Author's Note: As this is my series, the Rangers, who are in the
ninth grade as the story begins, or at least at the appropriate age for
ninth grade, will be acting like real fifteen year olds, so expect cursing.
Also, there are going to be a lot more realistic things going on, such as
personal lives, social lives, dates, and the citizens of the town
suspecting who the Rangers are. The characters will ones you could relate
to (I hope) and, while I may have created the relationship between the
mentor and the original Red Ranger, the whole thing does seem realistic,
again, I hope, and I'll try to answer certain Power Ranger mysteries that
have been lost to the ages. I also plan on making ranger history with the
backgrounds of several characters. There will be adventures that do not
involve the villains at all, but instead deal with, say, trapped in a
haunted house.
Ian Scott walked out of Starry Grove High.
" How am I going to be able to show this to my dad? He'll kill me," Ian muttered, looking at his grade check. His dad, Thomas Scott, had been out of town, talking with some old friends of his brother, Ian's uncle, Jason Scott. But Ian's mom was still here, and she was tougher than his father.
" Hey Ian!" someone called behind him. Ian turned and saw his girlfriend, Sarah Ri running up behind him.
" Hey, Sarah," Ian sighed.
" You look bummed," Sarah said.
" Thank you for that comment, Captain Obvious," Ian grumbled and passed her his grade check.
" Oooh, you're dead. Hey, can I have your stereo?" Sarah asked.
" Your concern is over whelming," Ian muttered.
" Hey, there is a 'D' on here, even though the others are 'F's," Sarah said.
" Yeah, and that one would be an 'A' if Mrs. Willburn didn't think I was hacking into the secret diaries of George W. Bush, Dick Cheny, and the guys responsible for the Kennedy conspiracy," Ian muttered.
" Have you been?"
" Of course not. Just the files at the local government building," Ian said, smirking.
" You're hopeless," Sarah muttered, and gave him back his grade check.
Gang boss Sacrio glared at the fifteen-year old boy standing at the other end of the room.
" Roder, I know how much attention you've put into our group here, but frankly, you're no longer needed," Sacrio snickered.
" That is where you're wrong, pallie. I'm a leader with all sorts around here," Roder smiled. He snapped and a girl stepped out from behind Sacrio, slamming a vase on his skull. Sacrio promptly fell to the floor.
" So much for Mr. Idiot," Melissa Storms smirked.
" Let's scram before he comes to. Police?"
" On their way. You'll be the next leader down here, and Sacrio will be serving 10-20," Melissa smiled.
" Excellent."
Ben Ri ran up to Sarah and Ian.
" Hey guys. S'up?" he asked.
" Ian's dad is gonna kill him," Sarah said.
" Hey, can I have your stereo?"
" Is that all either of you two think about?" Ian growled.
" You're the only one of us that has that awesome new stereo that has radio capabilities, CD player, MP3 player, CD recorder..." Ben imitated drooling sounds.
" I gotta find new friends," Ian muttered.
Sierra Mann hit the 'play' button and the sounds of Pink filled her ears. She began to sing along.
" Never win first place. I don't support the team. Can't take direction and my socks are never clean. Teachers dated me. My parents hated me. I was always in a fight, 'cause I can't do nothing right-" Sierra suddenly stopped, hearing her father's 4x4 drive up.
" Shit," she whispered. She killed the music and ducked in her closet like a little child, afraid of taking their first bath. Her father entered the house.
" Kid! Hey! Kid! Get in here! Now!" her father screamed. Sierra bit her lip and paled. What was he going to do today? 50 lashes with his belt? 100? 200? Or was he going to nearly drown her like he had when she'd broken a lamp at age two when she was too young to realize what a lamp was? Or would he really drown her? Or would he strangle her and made it look like an accident like he had with her mother? Too many possibilities, too little interest in thinking of them all.
" I gotta get out of here," was all she told herself before the door to her room opened, and she stopped breathing, not daring to make a sound.
Meanwhile, deep in space, a lone ship hurtles towards the Earth. Inside, four beings conversed.
" Psycho. Where are we headed?" X asked. Magoto and Liko stood near him.
" We're headed for the little backwater planet of Earth," Psycho growled.
" Earth? But they've barely mastered any kind of extra-planetary travel!" Liko cried.
" I was defeated once on Earth in my previous form of Mutitis. I wish to destroy that planet, and then move on to the other worlds of this galaxy," Psycho growled. Liko stared at her master, placing her hands on her hips. She had a very human appearance, if you ignored the tail she had, trailing behind her, which she would use as a whip if needed. On her right hand was a ring with a skull's head, and on her left hand was a ring that, on Earth, would be called a mood ring. Her head resembled the infamous Vypra of the demon shadow world. It had a dragon mouth with two horns on top of the head. Under her blood red battle armor, which she was currently not wearing, she had a black leather leotard. She had spiked boots, long dark hair, and blood red lipstick.
" Liko, do not give me that. Psycha will return, and our family will be back together. Daughter, I promise you this," Psycho growled. With that, the skull-faced leader of the Dark Warriors turned and left Magoto, Liko, and X.
" Psycho. Ever since he came here, reeling from his near-death as Mutitis and got Psycha to heal him and he would accept her hand in eternal marriage, he's been acting as if he ruled us," X growled.
" Psycha, as our leader, bestowed the leadership on him just before her sealing from Zordon's Z-wave which destroyed nearly all of our arsenal and army. Fortunately, she was far enough away that the Z-Wave didn't kill her, just sealed her away in another dimension. It is possible that she's forced herself into a position on Earth. But if Psycho still thinks that we will follow him blindly to the edge of the universe, he is dead wrong!" Magoto roared.
Thomas Scott arrived back at his home with a grave look on his face.
" Hi, hun. How was the reunion?" Cat Scott asked.
" It was. uh. interrupted," Thomas muttered. " Is Ian home?"
" Uh. yeah. He, Sarah, and Ben just got here," Cat said, pointing to her Ian, Sarah, and Ben.
" Good. Prep everything," Thomas muttered.
" You mean."
" Yeah. He's coming. Start everything up and contact Alpha. Get those other three here. Now," Thomas sighed, and ran over to his son, his girlfriend, and her brother.
" Hi dad," Ian said dejectedly.
" Hi Ian. Hey, Sarah, Ben. Would you and Ian come inside, please?" Thomas asked.
" Uh, ya know what? We'd better be getting home," Sarah said.
