Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers! Just the characters!
(The following day...)
Clifton had woken up a bit earlier than usual. He let out a yawn that soon after turned into a heavy sigh. He got out of bed and began his day. After getting dressed, he grabbed his phone and headed out the door.
"I'll be back later dad!" He called out.
"Be back by 10! There's a citywide curfew since the alien attack yesterday." His dad called back.
"Sure thing!" Clifton responded before leaving.
He headed out and over towards Brandon's house, which was ten minutes away.
He knocked on the door and Brandon's mother answered.
"Hi mom." Clifton said hugging her.
"Hi sweetie! Brandon is upstairs,"
"Okay." Clifton responded. Clifton walked up the stairs and made it to the second floor. He turned to the first door on his right and opened the door.
"Brandon?" Clifton called out. Brandon's muffled voice replied,
"I'm in the closet!"
Clifton raised an eyebrow.
"Ah, well come out." Clifton snickered.
Brandon stepped out with a flat expression on his face.
"That wasn't even funny." He said.
Clifton shrugged his shoulders and flashed a quick smile.
"You walked into it, or rather out of it."
Clifton said.
"You're such a cornball I swear." Brandon said as he reached under his bed to grab his skateboard.
"Let's go," Brandon said.
Clifton frowned.
"Oh c'mon I'm funny!" The red ranger said as he flailed his hands around.
Once the two made it out of the house they began to discuss the more pressing matter at hand.
"So, did you make a choice yet?" Clifton asked.
Brandon had a nervous look on his face.
"Ah, I did but..."
"But what?" Clifton asked, now wondering who Brandon's choice could be.
"You're not gonna like it." Brandon said, scratching the back of his head.
"Who is it?" Clifton asked, it was clear that he was getting annoyed with Brandon avoiding the question.
"Barry."
Clifton was flabbergasted.
"BARRY! Hell to the no!" The furious red ranger hollered. The blue ranger cringed.
"I knew you were going to flip out like that..." Brandon sighed.
"Flip out! Who's flipping out? I'm perfectly fine." Clifton said.
"Bro, your eye is twitching." Brandon pointed out. Clifton stopped his ranting.
"No it's not," he said.
"I don't see what the problem with Barry is, he's a nice guy."
"He's so full of himself, I don't see how there's any room for his brain!" Clifton said.
"So he holds himself in high regard, I don't really see a problem..." Brandon said shrugging his shoulders.
"Ugh, let's just go find him." Clifton growled.
"So, who did you choose?" Brandon asked as he pulled at some of his chin hairs.
"Rosario and Natasha." Clifton said.
Brandon had a suprised look on his face.
"Why those two?" Brandon questioned.
"Well, Natasha is a Power Rangers fan girl and Natasha doesn't do anything without Rosario." Clifton said.
Brandon had an 'is that so?' Look on his face.
"Well then, let's go round 'em up." Brandon said with a heavy southern drawl. Clifton pulled out his phone and dialed Natasha's number. Clifton was biting his lip with a bored expression on his face as he waited for her to pick up.
"Hello?" Natasha answered.
"Hey, can you meet me in the park? Oh and bring Rosario." He said.
"Uh sure, okay." Natasha said.
"Good, see you there." Clifton said.
He hung up and redirected his attention towards the blue ranger.
"So where's Barry?" Clifton asked.
"He's right over there, Hey Barry!" Brandon waved. Clifton rolled his eyes,
"Just great." He said sarcastically.
Brandon jogged over to the red haired irish boy.
"Hey Barry what's up?" Brandon said.
"I don't know, you called me and said to meet you here." Barry said flatly.
Clifton slowly made his way over to them. Now that all three were close to each other, it was easy to tell that Barry was the tallest and Brandon was the shortest.
"Okay, so what do you need me for?" Barry asked, the curiosity apparent on his face.
"You'll see, just hold on." Brandon said.
"Let's get to the park." Clifton interjected.
*-PRCS-*
It took them about five minutes to get to the the park from where they had met up with Barry. When they got there, two girls were sitting on a bench looking around. The first was a girl who looked of Puerto Rican descent. She moved her black hair out of her face and continued to look around, that was Rosario. The second was a girl who looked to be Caucasian was nodding her head to the rhythm of the music she was listening to, that was Natasha.
