Jungle Spirit Chapter 1: Laws of the Jungle
Heeeyyyyyy homies and homettes, It's Trey-El here with my fourth Power Rangers story. This one is a special one because this is a favor for the Fan Fiction member LuckyLeoRed, who came up with an impressive idea for this exact story, characters(except for a few) and all credit goes to him, I'm just writing it for him. :-)
Characters
Rangers
Red: Cameron "Cam" Cormick
Blue: Ronald "Ronny" Harrel
Green: Jason Leyton
Yellow: Nessa Durand
Pink: Loren Drake
Mentor: Jemas
Main Villain: Tigar-O
Second in Command: Snapper
General: Zebro
General: Taka
MOTD: Ryua
Foot Soldiers: Scales
Cameron is portrayed by Kevin Quinn
Ronny is portrayed by Khylin Rhambo
Jason is portrayed by Rahart Adams
Nessa is portrayed by Olivia Holt
Loren is portrayed by Cierra Ramirez
Jemas is portrayed by Margot Robbie
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Power Rangers, all rights go to Saban Brands/Entertainment. I also don't own the characters in the story, they belong to LuckyLeoRed.
So, Without further adieu, LET'S DO THIS!
A grey car rolled up into the driveway of Glendale High School. In the back of the car was 16 year old Cameron "Cam" Cormick. He has short, wavy brown hair and blue eyes with tanned skin. He is wearing a thin red hoodie, grey jeans, and dark red shoes. Cam watches as his father reaches the front entrance of the school. Mr. Cormick turned to his son, "Ready for your thrid week?", he asked pointedly, "I don't know really dad. I had so many friends before we moved, and I can't make any here yet.", Cameron said. His father smiled, "Don't worry kiddo, I'm sure you'll make some new friends around here. No, I know you will.", he told his son. Cam smirked and picked up his bag, "See you later dad.", he said before opening the car door to step out. "Love you son, have a nice day.", his father responded before driving off. Cameron stared at the front of the school, the arched doorway and magenta colored doors drawing attention from his eyes. as he walked up to the steps leading to the front door, Cameron saw a girl get off of her skateboard to his far left. She had blonde hair that was covered by a dark grey beanie. She was wearing a grey denim jacket over a yellow shirt, brown tight jeans, and black hiker boots. She put her skateboard on the back of her book bag and fixed it onto her right shoulder. She caught Cameron's gaze and put her hand on her hip, "Take a picture and it'll last longer.", she stated before walking off. Cameron looked after her, "Sorry.", he said, 'Not a great first impression.', he thought to himself before walking into the school.
Within the school, Cameron walked to his locker, surrounded by others that were speaking to their friends about their weekends, parties, among other things. As he turned to walk off, he bumped into a girl in a pink hoodie, white skirt, black jeans and black leather boots. Her tanned skin and dark brown eyes and hair caught his eye for a second before he crouched to help the girl pick up her books. "I...I'm sorry.", Cameron said quickly, the girl smiling warmingly at him, "No biggie. Worse things have happened.", she stated. They got to their feet and Cameron handed her the final book, the girl extending her hand, "Loren Drake.", she introduced. Cameron shook her hand and fixed his backpack on his shoulder, "Cameron Cormick.", he responded. "Nice to meet you. Are you new?", Loren asked, "Yeah. Got here only 3 weeks ago. The first 5 weeks I was at another school.", Cameron explained. Loren shook her head, "Well, welcome to Glendale High. I'll see you around, yeah?", she said before walking past him. Cameron looked after her, shaking his head before walking off. 'No time for girls.', he thought to himself.
Inside of a cave, 4 pods where dug into the cave walls. They were silver with blue glass onto of them, blocking the view inside. A man came into the cave, leading a woman by hand, "I mean, look at these things!", he stated, the woman's jaw going slacked. She looked deeply at the nearest pod, its silver but rusted form catching her eyes. "They must be over 400 years old.", she said before walking up to the object, running her hands along it. She looked at a red button and pressed it, a hiss coming from the machine. The woman backed into the man's arms as the pod opened up, revealing an ice body. As they got closer, the ice cracked and a humanoid Scorpion jumped onto the them. He grabbed their shirts with his claws, "What year is it humans?", he asked in a gravelly voice, "2017!", the woman yelled out. The Scorpion dropped them and walked over to the other pods, opening them.
