Primal Protectors
Chapter 1: Let The Games Begin! Pt 1
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers or the source material for this fic, Doubutsu Sentai Zyouhger or any other things referenced such as certain games.
The characters appearing were made by: AyatoHattori, Dash master 48, KidF1ash, bobmanv2.0, Thewhatzupwriter26 and Me. Gadget The Critic is the man behind the monsters.
In the spectacular city of Los Angeles, a great event was about to begin, but nobody suspected what was about to happen, the hardest game in the history of the human race was about to begin, and the world was in the hands of a group of unlikely individuals.
Lines and lines of people stood ready in front of the glass doors of a large convention center in the middle of the city, digital ID tags around their necks. then a loud voice came from a speaker.
"Are you ready?" He asked, excitement also in his voice. A cheer came from the queue of people at the front. "Then welcome to E3 2020!" He enthused as the doors opened and the many attendees piled into the building.
A young man, holding a map to the location with several times for different events and where they are next to it, looked around the entryway and looked really lost. He had short black hair, storm grey eyes, had tan skin and had an average build. He wore a black sleeveless hoodie, underneath that was a red t-shirt, he wore black jeans and black converse with red shoelaces.
"This map makes no sense, I can't even find where I am right now." He sighed looking at the complex symbols and lines upon it. 'Maybe I should just find my mother first' He thought to himself.
As he stood there amongst the crowd, he was shoulder barged to the side as a guy with blonde hair and a green hoodie, who was walking with someone, decided he couldn't strafe an inch and knocked the red clad male to the ground.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" The young man yelled at the jerk that had done this to him. After the green clad nuisance had disappeared into the crowd. The young man got up and dusted himself off.
An older womans voice shouted over the videogame fans making their way into the expo. "Demetri! Where are you?!" The young man in red raised his hand.
"I'm over here!" The young man, now known as Demetri called.
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A tall young man stood behind someone sat down in a chair playing rather intense fantasy RPG. He had short light brown hair, green eyes and white skin. He was rather skinny. He wore a long sleeve yellow shirt with white cuffs. On the front, written in silver were the words YOLO. He wore grey cargo shorts, yellow trainers and a blue and yellow bandana around his neck.
Then, as the on screen avatar died to a rather tough looking enemy, a young woman came out of the seat.
"Looks like you lost again Jane, I don't really think this kind of RPG is for you." The yellow clad man said to the one known as Jane with a smirk.
"They're the ultra hard games where you HAVE to die, there's no way someone can complete something like that without losing once, I'm sure I could complete it when it comes out, but that demo was a nightmare. I'd like to see you try Darren." She said, as the two walked away from that game's booth he gave a laugh.
"That's exactly what I'm planning on doing. It might take me a while but I and Karn will conquer this game without dying, like the previous titles, me and my avatar will defeat this death game!" Darren enthused making his friend giggle.
"I love when you go all nerdy." She laughed. Darren was a little embarrassed that she just called his little speech nerdy.
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After a while of looking around the different booths and displays on about already announced games, Demetri sat down while he waited for his mom to return from the restroom. He looked next to him to see a young woman, slightly older than him, playing a game on a small device.
She had brown hair that went down to her shoulders, she had white skin and was fairly petite. She wore a white dress that went to her knees and wore a grey hoodie over it regardless.
Then out of nowhere she stood up, also revealing she was rather short at 5'5", and yelled out in victory. "I finally got you, you little scamp!" She cheered and laughed as she sat back down. Demetri was curious and decided to interact with the young woman.
"Hey there, I'm Demetri. Just wondering what all the cheering was about." He said, holding his hand out. She shook his hand and showed him the screen of the small device.
"You can call me Val. I finally got the last Pokemon, my Pokedex is complete!" She enthused, giving another giggle.
"Wait! You've caught all nine hundred and sixty three pokemon!?" He asked in shock, her smiling face dimmed a bit at that.
"No, not at all. I finished playing an original copy of Pokemon Silver and caught all the pokemon, including those in the late game, I even got a few shinies! You see I don't go all out on the new games. My passion is in the classics." She said, holding her hand to her chest.
"So, classics like Modern Warfare?" He asked, shooters being the only games he knew. She laughed and shook her head.
Val was about to say something else when another young woman who looked exactly like her called to her. "Looks like I've gotta go now, but if I see you around, I'm gonna call you newbie because you seem pretty new to games." She giggled as she went off, waving to Demetri as she did.
'Why are the cute ones always so crazy?" He asked in his head, giving a sigh out loud as he sat there waiting for his mother to return.
