Okay, so here's the first chapter. So far, the team consists of:
Red Ranger: Theodore 'Ted' Markus (Created by Benjamin J Brown), zords: Car Carrier Truck (Rev Max Megazord torso) and Veloci Jet (Jet Max Megazord torso)
Blue Ranger: Richard 'Rick' Shepard (Created by Jetman21), zords: Cement Driver (Rev Max Megazord right arm / Jet Max Megazord alternate right arm) and Bulldozer (Jet Max Megazord right arm / Rev Max Megazord alternate right arm)
Yellow Ranger: Rebecca Williamson (Created by Thewhatzupwriter26), zords: Hummer (Rev Max Megazord left arm / Jet Max Megazord alternate left arm) and Motorcyle (Jet Max Megazord left arm / Rev Max Megazord alternate left arm)
Black Ranger: Zara Maxine Rosalina Wellham (Created by GoseiShinkenPink), zords: Sports car (Rev Max Megazord left leg / Jet Max Megazord alternate left leg) and Speed Boat (Jet Max Megazord left leg and Rev Max megazord alternate left leg)
White Ranger: Louis Danin (Created by RushQuake), zords: Police Car (Rev Max Megazord right arm / Jet Max Megazord Alternate right arm) and Forklift (Jet Max Megazord right arm / Rev Max Megazord Alternate right arm)
Sixth Ranger: OPEN
Anyway, enough about that. Time for chapter one / the prologue.
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The Professor stood in his lab, going over the devices he'd been developing. They were silver rectangular devices, with a large, circular bronze gyro on the top, a pair of buttons below the gyro and a large light in the centre of the gyros, each one a different colour; red, blue, yellow, black and white. There was another similar device, only made of a bronze material instead of silver, with a silver gyro, and currently no light fitted.
The Professor finished fitting the mechanisms he was working on, before moving over to the computer to run some simulations. He watched as a wireframe man spun the gyro, being outfitted with a bodysuit with black legs and a red torso with a gold gear in the centre of the chest, a white belt with a gold gear shaped buckle, and a red blaster with a gyro similar to on the wrist device on it. A pair of red boots with gold bands at the top were on the feet, and white gloves with gold bands at the top on the hands. The collar was white, a red helmet with a black, arrow shaped visor on it, the point connecting to the flat silver mouth plate. The words 'Simulation Complete. Ranger Ready' came up on the monitor.
The Professor moved back to the devices, putting the five completed ones into a metallic briefcase with a foam insert, whilst the incomplete one was locked away in his desk. As he did, one of the monitors beeped. The Professor looked at it, reading the words on the screen with dread.
'Alien ships inbound. Identification; Kaltax Imperial invasion fleet. ETA; 1 hour.'
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Ted sat at a bench outside, a root beer and burger in front of him. It was lunch, and he was, as always, sat alone. He pushed his thick framed glasses up his nose, looking around.
He could see a few people dotted around; a pair of girls a year or two younger than him, one with a black ponytail and the other with wavy brown hair, the one with the ponytail wearing a black shirt, a black jacket, jeans and converse, whilst the other girl wore a yellow blouse, dark jeans and grey flats as well as glasses. At the table to their left was a pair of guys from his class; he didn't know the young man with short blonde hair in a black and white striped shirt, but recognised the other, with neat black hair with a red streak in it, wearing blue trousers and a blue, custom shirt, as being called Rick; Ted didn't know anything else about him, just his name, and that was only because they'd been sat next to each other a couple of times in chemistry.
As Ted recalled, the guy was quiet, and his apparent silence as his friend spoke to him seemed to support that. Ted wondered how anyone could manage that; he could never shut up! Hell, that was why he sat alone! Well, that and he was well documented as the class geek. So, he settled for his people watching instead.
As he saw the two girls stand, the sky darkened. He stood himself, looking around, seeing Rick and the other young man do the same. As they did, a lightning bolt struck the ground in the middle of the five teens, causing them all to shield their faces.
When the smoke cleared, the sight in front of them was extraordinary. There was a large, green figure, around eight feet tall, muscular in build, with insectoid facial features, it's eyes red, spikes protruding from it's shoulders, elbows and knees. In it's hand was a long, thin sword. Around it, were a group of metallic green figures, with heads that appeared to be based upon a wasp's, the eyes yellow, with clawed fingers.
"It can't be..." Ted said quietly to himself, before the green figure turned to him, picking him up by the scruff of his red shirt "W... What-"
Before Ted could finish talking, a blast hit the creature in the chest, causing it to release Ted, who fell to the floor as the Professor, the scientist he helped in experiments, came running over, holding a red blaster with a golden gyro on either side above the handle, a silver briefcase in his other hand. He helped Ted to his feet, quickly grouping the teens together.
"Professor, are they what I think they are?" Ted asked, cocking an eyebrow "You said there was months."
"I was wrong, Theodore." The Professor replied, opening the briefcase, and distributing silver devices with bronze coloured gyros on them between the other teens, before taking out the one with the red light on it himself "Please, take these. Don't ask questions, just spin the gyros."
"Why?" The boy in the striped shirt asked "How can these possibly protect us?"
"Just trust me." The Professor said, holding the device out in front of him "Rev Max, Power-"
Before the Professor could finish talking, he was struck down by a blast of green energy, knocking the device from his hand, sending it clattering away. The five teens stood, looking between him, and the source of the blast, the green figure.
"I am Rektax, Commander of the Kaltax ship Uria." The figure said, it's voice distorted by some form of machine "You are all now subjects of the Kaltax Empire. Obey us, and you shall live longer than your miserable planet. Resist, and you shall die. Slowly."
"Okay, okay, that's fine." Ted said, slowly moving over to the fallen device "We surrender, don't we guys? Yeah, of course we do. My name's Ted, by the way. And these are, uhm..."
