Martial Strike
Familiar Help
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.
Spring came quickly to Novaton, and as it did, the city began to attract more attention from tourists. Needless to say, the warmer days and shorter nights attracted more attention to the dojo and the rangers had their hands full with students throughout the day.
Dan was teaching a first class when Trouble came up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. The red ranger turned around to see her dressed in her traditional Gi even though she wasn't supposed to be teaching today.
"Hey, Orika needs you down in the basement. Told me to take over this session for you while you're out." She told him.
Dan nodded, looking tired from the amount of classes he had taught today, although it was still light outside it had now reached 6pm and he had been teaching classes non-stop while some the others had been doing the same.
"Thanks, not sure how much longer I could've kept going." He said, sounding as exhausted as he looked.
Then the red ranger went down to the basement while Trouble took over his session. He saw Orika at the monitor and walked over there, wiping sweat from his forehead as he did.
Orika turned around as she heard heavy footsteps. "Dan, you certainly took your time. Anyway, there's a good reason I pulled you away for a second. There's been a guy that's been shadowing the dojo for the past few weeks now. I have footage of him coming and going. He seems to be wearing a grey and red uniform from what I know. After we close up today, tail him when he stops observing. I know you're good at that kind of, stuff." She explained to him.
"Interesting to hear. I'll get right onto it, right after a good rest. Without Jason things have gotten a bit hectic. He's usually locked up in his room now, and I don't know why, but I hear him unlock his door and roam the dojo at night. I think when he's ready, he'll tell us." Dan said before walking out of the basement control room.
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Back in the corporate tower, a floor of the building had been renovated and remodelled into that of a gym, complete with a boxing ring in the centre. The Corporate King had spared no expense with creating a place to train and learn to fight. A large man who looked almost like a bodybuilder held two training pads, one on each hand as the Corporate King, in some lavish looking gold shorts and boxing gloves that hit the pads with moderate force.
Then Oily Bill entered the floor from the elevator and headed towards the ring. "Sir, you have a lot of backtracked meetings that you need to get to immediately. You can't be putting them off like this." He informed his boss who kept at the pads.
"Boss doesn't wanna talk to you Tex, get lost or I'll have to make you go myself." The trainer told Bill in an intimidating voice.
"But if the boss doesn't come then we'll start losing money." Oily Bill reasoned, which snapped the Corporate King out of his trance as soon as he heard the words losing and money one after the other and the CEO vaulted over the ropes and ran to the elevator.
"We can't have that!" The Corporate King declared as Oily Bill went after his boss.
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Isabel and Ella waved goodbye to the last of the students and the white and black rangers as they headed home for the day, going inside and locking the doors as soon as everyone left.
Ella slumped down on the couch, followed by the blue ranger doing the same. Then Ella turned to her teammate.
"So what's Orika got Dan doing?" She asked.
Trouble gave a yawn, looking at the pink ranger "Apparently someone's watching the dojo and who better than a street thief to tail them and find out who they are and what they're doing." She explained, rubbing her eyes.
"I see, looks like you could get some rest." Ella commented.
Isabel nodded and stood up. "Might as well, the way we're going with students recently, we're gonna need it. Most of them probably want to protect themselves from the Corporate goons running around the streets with total authority over everyone, deal some blows to them for being so brutal."
Ella smirked. "Must be the reason." She finished as the blue ranger went into her room for the night.
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As the sun set and the street lights began to activate throughout the city, the man in the grey and red uniform emerged from a corner, carrying a small notepad device which he placed in his back pocket. After a few minutes, Dan emerged from his hiding spot and followed the man through the winding streets of Novaton.
Finally, after what seemed like a long and unnecessary walk, the man Dan had been tailing had walked to the outskirts of the city and walked into a classic looking diner that looked like it was pulled from the 50s with all the neon signage.
He followed the man into the diner and sat in the booth behind the man, so that his back was to the back of the other. After a few minutes, a waitress delivered a small plate of toast to the man. Before the man dug in and to Dan's surprise, he took the plate of toast and walked over to where Dan was sitting and sat in the seat opposite the red ranger. Dan could finally get a good look at him and his uniform, he looked almost military.
The man spoke up. "Before I say anything else. Do you want some toast? It's buttery." He asked Dan, wiggling his fingers on the last word. Dan had no idea what to say.
"Sorry, I scared you didn't I? I knew you were tailing me from the beginning, that's what I was planning on. I had a friend that was a thief once so it wasn't too hard to see it coming. You're still confused aren't you? Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bridge Carson, Space Patrol Delta." He introduced himself. Dan was still stuck at the point where Bridge had detected him.
