Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers in any way. Everything belongs to it's respective owners. I only own my oc's
Rain poured hard in the cemetery as May Silverston stood in front of two graves. A lone tear dripped down her face. May's raincoat was the only thing keeping her from getting soaked. She looked at the watch on her wrist. Upon seeing the time she sighed.
May took one last glance at the graves before taking off down the road. After a little while of running May arrived at her destination. She ran passed a sign that read Hopeside Orphanage making it up to a building ahead. May slowly and silently opened the door. May slipped through, quietly shutting the door behind her.
She looked around to make sure no one saw her. Children in the living room all sat on a rug and small chairs looking exhausted. The only TV in the room was on a channel playing a random cartoon. There was an old VCR hooked up to the TV and very little tapes on a shelf. In the corner was a desk with a slightly outdated computer, it could play DVD's and games on it, but at times it could be a bit slow.
May removed her raincoat, then hung it up to dry. As she was about to remove her rain boots a loud voice boomed. "Where have you been Silverston?!", an angry sounding man's voice roared. 'Oh no.', May thought. She turned to face the man.
He looked at May's rain boots and then glared at her as if to say he was going to kill her. He then grabbed May by the front of the uniform she wore, he looked her dead in the eyes and pointed at her rain boots. "If you track mud through here you're going to do more then cleaning it up! Do I make myself clear Silverston?!", he snarled. His stinky breath almost made May want to be sick, but she nodded her head yes. "Good! Start cooking dinner as soon as you take care of your boots!", he snapped.
He let go of the front of May's uniform and marched off to his office. May removed her rain boots, making sure not to drop them she walked upstairs to one of the many bedrooms. There were two beds in her room, but she had no roommate. Which was actually how May liked it. She set her rain boots down by the small dresser.
May slipped on a pair of black Mary Jane's before going back downstairs. Entering the kitchen she looked around to decide what to cook for dinner. Well she could never go wrong with making macaroni and cheese or some nice warm soup. Without a second thought she got cooking. After an hour of cooking it was finally ready and May informed the kids.
May made sure every child got their dinner before getting herself some soup. After dinner May started working on her homework. She was halfway through when she started to yawn. Looking at the nearby clock May sighed. It was almost midnight and unfortunately it was a school night.
May knew without a doubt she was going to be tired in the morning, she finished as fast as she could, then slipped into some pj's, and climbed into bed. She fell asleep the moment she hit the pillow. In the morning the clocks alarm sounded. Groggily May got out of bed and changed into her uniform. Breakfast was really quiet today, most of the children just whispered or ate their breakfast.
May listened to the weather forecast on the radio. It was going to be another rainy day, this meant she'd need her raincoat and boots again. She looked at her watch. It was 6:40 she needed to get moving. To avoid being late May wolfed down the rest of her breakfast, brushed her teeth, grabbed her things and walked out the door.
May made sure she had her meal ticket for school. 'At least I get better food at school.', May thought. Johnson was a cruel man, he'd make the children work, there were even times that he'd actually hit a child or starve them. May was only ten years old when she was sent to Hopeside Orphanage. Her parents had passed away when she was only eight and for two years she had lived with her grandmother.
It was the worst day of her life the day her parents died and then to lose her grandmother. May pulled a locket out from under her uniform shirt. On her deathbed her grandmother had given her the locket as a memento. May could even remember what her grandmother said her exact words "Take this and one day you'll find happiness and true friends.".
She wasn't sure what her grandmother meant and she didn't know if she ever would. The walk to school was the same as usual. May would always see Allen and his girlfriend walking together. Allen would either discuss school stuff or plans for a date with his girlfriend. May would feel slightly envious.
If her family was still alive she'd probably have a boyfriend, be worrying about plans for a date, maybe even go shopping with friends, but she wasn't allowed to have these things. May gripped her locket tightly. She just wished something would change. Whether it was adoption or making friends she didn't care which it was, either one would make her happy. As May had these thoughts she arrived at her school.
The school was nice, it had a few bullies, but it was still a good school. May just wanted the day to go by without anyone giving her too much trouble. Later during gym class as she changed into her gym uniform she looked at herself in one of the locker room mirrors. May saw a tall fifteen year old with long black hair reaching her waist and green eyes looking back at her. 'In three years I'll be able to leave Hopeside. Johnson thinks I'll be in a homeless center well he's got another thing coming. I've been saving up a lot of cash for years and he doesn't even know it.', May thought to herself.
'Which reminds me I gotta ask the guys at the cafe for some work after school. It also might not be a bad place to work once I turn 18.', May thought as she shut her locker. During lunch a bully tried hassling some other students for cash. May was glad she already got her lunch before the bully approached the table she was sitting at. Some of the food on the trey were things May really liked to eat. A pizza slice, fresh celery and carrots with ranch, and a pudding.
After lunch was over May had study hall. She made sure to get the homework she was assigned for the day finished not wanting a repeat of last night. Once school had let out instead of heading back to Hopeside May went straight for a cafe in town. As she opened the door May was greeted by one of the workers. "Ah, hello May. Looking for some work today?", a waiter asked.
"Yeah. Gotta keep raising money for living on my own.", May replied with a small smile. "Well put on an apron and get to work.", said the waiter handing May an apron. May slipped it on, tied it and started helping out with giving customers their orders. At 7 P.M. May had to get going back to the orphanage. The manager gave her some pay for the work she did for the day.
