Alright, here's my first story that I'm putting on Fanfiction, or any other site, for that matter. It's my first attempt at writing a Power Ranger story, but I've been exited about it for a while. I won't provide any background information right now.
Chapter One: Every Story Needs A Beginning.
David stood in front of the weather rod in the park only a block away from his house, searching it silently. His hazel eyes scannng for anything irregular about it. "I think i found something." The sixteen year old brown haired boy said, smirking. He placed a hand on what appeared to be a control panel, but it just stood out. "Mom said that this scans for lightning strikes, but ever since that day, everything seems different." He muttered, remembering the day he discovered he was different.
~Flashback: One Week Ago~
"Stupid campout, we can't even get a decent fire going." David muttered, looking at the pile of wood he and his boy scout troop put together. It wasn't burning, and the entire troop was frusterated.
"David, you're turn again." Said a boy with short blond hair muttered.
"What's the point, Perry? This fire isn't going to burn." David said, trying anyway. He took the match and lit it. "So far so good." He muttered, putting the small fire to the kindling. Just then, the matched dropped out of his hand, landing almost on the kindling. He reached down to grab the still-burning match, when his hand brushed against the firewood. Almost the same second later, the fire ignited, burning as though it had been burning for a while. David frowned. What the heck happened? He asked himself.
Later, once the campout was over, he leaned over his house's fireplace, and touched the wood. Same thing, the wood ignited. "Woah..." He said. "I've got superpowers..." He muttered, putting out the frre quickly.
~End of Flashback~
"Heh, found something." David muttered, smirking. He lifted up the panel, to find a set of controls. "Look for something strange..." He told himself, frowning. He found a lone button in the corner and pressed it. The panel popped out, revealing a strange red screen and some darkened symbols under it. David proceeded to put his hand up to the screen, and felt a weird sensation flowing through his hand. He tried to pull it away, but was unable to. The screen darkened, and a small red symbol in the lower left corner lit up.
David pulled his hand away from the scanner when the screen darkened. He quickly looked for a change of the scenery. He quickly saw something different. The manhole cover at the bottom of the small hill the weather rod stood on had vanished. David quickly replaced the panels and ran down the hill, and peered down into the darkness. The walls had appeared to be perfectly smooth. "Well, here goes nothing!" He said, jumping down into the darkness the the tunnel was covered in.
David traveled down the slide-like passage for what could possibly a few minutes. When the wild ride finally ended, David found himself skidding on his rear end into what seemed to be a strange laboratory. David's curiousity suddenly sparked, and he wandered through the lab. "What's in here?" David asked, coming to what appeared to be a cabinet with eight drawers and the same scanner that the weather rod had. He cautiously put his hand up to it, and waited. The screen blinked red several times, and the topmost drawer slowly opened. There, laying neatly side by side, were rings with the same red symbols that lit up when he put his hand to the scanner in the weather rod.
"These look like the fireball symbols I use when drawing..." David said, picking the rings up and putting them on. Suddenly, a strange warmth spread through his body.
"Wierd, wonder if I put the symbols together..." David wondered. He connected the symbols on the rings. What happened next, however, could only be described as supernatural.
The symbols on the rings glowed, and a fireball symbol slightly larger than the width of his arm appeared. However, David could only see a red line. The symbol divided into two equal sized symbols that traveled up his arms, down his body and finally down his legs. The symbols fused again, shrunk, and flew towards his left eye. When in connected, fire covered his head, but keeping the symbol of the fire on his left eye. Now that his body was completely covered, the fire solidified into a completely red outfit that had the fire symbol in gold in a circle on his chest that could only be akin to the power rangers of the old television shows he adored when he was younger. The head was the last to solidify into a helmet with a visor covering his eyes, including the fire symbol becoming a part of his visor over his left eye.
"Woah..." The newly transformed David said, looking at the suit, white gloves, and white boots of his new costume. "I'm a power ranger... excellent! Wait, if the T.V. shows were right, that means that a dark evil has been awakened..."
~That very moment, within a cavern in the moon~
"I can't believe it... it's time... Time for me to regain my family's rightful throne... And this time, no one is going to stop me!" Exclaimed a male figure, entirely cloaked in darkness. The figure cackled maniacally. A hunched over figure approached the being.
"Come, my prince, we must prepare for what is to come..." The second figure said in an elderly voice.
