The Story so Far…

Sankari has come to Earth to collect the Shards of Darkness, following him a dark shadow named Vexacus. With the guidance of Ninjor, former Ranger Rocky DeSantos must form a new team of Ninja Ranger. The group of Rangers must master the power of Ninjetti to protect the Earth.

Meet the heroes

Reese-Red Ranger, a punk rocker with a hard time controlling his emotions.

Luke- Yellow Ranger, an honest working hero with his own demons to overcome.

Vega-Blue Ranger, the leader, a galactic terrorist trying to get even with her family's murder.

Rocky-Mentor, former Zeo Blue, does what he can to keep his team moving forward.

Ninjor-Master ninja, helped create the Ninjetti powers but shows only minimal interest in the team.

Vexacus roamed through the empty field. The morning sun was rising, following it was a thin veil of mist. Vexacus moved towards the smell of Darkness. He could sense the Shard. It called to him, using the soft sweet voice of destruction.

He neared the Shard, he could smell it, feel it, and see it glimmering under the thick grass. He bent down as a smile spread across his face. Before he could collect the Shard, Vexacus was struck by a bolt of lightning. His body was thrown back, smoke rising from his scaly skin.

His attacker materialized, a Ranger cast in crimson armor. The Ranger had similar armor to the Ninjetti Ranger, with black pants and a helmet resembling a beetle. The Ranger drew a black and red striped staff and aimed it at Vexacus.

"That Shard is mine." The Ranger said in a stern voice.

Vexacus grimaced, having been taken down by a Power Ranger. Vexacus threw himself forward, his blade forward and ready to cut into the Crimson Ranger. The Ranger dodged the blow with little effort, he simply melted into the shadows, becoming nothing but a phantom.

The Crimson Ranger reappeared behind Vexacus and slashed his staff into the monster, knocking him down and giving Crimson time to collect the Shard. The Ranger held the Shard in his hand. He looked at Vexacus, nodding at the creature. "I'll be off now, important things to do," and he faded into the shadows.

Reese sat at the skate park. Memories of Devon flashed through his mind, the two had come here together almost daily. It didn't feel the same without him. He watched kids grind and shred but it all carried a wave of uselessness.

Maybe it was his time as a Ranger that muted his world, or maybe it was just grief.

"Why aren't you down there?" A voice asked from behind Reese. He turned to see a blonde haired boy, a cigarette hung from his lips. He took a drag and pushed the smoke out. "I've seen you skate before, you're pretty good."

Reese shrugged, "Don't feel up to it I guess. What about you?"

"Don't know how," He replied simply.

"You don't know how to skate?" Reese asked in disbelief, "Then why are you here?"

"Watching, waiting, you know the good stuff."

"What are you waiting for?"

The boy shrugged, "I figured I'll it out when I see it."

Reese smiled, "Think you found it yet?"

The boy smiled back, "Maybe…"

"You're not from here," Reese said, noticing his bulky sunglasses and jersey.

"No, I'm from Mariner Bay," The boy said boredly. He took another drag off his cigarette. "I'm here on vacation."

"Nice," Reese said. He felt a strange jolt in his chest, he moved closer to the boy. He wanted to touch his soft blonde hair. "So, what's your name?"

"Jonathan, " The boy replied, "And you?"

"Reese."

Jonathan grinned, "That's a simple name, doesn't really say a lot about your personality."

"Neither does yours," Reese defended, "Jon is literally what they call someone when they can't identify them."

"That still speaks some truth doesn't it?" Jonathan stood up, "Anyway, I'm about buzz off, wanna join?"

Reese didn't think twice before responding, "Sure."

Back at the dojo, Rocky sat at his computer, he surfed through various websites and files, looking for anything that could be useful.

Finally, he stumbled across an interesting website, . The website was a compilation of pictures and documents related to Power Ranger. Monsters, Zords, and even shots of armor, accompanying the pictures were timestamps of the events. One spotted Lightspeed Rescue off on a distant Caribbean island while Time Force was in Turtle Cove.