" Sarah, Ben, I insist," Thomas said, indicating he wouldn't take no for an answer. He turned and walked into the house.
" Ian, what's going on?" Sarah asked.
" Got me," Ian muttered. The two followed Thomas in.
The police sirens were too near.
" Roder, I think we went the wrong direction," Melissa said.
" No dip," Roder growled.
" Would you be quiet? You're gonna get us caught!" she whispered.
" No, we've got too close police officers to deal with that," Roder muttered.
" What?" Melissa cried. Something started beating in the door, and suddenly, the door was splinters. That was when she and Roder disappeared in a flash of blue and green light.
Sierra heard her father's footsteps walk towards her door.
" Please, God, don't let him hurt me," she prayed. She got her wish and vanished in a flash of pink just as her father opened the door.
" Ian, Sarah, Ben, what I'm about to show you may surprise you," Thomas said.
" Dad, what can you show me that'll surprise me?" Ian scoffed.
" This," Thomas said, and with that he pulled a book from the bookcase. The bookcase seemed to fade out of existence and was replaced with a winding staircase.
" Okay, dad. You just topped yourself with the surprises," Ian muttered.
" There's more on the way. Come on. Follow me," Thomas said. The three walked down the staircase for twenty minutes until there was a light.
" Dad, I think I'm ready to wake up now," Ian muttered. The three continued down until they reached a door.
" From this point on, you are sworn to secrecy about both the stairwell and anything beyond this door. Are we clear?" Thomas asked, gaining a military air. Ian, Sarah, and Ben nodded. Thomas smiled and pressed a button. The door opened, revealing a small tube. After walking through the tube, they came to another door, this one with a circle with a star in the middle of it. Thomas pressed another button and this door opened. On the other side was an entire control center.
" What the." Ian gasped.
" I, uh, assume you basement doesn't look like this regularly, huh?" Sarah chuckled, but her surprise showed through. Thomas led them to a back room where six people and one robot stood waiting.
" Hello, Thomas. I assume by the fact that everyone's here that the danger we hoped to avoid has arrived on Earth?" Alpha 5 asked.
" That's exactly what happened. Ian, Sarah, Ben, take a seat. I'll be explaining everything. First off, for those of you who don't know, my name is Thomas Scott. This is my wife Cat, and our good friends Alex and Penny. And this is Alpha 5, our robotic assistant. Now then, for your introductions. My son, Ian Scott, his girlfriend Sarah Ri, her brother, Ben Ri, Sierra Mann, Melissa Storms, and Roder. Now, the reason I've called you here," Thomas said, and pressed a button, activating a holo-screen. " Over a decade ago, the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers battled a creature named Mutitis, and seemed to destroy him. But instead, he escaped to a distant galaxy where the mistress of the Dark Warriors, a demon named Psycha, found him. She healed him and married him, changing his name to Psycho. When Astronema attacked Starry Grove's sister city of Angel Grove, Psycha was trapped in a parallel dimension, which left Psycho in charge. Now, he's come to Earth in the hopes of releasing Psycha from her prison. He has an army of Dark Warriors. Any questions?" Thomas asked.
" Uh, yeah. Where do we fit in with all of this? And are you nuts?" Roder asked.
" A good question. The first one, I mean. The second could get you killed if you ask again. For several years, I've been searching for any sign of these guys. You see I was a Power Ranger myself. The four of us-" Thomas motioned to Cat, Alex, and Penny- " -were a group of government recruited Rangers. You see, not long before the Phantom Ranger, a friend to the Turbo Power Rangers, arrived in Angel Grove, the Phantom Ranger arrived here in Starry Grove at the government office, requesting assistance. But before he could go on, a monster, presumably one of Psycha's, attacked and killed him. He gave his powers to the four of us. Now, we realized that our Phantom powers can't do much against Psycho's forces, and we've decided to grant you six Ranger powers," Thomas explained.
" Ranger powers? This is a little too much for me. See ya all," Sierra said standing up.
" Where'd you go? Back to your dad, who wants to kill you?" Sierra stopped in her tracks, sighed and returned to her seat.
" How'd you know?"
" We've kept tabs on you all. That's part of the reason we made Alex here Ian's godfather," Thomas smiled.
" The other part being I've been his loyal friend for over twenty- five years, why I don't know," Alex smiled.
" I've threatened you with a weapon, that's why," Thomas shot back. Alex mimed being shot. Cat rolled her eyes and Penny shook her head. " Anyway, back to business. You all are here because when you were born, Alpha's former employer, Zordon, realized that you had high power levels and would be most willing to become Rangers, even if you resisted at first. Now then. Alpha, go get the morphers," Thomas ordered. Sierra returned to her seat and glared menacingly at Thomas. Alpha grabbed a box from a shelf.
" Oh, I was hoping these would never be needed," Alpha muttered. He brought the box over to the table where the teens were sitting. Alex opened the box.
" Yeah, well, Alpha, it's not like we have much choice," he muttered. Thomas returned to the table.
" These are Star Morphers. You wear them on your right wrist and press the buttons in this order." Thomas pointed to each one in succession, " And you'll morph and have the power that the Power Rangers from both the past and the present have been using to use for generations."
" Past and present?" Roder asked. " You mean there's more of you nutcases out there, pretending to be fighting these evil space aliens?" That was the final straw. Thomas grabbed Roder by the collar and pulled him over to his side of the table.
" Look here, boy, I don't care about your attitude, but frankly, if you think that without Power Rangers this planet could survive, you've got another thing coming. If it weren't for the memory of the man who picked you, I would either kill you right here and right now, or throw you back to the gutter that you came from. Now then, sit down, and accept this or I will dump you out of the nearest docking port, and since this base is underwater, you will drown before you can reach the surface. Have I made myself clear?" Thomas growled menacingly. He let go of Roder's shirt, letting him fall to the top of the table. Roder pulled himself off the table and sank back into his seat. While he decided to scowl at Thomas for the rest of the meeting, he was silent. Thomas looked back and forth at Ben, Melissa, Sierra, Roder, Sarah, and Ian.
" Anyone else have a problem with my methods?" he growled, daring them to speak up. The future Rangers were silent after Thomas's display with Roder. " Good. Penny, could you pass them their morphers?" he ordered. Penny took the six morphers out of the box and passed one to each one of the teenagers. While Roder and Sierra put theirs on grudgingly, the teens seemed accepting of the responsibility.