Out of the pods came a humanoid eagle, zebra, and a Tiger in a royal outfit. The 4 beings looked at the humans, a staff appearing in the Tiger's hand. He blasted a bolt of energy at them, making them disappear.
A woman awoke in short breaths, looking around. She rose to her feet in a brown robe, lights humming awake around her, showing the mix of tech and cave like walls around her. She pulled the hood of the robe down, showing her blonde hair and sharp blue eyes. She walked over to a panel that held 5 multi-colored coins with an inscription of an animal on the face top. The coin on the left was pink with a deer on it, next to it was a yellow coin with a bear inscription, the middle coin was red with a lion on it, the coin afterwards was blue with an eagle, and the final coin was green with a wolf inscription. The Woman closed her eyes and ran her hand over the coins, chanting words as the coins lit up in their respective colors. The coins shook and then vanished without a trace.
It was the end of the school day at Glendale High and the students rushed out of the front doors, Cameron among them. He wanted to walk Loren to her bus but she told him she hand to stay after. Good thing he got her number before leaving though. As he walked, Cameron was knocked down by a running boy with spiky black hair parted to the right with darting brown eyes and a smile on his tanned face. He had on a dark green leather jacket and some jeans and looked down at Cameron. "Crap. Sorry dude, didn't look where I was running.", he said as a dark skinned male in a baby blue dress shirt helped Cam up. "Jason for future reference, next time we mess with the jocks, let's do it when there is no one to bump into.", he said, "Oh come on Ronny! It doesn't matter, what matters is that I made everyone laugh.", Jason stated.
Ronny shook his head and turned to Cam, shaking his hand, "I'm Ronny and that's Jason.", he introduced, "You can call us the Cerebral Comedy Duo. Or, the C squared duo.", Jason said, making Cameron chuckle. The 2 then walked off as a red light appeared in Cameron's right pocket. "Is that my phone?", he asked himself, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a red coin with a lion inscribed on the surface. "What is this?", he asked himself, studying the coin closely as his father pulled into the school parking lot. He studied the coin, focusing on the red aurora seemingly running around it. Cameron then snapped back to attention as his father honked the car horn.
The tiger and his minions reached Death Valley, looking around at the destroyed crater. "Where is out castle?" the humanoid Eagle asked aloud as she put his open hand near the ground, closing his eyes in thought. "Can you hurry this up! We only waited over 400 years!", the scorpion man yelled. "Patience Snapper. Taka is trying her best.", the Zebra said to the scorpion in a feminine voice. Taka then suddenly opened her eyes, "King Tigar-O! I found it!", she screeched. The royally dressed Tiger walked over and pointed his weapon to the ground, "Ah yes. I can sense it as well. Great work Taka.", Tigar-O spoke in a soothing voice. The orb on top of his staff glowed and the area around them turned into dust particles that flowed with the wind around them. The dust then transformed into a castle that transported itself underground.
They looked at the surrounding interior of the castle, which was also very regal and unassumingly assuring. The furniture was covered in black leather and there were paintings of Tigar-O along the walls. Also on the walls stood hundreds of fish-like beings in knight armor and they all bowed to the kingly Tiger, who stepped to a throne in the middle of the room. "Rise my Scales! Our way of life must be preserved and we must end the terrible reign of these disgusting humans and bring a rise to the age of beasts to let the world descend to our level! Taka, I need a Prince Beast!", he shouted, Taka running off.
