Disclaimer: Oh yeah I forgot I don't own power rangers and I suck at making up names so the names of these characters are owned by the writers that created them not me.
Note: This Chapter does contain references of a sexual nature. I don't think it warrants an M rating but just be advised.
One year later… As Taylor was walking in the Air force military base outside silver hills, a young girl with scarlet red hair ran up to her. The intelligence officer that stood beside Taylor stepped in between them. Taylor waved him off.
"Can I help you?" Taylor asked.
"Commander Earhardt, my name is Kerry Hennessy. I am writing a paper on women in the military for my feminist studies course. I was hoping to use you as my primary source." Kerry showed her nervousness and her eagerness. Both emotions struck Taylor immensely. She saw something in her.
"You've got a lot of guts kid, coming up to me like this." Taylor's words begin to make Kerry more nervous. "But you know what. I think you've a got a spark kid. Here's my card. Maybe we set something up next week." Taylor said and Kerry immediately smiled.
"AWESOME!" Kerry made a little jump into the air. "I mean thank you Commander Taylor. I'll be in touch!" Kerry walks away with a new spring in her step.
The man in black that was with Taylor gave Taylor a stern look. "That was not smart Miss Earhardt. I advise you to cancel that meeting." He said to Taylor. She looked back at him with a scorn.
"Listen here Robert. I am in charge of this mission. You don't tell me what to do. You want me to head up this team you let me do it my way. And as far as my personal life goes you stay out of it; get me!" She said with a scorned look.
"Miss Earhardt. I was assigned here by the Secretary of Defense as your advisor. And I advise younot to speak to anyone. This project is too vital to the Earth's survival."
"Well there are a few things you need to realize. One you have to trust me. Two you are my advisor. I am in Command. Three, its Commander Earhardt to you!" Taylor says looking straight into the eyes of her advisor. He nodded back to her. His fear shined right through his façade. "Now tell me about the recruits."
"Here they are Commander. They are best of the best of the Air Force." He said handing Taylor a folder. He continued to tell her about the recruits that were chosen to be the Avian Assault Taskforce.
As Kerry was walking away gleefully daydreaming about her interview with Taylor. "What will I ask?" She thought. There were so many questions but the biggest answer she wanted was to put to rest a rumor. There was an urban myth that Commander Earhardt had been part of a secret mission during 2001 till 2003. And that is why she suddenly turned up missing in early 2000. Kerry believed otherwise. Kerry believed that Taylor had found the legendary Anamarium that she had read about as a child.
As she was walking she noticed her shoe was untied. She went down on one knee to tie her shoe and as she was tying her shoe, remembering the rhyme her mother taught "Over under, around the tree, slip through the rabbit hole pull and see," A medium size African American student tripped over her foot as he was stepping backwards. The fall caused her to end up on top of him. He smiled.
"Well I would prefer we get to know each other before we start jumping on top of each other." He said never losing his grin. Kerry frowned and pushed up off of him. The boy got up and ran after her. "Hey I am sorry. Can we start over? My name is Eddie. Eddie Baxter." He said extending his hand and catching his breath. Kerry looked at his hand she sighed.
"I'm Kerry. Kerry Hennessy." She replies but doesn't take his hand.
"So what's a girl like you doing in a place like this? Thinking of joining the Air Force?"
"No. and that's none of your business. It was nice to meet you but I really have to go. I have a lot of homework to do."
"Hey hold on! I can help. What school do you attend?" Eddie asked dashing in front of her. "Wait I know, The University of Silver Hills."
"How did you..?" Kerry was interrupted.
"It's the only one within walking distance to this military base. I go there too. "
"Oh really? So I see you've wandered away from your tour freshman."
"Hey how did you know I was a Freshman?"
"Lucky guess. I went on a tour of the military base when I was a freshman. They do it every year. Try to lure you in to joining up."
"Yeah. That's why I kinda drifted off. Not the military type."
"I figured."
"So beautiful, Where you off to now?" Eddie's words bring a smile to Kerry's face as she walks away from himcasually. "Hey Wait up!" Eddie yells as he chases after Kerry.
Later that night two young adults were sneaking around an unattended part of the Military base. The boy of the two cut out a door in the fence with his clippers he had brought. He led his date for the night through the fence, escorting her to a storage depot on the base. The two laughed as they snuck through the base. They went inside the storage area and hid behind some shelves. Guns and munitions were stacked on the shelves near them. The two laugh and begin to kiss playfully.
The girl suddenly stops. "Wait." She says. "Jess what if someone catches us?" She asks with a worried look on her face.
"Come on Madeline. Baby that's half the fun. Doesn't the risk of getting caught make you all hot inside?" Jess asks with a playful look on his face. He brushes her short, Dark, Curly hair.
"I guess it kinda does." She says smirking. She kisses him on the lips and he begins to kiss her neck.
As the two young people are having their fun a military officer is investigating something he say dash into the storage depot. He opens the door and walks inside. Jess hears the door close and turns his head away from Madeline. He pushes her behind some crates. He motions her to be quiet. The officer sees Jess and walks up to him.
"What are you doing in here boy?" he asks firmly.
