A LEGENDARY POWER (Prologue)
{Extremely long author's note: Okay first off let me get all the crediting out of the way. Credit for power rangers the series and original concept go to all owners both present and former which include but are not limited to: Saban, Disney and Jetix and anyone else I'm missing. The Dillinger escape plan is in fact a real band (in fact go check them out they ROCK!) so their name belongs to them and no one else. The story line, characters and everything else in this story however are original! So if you want to use them ask permission first but makes no guarantees. Finally for anyone who has read any of the Kaylee series (written by Lily Hanson and Always Have A Little Faith); if you find the characters to be very similar in name and characterization it is because the Kaylee series was a huge inspiration for me. I also know the authoresses personally. Many of the Kaylee series characterize people they know in real life (hint hint: I'm Dustin ) so many of my characters are also based on my friends therefore share traits with certain Kaylee series characters. Thanks again for reading be sure to comment if you want more because without reviews I'm less likely to post! Now without further disruption please read on!}
The Gods must pity us. We have a habit of letting history repeat itself. They say curiosity killed the cat; well apparently it's killed us a few times as well. We don't seem to learn that digging up old ancient secrets is not a good idea especially when that secret pertains to something representing great power. We keep saying that we are getting better about things like that yet; our desensitized lives force us to not believe that any of these things can be true. That evil is just an ideal created by Hollywood to give us a clear sense of right and wrong, since we seem too stupid to figure it out on our own. Well we always have been and always will be wrong.
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"Dr. Brown, shall we open it up?" the man asked.
"Why, of course this has only been the findings of a life time's worth of research." A man holding a strange box looked up at the former.
He slowly lifted the lid on the strange looking black box. It didn't seem very glamorous for being the chest supposedly holding the remains of an ancient god. Then again the ancient world wasn't very advanced, so this bland looking box could easily be explained. As the lid became fully open a sudden flash of bright light hit the men's eyes blinding them and just as quickly as it arrived it disappeared. The room had emptied. The men were gone, vanished into thin air. A dark, tall, slender figure stepped forward from the shadows.
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"Hey, Artie! Did we get in that new CD shipment in yet? I've been bugging to get the new Dillinger Escape Plan album!" A young looking man shouted to the back of a store as he carried a tray of food.
"It should be in tomorrow Bryden you still have to be patient my boy." A man obviously named Artie responded from back in a storage closet.
"God damn you're impatient Bryden." A girl wearing the same uniform as the boy told him from across a few dining tables with customers seated at them.
"Okay, one; whatever you say and two; how many times do I have to tell you guys to stop calling me by my full name? Artie you get a free pass this time because you sign my checks but Kelly-Ann; how long have you known me?" Bryden responded to both.
"We've known each other about four years now and sorry ill remember to call you by your nickname." Kelly-Ann Answered.
"And what is that nickname Kelly?" Bryden asked her, cupping a hand to his ear.
"I know you love to tell me so I'll play along. What is it oh mighty and powerful one?" She answered mockingly, continuing on her rounds of the various tables.
"My name...is...BC!" He said in almost comical superhero fashion.
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"Finally I am free from captivity; I will find the nine god powers and build my empire!" The tall dark figure spoke to himself.
"But first, I must raise the dark council of the nine for they will be crucial in my success." He continued in the dark.
"Rise as nine but live as one."
"Only exist to blot out the sun"
"Take the lamb"
"We are the wolves"
"Sow the seeds and watch it bloom"
Suddenly nine pedestals with similar boxes to the one that held this dark figure rose from the ground. Each one of them boar a different symbol; the boxes opened up as light spurt forth from them. In the aftermath of this event the boxes disappeared leaving nine dark hooded and cloaked figures who turned to the figure who had set them free and spoke collectively:
"Xeos, we are here to serve at your command."
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"Hey BC, Kelly, our shift is over you guys ready to go?" a girl bearing a strange resemblance to Kelly-Ann spoke from behind the counter near the records and CDs kept in this store.
"Really? Sweet let's get the hell out of here the others are waiting for us at the movies!" BC answered immediately dropping the rag he was using to wipe the tables.
"Alright well I can see you're ready whatever I'm not waiting up for Kelly again so let's jet!"The young girl spoke as she hopped over the counter only to hit the floor slip and fall catching herself partially on a nearby table and partially in Bryden's arms.
"Seriously you have to stop doing that next time I might not be here to catch you." Bryden scolded the girl.
"Oh, BC you are always going to be there, hell if it weren't for me and the rest of your friends you would never leave this place! You eat free and get a discount on CDs what else do you need?" she asked him.
"You make a good argument Karly. You know what fuck the movies I'll stay here!" Bryden told Karly confidently.
"Oh no you don't come on the others are waiting." Karly grabbed BC by the arm and began dragging him away.
"Hey wait up you guys that isn't cool" Kelly shouted as she ran after the two.
