Chapter 1: Kick into overdrive part 1
Chelbell2016:
Ok so after this chapter I need to update my other two stories but then I will be back.
*Kick into overdrive*
Courtney's POV:
Dad and I are training again. I raise my sword and go to strike him but he blocks me with his shield. I duck under a kick and manage to knock him back with a swift kick to the stomach. After a few minutes of training he powers down.
"Well done, Athena!" He tells me. "You are improving well."
I smile as I go towards my bottle of water.
"Thanks," I say and I notice something besides my drink. "Dad have you ever seen this?"
He shakes his head.
I walk away and as I get far away enough I open it. It shows a holographic man.
"Hello, Courtney or do you prefer Athena," I am shocked how he knows about me. "Yes I know everything about who you are. I'm Andrew Hartford. Now I could really use with your help. If you can come to my home Hartford mansion I would appreciate it. I promise that it is for a good reason."
I don't know how this guy knows who I am but I definitely want to find out. But I have work. I am not a well known vet for nothing. I ask my parents to cover for me and that I should be back soon. They are worried but I promise I'll keep in touch and me and dad have our connection.
*Kick into overdrive*
I arrive at Hartford mansion and I see four other people there. I stand on my own as the others begin to talk to each other.
"Anyone have a clue why we're here?" A young girl that looks like a student asks.
"Nope," a young blonde who looks like some sort of sports girl asks. "Got an invitation so I showed up."
An Asian man also shakes his head.
"This Hartford guy must be some wacky gazillionaire," a young black man says. "He had me break into his own bank in brazil."
"Who would be dumb enough to do that?" I say and the young student nods her head in agreement.
A young man with brown hair walks in holding a book.
"Hey, guys," he says when he spots us. "What's going on here?"
"Join the party," the blonde girl says. "We got a message from that Hartford guy, just like you."
"Message?" The young boy says. "What message?"
We hear footsteps and the man who invited us here appears.
"Welcome, everyone," he says smiling widely.
"What's going on dad?" The young lad said.
Mr. Hartford walks over to his son.
"I'm having an important meeting Mack," he tells his son. "Can we talk later?"
Mack protest as he is forced out of the room. The man then turns back to us with smiles.
"I'm Andrew Hartford!" He says. "I'm glad you all decided to accept my invitation. Before we get started, can I interest anyone in some Lemonade? Spencer?"
When he says the name an aged man I would guess is the butler steps forward.
"Oh, thank you sir, but I'm quite fine," he says to his boss.
"For them, Spencer," Mr. Hartford clarifies.
I bite my lip not wanting to laugh.
"Oh," Spencer says.
Mr. Hartford then turns back to us.
"I'm sure you all have many questions," he says.
"Define many," I say still wanting to know how he knows about me.
"I promise you I will answer every one," he says to all of us. "But first... I need your help, because without you, without your talents, without your intelligence, our world... our universe... is going to be destroyed."
"Oh come on," I say having had enough. "Why can't you people leave me alone?"
"Just watch," he says and he shows us a video of one ice monster and the other a fire monster attacking Los Angeles. "That was three days ago. Evil has arrived on earth."
I sigh. "Wouldn't be the first time."
The other teens give me a weird look.
"And all this, um, supposedly because you found some crown?" The blonde I now know is Ronny.
"Not just a crown," Mr. Hartford says. "The Corona aurora, which, according to legend, has power not just over this planet... but the universe. Millennia ago, in a galaxy on the other side of the universe, there were two brothers.. Moltor..."
The girl named Rose cuts him off.
"Moltor and Flurious," she says clearly remembering the tale. "Who tried to steal the Corona aurora. But the crown was so powerful, it cursed them... changed their appearance... and sent them off to distance planets... imprisoning them in their own elements."
We all give her a look.
"What?" She asks when she sees our faces. "I took a year of 'Ancient universal legends' at Harvard," she explains to us and I nod my head. "Anyway it's just a myth."
"There's more," Mr. Hartford continues the story. "In order to stop anyone from getting the power again, the guardian took the five jewels from the crown and scattered them on a distant, uninhibited planet. That planet, those many millennia ago, was earth."
Dax decides to speak up.
"Now this- this would make a great movie," he says and I roll my eyes at him. "I know this guy who knows the sister of a cousin of Spielberg's limo driver's aunt. I bet I could play you."
Hartford begins to panic.
"Spencer!" He yells through the vent and I laugh, with my ninja senses and my sensing powers I know both him and Mack are right on the other side of that vent. "Spencer!"
"Coming sir!" Spencer calls.
