Power Rangers: A New Awakening

Episode 1 - The Return of the Darkness

10,000 years ago the Earth was under attack by an evil force known as Rita Repulsa. Earth's guardian, Lord Zordon of Eltar, assembled a team of six warriors each endowed with the spirits of the Earth's ancient beasts to fight against Rita. In the end, the power of the six warriors and Zordon was able to seal Rita and her army away in a prison on the moon. With the last of her power, she turned one of the warriors against the others and took his power with her into the prison. Zordon was greatly weakened by the battle and his body was destroyed. Now he exists as spirit trapped in another dimension overseeing the Earth within his palance.

In present day Tokyo, a spikey brown haired boy awakens early in the morning.

"Jou are you up yet! You don't want to be late for your first day of high school!"

"I'm up mom!"

After a quick shower and change of clothes, Jou walks down stairs and sits at the breakfast table. The news is on the TV.

"I'm here live at the Tokyo space center where the shuttle is about to launch to the moon. The nature of this mission is to find a suitable location for a new research station on the moon."

Jou sighs in annoyance.

"Do we have to watch the news. It's so boring."

"You're about to leave for school anyway. You may not be interested in what happens in your world but I am."

"Whatever, I'm leaving."

"But you haven't finished eating yet honey."

"I'll by a meat bun or something later."

"Well have fun school."

As he leaves his mother's face is filled with worry.

"I wonder what's been wrong with him lately. He hasn't been acting like himself. I guess it's because he's starting high school."

Jou walks out of the house with his both hands on the back of his head. He stops at a bus stop and sits on the bench looking at the sky.

"What's wrong with me? This isn't me. I've always enjoyed mom's cooking, but even that doesn't shake this weird feeling I have."

A familiar face with dark hair pops into Jou's.

"Hey Jou! What's up? Looking for rain?"

"Dammit Kotaro! Don't do that!

"Why did I scare you? You're such a wuss Jou."

"Shut up!"

"Whoa, calm down. Today is our first day of high school and that means lots of hot high school girls!"

"You're such a pervert Kotaro. You wouldn't know by the way you look but when a girl passes by you're practically drooling."

The bus comes and both guys board it. A few hours later the shuttle lands on the moon and the two astronauts disembark.

"That new shuttle got us here fast."

"Yeah now all we have to do is find a sight."

The two astronauts survey the area for awhile until one of them finds a giant golden ark.

"What the hell is this thing? Hey come look at this."

"What is this thing? It looks a giant container. Let's open it."

Both of them try to open the container but can't. A red gem on the top starts to glow. One of the astronauts reaches for the gem.

"You probably shouldn't touch that."

The other astronaut is enchanted by the light of the gem and turns the gems on the ark. The gem breaks and the lid of the ark pops open. A dark light burst from the ark as a dark figure emerges from it.

"I'm free! I'm finally free!"

Both astronauts step back in fear. Back on Earth, Jou falls to his knees with fear in his face.

"What's going on? What's this I'm fealing?"

"What's wrong Jou?"

An evil sorceress woman stands before the astronauts.

"Who are you!"

"I am the darkness that will flood the Earth and enslave all the human trash upon it. I am Rita Repulsa ha ha ha ha! You two will be my first victims!"

Rita points her staff at one of the astronauts and incinerates him.

"Good, I still haven't lost all my powers. Goldar, get up here!"

A huge beast with gold armor and a blue face emerges from the ark.

"Yes my queen."

"You can show our thanks to other one."

"You're so generous my queen. My sword hasn't tasted blood in ten thousand years!"

The astronaut tries to run away only to be stabbed through the chest from behind by Goldar.

A white creature emerges from the ark.

"My queen, what are your orders for me?"

"Finster, you shall rebuild my army of monsters, but first we need to find my palace."

Rita holds her staff in air and a beam of light points to a location on the other side of the moon.

"Looks like Zordon decided to dumps us as far away from my precious home as he could."

Rita and the others teleport into her palace. Rita overlooks the Earth with a wicked smile on her face.

"It's mine for the taking. Zordon's warriors are gone and he cannot defeat me alone. Finster, when will my monsters be ready."

Finster molds a group of human shaped monsters out of clay.

"Right now I'm working on a tempory army I call the Putty Patrol. They will keep the Earthlings busy until I am able to create stronger monsters."

"Good, I use them to get rid of the ones chosen to become the new warriors. We cannot allow their powers to become awakened."

Down on Earth within his temple, Zordon awakens and his face appears in his transdimensional tube.

"Alpha, Alpha 5 awaken."

A small droid in the corner of the chamber activates.

"Systems normal, entering operational mode now. What's happening Zordon?"

"I fear the worst has happened. I sense an evil presence on the moon. I fear that Rita has been released."

"But that can't happen!"

"It's possible. A human shuttle landed on the moon earlier today. The humans aboard must have accidentally released her. We have to accelerate our plans. Are the battle suits ready?"

"No they're not. I may be able to get the red one ready in a few hours if I hurry."

"Very well, I'll search for the person with the spirit of the Tyrannosaurus."

Back on the moon, Finster puts the clay figures of the Puttys into a machine. The machine works furiously and spits out ten puttys. The puttys wiggle around in anticipation.

"Go and seek out the ones with the spirits or Zordon's warriors."

The Puttys are transported to Earth's surface and land in the middle of Tokyo. Many people on the street stop and stare at them. The Puttys start assaulting the people and breaking windows, cars etc. A bus that Jou is on is also a target for the putty's destruction.

"What the hell are those things!"

Jou climbs out of the bus with the other people and starts to run away. The Puttys turn their attention towards Jou and chase him down.

"This day just keeps getting worse. Why are they after me?"

One of the Puttys jump from behind a car and tackles him. Jou kicks the Putty off of him and jumps right back up. He takes a fighting stance and starts to fight off the Puttys.

"Come on you stupid freaks. I bet you didn't know that I knew martial arts."

Jou kicks one in the head and punches another in the stomach. The other puttys over take him and grab him. Suddenly, Goldar appears in front of him.

"So this stupid little kid is one of the legendary warriors? It's time for you to die!"

"Screw you monkey boy!"

"Maybe I'll make your death slow!"

Zordon senses Jou's power.

"I've found him. Alpha, transport him immediately!"

"Right Zordon."

Alpha pushes a few buttons on the console and right before Goldar stabs Jou in the chest, he is teleported into the chamber. He lands face down and slowly gets up.

"What the hell? Am I dead?"

Zordon appears before Jou.

"No need to fear Jou. You will now learn of your destiny."

2-Jou, the Red Ranger of Fire