Power Rangers: Dino Strikers
By: Immortal Freedom
Disclaimer: I do not own, claim to own, wish to own, or steal the concept of the Power Rangers and it's characters and etc. these concepts are owned by Disney (since the bought Saban). The timeline and story is based on the creations of the series and I'm just basing this story from it. The rest of the original characters, places, uniforms, zords, and plot are mine.
Author's Note: This story occurs after Operation Overdrive and Jungle Fury never happened in this timeline. Now let's go on with the introduction.
Power Rangers Dino Strikers Characters:
The Team (Core group..they will be later joined a handful of rangers as the story progresses)
Neil Alexander L. Santiago
Designation: Red Dino Striker
Age: 16
Hair Color/Style: Brown/think of Gundam Seed's Kira Yamato's hairstyle with blonde highlights
Eye Color: Blue
Physical Appearance: He is 5'7 in height. He has brown skin and his body build is like Kira Yamato's. His clothing style is different from time to time but likes to wear jeans, and sports an Adidas sunglasses, which he only places at his hair.
Nationality: Half-Filipino/Half-Australian
Neil is a 3rd year high school transfer student from an international school in Hong Kong. A smart and handsome student, who has a knack of getting into trouble, but always manages a way to solve every problem he undergoes. He is a black belt in taekwondo and knows the basics of judo. He is also familiar with the crane, bear and snake style of kung-fu. This makes him a formidable opponent, who has a mix martial art background. His hobbies would include basketball, badminton, listening to music, and writing.
Bryan James Jackson
Designation: Blue Dino Striker
Age: 17
Hair Color/Style: He is bald.
Eye Color: Black
Physical Appearance: He looks like T.J. Johnson of Power Rangers Turbo and prefers wearing jackets.
Nationality: American
Bryan is a senior of Reefside High School and is the oldest of the core group of rangers. He is a serious student, who sticks to the rules and doesn't believe in second chances. He is also captain of the basketball team and is the strongest player in his team. Outside the school, he is a caring guy and is working part time for his little sister. He is also a capable boxer and is a street-smart. Aside from basketball, his hobbies include motor bikes, listening to hip-hop and reading books.
Yuki Kaito
Designation: Pink Dino Striker
Age: 16
Hair Color/Style: She has shoulder length black hair
Eye Color: Brown
Physical Appearance: She is 5'5 and has a petite and sexy body. She has white skin and she likes wearing pink clothes. (I'm a guy..I'm not much that familiar in girl fashion styles.
Nationality: Half-Japanese/Half-Chinese
Yuki Kaito is another transfer student from Hong Kong and is a childhood friend of Neil, who forgot about her after they separated schools. She is a bright student, who likes math, and rivals Neil in the class standing. She is also a cheerleader, a gymnast and she aims to be a model in Japan in the future. Her hobbies are dancing, gymnastics, singing, and playing both volleyball and badminton. She is also a martial artist, since she was trained by her grandfather in martial arts when she was young.
Author's Notes: Now you know the team and their names, let's go on with the story. The other characters in this chapter and other chapters will be introduced in the story but not gives a full bird's eye view of them.
Prologue
In the year 2008, the earth seemed a peaceful planet after the defeat of the Overdrive Rangers' enemies. Amidst the peace in the galaxy, a black space ship appears in the solar system and a human would call it a Star Destroyer look-alike if they saw this ship. This ship is called the "Nemesis". Within the ship, an unknown plan is unraveled and a figure appears out of nowhere and kneels in front of a dark throne.
"My Lord," the figure spoke in a dark voice, "Our destination, the planet Earth, is near. What are your wishes? "
"Dark Blade," the figure in the throne spoke, "Once we arrive at Earth's orbit, I want you to land this ship at its moon and dig up what's left of Lord Zedd's Palace. From there, we shall establish a base and attack the Earth."
After hearing this, a red armored figure from the shadows appeared and said in a sinister voice, "Master! May I suggest something?" The dark figure from the throne nodded and the red armored figure gave a short bow and continued, "What if we don't need to….you know…land in this…barren moon. We could just head straight to the Earth's atmosphere and bombard the planet with our cannons."
