A/N: Hey guys. Here's Chapter 7. We are so close to Chapter 8 and I hope I can make that chapter great. Anyways, what do you guys think about the series so far? I hope you guys are enjoying. Let me know if there's anything you like in particular. And one thing to take in, this chapter is sort of supposed to be focused on Sauls struggle with himself and Anthony's character in general. Well, let's get into it.
(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Chapter 7: Micro-Management
"I found him, Alicia. He's cute, he's smart and he knows how to make a girl feel good." Cynthia sat on a step, daydreaming as she spoke into her phone. She was currently on her school lunch break and she had to call her friend and tell her about the boy she met.
"He does sound like a big catch." The other girls voice was heard through the phone. Alicia sat in the college library, studying.
"Yea but there's one thing." Cynthia spoke with a tone that made her friend feel weird.
"What is it?" Alicia asked her, concern present in her voice.
"He's friends with," Cynthia took a moment to think before she spoke, "Anthony." Alicia dropped her jaw. She couldn't believe what she just heard. Her friend was worried because the boy she likes is friends with one of their own friends.
"How's that a problem." Alicia opened her math book as she spoke to her friend.
"It's Anthony. Now that we know him better, I'm afraid that the more I get to know this guy, the more he'll turn into," Cynthia was interrupted by a hand grabbing her shoulder. She turned to see the young boy she mentioned standing there, wearing his black hoodie with the Bull clearly visible.
"Are you talking about me?" Anthony sat down next to her.
"You know we are one grade apart right. You shouldn't be out here. You'll get in trouble." Cynthia moved his hand from her shoulder.
"Like that ever stopped you. We may actually know more about eachother now but I've seen you sneak off campus when you weren't supposed to." Anthony yawned as he leaned against his backpack.
"Alicia I have to go, I have a problem." Cynthina spoke into the phone.
"Is that Alicia? Hey, Alicia, I need help with my math homework." Anthony began to unzip his backpack.
"Sorry Anthony, I'll help you later, I have class. Bye Cynthia." Alicia hung up the phone as she closed her book and left for class.
"Is she gone?" Anthony zipped up hid bag and put it to his side.
"Yea. Now what do you want?" Cynthia put her phone into her pocket.
"Nothing." Anthony said.
"That's not true. What do you want?" Cynthia looked up into the sky as she spoke.
"Ok, fine. You see there's this girl," Cynthia put her hand in Anthony's face.
"Don't even start." Cynthia picked up her backpack and got up. Anthony followed her as she walked down the stairs.
"Cmon, you know almost all the cool girls in school. You have to help me." Anthony tried to reason with her, almost tripping on the last step as they reached ground level.
"I'm not helping you get a girl just so you can hurt her." Cynthia knew all to well about Anthony's rep when it came to dating girls.
"I don't hurt them." Anthony made a face that represented his lies.
"You've hurt so many girls that you are a warning sign." Cynthia pulled out a book from her backpack as she continued walking back to school campus.
"Warning sign?" Anthony seems confused.
"Yea. When people mention something about asking out a girl, they say 'Don't be an Anthony'." Cynthia used one hand to make air quotes.
"Don't be an Anthony? What's that supposed to mean?" Anthony asked the girl who walked at a faster pace.
"It means don't act like you, you idiot." Cynthia had the urge to smack him but she fought it.
"That's stupid." Anthony almost tripped again.
"You're stupid." Cynthia flung the words back at him.
"Wow, so smart." Anthony rolled his eyes.
"Look at the cute couple." They both turned to see Micky leaning against his car, wearing his signature blue hoodie.
"Shut up!" Both teens yelled in unison.
"Hilarious." Mikey laughed hard.
"What's are you doing here?" Anthony asked his roommate.
"You forgot your book." Mikey pulled a Spanish textbook from his passenger seat and threw it over at Anthony.
"I don't take Spanish." Anthony looked at the textbook.
"Yes you do." Cynthia adjusted her backpack.
"How do you know that?" Anthony opened the book and saw a bookmark that looked like a paper airplane.
"Because we are stuck in the same class." Cynthia rolled her eyes and began to walk away.
"What's up with her?" Mikey asked the black ranger who continued to look at the book.
"I don't think she likes me." Anthony closed the textbook and looked over at the girl as she walked away.
"Well you do have the tendency to do things that make people hate you." Mikey got into his car and turned it on.
"What do I do? I mean I can't be hated by a teammate, right?" Anthony walked to the window of the car.
"Red hates you." Mikey smiled as he remembered the time Red kicked Anthony so hard that it made him vomit for three minutes straight.
"Yea but that's a different story, he hates all of us. I'm pretty sure he hates everyone in this world." Anthony said as he finished putting his textbook in his backpack.
