Episode 1 - Where Winds Cross Part 1
When demons and monsters begin to swarm Royal Woods, five misfits wind up getting caught in the middle. Luckily, salvation came from the skies.
It was a thousand years ago. Nature was prosperous. The four beast guards watched over our world and made sure that the balance wasn't altered. Animals and plants thrived in the world
Terras, a tall anthro lion dressed in red armor and had a large claymore strapped to his back with a pair of clawed gauntlets, looked over the land from his home on the rocky cliffs.
Aquarius, a being with a shark biting his head and mouthguard, dressed in a blue overcoat over a whote shirt and black pants plus webbed feet. His waist had two gun holster which held a pair of flintlock pistols as he sat on his coral throne.
Solara, A female dressed in a green dress, who had bronze skin, covered by a green mask, with a spear strapped to her back, stood over the tallest of trees as she looked over the forest
And finally the sky guardian, Avias, a white tengu, dressed in a black gi, with two ninjato blades strapped to his waist, soared the skies as he looked over the world.
Things were wonderful. That was until HE arrived.
A Jinn of malevolent purple arrived. Hair dark as brimstone, eyes yellow which showed malice and sadism and a glaive with a red handle and shard silver glaive. He had a very stocky build and was shirtless with only a strong of buddha beads around his neck. He only wore black hakama pants. Purple magic was seeping out his body, which approached many objects, turning them into terrifying monsters, along with an army of bipedal beings, pitch black with gis and full face masks with red kanji spelling "Infect", all holding daggers in their hands
But it wasn't just him and the armies that was with the Jinn's side.
Soon three more beings appeared alongside the jinn. One was a male with blue skin and red eyes. He had a lithe build and a skull mask wielding two revolvers and had a sniper rifle like weapon attached to his back. He was dressed in a black vest and had on a pair of red boots with a cowboy hat on his head. His mouth was covered by a red mask.
The second was another male but he was larger than the other. Standing at 6ft 9 and had the build of a truck, he looked like he could show no mercy. He had on a hunter's poncho with a belt filled tools for hunting and a shotgun behind his back. His face resembles that of a wolf with crimson eyes.
The final was a woman with a toned body dressed in a black spandex suit with a belt filled with many kunais and throwing knives. Her hair was styled like a black tornado and had a face mask to cover her lips but showed her red eyes. Strapped on her back were two katanas.
This was the war between Infection and Purification
The four demons laid waste to the land but the four beast guards managed to hold them off. The war was long and bloody, but they managed to defeat the jinn.
However, during the war, the beast guards suffered from heavy losses: The guardians of the Sea, land and forest all perished, leaving Avias to deal the final blow. In despair, Avias sealed away the jinn and his goons, then retreated back to the sky temple to mourn.
It seemed the war was over but a pyrrhic victory was achieved
But good things never last that long.
The seal used began to weaken and the jinn plus his goons awoken again but his power was weakened. But that didn't stop his army of soldiers to go out and cause havoc to produce fear and negativity in order to refuel his magic.
Avias was made aware of this and decided to have his avian spirits find five new heroes and have them become the planet's newest defenders in a simple town of Royal Woods. They must become the Power Rangers: Avian Strike!
It was an average morning in Royal woods. Birds were chirping the sun was shining...A family of 11 was causing their usual morning chaos, busting the decibel levels. But the unique thing in the neighbourhood was the moving truck and convertible that was approaching the house. In the convertible stepped out two figures.
A 16-year old boy with brown hair, fair skin, a lean build and blue eyes was first to come out. He was wearing a white shirt with the AC/DC logo on the front with a red hoodie over the top. He also had black jeans and white hightops plus a black neckerchief around his neck.
The other was a 40-year-old woman with brown hair, fair skin and blue eyes. She had a simple blue blouse and had on simple grey pants and white sensible shoes.
"So this is our new home" the woman said.
