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Eternal Red
Chapter one: The beginning
There's a hero within all of us
The skies were clear, the sun shining down upon the residence of the American Suburb, it was early in the morning, early enough for a cup of coffee but not early enough to catch the soccer moms driving their children to school in their massive minivans. Rocky DeSanatos lets out a breath before taking a sip of his morning coffee, he couldn't believe it, where he was once a Power Ranger fighting to protect the world, he was now a lawyer, fighting for environmental justice and for the safety of underpaid workers, especially minorities.
Rocky turns around to take a good look at his massive white two story house, from the outside the place seemed warm and welcoming, but to live in it alone was almost unbearable.
"I should find someone to live in here with me." Mutters Rocky, before the thought sinks in, he takes a moment to breathe in a breath of fresh air to clear up his head. He smiles just before realizing that something isn't right about this picture. The streets were empty and quiet, too quiet, there weren't even any birds singing or parents talking to each other. Suburbia was quiet but not this quiet. Something had to be wrong.
"Who's there?" He asks turning towards the green bushes on his lawn, sure enough a person draped in a black cloak is hidden in the shadows. Judging from his standing position, the man's breathing was erratic, he was hunched over. Anyone could have guessed that the man was hurt.
"Hey are you alright?" asks Rocky in a concerned tone of voice.
"You…..are….Rocky DeSanatos? A….former…..red…..ranger?" asks the man in a raspy tone of voice, totally and completely ignoring the former ranger's question. He takes a step forward, he was barely even able to walk. The entire man seemed to reek of death, each one of his steps seemed to drain the grass on the lawn of all of its life. The once rich green grass turned brown with each step he took.
Rocky quickly got into a defensive stance, just what was this guy? Although it had been years since he had to fight anything that came from outer space, his martial art skills were still fairly intact. How is it that this man knew about his past as a ranger? Only a select number of individuals knew such knowledge, not even the data files over in the SPD main branch knew that he used to be a red ranger.
"Yeah, how do you that?" he replies, his hands are curled into fists and raised in front of him, his legs were bent in a ready-to-run position, his eyes focused and his body is on full alert ready to dodge any attack that may be thrown at him.
The man seemed to smile under his cloak and for one second, one single second, Rocky let his guard down. The man took full advantage as he charged towards Rocky with blinding speed. The former Ranger was shocked at the speed of this stranger; he was far faster than any monster he had ever fought. Rocky's eyes widened in shock as the man pulled out a long curved knife. Blood splattered all over the sidewalk, as Rocky's dying body falls to the ground with a sickening thump. Watching as Rocky laid there in a pool of his own blood wheezing for breath, his hand over his throat desperately trying to stop the bleeding, the man in black smiled as he wiped the freshly spilled blood off the knife with a part of his robe. "Master will be so very pleased."
Rocky coughs up blood violently before he gags and dies on the lawn in front of his own home. The man smirks underneath his robe before he walks away leaving the corpse of the former red ranger lying in a pool of his own blood.
And so it begins. A battle on a scale never seen before in the eight trillion year history of the universe, a battle where the existence of the very universe hangs in the balance, a battle where the line that separates good and evil will be blurred. At the center of this battle will be the power rangers, the defenders of the peace.
In every generation there have always been Power Rangers, a team of courageous individuals chosen by one of the two embodiments of good, the morphing grid. Although many are considered to be inactive today, they are still more than ready to defend the universe from whatever threat may appear.
The year is 2020, in the not the too distant future, the Earth has opened its doors to allow alien beings into society allowing them to coexist peacefully exist with human beings. However with the arrival of such alien beings comes advance technology, in just a matter of years Earth's technology has progressed to the point where intergalactic travel can happen in just a matter of days. Earth's technology has evolved to the point where a single weapon can lay waste to an entire city in a matter of hours. Of course with such incredible advances in technology and society also comes many advances in crime and terrorism. In order to better combat such threats as well as prevent a world wide war, every single known nation on the planet has merged into a single united nation.
Originating from the planet Sirius comes SPD, Space Patrol Delta, the most sophisticated crime fighting force in the galaxy. Commanded by the four supreme judges of SPD, Space Patrol Delta's military and political influence gas has grown immensely, SPD commands hundreds of thousands of officers. One of the most respected branches of SPD would no doubt have to be the Earth branch. Under the command of Commander Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, the Power Rangers of SPD have recently halted the threat of the Troobian Empire restoring peace to the galaxy.
However the universe is about to fall into turmoil once again, a great darkness is coming, and only the combined forces of the Power Rangers can stop such a threat.
