Chapter 1: Taking the oath part 1

Two years ago:

On the distant world of Pangaea, night had fallen. In the ruins of an unknown civilisation, reptilian creatures were busy packing boxes, preparing for a journey. The creatures were more than six feet tall, covered in green scales; their heads were similar to that of the dilophosaurus with two crests on them. They had a tail that could reach nearly four feet long and it ended with four spikes like the tail of a stegosaurus. Jurassadrones they were called. In the middle of their tasks, they never noticed the shadow watching them. Hidden behind a column, the figure had kept a close eye on the jurassadrones, but he was looking for something that was nowhere to be found for the moment. Then came in one of the creatures carrying a bag over its shoulder. The spy, having finally found what he was looking for, brought his left forearm close to his face. A device was strapped to it. The little machine was design to evoke the left side of a spinosaurus' head.

"Spinozord, I found the bag. I need that diversion now." The onlooker said.

"On it Boss." The answer came from the device as its mouth moved as if it had spoken.

In the distance, a giant mechanical spinosaurus approached the ruins and went on a rampage. The surprise attack caused the jurassadrones to panic and chaos quickly followed.

oOo

With the jurassadrones occupied, the spy could move around nearly unnoticed. He made his way to the central area of the ruins. However not all drones had been mobilized to stop the rampaging dinozord, a few remained and forced the intruder to reveal himself. If jurassadrones were able to show expressions on their face, one would have seen surprise when the black ranger showed himself. His suit was all black; his boots were black with gold rings at their top. At his waist, he was wearing a golden belt with a holster at his right side for his weapon. His chest was black as well but he was also wearing a golden breast plate that covered the top of his shoulders, his cloves were of the same color as the rest of the suit with gold rings at the wrists with his morpher on the left wrist. His helmet was evoking a spinosaurus' head with its open jaw as the visor, the details were outlined in gold and so were the eyes. Once the surprise had passed, the jurassadrones charged at the black ranger, but the masked hero was faster and drew his weapon. It was a blaster that evoked a dinosaur's head black and gold with a black handle. The ranger fired at the first four drones that came at him, sparks flew off their chest as they were hit. For the next three opponents, he aligned the head of his blaster with the handle and a blade deployed at the front of it turning the blaster into a sword. The black ranger beheaded the first drone, then he slashed the second across the chest and finally the third was stabbed. The warrior then turned to last remaining jurassadrone; this one was carrying the bag that the black ranger was looking for. Instead of engaging, it ran deeper inside the ruins forcing the ranger to pursuit him.

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The jurassadrone was running inside tunnels that led to an underground complex of caves. The black ranger was hot on its trail. Every now and then, additional drones would come out to get in the ranger's way but he disposed of them easily with his sword. After a few minutes of pursuit though, he finally caught up to the drone. The creature had made a run for largest cave of the complex. In the cave, many other drones were busy working on a large device, a portal generator. At the arrival of the runner with the bag, one of the creatures activated the machine while the others were standing ready to oppose the pursuer. The black ranger entered the cave. He slashed the first drone across the chest. Then dodge under the attack of the second drone before hitting behind the head with the pommel of his weapon. Then he jumped above the third and stabbed the fourth before going back to slash the third monster. Then the ranger made a b-line for the portal and the bag holder, however the last drone charged at him. The creature met its end at the sword of the black ranger, and then the ranger pushed the drone out of his way against a nearby console. The last thing to do was to go through the portal.

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Passing the portal was like going through the worst spinning ride in the world, it took a few second for the black ranger get his bearing back. The first thing he saw was the drone coming at him in a desperate attempt to finish him off. The ranger was able to slash the beast across the belly but it succeeded in slashing his shoulder. Sparks flew as both fighters fell to the ground. The jurassadrone died as its body exploded while the black ranger was trying to get back to his feet. Once up, he took in his surrounding, he noticed he was now in some kind of warehouse. All around him, all he could see were crates with a black sun and an alien head at its center drawn upon them, the crest of the Evolien Empire. Lying next to the crates was the bag the ranger was looking for. He walked to it and checked inside to see the content was intact. Five eggs, each the size of a grapefruit.