"Hm? But of course, Cardmaster, lead the way." The prince said, an unhidden smirk in his voice. The hunched over figure walked out of the chamber, the prince following him briskly.
Soon, the Cardmaster presented the figure with twin black rings, with the symbol of a black circle with two horns like the famous devil and a horn like a unicorn's, pointing straight up on the top of the head. The prince accepted them and put them on his fingers, adding them to his wardrobe of a billowing black cloak, a black shirt, black pants, and black shoes, all of which blended with his dark gray skin. However, the moment the rings were on his fingers, a shock wave was sent throughout the solar system, a safety to warn those who had already found their Elemental Ranger form that the danger had awakened.
"It will be a pleasure to serve you, My Dark Prince." The Cardmaster said, grinning.
~The Underground Lab~
The shock wave sent David to his knees, shaking. "What... what was that?" He asked, getting to his feet. He looked around strangely. The entire lab had come to life. "Woah..." He said again for the umpteenth time. He examined the machinery, eventually arriving at what seemed to be the main piece of the lab, a giant computer with a screen that appeared to cover the entire back wall. "How'd I miss this?" He wondered, sitting down at the seat in front of it. He clicked the keys and found that there were programs for radar, for scanning, and Word Proccesing. "Sweeet!" He said, smirking. He then walked away from the computer. "Hmmm... I can't stay in this costume at school... Let's try something like. Power Down!" David shouted, frowning when he saw no reaction. "Okay... how about. Flame Off!" Same result, nothing. "Hmm, let's try some actions..." He clicked the rings together again, but nothing happened. After many trials and errors, he eventually found that placing his open right hand on his symbol the taking it off quickly and placing his right fist at a forty degree, give or take a few degrees, at his side. The armor vanished almost instantly.
"Sweet..." He said, but another question sprung into his mind. "There are normally at least five rangers... I'll mull it over tonight." David muttered, walking over to the entrance. He searched the area around the tube that took him down to the laboratory. Finding a green button, he pressed it, causing a hidden door to dissolve and revealing an upright tube that looked like the teleporters from Star Trek. David shrugged and entered the capsule. The platform he was standing on shot up through another tunnel, and up onto the surface, coming out of the same manhole that sent him to the lab.
David rushed home afterwards, whose mother didn't inquire why he was gone for that long or where he got those rings. He shot downstairs and did his homework quickly, still confused of what had occurred during the time he was out. "Alright, I'm going to bed now." He muttered when it was 11:00 Pm. He jumped into his bed and fell asleep without even removing his rings.
The next day, a Monday, David forced himself out of bed again, grumbling about not wanting to go to school. Then the memories of what had happened the previous day shot forward to the front of his mind. He looked down at his hands, seeing that the two rings were there and that it wasn't a crazy dream.
"Holy..." David muttered. "I've gotta tell the guys about this." He decided, wondering how his friends would react to his story. He quickly changed out of his pajamas and into a red shirt with black sleeves, blue jeans, and white sneakers. He ran out his house and ran all the way to school.
~Lunchtime at David's School~
"You're lying." Said a fifteen year old boy with long black hair and wearing primarly black clothing, such as black jeans with chains, a black t-shirt with a red kanji on it, and dark gray sneakers.
"I kid you not, Zach, this actually happened. I've got the rings with me right now!" David said, showing Zachh the two rings.
"How do we know you didn't just make those rings, your uncle and your cousin are jewelers, after all." Said Zach, frowning.
"If you're so intent on proving that this is real, take us to this 'secret lab' you keep telling us about." Said Joe, another good friend of David's, who was the same age, was wearing a t-shirt with the logo of the air force, cargo pants, black sneakers, and had short blond hair almost an inch long.
"Alright, I will! Meet me at my locker after school!" David said, knowing he would be proven right.
"This is going to be awesome..." Kyle, a brown haired sixteen year old boy wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers said, smiling.
"Alright, I guess we'll see you later, David." Said Tim, a brown haired sixteen year old boy that was wearing a dress shirt, dress pants, and loafers. The bell rang, and the five friends got up from their seats and walked off.
Three classes later, the bell signaling the end of the school day rang, much to everyone's joy. As they agreed during their lunch period, the five friends met at David's locker. "Alright, let's go." David said, leading the group out of the high school and through four to five blocks, straight to the weather rod. "Check this out!" David said, removing the panel and placing his hand on it. The screen beeped but did nothing. Dodd's jaw dropped. "But, it worked last time."
