back again and judging from their appearance they appear to be more vicious than ever. Right now, all we can hope for is that the rumor of a new Wild Hunter Power Ranger team being made is true." she said as three vehicles came rushing to the scene.

Davion, Jacob, and Whisper all hit the brakes on their vehicles and slid to stop in front of the scene and got out to face the Mechies that were attacking their home.

Davion looked at his friends, "All right everyone, time to show these hunks of junk that no one can mess with our town." he said. They all nodded in agreement, Davion smiled, " Let's ranger up!" he said loudly as they all brandished their morphers. They pulled their left arms back, "Free the beast," they said as they twisted the animal head on their morphers till it faced backwards which revealed a small flashing light of the rangers' specific color. They then pushed their arms forward and pressed the arrow on the end of their morphers which closed the morpher canceling the light and released an animalistic growl of the rangers specific Gaiazord while the disk spun rapidly, "Wild Awakening!"

(Morphing Sequence)

Out of Davion's morpher came a transparent blue bear onto a forest setting. His body began to glow bright white as he chased after the bear, jumping over logs and rocks eventually colliding with the bear forming his ranger suit. He stopped in front of a small pond and smashed his fists against it causing water to come up and formed a bear shaped helmet with a black visor.

Jacob's morpher released a transparent green rhino onto a rocky field. His body glowed bright white as he chased after the rhino bashing through stalactites and colliding with the green rhino to form his ranger suit. He stopped in the middle of the field and a bolt of thunder came down from the sky and formed a rhino shaped helmet with a black visor.

Whisper's morpher released a bright yellow hawk into the skies. She crossed her legs and jumped; her body glowed bright white as she flew after the hawk. She collided with the hawk and landed on a mountaintop as a wave of heat from the sun hit her and formed a hawk shaped helmet with a black visor.

Jazmine's morpher released a bright pink deer onto a rocky mountain top, her body glowed bright white as she bounded over rocks and collided with the deer which formed her ranger suit. She spun on her heels causing stones to fly up and form a deer shaped helmet with a black visor.

(End Morphing Sequence)

The four rangers now stood in front of the Mechies in their full ranger forms. Their suits were a simple design; their specific ranger color was the suits main theme while two black lines that were tipped with an arrowhead ran down from their up turned collars to their wrists where it ended forming white gloves with silver claw guards on top. On their chests was a thick black line running from their neck to their waist with the double bow and arrow mark in their respected color in the center, their belts were gold with a revolver shaped blaster on their hips and the double bow and arrow mark in a circle as the buckle. Over their hearts was a stylized image of their individual Gaiazord surrounded by their specific element. Their pants were their color with colored boots that had a silver border on the top , their helmets were the shape of their individual Gaiazord with a molded metal mouthpiece and different shaped visors, Davion's rectangular, Jacob's being circular, Whisper's was triangular with curved sides, and Jazmine's was heart shaped. The girls had small skirts with black leggings underneath.

Davion pulled his right arm back forming a claw shape with his hand as he held his left arm up like he was blocking while his left leg was bent forward and his right extended outward, "The Dependable Blue Bear, Wild Hunter Blue Ranger!'

Jacob pulled his right arm back forming a fist next to his head while his left arm was out like he was blocking while his legs were in a strong stance, "The Powerful Green Rhino, Wild Hunter Green Ranger!"

Whisper crossed her arms in front of her before spreading them out wide and putting her heels together, "The Swift Yellow Hawk, Wild Hunter Yellow Ranger!"

Jazmine bent her knees slightly and brought her arms close to her body with her elbows bent, "The Graceful Pink Deer, Wild Hunter Pink Ranger!"

The four teens stood in front of the Mechies while the robotic creatures stood ready. Davion punched his palm, "Let's do this!" he said. His friends nodded and they all ran at the Sentella of Mechies.