"Sure looks like it Mom." The teenage boy mumbled out.
"I know this is a lot to take in Drake…" his mother gently spoke
"I know, Mom. But you got a new job here." Drake replied back
The mother smiled. "Thanks for understanding. Plus, you may get some new friends. Your father will want you to." She added with a slight sad smile.
Drake wasn't sure about that. He clutched the bandanna around his neck. The only gift from his father before he went missing.
"Fine. I'll explore the town anyways. Best know my surroundings before doing anything. I'll check out that mall that seems to attract a lot of attention"
And with that, while the movers and his mother were getting everything organized, Drake took the bus that was going to the Royal Woods Mall.
On a different bus there were two other passengers going to the same mall. One was a sixteen year old girl with blonde hair, blue eyes plus a lithe, curvy figure. She had on a pair of red hoop earrings hanging from her ears. She also had a pair of white shades on her forehead and was currently wearing a teal sundress and a pair of white sandals and a white purse.
The other was a skinny twelve-year old boy with freckles, white hair and buck teeth. Currently he was wearing an orange polo and blue jeans and white sneakers.
"I'm glad that you decided to accompany me, Linky" The girl said in her usual cheery voice.
"Ahh, no worries Leni. Just felt like coming" The young boy named Lincoln replied with a smile.
"Still, usually you hate going to the mall. What made you want to go this time?" Leni asked her brother with a confused tone.
"Two reasons' Lincoln replied with his fingers giving the number. "There is some stuff that I need to buy. And I am meeting someone there"
"Meeting someone?" Leni questioned
"Yeah…" Lincoln answered with a loving smile.
It may be a sisterly instinct but there may be something important about whoever her brother was meeting. Maybe a girl?
Leni shook her head from those thoughts. She refused to make a mistake like that with Ronnie Anne.
And besides...there wasn't any chance that anything may happen there.
At the food court in the mall there was a male teenager with shaggy red hair, a leaner build and blue eyes, simply drinking from a soda can, leaning against the chair. He wore a white tank-top under a black leather vest and wore ripped blue jeans and had on a pair of black combat boots.
Judging by his posture, his looks screamed delinquent.
"Well, well. If it ain't Sly Shady himself" a weaselly voice echoed next to him.
Shade glanced to the left and noticed three other boys wearing hoodies and had on loose shorts. If they were trying to play wannabe gangsta.
It was not working. He just sighed.
"Great. More bozos that wanna fight." He thought in exhaustion.
"Can I help you three?" Shade asked in a disinterested voice. He not in the mood to deal with these punks.
"Yeah…" the one with the green hoodie and black shorts sneered. "We want you beaten on the ground!" He said, palming his fist into his hand.
Shade just sighed. "Look. I am not in the mood, so how about you just walk away and I'll pretend that this never…"
He didn't get to finish as one of them decided to knock his drink out of his hand. Shade stared at it for a few seconds then slowly got out of his seat.
"That cost me $2, buddy boy."
The one with the green hoodie decided to launch a punch but Shade caught it then pulled it downward and gave him a right hook sending him to the floor. The next tried to bull rush him but Shade side-stepped and he delivered a powerful smash to the guys stomach. He was still standing so he decided to deliver an elbow drop on his spine, knocking him out. The final one decided to bring out a switchblade and ran up to him to stab the delinquent but instead, Shade gave a swift kick in the junk watching the knife wielder keel over in agony.
Shade looked around as he relaxed but then he heard something.
"HEY!"
Quickly, he disappeared into the crowd just as the security guard ran off.
Before mall security could find Shade, he snuck away. Out of sight. Out of mind.
"Man, I hope something interesting happens…" he sighed as he trudged off.
"Hey!"
He turned around and found another group of punks wanting to fight.
Shade sighed and got into a stance.
Some things never change.