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Orbiting above the serene looking earth was a sight which was odd yet not very sinister. It appeared to be that of a gigantic black tower computer with a red and blue triangular design to it. At the back were four large engines that would usually belong on a star cruiser.
Within the bridge of this mechanical juggernaut, were a group of alien beings varying in appearance. The room had a similar design to that of the outside with a clock-like floor, a circle in the centre of the room.
Sat down on a chair of some kind, with a knightly figure in front of it, was a humanoid figure clad in spikes, his body was primarily silver with amber adornments and glowing white eyes. He was known as Pivillinous Cenoric.
Beside the lordly seat, stood an alien with more love for spikes than the previous, He seemed to be entirely made up of them and had a spiked hand cannon. His body was primarily red and had red eyes and there were hints of red all over his body. This one was known as Pike.
Next to Pike stood a feminine figure She had a primarily black body with orange hexagonal segments on her chest and knees. In addition to this she wore green over armour that looked rather organic. She had a grey face where her mouth was exposed, her lips seemed to be a teal colour. Her name was Meizong.
On the other side of the master Pivillinous, was an alien more representing of the classic ones of the alien conspiracy times. He was silver with an inflated head, he was a machine in truth. Sporting a golden mage-like overcoat and a long sort of blade from his arm. This villain was known as Fuse.
Finally, stood next to Fuse was a giant of an alien. He was composed of large blue blocks and also wore a golden plate cuirass over his body. Within his cuboid face was the upper half of his head. He wielded a large and rigid, almost blocky sword. The name of this final villain was Hexagon.
Pivillinous looked forward at a screen which showed the earth in view. "Well people, looks like we've got another planet to play on. Let's have a closer look at this place." He called from his seat, using his hand to signal the screen to magnify.
It zoomed in on the city of Los Angeles, more specifically, where E3 was being held. They observed as the view went inside the building and they saw all these video games being played and showcased.
"Master, that place is huge, like a gathering of warriors!" Pike observed.
"Indeed it does. They must be the strongest of the earth's warriors. We must send someone down for the first assault! Pike, get down there and make our existence known and achieve glory for the racers!" Pivillinous ordered. Pike hesitated when Meizong began to circle him.
"What's the matter Pike? Getting slow in your old age? Does someone need some help." She said in a youthful and snide voice.
Pike grunted. "They'll be no match for me, just you watch! I'll prepare some quarters for assault and get our poly fighters ready." He informed them, confidence in his voice as he left to prepare.
"I think this is gonna be fun, we may even get a few rounds out of this planet before we blast it to space dust!" Pivillinous enthused.
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Demetri was sat down with his mother watching two people go all out in a game. Then just as one character was about to land a power attack, the other player's avatar jumped up out ofthe way and back down onto the opposing player, finishing the character off with a barrage of punches.
When the game was over, from the controller booth out stepped a young woman and a slightly older man. She had a fair but tan skintone, long strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes, She was about 5'7" and had an athletic body tone. She wore a blue crop top, blue jeans and tennis shoes.
'Wow, she's really good at fighting games, to top that off she's rather pretty.' Demetri thought to himself then his eyes widened and his face went red. 'Oh no, I'm gonna set myself off, gotta find something to keep my mind off that!' He thought, luckily an announcement came through the speakers around the building.
"The Ander Tech presentation will begin in ten minutes. Please make your way there as soon as possible." The announcer said.
"Looks like that's us." He said to his mother, who nodded and they set off.
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Demetri sat down and noticed Val from earlier, who he waved to, she gave a small friendly wave back and began talking with presumably her sister again. Also on the front row was Darren from earlier, although he hadn't met him, he seemed familiar. He saw the young woman in blue again and decided to look the other way to keep himself from getting distracted. That's when he saw the Jerk that knocked him over earlier, only he got a good look at him now.
He had surfer blonde hair, sea blue eyes. He was 6'0" as he walked around the room to find a seat. He was rather thin, around average weight and he looked like he was strong despite his lack of much weight. He wore an unzipped green hoodie with a white shirt underneath it. On the shirt, in black letters, were the words 'Team Hades'. He wore navy blue jeans and white laced black vans. He had large framed glasses on his head.
After everyone was seated, the presentation began. From backstage came out a rather average looking middle aged man. There was nothing special about him really and he wore a light tan jacket, pants and a blue button up shirt.
"Welcome to the Ander Tech presentation everyone. My name is Clark Ander, lead developer of the company. Today, we're gonna show you something revolutionary. Not for just gaming, but for the whole world. So sit back and relax." As he finished his sentence, a short video played as he moved to the side.