Hartford turns back to us.
"I accidentally freed Moltor and Flurious from their imprisonment, and now, thanks to me, they and who knows how many other power-crazed beasts are here... or soon will be looking for the crown," he says.
I sigh. Am I ever going to get away. Spencer appears and I smile as I take a lemonade from him.
"Gee, it's getting late," Ronny says as Mr. Hartford goes over to a picture where behind it is a vault of some sort. "And I'm sure theirs an engine overhaul waiting for me. I'm gonna go."
"Wait!" Mr. Hartford says and he is now holding a crown, that I would guess is the Corona Aurora. "Everything I told you is true. I need your help. We need to protect this from falling into the wrong hands."
"You're rich," Rose points out the obvious. "Buy an army."
"An army can't stop them," Mr. Hartford says.
"Not sure I want to know what can," I say.
"But you can," he says and he glances at me. "The five of you have the physical and mental capabilities needed, and I have the technology and the money to fight this evil. I can turn you into power rangers."
I sigh.
"Power rangers?" Dax says sounding excited. "YES!"
The others weren't as enthusiastic.
"Personally, I don't work well with teammates," Will says and he begins to leave. "No offense, guys. Good luck with your um... well, just good luck."
The others begin to move away. Mr. Hartford looks to me. I sigh but walk towards the other four.
"Guys wait," I say and they all turn to glance at me. "Believe me when I say I don't want to be a ranger anymore then you do. But the world needs our help."
Before they can say anything else there is a flash and a glowing presence appears.
"They both speak the truth," the man says. "The fate of your planet, your universe, rests in your hands. I am too weak to go after it myself. Without your help, there will be no more."
*Keeper of the powers*
A few minutes later and we are all down in the command centre. We are all wearing new uniforms. Mine is black with white accents. We are also getting some new powers. We are stood in some sort of machine.
"Team, thank you for accepting my offer," Mr. Hartford says from near some sort of globe. "The uniform looks good on you. As we speak your bodies physical and mental capabilities are being enhanced by a DNA re-sequencer. A Hartford industries design. As your body adapts you'll soon be able to do things and know things that only moments ago were thought impossible."
I laugh making everyone look at me.
"I live and breathe the impossible," I say.
"Are we going to turn into a weird fly or something?" Dax asks and I roll my eyes.
The machine stops and I don't feel that much different.
"Not a chance this is totally harmless," Mr. Hartford says chuckling. "But you are now stronger and smarter then when you first arrived."
He then motions to our new base.
"Welcome to your new base," he says. "One thing you should know is that I would never ask you to do anything I wouldn't do myself."
"I didn't see you getting your genes scrambled," Ronny points out to Mr. Hartford.
"I'm about to join you right now," Mr. Hartford informs her. "I will be the fifth team member, the red power ranger."
I smile.
"Good someone else can play leader for once," I say.
The others all give me weird looks. I sigh for like the fifth time today.
"This isn't the first time I've been a ranger," I say and they all laugh.
"Nice one," they say as Mr. Hartford steps into the machine.
"You don't believe me," I say and then I smile. "You will."
I click my fingers and disappear. After a few moments I reappear and they gasp.
"I am what they call a ranger legend," I tell them. "I have been a ranger three times before."
They nod but don't say anything.
"Dad?" A voice says and we all turn to see Mack coming out of the elevator.
"Mack," Mr. Hartford says when he notices his son there. "You need to go home."
"I am home," Mack points out. "Technically, several hundred feet below my home. What is this place?"
"I'll explain it all to you later," Mr. Hartford tells Mack.
While Mr. Hartford talks to his son we all take a walk around the grounds.
"You guys feel re-sequenced yet?" Dax asks. "I just feel kind of itchy. Maybe I got re-sequenced with a flea or something."
"It might take a while Dax," I say to him.
"And maybe you've seen too many movies," Ronnie says.
I notice Will has stopped.
"Wait!" He says to all of us and I approach him. "Did you guys hear that? It's so loud. And my eyesight it's telescopular."
We all give him a strange look as we approach him.
"Telescopular?" Rose says to Will at his vocabulary. "That's not a word."
"Maybe not, but that's what it is," he tells her before pointing something out to all four of us. "Like, right now, I see something moving in those bushes."
Red creatures with swords come out of the bushes. They look like lizards. They walk towards us. I nod at the others and I move away to fight.
I kick one and duck under a punch from another. Two more grab me but I manage to kick both away from me. I notice my new teammates getting thrown around so I run over to them.
The lizards stand facing us.