"Fool!" Dark Blade reacted and delivered a powerful kick to the red figure in the chest that caused the figure to drop to his knees, "If we would do that, then the whole purpose of this trip would be pointless and we just wasted our ammunitions."
"But!" the red armored figure tried to react as he was trying to stand up, but he received a blast of an energy ball from the figure in the throne.
"Dark Blade is correct Axel," the figure spoke with power in his words, "If we destroy the Earth, then all is pointless since we came here to make the humans suffer after to what they have done to our fellow conquerors."
"Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, King Mondo, Master Vile, Ivan Ooze, and the rest of the evil forces that tried to invade Earth are all dead,because of the warriors of that damn wizard from Eltar, ZORDON!" the figure stood up and shot bolts of lightning at the ceiling. His body is covered by a cloak and a hood, only showing his yellow eyes that are filled with menace, "I want to know on how these earthlings manage to survive even without that wizard. I want to know their source of power and manipulate it to conquer the universe. Besides, the moon base of Lord Zedd will save us from the troublesome task of setting a base. Do you understand now Axel?"
"Yes, my master," Axel answered breathing heavily and still shivering, which are caused by aftershocks in his system, "What shall I do to…redeem myself?"
"Well…" the figure sat at his throne, putting his hands at his arm rests and said, "After we land, I want you to take a squad of shadow drones and capture a city on Earth. Try to also discover their defenses and report here when you're done. Is that clear?"
"Yes master!" Axel saluted and left without further ado.
"Is he to be trusted with such a task master?" Dark Blade asked the master, "For all we know he can screw up this task of his."
"Don't worry Dark Blade. He may be stupid at times, but each tool has its own use."
In Earth, somewhere unknown
"Sir! I have detected a large ship heading this way," a cool female voice said, "It looks like of Eltaran origin yet it emits a different aura and power readings than a normal Eltaran vessel."
A whitish blonde haired figure in beige colored robes came and looked at a holo-projected screen, "Looks like he has come after all"
"What should we do about it sir?" the woman asked.
"We prepare," the figure says this in a serious tone and loads up a pistol with square objects, "We never know on what will happen."
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Chapter 1: Here Come the Power Rangers! Part 1
Reefside High
A brown haired teenager, holding a wrapped object in his hands, seen running at the corridors of Reefside High and is tripped by a brown shoulder length haired teenager who said, "What's the rush kid? It's first day of school and here you are running around the school like an idiot."
The brown haired "kid" stood up and said, "Let's clear things up. Firstly, I'm not a kid," this got him a few murmurs from the crowd like "He's not a kid huh", "Secondly, I'm running around the school since I'm looking for the girl who dropped her lunchbox when I came this morning. Get it dummy?"
At this the other teen became furious at this and tried to punch the shorter teen and shouted, "Who are you calling dummy!!!"
The shorter teen suddenly dropped to the ground just in time to dodge the other teen. He stretched his right foot while on the ground and did a sweeping 180 motion thus hitting the larger teen's feet and making him fall on his back, while the shorter teen stood up and did a "wiping the dust of the shoulder" gesture and remarked, "Piece of cake!"
The girls and other students gathered around him and gave him their praises but then the fallen teen stood up.
"If you think it's over kiddo, think again!" the teen shouted and tried to punch the victorious teen but his arm was stopped by a hand. He looked at his back and he staggered to the ground.
"What's going on here?" a red shirted black American spoke, then he looked at the fallen teen, "Spencer, mind of telling me what happened."
"It's nothing Bryan," Spencer replied he then stood up and headed to the direction of the brown haired teen and whispered to him, "This is not over yet kiddo." Spencer then stormed off.
The crowd suddenly scattered and went back to their "thing". The brown haired teen scratched his head and shrugged, "Looks like they're all afraid of that guy, might as well leave." He turned back and was about to continue walking then suddenly his shoulder was grabbed by Bryan and he turned around.
"Hey, you okay student," Bryan said in a calm voice.
"Yeah…I'm just fine," the teen replied, "Anyways, thanks for stopping that fight. It could have ended far worse."