Cameron stepped off of the bus and took a good look at the school's field trip site: the legendary Grand Canyon. Today was his first day to be actually excited about his new school and he was going to enjoy it no matter what. He looked around as his class enclosed him, spotting Loren nearby. She was wearing a white denim jacket with sky blue spurts over a pink shirt and she was talking to who were supposedly her friends. She then spotted Cameron and waved at him, the boy foolishly smiling, making her laugh. Cam didn't understand if she found him funny or if she was just laughing at him but either way, he loved seeimg her smile. He looked around some more, seeing Ronnie, Jason, and the blonde haired girl he stared at. "Ok students, here's the deal!", the teacher in front said, "You have been assigned to a team who have the same number as you. So I hoped you remembered the numbers you got.", the teacher then looked at her clipboard. Cameron stood still with his earbuds in before Loren tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey Cam, you 305?", she asked, "Uh, yeah actually. Good to know you're on my team.", Cam said with a smirk as Loren looked at him coyly. "Aye dude! You 305?", Jason asked Cameron as he and Ronnie walked over, Cameron nodding. The blonde girl then walked over, "I'm with you guys.", she said, "You sure you're in the right group?", Ronnie asked. "305. Your green clad friend there was loud enough that main could probably hear him.", she stated as she began to walk, "Hey, uh... what's your name?", Loren asked, "Nessa. Now, let's go.", Nessa said as she led the group. A few minutes later, the group of five walked around, exploring the canyon. Cameron was talking to Loren in order for them to learn more about the other and Jason was planning something with Ronnie while Nessa walkedin silence. The conversations and silence was cut short as a shot almost hit Nessa.
The 5 looked up to see Tigar-O's Scales, hearing distant screams that were most likely from other teens. The 5 slowly backed away, the Scale's staring at them with one jumping down towards them. "Go, go, Run!", Cam yelled as the teens began to run away from the creatures. They didn't go back to the bus lot, as more of these things were probably there already. The 5 ran the opposite way, eventually seeing a cave in the distance. "Go in there!", Cam stated, "Oh yeah, smart. Let's go into a cramped, small cave that these freaks can trap us in. Our savior everyone!", Nessa responded sarcastically, Cameron ignoring it. The 5 got inside as blue lighting bolts sparked on the inside, the Scales stopping short of the entrance. A humanoid western dragon slammed down and opened its mouth, fire breath beginning to form. Just as it fired, the teens were transported away.
The teens landed on a metal floor, groaning after the hard landing. Cameron turned to Loren, "You ok?", he asked, "Yeah Cam, no worries.", she responded. Jason then stood up, "Woah that was awesome!", he stated as Nessa rose to her feet before Ronnie, "You know, it's too bad the fall couldn't fix your brain.", Nessa said angrily. Jason then stepped up to Nessa, the blonde female not backing down as Ronnie tried to shove them apart. Cameron, Ronnie, and Loren then saw a cyan blue light at the end of the hallway. "Guys!", Cameron said aloud, Jason and Nessa finally seeing the light. They all walked towards it, seeing a door with 5 circular indents in a circle themselves on it covering the light. Cameron recognized the shape and pulled out his red coin with the lion inscription and inserted it in the top slot. "We need four more...", Cameron said as Loren inserted a pink coin with a deer inscription to the left of Cameron's coin. "Make it 3.", she said.
To the right of Cameron's coin went Ronnie's blue, eagle inscribed coin. Under Ronnie's went Jason's green, wolf inscribed coin and Nessa's yellow, bear inscribed one after that. The door was unresponsive at first, but just as the teens turned to leave, the door opened, the blonde woman standing behind it. "Welcome teens.", the woman said, inviting them in. Though they obviously had distrust, the teens had nothing better on the outside and stepped into the chamber. When they stepped in, their coins flew back to them. "Are we in some mystic palace?", Jason asked, "Of course not Jace. Look at all the tech! If I could study it, maybe I could build something revolutionary! But it does seem yo be enhanced by some kind of mystical force.", Ronnie mused. The woman smiled at them while Nessa stepped up, "Who are you, where am I, and what were those things out there?", she asked. The woman smiled and said, "My name is Jemas."
"You are at my home, which I have slept in for over 400 years prior to this moment. It is the corner stone of mysticism and technology, something the regular world hasn't been able to do since the medieval age. I call this place JS Central. Those Beasts outside were called Evo Beasts, they have lived as long as I have, maybe even before me. They want one thing: the decimation of our species.", Jemas explained. "But, why?", Loren asked, "Because as misguided as they are, they just want a home. The rise of humanity led to the capture and almost full destruction of their land. They still hold a grudge against humans to this day, even though the generation that took their homes are gone.", Jemas stated. Jason shook his head, "Wait up, you were human?", he asked, "Obviously dumb nut.", Nessa responded. Ronnie kept Jason back while Loren kept Nessa. Cameron looked at the group and then went over to Jemas, who was watching a monitor.
