Don't own power rangers, just any oc that isn't affiliated with a power ranger season.
Life is a Carnival
Part 1
"Lovey, when we finishing closing, would you like to go to my apartment? We can have a few drinks and talk-"
"Gabe, unless drinks include sodas or other non-acholic beverages, I doubt it's going to happen. You have to clean the front door." Tam shifted her shoulders.
"But-"
"If you have time to flirt you have time to clean." Gabe jerked and quickly rushed to the door. "Never thought I'd see the day where my brother didn't have a girl wrapped around his finger." Tam glanced up from where she was putting up chairs. The man who spoke was tall and blue eyed, and fairly muscular. He smiled. "Can I keep you?"
"Very funny, Luke." She gave a wry smile. "But your girlfriend might object."
"No, he's got her hooked, too. Just not as hard as say, Georgette." Tam winced. "She brought out her claws didn't she?"
"For a girl named after a stuck up poodle in Oliver in company, she hisses like a cat." Tam sighed. "Am I introuble?"
"No, I watched the altercation. You weren't on the clock when it started." Luke shifted. "We're done in the back, sweep out here, then you can go."
"Thanks Luke."
"Not a problem. Thank you for coming in when Alicia called in sick, and on short notice."
"My pleasure." She watched him go to the door which Gabe was wiping down, a group of people passed and she slipped into seeing the grid. A huge splash of Black met her vision.
"Oomph!!" Rick found himself looking at the ceiling. Breathing didn't come easy for a moment.
"You alright?" He blinked up at the concerned face of Jason.
"Yes . . . but I'd like to preserve my pride by staying down." Jason smiled as he helped Rick up. "Do you have to keep dumping me onto the mat?"
"How else are you going to learn?" Jason patted him on the shoulder. "Nice work today, rookie."
"Rookie?" Rick wasn't sure he liked the nickname. Jason briefly glanced to make sure no one was looking, before leaning in.
"Rookie red ranger. Original prerogative."
"Oh. How long until you stop calling me that?"
"Till a newer Red shows up." Jason grinned. "Or I could call you kid . . ."
"You're only a decade older than me." Rick retorted. "Or maybe less . . . how old are you anyway?"
"I graduated '97." Jason then moved to talk to his next adult class, while Rick picked up some of the sparring equipment. Trying to figure it out, and ultimately failing when something hit him in the back.
"Sorry!" Cory looked at him from behind a large box. "Didn't see you."
"S'lright." As Cory set the box down next to the bin of sparring equipment, their wristbands beeped. Annoyingly, it went to the tune of 'Shave and a Haircut'. (Jason claimed it was Gene's idea, Gene claimed it was Alpha, Alpha claimed Gene and Jason suggested it. The teens decided to drop it until they could come up with a better ringtone for the communicators) They both moved to where Jason's office was. "Alpha?"
"Rangers, Yin is making his move. Get to the Command center." The little Robot sounded distressed.
"Alright, On our way." Rick glanced at Cory and together they opened the portal to the command dimension. As they entered the room, they were almost knocked over by the arrival of Jon and Amber.
"What is it, Alpha?" Jason came in behind Gene.
"Yin is attacking Sector C-5. He has not set troops yet, but his dimension has latched onto it." Alpha was studying the machines. "The dimension is based off a combination of Carnivals, Circuses and theme parks you humans have." Jason tilted his head. Somehow, that comment didn't sound like the Alpha 5 he knew.
I'd better talk to him later. He glanced away. "Rangers, we'll be sending you in un morphed. Yin doesn't know who you are just yet, so do your best to keep him from finding it out. And be careful. Just because the dimension looks fun, does not mean it really is."
"Right."
"We're teleporting you now." Then they were gone.
"Wow . . . this place is amazing." They glanced around.
"Let's split into groups of two." Rick got a fair map that someone had dropped. "We'll meet up at the carousel, in a bit, if we don't find anything."
"Following laser blasts and screams would probably help if there is trouble." Jack blinked. "Where'd they go?" They were the only ones still looking at the map. Jack managed to see the back of Jon and amber as they headed to the carnival games, and Rick saw Cory's head disappear towards the large circus tent.
"Well, you want to check out the theme park spot?" The two boys started walking.
"This is so cool . . ." Mina glanced around. "But I don't see any danger- Gah!" She jumped and grabbed Cory as a group of clowns passed them, rushing into the ring.
