Chapter 3
Chapter 2: Evira's Awakening in the Modern World
Evira awoke to find her prison being shattered followed by being caught in someone's arms, then gingerly placed next to the wall. She let out a sleepy yawn and rubbed her eyes as the Queen blearily blinked away sleep's last hold on her. The monarch looked up to see five pairs of eyes looking at her with concern.
"How many years have passed since I have slept?"
"We sorta don't know how long you slept," Marx stated. "We just found you like that, but judging from my guess it must've been a really long time. Longer than when we were born."
Evira looked down at her lap to straighten out an imaginary wrinkle in her dress. "So it has been that long hm," she said quietly to herself but the Selbinites' ears picked up on it due to their keen sense. The monarch mentally kicked herself for her lack of introduction to the teenagers.
"Oh where are my manners, I am Evira Kaizen Rasoga, Queen or "former" Queen of my kingdom of Raas on the planet Ikalorre. But you may call me Evira if you wish."
"I'm Marx and the people around me are my family Galia, Kirby, and Risa and our friend Kevin."
The others introduced themselves to her and shook hands with her. Then Evira's face turned serious as she saw the gemstones glittering in their hands. She began to explain her plight as the group listened intently. Marx and Galia sent an occasional glare in the blonde's direction so he wouldn't interrupt the royal as she spoke.
"I know you are all wondering how I'm here, correct? As you five are unaware I was pursued by an intergalactic warlord by the name of Yagura. He was after the gems you now hold in your hands and three more to possibly add to the treasure he has amassed over time. There were legends told about the gems on my planet."
"Do you know how he managed to learn about them?" Risa asked her.
"I cannot say," Evira replied to the silverette's question. "But he might have learned about them through the ruins scattered around Ikalorre. Yagura appeared to me and asked about them since my family and my advisors' families knew of them being hidden. But as soon as I brought them out, he showed his true colors then tried to take the precious gems away. Me being here is the result of my escape measures. I am rather curious of this place as I have never seen a planet so similar to my own in almost every way. Could you tell me what it is called?"
"It's named Earth it's similar to my planet Selbine except everyone here don't have pointed ears or different hair/eye colors like my cousins and I," Risa answered.
Feeling intrigued at the name, Evira tucked her hand under her chin in thought. "Earth, hmm? I think I will remember that."
She then tried to stand up but nearly tripped until Galia ran and tried to steady her.
"Easy there, Evira. You've been snoozing for so long you must have forgotten how to walk."
"Perhaps so but thank you, Galia I'll try to manage as best I can."
The Ikalorrian then decided to walk on her own. Evira somewhat tripped again but caught herself as she walked towards the barrier. Of course the others wanted to help, but she told them she was fine as the royal could make it. That is until a growl tore through the air and eight eyes looked in Marx's direction.
"Don't why you guys are looking over here, that's not my stomach," he quickly defended. "It'd hurt if it did growl which I don't want it to since I ate already. I swear if my belly weren't attached to my body, I'd give it good kick to Mars. That thing growls really loud within a 7-20 foot radius and causes awkward moments in public. Plus it has a distinct sound to tell it apart from other loudly growling stomachs that's how I know it's mine."
Evira's face flushed lightly in embarrassment as her stomach growled again. "Forgive me since I have been asleep for so long I haven't eaten anything since I awoke."
Kevin dug in his pocket for some food and pulled out a small bag of trail mix which consisted of lightly salted and roasted peanuts, raisins, mini marshmallows(don't know why they're add in but please roll with it), Chex and Cheerios cereal, chocolate chips and M&Ms. He then gave the bag to her.
"Here, you might want this. I don't know if it'll fill you up though."
"May I inquire what this is?"
"It's trail mix. It's got all sorts of stuff in it like chocolate, raisins, nuts and cereal it's good for you."
The ravenette took a handful of the mix and began chewing. She sighed in content as an assortment of flavors and textures burst in her mouth. The chocolaty taste of chocolate chips and M&Ms, followed by the saltiness of peanuts, and the sweetness of the marshmallows, raisins and cereal.
"This is so good," she said after a swallow. "I wish I can eat more of this but you might want it back."
The redhead shook his head, "Nah you keep it you're more hungry than we are so you eat it."
"Are you sure? What if you get hungry, Kevin?"
"I'll be alright. Just try not to eat too fast or you'll choke."
