(cmar) Once again, thanks for the review. More will be coming soon~
(3 weeks after the previous chapter) My body was simply exhausted. Two tests, tons of homework plus a disgusting monster, all in one day! Sometimes I just wished that I was an ordinary student. Of course, with all previous encounters with the Insectron Clan and also the training, my experience in combat was gaining more and more.
As I settled down for my dinner, the news caught my attention.
'The mysterious Hurricane Ranger saved the day yet again. This time by saving a number of citizens and defeating the monster. Who exactly is this hero? Seems that only time could tell.'
I gave a small smile as I listened. Well, at least the effort I made saves innocent lives, that's what mattered.
After finishing my work, I played on the computer for a while. Every night at about nine, I'd wait for Kelly to go online. Then, we'd talk for hours, sometimes even late into the night. It felt good to talk with her, like a very good friend.
However, she was going to the US to study this coming summer. I knew very well in my own heart that it'd be my last chance to confess my feelings to her, but I was still desperately trying to work up the nerve to do so. This was something where my ranger powers came of no use at all.
'Derek, time to go to bed!' My mom yelled from downstairs, 'I'm not going to call you up if you get late again!'
'Okok!' I grumbled. 'My mom's at me again, gotta go. See you tomorrow!' I typed into the computer.
Moments later, her message bounced out. 'Sweet dreams.' It simply said.
These two words made me smile softly, how comfortable it was to hear them, especially from her. I then went to sleep with a small grin.
Things were going pretty well the next day. Drama practice was kind of smooth, we finally went through the whole play.
'Great work everyone!' Mr. Stone complied. 'Keep up the good stuff, we're going to be perfect!' Then he turned over to me, 'Derek, great voice and pronounciation.' He flashed a thumbs-up at me.
I couldn't help grinning. 'Thanks sir, I'll continue to do my best.'
Usually, we left earlier than the girls. The mats were needed to be put away today, so the whole lot of us left together. No problem for me cause Kelly was among them too!
We were walking down the street when suddenly a group of Insectoids emerged out of nowhere, a monster which seemed like a mix of beetle and ant was nearby. All of them destroying everything in sight.
'Ohmygosh!' Issac yelled, 'Aren't those the monsters that were seen sometime ago? What the heck are they doing here for?'
I immediately tensed. 'Damn it! Why do these Insectrons have such bad timing? Am I suppose to morph in front of the whole crowd?'
'C'mon Derek, let's run!' Stephanie said as she tugged my arm.
Nearby, I spotted a pile of small debris which lay on the floor, a plan slowly formed inside my head. While we ran, I intentionally fell down and acted as if I was stuck.
'Hey dude, you ok?' Issac said as he tried to help me up.
'I'm stuck!' I faked, 'Don't worry about me, just get the others out of here first.'
Seeing them disappear from sight, I immdiately hid away and thrusted my morpher out. 'Thunder Storm, Ranger Form! Power of the Hurricane!'
I jumped back out to the street, only to see an Insectoid closing in onto Kelly and the crowd. In a rush, I ran away and sent a punch at the fly as it staggered in pain and laid down unconcious.
'Get away from here now!' I said in a voice deeper than my usual tone.
'Our friend is still stuck back there.' Issace gestured, pointing to the place where I had 'faked' my fall.
'Don't worry, I'll get him out.' As I pushed them away from the scene.
Without me knowing it, the monster from earlier ago approached me. 'How dare you interfere with my business, puny ranger? Especially if it is me, the powerful Frowler?'
I looked at him and took my fighting stance. 'Is there a problem with that?' I asked.
As an answer, Frowler lept at me with its sword. In the nick of time, I took out my own as I blocked the blow, a shower of sparks emitted as the blades came in contact.
Frowler took a small step backward as it blocked my attack. 'Your skills are not bad at all ranger. It'll be fun killing you.'
I dodged the slice as I kicked it in the stomach so it doubled over. 'Can it go the other way around?' I mocked.
'Don't be so sure!' It yelled as I was caught of guard and got hit by the blade, causing me to kneel down in pain.
Wasting no time, it continued to attack me, blow by blow, slice by slice. I became weaker and weaker as I got hit, my body slowly started to give in.
In a fraction of a second, Frowler landed a double-punch at my stomach, sending me flying into the ground.
'My student, seems that you are in trouble.' The voice of sensei whispered into my head again.
'This bug is too fast and too strong, my powers are no match for it.' I panted through all the pain shooting up and down inside me.