Finally arriving at the mall, Leni and Lincoln went their separate ways. Leni went to her favourite clothes store whilst Lincoln went wherever he went. While Leni was busy browsing and collecting which clothes she wanted then went to the checkout to purchase them while Drake decided to browse around and see if anything was of interest. With the amount of bags she was carrying and Drake just looking everywhere.
It wouldn't be long until they ended up bumping into each other.
"Ouch!" Both teens rubbed their heads as they fell on their behinds.
"Hey are you alright?" Leni asked.
"Yeah I'm fine. You?" Drake replied
"I'm alright." Leni took a look at Drake and realised that she had never seen him before.
"Hey, I don't recognise you. Did you move here?"
"Pretty much. My mom got a new job here so we moved here. Anyways, why is a pretty girl like yourself doing here?" Okay, that part was not intentional and Drake blushed a bit when he said that. Leni blushed also.
"Umm...I'm here with brother…I mean my little brother." She stuttered out.
"Cool. What's he look like?" Drake asked.
"Short. White hair with a cowlick. Freckled and a pair of buck teeth. He is wearing an orange polo and blue jeans plus red and white sneakers. Oh, he's adorable." She said with a squeal.
Drake smiled then saw something
"Hey, he wouldn't be the kid kissing the girl in the yellow shirt?" Drake asked as he pointed at a direction.
Leni's eyes widened when she saw two 11-year-olds sharing a gentle kiss.
One of which was her brother and a girl she didn't recognise.
Lincoln was right now in the sports store, looking at the motorcycle gloves and helmets. The reason being was for a race happening and he wanted to be prepared. He was eager to show his new talent as a motocross racer.
His family and friends didn't know and they wouldn't expect it when it comes.
He hadn't told his family yet as he wanted to surprise them at the exhibition race the area did every two weeks. But as he was browsing, he saw a familiar face.
A twelve-year-old girl with blonde hair styled in a braided ponytail was also looking at the gymmnatics equipment. She was currently wearing a yellow t-shirt and blue skirt plus white trainers. She was so enthralled with the equipment that she was unaware of a figure coming from behind. When a pair of arms wrapped around her waist, she let out a gasp but realised who it was from the voice.
"Hey, hot shot"
Turning around, she saw the grinning face of Lincoln, and immediately her face formed a grin as she saw the white-haired lad still hugging her waist. Almost immediately, she wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss on the lips.
"Miss me, motor boy?"
"Oh yeah, Jordan."
The two began to resume kissing when a gasp was caught in the young lovers' ears, making them stop.
"Please tell me that Leni isn't behind me?"
"Unfortunately…"
The two separated and saw Leni with wide eyes and an ever-growing grin on her face.
Leni then spoke the cursed words of the Loud family:
"Is she your girlfriend?"
Lincoln blushed a bright red as he began stuttering and mumbling. That was all she needed and in typical Loud sister fashion, she let out a loud squeal that shook the entire mall and Drake's eardrums then grabbed the two of them in a bone-crushing hug. Lincoln and Jordan's face were a mix of red and blue from both embarrassment and the lack of air.
In another dimension, something big was happening.
There was a crimson sky with black clouds. Large rock formations and a moat of dark wisps of magic. High above was a rock formation with a temple formed, much like a shaolin temple. Inside was the jinn himself, currently meditating and building up energy.
Suddenly one of his enforcers came in. It was the cowboy jinn.
"Boss." He announced as he bowed down to his leader.
"Shadowshot. It's good to see you." Infectora rasped out "Tell me...how long has it been...since we were sealed…?"
"It has been a while, Infectora. 5000 years to be precise." Polari replied
"Hmmm...5000 years...And it was thanks to those blasted BEAST GUARDS!" Roared out Infectora, sending out his energy everywhere.
"I HAD THE WORLD IN MY GRASP! I WAS ABOUT TO REMAKE THE WORLD INTO MY IMAGE! AND THOSE DO-GOODER ANIMALS RUINED EVERYTHING FOR ME!"