Davion drop kicked the first Mechie he saw and kip upped back to his feet. He did a Capoeira sway as the Mechies surrounded him, one Mechie charged at him but he spun on his heel and kicked it in the head before using his momentum and kicked three more Mechies away. He pulled out his Predavolver and started blasting Mechies; the weapon looked like a larger version of a revolver with the colors being silver and black, the barrel looking like the jaws of an animal with the eyes on top being yellow. Davion shot down three Mechies before butterfly twisting and shooting down another one; he landed on his feet and laughed out loud.

"Man this is awesome! Never thought I'd be shooting down robots in my life!" he said as he twisted out of a Mechies attack and grabbing it by its neck, lifted it up, and threw it at the group of Mechies.

"Wow, you're a badass fighter!" a voice said. Davion looked down at his morpher to see a transparent blue bear with purple streaks going through its fur and a pair of headphones on his ears, Davion looked at the bear in shock.

"Whoa, who are you? What are you?" he asked the bear.

"The name's Ratchet. I'm your Gaiasoul, sort of like your Gaiazord's spirit. I'm here to help you out hombre." the bear said.

Davion grinned, "Sweet, so what do you recommend my true blue dude?" he asked the bear.

"Well I'd recommend busting out your special weapon and putting the hurt on these Mechies." Ratchet said.

Davion nodded, "All right, you the bear." he said as Ratchet disappeared. Davion spun the bear's head on his morpher and hit the arrow on the end causing a powerful stream of water to be released from his morpher which transformed into a blue handled single bladed axe with a bear's head on the top. He grabbed his new weapon and spun it, "Bear Axe!" he shouted before charging at the Mechies again. He slashed any Mechie that got close to him using his new weapon to good use, one Mechie tried to slash Davion with its sword but he parried the strike and slashed the Mechie across the chest before spinning his axe and embedded the blade into another Mechie's skull and pulled out. Davion then opened and closed the bear's head on his axe and the blade charged up with blue energy.

"Hydro Roar!" he shouted and slashed down with his axe; sending out a large blue energy bear with streaks of water surrounding it at the Mechies that destroyed them instantly. Davion whooped out loud and stomped on the Mechie remains.

Jacob choke-slammed a Mechie before roundhouse kicking another and sweep kicking one more, he then took out his Predavolver and shot down a few Mechies before noticing a few Mechies were getting a little too close for comfort. Jacob pulled the handle of his Predavolver up and a long silver blade popped out from the top which he used to slash Mechies up and down. One Mechie tried to stab Jacob with its spear but he spun out of the way and slashed across its chest.

"Wow, your skills are impressive." a voice said. Jacob looked down at his morpher and saw a transparent green colored rhino with a bright yellow horn and two spears strapped to its back. Jacob looked at the rhino with a shocked expression.

"Whoa, who are you?" he asked the rhino.

The rhino inclined his head to Jacob before answering, "The name's Charger. I'm your Gaiasoul, the heart of your Gaiazord and your partner."

Jacob nodded, "Well all right. It's a pleasure to be working with you, any recommendations?" he asked.

"Well, I suggest that you summon your weapon and finish of these Mechies." Charger said. Jacob nodded and Charger disappeared, Jacob then spun the rhino head on his morpher and hit the arrow on the end. His morpher released a powerful bolt of thunder that transformed into a green handled spear with a green blade and a rhino head hilt.

Jacob grabbed the spear and spun it behind his back, "Rhino Spear!" he shouted and spun his spear to strike a Mechie across the chest. He began to strike Mechies left and right while spinning his spear like a pro. One Mechie came at him and he slashed its head off, he then stabbed another in the chest, lifted it up, and threw it at a group of Mechies. Jacob then opened and closed the rhino head on his spear, charging the blade up with green energy.

"Static Stampede!" he shouted and slashed upwards, striking the ground in the process.

Jacob's spear released a strong thunderbolt which turned into an energy made rhino with streaks of thunder around it which destroyed the remaining Mechies. Jacob smirked behind his helmet at his job he did.

Whisper was having the time of her life. She was kicking and punching down any Mechie that was brave enough to get in her way. One Mechie came up behind her and she kicked out both of its legs before roundhouse kicking it in the head, she grabbed another Mechie before it was able to attack her and threw it over her shoulder and punched it in the head.