'Use this.' The voice said as I saw a small device in the shape of the head of a panther appear onto my wrist. 'This is the panther booster. You are able to insert different cards which will be able to increase your different abilities. The number of cards which you get will grow as your experience gains after each battle.'
'Alright then!' I said as I pulled myself out of the rubble and headed over to Frowler again. I took a card out of my buckle and stuck it into the booster. 'Speed boost activated.' A robotic voice said.
Instantly, I felt a surge of energy inside my body. Both my speed and agility increased as I ran at superhuman speed at Frowler.
It tried to block my slice but I was too fast as the attack hit right on target. In no time at all, smoke started to rise from its body. It was time to finish it off!
'Panther Bazooka!' I yelled as I caught the gun in my hands. 'Input number 7-3-3, Artus Blade!' A powerful energy blade shot out of the tip as it headed directly at Frowler.
With one final cry, the foul monster was cut cleanly in half as it blew up. No sooner than the smoke started to rise when the worm once again emerged and Frowler was increased to large proportions.
I pushed the button on my morpher as I called for my zord yet once again. 'Panther zord, touch down!'
'Any good suggestions to beat this bug?' I asked as I manned the controls.
'Better weaken it first, then use megazord mode to destroy it.' Panther replied.
I instantly did what it said as the zord leapt at Frowler and clawed at it. I continued to attack it fell down onto the ground.
'That hurt!' Frowler protested as it shot two streams of energy at us, causing the zord to crash backwards.
'Seems like it's time, eh? Tornado Megazord sequence, engage!' I yelled as the zord shifted into warrior mode.
However, the blasts kept firing, making hard for us to attack at all. With one powerful blast it sent the megazord onto the ground.
'Use the power disc!' the panther instructed as sparks shot all over the cockpit.
'You're right!' I nodded. 'Power disc, lock and drop! Flower frisbee!'
Swiftly catching the weapon, it acted as a shield as the blasts were shot away, deflecting them back at Frowler.
'Final attack, free throw frisbee!' I yelled as the megazord threw the frisbee in Frowler's direction, shooting right into it as a giant explosion occurred.
With no time to waste, I demorphed and carefully headed back to my friends.
'Derek, are you ok?' Issac asked as he shook me hard.
'Woah, calm down bud. Luckily the Hurricane Ranger was here, he saved me. Way cool!' I laughed as I pulled him off.
Later, only Kelly and I remained on the train as everyone left. It suddenly occurred to me that the debris incident was a great excuse for me confess to Kelly.
I softly cleared my throat. 'Um, Kelly?'
She turned her head in my direction. 'Yeah?'
'Here goes nothing!' I whispered, my hands and legs were shaking even worse than when I first saw the Insectoids. 'I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time, but didn't have the nerve to do so. But after what happened today, I thought that it'd be best for me to tell you now.'
She looked confused but nodded her beautiful head, urging me to continue.
'I like you!' I blurted. 'I was wondering whether I'd have a chance to start a relationship with you.' I mentally kicked myself. 'You idiot! Why are you going red now?'
It seemed that Kelly was surprised as her eyes popped wide open, her face also slowly turned red. 'Oh Derek, I'm so sorry. But you're not exactly my type, I don't think we're going to match.' She sputtered.
In an instant, the world around me seemed blurry as my heart stopped. 'Snap out of it man!' my mind yelled at me. 'Oh, ok. No problem, I understand.' I answered as I forced a grin.
'I'm really sorry, but I don't want you to get the wrong idea or anything.' Kelly said as she apologized again.
My hands trembled no more, for now it felt that I didn't have hands at all. 'It's not your fault. We're still friends then, ok?' I sighed softly, hiding my sorrow.
'Of course we are!' She answered, still blushing hard.
I needed to leave, fast! 'Great! It's my stop here, see you later!' I waved as I quickly ran out of the compartment. All I needed was a quiet place where I could remain undisturbed.
Slowly, I headed over to my training hill again. Of course I was disappointed and sad. My first attempt to express my love had failed, completely. I even wanted to cry!
I could feel my heart breaking as I stared at the dark skies and shining stars up above. 'What am I going to do? How am I ever going to love another person?' I questioned myself.
And there I lay for many hours, totally defeated, not by outer space aliens or monsters, but by love. A love that I had to hide inside myself from now on.