" Dad, who defeated Psycho when he was Mutitis?" Ian asked.
" The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were Tommy Oliver, Zack Taylor, Trini Kwan-" At this, Thomas paused for a moment with a sad smile, then continued. "-Trini Kwan, Billy Cranston, Kimberly Hart, and Jason Scott." Ian gasped.
" Uncle Jason was a Power Ranger?"
" Great. So it runs in your family," Roder, of course.
" Alpha, take them to the training range," Thomas ordered, " Before I shoot a certain pre-destined Green Ranger," he muttered. After the teens were gone, Alex turned to Thomas.
" That Roder is a danger to our security. He sounds to be a guy who will change his allegiances at any second," Alex said.
" You're the chief of security of the StarBase. You assign someone to watch him at all times," Thomas said.
" Alex, there's never been anything like this here before. We're all still trying to figure out what to do while we're stuck in this situation," Penny smiled.
" Alex, Penny, I need to speak with my husband for a little alone. Could you." Cat left it unsaid. Alex and Penny walked out of the room.
" Cat." Thomas started.
" No. Listen. Ian and Sarah are willing to do this, Melissa and Ben are overwhelmed right now, and Roder and Sierra are resistant. Now what you have to do is prove to them that they were chosen," Cat growled.
" How? Cat, Zordon is dead. We can't have the head leader of the Power Rangers- no pun intended- himself come here and tell them. Nowadays, there are few Rangers who've even heard of Zordon. Leo and his Rangers, Carter and his Rangers, Wes and his Rangers, Cole and his Rangers, Shane and his Rangers. None of them ever knew that Zordon existed until Jason and Billy set up that reunion. None of them even realized that the leader sacrificed himself to save all of us. We can't show them any kind of video of Zordon that proves that we are telling them the truth," Thomas sighed.
" Then we'll wait until a Dark Warrior attacks us here in Starry Grove," Cat growled.
Alpha 5 and the new Power Rangers stood in the StarBase's training facility. Roder was scowling and Sierra was pouting. The other four were looking around in awe.
" Oh, Ai, yi, yi, yi. Will all of you come over here?" Alpha asked, upset.
" What. are you, anyway?" Ben asked, finally speaking up.
" I am Alpha Five, former assistant to the great Zordon. I was helping him while all of your great-grandparents were learning their ABCs," Alpha said, aiming that last comment to Roder.
" So do you want me to call you; Grandpa?" Roder said.
" This won't be easy," Alpha muttered. He nodded to Penny, who was standing in a back room. The lights in the room darkened over the teens and increased in six colors over six targets of the same color of the light over them. Penny then turned the light off over the green one.
" Now, these are the Star Blasters," Alpha said, passing each Ranger except Roder a blaster.
" What, none for me?" Roder asked.
" You will earn yours. You have not proven yourself ready to have a weapon yet. From what I can tell, Zordon made a mistake with you," Alpha said.
" They happen," Roder smirked. Alpha, even with his pacifist programming, had to resist the urge to take the Star Blaster and shoot Roder with it.
" Now, Alpha said, looking at the others, " You will learn how to use your Star Blasters."
" Uh, excuse me?" Sarah said, raising her hand as if in a classroom.
" Yes?" Alpha asked.
" Why is it that we need to know how to use weapons?" Sarah asked.
" For your protection, obviously," Roder sniggered. Sarah and Ian exchanged a meaningful glance.
" Oh, you think that because I'm a girl I can't defend myself," Sarah said.
" I'm not sayin' that. I'm just saying that we men are better equipped to deal with crazed people and robots who think that monsters exist," Roder said. Alpha put an arm across Ian's chest.
" Ignore him. He's got no idea what's at stake," Alpha whispered. Ian growled, but didn't take any action.
" The time is now! Go, my generals of the Dark Warriors! Destroy the planet of Earth!" Psycho cackled. Magoto and X snickered and nodded, vanishing.
" Father, they plan to overthrow you when you show weakness," Liko said, walking up to her father.
" It does not matter. We will be able to get this puny planet. The Power Rangers exist in another city. They cannot defeat these two. And once we've captured everyone in Starry Grove, we'll turn them into our army. Then we can destroy the Rangers' powers and turn them into Dark Warriors!" Psycho cackled evilly. He leaned down and kissed his daughter's head and returned to his chambers. Liko snapped.
" Has he realized anything?" asked a voice.
" Of course not. Psycho is a sentimental fool when it comes to me. He would do anything that I ask if I push his love for me enough," Liko snickered.
" Excellent. When I return, I want to be ruling someone who has no will other than that which I plan for," the voice of Psycha snickered.
Magoto pulled his sword out of his sheath. He looked very much like the leader of the Mut-Orgs who were destroyed in Turtle Cove. He had a cape and a sword sheath, but other than that, he could not be told apart.
X destroyed another car, sending several humans scattering. X had a cape and a blaster on his left side and a sword on his right. X had an 'x' on his face and a scarred right eye. He grabbed his sword and slashed a streetlight.
" Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. This destruction is just what I needed!" he cackled.
The alarm in the StarBase blared.
" You got your wish, hun," Thomas muttered. Ian, Sarah, Roder, Melissa, Sierra, and Ben followed Alpha into the wardroom.
" Dad, what's going on?" Ian asked.
" Psycho has sent Dark Warriors to downtown Starry Grove. You six need to get down there and defeat them," Thomas ordered.
" Are you crazy? If there are monsters in the downtown, let the police deal with it! Or hire those 'Silver Guardians' from Silver Hills I hear about" Roder cried.
" The police can't handle things by themselves. You guys have to go there and defeat them. Now, do you want another table lesson, or do you want to go defeat those monsters," Thomas growled.
" Fine. Let's go," Roder growled.
" Hold it. Roder, you are not the leader of what we have dubbed Star Force. Ian is. Red has signified the leader since the original Power Rangers. Ian is the Red Ranger. Press the button on the side of your morphers and you'll teleport to the downtown area and then you should morph. Trust me. If you need any more help, we'll contact you from here," Thomas ordered. Roder growled and glanced at Ian. The teens hit the button and disappeared in six flashes of light.
" Thomas, Roder is a loose wire," Cat whispered.
" Don't I know it," Thomas muttered.
In the downtown, Magoto and X continued attacking the city when the teens teleported in.
" What?" X cried.
" Hey! You two! You're going down!" Ian cried.
