Ch6: Percy - Straight lines
'The middle of the week and still no monster attacks' Percy thought to himself as he entered Doctor Blake's classroom and sat beside his friends. Within the next few minutes, he began to zone out. Doctor Blake was about to scorn him when the teacher got a text. 'Hmm...that's unexpected, guess I'll have to be a little bit harsh on the rangers today, eh they'll get over it.' He thought eying the text. "That's it! Percy, outside now!" He yelled at the unaware student. "But...I didn't do anything..." He replied, snapping out of his catatonic state. "That's the last time, you five, out! I'll deal with you all in a minute." Doctor Blake shouted, pointing at the five teens. Like dominoes, each ranger followed the last into the hallway.
After a minute two, he emerged from the class. "Really sorry about that rangers. Had to get you out of there somehow. We've got a monster attack happening right now. Seems a bit odd to me, don't worry I'll cover for you, just go." He said in a hushed tone. His voice quickly escalated to shouting level, enough so that the entire class could hear him. "Now get out of my sight!" He blasted at the teens, ushering them off with his hands. The rangers headed off down the corridor.
[at the town square]
An agitated monster was harassing the civilians. Each ranger stood with their totem morphers held out. "Mythos Ignite!" They shouted in unison. "This one looks fairly weak, I think we could just take him with our fists." Tyson boasted to the others. "Then let's make a game out of it." Lexa enthusiastically joked. Each ranger readied their fighting stance as the oversized crustacean stood before them. "Ugh...what the hell are you?" Percy questioned, disgusted by the appearance of the creature. "Oh me? I'm Fabulous!" The creature sung. "I wouldn't go that far creep. Let's get this over with guys." Emlie commanded.
Each ranger charged at the monster. Lexa ran circles around it with her speed. Tyson began a barrage of hits that clobbered it. Ben and Emlie tag teamed the beast and knocked it down. "Oww... That hurt! Cool boots though." It said as it hit the ground with a thump. Percy came in for the last blow. As it was getting up, he struck it square in the gut sending it staggering back. It swung a tan scarf around its neck before uttering the words "Totally...not...fabulous..." It dropped to its knees and exploded.
Each ranger powered down one by one. "I knew this job was weird but, a fashionable crab! Who comes up with this stuff?" Ben asked the others, giving a serious face as he said it. The others couldn't help but laugh as to what their friend said, him being clueless as to the comedic aspect himself. The Rangers sprinted away to make sure that nobody knew what exactly happened.
[At Shadai's fortress]
Commander Exodius burst into the throne room where the other villains stood. "Lord Shadai, I witnessed the downfall of one of our monsters. What was the meaning of sending the weakest of your minions to crush those rangers!" He shouted, demanding an answer. "I did this. Apparently it was a mistake. So please shadow crusader, if you believe that you are supreme, destroy the children yourself." Shadai ordered, his face getting angrier. "Fine 'my lord' they shall suffer and then you shall bow before me." He proclaimed in a sarcastic tone. Pulling out his blade, he struck one of the guards as he exited to prepare for his battle.
[at the dragon juice bar]
George, the owner, was cleaning the bar whilst the teens sat down with their drinks. "Today was quite simple." Tyson told them as he sat down. "Yeah, I just hope that the rest of Shadai's minions are this easy." Lexa joked, taking a sip out of a glass of orange juice. "Yeah. So, what's everyone doing at the weekend." Percy questioned. "We're watching a monster movie marathon, you want in?" Ben told him. "Nah, fishing trip. Plus I have to work out this amulet and how to unlock its power. I Think connecting with my element may help. He replied. Their conversation was interrupted by a ring going off. "Sorry. I'll be back guys." Emlie told them as she stepped outside.
Standing outside, she accepted the call and put her ear to her phone. A woman's voice came from the device. "Emlie, darling good to speak to you. Are you alone?" Her mother asked. "Ugh, what is it mom?" She groaned. "I have video footage of the mythos rangers morphing, come tell me what's going on tomorrow when I'm back from work, I know we don't have a good relationship but this could be big." Her mother informed her. "Okay, I'll be at home all day then. Bye." She told her. "Bye darling" the phone cut off and Emlie walked back into the juice bar. The Rangers sat looking at her. "So, what happened?" They asked. "We have a problem." Emlie said with a worried look on her face.