On the monitor, they both saw the field trip students and tourists alike attacked by the Evo Beasts. Cameron's blood ran cold as multiple teens were knocked down and went out cold, "Guys...GUYS!", he yelled out, Nessa and Jason stopping their issue and the 4 walked over to the monitor, watching the recordings. Loren saw one of her friends jumped and started crying, Cameron comforting her with a tight hug. Jason balled his fist along with Nessa in anger and Ronnie simply stared in disbelief. Cam looked to Jemas, "What do we do?", he asked, "You five need to step up, because the coins chose you five.", she explained. She stepped to Loren, "Loren, sacred, swift, and gentle, the deer coin chose you. You will have the powers of the Pink Ranger.", she moved to Nessa, "Nessa, wild, savage, and ferocious, the bear coin chose you to be its holder for you to command the powers of the Yellow Ranger."
Next was Jason, "Jason, you are tamed, fierce, and dominant. The wolf coin chose you for these qualities and with this, you will own the powers of the Green Ranger.", she said, moving to Ronnie, "Ronald, you are noble, magnificent, and bold. You now control the eagle coin, and it will give you the abilities of the Blue Ranger. Wear it with honor.", finally, she got to Cam, "Finally, Cameron, where do I begin? You are young, brave, and proud, which is why you have the lion coin. You will be the Red Ranger, the leader of the team. Accept your destiny with pride.", she said, "There must be a mistake, I'm not a leader. I just moved here.", Cam reasoned. "Maybe so, but Cameron, the coins do not make mistakes.", Jemas responded as lights began flashing. "It's time to go!", Jason said, warming up as Jemas stood before them, "Before you five go, I need to give you these.", she said, raising her hand. All of a sudden, Silver braces with a coin slot appeared on the Rangers' wrists.
"Those are your Slot Morphers. Use them to transform into your suits. Jungle Spirit Rangers, your mission begins here.", she said before teleporting the team away.
The five were then transported to the site of the Scales, morphers standing proudly on their left wrists. The Dragon Evo-Beast stepped forward, roaring in the teens' direction. The 5 didn't even flinch as the wind pasted by them. "What do we do Cam?", Loren asked, Cam looking at her for a moment, "We save our peers.", he said, raising his coin, "Ready?!", "Ready!", the others said as all five inserted their coins. Underneath the slot were 3 buttons in a line, the team pressing the one to the far left and then the big button under the 3 smaller ones. A projection of each rangers coin came up in front of them and smacked into the center of their chests. Their suits were the same in certain areas: white gloves, necks, and boots, gold cuffs on both, golden out line of their specific coin, gold belt, white claw marks on the side of the arms and legs as well as on either side of the coin out line. The rest of the costume was the ranger's color: red for Cam, blue for Ronnie, green for Jason, yellow for Nessa, and pink for Loren.
Cameron's helmet was based on a lion with lime green eyes and a golden mane. Its mouth, like the other helmet designs, was the visor which was pure black and had a silver mouth plate. Ronnie's was based on an eagle with the same color eyes and a golden beak surrounding the visor. Jason's was similar to Cameron's, but did away with the mane in place of green ears. Nessa's was based on a bear, and Lorens was based on a deer with silver horns and, along with Ronnie's, did not have teeth on the visor. On the side of their belts were a coin dispenser of some kind that laid flush against their thighs. The Dragon Evo-Beast roared again at the rangers, who stared it down.
"Prideful Lion! Jungle Spirit Red!"
"Noble Eagle! Jungle Spirit Blue!"
"Wild Wolf! Jungle Spirit Green!"
"Fierce Bear! Jungle Spirit Yellow!"
"Graceful Deer! Jungle Spirit Pink!"