"It's no problem. I'm just doing my job as a student. Besides you looked like you can really handle Spencer,"
"Oh that…" the teen scratched his head, "That was nothing….it's just primary self-defense anyway"
"I see…what's your name my friend? I assume you're a new student right?" Bryan asked.
"You're correct. I'm a new student from Asia. Name's Neil. It's a pleasure to meet you." Neil said while extending is hand for a handshake.
Bryan accepted the hand and shook it, "Pleasure is all mine Neil. By the way Neil if Spencer or any other guy tries to bother you, just call me a'ight?"
Bryan tapped Neil's shoulder and left together with some of the nearby seniors.
"Now that the bully is taken care of, I better go and find that girl," Neil glances at his watch, "Damn! It's a minute till homeroom starts….I better go to class and look for that girl"
Neil ran as fast as he could to the 3rd year classroom and when he arrived there a 30 year old, who Neil assumed as his advisor, was waiting for him outside the door..
"Looks like you're on time," the teacher reaches out to his pocket and gets a piece of paper, "Neil right?"
"Yes sir"
"Wait for me here till I call you to introduce yourself to class. Got it?"
"Not a problem sir"
"Good", the teacher entered the class and saw the class in a state of what one person would call as "chaotic". After years of teaching I'm still not used to seeing an unruly class…Zordon give me strength." The teacher cleared his throat and the class stopped being "chaotic" and rushed to their seats as-if nothing happened. "Good Morning Third Years! Some of you might recognize me, some might not. I'm Professor Thomas Oliver but you can call me Dr. O. I'm your homeroom adviser and a teacher in Paleontology. I'm here to introduce a new student, who is just outside the door. So you better shape up and listen to him ok? You can come in now."
Right on cue, Neil entered the room and headed to the center of the blackboard and introduced himself in his best voice, "Good Morning! My name's Neil Alexander Santiago. I'm 15 and I came from Asia. My father is a Filipino while my mother is an Australian. That's all thank you."
"Thank You Neil you may sit down on one of the empty seats there at the third row" Dr. O pointed at the seats that he was referring to.
Neil headed to the third row and occupied the left central seat while he left the one at his right unoccupied.
"Now for your schedule…" Dr. O stopped and looked at the door and two seconds later the door opened revealing the beautiful Asian in the doorway.
Neil looked at the new arrival and a thought suddenly entered his mind, "Wait…isn't that the girl who dropped the lunchbox this morning…must be by coincidence that we're classmates."
"Well, well, well…Looks like you're late young lady," Dr. O remarked, "Is there any valid excuse that made you late hmm?"
The girl gave a bow to the teacher and said, "I'm sorry sir, but you see I accidentally lost my lunch box somewhere in the school and I searched for it but unfortunately, I wasn't lucky enough to find it."
"I see…well I can organize a group of students to find it later," Dr. O suggested but Neil stood up and said, "There is no need for that sir, because I found it and kept searching for her." Neil walked to the girl and gave it to her.
"Thank You," the girl thanked and gave a short bow to Neil, who went back to his seat after giving the lunch box back.
"Ahem" Dr. O cleared his throat, "You wouldn't mind of introducing yourself right?"
"Hai!" the girl exclaimed while raising her fist to the air, but she suddenly became shy after she realized she did and apologized.
"My name is Yuki Kaito. I'm from Japan. I'm Half-Japanese and Half-Chinese. It's a pleasure to be part of this class and it's nice to meet you all."
The class nodded and Yuki occupied the seat next to Neil.
"Now as I was saying…" Tommy Oliver started to give his intro.
Nemesis, Moon Base
"Are they ready Orga?" Axel asked to the green armored creature next to him.
"Almost General Axel…Just a few hours and I'll send you down there ASAP"
"Good! Good! Good! I'll show that Dark Blade on how great I am as a general. Bwahahahha!
Reefside High
The lunch bell rang and the crowds of student went out and went straight to nearby shops, restaurants, fast food stores and to the canteen. Amidst them Neil came out of his Geometry class massaging his neck, "At last it's lunch time…finally I can get an hours worth of rest," Neil said as he stretched his muscles.