Newtech City
Dark, that was the first thing that came to Kat's mind as she looked towards the stars. Ever since Commander Cruger's wife Isinia had returned approximately six months ago, Kat had taken to Astronomy over in the local observatory, in order to avoid getting in the way of the commander's happiness.
"Happiness." Says Kat, "He should be happy, he has every right to be happy, after all he has earned it."
It was then that Kat noticed the sky, at this time of night the sky shouldn't be so dark, especially at this time of night. In fact through the lens of the telescope it seemed like not a single star was shining, almost like the sky was nothing more than a giant pit of swirling darkness. Kat focused her telescope a bit only to realize that the swirling darkness that she was looking at was a planet. "This can't be good." Mutters Kat.
"I already know about that." replies Cruger inside of his office over at SPD headquarters.
"What?" asks Kat, "How?"
"After the Troobian invasion six months ago, the Earth high council along with the consent of the SPD supreme court, has agreed to build and launch a system of satellites laser weapons which will act as Earth's primary defense system for any possible future invasions." Explains Cruger, "The system runs on a single super computer located a hidden location within Earth's SPD headquarters; they have recently completed the system, better known as SODOM, Satellite Orbiting Defense One Mind. While building the system, SPD was notified of the threat of the dark planet by a veteran red ranger."
"Who is this veteran red ranger?" asks Kat curiously. "And how does he know about the dark planet?"
Cruger turned around to look out of the massive window in his office, the window facing the city. "Jason Lee Scott was put in charge of the SODOM project, while working on the project he discovered the approach of the Dark planet which is slowly making it's way towards Earth."
" Jason Lee Scott? The original red ranger!" asked Kat in surprise, she had every right to be surprised since it had been years since Jason had been called into action, him being called into action meant that the situation was serious. "I've read all about him. He's truly an extraordinary man."
"Yes I know, he's already gathering an army to stop such a threat." Says Cruger, "The Earth is going to be fine. Right now I have more pressing matters to deal with. Apparently a man was murdered this morning in the next town over, and someone happened to leak to the press that the man was a former red ranger, the media and press are having field day trying to obtain as much information about this situation as possible."
"A red ranger was killed?" echoes Kat in disbelief, despite the fact that rangers were constantly facing danger, rangers rarely died in the line of duty. "At a time like this? I fear for the worst."
"Yes….I fear that a war is about to begin." Replies Cruger.
Turtle Cove, Florida
It was a warm summer night over in Turtlecove, Florida, so warm that the fireflies came out to play before the stars. A perfect night for a married to lay a blanket out in the park and watch the stairs as fireflies flew through the dark skies illuminating the night. It was a perfectly romantic way for a newly wed couple to spend their evening. The couple was sitting front to back, the male's legs were spread and lazily laid out on the ground, while the female was sitting in between his legs her back resting against his chest; her husband has his arms wrapped around her waist.
'So this is marital bliss.' Thinks Taylor Earhart Evans, former Wildforce Yellow Ranger, as she watches the fireflies soar past her with her husband Cole Evans. "It's such a nice night." She says with a sigh.
"Yeah it is." Agrees Cole, her husband and former teammate, their dog Lucky runs over to join the two, the male golden retriever quickly finds a nice comfortable place to lie down besides his owners. Cole could tell that Lucky was feeling very happy at that moment.
Years after the final defeat of the org race, Taylor, who was now working as a mechanic for had reunited with Cole, who was working as a veterinarian, after a bad break up with her current boyfriend, the two had connected almost instantly and finally Cole found the courage to ask her out. After years of dating, the two eventually got married in Vegas.
"How long do you think this peace will last?" asks Taylor curiously,
"As long as possible." Replies Cole, "SPD's keeping the planet safe, there are power rangers all over galaxy, and terraforming technology has cured the planet of the decades of pollution caused by humans. I can only hope that this peace lasts."
"Cole Evans?" asks a stranger.
Cole and Taylor turned their heads to see just who it was, turned out that it was none other than Carter Grayson, Lightspeed Rescue Red Ranger. Although Operation Lightspeed had ended nearly two decades ago, Carter was still a very active red ranger who played a vital role in not only creating the Earth Branch of SPD but also aiding the development team in creating the scanning equipment, weapons and zords for SPD branches all over the universe.
"It's been a while." Says Carter, even after all of these years he still hasn't changed a bit other than the fact that he looked a bit older and he wore a wedding band around his left ring finger. He was even still wearing the same Lightspeed Rescue Leather Jacket.