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After numerous meetings, the now business suit wearing Corporate King entered his Corporate office and slumped in his chair. Oily Bill soon followed, looking tired from all of the boring and tedious meetings that occurred throughout the remainder of the day.
"Well sir, all the money has been saved and nobody lost any, aside from everyone we fired of course." Oily Bill told his boss with a sigh of relief.
"Good, but we need to stay on top of this, as much as I'm enjoying learning to fight with my trainer, I can't be losing money. I need some cheap or free labour in the form of a secretary to keep this together. Any ideas?" The Corporate King asked as he counted a pile of dollar bills on his desk.
"You could advertise that we're hiring for a secretary, must be able, must work below minimum wage and must be competent." Oily Bill suggested. After a few seconds of silence, the Corporate King spoke up.
"What're you waiting for? Get the advert for the position done already! And while you're at it get a monster after those damn power rangers!" He yelled at the oil tycoon who scrambled to do as his boss said.
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Dan stared blankly at Bridge for a minute before the S.P.D ranger spoke up again. "You're pretty confused right now aren't you? Despite what your aura says about you, it is pretty confusing. My organisation protects the galaxy from warring aliens that want to rule the galaxy. This city is ruled by a madman on the verge of wanting this exact thing. The problem is, my organisation can't do anything about it without evidence he's so corrupt, yet you guys, the newest team of rangers, can make a difference. All I ask is that you get Jason to meet me in the dojo tomorrow. We can help each other out, take this guy down from both sides. And here." He paused, handing Dan a letter.
"What's this for?" Dan asked, looking over the envelope.
"Give him this. I'm sure he'll want to talk to me then." Bridge explained, finishing a slice of toast. "Now are you sure you don't want any toast, it's really buttery." Wiggling his fingers again as he said the last word. Dan smirked in response.
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Later that night Dan stood at the door to Jason's room with the enclosed documents in hand, he knocked on it but here was no reply. "Hey Jason. A military looking guy, wore a red and grey uniform, he wants to meet with you, tomorrow, in the dojo. He also wanted you to have this." Dan said, sliding the envelope under the door and heading away.
On the other side of the door, the room was pitch black, Jason stood in front of the door, he looked like he hadn't rested in ages. He knelt down and picked up the envelope and opened it up. Pulling it out, at the top of the first document were the boldened words "Project Zyu Genesis"
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The next day was rather slow compared to the other days, for that the rangers were thankful, but Dan was still going over his encounter with bridge in his head. Yet all that was put aside when Sora tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey Dan, didn't you hear? There's a report of a monster attacking the city again. We better get going." He informed the red ranger.
"Right, let's get to it." Dan replied, now focusing on the task at hand. After the five rangers left to deal with the monster and Orika went down to the basement to help them out, the door to Jason's room became unlocked and the mentor stepped out of the room, shielding his eyes as they made contact with the light.
It wasn't long after that Bridge entered the building and looked at Jason. "We've got a lot to to discuss." He told Jason as the two moved over to the seating area.
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The five morphed rangers arrived on the field of battle to meet a rather unexpected foe. Standing opposite them was what looked like a phone that belonged in the 80s with clunky arms and legs.
"Seriously? Is the big corporate boss so cheap he's gonna send an outdated phone up against us?" Trouble complained as they drew their weapons.
"Well if he is being lazy, hopefully our battle with this thing will be easy." Sora told them, the others nodded in agreement.
"Then let's get fighting, it's been a bit since our last fight with a monster." Dan told them as they charged in.
"You think I, the unstoppable Brick, can be defeated? Think again!" The monster known as Brick proclaimed.
Sora using his grapple and Dan using his nunchucks restrained the arms of Brick so that the girls could come in with their weapons without any resistance. Alyssa struck one of the arms of Brick, attempting to sever it, but on collision was knocked back to the ground The other four looked on in shock as they saw there wasn't even a scratch from that attack.
Brick proceeded to laugh and throw the red and white rangers back, onto the ground beside the black ranger. Trouble and Ella ran in with their weapons to try and buy them both time, yet it didn't help as Brick simply knocked them back and onto the ground too.
"Surprised?" Brick laughed confidently. "I'm made from an impenetrable material!" It boasted. "Now taste my dialup!" It exclaimed, pressing a few random button on its body and causing a terrible noise that screeched through the area after a few beeps and caused the rangers to cover their ears in pain.