"I don't know about you guys," Ronny says and she gets up. "But I'm not gonna sit here and be lizard food."
She runs forward and is suddenly a blur as she fights the lizards. She is amazed and so are we.
"Ronny!" Dax yells out to her. "How'd you do that? You were a blur!"
I smile at my teammates enthusiasm.
"I don't know!" Ronnie says. "But I'm guessing my genes just re-sequenced. Look out Dax!"
Dax who had a Lizard sneaking up behind him jumps really high into the air. He does it again like he is on a trampoline.
I split off from the others so I can fight. I notice some about to attack Will so I go to yell out. That is not what happens. I let out a sonic screech that makes all the lava lizards go flying and Will covers his ears. It is white in colour.
"I think that would make Kira impressed," I say as Will lets go of his ears.
We continue to fight. My team soon notice I have more powers than most. I move some into a tree and throw a few fireballs at some others. After another minute or two we spot Spencer and Mack arguing and we move over to the two.
"Rangers!" Spencer calls so we all hear him. "We need to leave right away. You three you'll ride by yourselves. You'll find the vehicles in the garage. Rose, Courtney, you come with me."
Mack tries to follow the others.
"I'm going to the garage," Mack says but Spencer yanks him back.
"You're coming with me too," Spencer tells Mack and I try not to laugh.
*Kick into overdrive*
Mr. Hartford, Spencer, Rose, Mack and I are in a truck while the others are all on ATV'S and bikes.
"You guys were awesome," Mack says from besides me and I smile. "You were really giving it to them."
"I'm not sure who was giving what to whom," Rose says before smiling at me. "But thanks. Courtney I can tell you were a ranger before. You knew what you were doing."
I nod my head. "Thanks."
"Mr. Hartford, apologies again for doubting your story," Rose continues.
"No worries, Rose," Mr. Hartford says as Spencer drives.
"There may be sir," Spencer says. "I think we're in trouble."
The three on their own vehicles stop and so do we. In front of us is some sort of ice creatures. The others pull off their helmets and turn to us.
"The Lizards are behind us," Will says confused. "So who are these guys?"
"I don't think they're the welcoming committee," Mack says.
"We're going to the big time," Mr. Hartford says opening a case with our new morphers. "Guys, these are your overdrive trackers. These are what will morph you into power rangers."
"How do we activate them?" I ask.
"Overdrive Accelerate is the activation code!" He says to me and I nod my head as he holds up the sixth morpher. "Let's do it!"
All five of us move to fight the chillers.
"I don't know about you guys," Will says as we face the chillers. "But we can't wait for Mr. Hartford."
"Let's ranger up!" I say.
We open our morphers and swipe them down our arms.
"OVERDRIVE ACCELERATE!" We all yell.
A scanner appears showing me a bow for my weapon. My suit appears. Mine is white and where theirs is white mine is black.
"Yeah!" Will calls.
"All right!" Rose says.
"Let's do this!" I tell the others as the chillers attack.
We all move off to fight. We are fighting close together. I punch one and duck under another. We look over and see that Mr. Hartford is not the red ranger.
"It's Mack," Rose realises.
We decide to call for our weapons.
"DRIVE BOW!" I yell and a bow appears in my hand.
Pulling an arrow off of my shoulder I begin to fire at all of the chillers. We finish all of them off as a team and I sigh. Ever since I had been taken over by evil I refused to fight or to even morph for a proper battle. And now I am back as a ranger.
We go to help Mr. Hartford as Moltor grabs him. I blast him with a bunch of fireballs and he groans as he is forced back.
"Back off!" Mack says.
Moltor was still looking at me.
"A fire mystic!" He says and I realise he knows my powers. "I could do with someone like you."
"No thanks!" I say.
Then some Lava lizards appear with the crown.
"Finally," Moltor says. "The crown is mine."
"I'm sorry sir," Spencer who is holding his arm near the truck says. "They overpowered me."
"The choice is yours, rangers," Moltor says. "Go after me and the crown or..."
He blasts a volcano and lava begins to leak down towards the city.
"Oh no!" I say.
"Or save the city below," Moltor finishes. "You want to be heroes? Be heroes!"
He disappears in a flash of flames.
"Dad!" Mack says turning to his father. "What do we do?"
Mr. Hartford has no answer.
*Kick into overdrive*
Chelbell2016:
Hope you enjoy the first chapter. Courtney will accept her destiny but in a few episodes her family will come back and she will explain her reluctance.
Next episode: Kick into overdrive part 2
This chapter was posted on the 19/04/2017 at 12:47