"Damn, you are vicious!" a female voice said. Whisper looked down at her morpher to see a transparent yellow hawk with crimson tipped wings and talons. Whisper frowned at the animal in her morpher.

"Whoa, who the hell are you?" she asked slightly suspicious. The hawk did a quick backflip before answering.

"My name's Arrow, I'm your Gaiasoul and your partner. I'll watch your back chica." she said.

Whisper smiled at the bird, "Cool, so what do you recommend?" she asked.

Arrow screeched, " Bust out your weapon and light these Mechies up!" she said disappearing. Whisper nodded, she spun the hawk's head on her morpher and pressed the arrow on the end of the morpher. Her morpher released a strong burst of fire which turned into a bright yellow and gold war fan tinged with crimson. "Hawk Fan!" she shouted. More Mechies came at Whisper and she spun her fan around her and slashed each one of them across the chest. She spun her fan over her head and threw it at a group of Mechies that took them all down before it returned to her.

Whisper looked at the remaining Mechies and smirked, "Time to finish this." she said as she opened and closed her fan, charging it up with yellow energy. "Feather Fire!" she yelled and slashed across the air.

Her fan released a yellow stream of energy that turned into a fiery yellow hawk that turned the Mechies to dust. Whisper closed her fan and crossed her arms, "That's hot." she said.

Jazmine was doing the best out of the four and was able to strike down every Mechie in her way. She began taking down the Mechies with powerful kicks and punches, one Mechie came at her and she kicked it in the chest moving it away from her then superman punched it in the head. Two more Mechies came at her and tried to strike her with their swords, she kicked each of them multiple times in the chest before hitting each of them with an elbow to the head.

"I see your skills are just as good as ever." a regal like voice said. Jazmine looked down at her morpher and saw a transparent deer with pale pink skin, silver antlers and black hooves, she recognized the deer instantly.

"Geb, it's good to see you again." she said.

Geb bowed his head respectively to his former partner's little sister, "As it is to you milady. Now shall we vanquish these Mechies?" he said. Jazmine nodded and Geb disappeared, she spun the deer head on her morpher and pressed the end arrow on the end of it. A large boulder shot out of her morpher and came towards her, when it came in contact with her it broke apart and became two sets of pink tonfa that looked similarly like deer antlers.

"Deer Tonfa!" she shouted and charged at the remaining Mechies. She swung her tonfa at the head of two Mechies bringing them both down, one tried to stab her with its spear but she side-stepped out of the way and wrapped one of her tonfa around its arm pinning it, struck it in the stomach, and struck another across the face. The Mechie she was holding got thrown to the ground and got hit with a well-placed strike to its head.

Jazmine stood before the final group of Mechies and rested her tonfa on her elbows, "Sayonara, Mechies." she said before knocking her tonfa together, charging them up with pink energy.

"Geo Dance!" she yelled and swung her tonfa down releasing a pink aura of a deer surrounded by stones at the remaining Mechies. Jazmine rested her tonfa on her arms, "Sugoi." she said.

Blaze-Fang watched as his Sentella was destroyed by the new team of rangers. He growled slightly at the horrendous job his soldiers did, "It seems these rangers are someone I need to take a closer look at." he said. He jumped of the building he was standing on and went to meet the rangers again.

The whole time that the fight between the rangers and the Mechies went on Luke was watching from his personal T.V. in his dojo. He smiled as he saw what great warriors his friends were, he knew they could do it.

"Kishi, why do you look sad?" a female voice said. Luke looked down at the red and black wolf shaped morpher in his hands. He took the morpher out of the box he kept it in just to see what it would have been like if he was wearing it on his wrist. When he put it on, it automatically reactivated, most likely because Luke shared the same kind of Earth Energy that his brother had. Upon its reactivation, the Gaiasoul that slumbered in it awoke. Anya, the wolf Gaiasoul, was Adam's partner when he was red ranger but she shared the same kind of relationship with Luke. Although half the time she acted like an annoying big sister, it was the reason she referred to Luke as Kishi, the Japanese word for knight.