"Uhm…Neil…" a voice said from his back.
The brown haired teen turned and saw Yuki, "Yes Yuki?"
"Do you want to eat lunch with me?" Yuki asked.
"Why not?" Neil answered with a smile.
They walked together to a place that they can eat in since the canteen was full then Yuki asked, "Uhm…Neil did you happen…to study in Hong Kong or something?"
"Yep! I studied in Christian Alliance International School when I was a kid then I transferred to the Philippines then going to China…Why?
"Really? Then do you remember me..Since I was also part of the same class as you. You called me…Yui since you thought Yuki is not a good name."
"Hmm….I don't remember…It was a verrry long time ago"
At this Yuki looked kind of sad, "I see."
Neil saw Yuki's face and thought, "I must have said something wrong…hmm…but I do remember a Yui back in the day…" Neil's thoughts were interrupted when somebody called out his name, "Hey Kiddo!!!"
Neil and Yuki turned just to see Spencer charging at them with a brass knuckle in his right arm, Neil suddenly grabbed Yuki and pushed her slightly out of the way but not letting her fall.
Spencer closed in and was about to deliver the blow, with his right arm, when Neil stepped aside and grabbed Spencer's right arm and planting a side kick at Spencer's stomach, making Spencer be raised a few centimeters from the ground and crash a 3 feet away from Neil.
Yuki ran to Neil surprised to see such a feat and was worried at the same time. She then asked, "Neil! Are you okay?"
"I'm just okay. I'm just a bit annoyed since I had to do such an attack to stop him."'
"HA! You think such an attack would hurt me," Spencer stood up not appearing to be shaken.
"What…that's impossible…you should be at least clutching your stomach from the power of my kick."
"That's what you thought 'Mr. Kung-Fu Master'," Spencer took of his shirt, showing football padding (or something) inside, "I wore this in case you try to pull of some of those kicking skills…though I admit that kick hurt though…you can come out now."
Five similarly clothed guys appeared behind Spencer, who said, "You see kiddo, these guys want to have a date with that "girlfriend" of yours and I told them that if they help me…I will give them their wish…so prepare to get whooped up kiddo."
Neil entered into a fighting stance, in this case a standard taekwondo stance, "Bring it on!"
Yuki also shifted into a fighting stance, this surprised Neil, "Don't be surprised Neil…My grandpa taught me martial arts for self-defense…so I think I can handle them."
"You shouldn't fig.."
"Don't worry I have your backs!" a voice shouted from the distance. The voice appeared to be Bryan's voice.
"Spencer I warned you earlier…but I think nothing gets into that thick skull of yours. Ready Neil?" Bryan asked while cracking his fists.
"You bet!" Neil answered.
"Enough of this drama! Let's go and kick their butts!"
The Spencer together with his five "friends" attacked Neil, Yuki and Bryan.
Bryan charged with his arms outstretched and did a clothesline to the first two guys. The first who fell got back up and tried to punch Bryan but Bryan got his arm carried the guy then threw him to the other guy who was standing up.
Yuki's attackers on the other hand, are getting frustrated of Yuki's backflips and splits since they can't land a hit on her.
"Time's Up! My turn to fight," she then kicks her first attacker in the chin, that made him fly; then she uses both her palms and thrusts them to the stomach of her other attacker, who tries to attack her from the back. The attack grasps his stomach from the shock of the attack and feels Yuki kick at his feet and get's knocked out.
Spencer and his partner double teaming Neil who easily blocks and dodges their attacks.
"Give up! Your other friends are down and you stand no chance against me!" Neil used his left kick to hit the waist of Spencer's partner then sidekicks him away and the guy hits the wall and falls unconscious, "You know its futile Spencer!"
"Not by a long shot kung-fu brat!" Spencer goes in to attack Neil when someone jumps in and grabs Spencer's arm and throws to the floor.
This someone appeared to be Professor Thomas Oliver, who had a stern look at his face.
"Stop this fight this instance!" Oliver shouted, he pointed at Spencer, "Spencer for what reasons you may have against the new students…I will put you in detention for the whole month where you will clean the whole school! Now bring your other compatriots to the clinic now!"