Zach rolled his eyes. "So you put your hand up to this, and you were whisked away to a mysterious lab? Time to show you that there's a difference between fiction and real life." Zach said, placing his hand on the scanner. The scanner activated and scanned his hand. Zach tried to pull his hand away, but like David had attempted the previous day, he couldn't remove it until the scanner was finished. When the scanner actually did deactivate, the symbol third from the left, a brown hexagon, lit up. "Alright, so maybe it's just a coincedence. So then you saw that that manhole cover vanished," Zach said, pointing to where the manhole was, or used to be.
"Uhhh, Zach?" Kyle said, poking Zach on the shoulder. "There's not a manhole cover there anymore..." He said.
"...okay... but you also said that the walls had smoothed and became a slide, there's no chance of that happening." Zach said, casually walking towards the opening, with the other four following him, intent on seeing his next reaction. Zach looked down, finding that it had become the slide-like tunnel. "Right, and then if I jump into it, I'll be whisked to the underground laboratory." He said, jumping into the tunnel feetfirst. The other four all crowded over the tunnel, and after a minute or so, they heard Zach's faint voice that traveled up the tunnel. "Alright David, I believe you now..." Came his voice.
"I'm going down next..." Kyle said, leaping feetfirst above the tunnel, but before he could enter the tunnel, the manhole cover appeared. "Alright... I guess I gotta register on that scanner thing." Kyle said, running up the hill so fast, it looked like he turned into a bolt of lightning. He skidded to a halt in front of the scanner, and placed his hand on the scanner. When it ended, the symbol fourth to the left, a yellow lightning bolt, lit up. Smiling eagerly, his raced over to the slide, and jumped down it. Joe, Tim, and David looked at eachother to see if any of them comprehended what Kyle had just done. Joe and Tim decide to trudge up the hill and each attempted to see if they could enter as well. Joe caused a thin, gray, upside down triange with diagonal lines that vaguely resembled a tornado to light up. Tim, however, made a blue water droplet smbol to light up. Joe jumped into the slide next, then Tim, and finally David, holding up the rear. One slide trip later, the group regrouped at the exit of the slide.
"Well, this is the lab." David said, motioning to the activated laboratory. "That over there is the the main computer, probably..." David said, pointing to the giant computer.
"You think?" Zach asked, rolling his eyes.
"Yeah, I do, believe it or not." David said, smiling. "Follow me please, it's time to see what I find more amazing than the computer, which was pretty amazing to begin with!" David said, racing off to the cabinet where he got his rings, which he affectionately dubbed his 'Morphers'. "Alright, it's here. Put you you hand here." David said, ponting to the scanner on the cabinet. "Tim, you go first." He said, moving away from the cabinet.
"Thanks David." Tim said, moving up to the scanner and placing his hand on it. The scanner blinked blue, and the second drawer opened, revealing two blue rings with the water symbol. "Alright... and this will turn me into a blue next-gen power ranger?"
"Yep! Only they look like they're from the old seasons!" David said, smiling. "I'll show you how they work!" David said, connecting the rings together on his first try, as though they were guided by magnets. The instant they connected, he transformed into the red ranger. "Sweet, no?"
"Kinda." Zach said, rolling his eyes.
"Zach, stop being a dead weight, the scanner let you through, so you're gonna get rings too, and you can fight evil 'n stuff! Not to mention that you can get a giant killer robot!" David exclaimed.
"Speaking of said robots, where are they?" Ask the newly transformed Tim, who was the blue ranger.
"I dunno, I'll figure out how to activate them by the time we fight the second baddie." David said, grinning. Thats what always happens in the shows.
Jow was next to get his rings, which changed him into the gray ranger. Kyle transformed into the yellow ranger. And Zach, much to his everlasting dislike, had his hand forced upon the scanner and transformed into the brown ranger.
"Alright, now that you've humiliated me by forcing me into this costume, might I ask what we're going to do next?" Zach asked.
David opened his mouth to talk but at that very convienient moment, the computer started beeping loudly and flashed red. He raced over to the computer and started pressing buttons at random. Eventually, the sound died down and a new screen popped up. "Trouble. It seems like there's a strange signal coming from downtown Chicago. We've gotta do something about this! Quick, let's find the special weapons!" He said enthusiastically, pressing more random buttons. A hidden door opened in the wall, revealing five weapons. "Sweeeeet!" David said, taking a red trident. Zach chose a large brown axe. Tim obtained a blue spear. Joe picked up strange weapons that looked like drills(Image )--(|) Finally, Kyle obtained two yellow chicken claw sickles whose blades were in the shape of thunderbolts.