Yeah! Another chapter finished. Sorry if I wrote too much mushy stuff and less action, hope you liked the 'Panther Booster', it's gonna turn really useful in future chapters. Keep watching! ^^
(3 weeks after the previous chapter) My body was simply exhausted. Two tests, tons of homework plus a disgusting monster, all in one day! Sometimes I just wished that I was an ordinary student. Of course, with all previous encounters with the Insectron Clan and also the training, my experience in combat was gaining more and more.
As I settled down for my dinner, the news caught my attention.
'The mysterious Hurricane Ranger saved the day yet again. This time by saving a number of citizens and defeating the monster. Who exactly is this hero? Seems that only time could tell.'
I gave a small smile as I listened. Well, at least the effort I made saves innocent lives, that's what mattered.
After finishing my work, I played on the computer for a while. Every night at about nine, I'd wait for Kelly to go online. Then, we'd talk for hours, sometimes even late into the night. It felt good to talk with her, like a very good friend.
However, she was going to the US to study this coming summer. I knew very well in my own heart that it'd be my last chance to confess my feelings to her, but I was still desperately trying to work up the nerve to do so. This was something where my ranger powers came of no use at all.
'Derek, time to go to bed!' My mom yelled from downstairs, 'I'm not going to call you up if you get late again!'
'Okok!' I grumbled. 'My mom's at me again, gotta go. See you tomorrow!' I typed into the computer.
Moments later, her message bounced out. 'Sweet dreams.' It simply said.
These two words made me smile softly, how comfortable it was to hear them, especially from her. I then went to sleep with a small grin.
Things were going pretty well the next day. Drama practice was kind of smooth, we finally went through the whole play.
'Great work everyone!' Mr. Stone complied. 'Keep up the good stuff, we're going to be perfect!' Then he turned over to me, 'Derek, great voice and pronounciation.' He flashed a thumbs-up at me.
I couldn't help grinning. 'Thanks sir, I'll continue to do my best.'
Usually, we left earlier than the girls. The mats were needed to be put away today, so the whole lot of us left together. No problem for me cause Kelly was among them too!
We were walking down the street when suddenly a group of Insectoids emerged out of nowhere, a monster which seemed like a mix of beetle and ant was nearby. All of them destroying everything in sight.
'Ohmygosh!' Issac yelled, 'Aren't those the monsters that were seen sometime ago? What the heck are they doing here for?'
I immediately tensed. 'Damn it! Why do these Insectrons have such bad timing? Am I suppose to morph in front of the whole crowd?'
'C'mon Derek, let's run!' Stephanie said as she tugged my arm.
Nearby, I spotted a pile of small debris which lay on the floor, a plan slowly formed inside my head. While we ran, I intentionally fell down and acted as if I was stuck.
'Hey dude, you ok?' Issac said as he tried to help me up.
'I'm stuck!' I faked, 'Don't worry about me, just get the others out of here first.'
Seeing them disappear from sight, I immdiately hid away and thrusted my morpher out. 'Thunder Storm, Ranger Form! Power of the Hurricane!'
I jumped back out to the street, only to see an Insectoid closing in onto Kelly and the crowd. In a rush, I ran away and sent a punch at the fly as it staggered in pain and laid down unconcious.
'Get away from here now!' I said in a voice deeper than my usual tone.
'Our friend is still stuck back there.' Issace gestured, pointing to the place where I had 'faked' my fall.
'Don't worry, I'll get him out.' As I pushed them away from the scene.
Without me knowing it, the monster from earlier ago approached me. 'How dare you interfere with my business, puny ranger? Especially if it is me, the powerful Frowler?'
I looked at him and took my fighting stance. 'Is there a problem with that?' I asked.
As an answer, Frowler lept at me with its sword. In the nick of time, I took out my own as I blocked the blow, a shower of sparks emitted as the blades came in contact.
Frowler took a small step backward as it blocked my attack. 'Your skills are not bad at all ranger. It'll be fun killing you.'
I dodged the slice as I kicked it in the stomach so it doubled over. 'Can it go the other way around?' I mocked.
'Don't be so sure!' It yelled as I was caught of guard and got hit by the blade, causing me to kneel down in pain.
Wasting no time, it continued to attack me, blow by blow, slice by slice. I became weaker and weaker as I got hit, my body slowly started to give in.
In a fraction of a second, Frowler landed a double-punch at my stomach, sending me flying into the ground.
'My student, seems that you are in trouble.' The voice of sensei whispered into my head again.
'This bug is too fast and too strong, my powers are no match for it.' I panted through all the pain shooting up and down inside me.