"Not everyone. He really likes music." Mikey gave Anthony a hint and Anthony remembered fast and he laughed.
"That's lame." Anthony fell backwards as he laughed.
"Well, you better get to class. I'll see you later for training." Mikey turned on his car and reved the engine.
"Yea see ya bro." Anthony got up and began walking to his class. Mikey drive off.
When he got to class, Anthony couldn't stop remembering the people that Red liked. When he stopped, he noticed that he was in the Spanish room. When he turned, he saw Cynthia sitting next to him. He gulped before putting his head down and letting what had happened earlier just escape his mind.
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~2 years ago~
Saul opened his eyes as he was shaken viciously. He shrugged the hands on his shoulders off and got up, stumbling. He waited a few seconds for his vision to adjust. When it finally did, he saw that it was dark. He could only assume it was night out. Kai adjusted his bag on his back. When Saul saw him, he could only assume one thing.
"What's going on?" Saul asked even though he had an idea of what was happening.
"It's time to jump." Kai walked to the entrance of the train cart.
"Are we here already?" Saul picked up his backpack as he continued to here the train move.
"Yea. We get off then we just walk a couple of miles. It's not to hard." Kai spoke loud in order to be heard by Saul who stood farther away.
"Not hard. You are telling me to jump off a moving train. I don't know what you definition of hard is if that ain't hard for you." Saul tightened the straps of his backpack. He walked over to where Kai stood. He looked at the tracks as the train moved.
"Countdown time." Kai smiled as he got closer to the edge of the cart entrance.
"What?!" Saul was hit with reality. He looked at the tracks and felt a little dizzy.
"3... 2... 1!" Kai yelled the last number as he jumped off the train. He rolled on the ground and stood up immediately. Saul didn't know whether to do it or not. He saw Kai getting further and further away. Saul then knew what to do.
"Here we go!" Saul yelled as he ran back and ran forward. He jumped through the entrance and fell on the gravel. He rolled and stayed on the ground. He lifted his head as he felt pain surge through his legs.
"You did it. You actually did it." Kai came up to Saul and helped him up.
"I think I broke my arm." Saul rubbed his arm.
"You did great. Now let's go. We have a city to get to." Kai began walking towards the gate. He studied it. When he finished, he found a hole in the gate.
"How far?" Saul asked as he got closer to where Kai stood.
"Just follow me." Kai went through the hole in the gate. Saul sighed and entered after him.
After half an hour of walking, Saul saw something that amazed him. He smiled as he caught sight of a stadium. A soccer stadium to be precise. He read the huge sign on the side of the stadium. "Estadio Akron". He couldn't hold back his excitement as he ran through the parking lot. He ran past Kai and continued until he got to the stadium entrance. He stood there and took it in.
"Seems you like the view." Kai came up to him and stood next to him.
"I've always wanted to visit this stadium. It's been a dream of mine." Saul continued to look at the sign.
"Dreams do come true." Kai chuckled.
"I guess they do." Saul couldn't help but laugh.
"Well, you are lucky. You have access to my riches and you will be watching a game tomorrow." Kai began to walk off.
"What!" Saul began to follow him.
"Yes?" Kai seemed to be happy.
"What do you mean riches?" Saul asked.
"Like I said before, when I was alive, I was a millionaire. I devoted reasearch into animals and that made me millions but I never did it for the money. I just put money back into my reasearch. Years and years of reaserch and we found various things. It was an amazing experience. Axis was actually one of my business partners. We did everything we could to study and save various species. Unfortunately, Axis wanted power. When we discovered the Beast Batteries hidden away in a cave here in Mexico, we began experiments." Kai took out his water and took a sip.
"That's when." Saul could only think what had happened.
"When we realized that, he began doing more experiments behind my back. I tried to stop him and that's when he went mad. He escaped with my reaserch but luckily I was able to save the battery and keep it safe. That when I was approached by a spirit calling himself the Beast King. He told me that he could give me the power to defeat a coming threat. I knew who he meant. So I took his offer and I was gathered with others. He allowed us to access the power of the batteries and that's how this started." Kai took another sip of his water.
"So, that's how you guys gained all this power?" Saul wanted to confirm everything.
"Yup. It's great. I mean we died in service but we stopped two big threats." Kai said as he put his bottle away.
"Two?" Saul asked.
"I'll tell you about the other one some other time. Anyways, I put my millions somewhere safe. So I went to find it and I bought a house here. It's a big house and it belongs to Animal Strike." Kai stretched his arms out.
"Animal Strike?" Saul seemed to not like the idea that one day he would find others to fight alongside him.
"Yes, but for now, it is owned by just you. You will say that you are my grandson. I may have control over a physical body but I still need to rest in the spirit world. I have created a card that gives you access to my money. You are rich, congratulations. Oh and I also bought you a ticket." Kai pulled out a ticket from his pocket.
