Martial Strike
Martial Spirit
Disclaimer: I don't own power rangers or the concepts it owns. Any views in this are part of the personality of the characters or a joke on certain topics such as evil billionaires. All characters, in chapter 1, are owned by me and any other concepts are also mine. Thanks to decode9 for the use of the true legend war story concept.
Overview: rangers have always saved the world. Years after all of the rangers lost their power in the last legend war, corporate rule has come to pass over the city of Novaton. Now, a business owner, and pastv ranger, hopes to fight the evil corporation and save others like him from their money filled grip. Finding aid in a young street thief, they begin bringing spirit back to a hollow city through martial arts. Can they take the fight to the corporation? Watch as a new chapter in ranger history begins.
Corporate King laughed as anarchy reigned on the streets as his minions terrorised the citizens. Meanwhile on the streets, the corporate cops were beating citizens hoping to flush out any detail on the power harnesses. One kicked a pensioner to the floor before placing his foot on his back and beating the elderly man with his baton.
Dan stood in the middle of the commotion, his hands resting on his hips. It had been a few days since he'd been enlisted as a ranger and he had got the hang of some basic Kung Fu techniques. "Hey corporate sellouts! You want the power harnesses? Come get em!" He taunted. The cops caught on and charged at him with their batons.
He thrust his foot into the first one, knocking him back into two others. He span round the next, stealing his baton and clubbing him over the head with it. Four down on the floor, backup arrived with five more, the others getting back up, he was outnumbered. "Guess it's time to give it a try." Dan mumbled. Clipping the buckle like harness onto his trousers, he pressed a side button which made a belt extend from the morpher. He shut his eyes before swinging his arms both high and low. "Martial Spirit!" He yelled. Adjusting his stance and making a grasping motion with his hands. "Strike Out!" He once again yelled. This time a red energy pulse blasted the corporate cops back a few feet.
Morphing Sequence
Dan was surrounded by the floors and walls of a dojo. The Chinese symbol for Kung Fu lettered the walls. He wore a red Gi and a dragon appeared in front of him. They both took up the same fighting stance, raising their right arm up and their left down. His feet were shoulder width apart and his body faced sideways. The dragon curled its tail to correspond with Dan's legs. With a flash, the dragon fused. A Gi like ranger suit was in Dan's place, he hadn't yet got his helmet. It had white trimming, the power harness was around his waist and a black dragon image rested on the left side of his suit. From behind, the head of the dragon overlapped his head and breathed fire, forming his helmet that was red and yellow in the style of a Chinese dragon. A pair of red nunchucks formed and attached to his waist. Posing, Dan was fully morphed.
End Morphing Sequence
He rose an empty hand up and closed it high up. "Spirit of the dragon! Martial Strike Red!" Dan announced as a plume of red smoke rose up behind him. "Let's dance." He said as he ran at them. With a swift dash, he slipped past the cops who collided. He pulled out his nunchucks and span them around before striking one in the head, then he span around and kicked another in the stomach. Once they were down, he knocked out a couple others with swift blows to the head. A larger one stood before him. "What are you? Some sort of juicing athlete who couldn't find any other job? Let's see how you like this!" With a swift blow, Dan kicked the oversized corporate cop in the groin and caused him to fall to the ground, clutching his private area. "That's what I thought. What say the rest of you?" The remaining cops ran off, afraid of the new red ranger. "Cowards." He chuckled, demorphing and heading back to the dojo.
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In the market, a commotion began to stir. Two young girls began to fight. The stronger of the two pulled the other girl's hair. As the fight escalated, some corporate cops broke it up and threw out the stronger of the two. She dusted herself off. Standing up, she had a teal crop top, overlapped by an olive green canvas jacket. She had a pair of worn, dark blue skinny jeans and a pair of combat boots on. She had short curly blonde hair that was shaved halfway up the back and had three ear piercings. Her skin was pale and had sharp greenish blue eyes.
She scoped the area before jogging down an alleyway, only to collide with someone sprinting away from some sort of crime. "Hey idiot! What the hell was that for?" She yelled at him. The other got up and he should back as he pulled his red hood back to reveal himself to be Dan. "Maybe you should watch where you're going! I don't have time for this. Stay out of my way next time blue!" He yelled. "You too red!" She screamed at him. He sprinted away, so did she after giving a deathly stare at him. 'Next time, I'll knock him out.' She thought as she ran off in the opposite direction to him.
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Dan walked into the dojo and took off his jacket. He placed an ice pack on a bruise on the side of his ribs. Orika walked in as he seethed in pain. "I see that your first time fighting the corporate cops didn't go so well. You have much to learn if you want to master Kung Fu." She told him as she sat beside him. "Actually, I wiped the floor with those guys. This scoundrel ran into me as I left the scene, if I see her again I'll." He was cut off. "So the master thief was struck down by an orphan girl. I thought you were better than that honestly, maybe she should be a ranger." She joked. "No way! I'll pick who's going to fight by my side, Jason trusted me with it. There's no way I'm letting her get in my way if i'm in a fight again." He had a dark expression on his face. "Well since you put it that way… A solo ranger is bad enough, don't attack those who don't deserve it, and try to see potential in women who can put you down." Orika explained before giving him a swift jab in his bruised ribs, causing him to collapse to the dojo floor.
