Power Ranger Legends
A/N: I will try not to waste too much time with my blathering, but I make no promises. Not that anyone reads these anyway.
But most people will agree that the show went kinda downhill after "In Space." I personally stopped watching after Tommy left midway through "Turbo." Once all of the original Rangers were gone, there was no point! Everything after "Space" was just the same stuff to me.
The show has been on for 16-17 years and will probably end soon. This is an idea I had that would bring the series full circle if they really tried it and went for the gusto. Not likely to happen though. So since you probably won't see this adventure on T.V., you'll have to settle for reading it here.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1
It begins...
15,000 years ago, in a far edge of the universe, there was a planet known as Eltar. This planet was protected by a group of mighty warriors known as the Power Rangers. Of the members of this group, there were three brothers who were the most powerful of them all. These brothers fought alongside each other, and were considered unbeatable.
However, the eldest of these brothers became corrupted, and attempted to destroy the other rangers so that he may absorb their power and became a living god. He fought the others, and slaughtered them all, except for his younger brothers.
Enraged at his betrayal, the two younger siblings fought the elder in a long battle, each fighting with all of their might. Finally, after a day long struggle, the two younger brothers managed to subdue their crazed elder. But they could not bring themselves to kill him.
Realizing that they could not let him go, the middle brother suggested that they lock him away, where he could not hurt anyone. So they took him to the Eltarian Temples, and sealed him away in a chamber deep beneath the tombs.
Despite what they had done, the two brothers still worried about the possibility of the third escaping. It was entirely possible that the seal would eventually break down, releasing their crazed sibling. After discussing it, the youngest volunteered to stay behind and guard the Temple, while the middle brother left Eltar to battle evil and spread the legacy of the Power Rangers.
The Temple remains there to this day, with the corrupted brother beneath it, and the youngest still guarding it.
Until now.
The night air was cool and breezy on the outskirts of Angel Grove, near the desert. The lights of the city gave off a glow that most found beautiful. The cloaked man was no exception. He stared at the lights in awe, amazed that the people in that city didn't appreciate small things of beauty as he did. But then, when you realized how close you were to annihilation, you tended to appreciate the small things more.
He turned around and gazed at the rubble that was strewn all around the rocky outcrop. It was obvious that a building had stood here. Walls were blasted away and lying flat. Pieces of strange technology laid around, burnt black by whatever explosion destroyed them. But one piece of rubble caught the mans attention more than anything else. He walked over and wiped away dust from the broken piece of metal. Stamped on the metal was an insignia. It was a lightning bolt placed over an E.
"Zordon. You were here." he said, his voice hushed in awe. Faced with this insignia, the man knelt down and began to meditate. As he did, a single tear rolled down his cheek.
While our mystery man was kneeling in the rubble and meditating, Tommy Oliver rolled around in his bed, unable to sleep. It had been a whole week since he had a decent night sleep. There was something thrumming in the back of his mind, telling him that something very big was about to happen. But what could possibly happen? Angel Grove hadn't been attacked in years, which was on of the reasons he moved back from Reefside.
'That doesn't mean that something couldn't happen. Remember, even after Zordon sacrificed himself, there were still monsters running around for the Rangers to take care of.'
This thought did nothing to ease his mind, so he did what every insomniac did: he raided the fridge.
After making a ham sandwich, Tommy sat on his couch in the living room and flipped on the TV. He had moved back into his old house after his parents moved to Florida to retire, and when he moved in, he did some remodeling. Now the house looked like a clean, modern bachelor house with the usual items. This included a 52" HD TV with surround sound and satellite. And yet, with all those channels, there wasn't much on.
He finished his sandwich and shut the TV off, then headed back to his bedroom to try and fall asleep. He figured it might work this time with a full stomach.
But as he slipped back under the covers, his cell phone rang on his nightstand. Normally, he'd ignore it and go to sleep, but that thrumming in his head had a sudden spike of force. It wasn't painful, but it made Tommy think twice about letting that call go to his voice mail. He picked up the phone and looked at the caller id, which caused his guts to tangle in knots when he saw the name.
Kim.
For a brief second, Tommy thought about throwing the phone across the room. Despite how many years had passed, he still felt both the love and hurt that she caused in him. He wasn't sure if he could handle talking to her.
In response, the thrumming swelled again.
"Alright, I'll answer!" Tommy wasn't sure if anyone really heard his response, and he didn't wanna know. He flipped open the phone and held it to his ear.
"Hello?"
"Tommy?"
"Uh, hey, Kimberly. What's up?" He was amazed that his voice was smooth.
"Oh, nothing much, except that I can't sleep. I've been laying here for a good hour trying to, but my mind won't let me. Then, for whatever reason, I felt the strongest urge to call you. So that's what I'm doing."
"Really? You can't sleep either?"
"Nope, not for a whole week. I've had maybe 8 hours from the past seven days. I guess you're having the same problem?"
"Yeah." There was an uncomfortable moment of silence.
