DarkPriestess66: I don't own Power Rangers, I'm remaking Jungle Fury with my own Ranger. Cougar
"We are the vision in your dreams. We do not exist, yet we have been here since the beginning. We are Pài Zhua- the Order of the Claw."
A metal plate hanging from an archway bears the design of three claws. Eight people are sitting cross-legged on the ground, facing the main building. They are all dressed simply, in light blue keikogi uniform jackets with black pants and shoes, a young man with long brown hair, two young women with blonde hair, and another young man with short-cropped black hair. A young woman was the only one with her eyes open. A blonde with red lowlights, was sitting
"We train only the best, both physically and mentally, swearing them to secrecy, all masters of their skills, never knowing their true purpose… until now."
Several older men wearing robes of various colors walk past standards made of red cloth, bearing the claw emblem in gold.
The blonde and red hair woman was getting impatient, she wanted to know why they were summoned here last night, but she wouldn't speak. While the dirty blonde woman, turns to her neighbor.
"Theo. What is going on?" asked the woman
Theogives Lily an annoyed look. "Lily, no talking."
"Lighten up. We've been sitting here since last night!" Lilly retorted
"Just try and enjoy the silence." Theo stated
"I hate silence." replied Lily and the red and blonde.
They look over at each another and smile; then an old man wearing red robes and a red hat then stands before the seated students. A man in yellow robes bangs a gong, and all eight stand.
"Stiff… Hey, Theo, did my butt get up with me?" Theo rolls his eyes at Lily "I can't tell. I'm numb." asked Lily.
The blonde and red streaked girl giggled then stopped "I think it did or you wouldn't be standing."
"Good point, by the way what's your name?" asked Lilly.
"Destiny" Destiny answered, She and the others then face forward and bow.
"You are the eight finalists. I'm looking for four." Master Mao explains.
Lily and the long-haired young man both look excited and expectant, Theo tense. Destiny looked nervous, Master Mao claps his hands. The students are then seen facing off against each other, bowing to one another before striking fighting poses. Theo fights an unnamed young woman with reddish-brown hair, Lily fights an unnamed man with brown hair, and the young man with brown hair bows to and faces off against another young man, who has short brown hair and a goatee. Destiny bows to the last young blonde.
"Begin!" Master Mao orders
The eight spar with one another. Lily easily defends herself and fights back against her opponent, using blocks, dodges, roundhouse kicks, swift punches, and flips. Suddenly, Lily is surrounded by yellow energy as she fights- and a ghostly yellow Cheetah flies out of her body and knocks her opponent to the ground.
Meanwhile, Theo is also doing very well against his opponent, including using her attempt to grab him to flip her over. He dispatches her with an elbow to her shoulder/chest area before he is surrounded by swirling blue energy, and a blue Jaguar spirit sends his opponent rolling.
Destiny is dodging her opponents's attacks, while making a few of her own, she using a sweeping kick to knock her oppenent to the ground, She is surrounded by a Pink energy, then a transparent Leopard attacks. She went over and helped her beaten opponent up. She turns to watch the last fight going on.
Jarrod is dodging and blocking all of his opponent's moves, then striking back, sending his opponent to the ground. He gives a very evil-looking smile, and his opponent holds his hands up, signaling surrender; however, Jarrod is not done. Purple energy surrounds his body, and he sends forth a black lion spirit to finish off his rival. As Master Mao calls their names, we see that Lily and Theo have been checking to see if the others are OK, but Jarrod shows no such kindness to the young man whom he defeated.
"Jarrod is a good fighter but he's lacking honnor." Destiny states to herself.
" Jarrod. Lily. Theo. Destiny. Join us in the Great Hall this evening." Master Mao states.
All four bow to him, Lily and Theo looking extremely pleased with themselves, While Destiny stands off to the side watching everyone. The yellow-robed man strikes the gong again. Lily and Theo meet up and clasp hands.
" Yesss!" exclaims Lily
Jarrod, looking smug and adjusting his uniform, approaches another blue-robed student, holding his hands out.
"Where's my towel? Cub! Go get me a towel! Move it!" Jarrod orders.
As this happens, Master Mao watches the scene as he walks away, and another student with dirty-blonde hair, Casey, stops what he is doing. Destiny went up to the pillar that was to the side of the frighten cub.
"That's a direct order from a senior student!" Jarrod exclaims.