"Don't like clowns?"
"They're evil . . ." She muttered, still clinging to his arm.
"I'll agree with that." Jason spoke up. "But I'll tell you that story another time." Gene tilted his head.
"As long as you do tell us the story . . . I want to hear about your time as a ranger." Mina muttered, before the two started walking away.
Tam tossed the trashbag in the garbage bin, before walking away. She moved to where she could see the two brothers, and then used her second sight. Luke was a normal shade of red, with brown and a cream color mixed in. Gabe was a ranger shade of black. Can Gabe even fight? He always backs down from any confrontation . . . Tam bit her lip. Gabe was a good friend, a bit of a flirt and skirtchaser, but he wouldn't backstab her, like she was sure Dredwing and Pyrote would do. I really need someone I can talk to. I can't confide in Amber . . . at least, not for now. She waited as he walked past her to his bike. "Hey, Gabe."
"Hey, something wrong?"
"No . . . not exactly." She fidgeted. "Do you take any martial arts?"
"Huh?" Gabe glanced at her, before shrugging. "Aikido, and a little Bo staff." He shifted the messenger bag on his shoulder. "Why?"
"It's a long story . . . can we talk in private?"
"Sure." Gabe wasn't one to turn away from a friend in distress. "Does this have to do with Amber, too?"
"Not really."
"Are we sure Yin's attacking the dimension? So far it looks pretty normal." Rick watched as a guy and girl walked by holding hands. "Even if people seem to be kinda stuck on having fun . . ."
"The sun hasn't set." Jack shifted. "We've been here for hours and the sun hasn't set. It's still late afternoon."
"You're right . . ." The two stopped at the carousel, which wasn't going. "That's interesting."
"What?"
"The animals." Rick pointed. "They're kinda ours." There was a red Chinese dragon, A unicorn, and others that corresponded exactly to the colors and animals of the rangers. "Only ones that aren't are the last four, they even have the panther and fox." He glanced around. "Jason, so far there's nothing happening."
"I know Rangers, but the sensors are going nuts-" Jason's explanation was cut off by a crack of thunder in the dimension.
"Never mind." Rick sighed.
Tam felt her wrist buzz. Gabe was still staring at his mug. She glanced at him, then answered. "Violet."
"I require your assistance, now." Sigma's voice hissed.
"I'm on my way." As she stood, Gabe grabbed her wrist.
"I'm coming too." Clear blue eyes met her grey ones. "You'll need me."
"Then come on." She pulled him through a portal with her.
"There you are! I was starting to wonder- who's that?" Tartra blinked at Gabe.
"The Black ranger." Tam moved forward. "Where's Sigma?"
"Lord Sigma." Tartra corrected. But her attention was more on Gabe. "He's not very . . . muscular . . . but he is cute."
"You're not so bad yourself." Gabe winked, and then winced at the happy squeal that came from the woman. Tam gave him an annoyed look, and the two made their way to the throne room.
"There you are . . . I see you've found the black ranger."
"Why are they tearing up the dimension, anyway?" Mina jumped and dodged a laser blast, as people around her finally showed fear.
"Each dimension has a power source that guards it from destruction. It does have a physical form, and destroying the physical makes it easier to get to the energy." Gene explained. "Sometimes it can even be a person."
"Oh, look, a flying monkey on steroids." Jon pointed out to Amber as the two raced through the games to get to their friends.
"What?" Jason stared at the screen.
"Jason, is that?"
"I don't know, but it sure looks like it." Jason tensed. "Rangers, that flying monkey is dangerous, do not underestimate him!" Goldar . . .
"Do you know him?"
"A version of him. Just be careful."
"I need you to find the key of the dimension. A nexus of power, and lead Dreadwing to it." Gabe stared at his wrist. He partially ignored the feeling of 'this isn't good'. His main concern was making sure Tam didn't get herself killed.
'Because Amber would kill me.' Moments later, they were teleported into a fairground.
"Well, Lovey, shall we take a stroll?" The thunder was definetly out of place for the setting. People were running in terror.
"Don't call me that." Tam snapped, absently activating her eyes. Colors swirled, and as she focused, they all seemed to converge near the Big top. "We've got our target, c'mon." The two kept a low profile as they moved through the stalls. The sound of fighting up ahead made them pause. "Power Rangers."
"How can you tell?"
