A/N So this is a new story, hopefully you'll enjoy it. I've purposefully left out the rangers identities til the thirs chapter, referring to them by colour only, so you can have a guess as to who is part of this ranger team. Please read, and review if you can; any feedback would be appreciated

Quick K! Run!' Gem shouted

The room they'd been stood in was engulfed in flame as the facility came under siege from the Venjix forces. K stared wide eyed at the burning wall, watching in a trance like state as the flames began to lick the walls either side of her and spread around the room; she had caused this destruction. She was responsible for letting everything fall apart, and the guilt that weighed heavy on her shoulders numbed her to the ever increasing temperature of the room that rose in accordance with the spread of the blaze. When she'd realised what she'd done she wanted the world to swallow her up...now it seemed she would get that wish. The roar and intensity of the flame started to burn in her ears as it got closer; she wondered how she'd ever managed to hear Gem's voice and feel his grip on her shoulders over the power of the flame

'Come on K, we have to go' his voice was subdued by the fire but K was aware he was probably yelling. She was frozen to the spot and part of her thought that, even if she had wanted to go with Gem, her body wouldn't let her. It was now K felt a second pair of hands, this time seizing the sides of her arms

'K don't do this to yourself, we can make this right' the voice was softer...female even...Gemma. Then it hit her; she wasn't alone, she had friends by her side who would never turn their back on her no matter what. Her legs turned to jelly and she felt like she would fall to her knees. Only two hands hooked under her arms stopped her from dropping to the ground; even though she didn't feel like she could carry herself out of the room, she was willing to let the twins guide her away

By the time they got her outside the roar of the fire was replaced by the chaos outside as soldiers were running, shouting loudly as they fled from the burning building. The trio opted to follow them, going in the same direction; it was a sensible thought that soldiers who were charged with guarding the facility would know the layout better than anyone else. Gem took the lead as he guided the two girls away from the blaze, every step taking them further and further away from danger. K composed herself a little and was able to at least keep up with Gem, albeit using his hand to guide and essentially carry her away, and sure enough the route they'd took led them away from the compound. However, the question was where did they go from here?

'I think we could go pretty much anywhere,' Gem told them as he surveyed the area ahead of them 'everywhere is just-'

'A wasteland' Gemma breathed, completing her brother's sentence. He nodded in agreement, but before they could move any further they were surrounded by strange robots. Gem and Gemma immediately took up fighting stances, while K just looked at the soldiers around them. They were clearly robots, evident from there metallic bodies and rigid movements. They held weapons like large screwdrivers in their hands, but they had handles like guns; K surmised they were blades that doubled up as blasters...either way they'd do some fatal damage if either her or the twins were on the end of one of their blows. She considered turning back but as she spun on the spot their were more of them behind...in fact they were everywhere; the trio were surrounded

A few of the soldiers started to close in, prompting the whole circle to gradually grow smaller and with it the distance between the trio and the robots grew smaller too. Gem and Gemma did their best to shield K, throwing their arms behind themselves to shield her sides as the former stood in front of her and the latter behind, both with their backs to her. K felt more protected, but was worrying about her friends; with their arms covering her, their chests were wide open. She was terrified into silence however, and slumped slightly to try and get as far away from the danger as possible. As she dropped to the ground she could feel the heat from the sandy ground, but the temperature seemed to be rising. Her thoughts drifted briefly back to the facility and the fire that had swept through the place she'd considered 'home' for majority of her life, but she was literally shook back to her senses as the ground beneath her started to reverberate. K looked around but could see nothing that would cause such disruption, and focused back on the ground which was now baking hot. Bright red lines started to burn through the sand, forming patterns it seemed. K traced the lines with her finger and was greeted with that heat, not so much a burning sensation but a welcoming warmth. She looked around to see that the lines formed a patterned circle beneath her, Gem and Gemma, and noticed that the edges of the circle fell just in front of the footsoldiers

What happened next shocked K to the core. From nowhere six people suddenly formed on the circumference of the circle, appearing in the gap between the trio and the robots. Where had they come from? She had always been a girl of science, working on computers and technological advances...everything to her was based on fact and scientific laws, and now a group of people had magically appeared seemingly from nowhere between the two factions. K was in awe, and noticed that the newcomers all wore coloured uniforms but were carrying a variety of different weapons

'Pink, Blue, White; defend the civilians,' spoke one of the strangers, clearly male 'red, yellow; take down the Grinders'

K watched as the three afore mentioned strangers, who she assumed were soldiers, drew blaster weapons of some description or another and tightened in a triangle around herself and the twins. In a flash they were firing on the robots, which the man in black had referred to as 'Grinders', while he and the other two drew close combat weapons and engaged the enemy head on. They were both carrying swords and slashed across the Grinders' chests, causing sparks to fly and the robots to fall. A similar effect was being achieved by the three soldiers who were protecting them, as their shots exploded on contact with the robots and sent them reeling. After a few minutes of fighting, the Grinders were no more

'Guys keep a lookout, there could be more' the man in black told the others, prompting them to quickly took up positions around the trio to cover all bases. K watched as the man approached Gem, before removing his helmet

'We need you to come with us,' he told Gem 'there's a place nearby where you can take refuge'

But Gem still didn't ease up 'how do we know you're not working for them?' He questioned, his eyes flicking for a second back to the burning building. Now the yellow warrior turned and, removing her helmet too, spoke to Gem

'Working for who?' She looked puzzled 'we're Power Rangers; we're here to help and try and stop this'

'Power...' Gem began

'Rangers?' Gemma finished

'Yeah, you never heard of us?' The yellow warrior asked

'We've sorta been isolated from the world' Gem informed her

'For a very long time' Gem agreed

'It doesn't matter, we'll bring you up to speed,' the warrior in black told them 'but we need you to come with us'

'We'll go'

Both twins turned to K; she'd been so quiet up until now it had been a surprise to hear her speak

'Are you sure about this K? We don't know who these guys are' Gemma replied hesitantly

'What's the alternative? If we stay here on our own we don't have any idea where we're going,' she continued, maintaining her quiet tone 'at least if we go with them then we have a chance. Plus they did just save us'

'She makes-'

'-a good point' the twins agreed

'Then it's settled,' the warrior in black said, bringing his wrist to his face 'deploy vehicles'