Infectora calmed down for a bit as he coughed in exhaustion.
"Luckily they also fell in battle...Now no one will get in my way…" He cackled
"Hunterror. Umbra."
"You called, boss?" The large, bipedal wolf replied as both he and the female assassin came in.
"Go into the Human Realm. I want to see how it has changed. And just in case, bring an army of Jynxers with you. I want you to cause as much fear and anarchy as possible. I need my power to be restored"
"Will do" Umbra replied with a smirk. "It's been a while since we had some fun."
Both Hunterror and Umbra left. Shadowshot was about to go until he was stopped by Infectora
"Wait Shadowshot." Infectora handed him a strange pentagram, with purple magic wafting off it.
"Take this. My infection magic is weakened after the battle. I can only create a Jinn Bruiser through this plus I can only create one. Use it wisely"
"Affirmative". And with that, Shadowshot left with the other two for the human world.
"Such a shame the Beast Guards aren't around. A good battle needs opposition." He chuckled.
High above the clouds there is another Shaolin styled temple, only this one had a white and gold colour scheme and there was a forest of clouds surrounding the area. Additionally, several winged creatures were flying through the air without a care in the world. Inside was Avias, who was currently patrolling the grounds while a black, muscular tengu in a pair of red hakama pants doing a kata.
Looking at a screen was a skinny male adult with long grey hair, grey eyes and was in a red jumpsuit with a blue cap. Outside on a field was a largely built tengu with brown and white feathers who was currently practicing a kata on the field. Suddenly the man in the jumpsuit let out a scream.
Suddenly the two tengus rushed in.
"Motrix. What's the problem?" The black one asked
"We got trouble, Avias. You recognise these guys?" He said, wildly pointing at the screen.
The two tengus looked at the screen and their eyes widened as the three beings came into an area of forest.
"I didn't think they would be back. Alert the Avian spirits. We may need some extra help…" Avias ordered with a worried stare.
The black tengu nodded and squawked and all of the flying spirits flew around to see who will be able to help.
Meanwhile, in a food court, the two 11-year-olds were looking down in embarrassment as Leni looked with a lot of glee in her eyes while Drake looked on in amusement.
Young love, right?
"So…' Leni gleefully asked ...how long have you been dating?"
Lincoln meekly said "A-about two months…"
Jordan then added with an equally shy tone. "Since his Dad's restaurant opened up"
Leni just squealed.
Drake had to add his own two cents. "So how did you two meet?"
Before either Lincoln or Jordan could say anything, a bruised Shade soon tumbled onto their table as equally bruised teens shouted in rage
"You may have survived us, Shade! But we will be the ones to take you down!" One shouted, who was more beaten up then the other teen was, while his friends nodded as they held their wounds.
"Yeah? Tell that to the bruises left on ya!" Shade yelled as he got up
"Oh, what's up?" He said casually to the four on the table
"OMG! Are you hurt?!" Leni immediately went up to him to check on his injuries.
"Nah, they're just scrapes. You should've seen what I did to the other guys. Managed to escape them though."
Lincoln recognised him though. "Wait, aren't you that hoodlum that has been going around picking fights? Shade Oscuro, right? The Shadow Striker of Royal Woods"
Shade just groaned. "Why do people call me that?"
"Why don't you sit with us? We'll get you a drink." Jordan offered.
"Thanks. I lost a good soda because of them." Shade thanked as he sat with the others.
The waiter came over and asked if he wanted anything.
Before he could answer, an explosion happened.
Shade ended up yelling "What the hell was that?!"
Drake then replied. "I don't know. But let's find out."
And with that they rushed to where the explosion was heard.
Shadowshot, Hunterror and Umbra were walking through the mall as every single patron and customer began running away from them in terror, taking in the sight of the humans running like cowards while they were accompanied by an army of Jynxers.
"Look at all of these humans. Scurrying like rats." Shadowshot sneered as he shot a random car causing it to explode.