"There they are," Barry said.
"All right let's get them." Brandon said.
The trio walked over to the two girls sitting on the bench.
"Hey you two." Clifton said.
"Hola." Rosario said waving to them.
"Wassup guys?" Natasha asked.
"Should we tell them now?" Brandon asked.
"No, let's wait until we're near the Cove." Clifton said.
"Let's go!" Rosario said as she popped up and off of the bench.
The quintet walked off towards the woods.
Natasha groaned.
"How do you guys manage to find this hiding spot of yours?"
"Eh, we have our ways." Brandon said.
"Okay, so what's this about?"
"Well, you guys heard about the Power Rangers in Royal Creek right?" Clifton said.
"Yeah, they've been on the news since last night." Rosario said.
"Well, about that...we're kinda them." Brandon said nervously. After a brief silence the three bursted out in laughter.
"You two? Oh please!" Barry said holding his stomach and his head.
Natasha was laughing so hard that she was starting to turn pink.
Clifton's eyes lowered and he shot and annoyed look at Brandon.
"Show them." He said.
"Right-o bro!" Brandon said.
"Power of the Cosmos, Transcend the Heavens!" Brandon called out. This action took all three sophomores off guard.
Barry and Rosario couldn't believe it.
But Natasha on the other hand was awestruck.
"OH MY GAWD!" She squealed. If this were an anime Natasha would have stars in her eyes right about now.
"Whoa, how did this happen?" Rosario asked.
"Well, it happened yesterday when the monster attack first happened, a space warrior named Terrona crash landed here with some freaky orb, next this alien lady named Niyalax followed her trying to get the orb."
"And that's when you got caught up in it." Barry said.
"Exactly." Brandon said.
"So where is this Terrona lady?" Rosario asked.
"In the Cove." Clifton said.
Brandon powered down.
"Let's go." He said.
The quintet made it to the Cove which now looked a lot different. For starters, it many computers and, multiple sensors, presumably for tracing monster sightings.
"Whoa, did your hideout always look like this?" Natasha asked.
"No, no it did not." Clifton said with a look of pure glee on his face.
"Rangers, these are the ones you have chosen?" Terrona said.
"Yes, they chose us, and me to lead them." Barry said stepping forward.
Clifton's eyes lowered into a serious glare.
"Lead us?" He questioned.
The Irish boy stared at Clifton.
"Of course, who else here is gonna lead us?" Barry said with a smug look on his face.
"How about the Red Ranger aka Me." Clifton said pointing to himself.
Barry had a disgruntled look on his face.
"You? Haha that's amusing," Barry chuckled. Clifton facepalmed and moved towards Brandon.
"Do you see why I don't like him?"
"Eh, its kinda too late now..." Brandon sighed. Terrona had already motioned for the three recruits to move over to the Universal Orb.
"Before we proceed, do you know what you're getting yourselves into?" Terrona asked. The three nodded.
"If you still want to continue, touch the Orb." She instructed. After a moment the three touched the Orb which responded by illuminating the whole room. When the light faded Natasha, Barry and Rosario had their Cosmic Bands around their wrists.
Natasha's green, Barry's white, and Rosario's pink. Terrona walked over to them and spoke.
"The Power Rangers Cosmos Squad is complete!"
Brandon was clapping while Clifton seemed less than enthusiastic.
"Oh great..." He sighed.
"Wait, I'm green? Aren't girls supposed to be white or pink?" Natasha said. Her confused expression turned into a happy one.
"So that means I'm the first female green ranger! YES!" Natasha squealed.
Rosario held her temples.
"Yeesh, calm down..." She sighed.
"White? I'm white?" Barry questioned.
"Now, you should all return to your daily lives until another Garnavax decides to make another move." Terrona said.
"Sure thing Terrona, we'll stop by tomorrow." Brandon said.
"Be safe, all of you." She said.
The five rangers exited the Cove and returned to their daily lives. Little did they know that the next day, their lives would be turned upside down.
A/N: Wow, this chapter was a lot longer than I planned it to be but oh well. Next chapter will be the rangers first fight as a team! Will Clifton's issues with Barry impede them in their future endeavors? Find out in the chapters to come!