Rocky froze, he found the sites most recent image, it was a blurry picture of a Navy Ranger. Rocky didn't recognize him. From what Rocky could collect the armor appeared similar to his own Ninjetti Rangers, with the addition of shoulder guards.

This mysterious Ranger was seen outside of Cross-City a few weeks ago, anyone with information please contact us…

Ninjor appeared behind Rocky, the ancient ninja sighed, "I've been sensing his Ninjetti. I thought maybe it was a mistake on my end… It's an older Ninjetti then what you teach. Zoltar developed it for his special ops team. I don't know how it wound up on Earth."

Rocky threw his head back, "We'll have to wait, maybe he'll show up again."

"I'll do my own searching." Ninjor said and faded away.

Miles away, dust collected in the old warehouse. Right outside of Angel Grove, the entire area had been wrecked by a monster attack. Now little was left but piles of junk and twisted metal. Reese didn't ask where he was being lead, he really didn't care, all that mattered was being close to Jonathan.

"So what are we doing here?" Reese asked his new friend.

Jonathan was lifting a piece of scrap metal, he looked at Reese with an ironic smile plastered on his lips. "Looking for something."

Reese meant to ask more, but a soft noise echoed around the two. Reese wrapped his hand around his Morpher, but Jonathan grabbed the hero and pulled him into a dark corner. The two remained completely silent as the Falcoids rushed in.

Reese could feel his Morpher burning into his wrist. He itched to fight them, but he didn't want Jonathan to see him Morph.

Jonathan gave Reese a serious look, his eyes burned with ferocity. "Stay here." He urged and rushed out towards the Falcoids. The strange boy slammed his fist into a Falcoid, another feathery assassin swung its blade at him, but he ducked and swung his foot into the creature's chest.

Accompanying the Falcoids was Vexacus, he snarled at Jonathan, "You humans need to learn to keep to yourselves."

Reese began to sprint towards them. Falcoids were one thing, but he wasn't going to let this kid face someone as powerful as Vexacus. Jonathon smiled at the creature. "I was hoping you'd show up." Jonathan pulled back his sleeve to reveal a device that resembled a beetle. The wings of the beetle spread, revealing a Ninjetti Medal. "Ninjetti Power!" He spoke as navy energy surrounded him.

Reese was completely astonished as the Navy Ranger clashed his red and black staff with Vexacus's short blade. Reese had been aware of other Rangers in the world, it was impossible not to, their struggles had been broadcast for over a decade, but this wasn't a Ranger he could recognize. He appeared similar to the other Ninjetti Rangers, but his armor seemed bulkier, with shoulder guards and such. That wasn't what made him appear so different to Reese. It instead was his fighting style.

Vexacus swung at the Ranger, but he merely faded into the shadows. He reappeared behind Vexacus, but the villain dodged to the right and swung his blade into the Navy Ranger. It dawned on Reese, this wasn't their first battle.

Reese armed his Morpher and rushed in. "Ninjetti Power!"

Ninja Red swung his blade at Vexacus, the villain dodged but was met with the Navy Ranger's staff.

"I was wondering when you'd join in," Jonathan said.

"I didn't know you were a Ranger." Reese admitted, he swung his blade at a Falcoid while the Crimson Ranger continued his duel with Vexacus.

"Couldn't you sense my Ninjetti?"

Ninja Red froze, he didn't even know that was possible. A Falcoid gained the upper hand and slashed into his armor. Sparks exploded across his chest and he stumbled back.

The Navy Ranger kicked Vexacus back and took down the Falcoids surrounding Ninja Red. "You need to watch your back better." He teased.

Ninja Red drew his Hawk Blaster and fired into the Falcoids, knocking all of them to the ground. Then he turned to Vexacus and fired into the fishy villain. Vexacus was thrown back, partially because he wasn't expecting it.

