Disclaimer: Leo, Kai, Damon, Kendrix, Maya, Mike, and Karone and all other characters in this story are property of Saban Entertainment Inc. and Fox Network Inc., the character Matt, who is me, is my own creation, and the villains Skokahn and Titanoid are as well. This story is for fun, and is making no profits.
Author's Note: After giving it a lot of thought, and conferring with other authors on the subject, I decided to write entirely new story based on the Lost Galaxy series. This story is full of love, pain, laughs, sorrow, death, and some slight bit of adult situation since I felt it was time for a more mature version of Power Rangers. I've rated this story PG for such reasons. A special thanks goes to Lifehouse for their song: "Everything", Richard Marx & Donna Lewis for their song: "At the Beginning", and Celine Dion for her song: "A New Day Has Come". And also a special thanks to the other authors out their for their input and advice. For anyone who's seen Jet Li's THE ONE, some of the plot characteristics were used here.
Timeline: Exactly four months after "Triple Force".
A New Journey
By: Blue Ranger
Chapter One
The sun rose slowly in the sky on Mirinoi, shining first over the mountainous regions, then over the luscious green valleys, finally shining over the jungle region that was home to a small village belonging to the Mirinoian people. As the small village began to wake up, the village wise man Jara slowly started to go through some of the ancient pages of the Galaxy Book, a habit he'd only started a couple of weeks before. Maya had brought it to him, after it had been recovered by a salvage team that had gathered what remained of Terra Venture on the moon. Now as he slowly began to read some of the ancient text, the expression on his face became troubled. "I can't believe it, but yet here it is in the Galaxy Book."
"What is?" came a voice from the door way to his hut.
Startled, Jara turned to see Maya staring at him from the doorway with a look of concern.
"Maya, you startled me," Jara said.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm afraid not this time," Jara replied, "I've been looking over the Galaxy Book, and I've discovered something rather disturbing."
"What is it?" Maya asked as she sat down next to him.
"This book contains a record of the past, as well as a record of future events. And according to this passage, an ancient legend is going to come true soon."
"What legend?" Maya asked.
"Centuries ago there was a gateway to our universe that had been closed. On the other side existed all that was evil. The evil one known only as Skokahn used his evil powers and eventually the barrier fell. All that was evil came into our universe. If it hadn't been for a young warrior named Zordon, Skokahn's would have conquered the entire universe in which we live. He was able to drive them back for a time, but was unable to reseal the gateway, because Skokahn was too strong. Thus many portals to our universe exist. The first Rangers were in fact the chosen ones who first placed the Quasar Sabers in the stone. However the Rangers' actual duty was to defend the universe until the "The One" would come forth to challenge Skokahn, and put and end to his evil reign, and thus bring an end to evil in our universe. The legend foretold that "The One" would travel from across the universe from another world like ours. But the book does not say from where exactly."
"Does it say how "The One" will defeat this being, or what he or she looks like?" Maya asked.
"I'm afraid not. Apparently the page with that information is missing from the book, however the book does say that Skokahn is defeated, 'The One' will be granted whatever they desire, I suppose you could call it a wish, a wish that could change everything."
Maya fell silent for several minutes, before she finally spoke again: "Is there anything we can do until then?"
"I'm afraid not Maya. The fate of the universe will be decided one way or another, and we cannot interfere," Jara said, "However, when the chosen one arrives, you must bring them to me so that I may tell them exactly how to prepare for this fight."
Maya stared at him for a second, then said: "Me?"
"Yes Maya, the book foretells that you will be the chosen person to guide 'The One' here, so that I may instruct and prepare them for the final battle. But until the one arrives, we must not tell anyone, not even the Rangers. You must keep it a secret."
"all right then, I will keep it a secret for now," Maya said, with that she turned and left the hut.
After she had left, Jara returned to looking through the book, hoping that the missing page might be somewhere else in there, he was rewarded when he came across the missing page with only a picture on it, the picture on the page surprised him, it was of a young man holding what looked like a sort of Samurai style sword, the young man was dressed in what looked like a traditional style uniform, with a black v-neck and white pants, around his waist he wore a sort of black belt or sash with golden lettering on it.
"Now I know," Jara said, "It is only a matter of time now."
Meanwhile on Earth, in what appeared to be a small gymnasium, a tournament was approaching the final round of the final match. The two finalists rose from their seats and approached each other, the one in blue gear was a tall young man of in his early twenties, while the shorter man in red was about the same age. The referee signaled, and both men bowed to each other respectfully. "Joonbi," the referee said. At this, both men kiaped and began to bounce up and down every muscle tensed and ready. "Si-jak," the referee shouted.