He scowls before he contemptuously flips the basket of towels over in front of the scared "cub". Casey then runs up behind Jarrod, offering him another.
Destiny couldn't take it anymore, Jarrod was abusing senior status, she walked over to the frighten kid. "It's okay, Run along to your other lessons." the kid ran off.
"Here's a towel!" Casey exclaims as the other kid ran off.
Jarrod turns to him, glaring, and takes it. Casey looks away for a moment before facing him.
"Look… I don't want any problems." Casey states.
"Too bad." Jarrod replies.
He shoves Casey, who falls to the ground, landing on his backside. Theo, who has been shaking hands with his sparring partner, notices, his face falling. Master Mao pauses, worried. Casey, looking a little scared, glares at Jarrod. Destiny went over to Casey and put her arms around his shoulders glaring at Jarrod.
"Oh! Is little cub gonna do something?" Jarrod asks mockingly.
"If he doesn't, I will." Destiny replied about ready to let Jarrod have when Casey grits his teeth and suddenly begins to roar, Destiny saw the image of a tiger's face appears over his several times. Some sort of strange energy emanates from him and sends Jarrod flying backward. Casey, shocked, looks helplessly at his hands.
"Way to go!" exclaims Destiny laughing at Jarrod. But she saw Master Mao and She'd shut up.
"What did I just do?" Casey asks.
"Your Tiger spirit just let him have it." replies Destiny.
Master Mao's eyes dart back and forth between the three as Jarrod picks himself up, furious.
"I'm sorry! I don't know what happened!" Casey apologizes.
Master Mao then claps his hands, forestalling any more words or actions from either. Jarrod stands up straight and bows. Destiny helps Casey up.
"You shouldn't apologize to Jarrod, He's just a bully and I know since I've been here almost as long as he has." Destiny states.
"Thanks," replied Casey.
"Your welcome, I think we should go and join the others." suggested Destiny taking Casey by the arm and dragging him to the great hall.
Where Casey, Lily, Theo and Destiny all sit on benches, Casey and Destiny slightly apart from the other two.
"Why are we here? Where's Jarrod? Why is that recruit here?" asked Theo
Lily looks over at Casey, who blankly stares back, smiling a little.
"Why do you always have to know what's going on? You have control issues." replies Lily
Destiny giggles "Really bad control issues."
Master Mao then emerges from a door to Casey's left, and all four stand and respectfully bow to him.
"Follow me." Master Mao orders
They enter rocky underground chamber of some sort. Master Mao pushes open the doors, and the three follow him into the chamber.
"This is so cool!" exclaims Lily. Destiny looks over at her "To you maybe." She shivers in fear.
Many, many candles burn underneath a carving of some sort on the wall. Several more candles surround a box sitting on top of a stone slab.
"Where are we?" asks Destiny, not liking the room one bit, she felt like it held something evil.
"It's called the Forbidden Room." Master Mao answers bowing at the altar.
Caseylooking around nervously "Forbidden? That doesn't sound good…"
"I so totally agree." second Destiny.
"Jarrod has been dismissed." The quartet looks nervous. "In your hearts, you know why. Casey, you have the heart to stand up for others. You also have the potential to be a Tiger master. I have decided to choose you in Jarrod's place." Master Mao explains.
Lily and Theo turn to look at Casey, who looks extremely nervous now. Destiny already knew seeing as she witness the whole thing.
"Listen closely. Over 10,000 years ago, there was a great evil… named Dai Shi." Master Mao starts to explain.
A clearer picture of the carving on the wall is shown. It depicts several anthropomorphic animals, including an elephant, a shark, a gazelle, and others not as easy to identify, in battle with a massive dragon made of smoke.
"He believed that animals should rule the planet and that humans were to be erased."
Master Mao continues "Brave warriors channeled their animal spirits, and after a great battle, they were able to capture the Dai Shi…
Yellow energy is then shown being forced into a box. A shot shows another carving depicting this capture, and back in the present, Master Mao approaches the quartet carrying the box.
… in this box." Master Mao finished the story.
The four step back. Master Mao raises his arm, showing that he bears a tattoo of the claw emblem upon it.
"The Pài Zhua, the Order of the Claw, was formed to train students in Kung Fu, and to serve as protectors if the Dai Shi were ever to escape. You four have been selected to take on that task." Master Mao explains.
