Okay, so here's chapter 2. I'm going to confirm now that the zords won't be appearing until chapter 4. I'm also going to give a little insight into one or points.
First off, there's the Red Ranger, Daniel 'Danny' Smith. He's deliberately an outsider, that's something he and Aly share and, to be quite honest, I needed someone she could relate well with in terms of being an outsider, because he's a foreigner and she's , well, an alien haha.
Second, I've chosen to take things back to Angel Grove, once again, to continue the similarities to MMPR and, simply put, how else could it be justified that the new team resurrect / revamp the MMPR zords if they were hundreds of miles away from them?
Anyway, here we go.
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Daniel Smith walked down the street in Angel Grove, his hands in his jeans pockets, his short, brown hair spiked up and the black leather jacket he wore over his red t-shirt shining slightly in the sunlight. The place was completely different to the London streets he was used to; it was cleaner, for one. Also, the fact that the sun actually shone was kind of nice.
What wasn't nice was the fact that he'd had to drop out of sixth form and go back to school! He definitely wasn't a fan of that. He also wasn't a fan of just how much he was being ostracised; as far as the other students were concerned, he was just 'the English kid,' and they definitely weren't a fan of his accent; about half a dozen different people had told him to shut up in the week he'd been there, and he wasn't exactly the most talkative of people when he didn't know anyone.
As he turned the corner onto the street with the high school, he stopped for a moment at the sight in front of him. It was the guy who'd become the bane of Daniel's, or 'Danny' as he preferred, life since he got there; Quinn Michaels, wearing his typical blue t-shirt and jeans combo, his curly black hair going down to the nape of his neck. It wasn't that Quinn was a bully, he just had a massive ego and it really ticked Danny off that the other guy got off with that.
At this moment in time, he was busy trying to chat up an African American girl in a yellow, flowery dress with yellow converse on, her black hair cut short and straightened, barely reaching her shoulders. She didn't look like she was interested, but was apparently not a big fan of just telling guys where to go. Danny couldn't resist doing what he did next.
"Come on Quinn, the ladies' clearly not interested." He called as he walked over, his British accent being fairly middle class "I mean, just look how awkward that expression on her face is right now?"
"Of course she's interested, everyone's interested in me." Quinn said, smirking.
"No mate, you just like to think they are." Danny replied, returning the smirk "Still, I think it's only fair that you let the lady speak for herself and tell you if she's interested or not. Fair?"
"Sure, but if she is, you wash my car for a month." Quinn said.
"Okay, fine, but if she isn't, you stop being such a narcissus." Danny retorted.
They both looked at the girl. Danny suddenly realised he was probably making her more uncomfortable, but he knew what he was doing was the right thing to do. He had to talk Quinn out of his ego; once that was done, he might be a half decent guy. If he had another level anyway.
"Yeah, anyway, I'm going to go." The girl said, shooting Danny a thankful smile and saying "I'll see you in class."
Quinn looked at the girl then at Danny then back at the girl, a look of surprise on his face. Then he burst out laughing.
"Oh my god, you have to be kidding me?" He said "A girl actually prefers you to me? Now that's funny. Still, good game."
He held out a hand to Danny, who took and shook it. Apparently, he was finally gaining the other young man's respect. It had only taken six weeks...
...Power Rangers Corona Force...
Matt Andrews sat in his physics class, his thin, wire frame glasses on the tip of his nose. He was wearing a black, short sleeve button up shirt with a grey t-shirt underneath, along with black trousers that looked like they should be worn with a suit and black converse. His olive skin caught the sun well, his bone structure and shiny black hair being complimented by it.
Of course, he was oblivious to this. He was more interested in the class than anything around him anyway. After a moment, an African American girl with straightened, shoulder length black hair, wearing a yellow flowery dress and yellow converse sat beside him, putting her bag on the floor.
"Hey Jenny." He said, not looking up from his notes, knowing that the girl who'd been pretty much one of his only friends for as long as he could remember was the only person who'd ever sit next to him in this class.
Everyone else was too worried he'd do something weird or make them look dumb, making them the laughing stock for the rest of the current term. Jenny, on the other hand, had known him long enough to know that to say he'd do that would be wrong. He'd never overtly try to embarrass someone or make them look stupid. He just had a tendency to do it by accident.
After a moment, a young man in a red shirt and black leather jacket with jeans and boots walked up to them. He had a backpack slung over his left shoulder, the red strap contrasting against the black leather of his jacket.
"Hey, I just wanted to apologise for what happened out there." He said to Jenny, speaking in a British accent "I didn't mean to cause you any problems or put you on the spot, it just looked like you could use a hand."
"Yeah, thanks," Jenny replied, smiling at him and apparently trying to remember the guy's name "It's David, right?"
"Danny." He corrected, before smirking "Unless someone changed it without telling me."
Jenny began laughing. Matt suppressed a grin; he couldn't be bothered with joking about, too busy taking notes from the board.
"I'm Jenny." Jenny said, gesturing to Matt "And this is Matt."
