Power Rangers: Phantom Force

Episode 1: Phantom Force Rising

By: Red Phantom Force Ranger

Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers. Wish I did, but I don't. I do own the plot for this season and own all original characters in this series.

A/N: Any similarities to fan-made Power Rangers seasons on this site are strictly coincidence. I do not copy.

Chapter 1: What is That Ball of Light?

Tyler Watson walked down the halls, his red shirt a tad sweaty from basketball practice. The sixteen year old walked up to his locker, opened it, and took out some of his books for his next class. Tyler looked in the mirror that he had set up in his locker. He had brown hair and brown eyes. Some muscles. And a really nice smile. He shut his locker and smiled when he saw a girl from his Science class checking him out.

I deserve way better, Tyler thought, and walked off.

Then, up ahead, Tyler saw his friends, Travis and Dan, lifting up a total dork, Calvin Ridgewater, up against his lockers. Tyler sighed and walked over to his two friends. Calvin had round glasses with blue eyes. He had perfectly combed blond hair and geeky clothes. Even a pocket protector. Total dork central.

"You guys, just leave him alone." Tyler said, patting Travis and Dan on their shoulders.

"Okay, Tyler, but we get him tomorrow!" Dan declared.

"Yeah!" Travis said.

The two walked off.

Calvin lifted his glasses up off of his nose and smiled. "Thanks Tyler. You know, I thought you were a jerk like the rest of them, but I guess I was wrong." Calvin began walking away when Tyler extended his foot. Calvin fell down, sending his books all over the floor.

"Ooh, sorry, my foot--" Tyler suddenly burst out laughing, "--slipped!"

Tyler looked down at the fallen geek, then walked off. He looked down at his sneakers, hoping there weren't any scratches. There weren't. He continued walking down the hall with a big smile on his face.

Tyler's smile soon faded when he saw…her. He saw Cara Denton giving him an evil look. Cara was basically known as Varks Grove High School's freak girl. She was always so gloomy and depressing. She also believed in ghosts and werewolves, and did rituals of witchcraft at her house. This didn't make her any more popular than she already wasn't. She had long black hair with three red streaks in it. She had pale skin and green eyes that pierced into Tyler's.

"Freak," Tyler muttered, then continued off.

"Moron," Tyler heard Cara say.

The star center of the basketball team didn't even care what she thought. What could she possibly do? Cast a spell on him? The thought made him smirk.

X.X.X

Tyler desperately tried not to fall asleep while his Science teacher, Mr. Menendez, gave a boring speech about quantum physics.

"--And that, my students, is exactly how quantum physics works! Any questions?" Mr. Menendez clasped his hands and looked out eagerly at his silent students, hoping someone would please ask a single question. At least this would give the teacher a sign that people were actually interested.

Calvin instantly raised his hand, a big smile on his face, indicating he was very pleased with the subject they were learning. Well, Calvin was interested in every school subject, so it was no surprise to his teacher when he raised his hand.

"Yes, Calvin. What is your question?" Mr. Menendez eyed the other students, desperately searching for that other hand…

"Actually, I have several questions."

Tyler didn't care anymore. He let himself drift off to sleep. No way he was going to listen to Brain Fart ask a bunch of geeky questions and Mr. Menendez answering them with hours and hours worth of explaining.

X.X.X

The sound of a bell ringing made Tyler shoot up with a start, now completely awake. He looked over at the clock. It was finally time to get out of this boring class and to basketball practice.

"Alright class, you are all dismissed." Mr. Menendez said. "Oh, and Tyler, next time, don't drool on your desk."

Tyler looked at his desk to see a good amount of drool on it. He quickly wiped it off. He then rushed out of the classroom. He walked down to his locker and popped it open, tossing in some books and pulling some out. He stuffed them in his backpack and zipped it up.

But then, something flew out of his locker. It didn't look like a bug to Tyler. It was just a little tiny ball of light. It floated around Tyler's head, then he swatted it away. Well, he tried. It dodged every move of his. But it still hovered over him. Tyler finally hit it, and it fell to the ground. He then checked his watch, cursed the timing, and raced off to basketball practice.

X.X.X

Calvin stared at the floating object that flew in front of him.

It was nothing more than a tiny ball of light.

"Whoa," Calvin said. "I have to study this!"

Calvin reached out, but the light dodged him. He jumped up, hoping he'd get it. No luck. He tried again. Still came up short. He repeated this action until he finally fell down and the light flew away out of his vision.

X.X.X

Cara looked at the little tiny ball of light with a smile on her face, which was unusual since Cara was in a bad mood. She began to believe this may be a ghost, ectoplasm epidemic, poltergeist, demonic spirit, or something along the lines of the paranormal.

"Hey little guy," Cara said sweetly, the ball of light rested in her hand. "You're so cute! But…what are you?"

Cara examined it more closely. Just a sphere of light. She pet it, and gave it a warm smile. "You know," she said to it, "I think I might keep you."

Suddenly, it flew off.

"Hey, wait!" Cara called, but it was no use. The light was gone.

X.X.X

The light found its way into the school's basement. It flew around, then slipped through a crack in the wall. The crack led to a giant secret base, full of machines and other technological advances that the school board probably had no such knowledge of it all, which made it even more secretive.

The light formed into a man with ruffled blond hair and a white T-shirt and white sweat pants. "Dude, Zeltar, I'm here."

A man wearing golden knight armor stepped up from a machine. "Are they here? Did you get them to come, Tick?"

The man in the sweats named Tick shook his head. "Sorry dude. Mission unsuccessful. One dude swatted me, another dude wanted to study me, then the weird chick tried to keep me as a pet. Gives me shivers, man."

"No!" Zeltar cried out. "We need them, or Nixocon will defeat us and destroy Earth…"

A/N: This is the first chapter of the first episode of Power Rangers Phantom Force! Please review this chapter and upcoming chapters! Thank you for reading.