After telling them about her conversation with her mother, Ben butted in. "That's really bad and you need to get it under control, we have another matter too. Doctor Blake needs us to hand in our morphers for the weekend. Told us that he wanted to make a few alterations for our next fight." "Ah, okay, I'll head there later then." Emlie informed him as she finished off her milkshake.
[a few hours later - at the command center]
The last of the totem morphers had been handed in and Doctor Blake was looking over schematics and drawings whilst Jamie tinkered with each morpher. "Okay so if I put that there and fuse these parts together...There!" Jamie exclaimed as he finished it. "Great work kid, now just do the same thing with the other four, I'll get to work on building the Templar morpher." He politely ordered his intern. "Templar morpher, seriously?" He joked at his mentor. "I just call it like I see it." He cracked a smile before exiting the room and returning with a box of varying electronics. "Now be a good boy and finish the morphers and then I'll let you help me with this." He joked back at Jamie.
[on a dirt road]
An open back truck was cruising through the countryside nearing its destination. A few minutes later, the truck turned a corner that masked the site with trees and a giant lake, populated densely with holiday goers, sat before them. A bright sun beamed high in the sky and reflected off of the rich blue surface. 'Lake Llyn' Percy thought to himself 'Best place I can think of to connect with my amulet. "Percy help me get the gear unpacked, and remember, no swimming, I don't wanna lose you. You had me worried last time." His dad told him. "Fine, I just planned for a quiet weekend anyway, had a lot of work the past few weeks." Percy replied, picking up the fishing rods and taking them into his father's lodge.
Over the next few hours he sat with his father and his brother Max. Each of them out on the dock sitting on foldable chairs. "A few nibbles but still nothing" Percy sighed. "Cheer up son, something'll come soon, in fact, look at your line." His father reassured him. He turned to feel a large tug on his fishing rod. "Woah it's a big one!" His dad enthused. The line kept getting tugged harder and harder. Then it pulled Percy into the water. He was wailing and splashing as he failed to keep himself calm. "Percy! Percy! Swim over! Percy! Don't panic, I'm coming!" His dad shouted before jumping in after him. Pulling himself to his son and dragging him back to land effortlessly, he gave a sigh of relief knowing his son was out of harm. "Percy, I think it's best if you stay away from the water. Whatever happened the last time you went diving, you're scared of it." His father told him as he was wrapped in a blanket.
[at Emlie's house]
She sat there patiently as she waited for her mother. Slowly the door opened and the well dressed figure appeared. Dropping her work bag by the door and placing her keys on the stand. Eventually sitting opposite her daughter. "I understand that you have something to show me, and by the sound of it something you want." Emlie told her mother. "I do. I have video footage of the power rangers, they looked like civilians at first glance but then they morphed into their suits. As soon as I had the footage of them, I ran off. When I saw who it was, well, I thought it best I spoke with you first." Janine explained to her daughter. "And?" Emlie asked impolitely. "Tell me about it, I know you're the leader, I know who your friends are too. Let's hear it all, I want everyone to know how great you all are." She enthused. "No mom. We don't want the publicity, it's never been about that. If you think that you finding out who we are is something you can exploit, then maybe you should take a good look at yourself. You'll do so much worse than good. Just think about what you'd be doing." Ashamed, Emlie walked out the door and headed for her friend's house.
[at lake Llyn]
It was around midnight, Percy laid sleeping on the couch, a rag over his head. His face giving off expressions of anger and fear as he let out short cries as he slept. He opened his eyes and gasped for air as his body gave off a violent jolt. He sat up, hearing soft whispers of a woman's voice, beckoning him to come closer. He exited out into the cool air of the night. It kept calling for him to come closer, and closer he went. Yet he stopped at the edge of the lake. "Come to me Percy, do not fear. I am the lady of Llyn. You are afraid of the water, afraid that your fate shall be repeated. Do not fear, fear holds you back, you will be protected. Take my hand and I shall show you the way." Her voice echoed from the water. A hand then rose from the moonlight lake, pointing out towards him. In turn, he raised his hand to the one risen from the water. At first, he pulled back in hesitation, then he felt oddly at peace as he clasped the hand of the woman in the water.
