Power Rangers: Steam Force

Ch2: A conflict of interest

Queen Nyllia sat on her organic throne, eying the champion in front of her. "So, tell me why you think that this champion can defeat these rangers, stinger?" She asked her wasp like commander. " My queen, he is the bulkiest warrior we have. His armour is too thick for any previous warrior to break through with any sort of blade. Surely he will be the champion to crush them my queen." Stinger told her confidently. "Get him out there then." She replied, almost without care. Stinger gave a bow before turning to a black bipedal ant. "Armant! Go and destroy the city nearby!" The monster nodded before leaving the nest.

Later, the queen returned to her child Kivo, the Terrasoid that looked human. This time, instead of being a newborn as it is expected from any animal. After a few days of life, he looked as if he was at least 1 maybe even 2 years old. "Good little Kivo, my little boy is going to be so strong. Soon enough you'll be ready, so much stronger than any of these weak warriors. Now come to mommy." She told the child as she picked him up. He let out a gurgle and his eyes lit up yellow once more.

[steam force]

Back at the operations station, the rangers seemed to be getting along. Lloyd and TJ were sparring. Lucas was taking something apart and hopelessly trying to fix it, Alex just shook her head as he assembled it wrong. Jess was reading a book beside them on a couch and Ayana savoured her hot meal in ages. With a sweat on, TJ and Lloyd came over. "Not bad kid, got a sweat on cos of that." TJ told the young red ranger. "Well, you've gotta know how to protect yourself." Lloyd replied.

Alex gave a sigh and got up off of the arm of the chair. "So, since we're all together, we might as well get to know each other a bit first. Let's see. Hmm...TJ! You're up." She told the others. "Wha- well okay. I prefer being called TJ but my full name is Theodore James Anderson. I'm quite a rebellious guy and I kinda hate my family...oh dear." He cut off as he saw his father accompanied by his guards enter the building.

TJ gave a sigh as he turned to the rest of the team. "And my father's here. Great. Everyone get ready to meet 'Lord Anderson' Head of the family. I was gonna tell you about it myself in a second but it seems that fate has other plans." He said as his father walked towards them. "Theodore! There you are. I was afraid you'd left entirely. Now get away from these filthy commoners, you'll catch something, I'm telling you!." His father ordered. "Dad, look. I'm nineteen now, I'm an adult and I can make my own decisions. That means who I hang out with too. Just go away. I don't want to carry on the family name, I want my own life and I don't want to end up like you." TJ argued. "It doesn't matter. You left the house without permission and now you must return. Men!" He called. Two burly guards grabbed a hold TJ and dragged him out of the building. "Screw you dad!" Was the only other thing the team heard as the commotion died down.

They all had a blank look on their faces as they tried to comprehend what had just happened. Before the alarm went off and summoned the remaining five to the command room. Lohan stood facing them. "Rangers, it seems that a new Terrasoid champion is attacking a civilian area. Get out there and stop them. I saw that TJ was taken away, you'll have to do without him whilst I sort out that situation. Move out." He ordered. The five gave a nod before running to a jeep ready outside.

[steam force]

Innocents ran as drones brought destruction under the orders of Armant. The five rangers, Lloyd, Alex, Lucas, Mia and Ayana, rolled up and jumped out. Alex did a high jump kick and Lloyd pounded some of their heads in. Lucas gave Ayana a boost and she struck a couple on the way back down. Mia kicked one down before she hit one in the back and threw one into the pile of them on the ground. All of the drones looked to be defeated and the rangers lined back up. "Ha! You think you could defeat me, the almighty, Armant like those drones. I bet you couldn't even take three of my soldiers, speaking of which." The creature mocked. His feelers twitched a little as three more humanoid ants burrowed to the surface. They were slightly smaller than Armant and were a light brown. Each brandished a bone blade. "Deal with them. I have havoc to cause." Armant ordered to the soldiers.

Lloyd looked at the others. "These guys look tough. Think we should morph?" He asked the others. Each gave a nod. "We're right with you." Alex confirmed. "It's morphing time!" He called. Each held out their arm as they pushed the lever forward and called out. "Full steam ahead!" Each was covered in a bright light as steam began to rise and cover them. Once it has settled, each ranger had donned their rail themed attire. Each of them pressed down on a sequence of keys to active a weapon.

1-0-1 ... shipping ... pipe blade ... arriving

Each ranger clutched their pipe blades as the soldiers charged forward. Lloyd, Lucas and Alex clashed blades with them as Ayana and Mia joined in. Lloyd kept one occupied whilst Ayana wounded it with a slash on the back. While it recovered, they ran to the others. Alex kicked one back into the blades of the two Rangers and it dispersed into black smoke. Mia and Lucas overwhelmed the third one and stabbed straight through it. Each of the five rangers struck the last remaining soldier that was already wounded. "Come on, we've gotta catch up with Armant before he causes any more trouble." Lloyd told the others as they sprinted after the Terrasoid.

[steam force]

TJ seethed in anger as he sat on his bed, looking over at the guard in front of him. "Look, I don't like you or any of my family, but I need to get out of here. If you can make that happen, I'll make it worth your while. I'll even throw in a bonus if you keep them away for good." TJ bargained. The guard contemplated it for a minute before pointing to a window. TJ opened it up and saw it had a small drop to a ledge. He gave a quick thank you nod to the guard before leaping down to the ledge. It seemed like his fitness training had paid off.