"Yeah, well, the evil hasn't escaped, so all's good. And look, I've just been here a week, and there must be someone better-" Casey excuses trying to get out of the role.
Jarrod emerging from the staircase behind them, furious. "I've spent ten years in training! You just can't kick me out for no reason!"
"Agreed. But I have a reason." Master Mao agrees calmly
Jarrod merely glares as Master Mao turns to set the box down, before he suddenly attacks. However, he is no match at all for Master Mao, who is easily able to hold him off one-handed, blocking or dodging out of the way of his blows. Casey, Lily,Theo, and Destiny watch, dumbfounded, as Mao kicks Jarrod in the chest and does a backflip away from him, still holding onto Dai Shi's box. He then strikes a pressure point in Jarrod's chest, sending the younger man flying backward, yelling with pain. Mao glares at him.
"Now, go." Mao orders
"Yes." Jarrod replies angry
He begins to walk away. However, he suddenly turns and unleashes his lion spirit at Master Mao's back, and he is viciously attacked by it before he drops Dai Shi's box and falls back onto the stone table, yelling with pain.
"NO!" shouts Lily and Destiny
Theo and Casey are both too shocked to speak… Dai Shi's box has fallen to the ground opened.
Master Mao looks up from where he lay. There is a moment of silence before smoke yellow energy streams forth from the box.
"At last…" Dai Shi states
Jarrod, Lily, Casey, Theo and Destiny are all thrown across the room in different directions, yelling. The candles all blow out, wax dripping everywhere. Dai Shi forms up in front of Master Mao, taking a human-like spirit form. As he speaks, the others pick themselves up and watch, terrified.
"Mao… my old friend. I've thought about no one else for centuries. But before I destroy you, you will be witness to the destruction of those dear to you!" DaiShi exclaims.
"Who's he talking about?" Theo asks
"That'd be us!" Lily replied
"I'm starting to wish I stayed with my father." Destiny states.
The four all quickly group and take fighting stances as Jarrod quite cowardly runs away. Dai Shi begins to streak toward them. Master Mao starts to run forward.
"NO!" Master Mao shouts.
"Yes, Mao." Dai Shi replies
Yellow energy surrounds Master Mao as Dai Shi lifts him, squeezing his body, then flinging him back onto the stone table, laughing. The quartet watches, aghast, as Mao yells and gasps, his face contorting with pain.
"Mao is defeated. You are not worth my time." Dai Shi announces
He streaks past the quartet and out of the Forbidden Room, sending them falling to the ground again. Casey, Lily and Theo watch him go before leaping up and running to Master Mao's side.
"MASTER!" Theo shouts.
Destiny already has tears coursing down her cheeks, Mao has been like a father to her for the past five years.
Master Mao is still gasping and twitching with pain, lying spread-eagled on the table. The four surrounds him.
"My time in this form has ended. Shed no tears. There are important things to do. The evil that is Dai Shi will return to where he was captured. You must destroy him." Master Mao states
The others nod, Lily fighting back sobs. Master Mao pulls a letter, closed with a wax seal, out of his robes, and hands it to Theo.
Master Mao orders " Go to this address in Ocean Bluff. There you'll meet you new master."
Destiny's eyes widen at the name Ocean bluff, someone she hasn't seen in years lives there.
"We don't want a new master!" Lily shouts.
Master Mao smiling) "… Remember the first rule I told you. Don't be attached to the Master, but to the lesson. Now go."
"Wait… I'm not your guy! I can't destroy evil; I haven't even mastered handing out towels!" Casey pleaded
"I haven't master my own weapon yet and I'd been here five years already." Destiny explained why she couldn't fight.
"Listen to me! All of you! You four are the world's only chance!" MasterMao exclaimed.
And with that, Master Mao's body dissolves into energy, which forms briefly into what looks like a cat's face before disappearing through a hole in the ceiling.
"Master Mao…" Casey groaned, which Destiny lead against his shoulder.
"Damn that Jarrod, Damn him to the most coldest hell." cries Destiny.
Casey rubs her back trying to calm her down then turns to look at the carving depicting Dai Shi's capture before entering an unknown forest with Jarrod, now dressed in normal clothing and wearing a backpack, is trudging through it.
"I've gotta get out of here." Jarrod thought out loud.
Dai Shi is whispering, "Jarrod…"
Jarrod stops and looks around for the source of the voice.