"Yes sir…" Spencer said it weakly, "Let's go guys!"
Spencer and his friends left the four and headed for the clinic.
Dr. O approached the three and said, "Its quite surprising to see my two advisory students know martial arts and to be able to defend themselves at such a young age. To see Bryan help you is also quite amazing on his part since he possesses great skill."
"Sir...are you a martial artist?" Bryan asked.
"Of course he is! The way he threw Spencer easily proves it" Neil exclaimed.
"I'm sorry sir..if we had to resort to fighting…but we did it for self-defense" Yuki explained.
"I understand Yuki…but I'm afraid I need to put you three into detention this afternoon and all of you will go home at 4 o'clock."
"But sir.."Neil tried to complain but Dr. O silenced him.
"Personally, I don't want to…but we have rules you know…and this is the best I can do in order to keep my job okay?" the former Black Dino Ranger explained.
"Yes sir," the three students answered.
3:59 P.M. Reefside High
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and, 0…okay that's gotta do it…you may all leave," Professor Thomas Oliver declared.
"Bye sir," the trio left the professor and wished them to take care.
"Sighs….This detention reminds me of Conner, Kira and Ethan when they first became Power Rangers….the difference is that…these three don't become rangers..though their fighting skills are good enough to be one..hmm…maybe I'll follow them..no…not a good idea…you're 37 already Oliver…leave this job to the next generation"
When the three got out of the school, Neil asked the apology of the two but they just said, "Its okay Neil…I'm partly the reason of the battle." Yuki explained. "Yeah and besides…I warned Spencer..he should have listened," Bryan reasoned.
"But guys…" Neil tried to come up with an excuse but he knew they were right.
"Okay…what about this…I know this nice juice bar in downtown…why don't we go there and you treat us okay Neil?" Bryan suggested.
"No prob! It's all on me!" Neil pointed to his chest proudly, "You'll be coming right Yuki?…I'll even walk you home."
"No need to walk me home…mother won't mind and father comes home late anyway," Yuki stated.
The three headed to the juice bar…not knowing that a person is watching them intently after their battle during lunch time.
Nemesis, Moon Base
"The teleportation chamber is ready for use General Axe," the green armored creature informed the general.
"Shadow Drones! Let's go now to Earth!" General Axe then went to Orga and asked him, "Now what poor, pitiful cities will me and my Drones shall be unleashed?"
"You shall start in Reefside, California General!" Orga informed Axel once more.
"Then bring us there now!"
A beam of light sucked the drones and Axel and they were heading straight to downtown Reefside.
Downtown Reefside
"Thanks for the treat Neil," Yuki said to Neil who replied, "Shall we go?"
"Hai!" Yuki replied enthusiastically, but became embarrassed after doing what she did in class again.
The trio laughed and Bryan saw a red armored creature and said, "Look there's a new mascot and he also has funny looking mascots with him."
The red armored figure, who was Axel, heard this and pointed at Bryan and replied, "Stupid earthling! Don't you know that I'm the great General Axel from the planet Oratia! My minions attack!!!"
"Oratia? Geez..this guy is also a nerd…a very ambitious nerd who thinks he is an alien or something."
"But…Bryan..I think he is telling the truth…"Yuki told him at the same time the drones suddenly started attacking humans and tables and chairs were being thrown everywhere."
"Looks like we have to stop him!" Neil stated this with anger in his voice.
"Okay..if this guy is for real…then he's in for a fight of a life time" Bryan cracked his knuckles and got ready for battle.
Axel saw the three trio in battle formations and shouted, "So you think you can withstand my warriors huh? Shadow Drones attack them!"
The dark skinned, red eyed humanoids faced the three and headed straight to their direction.
The trio stood side by side and fought of the Shadow drones.
Bryan was the first to enter the fray, he punched the first drone. But was kicked by the 2nd and 3rd drones he encountered. The 4th one helped him stood up and a 5th one came and kicked him in the chest that sent Bryan flying and crashed to the floor looking defeated.
Neil and Yuki fought side by side in battle and everything seemed in their favor when Yuki bumped into Neil that gave way for the drones to attack them simultaneously and kicked them to where Bryan is.