The ex royal continued to eat as they walked through the barrier and towards the mine's entrance. She dispelled it as well as the inscription so no one would find out about what happened in there. Once outside the group was greeted by a woman with short, blonde hair in a bob style and clothes similar to Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist.
"Hey you're back already," she greeted. "So how'd it go?"
Marx then walked up to the blonde and pulled her aside, "It was alright, but uh, Nova what are we gonna do with Evira? We found her in the cave and well, the story she told us was an interesting one."
"What did she say?" Nova asked the purplet as the others were talking to three people.
One was a woman with long black hair like Evira and green eyes named Antonia or Toni for short, a guy with short brown hair that was cut unevenly as the right side was longer than the left called Magnus or Mags by Marx/Galia, and finally another guy with short black hair and gray eyes Maximilien or just Max. They explained to Evira about the diamonds in the mine and that the mine itself was public to everyone.
Marx then began explaining to his sister Evira's tale of how the ravenette came to Earth after an incident happened on her planet and whatnot. After a few minutes of talking, Nova shook her head in understanding then motioned him and everyone else to her car.
"Alright, guys time to leave."
"Aww already," Kirby groaned as he wanted to stay a little longer.
"Don't you wanna see the surprise Nova has at her shop?" Magnus asked his brother.
"Uh yeah of course."
"Alrighty then let's go."
And with that the now bigger group split into two and hustled into the two cars. Marx, Nova, Kevin, Risa and Evira got Nova's car while Toni, Max, Magnus, Kirby and Galia got in the second car(presumably Magnus's) and drove to Pastonia Valley the town of which they all lived in(except Evira).
The ride to Nova's repair shop wasn't long but it was interesting to the Ikalorrian as she marveled at how advanced Earth's technology was from Ikalorre. Marx, Nova and Kevin had to explain it to her as well as Risa told the royal about how the technological level of Selbine was about the same as Earth. It was alot for her to take in but eventually she'll get use to it.
Soon afterwards, Nova and Magnus pulled up in front of a building that was a bit shabby on the exterior, but looked like a little shack that was bigger than it appeared. All ten people exited the cars and walked up to the building's door. Nova inserted a key into the lock and twisted it with a satisfying click and opened the door.
Once inside the group saw shelves along the walls lined up with all sorts of tools and knickknacks she made as proof of how smart the blonde was. Boxes full of junk occupied the few tables in the shop as well as two benches. Nova made her way to the other end of the shop, and grabbed a blue briefcase then brought it over to the table nearest to everyone else after clearing a box away for space.
"I know my place is a bit junky but as the saying goes 'A person's trash is another person's treasure'. Anyways this is the surprise I wanna show you guys."
She unlocked the briefcase and inside were five morpher like objects that were the same color as the gems the teenagers carried.
"I was thinking if an alien invasion happened to Pastonia Valley, then maybe it needs its own team of Power Rangers so I made these just in case. They're prototype morphers that need a sort of energy signature as a power source."
Marx and Max arched an eyebrow at their sister as if saying "Really, Nova?"
The science nut caught onto the look her big and younger brothers were giving her, "I'm serious about this, you two and besides those colored gems that Marx and the others picked up could probably work as the power source. But it makes me wonder if you guys might have felt different in the cave?"
"Different?" the redhead asked her. "I did feel a tingle, prolly cause of the cave air since it was a little chilly in there."
"Nah not really," Kirby said as he walked around the table and almost unknowingly knocked a delicate instrument off the table. As if his reflexes were quickly heightened, Marx hurried up and grabbed whatever it was before it fell to the floor then put the instrument back on the table. A slightly but almost unnoticeable frown crossed Nova's face as well as her baby brother's.
"Be careful going around that table, bro," Magnus told his younger brother. "You know Nova has this place armed to the teeth right?"
"I heard that," she looked pointedly at her cousins as they snickered at their joke.
In the meantime the lilac haired Selbinite was marveling at how fast he was for retrieving a tool before it got knocked down. Toni noticed that Marx was curiously looking at his hand as if some mysterious force guided him to do what he did just now.
"How'd I do that so quickly? Was that the tingle that Kevin felt earlier?"
"It could be," Nova replied. "Your reflexes became extremely heightened as if you saw what was about to happen and prevented it."
It made Marx and the others wonder if that slight tingly sensation had did something to them. They would have to find out sooner or later about their recently dormant but newfound abilities.