The Seventh Ranger
Chapter one
The sun beat against the roof of my car. As I drove down the long road to my job at he local fish market, I sighed. "My life's a living bore right now," I mumbled. My purse bleeped and out slithered Cobra Zord.
Oh, before I go on, you should know that I'm June Anderson. I'm twenty years old and a rouge Samurai Ranger. My entire family lineage is connected to being Samurai Rangers. When I was seventeen, my mother revealed to me this past and it scared me silly for a while. It did explain why dad always had to go somewhere and I never knew where. He was the Green Samurai Ranger a generation before me and died in combat at the hands of a monster. When I knew all this, mom introduced me to Cobra Zord, my Power Disk, and the sacred morpher that was said to be lost for good. The moment I took it, my life did a complete back flip. Everywhere I went, monsters from another dimension have attacked me, even in my most vulnerable state. I have a feeling they knew my second identity. But once I morphed for the first time, there was no turning back. My color is silver and my element is metal. When I use my Power Disk for my spin sword, it transforms into an iron cudgel.
Cobra Zord slithered in my lap and beeped. I smiled at him and said, "Yeah I know. Maybe today we'll get some action." We pulled into the fish market and got out of the car. My boss yelled at me for being late, but I ignored him and got into my uniform. As I started working, Cobra Zord slid stealthily slid into the hood of my gray sweatshirt and rested as I worked and slaved for eight dollars an hour.
It was around noontime and during my lunch break when I heard the screaming from the nearby plaza. I knew something was wrong when hoards of people ran past me in a panic. Before I could do a double take, a giant three-headed eight-foot tall monster appeared from nowhere, chasing the people around. Cobra Zord hissed in the monsters direction. Not wanting to reveal my identity to everyone, I ran and hid behind a building. "Now that's what I call action," I said nearly smiling. I pulled out my Samurizer and shouted "Samurizer! Go Go Samurai!" I drew my symbol in the air and in the blink of an eye, I transformed from June Anderson to Silver Samurai.
My spin sword appeared and I quickly ran in the direction of battle. But a sight I never thought I would ever see stopped me short. Six other Rangers were fighting the monster and his allies. They were all different colors: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink and even Gold. "I can't believe this! There's more Rangers out there?" I thought out loud. Suddenly, those Rangers fell to the ground and were badly hurt. The three-headed monster raised his weapon to them, about to finish them off. "Now's my chance," I thought while running. I quickly used the nearby bench to summersault into the air and land a good heel kick to the monsters middle head. I landed in a protective crouch in front of the other Rangers as the monster shouted, "Who the heck are you?" "I'm the one Ranger you'll never forget monster!" I confidently answered back. The monster laughed. "Oh I'm so scared of your silver color. What happened? Was there a malfunction at the Ranger factory?' I rolled my eyes and retorted, "Oh look at your three heads. What happened? Was there a malfunction at the ugly factory?" That did it. "Why you!" shouted the monster as he ran straight for me. We met head on and fought roughly. After a few minutes of dodging all his moves, I spun my disk and my sword changed into my iron cudgel. The monster took many good hits before his slimy red skin became gray and dry. "Oh no! I'm drying out,"-he pointed one long claw at me-"this isn't over Silver Ranger!" And just like that , the monster disappeared into a crack in a wall; just like all the others.
