Hey everyone, Grace here. This is a story I worked up with a friend at one point but after a falling out she sent it back to me as it was majority my idea. So now this one will put up alongside the others. The plus side is that this one has given me inspiration for the others. As with all my stories, this one will have an OC contest at the end. So without further ado, here is the prologue.
Victor Villanueva is portrayed by Charles Michael Davis
Dr. Macallistar "Mac" Corona is portrayed by Pierce Brosnan
Adria Camilla is portrayed by Katie McGrath
Prologue
Music is everywhere in the world. Whether it's the wind blowing through the trees on an autumn day or the business of the cityscape. Music is a part of everyday life. While some find it as comfort others use it as a means of expressing themselves. Some of those people have left momentous legacies for others. But that's for another moment, not now. Music gives a chance to feel, a chance to live. Without music, life would be dull and boring. With that being said, a legend has been told of beings that come into existence when emotion is achieved through music. For each good thing that comes, for each happy moment or beautiful song is an ugly and melancholy one. The creatures, the Aporia, hate when people are happy or relaxed. They love disorder and chaos, hence their name. So, when people rave or fangirl about others that express themselves, the Aporia cringe and cry out. One in particular, she hated it with a passion. She hates these people and what they do. So, she's done something about it… or tried but the positives of music have beaten her. Until she found another way to beat them back, until she discovered the human song. This particular Aporia discovered that each human has a song and when the song is silenced the human dies. She has waged war against the humans now, to give her race, the world she thinks they deserve. But when a song is so strong that the Aporia cannot win, the world has a chance.
The breeze blew through the quiet campus as a tall dark skinned man walked briskly. The man adjusted his white tee under his cashmere button up cardigan before fixing the thick collar to keep his neck warm. His skinny pants made little noise as his pointy toed boots crunched the sidewalk. A particular nip in the air made him look up, his dark brown eyes scanned the area. Nothing was wrong but he knew the Aporia were still celebrating. Two months prior, one of the greats in music died; the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin. Ever since everything has seemed off or so the Dean has said. With a sigh the man, walked into one of the buildings and up to his office. He gently closed the door and jumped in fright as he saw a slightly weathered man with salt and pepper hair and gentle slate blue eyes. He was dressed simply with nice pants and a sweater vest over a button up shirt and loafers. The weathered man smiled as the newcomer held his chest and looked at him.
"Warning would have been nice, Mac" the man breathed as he bent over and took a deep breath. The weathered man, Mac, gave him an apologetic look.
"Sorry Victor," Mac sympathized, "but this is urgent." The younger man, Victor, studied Mac for a second as he walked over to the settee and sat down gesturing for Mac to sit down as well. Mac grimaced as he stood up and gently sat down in a chair catty corner with Victor. Victor raised an eyebrow as he smirked.
"Went running again against the doctor's orders, I see?" Victor chided with a smirk. Mac waived him off as he finally got comfortable. Mac studied the younger man in front of him before he opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by the door opening again. The two men looked up to see a young woman with long dark brown almost black hair cascaded down her back as her bright blue eyes watched the two. A smile graced her fair skin as her boots thudded against the hard wood floor and her skinny jeans made a slight swishing sound. Her babydoll racerback swished around her hips as her cardigan trailed behind her a bit.
"What have I missed?" the woman asked as she sat on Victor's other side. The two men looked at her as Victor replied,
"Nothing, Adria. Mac was just getting ready to tell us why he would scare the daylights out of me." The woman, Adria, raised an eyebrow as she giggled. Mac just gave Victor a look before he cleared his throat.
"Aporia," Mac stated. Victor raised an eyebrow as Adria sighed. But Mac continued,
"Don't tell me you two haven't felt it? Ever since Miss Franklin's death, things have been off." Victor sighed this time as Adria looked at him sadly.