'Use this.' The voice said as I saw a small device in the shape of the head of a panther appear onto my wrist. 'This is the panther booster. You are able to insert different cards which will be able to increase your different abilities. The number of cards which you get will grow as your experience gains after each battle.'
'Alright then!' I said as I pulled myself out of the rubble and headed over to Frowler again. I took a card out of my buckle and stuck it into the booster. 'Speed boost activated.' A robotic voice said.
Instantly, I felt a surge of energy inside my body. Both my speed and agility increased as I ran at superhuman speed at Frowler.
It tried to block my slice but I was too fast as the attack hit right on target. In no time at all, smoke started to rise from its body. It was time to finish it off!
'Panther Bazooka!' I yelled as I caught the gun in my hands. 'Input number 7-3-3, Artus Blade!' A powerful energy blade shot out of the tip as it headed directly at Frowler.
With one final cry, the foul monster was cut cleanly in half as it blew up. No sooner than the smoke started to rise when the worm once again emerged and Frowler was increased to large proportions.
I pushed the button on my morpher as I called for my zord yet once again. 'Panther zord, touch down!'
'Any good suggestions to beat this bug?' I asked as I manned the controls.
'Better weaken it first, then use megazord mode to destroy it.' Panther replied.
I instantly did what it said as the zord leapt at Frowler and clawed at it. I continued to attack it fell down onto the ground.
'That hurt!' Frowler protested as it shot two streams of energy at us, causing the zord to crash backwards.
'Seems like it's time, eh? Tornado Megazord sequence, engage!' I yelled as the zord shifted into warrior mode.
However, the blasts kept firing, making hard for us to attack at all. With one powerful blast it sent the megazord onto the ground.
'Use the power disc!' the panther instructed as sparks shot all over the cockpit.
'You're right!' I nodded. 'Power disc, lock and drop! Flower frisbee!'
Swiftly catching the weapon, it acted as a shield as the blasts were shot away, deflecting them back at Frowler.
'Final attack, free throw frisbee!' I yelled as the megazord threw the frisbee in Frowler's direction, shooting right into it as a giant explosion occurred.
With no time to waste, I demorphed and carefully headed back to my friends.
'Derek, are you ok?' Issac asked as he shook me hard.
'Woah, calm down bud. Luckily the Hurricane Ranger was here, he saved me. Way cool!' I laughed as I pulled him off.
Later, only Kelly and I remained on the train as everyone left. It suddenly occurred to me that the debris incident was a great excuse for me confess to Kelly.
I softly cleared my throat. 'Um, Kelly?'
She turned her head in my direction. 'Yeah?'
'Here goes nothing!' I whispered, my hands and legs were shaking even worse than when I first saw the Insectoids. 'I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time, but didn't have the nerve to do so. But after what happened today, I thought that it'd be best for me to tell you now.'
She looked confused but nodded her beautiful head, urging me to continue.
'I like you!' I blurted. 'I was wondering whether I'd have a chance to start a relationship with you.' I mentally kicked myself. 'You idiot! Why are you going red now?'
It seemed that Kelly was surprised as her eyes popped wide open, her face also slowly turned red. 'Oh Derek, I'm so sorry. But you're not exactly my type, I don't think we're going to match.' She sputtered.
In an instant, the world around me seemed blurry as my heart stopped. 'Snap out of it man!' my mind yelled at me. 'Oh, ok. No problem, I understand.' I answered as I forced a grin.
'I'm really sorry, but I don't want you to get the wrong idea or anything.' Kelly said as she apologized again.
My hands trembled no more, for now it felt that I didn't have hands at all. 'It's not your fault. We're still friends then, ok?' I sighed softly, hiding my sorrow.
'Of course we are!' She answered, still blushing hard.
I needed to leave, fast! 'Great! It's my stop here, see you later!' I waved as I quickly ran out of the compartment. All I needed was a quiet place where I could remain undisturbed.
Slowly, I headed over to my training hill again. Of course I was disappointed and sad. My first attempt to express my love had failed, completely. I even wanted to cry!
I could feel my heart breaking as I stared at the dark skies and shining stars up above. 'What am I going to do? How am I ever going to love another person?' I questioned myself.
And there I lay for many hours, totally defeated, not by outer space aliens or monsters, but by love. A love that I had to hide inside myself from now on.
Yeah! Another chapter finished. Sorry if I wrote too much mushy stuff and less action, hope you liked the 'Panther Booster', it's gonna turn really useful in future chapters. Keep watching! ^^