A/N: A special thank you to SnowBranwen, Lewamus Prime 2019, Arctic4Queen, Ahkalia and powerking for submitting characters to the story. Last chapter wasn't the greatest, so I do apologize for that. Hopefully this one will be better. As always, Power Rangers are owned by Hasbro. I am also working on an intro for the series that I was hoping to add it in this chapter. It's not quite ready yet though :( I will try and get it ready for next week.
Power Rangers: Galactic Force
Chapter 1 – Meeting of the Fates (III)
Port Haven, Hyperspace
"Port Haven, a haven for the wick and viled creatures who have lost some one who tried to take over Earth," the cold voiced women explained, marching down the streets. She was wearing her traditional white armor with her cape blowing in the wind. Her grey looking sword was resting on her hip, with a hand on the hilt. She decided to forgo her visor and instead put her hair in a messy bun.
"Didn't know this place existed," the male spoke cautiously beside her, his eyes darting around. It was his job to protect her, though she didn't need much protection.
"It's meant to be a secret place, which is why it took us 10 years to find it," she responded, then stopped in the middle of the street. She looked around, trying to pinpoint their location.
Currently they are standing in a 4 way street, littered with trash and debris. The houses that surround this stop are kept in really bad shape and are falling apart. The sky had a distant rotten egg smell. The couple of monsters that passed the duo looked at them with eagerness to them, but once they saw how she was dressed, decided that they liked living and went on their scummy business.
"Ah. There it is," she finally said, pointing to a building down the street.
"A dingy little place," her companion said with distain.
"Have you seen this planet?" She rolled her eyes at him before making her way to the building. Once there, she opened up the door and stepped inside.
The interior was in horrible shape. Holes litter the walls, there was a very bad odor smell and the décor, or what is left of it, is nearly all broken. She did notice that their was pictures of all 28 power ranger teams on the walls with the holes, though their was one team picture was tarnished beyond recognition, which made her smile.
"2 dracos," she ordered from the bartender. Seeing the look on the bartender's "face", she places down 45 credit chips. "That should cover the expenses."
"Oh most definitely," the green scaled monster agreed greedily. He quickly scooped up the money and placed it in the till before completing the order himself. Once done, he placed 2 steaming goblets in front of her.
"My good monster," her voice dripped with sweetness. "Can you tell me where to find him?"
The bartender's face visibly dropped at the mention and he gulped loudly. "He doesn't want to be disturbed."
"Well, that won't do at all," she responded, her voice still dripping with sweetness. She laid 100 credit chips on the counter. "Hopefully this will help."
The bartender's eyes lit up like a christmas tree at the sight of the chips. You can hear the debate swirling around in his head until he finally scooped up the credits. "Fine. Don't say I didn't warn you. Wait here, I will go get him."
"Now, why don't I believe you?" She asked, eyeing the bartender.
"Believe me or don't, that's not my decision lady. My orders, no matter how many chips are presented, are to go get him if someone is stupid enough to ask for him," the bartender replied hotly.
"Fine," she conceded. "But know this, if you decide to run, I will hunt you and skin you alive. I will wear your scaly skin as my armor, making sure you see it each day."
His eyes went wide with shock but before he could respond, the doors opened up on the balcony and a figure stepped to the railing. "As much as that would be interesting to watch, I won't have you bullying my employees, even if they are scumbags!"
"Well, I wouldn't have to threaten anyone if you decided to answer my calls," She retorted, her eyes seething with anger.
"Still a child I see," he taunted with glee.
"Say that again, I dare you!" She threatened, her hand resting on her hilt.
"So you tracked me down to threaten me?" He said, laughing.
"No, I came to you with a plan butthead," she replied.
"And what makes your plan better?" He asked. He was a little intrigued if he had to be honest.
"Lets talk in private, and I will tell you," she answered.
He thought for a moment before nodding and mentioning for her to come up the stairs. Together, they enter his room and shuts the door.
Reevesville College, California.
"Take these three alive!" a voice hissed.
Neo, Kelley and the new guy felt gloves grasp their forearms and began to steer them away from the beach. The three tried to get looks at the figures but, besides from being dressed in black cloaks, there was no other features to see.
Neo and Kelley were wise enough to not fight back. They felt the gloves and kinda figured they are dressed in some sort of armor, so it would be foolish to fight back. And in the case of Neo, he couldn't if he wanted to.
But that didn't stop the new guy. He grabbed the hand on his forearm and with a sudden twist, he flipped the figure over his shoulder. He sent a quick side kick to the one holding Kelley, which caught the figure by surprise and stumbled down, releasing his hold on Kelley. The one holding Neo loosened the hold and a moment later, Neo slipped out of his control.
Together, the three got into a fighting stance, glaring down the figures before they disappeared into a … wormhole? Needlessly to say, Kelley, Neo and the new guy were shocked as hell and they looked at each other.
"Did you just see that?" Kelley asked, her voice trembling a little.
"Whatever it was, it was scientifically impossible but damn, was it cool," Neo said, a little giddy about it. "Was that really a wormhole, here in Reevesville?"
"What the hell just happen?" the boy finally spoke.
"Not entirely sure," Neo started to say when they heard a yell and a thud coming from behind them. Before they can turn around, they were suddenly surrounded by a group of monsters. That's they only way they can describe them.
They wore black, scaly armor that covered them. For helms, they had full black visors with a claw crest on the front but they each had horns poking out. Whatever hair they could see was matted and unkept, almost like they rarely took off their visors. They all wield a gnarly looking sword, which they had pointed at the trio.