"Hey man don't get drill sergeant on me. I'm just here with my girl. The guns make her all hot and ready to go. Just give a few minutes and we'll be done."
"A real quick one aren't ya?" that statement irks Jess.
"Hey don't be a player hater." Jess says coaxing the gentleman. "after I'm done you can have a go."
Suddenly the officer receives a transmission on his radio. "Sergeant Ryan we're ready for you." He acknowledges and turns back to Jess.
"You'd better be gone when I get back!" the Officer scolds. Jess smiles with pride.
Meanwhile at a local bar several officers are beginning a game of poker when a slender Asian man walks into the bar. He sits down at the table next to a particularly surly officer. "Deal me in." He says to the kid with the cards. He plops several hundred dollar bills on the table and begins to count them.
"You know how to play this game chinamen?" a drunk officer asks him.
"I think I can manage. By the way the name's Jack."hesays.
"Jack? Ha you look more like a Jap." The drunk officer says his provocation does not phase Jack though. In a way the man was correct both times Jack hasa chinese mother and a Japanesefather.Jack locks his eyes on the waitress bringing their drinks. He winks at her and she smiles back. The cards are dealt and the players begin to play.
Back at the base the recruits are lined up ready for inspection from Taylor. She looks over them. The man in black introduces each one of them. "Sergeant Richard Ryan the field commander for the team. Sean Gunn the tech officer for the team, specialty explosives. Lt. Emma Johnson one of our best sword fighters. Jason and Teresa Chang the best brother sister team on earth they are martial arts experts. This is the best team in the entire world. I am sure it will be to your liking commander" As the suited man is saying this Taylor is looking over the recruits. She notices something different about them. They are professional no doubt. They have the training and the expertise. They are the best Earth has to offer but do they have the fire? Taylor thought they missed something. The heart of being a ranger was not there. What she saw in her friends. She didn't see it in these recruits.
"Are we ready to activate the Chroniton reactor Doctor?" Taylor asked the scientist sitting at the console.
"We are ready. The reactor is fully charged and ready to activate."
"Mr. Ryan, are you ready?"
"Always, Commander."
"Then step into the chroniton shower." Taylor orders. Richard steps into the shower. The shower charges and begins to shower Richard with beams of light.
As the experiment is taking place something crosses the dimensional barrier. Count Radige is sitting behind the helm of his flying fortress. The Castle structure hovers over the Air force base. Catapults are armed with blazing rocks. The televisions all over the world suddenly stop showing their regularly scheduled programs. Even the monitors at the base suddenly freeze. Count Radige's face appears on them all; it is half ancient stone and the other half is youthful a vibrant. A message is broadcast to all corners of the Earth.
"What did he say Doctor?"
"Three words Commander. Broadcast in all languages and frequencies."
"What?"
"Abandon All Hope."theDoctorsays. Then the attack comes like lightening. The catapults launch and fire rains down on the base. Explosions erupt around the residents of the base. A bad reaction occurs in the Chroniton reactor.
"Commander! The Reactor is about to overload!"
"Can you shut it down!"
"It's too late!" the doctor yells. The Reactor explodes sending a shockwave of bright light through the base. It rips the base in half. Jason, Teresa, Sean, Richard, and Emma are all hit with the wave of unfiltered Chroniton particles. The wave rushes out of the base and knocks the fortress off its axis. It is sent spiraling into the distance. The wave splits into six colored shock waves that are sent into six different directions.
At a local coffee shop Kerry isworking whenEddie sits down near her."What are you stalking me now?" she asks.
"I don't stalk." he replies, "I casually observe." A smile comes to his face.Kerry hands him a coffee whenshe is hit by a wave of white light. The light blinds the customers. Everyone is knocked unconscious. Another Yellow wave electrocutes Eddie as he sits atthe counter near Kerry.
A wave of red light and a Wave of blue light engulf Jess and Madeline while they are in the storage room hiding under a steel shelf from the falling debris. They regain consciousness. "What the hell just happened?" Jess asked.
"I don't but we'd better get out of here." Madeline suggests.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Jess replies.
At the poker game Jack is cleaning house. He smiles with pride at the officers as he just took all their money. He gathers his winnings and walks over to the waitress. "Hey beautiful. Buy you a late dinner?" he asks. She agrees and as they walk to the door they are stopped by a large Air Force Officer. He demands his money back.
"Give me back my money you Jap! You cheated!" The statement does not phase Jack. It was probably the truth but that would not stop Jack. The surly officer throws a punch but it is caught by Jack. He throws the ruffian with a judo type throw over his shoulder. The ruffian's friends join the fight. Jack blocks their blows and attacks them. Kicking one nearly taking his head off and punching another in the gut. Suddenly the entire room with knocked down by a black wave of energy. It covers Jack with black light. It saps his strength and gives him a shock. He falls to the ground.
Next time on Power Rangers Avian Assault: After nearly surviving Count Radige's attack, Taylor Recruits find they cannot morph.
"Why isn't working?" Richard asks as he presses the button on his morpher.
Can the Avian rangers get thier morphers to work before Count Radige attacks again find out next time on Power Rangers Avian Assaut!