Power Rangers Dark Empire
A Power Rangers fanfic by Umbrus-Sama
This tale begins a decade ago, in the year 1995. Back then, the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers were locked in a struggle with Lord Zedd, his wife, Rita Repulsa, and their forces of evil.
On October 24 of that year, however, rangers of past and present were reunitled for a carefree day of relaxation. While the rangers' guard was down, Zedd and Rita decided to take advantage. They pooled their collective dark magics and created a spell designed to turn the current rangers to the Dark Side. With only the rangers' old friends left to fight, the Earth would have to surrender. The spell worked better than they had hoped. The spell affected anyone who had come in contact with the power: Meaning that the former rangers were also affected and became evil, as did their current counterparts. Seeing that having evil former rangers would bear little fruit, Zedd and Rita combined their efforts once again, and thus restored the original rangers.
As soon as the spell hit, the rangers immediately teleported to the Command Center, and laid waste to it. The rangers took the schematics to Alpha 5, and shut off Zordon's transmissions to this dimension. The rangers then proceeded to do Zedd and Rita's bidding, and began to systematically conquer the planet.
Naturally, various resistance forces appeared, but nearly all of them were easily crushed by the rangers. Armed with a nearly endless supply of Alpha-based Stormtroopers, as well as Putties, Tengas, and their own abilities, no one could stop the forces of darkness.
Of course, if something's too good to be true, it usually is. The spell not only awakened the darkness residing in the rangers' hearts, but amplified it a hundred-fold as time passed. On Christmas Day in the year 2003, the rangers staged the now-infamous Ranger Revolution. They apparently destroyed Rita and Zedd, and proceeded to plunge the Earth into further darkness.
Now in the present day, the Leader of the Power Rangers is the Warlord of Earth. One of the last resistances has offered five fighters to combat the ranger menace. These warriors are Earth's Last Stand against the Dark Empire…