"Who's there?!" Jarrod asked as He begins to run, then stops and turns when the voice calls again.
"Jarrod…"
He then yells and throws up his hands, before we see a shop front with a sign reading "Jungle Karma Pizza". A green Jeep with the same logo sits outside of it, and a few people walk out, carrying a pizza box. Casey, Lily, Theo, and Destiny are approaching the store, Theo reading Master Mao's note.
"A pizza parlor? This can't be the place." Theo stated. Destiny looks over Theo's shoulder since she's taller then him. She can see that his thumb is right over a word.
"Theo, let me see the note." Destiny asks. Theo hands her the not. She read it said "RJ's Jungle Karma Pizza. She knew that the others didn't know. So she kept it to herself as the owner was her older brother and now Master.
They enter to find that the parlor is very busy. People sit at tables, chatting and eating, and a young woman with glasses sits at the counter, absorbed in a book. Casey, Lily and Theo look around dubiously at all of the activity, presumably looking for their new master. Destiny went over to a empty table and sat down to watch the others make fools of themselves.
Theonudging Lily "That must be him."
Destiny rolls her eyes as the three turn to see an older man sitting at a table behind them, who looks up as they approach and bow.
"We're here. I'm Theo, this is Lily, and Destiny and this is… this is someone who is in way over his head." Theo introduces.
"Theo, I really don't think thats him." interrupts Destiny but the other two ignore her, Casey was still looking lost.
"We're from the Pài Zhua school and we're ready to take on evil and defeat it. You have our total obedience. We're eager to learn everything you have to teach us, Master." Lily explained.
"Guys, that isn't our master." Destiny tries once again to get them to listen to her.
"Yes, treat us to your words of wisdom." Theo stated.
The three bow again, but the old man ignores them, looking a bit miffed, Destiny was trying not laugh. She stood up and went over to them and put her arms around Lily's and Theo's shoulders,
"Check!" Old Man exclaimed.
"Would it be a bad time to say I told you so?" Destiny asks.
"Okay, wrong guy." Theo replies.
The four turn and walk further into the pizza parlor. They watch, giggling, as the young woman seen reading a moment ago gets some stringy cheese stuck to her face and glasses.
"Probably not her, either?" Lily asks.
"Not unless my brother had gotten a sex change and glasses in the last four years I seen him." Destiny muttered under her breathe.
The four are then startled as the door to the kitchen opens, smoke billowing out, and a man stumbles out with pizza dough covering his head. He pulls it off. His eyes widen at the sight of the blond and red streaked girl standing behind Theo. She winked at him, glances at the other three signaling him that they didn't know who he was. He got himself back to together.
"Whoa. Tense. So much for my Mount Kilimanjaro Pizza experiment. … Whoa, new customers!" he sweeps forward, scooping up small menu cards. "Welcome to Jungle Karma Pizza. The name's R.J."
"No, no. We're not customers." Theo stated
"We're looking for… our master." Lily explains.
"Aren't we all." R.J replies.
"I say we go." Theo turns and walks out the door
"I'm hungry." Casey states
"Me too." Lily agrees.
"me three." Destiny seconds
They sit down at a table, and Theo stands at the door, watching them. Destiny stares at him and sighs.
"You might as well sit down, you'll never going to win." She states.
"Oh, great." Theo sighs.
Casey, Lily, Theo, and Destiny are sitting at their table, eating their pie.
"Well, how was the pizza?" R.J asks
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was amazing." Theo replied
"It was great, the best I ever had RJ." Destiny stated cheerfully, while downing the last slice.
"Ah!" R.J exclaims but secretly wondering why his little sister was being his student.
"But that's not why we came here." Theo reminds them.
"I know why we came here Theo, it doesn't matter but I love this place." Destiny retorted. Theo gave her a look.
"Right, you were looking for your master. Well, if you're supposed to meet him here, I suggest you wait. You can work here until he shows up!" R.J suggests, Destiny was silently laughing because the others didn't know who RJ is. She nodded.
Casey and Lily look excited
"Work here? No, no, we don't work for anyone." The other three look disappointed. "Right, guys?" Theo asks. Lily looks up at R.J uncertainly.
"Okay." R.J replies.
"Look, Theo, we're in the real world now. There are things to get, things to have. We need money to do that. Now, I am not gonna spend another day in these pajamas." Lily stated, Destiny nodded.