Quickly, she pulled him in, yet he didn't struggle as he let the currents of the water flow through him and descended into the depths."Do not fear the water, it is a part of you guardian. Sleep now, be one with your element, don't let it hold you back." Her voice came again as he was completely submerged in the water of the lake.
In the morning his father awoke to a scare as Percy was missing and the door was wide open. He ran outside to yell for his son but was cut off by a voice calling him instead. "Dad! I'm fine, it's fine, something happened last night, it felt real but I'm over my fear. Nothing's gonna hold me back now!" Percy shouted enthusiastically as he saw in the cooling waters of the lake. His dad gave a smile and a small cheer that his son had overcame his fears. Percy gave a smile back but stopped swimming as he saw his amulet glow with a deep blue. 'Guess I finally conquered the last obstacle' he thought to himself as he swam back to his family.
[at school]
Percy had just finished speaking to his friends. "So that's really how it happened? Guess there's something holding me back too then." Emlie told them with a sigh. 'Just wish I knew what that was' she thought as the minutes went on.
It was the last lesson of the day and there was a new topic of discussion in Doctor Blake's class. "Alright, I can see this is going nowhere. Would you please stand up and introduce yourself to the class." The teacher asked a new student to the school. "I'm Aaron and I'm new to the area. I hail from England and this is around the third day I've been in the United States. My father's doing." The young man spoke with a stereotypical British accent. He was athletically built. He had rough, brown hair, wore streamlined box framed glasses and wore a watch on his left arm. His clothes consisted of, a grey hoodie, sleeves rolled up. A dark grey polo shirt with a red X on the pocket, navy blue jeans and white slip on trainers. "Any questions?" He asked. Several raised their hands and he pointed at Lexa. "Hi, I'm Lexa. I wanted to know, what's it like being you then, well British, I mean." He paused and thought about it. "I can't speak for everyone else, but... It's very sophisticated and usually involves remembering a lot of things, for instance, not breaking this charming persona we put on for outsiders by speaking in a regional accent." He finished his sentence and the class began telling him to speak in his accent. Finally he gave in and told them he would be doing a Yorkshire accent. "Ya aright theyer lad, du yer wanna go darn t' pub inabit an get smashed" he spoke in a farmer accent. Everyone began laughing uncontrollably at it, even Aaron himself. "And now you know why I'm and most others, speak like this." He joked in his typical British accent as the class bell rang.
[on top of a building in the town]
Standing by the ledge of the building was the shadow crusader. Clutching his sword he gave a sigh. 'Soon the rangers will fall, then so shall that fool shadai. I shall bring a new age of darkness as I fly my master's banner. He will be free soon enough' he thought as he stood looking down on the hard hatted workers of a steel refinery...
|MYTHOS|
That is chapter five over and done with. This made Percy face his fear with the help of the lady of the lake, from the Arthurian legend, it was a subtle reference as Llyn is theorised to be that lake. The rangers have a new problem in the form of Emlie's mother. And I put in a few motives for the shadow crusader at the end too, all will be revealed in good time. Also I changed the layout a bit so it's less blocky, I think
As for the new character introduction. He will have his purpose, with his personality, I wanted to portray someone from England, the typical accent was made up as a universal one so everyone could understand properly, whilst the regional one, you'll only understand it if you're from or close to that region. I did this as I actually speak that way and wanted to portray what I thought of the whole thing, and I'm from Yorkshire so I could take it a bit too far too :D, strange as to why I set it in America. Anyway, it was all for good fun and setting that character's personality.
Last note. I am not against crabs being fabulous and they have a right to be as fabulous as they want. No fabulous crabs were hurt in the writing of this chapter :D
Next chapter: Broken Code: Part 1 - Drums of War
Synopsis: (decided to make these too) with four rangers having unlocked their true potential, Emlie searches for her own. What stands in the path of the rangers this time may very well defeat them. The drums of war are calling, the fallen knight raises his blade and faces the Rangers in combat. Next time in the three part special story arc.