Martial Strike
When there's a Yin, there's a Yang
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 past 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.
Another day in the city of Novaton and more money into the pockets of the Corporate King. After their victory together, Dan and Sora had become friends, even if new friends and had begun sparring together in an effort to save themselves from getting their butts kicked by Orika the next time she shows them some new moves. Dan came in with a low sweep which Sora responded to by taking his leg up and spinning around before landing a flying kick on his opponent. Dan managed to block it just in time and the two retreated back a few steps before being called to stop by their mentor.
"Yame!" Jason called for them to stop. Each took a step back. "Good work you two. I hate to ruin your accomplishment but it seems that we have a real problem on our hands. Follow me."
He headed down into the basement and over to the console where Orika was running through footage of an incident that happened only a few minutes ago. It showed a sharply dressed mismatched monster that seemed to be reptilian, more snake like than anything else, walking around causing suffering with the corporate cops. Then along came a young woman in black clothing who started fighting them in retaliation. Although the effects was there, she was easily overpowered and carried off to the corporate tower.
"Whoever she is, she has spirit." Dan pointed out.
"We've got to help her. There's few people who stand up to the Corporate King, if she can help us out, we might have a new ally to help us." Sora suggested.
"I agree. Let's head after them Sora." Dan finished.
The two boys headed out of the room and building without a word from their mentor, making him sigh. "They never stay long enough to listen. Hopefully it doesn't make anything worse though." He said as the cameras shifted to follow the group.
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Sora and Dan came face to face with the serpent and the squadron of corporate cops. They activated their martial harnesses and were ready to morph.
"Let her go snake! We won't let you harm any civilians." Dan demanded from the business suited monster.
"Don't worry miss, we'll save you!" Sora reassured the girl in the midst of the goons.
"Martial Spirit, Strike Out!" They both called as energy of their individual colours enveloped them. Eventually leaving them morphed.
"I think it's time that we show these guys that they can't do what they want." Dan told his teammate. Sora replied with a nod.
Dan unsheathed his nunchucks and ran towards the snake creature. He was blocked by the scaly claws of the creature. Meanwhile, Sora has launched himself into the fray of the corporate cops with his grapple and was taking swings at each of them.
"You can't hope to defeat the mighty Jorum, silver tongued, master of recruitment!" He announced, jabbing dan backwards and away from him.
Dan flung himself forward and managed to knock Jorum on the head with his nunchucks and then let out a flurry of punches that were too fast for Jorum to keep up with. Eventually the snake was overwhelmed and he was knocked back to the ground.
Sora knocked out a cop with his fist, landed a flying kick on a second and winded a third, striking his solar plexus with his heel. Then he darted between the other three, with his grapple out. With an inhuman leap, he managed to jump over a lamp post, holding the grapple high above his head. When he landed, he pushed the reel button to pull the grapple back in. As he did so, the thin cable wrapped around the feet of the cops and pulled them in. It tied them up over the lamp post and hung them upside down. Once set, Sora swung a roundhouse kick that struck all three of the grunts in the head, knocking them out.
"Alright that's enough. I'm outta here, and remember what we talked about girly!" Jorum told the young woman dazed from the confusion before he ran off.
Dan and Sora regrouped before heading over to the person they had just rescued before powering down. Sora came in close to see if she was hurt or needed help at all while Dan kept his distance, not sure what to make of her yet.
"Hey miss, are you okay?" Sora asked being concerned.
The girl had light tan tone skin and deep green eyes. Her hair was black, long and flowing. Her body was slim and fit, overall athletic. She was wearing a white, sleeveless shirt underneath a black leather jacket. She had a black ruffle skirt on and wore black hightops.
"I'm fine. And not that I don't like the idea of being protected by spandex clad anarchists, it's a bit weird. So mind telling who you are and what just happened?" She asked the two.
Sora stepped back, now happy that she would be fine. "My name is Sora, this is Dan. We're power rangers and we're trying to defeat the corporation one fight at a time. When we saw that you were in trouble, we decided to come help." He explained.
"Well aren't you two nice. My name is Alyssa. And you two look like you're wanting more than just gratitude from me." She observed, watching them as they tried to hold back something till it was the right time.
"We are, but here isn't safe. Come with us, we have an offer for you, if you're interested." Dan suggested. Alyssa pondered it for a second or two before finally agreeing, then the three teens headed off back to the dojo.
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Oily Bill, the resident oil tycoon of the corporation, sat in his office as Jorum entered the lavishly decorated room. He took a seat at the desk and wore a toothy grin on his reptilian face.
