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Shannon K, Queen Hotaru, LeaMarie F. Rocket, and Trunksblue: Correct!!! You all get cookies.
Fireinu: No, sorry, but that's wrong (But the only way to know the guy's last name is to look it up, anyway).
Trunksblue: Yeah, the Blight bit is a little weird, but I always leave just enough mystery in the plot to keep you all coming back. But good memory! This will be important later. I promise.
Queen Hotaru: Just like Blight, all will be explained. Billy has his reasons for not being on Aquitar.
Shannon K: Yeah, I laughed too.
Kaida Black: Yeah, I know, I know. I need to finish my other stuff. But I'm taking all advanced courses this year. Busy as heck (In fact, this one was started last spring!).
And now... on with the story!
"History Lesson"
"A long, long time ago..."
"In a galaxy far, far away..."
"Do you want to hear the story or not, Terry? Anyway, I was a sophomore in high-school and had just acquired some actual friends when suddenly we were transported to –"
"- Middle Earth."
"I'll shut up if you're going to talk. As I was saying, we were transported to a place that would become a sort of headquarters for the power rangers. Our mentor was an Eltarian named Zordon, assisted by his robot friend, Alpha 5."
"Eltarian? I'm starting to think you're just plain crazy now."
"Terry, everything you thought you knew about the universe, you just might as well throw away. Eltar is a planet far away from earth. You have to get into a special warp to get there from here. You didn't really think the powers originated on earth, did you?" Terry blushed. "Everyone else thinks the same way, don't worry.
"Anyway, Zordon picked us for some reason I still don't know to this day. Jason Lee, Kimberly Hart, Trini Kwan, Zack Taylor and I donned our colored suits, which served much like your bat suit, and fought the evil monsters that invaded our city almost constantly, sent down by Rita Repulsa and her minions. The funny part was none of us was quite sure why Angel Grove was picked in the first place to invade.
"Shortly thereafter, we were attacked by Rita's most terrifying monster yet: The Green Ranger. This was another classmate of ours, Tommy Oliver. Tommy had been put under a spell to make him evil. On top of that, he had a black belt in karate. He was a formidable foe."
"Wait a minute. Do you mean that Dr. Oliver is the same guy? Dr. Oliver the Biology teacher?!"
"One and the same. We were eventually able to break the spell, but his powers were weakening. A few months later, however, Zordon introduced us to the White Ranger. This was Tommy. Then we lost about half the team."
"Did they die? What happened?"
"Not quite that morbid, Terry. Jason, Trini and Zack were chosen to represent America in the World Peace Conference. Our friends Rocky DeSantos, Aisha Campbell, and Adam Park replaced them. About the end of our junior year in high school, Kimberly went to Florida to become a gymnast. Kat Hill replaced her. So of the original team, I was all that was left.
"Then our powers were destroyed and replaced by the Zeo powers. I sadly was not able to join them. I had given up my powers to Tanya Sloan, who arrived when Aisha left to help the people in Africa with a strange disease. At the time, I was still useful to the team working on the technological side of things.
"Then I began to age, a side effect of the destruction of the first power. I was taken to Aquitar, another planet covered entirely by water, to be healed. It worked and I met Cestria. We fell in love and were engaged to be married. Unfortunately, extenuating circumstances forced me to leave my love, and return to earth. And here I am."
"Wait, what 'extenuating circumstances'? What happened?"
"Sorry, Terry, I have to leave now. I have a lesson to prepare." Professor Cranston got up walked out of the room. "Now try and rest up, will you?" He smiled, and left Terry thinking about far more things than one should think of when one needs to rest.
"It was weird, Max. Blight was just flying around! Like someone was moving him! What do you think?" Terry asked Max the next day after school, relating the story to Max, conveniently leaving out the "other" parts in respect for Prof. Cranston.
"Psychokinesis, maybe? It's happened here before." Terry shrugged. He was still in the dark about this, and why Blight had wanted him in the first place. He shook his head, trying to clear it. He was still a little foggy from the day before. He was soon on his bike and off in the direction of Wayne manor.
"Afternoon, McGinnis. Think you can handle today?" Bruce Wayne asked.
"Yeah. If I weren't, I wouldn't be here. I have a question, though. Blight was after me the other day. Any thoughts?" Terry said. Bruce paled slightly, staring at the teen. He could forget that Terry was as fragile as any human without the suit.
"What happened?" He asked immediately.
"I was attacked by some Jokerz, and one of my teachers fought them off. Then Blight just grabbed me, but before he could take me away, he started flying in the air. Max said it could be psychokinesis, but I'm not sure." Bruce looked thoughtfully at the floor.
"Terry, be careful out there, tonight."
"You're worried. What should you be telling me?"
"I've received some... threats."
"Threats? What kind of threats? Against your life? Against Wayne Industries?"
"Against yours." He answered quietly.
Okay, what do you think? Any thoughts on the "extenuating circumstances" surrounding Billy's departure of Aquitar? Review please!