"It's time for our glorious rebirth. Earth will finally fall to darkness," the deep, raspy voice threatened them, before issuing an order. "For the Shadow!"
With that cry, the group charged forward, all unsheathing their swords. In a few mere seconds, they crashed into the teens and the melee brawl started.
Neo faced off with one. Using his surfer agility, he was able to keep away from the blade that was attempting to cut him. When the sword sliced, he would roll to the other side, or when the figure would try to grapple him, he would make a backwards somersault and try to keep a distance. But he knew he would eventually have to attempt to fight back, so he just watched his opponent, waiting for a moment to strike.
Kelley faced off with one as well. Using her stamina from soccer, she was able to keep apace with her opponent. She was able to do some fancy footworking to fool her opponent before landing a swift shin kick, which she immediately regretted. She swore and glared at her assailant. She would have to outsmart this bastard if she hopes to stay alive.
The new guy was having the same trouble, though he wasn't about to let his opponent know it. He just charged the charging demon, which completely surprised said demon enough for the new guy to slide underneath the sword and grab the armored hand, trying to wrestle the sword away. In hind sight, it probably wasn't the smartest move, but he usually does what he feels is right at the time. And it did buy him a little time to try and think of a plan.
Instead, the three demons all push and shove the trio together, which always seems to come back to bite the villians of the year in the ass. This was no different. And so was the taunting.
"Pathetic," the lead demon gloaded, as the 4 other demons fall behind him. "Taking earth will be much easier."
"Who or what are you?" Kelley demanded to know.
"We are Xoks, the front line offense for her Majesty!" He boasted with pride.
"So you decided to come to Earth to conquer it?" Neo asked.
"Yep. Seeing how weak you guys are, it will be a piece of cake," the leader said smugly.
"But you are forgetting something," the new guy called out, shifting into a fighting stance.
"What's that?" the demon hissed back.
"If you want our planet, you have to go through me first!" he declared, stepping forward in a challenging way.
"And me," Kelley cried out, stepping in line with the new guy, who just nodded at her.
"Guess that will include me," Neo said, lining up with the other 2.
"What? 3 humans? You think that's a challenge? HA!" the demon laughed.
"How about 4 then?" a voice rang out behind the group of 5 demons.
Surprised at being snuck up on, the demon whirled around to see someone rushing forward and somersaulting over the demons and lining up with the others.
"You guys are like cockroaches. Ugly and annoying," the demon hissed again.
"One thing about cockroaches," the new arrival chirped back gleefully. "They are hard to kill!"
"Can we not think of ourselves as a bug?" Neo said, shuddering slightly.
"Why? Is someone afraid of bugs?" the new arrival chuckled lightly.
"Do you humans always talk so much?" the demon asked, watching the group.
"Only when we have nothing to do," Kelley quipped back. She and the new guy exhanged a grin.
"My head hurts," the demon said, rubbing his head. "Alright! Enough chitchat. Xoks attack!"
"You guys ready?" the guy with the red and violet streaks in his hair said.
"Mind telling us who you are?" Kelley asked.
"Luka," Luke said quickly. "We don't have time to tell our stories. What say we work together and see if we can beat these freaks?"
"Sounds good," the new arrival said, shifting into a defensive stance. "Jackson."
"Kelley, Neo," Neo started to introduce themselves but with the look Luka sent him, he quiet down. "Right. Demons. Problem. No talking."
"Urrg!" Luka moaned. He then began to charge forward. "Let's teach these bastards why Earth hasn't been taken over yet!"
"Right with ya bud," Jackson said, keeping up with Luka.
"Together, we will defend Earth!" Kelley cried out, charging as well.
"Surfs' up!" Neo shouted, following his comrades.
As the two groups meet in the middle, Luka slides underneath a sword swing and proceeds to grab ahold of the hand, holding the sword in place. Jackson, seeing this, took advantage and bull rushed one of the Xok's, but he immediately bounced off his armor and flew back. Luka felt his grip being loosened on the demon then he went flying and crashing ontop of Jackson. Neo and Kelley soon joined them, stunned and bruised.
"Ow. That didn't go as planned," Jackson muttered, rubbing his head. Yet, he still got too his feet.
"When does anything go as planned?" Neo asked shakily, also rising too his feet.
"Don't think we can beat these guys," Kelley remarked, standing beside Neo.
"Where there is a will, there is a way. We can't give up," Luka said, rising too his feet and staring down the Xoks. "I will never give up."
"Face it humans, you are weak. There's no chance you have," the demon leader said, pointing his sword at them.
"You were beaten once, we can do it again," a new voice called out.
Startled again at being snuck up on, the demon leader turned and saw Maria walking towards them. She was followed by another male.
"How do you know that?" The demon leader demanded to know.
Instead of speaking, Maria held up a single brown pendant with a sad smile on her face. In an instant, the confidence of the demon leader was shook and if inspected closely, some say he is sweating.
"It's not possible," he barely whispered. He took a slight step back before regaining his confidence. "So you must be the daughter?"
"Correct," Maria acknowledged his question. She stepped in front of the five adults and glared at demon leader.
"So you dare challenge me alone? Brave but utterly foolish. Guess that runs in the family though," the demon leader taunted her.
"She won't be alone," five voices cried out at the same time, all stepping beside her.
Suddenly, the pendants Maria was carrying began to shine brighter and brighter with each passing second.
Maria was surprised for a moment before offering the pendants to everyone. "I can explain things later but right now, the pendants have chosen you to help defend our planet. However, you must also choose to do this and if you do, there is no turning back. Will you accept and become the newest team of Power Rangers?"