The three regrouped gasping for breathe and clutching their painful bruises.
"Now humans…it's time for your end!" Axel said with glee and three drones went to attack them, with their arms transformed into swords.
They closed their eyes thinking it would be their end when someone came in and kicked the drones away from them.
They opened their eyes seeing Tommy Oliver in a battle stance.
"Professor!" the trio exclaimed.
"You all fought well! But now it's my turn to fight!"
"No matter how many more will come..I will still beat you humans!" Axel said it while pointing at the professor.
"We'll see about that!"
The drones attacked Dr. O at the same time. Using his skills as an expert Power Ranger, Tommy easily beats the drones but when he engaged Axel it was a different story.
Tommy tried to kick Axel in the side, which Axel blocked. Then Tommy spun trying to backhand Axel, who ducked and punched Tommy that sent him flying into the air and hit the place where the trio are.
"Sir are you alright?" Neil asked.
"I'm a bit hurt..but nothing much broken yet" Dr. O readied another fighting stance. "These new monsters are better than the ones before…and that Axel is no pushover if I only had my Dino Powers…."
Suddenly, a white motorcycle flew over the heads of the trio and their professor and it crashed to the drones.
"Looks like you need some help" a whitish blonde haired man behind them spoke while in a crouching position he then approached Dr. O and said, "Put this as a replacement for your Dino Gem it should work."
He gave Tommy a black stone and stared at him.
"What are you waiting for? I'll hold them off!"
"But how?...and my students…"
"Tommy just do it! Work now ask later!" The man replied and headed into battle while Tommy brought out his morpher trying to put the black stone in it.
The new arrival was more than a match for the drones. Armed with a pistol, he shot each drone as it came to him and kicked others when it became to close for comfort. He reached Axel, who drew one of his axes and slashed the floor sending a crack in the ground exploding to where the new "guy is." The man flies away and crashes near Tommy, who has his morpher in front of him.
Puzzled and confused, Neil tried to ask his teacher, "Professor..what is happening…and what is that?"
"Just watch kid," the man said, "It's time Tommy."
Tommy flipped his morpher and shouts:
"Dino Thunder, Power Up! HA!
After a bright light, standing before the three students, the blonde man and their enemies is the Black Dino Thunder Power Ranger, Tommy Oliver.
"I can't believe it," the teacher and the students say it at the same time.
"How can this be?" Tommy asks himself outloud.
"Do what you must ranger," the man informs Tommy.
The Black Ranger faces Axel and summons his Bracchio Staff, "Welcome to my nightmare, General Axel."
"Ha! Even if you change forms, I will still win…attack my drones!
The re-powered Dino Ranger engages the drones and with each slash and each attack the drones decrease in numbers and the Black Ranger forms an Energy Orb and direct it to the drones, who are then destroyed.
"It's you and me now Axel"
"How can this be?" the general says this in a surprised tone but it is suddenly replaced by anger, "You shall suffer together with this planet!"
Axel charged with his axe and tried to hit Tommy, who blocked it. Axel tries another attack but Tommy blocks it and sidekicks Axel and jumps to his back and slashes Axel from the right shoulder to the left hip. This damages Axel and makes him fly into the air spinning with Tommy preparing his energy orb once more and targets it at Axel, who is severely wounded.
"I shall come back humans," After saying that Axel disappeared in a flash of light.
"Looks like things don't change at all," Tommy walks toward the trio, "Now before you can…"
Before Tommy can finish his sentence purple and black electricity comes out of his body and de-morphs him, leaving him powerless and unconscious.
"Professor!" the trio shouts.
Nemesis, Moon Base
"This looks interesting," the figure on the throne spoke as he looked at a screen with the image of the black ranger in it, "But for now I must deal with Axel, for him to learn his lesson"
Authors Notes: My first attempt on a Power Ranger Story and it reached 4,860 words….expect on more chapters…This leaves us with:
What would happen to Tommy?
When will the rangers receive their powers?
Who is the mysterious whitish blonde haired guy?
All will be told in "Here Comes the Power Rangers Part 2
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