NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
DISCLAIMER
All characters belong to Haim Saban, Fox Kids, and Disney. Takes place after "Olympius Ascends" and before "A Face From the Past". I got the idea after watching "Forever Red" and Jason commented that some of the Rangers looked familiar. (Well, Tommy, duh). However, I had thought he had been looking at Carter when he said that, so this is my idea on how he and Tommy might've met the Light Speed Rescue Rangers.
CHAPTER ONE: THE MEETING
The man panted as he ran. He couldn't get caught! Not when he was so close to freedom!
"Get him! He musn't escape!" Vypra shrieked. Loki and some Batlings quickened their pace. Suddenly, the man tripped!
"No!" he cried. Olympius cackled.
"Queen Bansheera will be pleased with the new slave," he stated.
"Forget it! I'll never serve evil!" the man exclaimed.
"You don't have a choice," Diabolico sneered. "Now give us the coin!"
"Never!" the man cried. In the Mariner Bay Light Speed Rescue headquarters, Captain William Mitchell and his assistant, Angela Fairweather had just been alerted to the situation.
"Who's that?" Angela asked in confusion.
"I have no idea," Cpt. Mitchell replied.
"I'll contact the Rangers," Angela stated. She then activated the communicators.
"Grayson here," Carter Grayson, the Red Ranger confirmed.
"I need you and the other Rangers to get downtown," Cpt. Mitchell ordered.
"Right," Carter acknowledged. Then, "Light Speed Rescue!" With that, he was morphed and he headed downtown. When he got there, his teammates, Chad Lee, the Blue Ranger, Ryan Mitchell, the Titanium Ranger, his sister Dana, the Pink Ranger, Joel Rawlings, the Green Ranger, and Kelsey Winslow, the Yellow Ranger were already there.
"Guys, what's going on?" the Red Ranger asked.
"I don't know. Maybe Captain Mitchell got the location wrong," the Green Ranger replied.
"Not likely," the Pink Ranger stated. Just then, they heard an explosion.
"Whoa!" everyone cried.
"Let's go check it out!" the Red Ranger commanded.
"Right," the others agreed. They rushed to the scene. To their surprise, a man clad in red and black was on the ground. The Rangers pulled out their blasters and shot at Diabolico just as he was about to strike.
"Argh! This isn't over!" he hissed. With that, he, Loki, Vypra, and the Batlings disappeared. The Rangers rushed to the man.
"Sir, are you all right?" the Red Ranger asked.
"Man, they pack a punch," he groaned.
"Look, he's hurt," the Yellow Ranger noted.
"I can fix him up at the lab," the Pink Ranger stated. They helped the man to his feet and hurried him away. At the base, the Rangers demorphed. The man grunted in pain as Dana dabbed at a wound.
"Sorry," she apologized.
"Don't worry. It's not the first time I've been slammed by a monster," was the man's reply.
"What's your name?" Cpt. Mitchell asked.
"Jason Lee Scott. First Red Ranger and temporary Gold Ranger," the man replied.
"What'd Diabolico and his goons want with you?" Ryan wondered.
"They were after this," Jason answered, opening his right fist. Everyone stared.
"I don't get it. What's so special about a coin?" Joel wondered.
"It's the Dragonzord Power Coin. We had thought its powers were long gone, but a few weeks ago, it started radiating off energy. That's when Tommy and I got attacked. We were taken prisoner but I managed to escape," Jason replied.
"I still don't see what they want with the coin," Joel said.
"These powers can be insurmountable. If Diabolico got this coin, he'd have more than enough power to take over Mariner Bay...and the world," Jason told them.
"Yeah, but wouldn't they need somebody to harness these powers?" Kelsey queried.
"That's why they kidnapped Tommy. To turn him evil," Jason said.
"Then we need to rescue your friend," Carter determined.
"Preferably before they cast a spell over him. Otherwise, we're all in big trouble," Jason answered.
AN
My, that got long. This was supposed to be a single story fic, but this looks like a good spot to break off on. Sorry to start this while working on "Return To Muiranthias".