" Oh really? And how do you six think you can stop us?" Magoto snickered. Ian looked to both sides.
" Guys, I think we should morph," Ian said.
" Well duh. Your dad must have picked you because you're so smart," Roder snickered.
" Roder, would you shut it?" Melissa growled. Roder glanced at her and was silent.
" Let's do it guys," Ian said. The six teens hit the buttons that Thomas had told them too and morphed. Magoto and X covered their eyes as the six morphed into Power Rangers. The teens came out of their morphed poses.
" Wow, what power," Sarah gasped.
" This is incredible," Ben gasped.
" Amazing," Melissa stared.
" I could do a lot of damage with this kind of power," Roder snickered.
" Shut up, greenie," Sierra growled.
" Awesome," Ian gasped. The six teens were wearing colored outfits. Ian was in red, Sarah was in orange, Melissa was in blue, Roder was in green, Sierra was in pink, and Ben was in black. Each one had a star on their helmets as a visor, belts with the star in a circle symbol that was all over the StarBase, white gloves with stars on the palms, boots colored in their key colors, and a badge with a white star in the center worn on the right side of their chests.
" Power Rangers? Inconceivable!" Magoto cried.
" That's right, bad guy. And we're going to take you down!" Ian cried.
" So go home or be ready to take a pounding!" Sarah roared.
" That's right, 'cause the good guys are here!" Ben cried.
" Get off our planet, alien scum!" Melissa roared.
" 'Cause you're going down!" Roder snickered.
" You got that right, 'cause we're the." Sierra started.
" Power Rangers! Star Force!" the teens cried together.
" Star Force? Oh, you got part of that right. You'll be seeing stars once we're through with you! X-Tracsis! Take them down!" Magoto cried. Lightning crackled from his fingertips and blasted the air about a yard away from the Rangers. Creatures that looked like giant, evil squirrels with racecar wheels for feet emerged.
" Whoa, what are those?" Ben asked.
" Those are Psycho's shock troops, X-Tracsis," Thomas's voice said from inside their helmets.
" Dad?" Ian asked, touching the right side of his helmet.
" Ian, you and the others need to defeat the X-Tracsis, or else Magoto and X will be able to continue their attempts to capture people for their army while you are outnumbered by their shock troops," Thomas explained.
" Huh?" Ian asked in confusion.
" Fight them then go after Magoto and X," Thomas sighed in exasperation.
" Oh," Ian sighed. He opened a line to the other Rangers. " Guys, we gotta take out the X-Tracsis!"
" What? When Ugly and Uglier are destroying the city?" Roder growled.
" I've got my orders," Ian growled, pulling out his Star Blaster, " And so do you," he said, aiming it at Roder's chest. Roder chuckled.
" Go ahead. These suits can obviously take abuse, and I know a lot more self-defense and offensive moves than you can dream of," he snickered. Sarah ran between them.
" Guys, this isn't helping us right now! We have to-"
" Get out of this, girl. This is our fight," Roder growled.
" Sarah, move. Leave this to us. You and Ben take the X-Tracsis. Melissa and Sierra go take the generals. I'll take green boy here," Ian growled. Sarah stepped closer to Ian.
" Ian, this is an emergency situation. Please, put your fighting aside until after this battle," Sarah pleaded. Ian looked at her, then Roder.
" For you, Sarah. Only for you," Ian muttered. He turned to Roder. " We've got a city to save. But after we save this city, you're mine," he growled.
" I'll clean the floor with you at any point," Roder snickered.
" Yeah, right," Ian smirked.
" Boys," Sarah warned, " Don't make me clean the floor with you," Sarah warned.
" Yeah, right," Roder snickered. Sarah grabbed Roder by the arm and flung him into X, knocking both down.
" This is not going well," Thomas muttered.
" Ya think?" Cat said.
" Tom, are you sure about this group?" Alex asked.
" Like we've got a choice. It would take too long to find some teens who are ready for this, and the Psychotic Pship won't wait for us to find any," Thomas growled.
" Though, at least we've got a strong female influence there," Penny chuckled.
" I figured they'd be pretty strong, which is why I threw out the 'dress' part on the female outfits," Cat smiled.
" Ladies, gossip later. Alex, send them their weapons," Thomas ordered.
" He let's him morph, then allows him to get another weapon, yet he still doesn't trust him with a Star Blaster..." Alex muttered, hitting the button sending the Rangers the data on their weapons.
" Alex, when will you learn that I only let you keep that mouth because it's good for the recommended paranoia of you security guys," Thomas asked.
" About the time Hell freezes over," Alex muttered.
" I heard that."
" Sarah!"
" I know, Ian, I shouldn't have let my temper take control like that- "
" No, it's that I can't believe you did that before me," Ian chuckled.
" Rangers, we're sending you the Star Weapons. They'll help you defeat these bozos," Thomas said over the headset.
" Green boy, remember, aim that at the monsters, not your fellow Rangers," Alex warned. A frisbee appeared in Ian's hand, Sarah's hands crackled with orange energy, a whip appeared in Melissa's hands, Roder received a sword, a bow and an archer's pack with several arrows appeared in Sierra's hands, and an axe appeared in Ben's hands.
" Dad, you give a sword to Roder and give me a frisbee?" Ian asked.
" Don't ask questions," Thomas growled. Information on how to use the weapons appeared on the helmets.
" Hey! Ugly!" Ben called, prepping his axe.
" Uh, Ben? Which 'Ugly' are you referring to?" Sarah asked.
" Both, now shut up and let me do my job," Ben muttered. X and Magoto growled and snorted.
" You don't scare us, Power Puke," Magoto growled.
" Wow. No one's used that insult since Rita and Zedd," Thomas muttered.
" Would you be quiet?" Cat growled.
" Star Axe!" Ben called as he slashed the generals. Magoto and X grunted, taking the hits.
" Herthener Arrows!" Sierra cried, firing a group of arrows at the generals. The arrows exploded on impact and threw the generals back.
" Feral Sword!" Roder cried, and slashed the generals. As Melissa prepped her whip, Psycho's voice filled the air.
" Magoto! X! Report back the Psychotic Pship. Now!" it growled.
" This isn't over, Rangers," growled Magoto. He and X rippled and vanished.
" That was weird," Melissa muttered. Suddenly they were teleported back to the StarBase, their Ranger suits deactivated.
" Not bad, Rangers," Thomas nodded.
The next morning, Ian hardly believed it.