"This is a ticket to watch Chivas vs América." Saul studied the ticket.
"Yup. Now hurry, let's get home." Kai's pace became faster.
"I'm rich!" Saul realized that other part too.
"Don't let it go to your head." Kai continued forward.
"Wait up!" Saul began to run after Kai.
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"Master, I have a plan!" Byxis came running into the room.
"What kind of plan?" Axis asked as he played with a rubix cube.
"Well it will require a monster that could be beaten easily but trust me, it'll be the oerfect distraction while I gather what I need for my next experiments." Byxis seemed more jumpy than usual.
"Why would we use a weak monster?" Zaku was sharpening his sword as he spoke.
"Well, while he distracts the Rangers, then I get my materials. Come on, keep up." Byxis pointed his finger out.
"Interesting. What is this monsters name?" Axis continued playing with the cube.
"Microloc! Get in here quickly!" Byxis called for the monster.
The monster entered the room with fast pace. His head looked like a microwave, yes a microwave. His body seemed to be metallic and his color was black and grey. His arms had number pads on them and on the palms of his hands had tubes. His eyes were red and he had a symbol of an 'X' on his chest.
"I'm here and I'll be defeating the Rangers easily." The monsters cockiness was in his tone.
"I don't think so." Zaku whispered to himself.
"Well this seems like it will be interesting. I will allow you to go through with your plan. I have business to attend to. Good luck." Axis got up and walked out his personal door.
"Ok you big idiot. Go out there and cause some mayhem." Byxis slapped the monster on the back of his head.
"You got it boss." The monster ran off the door he came from.
"You better be right about this." Zaku got up and walked away.
"Oh trust me. It is." Byxis stroked his chin as he said this.
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Anthony was too busy flicking paper footballs, that he forgot that he was sitting in the ranger base. He had to go to school any minute now but Mikey wanted to stop by the base before dropping him off. Red was on the computer, typing into it. Anthony continued what he was doing until Mikey walked back into the room with Mick behind him.
"Thanks Mick. This will work perfectly on my car." Mikey studied the piece of machinery in his hand.
"No problem. If you ever need help with your car, just let me know." Mick said happily.
"Now get out." Red said from where he sat.
"You know you remind me of someone. Back when you saved that girl at the music festival, you reminded me of one of my cousins. He disappeared about two years ago. You remember him Anthony?" Mikey asked the boy sitting at the table.
"What about him?" Anthony asked as he got up.
"I'm thinking there's a connection here." Mikey smiled.
"There's no connection. Get out." Red got up and walked off into the same doors he always did.
"Let's go." Mikey signaled to Anthony.
"Those guys really need to get along. Too bad we can't tell them the truth." Mick frowned.
In Saul's room, Red demorphed and sat in his chair. He spun around in it and stared at the wall. He was noticing what he had out up. He had a poster that had his favorite soccer team on it. He had hung up a autographed Mexico soccer jersey along with an autographed Chivas soccer jersey. He saw that he all kinds of posters of all his favorite things.
"The nerve of him. He doesn't know me that well." Saul was angered.
He then began to feel something inside of him. Eve since this started, he felt like he was losing a piece of himself everyday. Anthony making fun of him, the others not understanding him, the pressures of fighting against Axis' army.
"Who am I?" Saul asked himself the question that had been stuck in his head for some time now.
He pulled out his phone and opened his photos. He then felt a headache. This wasn't just any ordinary headache and he fell off his chair, letting his phone fall. He felt a rush of memories enter his head. He could see people that he hadn't met before. People who he knew and people who probably didn't know who he was. He got up and stumbled until he got to his bed. He felt sleepy but his headache continued. He finally let his head fall onto his pillow and fell asleep. His face was still in a state of discomfort.
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Anthony yawned as he entered a classroom. It was his math classroom. Lucky for him, he had finally done his homework with the help of Alicia. Anthony sat in his usual seat and saw the engraving he made the other day of a charging bull. He smiled while he looked at it.
"Anthony, I assume you didn't do your homework." Anthony's math teacher was a beauty. Anthony had alsways complimented her but since he had a reputation as a bad boy, she didn't like it. She always kept a close eye on him. Anthony never figured if it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Actually Miss. Akashi, I did my homework." Anthony pulled out his homework and put it on his desk. His teacher walked over and leaned down to check on it. She seemed impressed.
"Good job. You finally did it." The teacher wrote on her clipboard as she gave him credit. Anthony couldn't help but stare at her before blinking out of it as he was called.
"What is it?" Anthony asked as he turned to see a man standing at the door.
"We need to have a chat." The man tapped his foot as Anthony got up and walked over to him.
"We're you the one who put a rat in the band room?" The man asked him as he closed the door so that no one else would here.