"Boss, Bastian can you hear me?" Came a voice from his morpher.

"I'm here Spinozord and I got the eggs. They're safe." The black ranger answered.

"I'm losing you. Where did you go?"

"I followed the jurassadrone through the portal and…"

Bastian turned around in time to see the portal close behind him. On Pangaea, the console against which a drone had been pushed against earlier had finally given out. Back on Earth, the black ranger's suit slowly flickering away. Then it all disappeared at once, Bastian looked at his morpher, it used to be black and gold with a green eye to match the look of the Spinozord, but now all colors were gone. The young man knew then that he had lost his powers and was marooned on this strange world.

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Present day:

The sun was shining in Cape Todd; the city was active during the day with men and women going to and from work. Near the outskirt of the city, in a nearly deserted neighborhood one could find the Ryder's cycle shop, a motorcycle repair shop. Inside, the owner Jack Ryder was kneeling next to a bike busy changing its rusted muffler. The young man was only nineteen years old and yet stood at six feet and two inches. He had light brown eyes with hairs of a darker brown. As per usual, he wore jeans and a long sleeved shirt with fingerless cloves. The shop was rather quiet, at first, only tools could be heard, then footsteps came to the ears of the young mechanic. As he stood up, Jack saw another young man walk in. This one was wearing black cargo pants with a t-shirt and a jacket of the same color. His eyes were blue and his hair blond.

"Can I help you with something mister?" Jack asked.

"Yes, I'm Bastian and I placed an order here." Bastian answered.

"Right, this way please sir."

"Please don't call me sir, I'm the same age as you, more or less."

Jack led Bastian to a secluded part of the garage where five motorcycles were being stored. The five bikes were each red, blue, green, yellow or white.

"Is this what you asked for sir? I mean Bastian." Jack asked

"Yes it is." Bastian answered as he gave his credit card.

The payment was made, and the bikes were quickly loaded on a trailer Bastian had brought.

"Come again." Jack told Bastian in a not so convincing tone.

"I will." Bastian answered as he gave Jack a card.

"What is this?"

"If you want a little more out of life, go to that address."

With these last words, Bastian got in his s.u.v. and drove off.

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Business day had finally ended for Jack. He didn't really care for clients or what they had to say and yet Bastian's words were still on his mind. Having nothing better to do, the young man got on his favorite motorcycle and drove to the indicated address. It took him thirty minutes to reach the place. It was a secluded house close to a large forest. Jack knocked at the front door only to be answered by a young girl.

"Who are you?" Jack asked as he looked the girl up and down.

She was standing at four feet and nine inches, her hairs were light red and her eyes were a little darker than his. He noticed she was wearing denim shorts with a yellow checkered shirt and a black vest top.

"I'm Amelia O'Brien, you must be Jack Ryder." Sophie answered. "Come in, Bastian is waiting for you."

Amelia led Jack inside the house to the back where Bastian was waiting on the balcony.

"Please tell me you did not invite me here for a gay date." Jack said.

Bastian and Amelia were surprise by the commentary at first but then both started laughing.

"Don't worry, you are here for a chance to do a great good for the world and well, make your life more than it already is."

"Okay, so spill it out why am I here?" Jack asked.

"He won't say until everyone is here." Amelia told Jack.

"Good they're here." Bastian interrupted.

They were joined by another trio composed of a girl and two boys.

"Amelia O'Brien, Jack Ryder, meet Sophie Rae Jackson, Donald Wu and Max Pierce." Bastian said.

Sophie was a little taller than Amelia with her five feet two inches. Her hairs were light brown and shoulder length and her eyes were a greenish blue. She wore light blue jeans with a white t-shirt and she had a device on her left wrist that looked like the left side of a scuttellosaurus' head. Donald Wu was of Asian descent, his hairs were short, strait and black and his eyes were brown. He wore long cargo pants, a black t-shirt and a green military vest. The device on his left wrist evoked the left side of a green velociraptor's head. Max stood at six feet tall with dirty blond hair that reach his ears with brown eyes. He wore skinny jeans with a t-shirt that bore a metal band's logo. The device on his left wrist looked like the left side of a red tyrannosaurus' head.