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"Martin, please for the love all things close to human unlike your sub-human, unintelligent self; pull those god damned straws out of your nose! You are not a walrus!" Alice told the boy next to her as she buried her face in her hands.
"I think it's pretty funny Martin why don't you keep them in until Kelly and the others get here." Another young man told him.
"Oh stuff it Craig! Don't encourage the boy that is the last thing he needs."A second girl told the boy.
"Leave him be Melanie. He's just having some fun that's what we're here for right?"A young man told the girl walking up to the group holding a tray of drinks.
"Hey Marc, where is Joey? It's nice having a drink and all but I'm hungry." Alice asked Marc the boy who brought the drinks over.
"Did anyone say snacks?" Joey said sneaking up on Alice.
"Holy crap! You scared the living shit out of me!" Alice shouted nearly falling off her chair.
"Okay, so we are now just waiting for BC, Karly and Kelly then we're good right?" Martin asked with the straws still stuffed in his nose.
"What do you mean waiting for us?" Karly asked as the former three walked up to the group.
"Hey nice look Martin, the straws really compliment your outfit!" BC told his friend.
"Get those out of your nostrils you idiot brain damage is something you cannot afford." Kelly told the boy pulling out the straws and tossing them aside.
"Aww man, but I was just having some fun." Martin sighed pulling his girlfriend into a hug.
"Okay now that we're all here we can go in and find some decent seats to watch the movie in." Joey spoke aloud calling the attention of the nine teens.
"Killer then let's go!" BC said taking the final word and decision for the group.
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"Hey, poo poo head pass the popcorn!" Karly whispered to Martin.
"I'm not poo poo head." He whined back at her.
"Shut up poo poo head and stop touching my sister." She whipered.
"Kelly, make her stop." Martin asked his girlfriend.
"Both of you shut up I'm trying to enjoy the movie now just give her the popcorn." Kelly scolded her boyfriend.
A resounding shushing sound arose in the theatre indicating to the teens that they really should keep quiet.
"What the hell? That scene wasn't in the graphic novel." Joey whispered to Bryden and Kelly.
"Yeah, he isn't supposed to get that power until the third story." Bryden observed.
"Totally that is so lame." Kelly agreed.
"Hey everybody and Dumb dumb..." Karly whispered to her friends.
"I'm not Dumb dumb." Martin attempted to interrupt.
"...The geek squad is being a bunch of super nerds again who wants to go sit somewhere else?"
The three gave the rest of the group an angry look as they all zipped their lips and went back to staring at the screen.
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Somewhere deep below the surface a man sits at a large number of computer screens while another sits in a throne a couple feet behind.
"Master Zale, I have detected a disturbance my readings show that lord Xeos is back." The man at the computer spoke.
"Quickly then T.L. alert Tina it's time she brought us her recruits for this is a dark day. This is the day we have been preparing for."
The man at the computer grabbed a radio of some sort and spoke into it.
"Tina are you there?" T.L. asked
"Yes T.L. what is it?" Tina answered
"We have a problem, gather up your team because the worst has happened." He told her sternly.
"Understood tell Master Zale he can count on me." She told him before cutting off communication.
"Hey Tina baby, were you talking to me?" A man said poking his head through the doorway.
"No Artie honey must've just been your imagination." She calmly replied.
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"Xeos oh great one..." the lone hooded creature spoke with multiple voices at once.
"What is it number three?" The evil overlord asked.
"We believe it would be best to send an attack force of spores into the city to find the powers as we have sensed their presence in this place." The nine voices spoke through the one member.
"Good plan send in a battalion of spores." The commander told them.
"As you wish master." The nine voices echoed.
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Suddenly a bunch of screams burst through the theatre's surround sound.
"What the hell was that?" Melanie asked turning her head to the door just in time to see a group of creatures running into the theatre. The creatures had a very human like form but possessed a more lizard like head and had claws for hands. They wore silver plated body armour and each one carried a pair of short swords.
"What are those things?" Joey asked frightened.
"I don't know and I really don't plan on sticking around to find out!" Martin shouted running for the emergency exit his friends close in tail.
As they exited the building they found themselves face to face another larger group of the creatures all of them snarling and snickering most menacingly.
"Guys one question, do any of you know what these are or how to fight them?" Marc asked.
"No but I really wish I did at the moment." Joey turned telling him.
"Well it's been nice knowing you all." Alice told them.
"GET AWAY FROM THEM" a voice shouted from atop the roof of the theatre.
Everyone looked up to find the source of the voice and the teens were surprised to see Tina, the girlfriend of the man who owned their favourite hangout/place of employment.
"Tina, what the hell are you doing up there?" Kelly asked the woman.
"Yeah why would anyone want to hang out on a roof for no reason it's kind of dumb." Karly added gaining signature glares from all of her friends.
"Just stand aside and I will protect you." Tina told them jumping down from the roof to dispatch of the odd creatures.