"I have made the offer boss. The girl is considering to reclaim at least one of the martial harnesses for us. Soon enough we shall have it. So as long as those rangers don't decide to use her against us of course." He explained to the oil baron.
"Good, good. I'll tell the boss right away. In the meantime, you try to defeat those two rangers, and if you need help, then just get more lowly paid grunts with you." He ushered the reptile out of the door before sitting down again and sticking his feet up on his desk.
The man pressed a button on a computer and a video link was established to the Corporate King. Who was taking a bath. A money bath to be exact. His boss hadn't noticed him yet.
"Umm… Boss?" Oily Bill asked with a hint of fear as the CEO jumped out of his skin at the sudden intrusion of his privacy.
"Gah, what is it!? Can't you see I'm busy!" He responded, turning around to the intercom.
"Sir, I have good news. We have an opportunity to retrieve a Martial Harness from those power rangers who are fighting us. We are pursuing this to the best of our ability and we should have an outcome by the end of the day." He informed his boss.
"That is good news, now my money bath will be even greater thanks to you! Congratulations, if you succeed, I'll knock all of your neighbors houses down and build you a big mansion on the site!" The Corporate King enthused and went back to his money bath as the video cut off.
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Alyssa was sat down with the others as she looked over a Martial Harness which was black and gold. It had a black tiger with a gold border around it. She had been told the whole story and was told by Orika that this morpher fit her best. She was still taking it in and thoughts still rushed through her head. 'That snake monster, he told me that I wouldn't have to worry about a thing if I stole at least one morpher and brought it to him. These guys want me to use the morpher myself and fight beside them. I don't know what to do. I wish my sister were here. She always knew what to do…' She trailed off in her own thoughts.
'Alyssa. You okay? You still haven't given us an answer." Sora asked once more, hoping that she would join them.
"I… I don't know. I'll have to think about it, this is a big decision and I don't want to be too rash with it." She replied indecisively.
"Take your time, it's a different experience from how I became a ranger, then again it was a bad situation." Sora reassured once again.
Dan got up and tapped Jason on the shoulder. They both walked into the basement to talk in private. "She seems capable but I don't trust her, I feel like she's hiding something." Dan told his mentor.
"This may seem a little odd, but you need to loosen up and start trusting strangers. You made one new friend. Maybe you can make another too." Jason told his student. "As a red ranger, you have to learn to trust people, even those who aren't on your team, it will pay off I assure you." He finished.
As he did, their sensor went off and the cameras shifted to show Jorum with what looked to be a large group of Corporate Cops. The business suited lizard seemed to be calling out the rangers, while the corporate cops secured the area.
"I'm gonna get Sora, if Alyssa does decide to join the team, send her our way, I have a feeling that two rangers ain't gonna cut it this time." Dan admitted, as he headed back up the steps.
The two rangers headed out of the door and onto the streets to deal with the monster once and for all.
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Dan was speeding down an alley and the collided with someone as he turned the corner. Hopping back up he saw who it was. To his dismay, the person he collided with was none other than Trouble. He gave a sigh as he saw two corporate cops running up from where she had came.
"I really don't have time for this right now Blue. If you wanna handle this, me and my friend have a little problem of our own to deal with." Dan asked, hoping that he wouldn't have to deal with her problems too.
"This is the only time I'll be fighting because of you okay Red?" She told him as she swept a grunt's legs from underneath him. Then she jumped up onto some boxes and descended on the other one, mashing her fists into the lowly cop's face. All of this happened as Dan looked back at her handiwork.
"I have to admit, even though neither of us likes the other, she does fight like a pro." Dan said to himself as Sora caught up.
"Sure keep telling yourself that bud." He joked as the two neared the amassed group of cops.
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Standard corporate cops made a border and were ready to aid the monster if needed. Jorum stood in the centre of the human square, guarded by four riot cops. Sora and Dan entered the square and Jorum stepped forward.
"Greetings rangers. Me being a monster all about making deals, I have come with a proposition for the both of you. Either hand over your morphers now, or we'll be forced to take them from you." He bargained.
Dan stood firm. "No deal slime ball, the Martial Harnesses are ours and we'll use them to stop bad guys like you!" He refused. "Ready Sora?" His friend gave a nod before they activated their morphers.
"Martial Spirit, Strike Out!"
Both were covered in their own spirit's energy and then morphed into Martial Strike white and red.
"Let's do it!" Sora enthused as they readied themselves.