Anya was rather fashionable; she had dark red fur with streaks of black running through it, black claws, and piercing green eyes.

Luke smiled sadly at the wolf, "What makes you think I'm sad Anya?" he asked.

Anya looked at him with her green eyes, "I can tell by the look in your eyes. You know you can't fool me." she said. Luke sighed and lay back on the training mat and brought the morpher up to his face so he could stare into Anya's eyes.

"I wish I was fighting with them Anya. I want to fight with them so badly but I don't know if I could put my mom through that worry again." he told her with a hint of disappointment in his voice. Anya narrowed her eyes on Luke.

"Baka Kishi!" she said rather harshly surprising Luke, "Your whole life you looked up to the Power Rangers and what they represented and when Onii-chan became one you were his biggest fan." she said referring to Adam by using the Japanese term for big brother.

" Don't you think that he would want his little brother to be happy doing what he wants and not what your mother wants?" she finished by disappearing. Luke groaned and put the morpher on the ground; he sat up and watched his friends on the T.V. as they finished off the last bit of Mechies. Oh how Luke wished he was fighting with them. His eyes drifted to the small stand in the dojo that held a photo of him and his brother.

The picture was when Luke was about 7 and Adam was about 20 and had already received his morpher and been well established as the Charming Wolf. Luke was wearing his older brother's red ranger jacket that was three sizes too big for the young boy at the time and Adam had his right arm wrapped around the younger Luke's neck both with smiles on their faces. Luke stood up, went over to the stand, and picked up the picture, looking at the two brothers you wouldn't believe that they were related. Where Luke had light brown skin, black hair, and hazel eyes, his brother had white skin with a slight tan, blue green eyes, and light brown hair. Luke smiled at the picture and hoped he wasn't disappointing his big brother. He then heard a faint growl coming from the T.V. and saw that his friends were about to face off against Blaze-Fang.

The four Power Rangers were congratulating each other on the job they did finishing off the Mechies when they heard a loud growl behind them. They turned around to see Blaze-Fang with his arm blades ready, the Mechbeast lion narrowed his eyes on the rangers.

"Well it appears that I have underestimated you young warriors." he said.

Davion laughed, "You got that right you overgrown pussycat, " he said spinning his axe, "Now it's your turn to feel the pain after what you did to our school." Davion charged at the lion despite the protests by his teammates. Davion reached Blaze-Fang but just as he was about to strike his head, a curved blade popped out of Blaze-Fang's shoulder and blocked the axe. Davion was stunned by this and left himself open which Fang took advantage of and slashed Davion across the chest, sending sparks flying from his suit and threw him back towards the other rangers. The other three rangers ran over to Davion and helped him up; Blaze-Fang cracked his neck.

"Now, shall we finish this?" he asked before charging at the rangers with blinding speeds, striking them across the chests sending them to the ground.

Luke watched in horror as he saw his friends get slashed to pieces by Blaze-Fang. He let out a roar of frustration and kicked over one of his weapon racks, spilling weapons all over the floor.

"Kishi, you know what you have to do, you can stop this." Anya said before vanishing. Luke gripped the morpher in his hands as he looked back at the picture of him and his brother before looking over at the wardrobe that held his brother's ranger gear. Luke nodded and went over to the wardrobe; he opened it and grabbed the red ranger jacket, shook the dust off of it, and put it on.

Surprisingly it fit perfectly, the jacket looked like the other jackets except his had two dark red lines going down the sleeves and red shoulders, on his back were the words " Wise Wolf " stitched above and below the double bow and arrow mark. Over his heart was a golden wolf head surrounded by gusts of red wind.

Luke strapped the morpher to his wrist, threw on his boots, and left the dojo. As he passed by the living room he saw his mother sitting on the couch watching the same news broadcast he was, the minute she saw her son decked out in ranger gear she immediately stood up and gave him an angry glare.

"And just where do you think you're going?" she asked him angrily.

Luke looked at her, "I'm going to help my friends; don't try and stop me." he said moving past her so he could get to the garage.