"I don't know what it is, Tommy, but I have this, like, feeling that something bad is about to happen."
"Yeah, I've been having the same feeling. But I don't think it's anything."
"Really?"
"Nah. It'll probably pass soon."
"I hope so." There was silence as the two former lovers tried to think of what to say. Neither wanted to bring up the nasty subject of the separation.
"So... what have you been up to?" asked Kim.
"Well... I've been keeping busy. Got my PhD in archeology, then got a teaching job out in Reefside at the high school."
"Wait, wait, wait. Tommy Oliver is a doctor?" He heard the playful disbelief in her voice.
"Yeah, I'm a doctor. And I was also a science teacher for awhile."
"You! A SCIENCE teacher? Science was your worst subject in school! How'd you manage to teach it?"
"Well, I just made myself focus. I'm not a complete airhead, you know." He cracked a smile. He was happy to talk with her like this. Without any tension.
"I just can't believe it. When I was dating you, I never thought for a second that you would teach science."
'Yeah, and when I dated you, I never thought you would leave me the way you did.' Just as soon as he thought that, Tommy regretted it. He didn't know all the circumstances behind that letter. He couldn't judge her like that.
"Well, I never doubted you would be a world-class gymnast. I watched you at the Pan-Globals. You were amazing."
"Thanks, Tommy. I kept thinking about you and the rest of the group during my routine."
"Aww, Kim!" He said it teasingly just to mess with her. This only made her laugh, a sound that hypnotized Tommy. It was one of the many things he still loved about her.
"Well, I'd love to keep talking, but it's almost three in the morning, and I need to sleep. Even if it's only for an hour or two."
"Yeah, same here." This wasn't the truth. Talking to her had energized him, making sleep damn near impossible for the night. He didn't want her to go.
"But I'll call you soon, ok?"
"Ok.
"Oh, and Tommy, are you still living in Reefside?" It was an odd question.
"Um, no. I moved back to Angel Grove earlier this year."
"Really?" There was a definite note of excitement in her voice that Tommy couldn't miss.
"Yeah. Why?"
"Because I'm living in Angel Grove too! I just moved back a month ago. I'm staying in an apartment."
"Oh... well I guess I'll be seeing you around then."
"Yeah... I guess so."
"Alright... well, good night."
"Goodnight, Handsome." Before he could say anything, Tommy heard the click signifying that she had hung up.
'Did she really just call me Handsome?' Tommy lay there, unsure of what to think. For a moment, he thought that maybe she still had those feelings. Why else would she call him this late at night and then use her old nickname for him?
'Who knows? Women are weird like that. But I seriously doubt she still loves me.' Tommy sighed and resigned himself to the thought.
After placing the phone back on the nightstand and plugging it in to the charger, he rolled over and closed his eyes, running the whole conversation through his head. Amazingly, the thrumming subsided and he drifted off to sleep.
On the other side of Angel Grove, Kimberly Hart laid in her bed with her cell phone clutched in her hand. She had just hung up, but couldn't bring herself to put the phone down and go to sleep. Her thoughts whirled in her head.
'I wonder if he he'll notice my slip up? I didn't mean to say it. It just slipped out!'
'Sure, Kim, and you're the Queen of England.' said her other self.
Ignoring the other voice, Kim rolled over and closed her eyes, trying not to focus on the dull pain that hadn't left yet.
In a recording studio in Texas, an Asian man had just finished recording his voice for a video game. He walked out of the booth and sat down on a nearby bench. As he closed his eyes for a rest, he felt a pressure in his brain and a sudden urge to go to Angel Grove. He snapped open his eyes and grabbed his cellphone, dialing for airline tickets at the nearest airport.
In London, a pretty blonde woman in a ballerina tutu had just finished practicing when her skull began throbbing, forcing her to shut her eyes in a vain attempt to shut out the pain. As soon as the pain hit her, it was followed by a strong, inescapable urge to go to Angel Grove. She didn't hesitate. She quickly changed into normal clothes and went home to pack.
All over the country, others were feeling the same pain and the same urge to go to Angel Grove. All of them began their journey back to where all of it began. The pull was too strong to resist. In a few short hours, the worlds first planetary protectors would be back where they took their oath.
Back at the ruins, the mystery man stood up from his position and pulled his hood down, allowing the cool breeze to hit his face. He had black hair and an almost angelic face. His eyes were a haunting gray, with the left having the slightest tinge of red around the edge of the iris. With these eyes, he turned back toward the city.
"It'll happen soon, Zordon. They are gathering back, if subconsciously. I'll find them and bring them back here. Only they can help me stop him." He cast his eyes skyward, searching the stars.
"I will not fail again... brother."
A/N: At it's heart, this is a Kim/Tommy story like so many others here on . However, it's my hope that this will be a good general action story as well. This is what I'd love for them to do if they decided to end the series. Preferably in a third movie. But, as my parents have always told me, "wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one gets filled first."
Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed the first chapter of what I hope will be a long story. I'll be back with more!