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Back at the dojo, Orika got up out of the seat at the monitors and ran up the stairs. "Jason the rangers are in trouble!" She yelled as she entered the main room.
Bridge looked at her and back to Jason, Orika soon became confused about what was transpiring. "Glad to have you and your team on board." Then he looked at Orika again. "Seems your rangers are in trouble. If you don't mind, I'd like to help. Just tell me where to go. I really need to get back to criminal busting anyway." Bridge told the her with a smirk.
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Back at the battle, the rangers couldn't take much more of the dial up. Dan tried to rise, but Brick simply kicked the red ranger to the ground.
"And my boss said you guys were tough!" Bricked mocked as he laughed at the helpless rangers who demorphed under stress of the intentifying dial up.
"Stop right there!" A familiar voice came.
They all turned to see Bridge coming towards them. Brick looked the ranger up and down and laughed. "And who are you supposed to be?" He asked.
"The arresting officer!" Bridge declared as he pulled out his Delta Morpher "S.P.D Emergency!" He called, morphing into the S.P.D red ranger. He drew his twin Delta blasters and began firing rapidly as he charged towards Brick.
Each blast, the monster shrugged off as Bridge got closer, Brick began laughing at the veteran ranger. With six feet between them, Bridge stopped in his tracks, holstering both blasters.
"S.P.D, S.W.A.T Mode!" He called, holding his Delta morpher out again, his ranger suit becoming bulkier with the S.W.A.T armour attached to it. He held his Delta Enforcer in his hands. "If taking you out isn't gonna work, I guess imprisoning you is gonna have to do!" He called.
Brick was still distracted by his confidence in his armour to notice the S.W.A.T armoured red ranger readying a finisher.
"Delta Enforcer!" He called, sliding a card on the side, opening the hatch and placing it in before closing it back up again. "Confinement mode!" He continued as he aimed it, the lights on his suit and weapon now flashing bright red. "Ready!" He confirmed, pausing for a second. "Activate!" He finished, pulling the trigger and causing the weapon to power up, the two muzzles going back and forth as the weapon's barrel span.
A bright orange blast came out of the gun and hit Brick with all of its might. The monster squealed in terror as it was engulfed by the light. When it subsided, a small silver card which contained a wailing Brick fell to the floor. Bridge walked over and picked it up. "I'm taking you in." He said to the now miniscule Brick.
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Everyone stood around in the dojo after the battle as Jason explained the new situation the them. "I've agreed to Bridge's offer. In return for aiding him take down our mutual enemy with the evidence he needs. He's going to provide us with resources and aid in the coming fights. As seen, these monsters are getting tougher. With help from S.P.D, we can put an end to the tyranny of the corporation." He informed them all.
"In addition to this, I can't be here to aid you all the time, I've had our tech specialist working on something for a bit now that should help. All I need to do is return to our headquarters and get everything ready, you'll be hearing from us soon." He said, leaving before any of the rangers could say anything.
As a compromise, the rangers, and Orika, just looked at Jason in a rather confused manner, still trying to process what just happened.
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When the red S.P.D ranger was outside, Bridge took out his Delta Morpher and spoke to someone through the communications device inside it. "We are a go. Just make sure to have those cadets ready for inspection when I come. They may have just started, but this situation is far more important than anything they've ever faced." He informed the recipient.
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That is chapter ten, yay milestone, of Martial Strike. Bridge made an appearance, and did classic 'Bridge' things as well as being more serious in certain situations. I feel like he's a good character to recur in Martial Strike as he was rather silly in S.P.D and Martial Strike is a rather satire in its themes.
As for the monster, if you couldn't guess, I themed it off of the unbreakable Nokia 3310, because it was inevitable. This chapter was less action focused and more story progression focused and so will the next chapter, but I couldn't resist putting Bridge up against a 3310.
Before I finish, I did a tiny 'update' to Primal Protectors before writing out this chapter, essentially I updated it to a more professional looking cover image that I created because I thought 'Why not' so give me some feedback about that and if I should try do it for the others too and here's the synopsis for the next chapter.
UPDATE - Ah, screw it I revamped all four ranger story banners, might as well
Next Chapter: The Academy
Synopsis: We follow Bridge back to S.P.D Headquarters where he begins the arduous task of selecting a liaison between S.P.D and the Martial Strike team, though from what he sees it isn't looking good, until a certain gifted cadet is introduced. Seeing her potential, the red ranger decides to make a rash decision which will hopefully benefit the rangers. Will his plan succeed? Find out next time on Power Rangers: Martial Strike