"Uh, excuse me, Mr. Smith, would you like to take a seat so we can begin?" Said Mr. Llewis, their teacher, a bulky, balding Caucasian man in his mid forties.
"Oh, right, yeah, sorry sir." Danny said, moving to his chair at the desk in the back left hand corner and tossing back "See you around."
"Well, now that that's settled, let's get back to-" Llewis began, before being cut off by the door opening, everyone turning to look at who had dared show up late to the class "Yes young lady, can I help you?"
"Yes, I was told this is my first class?" The young woman said "I'm new. I'm Aly."
Matt turned around, and even with his detachment, he had to admit; she was hot. She stood around five foot nine, with long, platinum blonde hair. She was wearing a pair of skin tight leggings and a long pink top that almost had the appearance of a dress. Finishing off the outfit was a pair of trainers and a dark denim jacket finishing off the outfit she wore on her thin, almost model-like frame, a Gucci handbag over her shoulder. Her facial features matched, giving the girl the appearance of someone who should be on 'America's next top model', not in Mr. Llewis' class.
"Okay, yes, come in, take a seat next to Mr. Smith." Llewis said, gesturing to the seat next to Danny, which the girl moved to, setting her bag down as she sat down, beginning to make small talk.
"Young lady, I don't know how things were done at your last school, but here we do not talk while the lesson is being taught." Llewis said, his face turning almost as red as Danny's shirt.
"Why?" Aly said "Surely, talking about things, which helps us get to know each other, must-"
"Yes, well, while that's fascinating, if you could please stop talking so that I can continue teaching?" Llewis said, clearly becoming more agitated by the second.
"Yes, sorry." She said, ceasing her conversation.
Mr. Llewis began to talk, going on about a physics theory which most teenagers would get very bored with. As he began to write some equations on the whiteboard, the ground beneath them began to shake.
"Earthquake!" One of the girls in the class screamed, a panic beginning to ensue.
In the panic, Matt watched as Aly slipped out of the room. A second later, he saw Danny follow.
...Power Rangers Corona Force...
"Hey, wait!" Danny yelled, running down the hall after Aly "It's an Earthquake, it's not safe!"
She didn't respond, instead turning a corner, stopping just short of the door to the exit. Danny looked outside and gasped.
Stood out there was a large number of armoured figures, almost humanoid in appearance. However, the heads of the creatures appeared to be almost reptilian in nature. They were wearing black and silver body armour, their blood red eyes and green, scaly hands and feet, complete with razor sharp claws, were the only organic elements visible. In their hands were large rifles, a blade underneath the barrel, a handle in place of the stock of the rifles, looking almost like something out of Gears of War.
"What the hell?" Came a female voice from behind them.
Danny and Aly both turned, seeing the girl in the yellow dress, Jenny and her friend in the black shirt, Matt, were both stood there. After a second, Quinn came round the corner, minus his leather jacket. Apparently, he'd decided it was more exciting out here.
"Right, okay, there's no time to explain this, I was hoping to actually choose the team for this, but there's no time." Aly said, beginning to rummage around in her bag "Those things out there are called Pariahs, and they're part of the Demalor army. I'll explain more after this, I promise, but I need you to help me first."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Quinn asked, cocking an eyebrow, confused.
"I need you guys to help me. I need you to become Power Rangers." Aly said, seeing the looks on the other teens' faces "I know, it sounds farfetched, but trust me."
She pulled four rectangular black and silver devices on wrist straps, each highlighted with different colours, barring one of them, as well as featuring Roman numerals for the numbers two through five. A number of buttons were visible on them, however, the ones which stuck out most was the two buttons, one on either side of each device. She began handing each of them to the four teens; two to Jenny, three to Quinn, four to Matt and five to Danny.
"Just put them on and please, trust me." She said "Just this once. Do as I do and you'll be fine."
Before the others could say anything, she ran outside, facing down a group of the armoured figures. After a second, she raised her right wrist to her chest before extending her arm in front of her, a device identical to the ones she'd given to the other teens visible on her wrist.
"It's morphin' time!" She called, bringing her arm back to her chest, pressing the button on either side of the device before bringing her arms down to her sides.
As she did, a pink light enveloped her. A second later, the light faded, leaving her stood in a body suit with a pink top half and skirt, while the bottom half was black, a gold, six pointed star on her chest. On her waist was a white belt with a silver belt buckle, a numeral for one on it, a black and silver futuristic looking blaster in the holster on the belt. On her feet were pink boots, while her hands were covered with white gloves, a pink band around the top, about one inch down the white material. A second later, her head was covered by a pink helmet with a sculpted silver mouthpiece, a black diamond shaped visor with a gold outline over her eyes.
"Corona one," She said, bringing her left arm across her chest, raising her thumb by her head "Pink Ranger!"
The other four teens stood there for a moment, watching as Aly went into action, fighting a group of four of the Pariahs, ducking down and sweeping her leg under the four creatures, taking them to the floor before picking up one of their own blasters and taking down the next six Pariahs that charged at her.