"No sir vice principal sir." Anthony knew that his friends had done something stupid but he didn't want to know about it.
"If I find out that you did, you are done for." The vice principal gave him his warning and opened the door so that the student could walk back in.
"What was that about?" Miss Akashi asked her student.
"Something about band. I'm not in it so." Anthony smiled as he walked back to his room. The teacher returned to her work. Anthony took out his notebook and began to scribble in it.
Later, at lunch time, Anthony had decided to go and find Cynthia. He was going to try his luck again. When he found her, she was with her friends. When he got closer, the girls noticed him and rolled their eyes in disgust.
"What do you want?" Cynthia asked the boy.
"Nothing, just need to talk to you for a bit." Anthony grabbed Cynthia's arm and dragged her over with him. They went over to where the entrance to the library was.
"Why did you drag me here." Cynthia was annoyed.
"I wanted to ask you about that favor." Anthony smirked as he talked to the pink ranger.
"The answer is no." Cynthia tried to move away, but Anthony blocked her path with his arm.
"Come on. Please." Anthony began to plead.
"No!" Cynthia broke through his arm and began to walk away only to get knocked back by a student who ran pass them. She turned and fell back, hitting Anthony causing him to fall back. Cynthia lifted her head to realize that she was on top of Anthony. Anthony just groaned. She got up quickly and made a face of disgust before noticing more students running.
"Come out Rangers!" Cynthia peeked the corner to see a monster attacking the buildings.
"What's going on?" Anthony asked as he got up.
"Quick to the bathroom." Cynthia grabbed Anthony's arm and pulled him to the girls restroom.
"What the! What's happening? I can't be in here." Anthony closed his eyes as he was dragged into the bathroom. Cynthia threw her backpack and books on the floor.
"Let's go! It's a monster attack." Cynthia activated her morpher.
"Fine!" Anthony threw his backpack on the floor and activated his own morpher. They both inserted their batteries.
"Bull!"
"Phoenix!"
The morphers voices were echoed through the restroom. They then inserted their codes.
#003
#005
"Animal Strike! Spirit Unleashed!" They yelled in unison as their spirits were shot out. The spirits circled them before biting down on the rangers, forming their suits.
"Where are you rangers!" The monster continued yelling.
"Right here!" The monster turned only to be kicked by the pink ranger.
"What the heck is that thing?" Black asked as he came up to where Pink landed.
"Do you really think I know that." Pink seemed annoyed with her teammate.
"I'm going to kill you!" The monster yelled.
"Like we haven't heard that one." Black pulled out his saber and charged at the monster.
"Bring it!" The monster clashed with the ranger. Pink was busy helping people escape.
"Ravagers!" Pink noticed that the foot soldiers had appeared and were now charging at her.
"We got this." The monsters were hit with ninja shurikens and they fell back.
"The ninjas from before." Pink pointed at the two ninjas who stood on the roof.
"Ready Yuki?" Eduardo stood tall with his ninja mask on.
"Let's do it!" Yuki followed Eduardo's lead as they helped the pink ranger take on the monsters.
"You are very annoying!" Black slashed the monster three times before being hit back.
"You are a pest. It's time to burn you up." The monsters head lit up as it charged up.
"Funny. I'll just block it." Black seemed confident until the monster turned. Black looked over to where the monster turned. He noticed someone walking out of the building. It was his math teacher. Black needed to think fast.
"What are you doing?" Pink asked as she continued punching monsters.
Black, without thinking, picked up a rock and ran over to the monster. He opened its head with the handle and threw the rock in there. He closed it and let the monster stumble back. Black then ran over to his teacher. She looked up to see what was happening. The monster was still stumbling but his attack was charged up. He shot a blast of heat before he fell. Black grabbed the teacher and jumped out of the way of the beam. He fell to the ground and the teacher fell onto him. The blast hit the building and pieces of the building fell off. The ninjas moved quickly and kicked ravagers to where the rubble was falling. The monsters died from the rubble.
"We did it!" Pink cheered.
"I'll get you black ranger. How embarrassing. He opened my head." The monster disappeared in a black cloud of smoke.
Black felt his head hurting. He looked over to his side to see a beautiful woman lying there next to him, her hand in his chest. He let his thoughts process before he realized that it was his teacher. He got up quickly and helped her up. She looked at him, worried. He stared back but couldn't find what to say.
"Thank you." The woman said to him.
"Uh, your welcome." Black said to her. She then suddenly hugged him. The only thought that came to Black's mind went to the thought that she was twenty two. He didn't know why but it did.
"Let's go." Eduardo told Yuki and they both jumped off.
"That was such a short battle but it left so much damage. Let's go Black." Pink began to run off.
"Right. Stay safe Miss." Black saluted with two fingers before running off with Pink. The woman just nodded her head.