"Since the very first computer, man has attempted to bridge the gap between the digital world and the real world. Though we have been unsuccessful thus far, we have come ever closer to that goal. And now, we present an evolutionary leap in technology. Where the gap is almost non-existent. May I present, the renderer." The voice on the video explained as it went dark, it was playing footage from different computer labs throughout the video. When it finished, the back wall of the stage parted and a pedestal with a button on it and a large mechanism came down from the ceiling.
Clark walked over as what was left of the screen displayed a red cube with the number 1 on it. "With this technology,we can take something that was digitally designed." He paused as the cube transformed into the shape of an eagle. "And bring it to the real world using the renderer." He finished. Pressing the button and the beam powered up, hitting the floor.
When it finished, a tiny cubic eagle was on the floor. Then it raised its wings and began to fly, the crowd was amazed by this.
"This is powered by a great technology we have invented and made mobile and pocket sized. That way you could render something on the go. The only issue is, there's only five of these in the world. Their creator left under unfortunate circumstances. For this, we have gathered five of the best gamers in the world to demonstrate the cubes. Can Demetri Black, Darren Buckler, Kyle Stone, Valerie Dawson and Penelope Askew please come to the stage." Demetri got up and saw the two girls he knew stand up, along with the jerk in green and the guy in yellow.
As the young man in red made his way to the stage, he noticed someone talking to the air next to him, because there was no one else there. He thought it was odd and shrugged it off and went to the stage too.
Clark handed them each a white cube, with a stony texture to it. "Now each of these will allow us to render a special suit over you, that way we can begin to bring gaming to the next level, in the real world. Just one minute and I'll get everything ready for this. They're currently locked, I just have to adjust-" He cut off as a stack of large green coins dropped from seemingly nowhere.
When they dispersed, Pike stood on the stage as people gasped in shock and awe. "I have come to battle this planet's warriors, so fight me if you dare!" He challenged. Clark walked up to the monster.
"Who are you? Why are you on my stage?" He asked, Pike raised his cannon arm and aimed it at the man.
"Out of my way weakling!" He said, blasting the man to the ground. People were shocked and began to run as the monster blasted at the room.
"A pity, I thought you would be a challenge! Yet if any of you have the spine to challenge the mighty Pike, then meet me in your city's woods." He challenged before teleporting away in the same fashion in which he arrived.
The five on the stage gathered around the fallen man. He was struggling to breathe. "Listen to me you five, you need to go find Flynn, he's in his arcade, on the other side of the city. You have to hurry." He said in breaths before he closed his eyes.
Demetri was the first to get up. "I'm gonna find this guy. Is anyone else in?" He asked, waiting for a response.
Val stood up next. "Well newbie, I'm in. If you're going, then I'm going too. You do need some experience on your side anyway." She smirked.
He gave a laugh. "I didn't know old people were into gaming." He joked back. Then Darren stood up.
"You guys seem pretty fun, sure I'll join your party in this quest." He told them, speaking in role playing terms.
Next to get up was Penelope. "That thing shot this dude, right before I was gonna get that power up. If he wants a fight, I'll give it to him!" She enthused.
Finally Kyle stood up. "I'll take part in this little game you're playing, but not for you or anyone else. I want to become the best gamer there is, and if this is what I need to do it, and I need to work with all you noobs, so be it." He told them, Demetri gave a quick frown and addressed them.
"We better get moving then." The other four nodded and the five of them ran off to find Flynn's Arcade, and the man behind it, in the city.
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After a long while of searching, they finally found the arcade. It was run down and looked like it hadn't been visited in years. With a bit of hesitation, the five of them entered.
"Hey! Is anyone in here? We're looking for Flynn!" Val called as they wandered around. The place was full of old and dusty arcade machines, which made Val feel comfortable in the place.
From round the back of the large room, and through a door, came a man in his thirties. He was wearing an olive green shirt with rather prominent pit stains on it and a pair of dark grey sweat pants. He had light brown hair in a perm, on top of his forehead were a pair of goggles.
"Arcade's closed, has been for a while. All the new games and home systems made sure of that, now I just own the place and live here. You should go." He told them.
"Please, we need to find Flynn. A man named Clark Ander sent us here with these." Demetri told him, presenting the five cubes to the man.
"What's that high and mighty snoot want now? He stole my work now he expects me to come back and work for him because he can't unlock them." He groaned.
"So you're Flynn then." Kyle observed.
"You're sharp aren't you. Name's Flynn Beckett. I do have a degree in computer science, but nobody cares about that now." He informed them.