" Morning Dad," he muttered at the breakfast table.
" Morning, Ian. By the way, I heard that Frisbee comment yesterday," Thomas said.
" Fris- You mean it wasn't a dream?" Ian asked, dropping his donut.
" It was real. And Ian, cut back on the sugar. It'll slow your reaction time when you're battling Psycho's monsters," Thomas said, not looking up from his paper.
Ian Scott walked out of Starry Grove High.
" How am I going to be able to show this to my dad? He'll kill me," Ian muttered, looking at his grade check. His dad, Thomas Scott, had been out of town, talking with some old friends of his brother, Ian's uncle, Jason Scott. But Ian's mom was still here, and she was tougher than his father.
" Hey Ian!" someone called behind him. Ian turned and saw his girlfriend, Sarah Ri running up behind him.
" Hey, Sarah," Ian sighed.
" You look bummed," Sarah said.
" Thank you for that comment, Captain Obvious," Ian grumbled and passed her his grade check.
" Oooh, you're dead. Hey, can I have your stereo?" Sarah asked.
" Your concern is over whelming," Ian muttered.
" Hey, there is a 'D' on here, even though the others are 'F's," Sarah said.
" Yeah, and that one would be an 'A' if Mrs. Willburn didn't think I was hacking into the secret diaries of George W. Bush, Dick Cheny, and the guys responsible for the Kennedy conspiracy," Ian muttered.
" Have you been?"
" Of course not. Just the files at the local government building," Ian said, smirking.
" You're hopeless," Sarah muttered, and gave him back his grade check.
Gang boss Sacrio glared at the fifteen-year old boy standing at the other end of the room.
" Roder, I know how much attention you've put into our group here, but frankly, you're no longer needed," Sacrio snickered.
" That is where you're wrong, pallie. I'm a leader with all sorts around here," Roder smiled. He snapped and a girl stepped out from behind Sacrio, slamming a vase on his skull. Sacrio promptly fell to the floor.
" So much for Mr. Idiot," Melissa Storms smirked.
" Let's scram before he comes to. Police?"
" On their way. You'll be the next leader down here, and Sacrio will be serving 10-20," Melissa smiled.
" Excellent."
Ben Ri ran up to Sarah and Ian.
" Hey guys. S'up?" he asked.
" Ian's dad is gonna kill him," Sarah said.
" Hey, can I have your stereo?"
" Is that all either of you two think about?" Ian growled.
" You're the only one of us that has that awesome new stereo that has radio capabilities, CD player, MP3 player, CD recorder..." Ben imitated drooling sounds.
" I gotta find new friends," Ian muttered.
Sierra Mann hit the 'play' button and the sounds of Pink filled her ears. She began to sing along.
" Never win first place. I don't support the team. Can't take direction and my socks are never clean. Teachers dated me. My parents hated me. I was always in a fight, 'cause I can't do nothing right-" Sierra suddenly stopped, hearing her father's 4x4 drive up.
" Shit," she whispered. She killed the music and ducked in her closet like a little child, afraid of taking their first bath. Her father entered the house.
" Kid! Hey! Kid! Get in here! Now!" her father screamed. Sierra bit her lip and paled. What was he going to do today? 50 lashes with his belt? 100? 200? Or was he going to nearly drown her like he had when she'd broken a lamp at age two when she was too young to realize what a lamp was? Or would he really drown her? Or would he strangle her and made it look like an accident like he had with her mother? Too many possibilities, too little interest in thinking of them all.
" I gotta get out of here," was all she told herself before the door to her room opened, and she stopped breathing, not daring to make a sound.
Meanwhile, deep in space, a lone ship hurtles towards the Earth. Inside, four beings conversed.
" Psycho. Where are we headed?" X asked. Magoto and Liko stood near him.
" We're headed for the little backwater planet of Earth," Psycho growled.
" Earth? But they've barely mastered any kind of extra-planetary travel!" Liko cried.
" I was defeated once on Earth in my previous form of Mutitis. I wish to destroy that planet, and then move on to the other worlds of this galaxy," Psycho growled. Liko stared at her master, placing her hands on her hips. She had a very human appearance, if you ignored the tail she had, trailing behind her, which she would use as a whip if needed. On her right hand was a ring with a skull's head, and on her left hand was a ring that, on Earth, would be called a mood ring. Her head resembled the infamous Vypra of the demon shadow world. It had a dragon mouth with two horns on top of the head. Under her blood red battle armor, which she was currently not wearing, she had a black leather leotard. She had spiked boots, long dark hair, and blood red lipstick.
" Liko, do not give me that. Psycha will return, and our family will be back together. Daughter, I promise you this," Psycho growled. With that, the skull-faced leader of the Dark Warriors turned and left Magoto, Liko, and X.
" Psycho. Ever since he came here, reeling from his near-death as Mutitis and got Psycha to heal him and he would accept her hand in eternal marriage, he's been acting as if he ruled us," X growled.
" Psycha, as our leader, bestowed the leadership on him just before her sealing from Zordon's Z-wave which destroyed nearly all of our arsenal and army. Fortunately, she was far enough away that the Z-Wave didn't kill her, just sealed her away in another dimension. It is possible that she's forced herself into a position on Earth. But if Psycho still thinks that we will follow him blindly to the edge of the universe, he is dead wrong!" Magoto roared.
Thomas Scott arrived back at his home with a grave look on his face.
" Hi, hun. How was the reunion?" Cat Scott asked.
" It was. uh. interrupted," Thomas muttered. " Is Ian home?"
" Uh. yeah. He, Sarah, and Ben just got here," Cat said, pointing to her Ian, Sarah, and Ben.
" Good. Prep everything," Thomas muttered.
" You mean."
" Yeah. He's coming. Start everything up and contact Alpha. Get those other three here. Now," Thomas sighed, and ran over to his son, his girlfriend, and her brother.
" Hi dad," Ian said dejectedly.
" Hi Ian. Hey, Sarah, Ben. Would you and Ian come inside, please?" Thomas asked.
" Uh, ya know what? We'd better be getting home," Sarah said.
" Sarah, Ben, I insist," Thomas said, indicating he wouldn't take no for an answer. He turned and walked into the house.
" Ian, what's going on?" Sarah asked.
" Got me," Ian muttered. The two followed Thomas in.
The police sirens were too near.
" Roder, I think we went the wrong direction," Melissa said.
" No dip," Roder growled.