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~2 years ago~
Saul entered the house. He was surprised. It was a two story mansion practically. There were tons of different rooms. He ran through the whole house to check everything out. He found his room. He could tell because it was painted red and there was a tiger symbol on the wall.
"You like it huh?" Kai asked Saul who was too busy looking at the tiger symbol.
"It's nice. I got a great view of the city and I can see the stadium from here. You said we are staying here for a week right?" Saul asked, excitement still present in his voice.
"Yea, one week. Starting tomorrow morning, we need to work on your swordsmanship. Here I got you this." Kai handed Saul what looked to be a case that held a keyboard. Saul took the case and put it on the bed. He undid the locks and opened the case. Inside was a katana.
"So, this is my weapon?" Saul picked up the sword and studied it.
"You will need to master this in order to become the red ranger." Kai leaned against the doors frame.
"I think I can do it. Compared to that wooden sword you gave me when I first started, this is amazing." Saul held the handle and lifted the sword up.
"Well, get some rest. We have training at nine tomorrow morning." Kai walked away from the room. Saul wanted to see more of the house but decided against it. He closed the door and he continued to admire the sword in his hand.
When he was done, he put the sword in the case and closed it. He moved it to what he could assume was the closet. He took off the jacket he had on and he jumped onto the king sized bed. He fell asleep instantly after he put the blankets on himself.
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"That's weird, right?!" Anthony had the look of a crazy person as he shook his hands vigorously.
"Yes it is." Mikey confirmed as he looked at his phone.
"Well technically, in your ranger suit you look more man like." Mick pretended to flex as he spoke his thoughts.
"Yea but it's weird right." Anthony couldn't shake the thoughts out of his head.
"Yes!" Red yelled as he retreated to his room.
"Thanks for that." Anthony put his face down.
"I don't see what's the problem. You can't date anyone as a ranger either way so you should be fine. And I doubt that she would like the ranger who save her. I mean I get she's young but there's no way." Alicia continued to write notes as she gave her thoughts on the situation.
"Your reputation continues to grow." Cynthia spun in her chair.
"Shut up." Anthony crossed his arms and sat back.
"Well, you do what you gotta do. I'll try and find any signs of the monster." Mick walked out of the room.
"It's time like these where I wish Kai were here." Anthony said out loud.
"Well the masters have given us their power so it's best for them to rest in the spirit world. We have already learned so much ourselves so it's not a big deal." Mikey turned off his phone and took a sip of his lemonade.
"True. Then that just leaves one thing," Alicia took a deep breath, "History." Alicia pulled out her history textbook and notebook.
"Well, I better go. I have a study group." Cynthia grabbed her bag and walked away.
"I have to figure this out." Anthony began to hit his head on the table.
"You'll donut buddy. You have to eventually grow up right." Mikey patted his cousin on his back. Alicia saw this and smiled.
In his room, Saul listened to the noise outside his window. He kept getiting visions of himself when he was younger and visions he couldn't even recognize. He didn't know why he could get visions of something he had never experienced. He could only assume that they were visions of the future.
He closed his eyes and saw everything again. He opened his eyes again. He didn't want to see anymore. At least not for a bit. That was when he noticed the piece of paper on his desk. He didn't write anything so he didn't know what it was. He picked it up and read what it said.
Soon, everything will fall into place.
Saul seemed confused at the note. He looked out the window and saw a bird sitting at a nearby branch. He sighed and got up. He jumped onto bed and hugged his pillow.
"Psycho!"
Saul looked up from his bed. He heard something but didn't know where it had come from. He put his head back on his pillow and let himself drift off to sleep.
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"That was some weird stuff." Yuki sat on the roof of the high school next to his friend Eduardo.
"That's why we are here." Eduardo paced back and forth on the roof.
"We are here because," Yuki spoke with a tone of confusion.
"Because Melissa is hanging out with her girlfriend today. We are going to keep watch for that monster because this is where he attacked first. That means," Eduardo turned to his friend.
"That means that some of the rangers go to this school." Yuki lit up.
"Yup." Eduardo seemed interested in the Rangers ever since their fight with the psychos.
"Miss. Akashi!" Both boys turned to see a teen boy run across the school campus.
"Anthony." the beautiful teacher turned to see her young student.
"I just wanted to know if you are alright. You know about what happened yesterday right." Anthony asked his teacher.
"Of course and as you can see I'm fine." The teacher blushed.
"Why so red?" Anthony asked the teacher.
"Oh nothing." She said as she began to think about what had happened the other day. That's when Anthony's morpher went off. Mick caught a trace of the monster and Anthony was the closest.
"Well, I gotta go. See ya later teach." Anthony ran off campus as the bell rang.
"Sis!" Yuki looked down at the scene in horror. Luckily, no one heard him.