"hate to break it to you but Clark got killed by a monster known as Pike, he said to come here and that you'd know what to do." Darren informed the man.
"So he kicked the bucket, karma does exist then. Well, aside from that, that monster is an alien. I've been watching an alien ship get closer to earth for a while now, that's all it can be. And those little devices, well, they aren't really devices yet. Clark thought there was a way to unlock them and never found out they were just a power source, a power source from a meteorite that crashed here a couple of years ago." He explained. "Follow me round back." He told them, though they did so with some hesitation.
The back wasn't as bad as the front but it had the appearance of a shut-in's room with a big old couch, in front of that was a large television with several consoles beneath it in a cabinet. Different games were stacked up in racks and a five monitor set up computer, one that looked rather powerful, even by current standards. On the computer desk were five cubes that had different symbols on each side. Flynn took them from the desk and handed one of the cubes to each of them.
"Place your cube in the opening of this device." He told them. When they did, the different sides lit up and a little sound came from the devices as they became active. "The render cubes are now active with this device being their output source. The devices themselves are known as Rubik Primers. When you find this alien, Pike, flip open the Primers and press your individual buttons, 1 through 5, then press the red button. After you've done that, face the beast image away from you and twist the top section to match it, when you do this shout the words 'Primordial Powers, Awaken' and the rest should come to you." He informed them.
"Jeez, you're worse than a tutorial guy, can we just get going?" Kyle asked in an irritated voice.
"Get going, and good luck." He said as they departed.
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In the forest, Pike stood flipping a coin in his hand, waiting for any challenger. Then he saw them approach. The five of them came into view and Pike began to laugh. "I see that you five have come to challenge me, but where are your weapons? Do you wish yourselves to be defeated se easily?" He asked as he looked at the five.
"We might not look like much but there's more to us than what meets the eye. You guys ready?" Demetri asked.
"Ready!" The other four confirmed.
"One, Eagle!" "Two, Shark!" "Three, Lion!" "Four, Elephant!" "Five, Tiger!" The morpher announced as they pressed their individual buttons. "Beasts Ready!" It finished as they pressed down on the red button in the centre and closed the Primers.
They held it in front of them and they twisted the top to complete the picture of the five animals together. "Primordial Powers, Awaken!" They called in unison.
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Each of the five rangers were running through an infinite tunnel made of Zeroes and Ones, a pixelated grass ground under their feet. As they ran, suits made purely of their colour, a white collar around them formed on their bodies. Soon joined by white boots and gloves with a black jagged trimming to them. Then around their waists formed a silver belt with the same beast symbol as their morphers. A pixelated pattern formed on each of the front of their suits before a burst of white energy formed each pattern into a high detailed image of the animal of each person covering the front. Then over each of their heads formed helmets, one, red in the style of the eagle, the next, blue in the style of the shark. The third was yellow, in the style of the lion, After that was a green helmet in the form of an elephant, complete with tusks. Finally was a white helmet, themed on the tiger. The two female rangers wore skirts of their colour over their suits.
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The five teens stood in a line looking at the new suits. After they had gotten a good look, they stood ready to let Pike know who they are.
"Lord of the skies! Primal Protector Red!" Demetri started.
"Predator of the deep! Primal Protector Blue!" Nel called.
"King of the jungle! Primal Protector Yellow!" Darren roared.
"Behemoth of the Forest! Primal Protector Green!" Kyle pumped his arm.
"Stalker of the blizzard! Primal Protector White!" Val finished.
"Virtual Players, Real Heroes! Power Rangers, Primal Protectors!" They all called as plumes of smoke in their colours went off behind them, followed by an explosion.
To be continued…
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That is Part 1 of the first chapter. Now I could've put it all into one, but it'd be extremely long. Mainly for all the introductions made here. So this is my first attempt at doing an adaption and I think I've put enough in here for a good premise to the story to start off with. Note I did change some of my ideas before I actually got into writing this. The next chapter will likely be out in the next week, cause now I'm moving onto the cross-over.
I did promise this before the end of February but life meddles with my plans and it took a few day but I managed to get this done. So let me know what you think so far and this'll be back next week with the second half of the beginning. So here's a preview of that.
Next Chapter: Let The Games Begin Pt 2
Synopsis: Picking up from where we left off, the newest rangers face off against Pike, one of the players of the Racers, an alien gaming based clan owned by Pivillinous Cenoric, and fight his minions along with him. Can they succeed? What other things are in store for this group? Find out next time on Power Rangers: Primal Protectors.