Hey guys! I'm back with another original Power Rangers story! If you're new to my works, you do not have to read my other stories to understand this one, though there will be past characters coming back so if you would like to learn about them and their history, feel free to do so! If not, I'm excited to have you guys back as viewers! This story takes place in the fall of 2023, which would be the summer after Power Rangers: Data Surge, for those of you who have read that.
I am so, so happy to be writing this, considering that I've been planning it for a long time, and it's gone through a lot of changes that I really like so I hope you guys like it as much as I do!
This is story will contain more mature content, given that most of my readers are at least teenagers, or older, and I would like to make it more or less relatable.
Aiden is portrayed by Chace Crawford
October is portrayed by Alexandra Daddario
Ryder is portrayed by Tyler Posey
Luca is portrayed by Austin Butler
Mari is portrayed by Kat Graham
Liela is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence
Mason is portrayed by Leo Howard
Alice is portrayed by Lindsey Lohan (younger - imagine Freaky Friday)
Mel is portrayed by Troian Bellisario
Saturn is portrayed by Mark Pellegrino
Also, check out the opening video for the story, the link is in my bio!
It was late August in Sol Valley, and the start of the new school year for those at Sol Valley High School. The world had been at peace from monster attacks since January of 2023, and the town was finally getting back to normal after repairing most of the damage done to the town in the final battle between the Data Surge rangers and Vance Taylor, who had taken over after the defeat of their previous enemy, Red Code.
The school was one of the places damaged in the attack, but with some remodeling and new teachers hired, the school looked better than ever, and different. The school used to be more of an outdoor campus, but with the amount of destruction, and the little time they had to repair it, they construction crew decided it would be better to make it an indoor campus with hallways and lockers for all of the students.
It was a bit confusing for returning students, especially juniors and seniors, who had grown very used to the school setting.
One student, Aiden Miller, drove up into his reserved parking spot in the student lot early, looked at the school in shock. The second semester of his junior year, half of the students were moved to nearby high schools that could fit them, and the others went on independent studies. Aiden, being one of those students, hadn't been around the school until now, and was shocked at the changes.
He grabbed his backpack and got out of his truck, looking up at the building that seemed to loop around the campus. He looked over to where the football field was, and was pleased to see it still in tact, as he was playing for the team in his last year in high school.
He also saw his fellow football players on the field, as well as some cheerleaders, practicing for the upcoming season, considering they couldn't practice over the summer.
He walked over, fixing his shirt to look nice. Aiden had pale skin, dirty blond hair, blue eyes, and was about 6'0. He wore a red t-shirt over blue jeans and black vans.
As Aiden walked down the bleachers to get to the field, he passed Luca Johnson who was sitting on the bleachers with his girlfriend, Alice Dog.
"The school looks so different," Alice commented. She had shoulder-length auburn hair, blue eyes, pale skin, and was about 5'5. She had freckles covering her face and arms as well. She wore a plain brown shirt over black jeans and black slip-on vans. "I don't really like it too much. Seems like too many people crammed into a small space.
Luca nodded in agreement. "Exactly. With as many students as there are at this school, you'd think they would want as much space as possible." Luca had blonde hair, blue eyes, and was about 6'0. He wore a short-sleeved blue button up, gray jeans, and black sneakers. "Hopefully it'll be better than it looks." He commented, his voice accented from his New Zealand heritage.
"Probably not," Alice muttered.
Luca wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close, making her smile. "At least we can get through it together. It'll only be two more years, and then we're gone."
Alice nodded. "Yeah. The only problem is that, next year, you'll be the only one left to hang out with. I really only hang out with you and October,"
Meanwhile, standing on the track, which lapped around the edge of the football field, stood October Adams, stretching out to practice some cheers with the rest of the team. October was very beautiful, standing at about 5'8 with long black hair, big blue eyes, and pale skin. She wore a black camisole tucked into black and maroon track pants and white cheer shoes she only wore for cheer practice.
"Wow, I'm surprised you're here earlier than me," A voice said from beside her.
October turned to see Marissa Williams, better known as Mari, standing next to her, smirking. Mari was about 5'2 with short dark brown hair, brown eyes, and dark skin.
"Me too," October chuckled. "Ryder actually decided to get up early this morning, so we got here on time for once."
On the football field, Rhydian Adams, usually referred to as Ryder, was also stretching, waiting for the coach to come out of his office. Ryder was about 5'10 with tan skin, brown hair, and brown eyes. He wore exercise clothes under football pads.