"Lily has a point, Theo, I don't want to spend even one minute in this." Destiny added while gesturing to her student uniform
"Okay, FINE. I'll be a manager or something reasonable. But only until our master arrives! Not a day more." Theo relented.
Lily, Casey, and Destiny look happy and satisfied, before the four are startled by crashes and screams outside.
"Come on, we'd better check it out." Lily suggested.
"Yeah, well, maybe I should just stay here until I get my bearings." Casey replies. Destiny rolled her eyes as Theo pulls him up by the neck of his jacket,
"Hey, if you're gonna be part of this team, now's the time." Theo commented while dragging him out the door.
On the streets, where the hopping Rinshi are terrorizing people and destroying property.
"Yes, gather their fear, Rinshi! It makes us stronger! It makes me stronger!" Mantis orders.
Casey, Lily,Theo and Destiny then run up and pause, taking in the scene.
"What are those things?!" Casey asks.
"My guess? Friends of Dai Shi." Lily answers.
"I think you right." agrees Destiny.
"Let's do it." Theo orders.
"Right Behind you." replies Destiny.
The four strike poses, then charge with karate yells. Lily fights off a Rinshi menacing a woman trapped in a car and helps her out.
"Come on!" Lily shouts.
Theo and Casey also fight off some Rinshi, Casey doing remarkably well at first for someone who was only training at the Order of the Claw for a week. However, he is soon flipped back over the hood of a car and lands hard. Lily and Theo are also overwhelmed and tripped/thrown down in spite of their best efforts.
Destiny was holding her own against the Rinshi, only because she had several more years of training before coming to the temple.
"Time for my true form!" Mantis states,The ornament on his forehead glows red, and his head and limbs sink inside his torso before his whole body bursts open to reveal a mantis monster.
"Now for some REAL destruction!" Mantis comments.
Casey and Theo end up standing and fighting back-to-back before Mantis lands near them and poses menacingly.
"That thing looks like it crawled out from under a rock!" Theo exclaims.
Destiny ran over to where Lily was to help her fight off the Rinshi then takes a good look at the monster.
"I think I'm going to be sick, that thing is gross." Destiny stated.
"Pound for pound, humans are no match for a bug!" Mantis exclaims.
He slams one of his arms into the ground, causing an explosion that sends Casey and Theo flying backward in a shower of debris and rocks. The two land facedown.
"Hey!" shouted both Destiny and Lily
the girls charges at Mantis and tries to fight him. However, he manages to grab both around their arms.
Care to join your friends? Mantis asks
He tosses them over toward Casey and Theo, laughing. The boys help lily up, looking scared, Destiny already picked herself off the ground standing a little bit shakey. The Rinshi group behind Mantis.
"Now to finish you little pests!" Mantis states.
Destiny glances at the other three seeing how scared they appear to be. She stated to go out a try to fight again...when all of a sudden, who else but R.J. steps in front of them.
"Whoa. Step back." R.J ordered.
Mantis growls, and the trio look at each other, puzzled, while Destiny had a knowing smile of her face.
"You three; I think it's time for your first lesson… you can't judge a book by its cover." R.J states
He pulls back his sleeve to reveal that his arm bears an Order of the Claw tattoo. Casey gasps, and Lily and Theo smile. R.J. does some fancy fighting moves, flour flying everywhere, before striking a very animalistic battle pose.
"Attack!" orders Mantis
The Rinshi do, but R.J.'s tattoo is apparently well-earned- he is easily able to hold them off and moves swiftly and nimbly.
"What?" Mantis asks
R.J. faces him, channeling colorless energy and sending it flying at Mantis, who yells and blows up, reverting to his red-robed Rinshi form.
"I'll get you!" Mantis vows
He runs off. R.J. turns to face the trio, smiling, and they pick themselves up to approach him, grateful. Destiny stands back away from the others she didn't know how or what RJ was going to do her.
"You're him. You're our master." Casey stated asthe three bow, but R.J. waves it off.
"Oh, just, um, call me R.J. Now, my students, the real journey begins." R.Jreplies then He leads them off, while walking back to the palor, Destiny was walking beside Lily and Theo.
"You knew?" asked Lily.
"Of course, I did." replied Destiny in a whisper.
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Theo.
"I didn't want too besides you needed to learn that appearances can be deceiving, also I haven't seen him in almost five years." Destiny replied.