"Of course they have been," Adria replied, "Aretha Franklin was one of the greats of R&B. The same thing happened when Michael Jackson and Johnny Cash died." Victor nodded as he added,
"And most likely the same happened with others. It still doesn't explain your theory how these Aporia form from the left over emotion." Mac sighed as he stood up and ran his hand through his hair. Both Adria and Victor looked at each other before looking at the older man. Mac turned to them as he went to his satchel and pulled out a manila folder. He walked over and dropped it in Victor's lap causing the man to look at him curiously. Hesitantly, Victor opened the folder and read through it. Adria watched curiously and became more so as she noticed Victor's facial expression become surprised. She went over, sitting next to him and looking over his shoulder. Her eyes widened when she saw the page he was on. Mac watched the two as they finished reading before he cleared his throat.
"Now what do you think?" he asked. Victor stared down at the folder while Adria shook her head.
"How?" she pondered, "how can emotion manifest like that?" Victor looked over at her then down at the folder. A shudder coursed through him as he thought back to his walk over to his office. At the time his mind had drifted to the happiness he had from finally finishing his late wife's work. Victor's eyes widened as realization hit him and he jumped up.
"And by your theory," Victor gulped, "when one achieves something that makes them happy musically then the left over or darker emotions manifest into something tangible?" Mac nodded as Victor paled a bit.
"Why, son?" asked Mac cautiously as Adria watched tensely.
"You know my wife died a couple years ago," Victor stated, "well late last week, I finished the piece she was writing when she died as I promised I would. I was…" Victor gulped as a shiver went down his spine. Mac, sensing where this was going, moved toward the man.
"You were ecstatic," supplied Adria softly. Victor nodded as Mac watched the two before turning to his bag.
"Then we need to do something before the one you created comes," Mac said matter of factly. Victor watched as a sense of dread filled his stomach and a sweet laugh filled the room. Adria gulped as Victor looked over his shoulder toward the door. Mac immediately pulled the two toward him as he continued to rummage through his satchel. The sense of dread got worse as an elongated black mass stuck through the door. Victor's eyes widened as he backed up closer to his desk a bit, signaling Adria that something was wrong. The raven-haired woman looked up at victor before looking over at the door. Her hands clapped over mouth as she saw three quarters of a black mass as the rest was coming through the door. She turned to Mac, about to say something when a sweet laugh filled the air.
"My, my," the shadow cooed as it came through the door, "you have gotten happier it seems. Your human song has gotten stronger." Victor narrowed his eyes at the mass as both Mac and Adria watched. The mass laughed as it swirled around and glided towards Victor. Adria growled a little as she stood in front of her friend causing the mass to falter a little.
"Your human song isn't as strong woman," the shadow sassed, "I don't want yours."
"Too damn bad," Adria hummed loudly as her body tensed. Truth be told, she had no idea what she would do if the shadow thing decided to take her on. He saw Mac studying something in his notes when the shadow decided to do just that. Victor's eyes widened as the shadow mass lunged at them but Adria moved him out of the way. When the shadow flew past them, Adria winced when melodic screams came from the shadow.
"Mac," Adria cried out, "do something!" Mac looked up quickly before thinking; Victor and Adria were both in a jam. More like Victor was; from what his research said the Aporia wouldn't attack someone as strong as Adria. But then again Victor was quite strong so he wasn't too sure. A loud cry brought his attention to the problem at hand. His eyes widened when he saw Adria sprawled on the floor by one of the chairs and Victor up against the far wall. Fear encased Mac as the shadow lunged at Victor who dodged at the last moment but could do nothing as a tendril lashed out from the dark mass and hit him. Victor's eyes widened as he gave a pained cry and staggered forward. The man began to shake as the Aporia engulfed him; darkness clouded his mind as all the forgotten negative emotions he felt came back. He remembered her; remembered her laugh, her touch and most importantly her smile before it was ripped away again. Victor wanted to cry as she was taken from him again but he knew that's not what she wanted. He tried to fight against the Aporia but the darkness weighed down on him, squelching out any resistance he had. Victor looked up to see Adria watching them with fear in her eyes. The darkness began to take over as he saw Adria move towards them. Adria's eyes widened when she saw Victor drop to his knees then collapse on the floor. The Aporia around him seemed to get brighter if that was possible.