He spotted Aiden walking over and saw him sit down next to him. "You know, just because you like my sister, doesn't mean you should sit with me," He commented, leaning back on his arms and giving Aiden a look.
Aiden was now wearing a similar ensemble as Ryder, and rolled his eyes. "There's no one else better, if you haven't noticed."
"You could go sit with your soccer friends," Ryder muttered. "I'm sure they'd enjoy it, cause I don't."
"They're not here, and it's not soccer season," Aiden responded, beginning to stretch. "Besides, why do you care if I sit here? Your sister has to sit next to your girlfriend, who she doesn't like I might add, so why does it matter to you if I'm doing the same?"
Ryder glared at him. "You're not dating my sister," He scoffed. "She doesn't date douche-bags like you,"
"We'll see about that," Aiden said as he stood up.
Ryder quickly stood up as well. "No, we won't. Leave her alone. She doesn't like you, get over it."
Aiden put his hands up in surrender. "Calm down." He rolled his eyes. "Either way, it's not your decision if she likes me or not. She is older than you," Aiden pointed out.
"That doesn't..."
He was cut off when the coach came onto the field and clapped his hands together to get the team's attention. "You guys ready to get started?"
- Cue Opening (link in bio) -
On a hill near the beach in Sol Valley stood a large building, looking to be made of glass. It was very beautiful, and was called the command center by those who knew of what went on inside of this building.
Inside, Liela, a mentor for power rangers, past and present, stood, looking out at a barren looking field, quite far from the command center, but still within the city. This field, however, was a dangerous place, and Liela knew this.
Saturn, the Roman god of time and the father of some of the most famous gods, had broken free of his prison in Tartarus, where he was locked away previously by demigods trying to stop him from destroying the Earth and the life on it.
His servants, Polus and Iapetus, along with his footsoliders, the Titans, helped him escape to overtake Tartarus and use it and it's prisoners for his own use.
The gods, meanwhile, had asked Liela to find the demigods to take him on, and hopefully lock him away for good.
Back in February, Liela had been visited by Mercury, the messenger god, who came to tell him that Saturn was working on getting free, and she needed to locate the demigods.
She did as she was asked, and located five demigods to take on the powers to defeat Saturn. Fortunately, she hasn't had to call on them yet.
Unfortunately, she did now. She could tell the activity from the underground prison of Tartarus was getting intense, and she needed the demigods soon. The only problem was that they had no idea that they were demigods.
"Liela," Liela's younger half-brother, Mason Finely, called to her. Mason was about 5'9 with long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, brown eyes, and lightly tanned skin. He wore a light blue shirt over black pants and black shoes. "We're gonna have to call on them, like, today. I was just on a run down the beach and I got attacked by a Titan."
"Are you alright?" Liela asked, looking him over. Liela was about 5'10 with long dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, and lightly tanned skin. She wore a black vest over a white shirt, black pants, and black shoes.
Mason nodded. "I'm fine, but this town won't be if we don't call on the new rangers," He commented.
Liela sighed. "I know. I'll arrange to meet with them."
"Good," Mason sat down on the couch. "Cause we might not have much time left before the next attack."
- PRGG -
At lunch, October sat with Alice and Luca, looking back over her shoulder at her brother walking through the lunch lines with his girlfriend, Melissa Clare, better known as Mel. Mel was about 5'7 with brown hair, brown eyes, and lightly tanned skin. She wore a white tank top tucked into shorts and white converse. Ryder, out of football practice, wore a green shirt under a black leather jacket, blue jeans, and black hiking boots.
October rolled her eyes and turned back to her best friend and her boyfriend. "I hate her so much," October muttered. Now out of practice, October wore an oversized white and pink flannel that was tied up just above her bellybutton, black leggings, and black and white converse.
"I know, she's a bitch," Alice agreed, taking a bite of her fruit bowl she had bought from the cafeteria.
"I totally agree," Mari said as she sat down beside Luca, setting her purse down on the table. The three looked at her strangely. "What are you doing here?" October asked. "Where are your friends?"
Mari shrugged. "I don't know. I can't find anything around here." Mari was also dressed back in normal clothes, which included a yellow tank dress that went to her mid-thigh, white heels, and a white clutch purse with a shoulder strap.
"Exactly," Aiden said as he sat down next to October.
October looked over at him with a smirk. "Okay, why are you here?"
Aiden chuckled. "Am I not allowed to sit with the prettiest girl in school?" He asked, looking at October.
