Axel entered Mythic Pines High on a Monday morning. It had only been three days ago that his best friend, Luke had obtained Ranger Powers like Axel had for a few months now. Soon after that, three of his other peers at school had also obtained Ranger Powers. Together, they fought off a squadron of rock monsters that were known as "Golems", and a wolf creature that called himself "Romulous". But, based on the battle, Romulous was a total coward as he fled when the Rangers had weapons on him.
Axel had also learned that Mordred, who was not just a character from Arthurian lore, but someone who actually existed was attacking Mythic Pines. Axel figured that this was due to the fact that Mordred saw the Rangers as the only ones who stood in his way of world domination. Bu with all of this, one thing perplexed Axel, why did the Red Ranger powers bond to him three months ago, but only waited until three days ago to select the other Rangers? It just didn't make any sense. It didn't help the Merlin, the man who created the powers is so tight-lipped about the subject. Axel stopped in front of his locker.
Axel entered the combination on his locker and opened it with a squeak. On the inside of the locker door was two overlapping hearts pierced by the same arrow The first heart had "A & G" carved into it with the "G" overlapping into the other heart as well, which read "& L". Axel normally ignored the graffiti on his locker's door and paid no attention to it. He grabbed his textbooks he would need for the morning and closed the locker, spinning the lock's dial to secure it. As Axel turns to walk to class, he sees Peter has walked up and was patiently waiting to talk to him. "Morning, Pete," Axel said with a smile.
"Morning Axel," Peter responded cheerfully. Like the other day, Peter was still wearing his aviator shades on top of his head. His green shirt was layered below an unbuttoned white dress shirt. His green messenger bag hung on his right side. He held out his right fist, which Axel quickly bumped with a fist of his own. Peter's wrist was adorned with a green wristband which looked like it was brand new. "Hey bud, remind me what creature are we talking about in mythology class today?" Peter asked. "I accidentally left my textbook at home."
"We are talking about Greek monsters today," Axel told him shortly as he flung his backpack onto his shoulders. "Come on, we're going to be late." Axel motioned toward the classroom with his head, and the duo walked off to class. They entered the room and took their seats. The teacher had not arrived yet, but it was still going to be a couple minutes before class started anyway.
Luke entered not too long after Axel and Peter took their seats. Luke quietly took his seat, behind Axel, who instantly noticed something was off with his best friend. Luke normally came into the class with a big smile, but he seemed worried about something today.
"Bro, what's wrong?" Axel inquired, twisting around in his chair to face Luke directly. Axel reached out and placed his left hand on Luke's shoulder, which made Luke smile briefly. Peter also turned to look at the yellow ranger.