Sora grappled in close to a riot cop and grabbed ahold of his baton before flipping him over onto the ground and taking him out, then moving onto his next target. Dan meanwhile, was fighting two riot clad cops at once, using the chain on his nunchucks to block and tie up the batons before landing a quick kick or jab to them. Eventually he took the first one down and managed to injure the second one, then with all his strength, he forced the remaining enemy into the riot cop that was fighting Sora. Taking him by surprise. This took both enemies down.
"This is not good…" Jorum said to himself. "Corporate Cops! Attack!" He ordered. Each baton wielding grunt closed in on the two rangers and an onslaught began. While the rangers would be able to hold their own, it would be only a matter of time before they were overwhelmed. They needed help and fast.
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Alyssa looked on at the monitor as the carnage unfolded. Jason was hoping that they would survive it. But he knew that blind faith alone couldn't help them here. Orika was just hoping that the two would come back in one piece.
She was in deep thought as she watched the two rangers fight with such courage. Alyssa might not be the friendliest person at first, unlike Sora, yet there is more to her than on the surface. She picked up the Martial Harness and spoke up.
"I've made up my mind. I'm going to help." She told them as she equipped the harness and exited the building to help the two rangers.
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Sora kicked back a cop. They had thinned their numbers to about ten but they were exhausted. But they couldn't give up and let Jorum win. Then they heard a voice.
"I've come to help you guys. Leave Jorum to me, you two just hang in there okay?" Alyssa told the two who were fighting off the remaining cops.
"Martial Spirit, Strike Out!" She called as a black spirit energy enveloped her.
-Morphing Sequence-
Alyssa stood in the traditional dojo wearing a black traditional Gi. She opened her palms and retracted her fingers, holding one arm back and one arm forward. She stretched her legs into a long stance, supporting herself on her back leg, whilst stretching out her front leg. Then a Black tiger overlapped her body, imitating her stance. A black ranger suit with gold trimmings in the Gi style then appeared over the traditional Gi. Standing tall once more, the black tiger overlapped her head, after it disappeared, a helmet in the style of a black tiger appeared in its place. Along her belt, a long black scythe with a silver handle appeared. A black tiger, outlined in gold appeared on the left side of the suit.
-Morphing Sequence-
She charged at Jorum with her scythe in hand. Once close enough, he attempted to block it with his scaly armoured arms, yet it was to no avail. The weapon cut through the reptile, severing off his arms instantly.
"Looks like you've just been, dis-Armed!" Alyssa joked as she spun her scythe in her palm. "Enough joking around though, time to send you back from where you came from, the spare parts pile!"
She clutched her scythe with both hands and spun around repeatedly, causing a whirlwind which then released a dark blast of energy which hit Jorum head on, completely destroying him. Alyssa then demorphed and headed over to the other two demorphed rangers who were now triumphant. Sora outright congratulated her on a job well done while Dan was more reluctant to admit it.
"You did good Alyssa. It may take a while for me to trust you, but I'm happy that you're on our side. Welcome to the team." Dan finally admitted, holding out his hand which she shook in return.
"I'm glad to be on board." She replied, thankful for the experience.
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It was late at night, Jason was in bed, tossing and turning in his sleep. His dream was a haze, almost like a distant memory.
But sir, he's a clone! There is no possibility he could get out. And besides I doubt he will last long anyway, our cloning technology isn't top notch unlike some corporations.
I don't care, I want this creation disposed of. If the world finds out that we recreated one of the world's greatest heroes, we'll be bankrupt!
Very well sir. I will see to it that he is disposed of.
Jason awoke from the dream with a cold sweat. "It was just a dream… But it felt so real. How could this be?" He asked himself as he rubbed his eyes and tried to forget it.
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And that is chapter 4. It took a while but it's finished now. I had a bit of a break, and I had to set up my computer too. Getting it fixed was costly but I'll be able to publish more chapters now.
So this chapter introduced Alyssa who is a closed book and someone who Dan doesn't really trust. At least he seems to be getting along with trouble a little bit more. And towards the end I snuck in a little preview of a sub plot that is to come, see if you can work it out. That's all for now and I'll see you in the next chapter of Mythos, a Christmas themed one too, and Martial Strike will be back the week after next when we find out who the pink ranger is.
Next chapter: Pink, but not what you might think
Synopsis: the three rangers learn more about each other and then encounter a new teenager who is destined to become Martial Strike pink. Dan runs into trouble again, in a less literal sense this time and the mystery of Jason's odd dreams continue.