The two Rangers sprang at Vexacus, the villain blocked Navy's staff, but couldn't help Red's blade erupting against his back. A slew of sparks rained down the villain, he recoiled and snarled at the duo before running away.

"Shouldn't we go after him," Red asked.

"Nah, I'm not after him." The Navy Ranger demorphed and moved towards a pile of junk. He threw the metal to the side and drew a wedge-shaped piece of dark metal. Normally it would have been impossible to decipher it as anything other than scrap, but Reese recognized it immediately. "You're after the Shards of Darkness?"

"Well we can't let Sankari get them can we?" Jonathan said plainly.

"Well… I guess so," Reese agreed, he hadn't given that much thought to it prior.

Jonathan slide the piece into his pocket, "You'll meet me at the park tomorrow right?" He asked hopefully.

Reese felt his heart flutter. "Yeah, of course."

"Good!" Jonathan exclaimed and quickly rushed away. Reese meant to follow, but his Morpher began to beep.

"Reese," Rocky said in a panicked voice, "I need you back at the dojo."

Reese moved back to the dojo, where Rocky and the other Rangers all stood together in front of a monitor. Rocky gave the Rangers a serious look, "We've got another Ranger running around. I don't know what he wants or who he works for, but we need to find him as soon as possible."

The picture on displayed on the monitor was of the Navy Ranger standing next to a Crimson Ranger, Reese felt his heart freeze. Rocky gave the Rangers a long, hard, gaze. "I don't expect you to, but if anyone has any information on these Rangers I need you to tell me now."

The Rangers all looked to one another, but no one spoke. Reese felt guilty, he knew keeping the information to himself would only hurt his team, but at the same time, he couldn't help but try to protect Jonathan.

Reese bit his tongue and tried not to look guilty…

Ninjor moved through the empty temple. It was the ruins of a former temple, constructed by Zordon of Eltar during his first encounter with Rita Repulsa. He could sense a powerful Ninjetti in the area, it pulsed and swirled around like a faint veil of mist.

Ninjor found a strange sight, a female stood in the middle of the temple. She was tall and beautiful, her long blond hair hung over her thin shoulders. She looked at Ninjor, her face expressed no emotion.

Her eyes sparked as her hands pressed against the altar, the beams around her radiated with a glowing light. "Such power." She said in a soft voice. "Zordon was foolish to leave it here."

The ground below them shook. "You're trying to release the beasts hidden under this temple, aren't you?"

"Smart one," She said, still grinning.

Ninjor tried to keep his distance, he wouldn't admit it, but he was terrified of this girl. She carried a dark aura around her, a powerful magic, reserved only for the galaxies strongest. She was an Eltarian.

"Those beasts are dangerous," Ninjor warned, "They corrupt the will of their users."

"My boys are strong enough. I'm sure they can handle it." From behind the Eltarian, two Rangers stepped up to Ninjor. One was Crimson and the other was Navy.

The two Ranger stood like soldiers, they reeked of dark Ninjetti. "You're going to kill them if you keep this up." Ninjor urged, "You can't pump them up with some much dark energy."

The Navy Ranger shot a bolt of lightning at Ninjor, the ninja master managed to dodge the blast but was left unprotected against the Crimson Ranger, who appeared from the shadows and struck with his striped staff.

Ninjor drew his blade and parred their strikes. "What are you trying to accomplish?"

The girl laughed, "This is a battle between Eltarians, you wouldn't be able to understand our politics."

Ninjor felt the ground splitting beneath his feet. He knew then that he didn't have time to stop the beasts from awakening. He quickly fled into the shadows.

Vega ran to the oceanside beach. She had been alerted of a disturbance by Rocky, and Luke and Reese were busy trying to find information on the new Rangers.

By the beach, the Frog machine was draining away the water. The creature turned to Vega, it's eyes pulsed red. "Hello Dear," The Frog said, "It's so wonderful of you to show up." The monster launched a volley of tadpoles as Vega morphed into her armor.