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The corporate king had a frown on his face as he sat in his chair. "Now that there's apparently a ranger out there using the morphers we made. We need a new plan to take them out. Suggestions anyone?" He asked. A sweaty old man in a grey business suit stood up confidently. "Yes Oily Bill?" The corporate king asked. "Well sir, I think that I have a solution. We have loads of old monster parts from our completely 'legal' DNA splicing factories. I think we can find a cheap solution to make monsters to recover the power harnesses, and if they fail, we can make them bigger too, and even if they're destroyed well, it won't affect our wages that's for sure, but it'll mean getting rid of a few workers!" Oily Bill enthused. "Oily Bill, that's a great idea, get the eggheads working on this right away!" He exclaimed in joy. the comm switched on. "Sir, your daily hobo bungee jump is about to begin." She told him. "Oh goody! Oily Bill, lower everyone's wages while i'm gone." He laughed maniacally as he left.
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An abandoned warehouse was the perfect hiding spot for any street walker. Roof over their head, a large room to use however they wanted. Especially for the girl dan fought with yesterday. She had taken off her canvas jacket and was practicing fighting with enemies that weren't there. She stopped to catch her breath when she heard a loading door burst open. As she hid, corporate cops along with a monster that appeared to be made from cash notes swarmed the area. She tried receding into her hiding place more but was caught off guard as a cop pulled her out and took her to the money monster. "And just who might you be?" The creature asked in a posh accent. "Tell me your name and i'll tell you mine." She bargained. "Well fine. My name is cash grabber. now for yours!" He demanded. Her expression darkened. "Trouble!" She announced as she elbowed the cop holding onto her and flipped him onto the ground before dislocating his shoulder.
Before anyone could react, Dan flew through a window as it shattered. "Alright creep! It's time to face a ranger!" He shouted. Then he revealed his power harness before calling his morphing phrase. "Martial Spirit. Strike Out!" He was engulfed in dragon flames, as they died down, it revealed his suit. "Martial Strike red!" Dan announced. "You oka-" He turned to see trouble from earlier. "Stay out of my way if ya know what's good for ya." He told her. Trouble gave a sigh before fighting the corporate cops. Dan took out a few before kicking one into cash grabber. He pulled out his nunchucks in an effort to stop the hit. Then he wrapped the chain around the monster's arm and flipped him over before kicking the monster while he was down.
As he looked around, he saw Trouble break the leg of another cop and knock him to the floor before realising that there weren't any left to fight. 'damnit, she's even better than me at fighting. I really hope I never see her again. "Alright, i'm putting an end to you, let's burn some cash." He said to the monster. Putting his nunchucks aside, he focused inward. With one swift push, he sent a fireball into the monster. "NOO! I'm still worth money!" it screamed as it went up in flames.
Back at the corporate tower Oily Bill was worried. "We haven't got the size machine running yet, another week or two at most they say. Sorry sir." He apologised as the corporate king was fuming.
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Jason was sparring with Dan as he helped him learn Kung Fu. "So, I heard you met a potential candidate for being a ranger today. How was she?" Jason inquired. Dan gave a sigh. "I didn't like her. She was angry with me all the time and I got a bad vibe from her." He told the veteran. "How was her fighting?" He pressed further. "Okay I guess." Dan lied, trying to hold back the truth. "Right, well just look for another ranger soon then, remember not to be too picky you're building a team and it can have flaws too." Jason advised. Dan gave a nod, thinking on what his mentor told him.
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That is the second chapter done. So tell me what you thought about the chapter, the characters and Trouble, whilst Dan hates her she has the potential to be a ranger, will they put aside their differences? This chapter was a bit rushed as I'm trying to get things done before the weekend but it seems fine, although it was a short second battle.
Another thing is that I haven't got any submissions for pink ranger, So, i'm gonna ask, should that ranger be pink or yellow. I can make it work either way, so you decide.
So, I am going to release a special steam force chapter tomorrow and then I'll get back to the story next week when the actual chapter will air. Until then, I'll speak to you again in the next chapter of Mythos.
Next chapter: Way of Peace
Synopsys: Dan goes on the look for a candidate to be the new ranger. Can a peaceful person join the fight to help end the corporate king's reign using a quick and deadly art form? Will Dan run into Trouble again? And what other sadistic things is this insane CEO into? Find out next time on Power Rangers: Martial Strike
*quick mention, this chapter came out a day late due to technical difficulties, so the special steam force chapter will go along with the planned chapter next week.