At that signal both men began to fight. The fighter in blue slid in and delivered a roundhouse kick to his opponent's head. The fighter in red tried to deliver a back kick at the same time, but wasn't fast enough, and caught the sting of the other's kick on the side of his head. Just as he was coming around again to try his own kick, he was caught on the head again by an axe kick from the opponent in blue. Slightly dazed, the man in red was unable to block the young man's next move. The man in blue slid in and jumped in the air rotated himself 360 degrees around, and brought his leg up and across, smashing his foot into the side of his opponent's head. The man in red collapsed to the floor almost knocked unconscious. The judges threw a small block into the ring signaling the end of the final round.
The dazed opponent in red was helped to his chair. The opponent in blue sat down in his chair and removed his helmet, his short brown hair soaked with sweat, his coach handed him a towel and a bottle of water. The young man dried his head and drank the water, before slipping the helmet back on his head.
The referee signaled both fighters to approach the center of the ring. Upon approaching, they were instructed to remove their helmets. The referee took each fighter's arm and held up the fighter in blue's, signifying winner. The two bowed respectfully to each other and shook hands. Patted each other on the back and then shook hands with the coaches, before they returned to their seats. A few minutes later, the winning fighters were lined up. The young man in blue was the first one to be called. He was given a gold medal signifying first place. After shaking hands with the judges, he returned to the line until all the awards had been handed out. At the end he was approached by his coach and given a firm hand shake and a pat on the back. "Good job Matt," the older man said.
"Thank you sir," Matt replied. He slowly removed the protective gear he was wearing to reveal the white uniform he wore underneath, which was soaked with perspiration. Accepting a towel from the older man who was his instructor, he dried his hair and arms and legs off. "But for some reason I felt alone out their in the ring."
"You have the speed, discipline and skill to be a winner Matt. All that remains is the confidence of knowing your friends are their for you. One day when you're a Black Belt, you will fully understand," his instructor said.
As the older man left. Matt couldn't help but ponder what he had just said, he looked down at the red belt with a black stripe in the middle, that he wore. He was unable to ponder it further though, as a group of teammates approached from across the gym.
"How do you feel Matt?" a young girl in the group asked.
"A little sweaty," Matt admitted, "But more than happy to do that again if I had to!"
The others grinned and laughed. Before they began to head for the exit to the gym.
Matt walked over to his bag and removed the medal from around his neck. As he placed it inside one of the pockets on his bag, his wallet fell on the ground and fell open. As he picked up a photo fell out and landed on the ground. Picking it up, he stared at if for a second. It was of him standing around with Mike and Leo Corbett in front of one of the launch transports to Terra Venture, the photo had been taken the day Mike had received his commission from the GSA about the colony. As Matt looked at it, his mind drifted back to that day...
Flash back...
Matt, Leo and Mike smiled as one of the officers snapped the camera.
"Thanks," Mike said as he took the camera back.
Turning to Leo and Matt, Mike said, "Well, now you have something for posterity."
"I still can't believe they're actually going through with this idea," Matt said with a grin.
"I can," Leo said, his smile disappeared and a frown appeared, "And I'm going to be stuck here, not getting the chance to see what's out there."
"Leo, we've discussed this," Mike said with a sigh. "We don't know what's out there, it's too dangerous."
"What are the chances of us seeing you again Mike," Matt asked.
Mike was silent for a minute, finally he replied, "I'm not sure."
Before Mike could say further, the boarding call sounded for the transport to get underway. After giving them a farewell hug and grabbing his bag, Mike turned and said: "Stay out of trouble while I'm gone little brother."
"I'll try Mike," Leo replied with a grin.
"Good luck at your next tournament Matt," Mike said.
"Thanks Mike," Matt replied, "You take care of yourself out there all right?"
Mike grinned and with that he stepped through the hatch leading to the transport.
Later as Matt and Leo watched the shuttle take off and head up into space, Matt turned and saw a look of determination in Leo's eyes.
"Uh oh," Matt said.
"What's wrong," Leo asked turning and staring at him.
"You're up to something Leo, I know that look. You only get when you have a plan."
Leo shrugged and said, "Just planning for the future, that's all."
"If you're planning on trying to sneak aboard that ship so you can go with the rest of those people, you can count me out," Matt said with a stern look on his face.
"Don't worry Matt," Leo said, "It was just an idea."
End Flash Back
"You and your idea's Leo," Matt said out loud still staring at the photo, "I never thought you were seriously going to do it. I guess I should have known better."
With a sigh he placed the photo back in his wallet. It had been two years since that day, but Matt still from time to time still couldn't help but wonder "what if?" on the matter. As he put the rest of his gear back in his bag he couldn't help but experience a strange sensation. Like something was about to happen. He looked around the room as if sensing there was a sort of presence in the room. Seeing nothing, he shrugged and packed the rest of his stuff, before heading towards the exit to join the rest of his friends.