" Would you be quiet? You're gonna get us caught!" she whispered.
" No, we've got too close police officers to deal with that," Roder muttered.
" What?" Melissa cried. Something started beating in the door, and suddenly, the door was splinters. That was when she and Roder disappeared in a flash of blue and green light.
Sierra heard her father's footsteps walk towards her door.
" Please, God, don't let him hurt me," she prayed. She got her wish and vanished in a flash of pink just as her father opened the door.
" Ian, Sarah, Ben, what I'm about to show you may surprise you," Thomas said.
" Dad, what can you show me that'll surprise me?" Ian scoffed.
" This," Thomas said, and with that he pulled a book from the bookcase. The bookcase seemed to fade out of existence and was replaced with a winding staircase.
" Okay, dad. You just topped yourself with the surprises," Ian muttered.
" There's more on the way. Come on. Follow me," Thomas said. The three walked down the staircase for twenty minutes until there was a light.
" Dad, I think I'm ready to wake up now," Ian muttered. The three continued down until they reached a door.
" From this point on, you are sworn to secrecy about both the stairwell and anything beyond this door. Are we clear?" Thomas asked, gaining a military air. Ian, Sarah, and Ben nodded. Thomas smiled and pressed a button. The door opened, revealing a small tube. After walking through the tube, they came to another door, this one with a circle with a star in the middle of it. Thomas pressed another button and this door opened. On the other side was an entire control center.
" What the." Ian gasped.
" I, uh, assume you basement doesn't look like this regularly, huh?" Sarah chuckled, but her surprise showed through. Thomas led them to a back room where six people and one robot stood waiting.
" Hello, Thomas. I assume by the fact that everyone's here that the danger we hoped to avoid has arrived on Earth?" Alpha 5 asked.
" That's exactly what happened. Ian, Sarah, Ben, take a seat. I'll be explaining everything. First off, for those of you who don't know, my name is Thomas Scott. This is my wife Cat, and our good friends Alex and Penny. And this is Alpha 5, our robotic assistant. Now then, for your introductions. My son, Ian Scott, his girlfriend Sarah Ri, her brother, Ben Ri, Sierra Mann, Melissa Storms, and Roder. Now, the reason I've called you here," Thomas said, and pressed a button, activating a holo-screen. " Over a decade ago, the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers battled a creature named Mutitis, and seemed to destroy him. But instead, he escaped to a distant galaxy where the mistress of the Dark Warriors, a demon named Psycha, found him. She healed him and married him, changing his name to Psycho. When Astronema attacked Starry Grove's sister city of Angel Grove, Psycha was trapped in a parallel dimension, which left Psycho in charge. Now, he's come to Earth in the hopes of releasing Psycha from her prison. He has an army of Dark Warriors. Any questions?" Thomas asked.
" Uh, yeah. Where do we fit in with all of this? And are you nuts?" Roder asked.
" A good question. The first one, I mean. The second could get you killed if you ask again. For several years, I've been searching for any sign of these guys. You see I was a Power Ranger myself. The four of us-" Thomas motioned to Cat, Alex, and Penny- " -were a group of government recruited Rangers. You see, not long before the Phantom Ranger, a friend to the Turbo Power Rangers, arrived in Angel Grove, the Phantom Ranger arrived here in Starry Grove at the government office, requesting assistance. But before he could go on, a monster, presumably one of Psycha's, attacked and killed him. He gave his powers to the four of us. Now, we realized that our Phantom powers can't do much against Psycho's forces, and we've decided to grant you six Ranger powers," Thomas explained.
" Ranger powers? This is a little too much for me. See ya all," Sierra said standing up.
" Where'd you go? Back to your dad, who wants to kill you?" Sierra stopped in her tracks, sighed and returned to her seat.
" How'd you know?"
" We've kept tabs on you all. That's part of the reason we made Alex here Ian's godfather," Thomas smiled.
" The other part being I've been his loyal friend for over twenty- five years, why I don't know," Alex smiled.
" I've threatened you with a weapon, that's why," Thomas shot back. Alex mimed being shot. Cat rolled her eyes and Penny shook her head. " Anyway, back to business. You all are here because when you were born, Alpha's former employer, Zordon, realized that you had high power levels and would be most willing to become Rangers, even if you resisted at first. Now then. Alpha, go get the morphers," Thomas ordered. Sierra returned to her seat and glared menacingly at Thomas. Alpha grabbed a box from a shelf.
" Oh, I was hoping these would never be needed," Alpha muttered. He brought the box over to the table where the teens were sitting. Alex opened the box.
" Yeah, well, Alpha, it's not like we have much choice," he muttered. Thomas returned to the table.
" These are Star Morphers. You wear them on your right wrist and press the buttons in this order." Thomas pointed to each one in succession, " And you'll morph and have the power that the Power Rangers from both the past and the present have been using to use for generations."
" Past and present?" Roder asked. " You mean there's more of you nutcases out there, pretending to be fighting these evil space aliens?" That was the final straw. Thomas grabbed Roder by the collar and pulled him over to his side of the table.
" Look here, boy, I don't care about your attitude, but frankly, if you think that without Power Rangers this planet could survive, you've got another thing coming. If it weren't for the memory of the man who picked you, I would either kill you right here and right now, or throw you back to the gutter that you came from. Now then, sit down, and accept this or I will dump you out of the nearest docking port, and since this base is underwater, you will drown before you can reach the surface. Have I made myself clear?" Thomas growled menacingly. He let go of Roder's shirt, letting him fall to the top of the table. Roder pulled himself off the table and sank back into his seat. While he decided to scowl at Thomas for the rest of the meeting, he was silent. Thomas looked back and forth at Ben, Melissa, Sierra, Roder, Sarah, and Ian.
" Anyone else have a problem with my methods?" he growled, daring them to speak up. The future Rangers were silent after Thomas's display with Roder. " Good. Penny, could you pass them their morphers?" he ordered. Penny took the six morphers out of the box and passed one to each one of the teenagers. While Roder and Sierra put theirs on grudgingly, the teens seemed accepting of the responsibility.
" Dad, who defeated Psycho when he was Mutitis?" Ian asked.
" The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were Tommy Oliver, Zack Taylor, Trini Kwan-" At this, Thomas paused for a moment with a sad smile, then continued. "-Trini Kwan, Billy Cranston, Kimberly Hart, and Jason Scott." Ian gasped.
" Uncle Jason was a Power Ranger?"