"Adria," Mac called out, "we need to do something before he is completely consumed!" Adria looked over with a wild yet scared look in her eyes.
"Consumed!" she shrieked making the Aporia recoiled. Mac smiled big which angered Adria cause him to shudder when he saw the look.
"Before you kill me," Mac stated, "shriek as loud as you can and hold it." Adria narrowed her eyes then gave him a confused look as Mac got into a sprinter's crouch. Not wanting Victor to be in the Aporia any longer, Adria sucked in a deep breath. Mac readied himself as Adria let loose the highest note she could sing. The lights began to flicker as the Aporia shrieked right along with her, recoiling away from the woman who was moving toward it. Victor was almost out when Mac rushed forward and gave him a hard yank. The two were sent sprawled backwards onto the floor. In his worried state, Mac put his hand on Victor's chest and sighed when he felt his heart beats even out. He then checked his pulse before he turned to Adria who was breathing heavily and backing up toward them. She knelt next to the men before checking Victor herself. A smile graced Adria's face as she looked down at Victor. The pain seemed to be leaving as a smile graced the man's face. She jumped when a loud shriek filled the room making her instantly pull Victor to her. Mac stood in front of the two as the shadow swirled about. It was about to launch at the trio when a bright light filled the room making the mass recoil. The light faded as six individual lights stood in front of the three humans. The red light clicked as a German voice rang out.
"Stay away from them, Liedzerstörer!" The Aporia watched intently as the blue and yellow ones nodded before looking at the red one. The yellow one hummed in a weird accent as the blue one laughed, showing off a very recognizable accent.
"You said it," the blue light spoke, a thick New Orleans accent coming through. The other three lights nodded as the last one, the gold one sassed,
"And you best believe that we will aid them in their fight against you. I didn't just die for nuthin you know." Mac and Adria looked at the gold light as realization dawned on Adria.
"What… how…" Adria sputtered, "Miss Aretha Franklin!" The gold light turned to face her as the figure of a younger Aretha Franklin stood in front of them. Mac just stared wide eyed as Miss Franklin smiled. The green and yellow lights turned around as the lights faded to reveal none other than Freddie Mercury and Johnny Cash. By now, Adria was about to have a panic attack when she felt Victor started to stir. That also caught the Aporia's attention.
"It seems I didn't suck out enough of his human song," the Aporia hummed as it flitted around. The red, blue and silver lights held their ground.
"Not happening, honey!" exclaimed Aretha as gold light tendrils shot out, encasing the ones that tried to edge around their view. Freddie as well as the red and blue light shot forward to intercept the shadow.
"We won't let you steal his human song," Johnny drawled as he and the silver light shot out their hands sending a wave of light at the shadow. Aporia shrieked again as the light hit it before Freddie, the blue and red lights finished it off. Mac shook his head at what he saw while Adria helped Victor up who had now woken up. Johnny, Aretha and the silver light looked at him as he looked around groggily.
"You okay, Victor?" asked Adria softly. Victor nodded as he looked over and blinked a couple times.
"That felt awful," he murmured, "every dark emotion I ever had after her death returned." Adria nodded as she knew who he was referring too. Victor gulped as he looked up and gasped in surprise. Mac smiled at the reaction as Victor turned to him.
"Yes, that is Aretha Franklin and Johnny Cash standing right in front of us," Mac confirmed. Victor just gaped as Adria chuckled. The red and blue lights joined the others while Freddie stayed back examining where the now destroyed Aporia was at.
"You were lucky we got here when we did," the red light spoke in a thick German accent. Victor looked up surprised as the blue light laughed again jovially.
"Beethoven!" gasped Victor as he turned to the blue light, "and I'm guessing your Louis Armstrong." Both shadows gave a laugh as the light became more defined to reveal Ludwig von Beethoven and Louis Armstrong. Victor shook his head as he looked at the silver light curiously. The silver light became more defined to reveal none other than Michael Jackson. Adria's eyes widened as the Michael gave them a small smile.