Gene grabbed Luke's arm and stopped him from leaving, "Over my dead body are you going out there, the others will find someone else to be red ranger but I will not lose another son to those monsters." Luke clenched his fist and pulled out of his mother's grip and turned so he could look her in the eye.

"Enough mom; I'm not going to argue with you anymore. You always taught me to help my family, well right now my family is getting slaughtered by a monster and I am going to help them." he said moving passed her and into the garage. He pressed the button on the wall that opened the garage door and let the light form outside illuminate the room.

He went over to a large white sheet that was covering some kind of vehicle and pulled it off; underneath the sheet was a black and red CBR300R motorcycle with the double bow and arrow mark in white on the side. The bike was a gift from Orion Industries to Adam who in turn gave it to Luke, he hadn't gone near the bike since his brother died but figured this was a good time. Luke grabbed the helmet on the handle bars and swung his leg over the seat before starting the engine, he put the helmet on and was about to leave when he felt a hand on his arm.

He turned his head and saw his mother standing next to him, "You leave now you better not ever come back." she told him. Luke looked into his mother's eyes and could tell that she was serious; he knew he was only doing this out of fear of losing him but he had to do what he felt right. He flipped the visor of his helmet closed, revved the engine, and sped off to go help his friends.

"Cross Fang Slash!" Blaze-Fang launched his vicious attack at the already exhausted rangers and struck them straight in the chest, sending out sparks from their suits. The four rangers struggled to get up from the deadly onslaught they just received from the Mechbeast, even with their ranger suit on they could still feel the pain that the attack gave off. Blaze-Fang walked over to Whisper and Jazmine and grabbed their throats so he could lift the up to his face.

"You fought with honor ladies but I'm afraid your journey ends here." he said. He released his grip on the girls and slashed both of them across their chest, sending them flying.

"Whisper, Jazmine!" the boys shouted as they saw their friends get thrown back. The girls were flying through the air but before they could hit the ground someone on a motorcycle came roaring into view, the rider jumped off the bike and grabbed the girls before they could hit the ground and brought them back to Earth safely. The rider was wearing a motorcycle helmet so his identity was obscured from their view; his motorcycle began moving on its own and came back to the rider.

The man, from what they could tell was a man, released his grip on the girls and put the kickstand of his bike down.

The rider looked at the girls, "Don't worry, I'll take it from here." he said in a familiar voice. The girls wondered what he was saying until they saw that he was wearing a ranger jacket like them. The rider charged at Blaze-Fang and landed a solid tornado kick to the lion's face. Jazmine and Whisper went over to Davion and Jacob and helped them up; the rider took his helmet off to reveal a face they all knew well.

"Luke!" The four rangers said in relief as they saw their friend.

Blaze-Fang rolled his neck, "Well it appears the young pup comes out of his cave, Mechies!" Blaze-Fang said snapping his fingers and a group of Mechies appeared around him.

Luke smirked, "There's one thing you need to need know about this pup Fang," Luke said brandishing his morpher, "You mess with my pack you mess with me." Luke brought his left arm back and twisted the wolf disk on his morpher till the head faced the back and released a bright red light, " Free the beast, " he said and pushed his left arm forward and pressed the arrow on the end of the morpher which closed the morpher and cancelled the light and released a wolf howl and the disk to spin, " Wild Awakening!"

Luke's morpher released a holographic red wolf onto a forest area, Luke's body began to glow bright white as he rode on the wind chasing after the red wolf, and he then jumped up and twisted in the air. He landed in a crouch as the wolf collided with him creating his ranger suit, red wind flowed around his body before settling on his head and forming a wolf shaped helmet.

Luke stood in front of Blaze-Fang and his friends fully morphed into the red ranger. His suit was mainly dark red with two black lines that were tipped with arrowheads ran down his sleeves, from his neck to his waist was a thick black line with a red double bow and arrow in the center. He had white gloves with silver claw guards on top, red pants and boots with clawed toe guards. Over his heart was a red wolf surrounded by gusts of wind. On his waist was a gold belt with the double bow and arrow mark in the center with his Predavolver strapped to the right side of his waist. His helmet was in the shape of a wolf with a triangular shaped black visor and a metal molded mouth piece.