"Cause the colors are brighter up ahead."
"Dimension ranger Red!" Tam had to shut her eyes as similar calls rang out and the surge in the morphing grid almost blinded her. White and green arrived.
"Dimension ranger?" Gabe blinked. "Hey, looks like the team that rescued the tow-ow!" Tam elbowed him.
"C'mon," Tam stood. "We have to go this way."
"So, The power rangers have come to play . . ." Dredwing laughed. "This will be fun!"
"Oh, I bet." Mina got her sword out. She and Cory were still close to the circus, and were the closest to Dredwing. "this is- GAH!!" As she'd been speaking, two bolts of magic had come from Dredwing's sword. It struck two clowns, one who was a magician looking, the other looked like a stereotypical clown but had a fire baton, and warped them into clownlike monsters. "Bad day!"
" . . . I can't decided whether to laugh or to worry." Gene studied the screen. "What do you think?"
"Worry now, laugh later. Pink, don't panic. It's a spell. You have to defeat the clowns to break it." Jason sighed. "Blue, what are you doing?"
"There's something wrong with this carousel . . . it's too much of a coincidence that it has our animals." Jack had gotten onto the carousel during the initial attack. "There's a paper in the griffin's mouth!" He put a hand to it's beak, gently prying the paper out. "It's from your friend! Listen-" He had to duck from a few stray blasts. " 'Jason and Gene, Am in my thirty-seventh dimension, stopped here to help repair ferris wheel, have left gift for the rangers, use well, Professor Howard. PS, have discovered secret of Yin, look at journal entry of tenth dimiension."
"Anything else?"
"Looks like a riddle and a bunch of numbers-"
" . . . I'm going to teleport Jason to you. He knows Howard's games more than I do." Gene glanced at Jason, who just held up his old communicator. "Make sure you take care of him. Teleport in two, one, go."
"Skull-" Jason dove to the side. "You teleported me right into the middle of the battlefield!"
"Sorry, the dimension shifted!" Gene absently frowned as he began to check the readouts he was getting. "Alpha are you getting this?"
"Ai yi yi yi! He's aiming for the power nexus!"
"And he has help . . ." Gene's frowned depeened as he studied the screen. "Jase – lookout!" Jason finally made it to the carousel.
"Right, see?" Jack showed him the paper. Jason studied it for a moment.
" . . . Say 'griffin cycle'."
"Uh, Griffin Cycle." Jack jumped as the griffin on the carousel screeched. The pole disappeared, and their was the sound of gears moving as the griffin turned into a motorcycle. "Whoa . . ."
"Blue, use it to get to Pink and Yellow!" Rick called out.
"Go, I'll be alright." Jason waved him off. He was looking at the lower part of the paper.
"Alright, I'm on it." Jack and the cycle took off. "Pink, what's the situation?"
"Evil clowns and flying monkeys! What do you think the situation is like?!" Mina yelled as she dove away from the clown whose fire baton turned into a flamethrower.
"It's not that bad." Cory dodged, then he saw something else. "the Magician clown is running off! Towards the funhouse and mirror maze!"
"I'll intercept him, Unicorn Cycle!!" Amber hopped on her cycle as it came to her. Then she was off.
"White!" Rick called out, but was cut off by a hit to his helmet. "Great . . . Yellow, follow that clown!"
"I'm on it- whoa, the griffin cycle fires lasers from its beak." Cory paused a half second to admire Jack's entrance- he'd jumped a bunch of barrels and then fired down on the darklings and the flamethrower clown. Then he was off after the clown magician monster.
"Rangers, I know where the nexus might be," Jason started.
"Go for it." Rick turned and looked at Jason. "You can morph if they attack, We'll keep them busy so they don't have time to look!"
"Alright, be careful, rookie."
"You too, old man." Jason shook his head, then blended into the chaos of the dimensions inhabitants.
"Old man?"
"It's a red thing." Jason responded to Gene's question. Then he was following the rather crude directions to the potential nexus.
End Life is A Carnival, pt 1.
Next: The battle kicks off while Jason races unknowingly against Tam and Gabe for the key and winds up face to face with Dredwing, Pyrote joins the fray against the Red and Green rangers, While White and Yellow face of against Magico and Pink and Blue vs Flambe.
Chapter three is now Zord quest, and please read and review, constructive criticism helps me write. Flames do absolutely nothing.