" Great. So it runs in your family," Roder, of course.
" Alpha, take them to the training range," Thomas ordered, " Before I shoot a certain pre-destined Green Ranger," he muttered. After the teens were gone, Alex turned to Thomas.
" That Roder is a danger to our security. He sounds to be a guy who will change his allegiances at any second," Alex said.
" You're the chief of security of the StarBase. You assign someone to watch him at all times," Thomas said.
" Alex, there's never been anything like this here before. We're all still trying to figure out what to do while we're stuck in this situation," Penny smiled.
" Alex, Penny, I need to speak with my husband for a little alone. Could you." Cat left it unsaid. Alex and Penny walked out of the room.
" Cat." Thomas started.
" No. Listen. Ian and Sarah are willing to do this, Melissa and Ben are overwhelmed right now, and Roder and Sierra are resistant. Now what you have to do is prove to them that they were chosen," Cat growled.
" How? Cat, Zordon is dead. We can't have the head leader of the Power Rangers- no pun intended- himself come here and tell them. Nowadays, there are few Rangers who've even heard of Zordon. Leo and his Rangers, Carter and his Rangers, Wes and his Rangers, Cole and his Rangers, Shane and his Rangers. None of them ever knew that Zordon existed until Jason and Billy set up that reunion. None of them even realized that the leader sacrificed himself to save all of us. We can't show them any kind of video of Zordon that proves that we are telling them the truth," Thomas sighed.
" Then we'll wait until a Dark Warrior attacks us here in Starry Grove," Cat growled.
Alpha 5 and the new Power Rangers stood in the StarBase's training facility. Roder was scowling and Sierra was pouting. The other four were looking around in awe.
" Oh, Ai, yi, yi, yi. Will all of you come over here?" Alpha asked, upset.
" What. are you, anyway?" Ben asked, finally speaking up.
" I am Alpha Five, former assistant to the great Zordon. I was helping him while all of your great-grandparents were learning their ABCs," Alpha said, aiming that last comment to Roder.
" So do you want me to call you; Grandpa?" Roder said.
" This won't be easy," Alpha muttered. He nodded to Penny, who was standing in a back room. The lights in the room darkened over the teens and increased in six colors over six targets of the same color of the light over them. Penny then turned the light off over the green one.
" Now, these are the Star Blasters," Alpha said, passing each Ranger except Roder a blaster.
" What, none for me?" Roder asked.
" You will earn yours. You have not proven yourself ready to have a weapon yet. From what I can tell, Zordon made a mistake with you," Alpha said.
" They happen," Roder smirked. Alpha, even with his pacifist programming, had to resist the urge to take the Star Blaster and shoot Roder with it.
" Now, Alpha said, looking at the others, " You will learn how to use your Star Blasters."
" Uh, excuse me?" Sarah said, raising her hand as if in a classroom.
" Yes?" Alpha asked.
" Why is it that we need to know how to use weapons?" Sarah asked.
" For your protection, obviously," Roder sniggered. Sarah and Ian exchanged a meaningful glance.
" Oh, you think that because I'm a girl I can't defend myself," Sarah said.
" I'm not sayin' that. I'm just saying that we men are better equipped to deal with crazed people and robots who think that monsters exist," Roder said. Alpha put an arm across Ian's chest.
" Ignore him. He's got no idea what's at stake," Alpha whispered. Ian growled, but didn't take any action.
" The time is now! Go, my generals of the Dark Warriors! Destroy the planet of Earth!" Psycho cackled. Magoto and X snickered and nodded, vanishing.
" Father, they plan to overthrow you when you show weakness," Liko said, walking up to her father.
" It does not matter. We will be able to get this puny planet. The Power Rangers exist in another city. They cannot defeat these two. And once we've captured everyone in Starry Grove, we'll turn them into our army. Then we can destroy the Rangers' powers and turn them into Dark Warriors!" Psycho cackled evilly. He leaned down and kissed his daughter's head and returned to his chambers. Liko snapped.
" Has he realized anything?" asked a voice.
" Of course not. Psycho is a sentimental fool when it comes to me. He would do anything that I ask if I push his love for me enough," Liko snickered.
" Excellent. When I return, I want to be ruling someone who has no will other than that which I plan for," the voice of Psycha snickered.
Magoto pulled his sword out of his sheath. He looked very much like the leader of the Mut-Orgs who were destroyed in Turtle Cove. He had a cape and a sword sheath, but other than that, he could not be told apart.
X destroyed another car, sending several humans scattering. X had a cape and a blaster on his left side and a sword on his right. X had an 'x' on his face and a scarred right eye. He grabbed his sword and slashed a streetlight.
" Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. This destruction is just what I needed!" he cackled.
The alarm in the StarBase blared.
" You got your wish, hun," Thomas muttered. Ian, Sarah, Roder, Melissa, Sierra, and Ben followed Alpha into the wardroom.
" Dad, what's going on?" Ian asked.
" Psycho has sent Dark Warriors to downtown Starry Grove. You six need to get down there and defeat them," Thomas ordered.
" Are you crazy? If there are monsters in the downtown, let the police deal with it! Or hire those 'Silver Guardians' from Silver Hills I hear about" Roder cried.
" The police can't handle things by themselves. You guys have to go there and defeat them. Now, do you want another table lesson, or do you want to go defeat those monsters," Thomas growled.
" Fine. Let's go," Roder growled.
" Hold it. Roder, you are not the leader of what we have dubbed Star Force. Ian is. Red has signified the leader since the original Power Rangers. Ian is the Red Ranger. Press the button on the side of your morphers and you'll teleport to the downtown area and then you should morph. Trust me. If you need any more help, we'll contact you from here," Thomas ordered. Roder growled and glanced at Ian. The teens hit the button and disappeared in six flashes of light.
" Thomas, Roder is a loose wire," Cat whispered.
" Don't I know it," Thomas muttered.
In the downtown, Magoto and X continued attacking the city when the teens teleported in.
" What?" X cried.
" Hey! You two! You're going down!" Ian cried.
" Oh really? And how do you six think you can stop us?" Magoto snickered. Ian looked to both sides.
" Guys, I think we should morph," Ian said.
" Well duh. Your dad must have picked you because you're so smart," Roder snickered.
" Roder, would you shut it?" Melissa growled. Roder glanced at her and was silent.