"Forgotten Forests No More!", the team said, "Power Rangers...", Cameron exclaimed, "Jungle Spirit!" they shouted as an explosion rocked the place. The Evo-Beasts shook as a result of the explosion while the rangers watched them, "Let's go guys!", Cam yelled as the team charged in for the fight. Cameron bounded over a swinging hand from a Scale, spinning around to face it before landing on his feet and using a sweep kick on it. Scales then tried to surround him, "I hope you all had a good time. Summon Lion Blade!", he shouted. The lion blade had a lion's head and mane as the hand guard, a sword blade jutting out of the open lion mouth with a black handle that had red stripes on it. A Scale leaped at him, Cam's reaction being to hop back and slicing it across the back. He charged up the sword blade and as the rest of the Scales leaped, he sliced in a circle, destroying all of his squad of Scales.
Ronnie used one foot to propel himself off a car, clotheslining one of the charging Scales. He landed in a crouch and spun foot full force into a roundhouse kick to the head of a Scale, the others inching closer cautiously. One ran in and tried a right cross, Ronnie catching the arm, spinning over the elbow and used his swinging right elbow to hit the Scale in the back of the head. He then used that Scales arm as some kind of shield, kicking another one in the shin. Ronnie back his feet up and used running momentum to spin upwards on the arm, breaking it and kicking the Scale straight in the jaw. He then hed his hand out, "Summon Eagle Crossbow!", he screamed. The crossbow was lile an eagle without feet and a handle hanging from the bottom. He used the wings/bow tips as blades, cutting any Scale unfortunate enough to be in the way. When he got to the last Scale, Ronnie held the trigger on his crossbow, charging up a blue holographic arrow that he let fly through the Scale destroying it in a fireball.
Jason ran through the Scales, shoulder checking all of them on both sides of himself. He willed himself to a stop and then turned on his heel, running back the way he came. As he neared closer, he put his arms out: "Summon Wolf Daggers!", he yelled, with a dagger appearing in each hand. The one is his left hand was a normal dagger with a silver blade, green hilt, and a black handle with green stripes. The one in his right hand however was different as the hilt on that dagger was in the shape of a wolf's head. "This is for everyone who you ended the life of!", he screamed as he went back through the Scale lined tunnel, slicing them with his daggers. He came through and the Scales he struck fell to the ground. More Scales then appeared, aiming guns and cannons at the Green Warrior. He turned to face them, "Let's end this!", Jason exclaimed as the Scales opened fire. He jumped into the sky and charged up his daggers with energy before sending energy slashes at the attacking Scales, blowing them up.
Nessa jumped up on top of a bus and crouched on the top edge. The Scales ran up to the side of the vehicle to look at her, some trying to rock the bus over as she watched over. "Never disturb a sleeping bear,", she said as Nessa jumped off to tackle a Scale and punched the beast, the other Scales backing away slightly in fear. The yellow clad girl flipped backwards, tackling another and pushing the Scale down with her foot. More Scales tried to attack, with Nessa parrying and countering them before forcing these other Scales to the ground as well. The pack of Scales tried to attack at once with downwards swinging punches, but Nessa summoned her weapon: a hammer with both flat ends bulging out of the mouths of two bear heads, and used it to block all of the hands that came her way. She pushed upwards and sent the Scales flying backwards in pain. "Because this sleeping bear bites!", she yelled before slamming the hammer on the ground, sending rocks into the Scares, who exploded not long after.
Loren already had her Deer Shield out as she began to bash Scales faces in. The shield she had was the head of the deer, the antlers working as claws as well as blades, making the weapon versatile. She used the antlers to slash a Scale in the gut and the beast fell. She then used the shield to smack a Scale away, the beast spinning through the air. "This is for my friends!", Loren angrily yelled as she used her charged up shield to smash all of the Scales that were left. As she rose, the Dragon Evo-Beast attacked her, Loren putting up her guard. After a few lucky shots, Loren used the antlers on the shield again to stab the monster, not hurting it really, but knocking it back enough. "Do you even remember her name? Do you?!", Loren yelled in rage as she continued to stab at the beast. The dragon the knocked the shield away from his gut and then knocked Loren aside, stalking her like she was his prey.