"What is it?!" Eduardo looked down.
"I don't know." Yuki fell over as he felt darkness take over him.
"Dude, don't be like that." Eduardo sighed.
The young teacher walked away to her classroom. She had become a teacher at a you g agar because she did so well in school. When she closed her classroom door, she locked it. She walked over to her desk and opened a Google image of the black ranger. She smiled as she looked at it. Her savior.
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Anthony got to the plaza only to be shot back. He looked up to see the microwave monster standing with his hands pointed out. He seemed happy.
"Time to end you." Microloc prepared an attack before being hit by the red ranger.
"Hurry up and morph!" Red continued his slashing attack. Red had gotten in some great attacks and the monster couldn't keep up.
"Why are you here so fast." Anthony got up and activated his morpher. He quickly morphed into his ranger suit and joined in on the battle. They both had somehow managed to fight in sync.
"Activating pizza shot!" The monster pressed the pizza button on his arm and his head lit up.
"I smell pizza." Anthony let his guard down.
"Got you!" Microloc hit the black ranger and sent him flying into Red.
"Idiot." Red pushed Black off of him.
"I will take my revenge on you for embarrassing me!" Microloc yelled as he lifted his hands up into the air.
"I don't know what you are talking about but I'm taking you down!" Red yelled as he pulled out his Tiger Sword. He began to charge only to be shot back.
"What the hell!" Black turned his head trying to find where the laser bullet had come from.
"Caste!" Red slammed his fist on the ground when he caught view of the wolf man. Caste didn't say a word and he jumped down. Red got up and without hesitation, he ran towards the wolf. He gripped his sword tightly.
"Wait up Red!" Black called out before being hit by another blast.
"Anthony!" Blue and the girls showed up to help Black up.
"This guy has somehow gotten tougher." Black shook his head to clear his pain.
"Let's get him together." Blue called as they charged towards the monster.
"Come at me Rangers." The monster began to run as well.
Meanwhile, in the science classroom, Byxis was taking any material needed for his next experiment. Chemical mixtures, minerals, and science books. He hummed a little song as he took what he needed until the door to the room was opened. Miss Akashi, the math teacher, walked into the classroom.
"I'm sorry to barge in Mr.," the woman looked up to see the monster. Byxis turned to face her. She screamed as she walked backwards only to fall. After a second of acting tough, Byxis threw up the things he had in his hand and screamed as well.
"What was that?" Black noticed the screaming.
"I don't know but go check it out." Blue said as he moved his Shark Sabers all over the place, hitting the monster.
"Got it." Black quickly ran off as the others fought the monster.
"Get back here!" Microloc activated something through his pad and his head lit up. He pulled up his hands and shot fire out of them.
"This is going to be tough." Pink pulled back her bow string and let an arrow appear. She fired it and it spun as it moved as fast as a bullet.
"You're right about that." Yellow activated her speed and her claws and proceeded to move forward.
Red used his sword to try and hurt Caste, but the wolf was a better swordsman. Red couldn't land a single hit and he was rn eventually kicked to the other side of the campus. Caste had separated Red from his team but Red don't care at all.
"Red Ranger, why do you continue to fight. I am clearly better than you. Even with my weak points easily being visible." Caste pointed out that fact that he wore a patch over his left eye.
"I... don't... care!" Red continued his endless slashes but he had no luck. He couldn't hit his mark straight on. Caste grew tired of this and when Red struck again, the wolf flipped him over so that he lay on the ground.
"I came here to ask you something, not fight." Caste put his sword down to his side.
"I have nothing to say to you." Red struggled to get up as he spit out his words.
"I didn't expect you to, but I will ask nonetheless. Have you recently been receiving," Caste stopped as he turned to face the opposite direction, "visions."
Red looked at him in shock, "How do you know that?"
"I asked but you clearly confirmed it with that comment. I was wondering. I have seen things that I either don't remember or I could only assume we're future events. I presume it's the same with you." Caste turned back towards the ranger who remained on the ground.
"Are you the one who is causing me to have visions?" Red asked in a rough tone.
"No. I will be investigating into these visions. I suggest you do it as well. For your own sake." Caste put his sword in its holster and began to walk away.
"Caste!" Red yelled once more as the wolf disappeared into the distance. Red let himself lay on his back as he held his own side. He injured himself again and he may have opened an wound that has not yet healed.
Black raced through the hallways and got to where he could hear the screaming. His twenty two year old math teacher was on the floor, dragging herself back and as a goblin like monster stood on the other side of the room.
"Leave her alone." The inhabitants of the room looked back to see the black ranger as he pulled out his Bull Axe. He jumped over the teacher and went straight for the monster.
"Get away human." Byxis pulled out a staff from his pack and pushed a button which caused it to extend. It hit Blac in his stomach and sent him flying back, causing him to land a few feet from the woman.