He crossed his arms and bent his left leg in back and his right leg in front of him straight, "The Wise Red Wolf, Wild Hunter Red Ranger!" he shouted as an explosion of red smoke appeared behind him.

Blaze Fang smirked, "Interesting, Mechies attack!" he commanded and the Mechies charged at Luke.

Luke cracked his neck, "Time to go hunting." he said rushed and met the Mechies head on. Luke jumped at the first Mechie he saw and hit it square in the chest with a spinning back kick then punched another in the face. Two Mechies tried to strike them with their swords; he blocked them with his hand guards and moved the swords out of the way and elbowed both of them in the head, kicked out their knees and knocked their heads together. One Mechie tried to strike him from behind but his Preflex helped him out and he kicked it in the chest sending it flying, he spun on his heels and clotheslined one Mechie and used his momentum to jump up and 540 kick four more. More Mechies began to come at him so he pulled out his Predavolver and jumped unleashing a torrent of laser fire at the Mechies, each shot hitting its mark.

Luke landed back in the ground and switched his Predavolver to his Predablade and began slashing Mechies left and right. He flipped his sword in his hands and slashed a Mechie that came near him before switching to a backhanded grip and slashed the Mechies around him in a circle before switching back to his Predavolver and shot the remaining Mechies. Luke holstered his blaster and set his eyes on Blaze-Fang.

"Let's do it Anya!" he said. Anya appeared and released a loud howl before vanishing; Luke twisted the wolf dial on his morpher and pressed the arrow on the end of his morpher. A strong gust of wind was released and it turned into a sleek silver katana with a red handle and a wolf head hilt. "Wolf Blade!" he shouted before charging at Fang.

The two warriors clashed blades with each other, each one matching the other's strikes. Blaze-Fang spun and aimed a blade at Luke's head; Luke blocked it and parried the blade before landing a solid slash to Blaze-Fang's chest. Luke jumped over Fang and delivered two strikes to his back, he rolled under one of Fang's blades and came up and delivered a series of quick slashes to Fang's chest before ending with a thrust, causing Fang to stagger back.

"Time to bring this hunt to an end." Luke said before opening and closing the wolf hilt causing his blade to charge up with red energy. Luke rested the flat of his blade on his wrist and prepared to attack, " Cyclone Predator!" he shouted before slashing his sword twice creating a red "x" then spun around and pushed his sword forward.

The attack raced forward and turned into a red wolf surrounded by wind wrapping its jaws around Blaze-Fang, causing a large explosion. Luke turned and rested his blade on his shoulder. Blaze-Fang staggered back, his armor smoking as he fell to his knees.

"You have power pup but this isn't over. I'll be back." he said before teleporting out.

Luke had a stoic expression on his face, "I'll be waiting." he said. Suddenly someone jumped on his back, turning around he saw it was Davion while the others came up to him, "Power Down." they all said reverting back to their civilian forms.

Davion pulled Luke into a head lock, "Dude, what took you so long?" he said before releasing Luke.

Luke laughed before bro hugging both Davion and Jacob," Sorry guys, got a little held up." he said Whisper hugged him first followed by Jazmine.

"I knew you'd come." Jazmine whispered in Luke's ear. Luke smiled at the girl before the civilians that were hiding came out of hiding to thank the new team of rangers.

Mariah Blanco pushed through the crowd with her cameraman and up to the rangers, "Well here they are folks, " She said to the camera, " The new Wild Hunter Power Rangers, tell us do you have anything to say as Ember City's new protectors?" she asked holding out the microphone to the team.

Davion stepped in front, "Well you see pretty lady, as Power Rangers we will be able to take on any kind of problem that comes owowowowow!" Davion exclaimed as Luke began pulling on his ear, getting him out of the way.