All of a sudden, the Dragon was hit by a blue energy arrow, knocking it off. Cameron then ran to Loren, crouching beside her. "Loren, I understand how much killing that thing means to you, I do; but we have to destroy it as team, not one single person.", he told her, helping the pink girl up. The five then stood side by side as the Dragon stood up on it's feet. "Guys, charge up!", Cam commanded, the rangers obeying the order. Ronnie attacked first, shooting the beast with a barrage of arrows. He was followed by Nessa and Loren, who hit the ground with their weapons, sending the debris up in the air before they propelled it into the Dragon. Jason then ran up and hit the beast with two crossing diagonal slashes, leaving Cameron left. The leader charged his sword and vertically slashed the Dragon, sparks sprouting from the creature before it fell over and exploded. The five then de-morphed and stared as the fireball as it faded to show no sign of the monster. Loren then ran over to the fallen body of her friend, putting her ear to the teens chest as Cameron got beside her with the others respectfully far off. Loren raised her head from her friends chest, looking to Cameron with tears in her eyes and a smile before hugging him tight and crying, Cameron holding her as well. The other rangers smiled as they realized that Loren's friend was going to be alright.
Loren and Cameron sat outside of a hospital room, waiting for news on Loren's friend. "Thanks for being here Cam.", Loren said, cutting the thick silence. Cameron shrugged, "I couldn't leave you alone. We all need a friend in moments like this.", Can explained, smiling. They jerked their heads to the E.R. door as Jason and Ronnie walked into the room, Jason making a hand signal to the two, "What up?", He said as Cam and Loren stood up. "You two came! But, where's Nessa?", Loren asked before Ronnie looked at Jason, "Well, she is ok on being in the team, she seems to like being non attached to us. So, she'll be here when we are not.", Ronnie explained. Jason shook his head as Mr. and Mrs. Haywood came out of their daughter's hospital room with tears and smiles as they made their way over to the four teens, specifically Loren.
"We have great news. Farah is going to be alright, just some minor injuries.", Mr. Haywood said to the teen before turning to the three boys behind her, "As for you three: We want to thank you for saving our daughter.", he stated. Jason tapped Cameron, "Couldn't have done it without this guy. He's like our leader.", he said with Cameron looking at him. Mr. Haywood walked over and extended his hand to Cameron. The red ranger looked at Loren, who smiled at him and motioned for him to shake the man's hand, which he did. Mr. Haywood clapped Cameron's shoulder as the married couple left, Cameron holding where his shoulder was clapped as the others laughed. They later walked out of the hospital, but they failed to see Taka watching from above. "Game on Jungle Spirits.", she said before disappearing.
That was the first chapter of Jungle Spirit! So this chapter and premiere was late but school and personal issues are not helping the writing and even then, writer's block caught me so yes, this should've been out sooner. Soon however, I will get back to regular schedule (a.k.a somehow not being able to finish a new chapter of Gamer Clan. But, both Gamer Clan and Nexus Beasts have taken a backseat to this and Map Hunters, so, there's hope that Nexus and Gamer will be finished roughly at the same time. Fingers crossed.)
As for this story, it had a way to darker turn, but the thing about doing a story for someone is that you can ask that person how they envisioned so, I saved the story at the last second. If you want to know the darker ending, it involved death and let's just say, Loren had to go to a funeral. So let's talk about the characters as LuckyLeoRed imagined them. Cameron is your basic new guy who I wanted to deviate from the usual no friend deal. Ronnie is the smart one and Jason's best friend. Jason is the fun lover and Ronnie's best friend. Nessa is a tomboy, so she would probably not get along with Loren outside of they are the only girls. I gave her a bit of a loner like feel. Not as bad as the Blue Gamer Ranger or the new Orange Nexus Ranger, but something more small and containable. Then Loren, she us the nice girl so, she doesn't need an explanation but I feel like her hospitalized friend could lend a bit of an edge in how bad she wants to fight their enemies.
Not much more to say. I liked writing the story, even with the re write of the ending and I like how I introduced the villains and uh yeah. So, NEXT TIME ON JUNGLE SPIRIT!
Title: Clash of the Team
Synopsis: A new Evo-Beast forces the team to learn how to work together properly
Till Next Time Y'all, Happy Reading~ Trey-El :-)