Luca, Mari, and Alice all made disgusted faces at Aiden's comment, while October chuckled, a bit amused. "Really? Because, I know you, Aiden. You're a total player. How do I know if you're actually interested in me or not?"
"You really think that anyone else in this school compares to you?" He asked, causing Mari and Alice to frown at him.
October looked around. "There are plenty of pretty girls around here."
Aiden scoffed. "I don't want them, though. I want you."
"Good luck with that," Ryder growled as he sat down in between October and Aiden, pushing him a bit as he did so.
Aiden glared at the quarterback and looked around. "Why are you here exactly? Where's your girlfriend?"
"She's eating with Michelle, her best friend or whatever," Ryder rolled his eyes. "Why are you here?"
"I'm talking to your sister, obviously." Aiden retorted.
Alice frowned at all of the arguing, and turned to Luca. "I'm gonna go visit one of my favorite teachers, I don't like this drama."
"You want me to come with you?" He asked.
She shook her head. "It's okay. I'll see you after school," She kissed him on the cheek, grabbed her lunch, and left.
October, in the meantime, rolled her eyes at the arguing. "Would you two just shut up? You're so annoying."
"He started it!" Ryder exclaimed.
"I don't care," October hissed, looking at her brother. "You should know better, Ryder."
Ryder scoffed. "Whatever, this isn't worth my time." He was about to stand up when a spear was suddenly thrown next to his head. "Oh shit!" Ryder fell back down onto the bench as the other four teens looked over.
"What the hell?" Aiden looked over at the weapon as October looked to her brother in shock.
"What was that?" She asked, making sure Ryder was alright.
Students began to scream in horror as monsters began to rise up from the ground seemingly from nowhere. Teachers and students began to run into open classrooms and anywhere they could hide, whereas the five at the table stared in shock.
Mari started to try to stand to get away. "What are those things?!" She exclaimed.
The monsters, Titans, were gray colored creatures with a wrinkly, human shaped body, and armor all over. They had armor like ancient Roman soldiers, and had spears in hand.
As Mari tried to get away, one of them tried to grab her. She immediately ducked and put her hands out to stop the Titan's arm from hurting her. As she did so, her hands began to glow a faint yellow and made the Titan light on fire before it disintegrated to ash. She yelped in shock, backing away from the ashes on the ground as another one near her exploded in flames as well.
Distracted by what just happened, October also got grabbed from behind and was dragged away from the table. "Stop!" She exclaimed in shock. "Let me go!" She said, struggling to break free. Suddenly, the Titan dropped her and stood there in silence. "What the hell?" She whispered, kicking the Titan down before standing up to realize she was in the middle of a group of them, who had all stopped when she yelled. Her body was glowing a faint pink.
Ryder saw his sister get taken and stood up immediately to help when a group of Titans got in his way. His arms glowed a faint green as he punched the Titan hard, immediately making it fly into the far wall, cracking it, and making the footsolider disintegrate. He frowned, looking down at his arms as he kicked another one away. He saw the Titan fly back again and frowned, since he didn't put that much strength in his attack.
When one got near Luca, he put his arms out to defend himself, water from a nearby water fountain burst out and shot at the monster, throwing it to the side and disintegrating it. He flinched back, closing his eyes and hoping the water wouldn't do the same to him, but he found no water coming at him at all. He opened his eyes to find the water moving around him unnaturally, leaving him perfectly dry. His hands glowed a faint blue as he stared in shock.
Aiden, startled by everything going on, sat at the table, looking around in shock. A Titan came over to him, swing it's spear, but Aiden ducked and crawled out under his spear. As the spear came back around and swung at him, he put his arm out to stop it. To his surprise, the swing never came because a light came and hit the Titan in the face. Then, a strong wind came and made the monster fly back. Aiden put his hands up to look at them, and found them glowing a faint red color.
"Hey!" A voice yelled, running into the lunch room with a blaster. The five teens looked over at this person as she blasted all of the Titans down before putting the blaster back on her belt.
"Who are you?" Luca asked, standing up and walking out of the water stream, still without getting wet.
"I'm Liela," She responded, gesturing for the teens to come with her. "We have to go."
Aiden scoffed. "We don't even know who you are! I mean, you could be working with those things!"
"Actually, I'm doing the opposite," She responded. "I'll explain everything, just come with me."
After a bit of hesitation, the teens followed her out towards the command center.
- PRGG -
When the teens got to the command center, Liela gestured for them to sit down as Mason offered them something to drink.
"We don't want drinks, we want answers!" October exclaimed. "What the hell were those things, and what happened out there?!"