"You see," Freddie started as he joined the others, "we have been chosen to fight against the Aporia but we need help to do so." The trio stood up, albeit shakily for Victor as they watched the six ghost in front of them.
"We can't do it as we are," Johnny drawled, "we need people to fight for us. And that is where you come in."
"We need you to find the young adults and give them these," clipped Beethoven as the six produced tuners in each color. Mac took the devices from the group as Michael stated,
"We know the young adults will be here and there is three already here. But we don't know which three." The trio nodded as Victor took the devices and studied them. As he studied them, he leaned against his desk as his legs had begun to shake. His mind drifted back to the Aporia as he shuttered.
"It's best not to think about it, honey," Aretha soothed as her eyes landed on Victor. The man gave her a small smile which she returned.
"Easier said than done, miss," Victor replied softly, "will these young adults be able to do it?"
"With us helping," Adria chirped, "I'm sure they will be fine." Victor looked at the opera singer as he thought.
"You have to get back to the Opera soon, Adria," Victor murmured. Mac shook his head as he handed Victor the file.
"Adria was here to today to get her office ready," he replied, "she is now the new coordinator of anything pertaining to Opera. She will be teaching some classes." Victor looked over surprised as the six ghosts laughed.
"Well," Mac began, "I will definitely help with this." Victor nodded as did Adria.
"I'm in," Victor said as he looked down at the devices in his hands, "and I do have a major in engineering so I can help with that as well." Adria smiled at the man as she thought to what the Aporia said.
"What did the Aporia mean when it said I have a strong human song?" she asked curiously. Beethoven looked at her as he thought for a moment.
"It meant that your internal song was quite strong," Beethoven stated. Adria raised an eyebrow as Aretha clarified.
"Every human gives a song, an internal melody that describes one's life. Some are immensely strong while others aren't quite that. Those that have been through hardships, it shows in their song." Aretha looked at Victor as she continued,
"Hence why she targeted you, honey. Your song is very, very strong. As showed by how fast your body bounced back from the Aporia squelching out the song." Adria shuttered as she thought back to the shrieks she heard when the Aporia passed them.
"So the shrieking I heard when the Aporia passed," Adria began.
"Were songs that weren't strong enough," Freddie finished. Adria looked down as Victor looked over. The six ghost began to flicker and fade.
"We must go now," Louis stated, "but we will always be here." As he said that, the ghost went and inhabited the tuners. The trio looked down as Victor stated,
"That just happened, right? Adria laughed as did Mac and the tuners glowed. Now all they had to do was find the young adults.
Alright here is the prologue. Now for some explanations on the two I took down. Both I'm going to work on then post more of. Bestial Fusion is getting revamped so it will be back up once the chapters I have are done and Spy Force is all my OC's except for one, so I will try and get more of the chapters done at some point then post more. Like I said earlier this one has helped me greatly with the writers block on the other three, so expect chapters for them soon. Now onto the contest.
Rules are simple: 1) Be original! Please don't submit ones that you've just changed a few thinks about. 2) Only through pm please as this chapter will be taken down when I have the rangers so please don't review. 3) 2 OC's per person. And last but not least; number 4, HAVE FUN! Be as creative and unique as you want within reason. Now onto the form…
OC Form
Name:
Age (18-24):
Ethnicity:
Faceclaim:
Clothes:
Personality: be as detailed as you can with this
Family:
Backstory: same with this, the more detail the better
Reason for their love of music:
Why they are attending a college of music:
Ranger Color (Male- Red, Blue, Green, White and Silver; Female- Gold):
Zord (can be anything from an animal to a vehicle):
Other:
Alright everyone, that's about it. The contest will end next Wednesday the 11th. Now I know that's everything, if ya have any question feel free to send me a pm. Have fun and be seeing you all later.