"Yeah, this is all perfect and all, but how do we get to Chicago? If we take the train, the Sears Tower will be the Sears Pile of Rubble by the time we get there." Zach said in his usual dark tone.
"I believe I can answer that question." Came a voice coming from a bat flying out from the shadows. He landed on the ground and grew to a human form with bat wings coming out of his back. "My name is Duo, I'm the gaurdian and operator of this place. The current disruption woke me up." The bat answered.
"Sweet, I'm David, these are Zach, Joe, Tim, and Kyle. We're the new Power Rangers!"
"You're the next Elemental Alliance? Dear god, five teenage boys as the next Elemental Alliance, I'm doomed!" Duo exclaimed.
"Explain what you mean by elemental alliance... and what you mean by next." Joe said, confused.
"No time! You've gotta get that Shadesoul!" Duo said, clicking a few buttons, causing the five rangers to vanish in a flash of light.
A split second later ,the five appeared in another flash of light, convieniently behind the being Duo had described as the Shadesoul. The being turned around, startled by the flash of light. It was the shape of a black armored medieval knight, complete with a javelin. "Interference! Spectrons, Assault!" He ordered, jumping backwards, out of sight. On the knights command, many gray human like beings with pale, ghostly, features swarmed at the new rangers.
"Attack!" David ordered, stabbing the closest one wth his trident.
"The other four rangers nodded, each striking down each spectron they could get their hands on. Zach seemed to be taking a particular enjoyment in slicing and dicing his way through the enemy horde. Kyle had just taken down the final spectron, and turned to the rest of us. "I'm gonna go find that guy!" He said, running off, vanishing after appearing to turn into a ball of lightning.
"Alright guys, follow... the Yellow Ranger!" David ordered, running after the ball of lightning. When the four other rangers caught up with the Yellow Ranger, he was facing the knight, dueling with him. He was quickly aided by the other four rangers, all their weapons aiming to strike the enemy. "Let's go!" David ordered, attempting to stab the knight with his trident.
The knight cackled and deflected the blow with his triangular obsidian rimmed black shield. He then attempted to disarm and/or cut through all of the rangers within sword length.
The blade knocked Tim's spear out of
Soon, the five rangers surrounded the knight in a circle. "Finish him! Five Points: Elemental Star!" David shouted, his trident firing a large cannon of red energy. Each ranger's weapon did the same thing. The energies connected inside the knight, which exploded. Each ranger turned around at the moment of explosion, really trying not to get blinded by the flash, but ending up looking really cool.
When the explosion was done, Tim was the first to turn around. He reached down, picking up a card. "Hey Red, you'd better check this out." He said, handing David the card.
"Wierd..." David said, taking the card and examining it. The card was a picture of the knight, his lance beside him. "Duo... can you get us back?" He asked, pressing a button on his helmet. "There's something you should see." He said.
A few moments later, the rangers had appeared in the laboratory in another flash of light.
"Did you retrieve the Spirit Card?" Duo asked nervously, flying over to the rangers.
"Yeah, what's up with this card?" David asked, handing Duo the card.
"...Alright, I'll tell you, but I need to give you some background information first. You may want to sit down." He said, motioning to some chairs. The five sat down, and Duo began his tale.
~The Moon~
The Cardmaster hobbled over to the Prince. "I'm sorry to announce this, My Prince, but the knight you sent out has been destroyed, and his card taken by the resistance. Apparently, it was five people wearing colorful outfits. Sir, there's a new Elemental Alliance." He explained.
The Prince scowled. "A new Elemental Alliance?!"
"Yes My Prince, however, it seemed like they didn't know what they were doing..."
"Heh heh heh, is that so? Well, then I shouldn't worry about them, or BlackKnight," He said, opening container on his belt, reaching in and taking out a deck of cards, each card like the one that the rangers had retrieved. "I've got more than enough to deal with them."
Well? What did you think? I'm kinda new at this power rangers story writing, but I really hope to get better. If you want to give some suggestions, please review.
Next Time: Duo's Tale, and the Next Attack!