Ninja Blue slashed into the machine. The creature tried to swing back, but she quickly dodged and jumped back. She shifted her blade into gun mode and fired down another wave of tadpoles.

"You're quite skilled, Ranger." The machine said, "But how will you be able to handle a few friends of mine?" A wave of Falcoids appeared behind him.

The Frog machine dived into the water, Vega meant to confront him, but there were too many Falcoids.

A bolt of lightning suddenly struck the Frog machine, sparks followed and the machine was stunned and smoking. To Vega's surprise, a Ranger appeared. His armor was sleek and armored, its navy surface gleamed in the sunlight.

The Ranger jumped and landed on the stunned Frog. He tore into the machine's back, tearing wires left and right. The machine responded by firing tadpoles into the ocean, fifty of the little critters were enough to level the entire oceanside enough to stop the pile of Shards that had sunk together.

Vega watched in awe, tearing down the rest of the Falcoids as the Crimson Ranger approached the Shards. Crimson took the Shards, seven in total, then went back to shore. The Frog grabbed his leg. "What are you doing?" The machine asked in a desperate voice.

"My job," Crimson said coldly and slid his staff into the creature's gut, extinguishing his red eyes.

The Crimson Ranger left the shore, shooting bolts of lighting into each of the tadpoles, releasing the water and returning everything back to normal.

Ninja Blue approached the Crimson Ranger. He held the Shards up to his chest, glancing indifferently towards the Blue Ranger?

"What are you doing?" She asked the Ranger, "Why are you wasting your time collecting those, we should be focused on Sankari."

The Crimson Ranger laughed, "You're the idiot here. Sankari is nothing, a tool for a greater threat. I'm not fighting that fool because I'm preparing for the real battle."

Without another word the Crimson Ranger disappeared from sight.

Vega returned to base, Reese and Luke both sat with her as Ninjor explained the situation. "Things are pretty bad, kiddos." The ancient ninja said to set the mood. "An Eltarian as appeared on Earth, and for whatever reason she's collecting the Shards of Darkness, we don't know what she wants, or what she's after, all we know is that she's a major threat and needs to be handled with caution."

Rocky sat at his monitor, frowning as he scrolled past pictures of the two Rangers.

The female Eltarian, Nova, stood in a dark musty cave. The scattered computer monitors cast pale light across the area, illuminating the slew of wires and scrap metal. The conditions were horrible, the technology was low tech, and the entire planet was uncomfortable to her.

The Crimson and Navy Rangers crouched down in front of Nova, they held out the Shards of Darkness, an offering to their leader. Nova grinned, seeing the pile of metal wedges resting on the Navy Ranger's cupped hands. "This is very good," She sang.

"What would you like us to do with them?" The Crimson Ranger asked.

Her smiled widened, "Take them into you, absorb the Darkness into your hearts."

The Rangers nodded, as the Shards pulsed with dark energy. The Shards sunk into the two Rangers, spreading a dark sort of aura across their armor.

The Navy Ranger howled, the power was overwhelming, causing a sharp pain across his body. He fell to his knees, trying to withstand the pain, trying to overcome it.

For a brief moment, his thoughts drifted to Reese, the strange Ranger he met at the skate park. He needed to survive this, he needed time to get that boy on his team. He was strong, stronger than he realized. That was the reason he convinced himself with.

Soon the pain subsided, and the Navy Ranger stood himself up. He wavered a few moments, then steadied himself. His head was pounding, but the pain had subsided. He moved towards the mouth of the cave, lusting to feel the faint breeze on his face.

"Hey." The strange Crimson Ranger said to Jonathan, "I saw you with Reese."

The Navy Ranger froze, he felt weirdly invaded, almost insulted. "What about it?"

"I don't care what you're planning, quit it."

The Navy Ranger wordlessly left. His hands were tightly curled into fists.