"Well, I'm not sitting this one out." Quinn said, putting his morpher on his right wrist and bringing it up to his chest, Matt and Jenny doing the same "Ready?"
"Ready!" The other two said, raising their morphers in the same way, before all three of them pushed their right arms forward before bringing them back to their chests, pressing the side buttons as they called "It's morphin time!"
As they did, the three of them were enveloped by glows, gold six pointed stars the same as the one on Aly's costume appearing on their chests as they brought their arms down by their sides.
First, the yellow glow around Jenny disappeared, leaving her in a bodysuit identical to Aly's, only in yellow with a numeral for 'two' on her belt buckle. A second later, the yellow helmet with a silver sculpted mouthpiece and a black upside down triangle shaped visor with a gold outline over her eyes appeared on her head. She brought her left hand across her body, beside her head, putting two fingers up.
"Corona two," She said "Yellow Ranger!"
A second later, the blue glow around Quinn disappeared, leaving him in a bodysuit with a blue upper body with a black lower body, the gold star that had appeared on his chest remaining where it was as part of the costume, as well as a belt and blaster identical to the ones the girls had, albeit with the numeral on the buckle replaced with the one for 'three'. There were blue boots on his feet, his hands featuring gloves in the same style as the girls' with the stripe being blue. An instant later, a blue helmet with a silver sculpted mouthpiece and a black oval shape visor with a gold outline over his eyes appeared on his head. He brought his left hand across his body, beside his head, putting three fingers up.
"Corona three," He said "Blue Ranger!"
Finally, the black glow around Matt disappeared, leaving him in a fully black body suit with the same six pointed golden star shape on his chest, his white belt featuring the same design, the numeral for 'four' being on his belt buckle. The blackness of the costume continued to the boots, only visible due to the material with more of a shine to it, his belt in the same style as the other Rangers', only with a black stripe in place of the respective colour each one of them had. After a second, a black helmet with a silver sculpted mouthpiece and a black upside down trapezium shaped visor with a gold outline over his eyes appeared on his head. He put his left arm across his body, his hand by his head, four fingers up.
"Corona four," He said "Black Ranger!"
The four Rangers paused for a minute, looking down at their costumes in amazement. As they did, there was a sound like a volcano erupting from just outside the building. They turned to look at the source.
Stood there, surrounded by Pariahs, was a large figure, around seven feet tall. It was almost humanoid, barring the wings and horns protruding from it's head like a Ram's, as well as the long, red tail. It wore gold armour over most of it's body, only the green eyes and red tale, spikes going down it, being visible. On the waist of the figure was a long, katana like sword, around four and a half feet long, the blade ending a few feet behind the figure, about half a foot from the ground.
"I am Korulta," The figure spoke in a deep, authoritative masculine voice "I am one of the Generals of the Demalor army. You will surrender now or be destroyed!"
"Think again Korulta!" Aly spoke up, pulling her blaster from her belt and pressing the button on the side, the weapon changing into a broadsword handle, a beam of pink energy coming out before solidifying into a blade "Corona Defender, saber mode!"
Aly charged at Korulta, slashing through half a dozen Pariahs as she went. The other three followed her lead, pulling their own defenders and shifting them into saber mode, defending themselves from strikes from Pariahs, slashing left right and centre were possible, trying to take the creatures down.
Danny stood by the door, watching, his morpher still clutched in his hand. He watched as the other Rangers took down the Pariahs, before charging at Korulta. He stood there, motionless for a second, before pulling his katana and slashing each of them down in succession, sparks flying from their bodies as the blows made impact, taking them to the floor.
"That's it ugly, you're going down!" He finally spoke up, putting his morpher on his right wrist, putting it out in front of him before pulling it back to his body and pressing the two side buttons "It's morphin time!"
As he lowered his arms to his side, a red glow enveloped his body, the six pointed gold star symbol appearing on his chest. A second later, the glow disappeared, leaving him stood there in a bodysuit similar to Quinn's, only with all the blue elements replaced with red ones, right down to the boots and the stripes on his gloves. On his waist was the same style of white belt with a holster containing a Corona Defender, the silver buckle of the belt featuring the numeral for 'five'. An instant later, a red helmet with a stylised sculpted silver mouthpiece and a black visor with a gold outline shaped like an hourglass on its side over his eyes appeared on his head. He moved his left hand into position beside his head, his four fingers and thumb up.
"Corona five, Red Ranger!" He said, before pulling out his defended and shifting it into saber mode, pointing the blade at Korulta "This ends now."
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Okay, so this was basically about introducing the new rangers. I can confirm one thing; Danny has no interest in leading the team, despite the fact that Aly, Matt and Jenny all want him leading the team. Quinn, on the other hand, does want to lead the team but no one wants him to, so Danny will be very much the reluctant leader, with Aly acting as the second in command.
Next Chapter: Danny vs. Korulta and... Danny vs Quinn?
Anyway, R&R, please, no flames, and please, let me know which zords you'd like to see the team use.