"All new targets. A new hunt. My blood is boiling." Hunterror rasped in anticipation.
"Hmmph. Barbarians. Let's just take in the sights as we tear this place down." Umbra retorted.
The two nodded as all three strolled seeing the destruction their Jynxers were causing, totally unaware of the group watching them.
"I'm not the only one seeing this right?" Drake asked.
"They are sure as heck not performers.",replied Shade.
"Really? So those are not costumes?" Leni asked innocently.
Jordan just looked at Leni with an incredulous look and said: "You thought they were costumes?"
"So what should we do?" Lincoln asked. He may be 'The Man with The Plan' but this was way out of his league. Luckily, Drake came up with an idea.
"Hey guys, Here's what needs to be done.' They all paid attention to what Drake had to offer. 'Shade, I want you to se if you can ambush as many of of those things."
"Right." Shade responded.
"Jack Frost, you, your lady and Leni will go and find anyone and get them to safety.' The two nodded.
"Wait, what about you?" Asked Jordan.
"I'll get the attention of those three freaks and try to get their attention away." He then noticed the incredulous looks. "Look, someone needs to divert the attention away from them. My father always says that a soldier fights till his body collapse and never surrender. And I'm not gonna surrender to a bunch of ugly-looking dolls and rejected action figures."
The other four were moved by his speech and decided to follow his plans as he continued "We'll meet at the fountain. Now move!" And with that they went their separate ways. Just as Drake was about to move, he felt something enter his back and fill him with power. Looking around and finding nothing, he went to where the center of the mayhem was at.
"I sure hope that Drake guy knows what he's doing" Lincoln asked the other girls.
"Well, he knows what he's doing...I think" Leni responded with a confident tone.
"You think?" Jordan deadpanned.
"He does sound like he does." Leni countered. Lincoln decided to interject before anything else could be said.
"Well, at least there's one good thing."
Jordan then asked her boyfriend the question: "Oh, why is that?"
Lincoln just smiled and wrapped an arm around her waist. "I got you with me".
Jordan just blushed red and was about to give Lincoln a kiss when Leni squealed.
"Ohhhhhh! That is adorable! Like seriously, how did you two get together?"
Lincoln was about to answer when Jordan stopped them.
"Guys!" Jordan whisper-yelled, pointing at a scene "Look!"
There was a group of Jynxers harassing a family of four.
"We gotta help them!"
Leni began to panic: "What do we do?!"
Lincoln however was silent as he began shifting his eyes around the scene, taking in anything that could be of use. He noticed a stand that was close to falling over due to the damage done by the Jynxers as well as a length of rope near them. He then came up with a plan.
"Jordan, can you get them to chase you near here?"
Jordan just smirked. "Watch me!"" And with that she raced to where the group was.
Leni just looked confused. "Linky, what are you doing?"
Lincoln looked back at his sister. "Trust me, I have a plan".
And with that he began to tie the rope to the broken pillar and stood a good distance away.
It was then he felt something enter his back and warm him up from the inside.
"That was strange." He muttered to himself but he shook it off and focused on the matter at hand.
Meanwhile, Jordan had walked up to the Jynxers terrorising the family. If they tried to chase her, the joke would be on them.
"HEY, YOU PUPPET POSERS!"
The jynxers then saw Jordan smirking at them and making some rather rude faces. This seemed to annoy them and they left to chase her, who was racing to the broken stand. As she was running for her life, she then felt something enter her back and warm her up.
As she was running, she noticed the stand and immediately went towards it. As soon as she skated past, Lincoln tugged the rope and the stand collapsed on the Jynxers, knocking them out
"WOO-HOO! IT WORKED" Lincoln cheered.
"Dang, My heart was racing!" Jordan wheezed, holding her heart.
Meanwhile, Leni went up to the family. The parents was alright but the 9-year old was shaken.