I calmed my adrenaline and turned to those other Rangers. "Are you guys ok?" I asked while helping the nearest one, the Gold Ranger, to his feet. "Yeah, we're alright now," said the Green Ranger as he stood up clutching his back in pain. The Yellow Ranger ran to his side and comforted him. She then turned to me. "I don't think we could thank you enough in words," she said in a soprano bubbly voice. 'Yeah,' agreed the Gold Ranger. "You're an excellent fighter. Where did you train?" asked the Red Ranger. I didn't know if I should have demorphed in front of these strangers, but I did anyway. They were fellow Rangers and I trusted them. My black hair blew gently in the wind and the sun hurt my green eyes just a little. "Well," I began "I kind of just, trained myself. I never had any real guidance. They all then demorphed in front of me, and I was a little surprised. I studied them each closely. The Red Ranger was tall, handsome, and had a personality that proved he was the leader of the group. He wore a red t-shirt and blue jeans. The Blue Ranger next to him was equally handsome and a slightly bit taller than the Red Ranger. He stood there with a serious look on his face, like he was concentrating on something. He wore a dark blue flannel with black jeans. The Pink Ranger was a tall woman of Asian decent with flowing black hair and wore a pink blouse over black leggings and a cropped denim black jacket. I could tell by the way she looked at the Red Ranger that she was his lover. I then turned my attention to the Yellow and Green Rangers. The Yellow Ranger was shorter than the Pink Ranger, but had bright eyes, a round child-like face, and curly blonde shoulder length hair. She wore a yellow tank top under a white cardigan and bright blue skinny jeans. The Green Ranger had to be the most handsome man there with a squared jaw, muscular build, and enchanting eyes with short curly brown hair. He wore a green windbreaker over a white t-shirt and baggy gray pants. I looked lastly at the Gold Ranger and my heart nearly swelled. I destroyed my mental explanation of the Green Ranger and proclaimed the Gold Ranger the, as teeny boppers would say, the hottest man ever. His dark brown eyes pulled on my heartstrings as his full lips turned into a smile. His skin looked smoother than silk, and his hair was as black as mine and fashioned into a fowhawk. He wore a gray long sleeved t-shirt under a fashionable 'man scarf' and faded blue jeans.
I was snapped back into focus when the Red Ranger said, "Oh wait, let me introduce everyone. I'm Jayden"-he then pointed to the Pink Ranger, then Blue, Yellow, Green, and Gold-"and this is Mia, Kevin, Emily, Mike, and Antonio." Mike shook my hand and said, "It's really cool to know that there's another Samurai Ranger out there." I laughed and said, "You're telling me. Up until today I didn't even know others existed." Antonio received my attention by saying, "What's your name by the way?" 'June," I answered. "June Anderson." Once I said my name, Cobra Zord slithered out to see these new strangers. "Is that your Zord?" asked Emily.
"Yeah, this is Cobra Zord."
"That is so cool," proclaimed Mike. He attempted to touch Cobra Zord, but Cobra coiled up and tried to bite him. Mike jumped back a few feet as did Emily. "Hey be nice," I scolded Cobra Zord. He slithered up to my shoulder and rested there, his eyes alert and focused. "Sorry everyone. He doesn't take too kindly to strangers." Jayden laughed. "He's a very protective Zord. He must make one heck of a fighter," said Antonio. Mia's morpher/cell phone rang and she walked just a few inches away to answer it. I felt really jittery with Antonio standing so close to me. Our shoulders were touching and I could smell his cologne. Mia walked back to us. "Hey guys, Mentor wants us back and the house. He says it's urgent." Jayden nodded once to her and turned back to me. "June, I know we just met, but would you like to come with us? I know Mentor would be happy to meet another Ranger." I stared at all their faces. They may be strangers, but I'm beginning to feel like I met one of them, a long time ago. So I agreed. "Sure. I have a car if you don't want to walk." Mike laughed and said, "Alright then. Lets go." He grabbed Emily's hand and spun her around before pulling her close for a kiss. Kevin groaned. "Aw come on. Save that for later," he said towards Mike. Emily blushed and giggled. As the rest of the Rangers walked in front of me, I lingered back a bit as Cobra Zord beeped continuously. "Look I know we just met them but they seem ok," I explained to my friend. *Beep beep * "Yeah I know. But what's the harm?" I retorted. *beep beep beep beep* I rolled my eyes. Cobra Zord was very paranoid today. "Look, we'll give it a try. And if things go bad, we'll leave right away ok?" Cobra Zord coiled up in my hand, a sign that he's now relieved. As I put him in my pocket, Antonio shouted as we entered the parking lot, "Aye Caramba! Where's your car June?" I laughed as I hurried to lead the way. Once we found it, we all settled in as Jayden gave directions to me as I drove.
I thought he was joking when he said to pull onto the long dirt road that led into the forest outside of town. But I signed and did as he said. As the dirt crumbled beneath the pressure of my SUV's tires, I had absolutely no idea what awaited me or how it was going to change my life forever.