"Rick." Said the boy in blue.
"Louis." Said the other boy, adding sarcastically "Pleasure to meet you."
"Zara." Said the girl in black, apparently unfazed by the alien.
"I... I'm Rebecca." Said the girl in yellow.
"I don't care about your names!" Rektax yelled "Buzzers, attack!"
The mechanical figures all charged the teens, beginning to attack them. As they reached Ted, he ducked under one of their blows, finally reaching the device the Professor had dropped, picking it up and spinning around, running the gyro along the ground as he did, causing the red light to flash.
Ted was enveloped in red energy. After a moment, the energy left his body, leaving him in a bodysuit with a red torso with a gold gear on it, with black legs and a white belt with a golden gear shaped buckle, a red gem in the middle, a blaster identical to the one the Professor had had on his belt, whilst the device he was holding was now on the back of his belt. On his hands were white gloves with a gold band around the top, whilst he wore red boots with a gold band at the top on his feet, coming up to two thirds of the way up his shins. After a moment, a red helmet appeared on his head, a black, arrow shaped visor over his eyes, the point coming down to just below the start of the silver mouthplate.
"Rev Max, Power Up! Red Ranger, ready!" Ted called, striking a pose, before looking at his hands "Oh my god, it worked. It actually worked! I'm a freaking Power Ranger!"
"A Power Ranger?!" Rektax yelled "Buzzers, forget the other, focus on the Ranger!"
"Oh crap." Ted said, ducking under and blocking blows from just about every possible direction "I really don't like this! Okay, I'm done, I don't want to be a Power Ranger! I really don't want to be a Power Ranger!"
"Then die!" Rektax said, firing a blast at Ted, who dodged it, causing the blast to hit and eviscerate a pair of Buzzers "Hold still, damn it!"
"Okay, so that's what it does." Louis said, looking at his device as the other three all formed up in a line along side him "Ready guys?"
"Ready!" The other three said, the four of them calling as they ran the gyro down their arms from fingertip to shoulder "Rev Max, Power Up!"
First, Zara was enveloped in black light, which dissipated after a moment, leaving her in a version of Ted's suit with the red replaced by black, and a skirt added. After a second, a helmet appeared on her head, with a white trimmed rectangular visor above her silver mouth plate.
"Black Ranger," She called, striking a pose "ready!"
As she finished morphing, Louis was enveloped in white light, which left him in a suit akin to Ted's but with the red replaced with white. After a moment, a white helmet appeared on his head with an upside down triangular visor, the point coming down to just below the start of his silver mouthpiece in a similar manner to the way Ted's did.
"White Ranger," He called, striking his own pose "ready!"
Next, Rick was enveloped in blue energy, which left him in a version of the other young men's suits, with the coloured section replaced with blue. After a moment, his own helmet appeared, a blue one with a visor shaped like an upside down trapezoid and a silver mouth plate.
"Blue Ranger," He called "ready!"
Finally, Rebecca was enveloped in yellow energy, leaving her in a suit akin to Zara's, with the gem on the belt, the upper body, the skirt and the boots in yellow. A second later, her yellow helmet appeared, with an oval shaped visor.
"Yellow Ranger," She called "ready!"
The four Rangers charged in beginning to swing at Buzzers, as Ted turned to face Rektax, pulling out his morpher from his belt and pressing one of the buttons before spinning the gyro as he returned it to his belt, causing a long beam of red energy to appear in his right hand as the gem in the centre of his belt buckle disappeared, the beam becoming a long, silver broadsword with a red handle and a gold trimmed gear shaped hand guard, the gem that had been on his belt appearing in the guard.
"Transport Saber!" He called, charging at Rektax, taking slash after slash at him "Now who needs to hold still? No, seriously, actually hold still! It's not funny!"
"Quit being moronic!" Louis called over "Just deal with him!"
"Yeah, just be cool!" Rick said, pulling his blaster from his belt and spinning the gear before firing at a group of buzzer "Rev Protector, fire!"
"I'm not an emotional type," Zara said, hitting the deck and spin kicking a group of drones before jumping back up "but I'm getting concerned!"
"Me too!" Rebecca said, pulling her own blaster and firing at the Buzzers "Can we hurry up!"
"Buzzers, regroup." Rektax growled, the Buzzers surrounding him "This isn't over, Rangers. I promise you."
Rektax and the Buzzers were picked up by a bolt of lightning, disappearing as they'd arrived. The five Rangers approached the professor, Rebecca and Rick putting their blasters away as Ted's sabre disappeared, the red gem returning to his belt buckle. Ted crouched down, checking the Professor's pulse.
"He'll be fine." He said "We just need to get him home."
"Yeah, I'd rather not 'til I have answers!" Louis said "Who the hell is he? And why did he have things to turn us into Power Rangers?!"
"He's best equipped to answer that." Ted said, looking between the other four "Please?"
"Okay." Rick said, putting a hand up before Louis could butt in "Louis, we need to find out about this."
"My mom's going to freak if I'm not home on time, sorry." Rebecca said, before Zara doubled over in pain, clutching her chest "Zara? Are you okay?!"
"I... I don't know." She said, black energy surging all over her torso "What's happening?!"
Before any of them could answer, he morph collapsed. On her chest, over the area where her heart was, was a faint black glow. Rick and Louis helped her up, whilst Rebecca checked her heartbeat.
"What the..." She said "There's nothing..."
"That's... That's normal." Zara said, looking at Ted "Tell me he can do something?"
"I... I don't know." Ted said, pressing the gem on his belt, causing the five Rangers and the Professor to be teleported away.
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So, this is the end of Chapter One. Next chapter, Zara's past will be explored, and we'll be introducing the Zords. R&R, please no flames. B.