Liela sat down in front of them. "Okay, look," She started. "I'm gonna tell you everything I can, and it'll sound crazy, but just give me a chance. Hopefully it'll all make sense in the end."
Ryder scoffed. "There no way it could be as crazy as what happened out there, so go ahead."
"Thank you," Liela nodded. "Now, to answer your question, those were Titans, creatures from mythology that happen to work for Saturn."
Mari frowned. "The planet?" She asked. "How can monsters work for a planet?"
Liela gave her an irritated look. "Not the planet, the Roman god of time and the father of some of the most famous of the gods. Saturn is an evil being who wants to make the world a godly place, rather than fill it with humans."
"But we're already here," Aiden said.
Liela nodded. "Yeah, which is why he plans to kill you all." She told him, making him quiet. "Now, as for what you guys did out there, you've proved to me something I already knew. You five are the demigods that we need to become power rangers and defeat Saturn and his army."
"No way, we're just regular teenagers!" Mari exclaimed. "We can't be demigods. They don't exist!"
"Well, how would you explain what happened out there? Or what happened about last December when you stop a burglar with your powers?" Liela asked. "The world needs you guys to except your responsibilities as demigods, and rangers."
October sighed. "She does have a point."
"October, you believe this?!" Ryder scoffed.
She looked to her brother. "How else could you explain what's going on? I believe Liela."
"Me too," Luca spoke up for the first time since they got to the command center.
Mari, Ryder, and Aiden looked amongst each other. "But..." Mari started. "How do you know?"
Liela gave her a small, reassuring smile. "There's no one else with powers like yours. You guys are them."
After a moment, Mari gave in, nodding. "If it's for the greater good."
October nudged her brother, who moved a bit away from her, making her frown in confusion. "Let's just do it, whatever," He whispered. "I know we have to."
They all looked to Aiden then, waiting for him to respond. He looked around before sighing. "Okay,"
Liela stood up and took a box from Mason. She opened it to reveal small lockets with three of them on black rope and two on a silver chain. Next to the individual lockets were small coins.
Liela put the box on the table and pulled out one with a silver chain, handing it to Mari. "Mari, you are the daughter of Vesta, and will assume the position of the yellow ranger." She handed her a coin that had a fire symbol on it. It glinted yellow as she took it.
She pulled one with a black rope out and handed it to Luca. "Luca, you are the son of Neptune, and will assume the position of the blue ranger," She handed him a coin with the symbol of water on it. It shined blue as he touched it.
She pulled out another one with a black rope and handed it to Ryder. "Ryder, you are the son of Mars, and will assume the position of the green ranger," She hands him a coin with a war helmet and various weapons on it. It turned green when he took it.
Liela pulled out the last one with the silver chain and handed it to October. "October, you are the daughter of Venus, and will assume the position of the pink ranger and second-in-command of the team." She handed her a coin with a heart on it. It turned pink when she took it.
Lastly, she pulled out one with a black rope and handed it to Aiden. "Aiden, you are the son of Jupiter, and will assume the position of the red ranger, and will be the leader of the team." She handed him a coin with a lightning bolt on it. It turned red when he touched it.
"You all will create the team, Guardians of the Galaxy," Liela told them. "You are officially rangers."
- PRGG -
Down in Tartarus, Saturn sat in his throne angrily. He had watched the teens defeat his Titans, and growled under his breath. Saturn, looking similar to a regular man was about 6'1 with dirty blonde hair and red eyes.
"Polus! Iapetus!" He yelled, calling his generals into his throne room.
Polus came in first. He was a monster with an abnormally large head a large hunched back. He was a large monster, and was often used for information more than fighting.
Iapetus came in next, looking like a larger version of the footsoldiers, though he was much larger and had a sword on his belt along with the spear in hand.
"Yes, master?" Polus asked, a bit fearful of Saturn's wrath.
"I think we have some pesky demigods around," Saturn told them. "We have to destroy them at any cost. Get a monster ready, we're gonna take these demigods down."
Next time on Power Rangers Guardians of the Galaxy: Aiden struggles to lead the team with his bossy attitude.
I really hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of this story, and I hope you all continue to read it through the course of it's run! Oh, like I said above, check out the opening video, and also check out the cover photo if you're not on mobile!
Oh, and for those of you that read Data Surge but couldn't find the poll in my bio, I uploaded it a bit late, sorry! It's there now, so vote for your favorite character to come back in Energy Warriors, which will happen after Animal Guardians (which will be updated very soon).
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