"I think that's enough out of you hermano," he said releasing his friend, "What my friend means to say is that it is an honor for us to be taking up the roles of our predecessors as Power Rangers and we will not rest until our city is safe for everyone living in it. And if you're listening Dark-Heart, here is a warning. If you or your kind brings any harm to the people living in this city there is no place on this or any other world where you can hide from the fury of my hunters. You've been warned." he said before walking away from the camera with his team following him. They were Power Rangers and they would live up to that name.

On a nearby rooftop two figures stood watching the whole fight that had just ensued. One was wearing black jeans and boots with a crimson shirt with the kanji for war written in black on it underneath a white jacket. The other was shorter than the first wearing a pair of blue jeans, grey Nike's, and a black shirt underneath a silver jacket. Both had on a pair of black fingerless gloves and black and grey sunglasses.

"Looks like Luke finally stepping into his big bro's shoes huh Kitsune (Fox)?" the shorter one asked the taller one apparently named Kitsune.

Kitsune nodded, "He sure is Same (Shark). But let's see if he can become the Alpha he needs to be." Kitsune said walking off with Same in tow.

In his throne room Dark-Heart watched the events of the day transpire, including the warning Luke made. Blaze-Fang burst through the doors with his armor smoking and cracking. Techwing immediately went to his side and helped him stand.

Canex laughed out loud, "Oh how the mighty have fallen! The great and powerful Blaze-Fang beaten by a bunch of teenagers! Oh that is rich!" he cackled still laughing hysterically. Blaze-Fang growled loudly but was too injured to do anything about Canex's ranting's.

Dark-Heart held his cybernetic hand up to stop Canex who immediately stopped. "Techwing, help Fang with his injuries in the Repair Shop." Dark-Heart commanded. Techwing nodded and helped Fang through a pair of large oak doors.

Canex looked to his lord, "Milord, what exactly do you plan to do about these new rangers?" he asked.

Dark-Heart rubbed his chin, "What to do indeed?" he said. Then a small laugh sounded in the corner of the room, Dark-Heart went over to his trophy and gripped his chin. "And what exactly is so funny my friend?" he asked.

The prisoner looked up, " What's funny is that you don't know that you will fall by these rangers soon enough." he said before putting his head back down.

Dark-Heart stroked his chin with his falcon talon, "Interesting." he said

After their fight with Blaze-Fang the rangers retired to the Den for a small victory feast. Mizuki, Yuki, and Koaru had prepared some of the team's favorite dishes and some specially made drinks as well.

Davion grabbed the most food and began to pig out while the other's relaxed, "We kicked some major Mechbeast ass today!" he said with a full mouth. The other's cheered in agreement. Luke was leaning against a wall with one foot resting on the wall, his arms crossed, and a soda in his hand.

"We fought great today, I'm proud of all of you, " Luke told his friends, " But the battles will only get tougher so as long as we stick together we can finish off the Mechbeasts permanently." he said everyone agreed while Jazmine came over and wrapped her arms around Luke's right and rested her head on his shoulder. Luke smiled at the contact the girl made and took a drink of his soda.

Suddenly the elevator to the Den dinged and to everyone's surprise, Luke's mother stepped out. Luke shot of the wall and Jazmine let go of his arm.

"Mom, what are you doing here?" he asked still surprised by her appearance.

Gene walked up to her son and looked him in the eye, "I saw you on T.V. fighting. You were amazing, just like your father and brother," she said earning a smile from Luke, "Look I'm sorry about what I said, I thought that by keeping you away from the ranger life I could protect you but now I realize that you can fight for yourself and others. So if you want to be a ranger I'll support you in all you want to do and you can come home and stay for as long as you want." Luke smiled at his mother as he began to tear up and pulled her into a tight hug.

Everyone in the Den clapped and the rangers gathered around their leader who was able to make peace with his mother. Now their team was complete and their journey into becoming Power Ranger legends was just beginning.

Next time on Power Rangers Wild Hunters: With the friends' new status as rangers they notice that things aren't as they used to be. But when Dark-Heart sends out the bull Mechbeast Toro-Jack he ends up becoming a big problem for the new rangers. Can they defeat this new monster with the help of some new friends?