"You piece of shit!" Black held his stomach as he struggled to get up.
"I'm out of here. I have enough materials anyways." Byxis disappeared using a flash gernade of some kind, which created a darkness that swallowed him.
"Black Ranger, are you ok?" The teacher got up and went over to the young ranger.
"Yea. I've dealt with worse before." Black sat up against the wall he was lying next to.
"Thank you, again." The teacher bowed her head.
"It's no problem." Black clenched his stomach as he felt pain.
"Sakura?" Both Black and the young woman turned to see a spiky haired boy enter the room.
"Yuki?" The woman, Sakura, looked at the boy.
"What are you doing here sis?" Yuki entered their room and saw the black ranger against the wall.
"Yuki we better get out of here." Eduardo entered the room to see what was happening.
"Great idea." Black got up even though he felt a great pain in his stomach. Byxis staff was made of steel and it hurt him badly.
"Let's help him." Sakura told the two boys. They looked at eachother and nodded. They walked over and took each of Black's arms and put them over their backs. The group walked out of the room and building to catch view of the battle happening outside.
"Shark Strike!" Blue brought down his sabers, sending a x-like water sign towards the monster. It his the monster sending him into the air.
"Cheetah Strike!" Yellow ran up the walls and proceeded to jump off of them. She slashed the monster while he was in midair.
"Tiger Strike!" Red appeared and jumped up into the air, using Blue's shoulders for a boost. He had made it to where the moms te r was and he lifted his sword. The sword lit up and caught fire. Red brought it down the middle of the monster.
"My embarrassment will here be gone!" The monster yelled as he blew up in. His parts fell back down to the ground as Red landed.
"Finally!" Pink cheered as she let herself fall on her butt.
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"Time to make him grow." Byxis entered the throne room. When he noticed that Axis was not present, he walked over to the throne.
"I thought he was a useless and weak monster." Zaku came from out of nowhere, scaring Byxis a little.
"That may be true, but why not let him cause a little more damage to the city." Byxis chuckled as he pushed the button.
Outside, the tall steel tower appeared form the lake. The red ball lit up and shot a beam towards the city.
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"I'm getting my second chance!" The monster grew giant and lifted his hands in happiness.
"Let's go!" Red called his Zord. The others followed.
"Thanks you guys. And you, pretty lady, take care." Black held the teachers hands before letting them go and jumping onto his Zord.
"I will." The woman held her hands together and blushed a little.
"Sis!" Yuki noticed but his sister didn't care. Eduardo covered his ears after hearing Yuki scream.
The Zords moved in sync before the Tiger Zord broke formation, allowing the Shark and Bull Zords to move forward and attack first. The Cheetah Zord followed along with the Phoenix Zord. The Tiger Zord attacked from behind.
"I've got my eyes on black!" The monster turned to the Bull Zord and charged at it.
"Me! Well don't play a game of 'Charge' with a Bull." Black spoke quickly as he moved his Zord forward. The Zords horns pierced the monsters skincare causing him to bleed.
"Go Bull Zord!" Sakura yelled from the ground. Yuki began freaking out and Eduardo tried to calm him down.
"You little!" The monster took a few steps back as it held its side.
"Let's form the Megazord!" Black called out. Red nodded and activated the battery.
In a matter of seconds the Megazord was formed. It posed in front of the Animal Strike symbol.
"Animal Strike Megazord!" They all yelled. Red was the only one who didn't yell.
"Try this one today." Black handed over a Beast Battery over to Red. Red was confused but followed through.
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The Megazord began to glow with Black energy. It's usual helmet of a tiger head was removed and was replaced with the helmet that represented a Bull. It's horns on the sides.
"Final Animal Fury Charge Strike!" Black yelled as the Megazord blew steam out of itself. It began to charge up by moving its leg backwards, making the dust on the ground rise up. When it was fully charged, it began to charge like a Bull. Within a few seconds, the Megazord made contact and pierced its horns into the monster chest. It then therw the monster up into the air. The monster began to spark as it flew high in the air.
"My embarrassment will live on forever!" Microloc's last words were heard throughout the city as he blew up.
"That's done." Anthony sat back.
"Good idea." Everyone stopped moving for a second. They all turned to the middle where Red sat. Red looked around and shook his head.
"He said something nice!" Pink cheered as Yellow clapped. Blue nodded and Black also cheered. Red shook his head as he slapped his hand on his helmet.
The Megazord lifted its hand and gave out a thumbs up. The people on the ground cheered for the giant robot. The day was over.
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"Miss Akashi, I'm starting to realize something." Anthony sat in his desk during detention. It turns out that his math teacher was in charge of it for the day.
"What is that?" The teacher asked her student.