"What is it?" asks Cole, even after all these years he still remembers fighting beside all the former red rangers against the remains of the Machine Empire.
"You're needed for a mission."
No need for questions or answers, Cole knew what he meant.
Reefside, California
"Mission?" echoes Conner Mcknight.
"Yeah, we've already got Andros of KO-35, Carter Grayson from Lightspeed rescue, along with Wes of the Silver guardians." Replies Tommy, the two push open the doors of the cyber café
"But why me?"
"All available red rangers are required for this mission." Replies Tommy Oliver as he picks up a few boxes in the cyber café and moves it to the back, Conner follow also carrying a massive box. "We've even got SPD behind our backs for this operation, apparently the government feels that it
"Yeah, but have you already forgotten about what happened during our final battle with Mesogog?" asks Conner, "My Dino Gem's power was burned out, I don't think I could morph even if I wanted to."
He taps the bracelet on his wrist, remembering all the battles he had fought in the past. Even now after all these years he still can't seem to forget about everything that's happened.
Tommy put down the box, before turning to face his former student. The 40-something-year-old man smiled warmly. "Even after all these years you still have doubts about yourself…"
Conner scratched his head.
"Listen, you've come a long way, you've grown…a lot." Says Tommy, "It doesn't matter whether or not you think you're worthy of joining the rest of the red rangers in this mission doesn't matter because I think you're ready, and I'm sure that Ethan, Trent, Kira and Hayley feel the same way."
"But my powers…." Says Conner, as he turns for the door. "How can I be of any use when I'm powerless?"
"It's not about what powers you possess, it's about your actions. That's what determines what kind of person you are."
Conner put his hands on his hips before taking a deep breath before he turns around to face his old science teacher and mentor. "So when do we begin?"
A cell phone suddenly begins ringing, Tommy answers it.
"Yeah, ok, really? Sure I'm on my way." Says Tommy, he hangs up.
"It's time."
Conner nodded, raising his left arm up to his chest reminding his former mentor about his gem. "Let's go." He says.
Space
The vast darkness, that was all that was left, the remains of a once great planet now reduced to nothing more than a few hundred asteroids, billions of lives lost in a mere number of minutes. Trillions of years worth of history lost forever, hundreds of different civilizations all gone. All of this was the result of the dark planet allowing it to continue to exist.
The planet had also been warned of the dark planet's approach, but the warning fell to deaf ears. Until it had arrived, the gravitational force emitted by the dark planet ripped the entire planet apart, oceans boiled, entire continents were ripped apart.
On one of the asteroids stands a lone individual clad in a blue battle armor, the only survivor of the disaster. Unlike the skin tight spandex like battle armor belonging to the Power Rangers, this man's battle suit was black leather, although it could also be considered to be spandex, the outfit was a bit looser than the spandex worn by rangers, on top of the black leather spandex the man also wore heavy blue and silver armor which covered most of his upper body including the top part of his arms and his shoulders. The man also wore silver arm, ankle and shin guards. The man's helmet was blue, with a pair of antennas. On each side of his shoulder armor were a pair of massive double-barrel laser cannons.
He had tried to save as many people as possible, getting them to higher ground, preventing them from drowning but it turned out to be a futile effort, where can you hide when you're entire planet is about to be destroyed. Even the animals knew of their end, birds flew higher than they had ever flown before desperately trying to break though the atmosphere only to die from the lack of oxygen, fish tried their best to escape from the ocean, but in the end all of their efforts proved to be useless. In the end the individual had been ordered by his superiors to escape the planet, they claimed that the suit he wore was too valuable to be lost in a futile effort to save a doomed planet.
"I won't let the same fate befall any more planets." Says the individual before he leaps off towards the darkness of space, he flies off hoping to stop the dark planet, and to stop the one responsible for all of this, he will make him pay.
Earth
A child walks through the streets of Angel Grove alone, he clutches the straps of his backpack happily humming to himself, as he walked home a soft wind blew as a massive entered the atmosphere……
Next chapter
Even a fox can disguise itself among the sheep…the red rangers have all gathered, warriors from all around, an army is formed, the ones responsible for the approach of the dark planet is revealed, and a new player in the game reveals himself but is he friend or foe?
A/N: I'm pretty sure by now that writing their own version of forever red is like a rite of passage for most PR actors, so I guess this is my rite of passage, but I'm gonna make this story DARK darker than most PR stories, there will be a lot of unexpected twists, romance, humor, intense fights, and new concepts to the PR universe.
If you're excited it's time to drop a review, constructive criticism or even praise, anything that acts as motivation for me to write more.