" Let's do it guys," Ian said. The six teens hit the buttons that Thomas had told them too and morphed. Magoto and X covered their eyes as the six morphed into Power Rangers. The teens came out of their morphed poses.
" Wow, what power," Sarah gasped.
" This is incredible," Ben gasped.
" Amazing," Melissa stared.
" I could do a lot of damage with this kind of power," Roder snickered.
" Shut up, greenie," Sierra growled.
" Awesome," Ian gasped. The six teens were wearing colored outfits. Ian was in red, Sarah was in orange, Melissa was in blue, Roder was in green, Sierra was in pink, and Ben was in black. Each one had a star on their helmets as a visor, belts with the star in a circle symbol that was all over the StarBase, white gloves with stars on the palms, boots colored in their key colors, and a badge with a white star in the center worn on the right side of their chests.
" Power Rangers? Inconceivable!" Magoto cried.
" That's right, bad guy. And we're going to take you down!" Ian cried.
" So go home or be ready to take a pounding!" Sarah roared.
" That's right, 'cause the good guys are here!" Ben cried.
" Get off our planet, alien scum!" Melissa roared.
" 'Cause you're going down!" Roder snickered.
" You got that right, 'cause we're the." Sierra started.
" Power Rangers! Star Force!" the teens cried together.
" Star Force? Oh, you got part of that right. You'll be seeing stars once we're through with you! X-Tracsis! Take them down!" Magoto cried. Lightning crackled from his fingertips and blasted the air about a yard away from the Rangers. Creatures that looked like giant, evil squirrels with racecar wheels for feet emerged.
" Whoa, what are those?" Ben asked.
" Those are Psycho's shock troops, X-Tracsis," Thomas's voice said from inside their helmets.
" Dad?" Ian asked, touching the right side of his helmet.
" Ian, you and the others need to defeat the X-Tracsis, or else Magoto and X will be able to continue their attempts to capture people for their army while you are outnumbered by their shock troops," Thomas explained.
" Huh?" Ian asked in confusion.
" Fight them then go after Magoto and X," Thomas sighed in exasperation.
" Oh," Ian sighed. He opened a line to the other Rangers. " Guys, we gotta take out the X-Tracsis!"
" What? When Ugly and Uglier are destroying the city?" Roder growled.
" I've got my orders," Ian growled, pulling out his Star Blaster, " And so do you," he said, aiming it at Roder's chest. Roder chuckled.
" Go ahead. These suits can obviously take abuse, and I know a lot more self-defense and offensive moves than you can dream of," he snickered. Sarah ran between them.
" Guys, this isn't helping us right now! We have to-"
" Get out of this, girl. This is our fight," Roder growled.
" Sarah, move. Leave this to us. You and Ben take the X-Tracsis. Melissa and Sierra go take the generals. I'll take green boy here," Ian growled. Sarah stepped closer to Ian.
" Ian, this is an emergency situation. Please, put your fighting aside until after this battle," Sarah pleaded. Ian looked at her, then Roder.
" For you, Sarah. Only for you," Ian muttered. He turned to Roder. " We've got a city to save. But after we save this city, you're mine," he growled.
" I'll clean the floor with you at any point," Roder snickered.
" Yeah, right," Ian smirked.
" Boys," Sarah warned, " Don't make me clean the floor with you," Sarah warned.
" Yeah, right," Roder snickered. Sarah grabbed Roder by the arm and flung him into X, knocking both down.
" This is not going well," Thomas muttered.
" Ya think?" Cat said.
" Tom, are you sure about this group?" Alex asked.
" Like we've got a choice. It would take too long to find some teens who are ready for this, and the Psychotic Pship won't wait for us to find any," Thomas growled.
" Though, at least we've got a strong female influence there," Penny chuckled.
" I figured they'd be pretty strong, which is why I threw out the 'dress' part on the female outfits," Cat smiled.
" Ladies, gossip later. Alex, send them their weapons," Thomas ordered.
" He let's him morph, then allows him to get another weapon, yet he still doesn't trust him with a Star Blaster..." Alex muttered, hitting the button sending the Rangers the data on their weapons.
" Alex, when will you learn that I only let you keep that mouth because it's good for the recommended paranoia of you security guys," Thomas asked.
" About the time Hell freezes over," Alex muttered.
" I heard that."
" Sarah!"
" I know, Ian, I shouldn't have let my temper take control like that- "
" No, it's that I can't believe you did that before me," Ian chuckled.
" Rangers, we're sending you the Star Weapons. They'll help you defeat these bozos," Thomas said over the headset.
" Green boy, remember, aim that at the monsters, not your fellow Rangers," Alex warned. A frisbee appeared in Ian's hand, Sarah's hands crackled with orange energy, a whip appeared in Melissa's hands, Roder received a sword, a bow and an archer's pack with several arrows appeared in Sierra's hands, and an axe appeared in Ben's hands.
" Dad, you give a sword to Roder and give me a frisbee?" Ian asked.
" Don't ask questions," Thomas growled. Information on how to use the weapons appeared on the helmets.
" Hey! Ugly!" Ben called, prepping his axe.
" Uh, Ben? Which 'Ugly' are you referring to?" Sarah asked.
" Both, now shut up and let me do my job," Ben muttered. X and Magoto growled and snorted.
" You don't scare us, Power Puke," Magoto growled.
" Wow. No one's used that insult since Rita and Zedd," Thomas muttered.
" Would you be quiet?" Cat growled.
" Star Axe!" Ben called as he slashed the generals. Magoto and X grunted, taking the hits.
" Herthener Arrows!" Sierra cried, firing a group of arrows at the generals. The arrows exploded on impact and threw the generals back.
" Feral Sword!" Roder cried, and slashed the generals. As Melissa prepped her whip, Psycho's voice filled the air.
" Magoto! X! Report back the Psychotic Pship. Now!" it growled.
" This isn't over, Rangers," growled Magoto. He and X rippled and vanished.
" That was weird," Melissa muttered. Suddenly they were teleported back to the StarBase, their Ranger suits deactivated.
" Not bad, Rangers," Thomas nodded.
The next morning, Ian hardly believed it.
" Morning Dad," he muttered at the breakfast table.
" Morning, Ian. By the way, I heard that Frisbee comment yesterday," Thomas said.
" Fris- You mean it wasn't a dream?" Ian asked, dropping his donut.
" It was real. And Ian, cut back on the sugar. It'll slow your reaction time when you're battling Psycho's monsters," Thomas said, not looking up from his paper.