She thanked the workers and headed out. Upon making it back she saw Johnson looking really mad. He had in hand what looked like an action figure. He hadn't noticed May yet so she was able to figure out he was likely angry with the children. "You kids like to play around when you're supposed to be doing chores?! You think a Power Ranger will come and save you?! Well you're wrong!", Johnson yelled.
Puzzled May tried to get a better look at the action figure in his hand. It was toy that seemed to be a man clad in red and wearing a helmet with a design that made May think of dinosaurs. The toy looked a little familiar somehow. "Well I say your red ranger got squashed by a monster!", Johnson said throwing the toy on the ground. He then preceded to stomp on it.
The head broke off, along with an arm, and a leg. Once he stopped stomping one of the boys who May knew to be named Danny came up and picked up the pieces. Danny started to cry, Johnson just smiled cruelly as the boy cried over the broken toy. "Next time you should think before playing with toys when you're supposed to be working Danny.", he told the boy smugly. The moment he said those words May was officially steamed.
She stormed over to Johnson standing in-between him and Danny. "What is the matter with you? You can't do that to Danny!", May roared. Instead of getting angry at May he just smiled at her smugly. "And why is that Silverston?", he replied keeping up his smug look. "BECAUSE IT'S WRONG!", May bellowed in response.
"Oh, is it because it's cruel?", Johnson cockily replied. "Yes it is!", May snapped. "You can't just go around breaking kids toys!", she added. "If so what're you gonna do about it Silverston?", he grinned. "I can just call the police on you and tell them what really goes on here.", May replied.
"Oh really? How are you gonna prove it to them? You don't have any evidence. If I see you even as much as touch that phone you and all these little brats are gonna wish you were never born!", Johnson told her with a warning tone. "If you also think you're going to have a nice place to live in a few years you're mistaken. A little birdie told me you've been working for cash under the table. If I ever find your stash I'm keeping it!", said Johnson. May couldn't believe it he knew and now he might be planning to steal her money. "You can't do that! I worked hard for that money!", May shouted in disbelief. "You're an orphan Silverston and no one cares!", Johnson snapped.
"You can't have it! It's stealing!", May tried to counter. "Who cares! You're just a useless little orphan with no home and no family and that's all you're ever gonna be! Now get outta my face and do your work like a good kid!", he shouted. Johnson stormed off into his office shutting the door and locking it. May felt like her heart might have just skipped a beat. He never said something so horrible to her until now.
May fell to her knee's feeling like crying. She looked at the kids with a look of sadness. Danny still had his broken red power ranger in his hands. May got up and walked up to Danny placing a hand on his shoulder. May glanced at the broken toy he held.
"Danny can I see your red ranger?", May asked softly. Danny handed her the action figure. May examined the damage that the toy sustained. It didn't look too bad, but it was going to need a little work if Danny was going to be able to play with his toy again. "I'm going to try to fix him.", May told the boy.
Danny wiped away his tears. "You will?", Danny asked looking hopeful. "Yes. If I can't fix him I can try to buy you a new one.", May replied. "Okay, thanks May.", said Danny. He rejoined the other kids as May was trying to figure out how to fix the toy.
'I could try using some super glue. The only problem is the super glue is in Johnson's office. But he's in a really bad mood right now and he's locked the door.' May thought. She went upstairs to her room to formulate a plan to get the super glue. After pondering her options May finally came up with a solution. It was likely to be risky, but might just work. An hour after chores were done May decided to try to cheer the kids up a little.
She grabbed one of the old VCR tapes and popped it in the VCR. The kids started getting excited when the movie on the tape started to play. May wasn't really paying attention to the movie. If she had she would've noticed a title that read Power Rangers the movie. The kids cheered as the movie played.
May crept over to Johnson's office door. The door was open, she peeked inside a little. Johnson was nowhere to be seen. May silently moved into the office and began to search for the super glue. 'Just grab the glue and get out. Don't let him know you were in here.', May thought.
May found the super glue in one of the desk drawers. Without further ado May grabbed it, shut the drawer, and snuck out of the office. Afterwards May immediately got to work on fixing the toy. Once the glue dried the toy looked good as new. One child approached May and told her dinner was ready.
Feeling hungry May got up, put the power ranger toy in her pocket and followed the child to the dinning area. After dinner she noticed Johnson back in his office. He didn't seem to notice the super glue was missing. He just yawned before getting up and heading to bed. He shot May a dirty look as he passed her.
She looked at the clock it was getting late. It wasn't a school night, but she still needed to get some rest. May was about to walk upstairs when her foot bumped something and she was sent flying. She slammed into the nearby shelf. A VCR tape case fell on top of her head.
The TV was still on along with the VCR. The case that landed on May's head seemed to glow. She stood up and was about to put the case away when the case glowed even brighter. Startled May dropped the case on the floor. An emblem with what appeared to be dinosaurs appeared before her.
May touched the symbol, but the moment she did she felt herself being pulled by an unknown force. She tried to pull away, but whatever was pulling her towards the symbol was too strong and she was pulled all the way into the symbol. The symbol disappeared taking May with it. May screamed as she moved at a high speed through some kind of tunnel of multiple colored lights. May could make out a bright light up ahead before passing out.
Oh no what just happened to May? Well R & R if you want to find out. Tips welcome, no flamers please.