Now in Dai Shi's lair; Rinshi can be seen training outside of it. Mantis is cowering before Dai Shi and Camille.
"I give you great power, and you return without a victory. I can take your power as easily as I gave it!" Dai Shi exclaimed
"Yes, take it! Destroy the icky mantis." Camille agreed.
"No!" Mantis exclaimed frighten.
"SILENCE. Camille, go into the city with the Rinshi. Perhaps together, you can manage to succeed." Dai Shi orders
"I will not fail you." Camille stated as her body mutates into an anthropomorphic chameleon-like monster form. Dai Shi cackles as she clenches her fist.
Back at Jungle Karma Pizza, where the quartet and R.J. are re-entering. The young woman with glasses seen earlier is facing them, in a tizzy.
"Yeah…" Casey starts to say something but stops.
"Where WAS everyone? The door was open and people were waiting and so I ended up taking orders and making pizzas and stuff and then I took money and I put it in the register and I cleaned and I turned off the oven and-" Young Woman stated in one long breath.
"Remember to breathe, Fran. Fran, this is Theo, Lily, Destiny, and and Casey." R.J introduces all of them.
"Hey." Casey greets.
"Fran is our best customer, she's here every day." R.J explains while his arm is around Fran.
'Well, it's not like I have nothing else to do, I do, it's… just… I love pizza. All the toppings, and the smell, and the taste, I like spaghetti as well you know, the sauce, and the meatballs, and the-" Fran explains in another long winded breath.
"Breathe! Fran, we'll… see you tomorrow." R.J stated
"Bye!" Fran exclaims then leaves
"Follow me." R.J stated then leads the curious trio and Destiny through the kitchen, up a staircase and through another door, revealing a massive loft in back of the store. There's a basketball court, a huge fan, an armchair set up in front of several TVs, etc. The roof is slanted and covered with windows to allow light in. Pads on the pillars bear the Order of the Claw emblem. Destiny sat on one of the bean bag chairs while the others were going all over the place checking things out.
"Look at the size of this place!" Theo exclaims.
"Wow. This place is great!" Casey dribbling a basketball)
"Check. It. OUT!" Lily exclaims.
She presses a button on a jukebox and dances as music plays. Casey shoots the basketball through a hoop. Theo puts his hand on top of one of the TVs, then dusts his hands.
"It's nice… but it needs a cleaning." Theo stated
"Hey, thanks for volunteering, Theo." R.J replies. Destiny stared at the short Asian teen and her older brother.
"I know what someone else would do if he saw this place." Destiny mumbled.
"Hey, I didn't-" Theo started to say but then stopped
"Mi casa es su casa. This is where you'll be living, training, playing and working. Everything is yours, EXCEPT- that chair." R.J explains
Lily, who was about to sit down in the armchair, looks startled and backs off.
"My chair, it's mine, it's off-limits… got it?" R.J stated
"Got it." replied the four students
Destiny rolled her eyes when she agreed to not sit in the green chair. But being the little annoying sister she is, would do it anyway, she stood up when she seen RJ going over to a table and went to stand next to Casey.
"Okay, next order of business is to get you out of those pajamas." R.J.
He reaches down onto a table, where four sets of clothing are sitting, and hands Casey a set with a red jacket.
"Hey, new training gear, gotta love that." Casey said.
Destiny looked at her new Pink uniform and smiled "Sweet Pink, My favorite color"
Lily holding a yellow uniform."Look at all of those TVs. I haven't watched TV in years!"
R.Jhanding Theo a blue uniform "TVs? No, no, these are much much more. It's a state-of-the-art citywide monitoring system. … Plus, 1,253 cable channels. Pretty sweet, huh?"
The quartet looks impressed, until a television set suddenly displays the Rinshi causing mayhem once again.
"Looks like our friends are up to no good again. Let's get 'em." Theo stated
The three start to run off, then hesitate.
"C'mon, R.J." Theo stated. Destiny glanced at the others where she was still standing she had a feeling that RJ planed something.
"Ah, no, no, I have a pizza store to run. Fighting evil is your job. But… I did notice you were a little overpowered last time. So… I've got a gift for you to even out the odds." R.Jreplied
He pulls open a drawer to reveal… four pairs of sunglasses inside, colored red, blue, yellow, and pink.
"What's with the sunglasses?" asks Destiny,
"They're not just sunglasses. They're Solar Morphers. You ever hear of the Power Rangers?" R.J replied
"… Yeah… who hasn't?" Casey replies.