[steam force]

The five morphed teens faced off against the Terrasoid champion in the middle of a street. He brandished a bone pike and charged at the rangers. Lloyd and Alex managed to block it with their pipe blades whilst the other three slashed at Armant's thick carapace armour. They lunged at him but it left not even a scratch. He countered by flipping his pike around and knocking the red and white rangers off balance. He layer a few kicks into the unsuspecting green ranger before slashing the yellow ranger. Mia was on her own as the monster closed in.

The other rangers struggled to get up and Mia backed away as Armant got closer. He slashed down and then grabbed her by the neck. He threw her to the side and she landed on her arm with a crack. A morphed TJ was about to run up in anger when he was stopped by a call on his morpher. "TJ, you have to wound the Terrasoid with a ranged weapon, dial the code 0-7-3 it'll send you a steam blaster, similar to the pipe blade, it should be able to penetrate his armour in close range. Good luck kid." It cut off. TJ had dialled in his pipe blade already, he pressed down the buttons on his morpher and pulled the lever.

0-7-3 ... shipping ... steam blaster ... arriving

He shot towards Armant a few times to cause a distraction, hopefully the others will recuperate in time to finish this guy. "Alright you overgrown pest, come get me!" He called. "I'll destroy you just the same ranger!" He taunted with a reply. "Not this time." He said under his breath. He fired off a few shots before the warrior charged at him. Clashing blade against pike, TJ held his own as the Terrasiod pushed against him. TJ took aim with his other hand and fired a few times into the exoskeleton. It cracked open and small flames came from him. Armant backed up as he looked at his wound. The other rangers finally got back up and stood by him. "Great work TJ. Rangers, let's summon the rail cannon!" Lloyd congratulated.

0-3-4 ... shipping ... rail cannon ... arriving

The large ordinance appeared in front of them and each took their position on it.

"Loading compression shell!"

"Aiming rail cannon!"

"Locked and loaded!"

"Firing rail cannon!"

The blast shot out and became a steam train. Blasting Armant with each coloured cart before he was vaporised. Spores like that which came from galvan hit the ground. The rangers were about to breathe a sigh of relief when a thunderclap came and Armant rose as a giant. Lucas gave a sigh. "We're gonna need a bigger boot." He joked as they looked up at the now titanic Armant. "We need the rail riders now!" Lloyd called in. Soon enough the rail riders were overhead and the Rangers jumped in.

"Red express rider engaged!"

"White mono rider engaged!"

"Blue speed rider engaged!"

"Green tram rider engaged!"

"Yellow bus rider engaged!"

"Black passenger rider engaged!"

"Coupling zords! Steam Titan Megazord engage!"

Each zord came together again to form the hulking Megazord, finally the head came out with the rail mouth guard and the conductor hat as its eyes flashed a vibrant green.

"Steam Titan Megazord ready!"

TJ turned to the others. Looks like we've got a boot big enough to squash him this time!" He joked. The others laughed and Lucas lowered his head. They charged forward as the bus rider connected with Armant's face. The tram and speed riders struck it a few times too. "High jump kick, double strike!" They called as the Megazord struck him with both of it's feet.

He was wounded and the rangers were ready to end it. "Max speed! Collision strike!" They called as it began to pick up speed until it was at blur motion. The Megazord held its fists out and levelled out with jets of steam. It struck Armant square in the chest. Once more it turned as the monster blew up and vaporized into nothing.

[steam force]

The rangers sat around as they enjoyed the fruits of a job well done. Except for Ayana who was kinda mad she was working with someone from a rich family. She kept it in but would stay clear of him till her anger died down. Lucas turned on the TV and a news announcement about the exploits of the power ranger just finished. The news anchor turned to a pressing matter. In other news, Theodore James Anderson, heir to the Anderson family has been pronounced dead. It was reported that whilst trying to leave the premises of his house, he slipped and fell into the river, the currents dragging him to his death. It is an unfortunate tragedy that cannot be looked into any further. A public mourning will be held next week." The news anchor cut off and everyone sat there quiet.

In the middle of the night TJ sat there contemplating what he had done, he told the guard to seek a permanent solution and that's what he did, but did he go too far. His train of thought was interrupted by Moa giving a Yelp as she laid in her bed. With no further interruption, he drifted off to sleep.

[steam force]

The next morning, at a coffee shop by the city's Central Park, a young man sat drinking a cup of coffee and reading a pepper that was open on a page titled "so long TJ." Finishing his cup, he was tall with a lean build. He had short light brown hair with whisker stubble and in the opinion of many, he was rather handsome. He wore boots, dark slacks and a white collared shirt. Around his hips was a holster with a rather shiny revolver. He slung on a rugged brown suede bomber jacket and pulled out a pair of flying goggles which he place on his forehead. 'Better go see this Lohan about a supply run then' he thought as he headed in the direction of the ranger's base.

|Steam Force|

That is chapter two and a character focus out of the way. So, he's legally dead now, someone on the team may want him dead if she can't control her anger and he has to go through this time as a ranger, seems like things got a whole lot harder for TJ. As for Mia, what's up with her, seems her fight left her more injured than first thought.

So, this chapter will have something interactive after the synopsis, so go have a look at that. With that said, I'll see you another time.

Next chapter: Test Run

Synopsis: It seems due to the governor that the rangers have to go to school at least once a week. Due to a few mishaps one of the teens is out of action, and a teacher just happens to confiscate this particular ranger's morpher too. What will happen with this new problem? Who is this man making deliveries for Lohan? What new monsters will appear? Find out next time on Power Rangers: Steam Force.

Now to the bit you've come down here for. Monster submissions. These will be for the Terrasoid champions sent to fight the rangers in each chapter/episode.

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Just put any other info or personality features or anything else into the other details section. I'll be using them all so make them nice and interesting for me to use. Well that's all I have for this week so thanks for reading.