"Hey, are you alright?" Leni asked in a soothing voice.
The young girl looked up, still feeling shaky from the experience.
"Y-yeah, I'm alright." She stammered.
"Here, I'll get you somewhere safe." She said as she picked up the girl and took her to a clearer section of the mall
Leni began to lead the family, weaving out of the fallen debris, making sure not to trip over anything. While she was doing that, she even leapt over one but soon felt something enter her back, powering her up
The family thanked her and ran off to safety. Leni then turned to Lincoln and Jordan.
"Now then, shall we?" Leni asked.
"Let's get going." Lincoln said, taking Jordan's hand and the three went to the meeting point was.
Shade was currently hiding in various areas out of the sight of the Jynxers as they were patrolling the area looking for any stragglers or places to destroy. Two Jynxers were near the area he was hiding in, looking for victims and like a silent wind he knocked one of them out via head slamming them into a wall and another in a chokehold as he dragged it back into the alley, bashing it with a brick. The Jynxers heard but saw nothing, not noticing Shade moving to another area and bashing another Jynxer's head with a stray pipe.
"OK, three down, all the rest to go." He muttered to himself, slipping behind a bin. Using a rock, he managed to distract them for him to go on the attack. With the pipe, he launched a babe ruth swing at two Jynxers at the same time, by the time they realised that they were being attacked,
it was too late.
Shade swung his pipe quickly sending one Jynxer to the floor then did an overhead slam causing a concussion on another. The third went to attack but got a jab in the stomach and a golf like swing to the head, causing it to land on it's back. The final one went to rush Shade, but Shade just delivered a push kick and threw the pipe like a spear, knocking it out.
Satisfied, Shade went to the meeting spot, but he felt something enter his back. He didn't know what though. That didn't matter right now. He needed to get to the meeting place.
The five youngsters managed to make it back to the fountain, all with satisfied looks on their faces. They felt like they managed to do something right.
"Well, how did it go?" Drake asked
"We managed to save some people" Lincoln answered.
"Some of those freakshows are down," Shade said.
"And five wannabe heroes are getting bashed by us." A voice screeched
The five turned their heads suddenly to see Shadowshot, Hunterror and Umbra standing in front of them, readying their weapons.
"Soon, your heads will be on our walls" Hunterror rasped.
"Say your prayers" Umbra lightly cooed.
The five got into shaky stanced but then something formed above them. It was a large whirlwind that sucked all five of them up.
"What the-" Was all Drake could say when they were suddenly taken in by the whirlwind.
The three Jinns covered their eyes to shield them from the dust. By the time the wind stopped, they were gone.
"WHAT?! WHERE DID THEY GO?!" Hunterror roared in pure fury.
"I don't know. But I got the feeling that we won't like it." Shadowshot murmured.
"Woah! Ow, my leg!"
"Like, what happened!?"
"Oof! That is one ride I don't wanna go on again!"
"That was even worse than Lisa's tornado generator experiment!"
"Will someone get off me?!"
The five were sprawled on the ground somewhere, dazed from the weird tornado that hit them. One minute they were about to get blasted, and the next they were stuck in a tornado like Drothy in the Wizard of Oz.
Lincoln then said the million dollar question:
"Uhh guys? Where are we?"
They all looked around and saw the large temple right behind them. All of them had wide eyes.
"Uhhhh… I'm not the only one seeing this right?" Jordan asked.
The rest shook their heads confirming that what they saw was real.
"Trust me. It is real."
Looking up, they saw Avias floating down to the temple grounds.
"Drake, Leni, Jordan, Lincoln and Shade. I am Avias, the Sky Guardian. Welcome to the Sky Temple."
To Be Continued...
Yeah, as you can see, this chapter is been edited. Just clearing some stuff and I changed one of the Jinn's name from Polari to Shadowshot. Sounds more badass.
For this, I'm gonna edit the rest then have the chance to work on the next chapter of Avian Strike