"Well, guess what? You. Be. Them."R.J stated.
"NO WAY. Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to be a-" upon Lily, Casey, Destiny giving him strange looks. "… If that's what it takes." Theo replied.
"The Power Rangers aren't part of the Order of the Claw, but I figured we needed everything we could get to fight the Dai Shi. So I knew this guy, who knew this other guy, who had an uncle, who had a connection… anyway. He tapped into the Morphing Grid, and voila… your morphers." he begins to hand them out. "Once you activate them, all the knowledge that comes with them will be instantaneously entered into your cellular makeup. Gnarly, huh? Now… go out there and beat down evil. And now you'll look good doing it." R.J explains.
Destiny stared at her pink morpher, she didn't know she brought to the team, she knew about other rangers teams. But was so special about her to be a pink ranger. RJ smiled at his little sister, the youngest member, of this new team.
The three nod and run off, while Destiny wasn't sure about her place but she knew that she had a job to do.
Out in the city, Camille is leading the Rinshi army in causing chaos and destruction.
"Go, Rinshi! Feed on the fear of the people!" Camille ordered
The quartet, now clad in their colored uniforms, run forward to confront her.
" Look… humans!" Camille stated.
"I don't know about you three, but I think it's time to show them what we've got." Theo suggested
He, Lily, and Destiny step forward confidently, but Casey hesitates. The three pulls out their morphers and put them on, pressing the side before striking a pose.
"Ready! Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleashed!" Theo, Lily, and Destiny called
Three morph and strike poses
"Speed of a cheetah! Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger!" exclaimed Lily
"With the stealth of a jaguar, Jungle Fury Blue Ranger!" Theo exclaimed.
"With the agility of a Leopard, Jungle Fury Pink Ranger." Destiny called out.
"Attack!" Camille ordered
The Rinshi obediently hop forward. Casey watches, impressed, before taking out his own morpher.
"Whoa, wow that's awesome. Guess it's my turn now." Casey stated.
He puts the sunglasses on and imitates Theo,Lily, and Destiny.
"Spirit Unleashed!" Casey stated but, nothing happens! Casey punches a few times, puzzled. Meanwhile, Theo, Lily, and Destiny are putting their new powers to the test. Lily is punching, kicking and jumping.
"Come on!" Lily exclaimed
She easily knocks several Rinshi around.
"Too fast for you!"
She knocks back a few more Rinshi, before pressing down on one of the devices attached to her knuckles.
"Call to the beast inside, bring out the Cheetah!" summoned Lily
She projects the yellow energy surrounding her body into the manifestation of her Cheetah spirit, which easily and swiftly rips through a bunch of Rinshi, making them dissolve into clouds of purple smoke and dirt. Meanwhile, Destiny is less then cheerful then Lily. But she was still having fun with her new powers.
She spin-kicked and punched a few rin-shi, and dodged a few more, before she copied Lily pressing a device attached to her knuckles.
"Call to the beast inside, Release the Leopard!" She shouted.
The pink energy surrounds her body and turns into the manifestation of her Leopard Spirit, who pounces and playfully finishes the Rin-shi off.
Theo is more than holding his own, even though the Rinshi he is fighting are armed with staves.
Theo dodging "Whoa, too slow! Missed… and again! Down low… too slow!"
He grips two Rinshi while beating up on a third using kicks, flying back and then forward again, sending the monsters scattering.
"Call to the beast inside, unleash the Jaguar!" Theo called.
Blue energy swirls around him before he projects the image of his Jaguar spirit, which rolls across a bunch of Rinshi, also making them dissolve. The Jaguar roars.
Meanwhile, Casey is still trying to figure out how to work his Solar Morpher. He then hears a scream and turns to see poor Fran being menaced by the Mantis monster.
"Fran!" Casey shouts
Destiny hearing Casey's shout turn to find Fran falling back and into a faint. "Come on Casey morph, i know you can do it."
"Yes… give me your fear!" Mantis exclaims.
Casey grits his teeth as Mantis leans in closer to the terrified Fran, pulling her up.
"Give me all of it!" Mantis ordered
Casey begins to rush to her aid, but is held back by a group of Rinshi. He fights hard to break free of them, and Fran screams with horror.
Darkpriestess66: Yes I following the transpcript for right now. I'll interchange between that and my own chapters.