"What is this? Are you trying to put together a little club?" Jack asked.

"Those three, like you and Amelia have been chosen." Bastian answered.

"Chosen by whom and for what?" Amelia questioned.

"We are the one who chose you." A voice from beyond the balcony said.

Jack and Amelia turned at once and what they saw took their breath away. From the forest came five mechanical dinosaurs. The first one was a red tyrannosaurus, the second was a blue triceratops, the third a green velociraptor, the fourth a yellow pterodactyl and the fifth a white scutellosaurus.

"What are they?" Amelia asked.

"They are called dinozords, they come from a world called Pangaea." Donald answered.

"Okay, just so I know what this dream was all about when I wake up." Jack said. "What have we been chosen for?"

"For the past year, Max, Donny and Sophie have been waging a secret war against the first wave of invasion by the Evolien Empire." The tyrannozord answered.

"It can speak, the dinosaur can speak." Amelia said with a panicked voiced.

"We can all speak, don't be afraid." The pterozord said in a calming tone.

"Okay, so what's the Evolien Empire?" Jack questioned.

Bastian was about to answer when an alarm could be heard inside the house. The six humans ran to the basement where multiples computers and screens could be found. On one of the walls, a sixty inches screen showed a map of the city with a red dot over a warehouse area.

"If you want to know what you were chosen for, watch." Bastian said as Max, Donny and Sophie stepped away from Jack and Amelia.

The three youngsters held a key in their hand which they held at arm's length in front of them, they did the same with the device on their left wrist.

"DINO CHANGE." They yelled in unison as they inserted the keys in the devices.

Sophie brought her arms to her side as her body started to glow and Scutellozord appeared behind her. She did a backflip jump that made her go through her zord. When she landed, she was wearing her ranger suit. Her helmet then appeared.

Donny brought his arms to his sides as his body started to glow and Raptorzord appeared behind him. He did a backflip jump that made him go through his zord. When he landed, he was wearing his ranger suit. His helmet then appeared.

Max brought his arms to his sides as his body started to glow and Tyrannozord appeared behind him. He did a backflip jump that made him go through his zord. When he landed, he was wearing his ranger suit. His helmet then appeared.

The three rangers stood fully morpher before Jack, Amelia and Bastian. Sophie was wearing white boots with gold ring at their top. The legs of her suit were black and she wore a white skirt that went mid-thighs with black claw marks on both sides. Around her waist, she had a golden belt with a holster on her right side for her side-arm. Her torso was white, she had a golden dinosaur's head drawn on her chest and three black claw marks on her shoulders. Her arms were white and so were her gloves, she had gold rings on her wrist with her morpher on the left. Her helmet evoked a scutellosaurus' head with its opened jaw as the visor. Max had red boots with gold rings and his legs were red with three black claw marks of each thigh. He had a golden belt around his waist with a holster on the right side for his side-arm. His torso was red with a golden dinosaur's head on his chest and three black claw marks on his shoulders. His arms were red as well as his cloves and he had golden rings on his wrists with his morpher on the left one. His helmet evoked a tyrannosaurus' head with its opened jaw as the visor. Donny's suit was similar to Max's except his was green and his helmet evoked a velociraptor's head with its opened jaw as the visor.

"Wow," was all Jack could say.

"And you want us to be like them?" Amelia asked.

"Yes." Bastian answered.

The young man entered a command into a console and the wall opposite to the main screen opened revealing a portal generator. The three rangers jumped through, then the portal closed again.

"Where did they go?" The young woman questioned.

"This portal is a smaller version of the one that allows the Evoliens to travel between worlds." Bastian explained. "I programed it to take them near where the enemy appeared."

"Hey Bastian, the red dot on the screen shows where the Evolien appeared right." Jack said. "So is the other red dot also another portal used by them?"

Bastian turned around and ran to the main console. He took a few seconds to read the information given.

"A second portal appeared, and it's too far away from the others to do anything about it." Bastian said. "This is why we need your help. Will you become Power Rangers Dino Warriors and help us defend this world?"

The question caused Jack and Amelia to think for a few minutes. They looked at each other waiting for the other respond in hopes that it would give them a clue as to what the right answer is.

To be continued…