"You guys have to come with me." Tina turned telling the teens after knocking out the last of the beasts.
"First Tina, seriously what is going on here? Where did you learn to kick ass like that?" BC asked her.
"I will explain later but it is imperative that you come with me." She told him.
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"Where are we going Tina?" Craig asked the woman.
"You will understand soon enough Craig for now just follow me." She answered.
They soon arrived at an abandoned home near the edge of town they had seen countless more groups of the strange creatures but ignored them keeping on their path. The house had nothing special about it. It was tiny and old and worn down.
"Nice looking dump, now why are we here?" Martin asked Tina impatiently.
"You are here because it is your destiny." She responded calmly moving up the front steps to the porch.
"Okay, now she is speaking in vague terms about destiny. Am I the only one sensing a bad karma vibe on this one guys?" Bryden asked looking around at his friends.
'Well shit, she's dragged us this far somehow I think leaving now might upset her so whatever let's follow the crazy riddle lady!" Marc told the group. They all nodded and followed Tina in to the house. What they found inside was nothing but a trap door leading to a staircase going downward into a basement where they could see light.
"Now we are being led into a basement in an abandoned home by a lady speaking in riddles and it is raising no red flags in anyone's head but mine?" Bryden spoke aloud to himself.
"Shut up BC!"Kelly-Ann told him harshly.
"Got it zipping the lips now, quiet as a mouse, you won't hear a word out of..."
"SHUT UP BC!" the group shouted in unison.
"Okay."
"Ladies and gentlemen welcome to legend defender headquarters." Tina told the teens drawing the attention back to her.
"Welcome to what?" Melanie asked her.
"Legend defender headquarters" She repeated.
"I heard that part but what is it?"
"It's a state of the art lair for lack of a better term." A man sitting in front of a group of computers told them.
"Yeah, Yeah very nice now who the fuck are you?" Kelly-Ann asked the man.
"The name is T.L. my friends your tech guru, your eye in the sky, the man with the plan...Actually you know what; what I do is a long story so I'll let Tina explain it." He answered.
"Okay before we explain why we have been dragged here. Please explain what is going on out there on the streets what were those weird lizard things?" Marc asked.
"That is what she is trying to explain to you, now shut up and listen!" A voice shouted as a very large man with long flowing white hair and a beard walked in to the room.
The teens all jumped up simultaneously, startled by the large man. This was getting beyond weird for them. Their boss/friends girlfriend saved them from being mauled by giant lizard people then dragged them to an underground lair in an abandoned home where they met some odd guy named T.L. and now some big goliath of a man just barged into the room.
"As annoying as it's getting to ask...And you are?" Alice asked the stocky figure.
"My name is master Zale and I will be your trainer..."
"Our trainer?" Karly asked.
"Damnit Zale they don't know that much yet now they are even more confused thanks!" Tina told the man.
"Oh, sorry Damn, I'm always getting ahead of myself I just can't help it"
"It's okay Master just leave it to me for now."
Tina turned to the teens to explain to them everything they wanted to know
"Okay before I start remember don't interrupt me because I'm only explaining all of this once." She told them.
"Okay."The teens responded in unison.
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``An extremely long time ago there was a society, and this society needed a government so they decided to ask the gods for a little help. The gods gave powers to ten men. These men were to become Demi-gods; rulers of the society thinking with ten minds and speaking with one voice. They were the ultimate thinking pool essentially. These men were spread out across the vast territory of the society in fact much of today`s folklore including many ancient gods and Demi-gods that you may recognize are based on these men. The problem was that power had an odd way of corrupting people; actually it still does but whatever. The man with the god power of Thunder became hungry for more power and as he did so did the other nine, turning from peaceful intelligent minds creating the perfect government to bloodthirsty tyrants. In this dark hour for humanity a great warrior was sent to trap each of the gods and lock them away for all time he was also asked to strip them of their god powers while he was at it. He successfully captured the first nine but for years he was unable to destroy their leader, Xeos, the thunder Demi-god. He eventually did outsmart Xeos and capture him but was unable to steal his powers. These evil men had been locked away for ages until yesterday when some random archaeologists set him free allowing him to set free the other nine so that they could attempt to take back their powers and enslave the world. Those evil lizard things are called spores they are the minions sent out to do the dirty work for Xeos and the nine. Now throughout the ages the god powers were kept just in case this should happen one day. For years Zale, the man you see before you, the man who originally defeated the nine and Xeos has defended them and waited for this. He decided the best way to combat these demons once known as good men was to give the powers to nine people best displaying the qualities to defend them. And those people are you."
"Wow well that explains a lot... kind of." Martin said.
"Okay well long story short, there are a bunch of evil dudes and we apparently have to fight them which brings me to my question how are we going to do this?" Karly asked.
"You will take the powers and use them to defend the earth from these men and defend the powers."
"And this is going to work because?"
"You will become Power Rangers."