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DinoCharge: Call to Arms
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Nagi Matsuo
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Hello everyone, I am an aspiring fanfiction writer, hence I shall be creating a new series which will be my own take on Power Rangers Dino Charge and run alongside it. I aim to update around four times a week and I hope to see you again soon!
Chapter I
Starting Over - Part I
(Congo Rainforest, February 2014)
"Reports of an Alien Attack on Harwood County have been confirmed," spoke a fuzzy voice on the radio, "However, there still are no sign of the Megaforce Rangers who have protected the city for the previous year, many fear they may have perished in the first assault."
"In other news, reports of the aliens, identified simply as 'The Armada', of being sighted over the Congo Rainforest," continued the radio until it was abruptly stopped.
"They're after this, aren't they?" asked Jeremy Quinton, holding up a small crystal, glowing bright blue, as he tramped along, dodging any leaves that got in his way.
"Yes," replied Kendall Morgan, walking a few paces behind Jeremy, "What you hold in your hand could power a medium-sized city, indefinitely."
"What did you call it, an Arcegem?" questioned Jeremy, studying it closely.
"An Energem," answered Kendall, "Ancient lore says there were at least ten of them, scattered around the world to keep them out of the hands of evil."
"What do want with them?" asked Jeremy, tearing foliage out the way.
"To protect our planet," spoke Kendall, "I found some of my father's research, he was looking for the Energems as well. He'd designed a device to harness a gem as power source for a BioSuit."
"BioSuit?" grunted Jeremy, pushing a log out of the way quickly, the two were eager to get out the rainforest with the Armada on their tail, fortunately they had been close to the edge of the rainforest when they found out.
Kendall opened her mouth to reply, but a dual stream of laser blast struck a tree in between them, throwing them backwards. Clambering to their feet, the two watched as an Armada Ship appeared from above and landed in front of them.
"Oh, great! Just what we need!" muttered Jeremy as he wiped the blood from his forehead. With a loud hiss, the loading bay of the ship opened, a familiar-looking alien stepping out.
"You!" spat Kendall, stumbling over to Jeremy, "Goldar!"
"I'm afraid that's where you're wrong, my dear," spoke Goldar, "Your father may have told you of the henchman he fought, but Goldar is long gone, well, his mind in at least."
"What the hell are you blabbering about?" questioned Jeremy.
"I'm sure both of you are familiar with the Z-Wave when you were children," replied Goldar, "Well, like good, evil can't just be destroyed, so when all the evil was neutralised by the Z-Wave, it was instead concentrated into a new being, one of pure evil, Nox."
"That's you," deduced Kendall, "You're Nox!"
"Indeed I am, I would expect no less from a child of Dr. William Cranston and Dr. Kendrix Morgan," drawled Nox, "You are after all, Dr. Kendall Morgan, Degree in Experimental Science by age thirteen, Doctorate in Bio-Technology at sixteen and by eighteen, a leading figure in Science and Technology, I guess you could add adventurer to that list as well."
"You've done your homework, I'll give you that," mocked Kendall, "But I want to know how you obtained that form and that ship."
"After my creation, I needed a body, Goldar was lucky, he managed to escape the Z-Wave, but I took his body from him, it has been very useful over the years," answered Nox, "As for the ship, I am a General in the Armada, sent to track down a strange energy signal. My goals may be to irradiate all that is good and rule all of time and space, but the Armada is useful, little more than a means to an end. However, enough chit-chat."
With that a platoon of X-Borgs flooded out of the ship, surrounding Kendall and Jeremy. As the robots launched their attack, the two responded with everything they had, but to no avail.
"Jeremy, catch!" yelled Kendall, pulling a rectangular device out her bag and throwing it to her friend, who caught it with ease.
"What do I do with it?" called Jeremy, ducking a swing from an X-Borg.
"Put it on your waist," returned Kendall, hitting an X-Borg with its own club, "Put the Energem inside and rotate it ninety degrees."
"Got it!" assured Jeremy, placing the buckle to his waist, a silver belt appearing around it.
Opening the buckle with the hinges on the right, Jeremy placed the Energem in a slot inside, before closing the buckle and rotating it so the hinges faced downwards.
