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Episode 1: Rising Fire, pt. 1

Maya's voice: Over 10,000 years ago, the human race was enslaved by eight demon emperors. Finally, when all hope seemed lost, the Legendary Spirits of the Elements imprisoned the demons in the netherworld they came from. One demon, however, still remained. Shendu, a great dragon, was the demon emperor of fire, and still had control over his domain of the planet. The Spirits only had one choice: they had to extract the twelve Talismans that gave Shendu his power from his body, turning him into a statue, and scattering them across the world. Now, in the year 2014, Shendu has been awakened, and his team of demon servants are growing closer to locating the Talismans. The Spirits have once again had to choose a team of humans to harness their power, and combat Shendu's efforts, or else he will once again walk the earth…this is where our story begins.

In a dark, dreary temple: "My lord, Thorlak may have located the first Talisman," Flario bragged, hoping his master would be pleased. "'May have?' If he 'may have' located the Talisman, Flario, tell me then why you have not yet RETRIEVED IT!" hissed Shendu, the red eyes of his statue-form glowing brighter as his tone raised. "Send Thorlak with the Shadow-kahn and bring me that Talisman. And just to ensure you don't screw it up again, I've called in professional help." As he finished speaking, a green mist appeared, and a figure wrapped in bandages emerged. "Scurgious, at your service," the demon said in a sinister, deep voice. "The demon sorcerer!" gasped Shiva, who had been standing in the corner, listening to her master endlessly criticize Flario and Thorlak. "Come, my spikey friend," Scurgious continued, "we have work to do." At that, Scurgious, Thorlak, and the Shadow-kahn disappeared.

In a house just outside of Capeside: "Matt, hope you're almost ready!" called Karone. "Wish him luck for me, I've gotta get going," said Zhane, kissing his wife on the cheek on his way out the door. Moments later, Matt came down the stairs, carrying the last of his bags. "You missed saying goodbye to your father, ya know," Karone pointed out. "I'll talk to him on the phone when he gets home, tonight," replied Matt. "You do know I'm not leaving forever, right?" His mother hugged him and kissed his forehead. "Don't even joke about that. Besides, you'll probably be too busy with your new friends tonight to give your goofy dad a call." "I have to make friends first, mom." At that, he put his bags in the car, and Karone drove her son to Capeside University. "Well, this is my dorm. I think I'll be good from here. Try not to worry too much, okay?" Karone hugged her son tight. "Save it, I'm always going to worry, it's my job," she teased, "but I'm also very proud of you. Good luck, hun." As he watched his mother drive off, he heard a commotion behind him. He turned around just in time to see a very cute brunette girl trip over his duffle bag. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" Matt gasped. "Are you alright?" he asked, helping her up. "It's okay, I'm fine," she assured him, taking his hand as he helped her up, "I really should've been watching where," she stopped as she looked up, "uh, where I was going." "As long as you're alright," Matt said, extending his hand, "I'm Matt." "M-Maria." She shook his hand, still sort of dazed, "I've gotta help my roommate with her luggage, but I'll see you around," she said as she backed away, smiling at Matt. "Bye!"

Up in the dorm, Tyler and Brandon were arguing over room assignments. "Look, there's two two-bedrooms and three of us: you, me, and some other guy. Now, I think I should get my own room," Tyler argued. "No way, man," replied Brandon, "you and I should take one room, because we have no idea what kind of weirdo we're gonna get stuck with-" "Nice, Brandon!" interrupted Sadie. "Keep talking like that, this kid will kick your ass before the end of the semester." "No one's gonna kick my ass, I'm a Power Ra-" Tyler kicked his friend really hard in the shin, as the RA, Tina, walked in with their new roommate. "Hey guys, this is Matt. Matt, I know you'll get along great with Tyler and Brandon. They're two of the best guys on campus," she winked at Tyler, "see ya later babe." "That's his girlfriend, in case you were wondering, and I'm Sadie, one of your suitemates!" Sadie stepped between Matt and his new roommates to be the first to shake his hand. "Trust me, she's always this pushy," said Tyler shoving past Sadie to introduce himself, "I'm Tyler, and that's Brandon," Brandon waved. "Sup, man." "Hey guys, so I overheard you guys talking about room choices, just so you know I'm cool with whichever room." "Eh, we'll figure it out later, I'm hungry!" shouted Brandon. "Sheesh, the least you could do is wait for…MARIA!" Sadie threw her arms around her roommate. "Took you long enough." "I would've been here sooner but I tripped over," she stopped when she noticed Matt in the room. "She tripped over my bag. That's my bad." "Good, so you met our last suitemate, now let's get lunch!" The five left the room and headed for the cafeteria.

On the other side of the world, in Egypt, Thorlak, Scurgious, and a group of shadow-kahn, entered a pyramid. "Just a little further," assured Thorlak. "I can feel it…" added Scurgious. He raised his staff and commanded a wall in front of them to open. On the other side, an altar stood. At the top of the altar, a small octagon-shaped stone with an engraving of a rooster in it sat, wedged in place. Thorlak removed the Talisman. "At long last, the first Talisman is ours. Hahaha."

In the cafeteria, the five suitemates sat together, enjoying their lunch. Tyler, silent, was texting is girlfriend. Sadie was the only one talking, telling her friends all about her summer. Maria remained quiet, occasionally catching Matt's eye and smiling at him, and Brandon just stared at the two of them, and not sure what he thought of his new roommate quite yet. Suddenly, a tone sounded from Tyler's pocket. He looked at his friends, who all nodded. "We've gotta go, Matt, but we'll totally hangout later!" Sadie explained as the four got up and took off. When the coast was clear, Tyler pulled out his communicator. "We're all here, Maya. What's up?" "Thorlak and some shadow-kahn are in Egypt disrupting a dig. I'm going to teleport you all there, now." The four prepared themselves as four beams of colored light sent them halfway around the planet. They arrived just in time to see Thorlak exit the pyramid. "Ah, rangers, just in time." "I don't know why you're here, ugly, but why don't you just crawl back into your whole," taunted Tyler. At that, he and his friends pulled out their morphers, and simultaneously shouted "Spirit evolution!" Some dirt and vines covered Tyler's body, leaving a green spandex suit behind. A helmet then formed around his head and locked into place. Water covered Sadie, creating her blue ranger gear, along with her helmet. A strong, pink wind gave Maria her pink ranger gear, and a surge of yellow electricity geared up Brandon. "You're going down, Spikey!" Sadie announced. "Not this time," replied Thorlak, holding up the Talisman. All four rangers then floated into the air, and were held in place. "We can't move!" cried Brandon. "What's happening? How did he do that?" wondered Maria. A mysterious, bandaged figure walked out onto the scene. "Welcome to your end, rangers. Hahahahaha!"

To be continued…