Suddenly, a large ball of light blue light appeared from out the buckle and surrounded Jeremy, the intensity increasing until they could no longer see the man inside.
When the light faded, a very different figure stood where Jeremy had been. Wearing light blue spandex the figure had a dinosaur-like helmet, white gloves, silver bands on the tops of his gloves and boots, a silver shoulder piece, grey arms with a lizard pattern on them, a silver belt with the buckle at the centre and a pattern running diagonally across his chest, resembling a dinosaur's head, its teeth a strange shade of dark gold, verging on yellow.
"Whoa!" muttered Jeremy as he put his hands to his helmet.
"A Power Ranger!" spat Nox, growling loudly.
"Nice one, Dad!" whispered Kendall, pulling a yellow and black blaster out of her bag, the end yet again resembling a dinosaur.
Shooting a group of X-Borgs down with her Dino Blaster, Kendall tossed the weapon to Jeremy, producing another one to replace her own.
"Thanks," grunted Jeremy, kicking an X-Borg square in the chest, sparking flying from the point of contact.
Blasting another two down in seconds, Jeremy made a beeline for Nox as Kendall continued to deal with the remaining X-Borgs.
"You will not win, Power Ranger," hissed Nox, firing black energy at Jeremy, stopping him dead in his tracks, "You may as well hand that Energem over now, I may even spare you."
"Never!" spat Jeremy, summoning a yellow and black sword, called the Dino Blade, and charging at Nox.
Dodging a swing from Jeremy, Nox summoned a sword of his own, slicing Jeremy across the chest and forcing him onto his knees.
"Say your prayers, Ranger!" snarled Nox, raising his sword.
"Shit!" swore Kendall, firing her blaster at Nox's hand, forcing him to drop his sword.
"Thanks," spoke Jeremy as Kendall helped him to his feet.
"I should have dealt with you first!" roared Nox, firing a black bolt of energy at Kendall.
"No!" yelled Jeremy, pushing Kendall out the way, bolt striking his chest and punching a hole straight through.
Collapsing backwards, Jeremy landed in Kendall's arms, blood trickling out the corner of his mouth. Pressing a button on his belt, next to the buckle, it rotated ninety degrees and his BioSuit faded.
"Take this and run," spluttered Jeremy, pressing the Energem into Kendall's hand.
"Jeremy, hold on, we can get help," urged Kendall, but her friend was already gone.
"Hand over the Energem and I will let you live," instructed Nox as he hauled Kendall up by the throat.
"F-Fuck you!" gasped Kendall, spitting in Nox's face.
"Charming," remarked Nox, ripping the Energem from Kendall's grip and dropping her to the ground, "X-Borgs, dispose of her."
Kendall scrambled to her feet as Nox stepped inside his ship and flew away, leaving her surrounded by a platoon of X-Borgs.
-DinoCharge-
(Amber Beach, January 2018)
"Pull yourself together, Holling!" hissed a man as he stumbled out the bathroom of his flat, glad he didn't yet have a flatmate.
Rushing into his bedroom, Jake Holling glanced at the clock, swearing loudly as he realised he was late. Opening his closet, he knew his usual jeans and hoody wouldn't cut it for where he was going. Rifling through, Jake pulled out a pair of black chinos, a white shirt, a thin green tie and a black cardigan. Quickly dressing, Jake slipped on a pair of green converses and checked his reflection in a mirror.
"Not bad," muttered Jake, trying to tame his curly hair, however his attempts were in vain.
Pausing at his dresser, Jake picked up a framed photograph, taken just after the Legendary Battle, Troy stood in the centre, to his right was Emma with an arm around both Orion and Noah, one on either side. On the other side of Troy was himself and Gia, their arms wrapped around each other, happiness eternally captured on their faces.
"How times change," remarked Jake, glancing at a second photograph, showing himself and five others, each was wearing a ranger uniform, their helmets under their arms.
Opening his top drawer, Jake's hand hovered over a small black box, before picking up his battered Gosei Morpher, the paint on the face scratched and scuffed.
Tucking the morpher into his pocket, Jake grabbed his book-bag and rushed out his bedroom. Deciding to pick some breakfast on his way, Jake closed and locked his front door, heading off for the elevator.
-DinoCharge-