"You are really young." Anthony smiled as he let out a tiny laugh.
"Well, I've always been a studious person. That's why I became a teacher at this young age.
"That's good for you." Anthony have a thumbs up.
"Well, it's time for you to leave. Detention is over." The teacher, Sakura, stood up as she gathered her things. She dropped something and she put her phone down. Anthony looked at the phone, which was left open, as his teacher reached down for what she had dropped. He saw a picture of the Black Ranger that she managed to take. He stood on top of the giagantic Bull Zord.
"Nice pic." Anthony put on his backpack as he made way for the door.
His teacher stood up and looked at her phone. Her face turned a red when she noticed that it was the picture she took the day before. She turned off her phone and adjusted her shirt. She adjusted her hair as well.
"Bye Miss. Akashi. See ya tomorrow." Anthony left the classroom with a kick in his step. The teacher smiled. She had a feeling like Anthony wasn't who everyone said he was.
A thing walked down the lawn, making way for the Skyline in the parking lot. He got in as Mikey started the engine. Mikey looked over at his young cousin. He noticed the big grin on his face.
"You ok there buddy." Mikey began to drive.
"Yea bro. Let's just get out of here." Anthony relaxed into his seat. He closed his eyes and smiled even more.
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~ 2 years ago ~
Saul felt the excitement rush throughout his body. The noise around him entered his ears all at once. All kinds of sounds. He closed his eyes and felt the nice, cool wind hit his face. He opened them again and walked forward. He was in the soccer stadium that he had always dreamed of going to.
He could see that most of the stadiums occupants were wearing red and white, the colors of his favorite team, Chivas de Guadalajara. He looked around himself and saw more people wearing the same color as they sang the teams chant. He then heard the loud speakers of the stadium turn on as they played a phrase.
"Arriba Las Chivas!"
Everyone in the stadium cheered loudly. He could also see the color yellow. The worst color to see at the moment. It was the color of his rivals, América. But he didn't let it bother him. He walked to his seat and noticed all the people that he would be sitting around. He didn't know anyone yet he felt like he did.
After a few minutes, the game started. Everyone cheered as the ball was kicked and the players began to move. The stadium was alive. Minutes passed as the teams remained in a stalemate of goals. It was at minute thirty five that made the crowd roar.
The player known as Alan Pulido, scored a goal and caused the Chivas fans to yell with excitement. The player celebrated his goal and Saul felt his excitement skyrocket. He noticed that he was giving high fives to everyone around him. After half time, Saul noticed that he as jumping alongside people next to him and he had his arms around them. They jumped in sync as they chanted.
Unfortunately the opposite team scored but they didn't let that bother them. Saul has forgotten about everything else as he chanted. He sang along with the fans and jumped with happiness. At minute fifty six, the player know as Eduardo Lopez, better known as 'La Chofis', scored a goal making the score two to one. The stadium once again proved that it was alive. After a few minutes the opposite team scored again, tying the game up.
At minute eighty nine, the stadium erupted as the player known as Alexis Vega scored the teams third goal. The player celebrated with his fellow teammates. At minute ninety four, the referee blew his whistle. Saul jumped with excitement. His team won the game known in Mexico as 'El Súper Clásico'. It was the best thing ever. He made new friends and made a great memory.
After the game, Saul walked as fast as he could to where the players exited. He held his Chivas shirt tightly as he made his way over. He hadn't been paying attention and he bumped into someone.
"Perdóneme." Saul said sorry in Spanish. When he looked up, he saw someone wearing a jersey of his rival team. The man stared at him. He smiled evilly as he did.
"So you are the pathetic weakling chosen to stop me?" The man said.
"What did you say?" Saul gripped onto his jersey tighter.
"Kai really has gone to the bottom of the barrel." The man laughed.
"Who the hell are you?" Saul clenched his fist.
"Know this, I am a man of many faces. We will meet again." Saul took notice of the mans eyes as they glowed red almost as if he were possessed.
The man left, disappearing around the corner. Saul stood there, looking at the place where the man disappeared. It was the cheers of fans that broke him out of his trance. He quickly ran over and with luck, he met the players of the team. He took photos and got signatures at the players left.
When it was over, Saul walked on again. He was lost in his thoughts. The man was clearly possessed, so who could have it out for him? Who even has the power to possess people. Saul left for home as he let his train of thought run wild. It was a problem he would confront later.
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The rangers sat in the base, all on their phones, except for red who was on the computer. He typed in and sat back. He was waiting for something.
"What the?" Mikey said out loud.
"What's happening?" Alicia and Cynthia said simultaneously.
"What is it?" Anthony asked the others who seemed worried.
"I was texting Nick Jonas and I was left on read and when I texted Joe, he treated me like some regular fan." Cynthia explained.
"Aren't you just a regular fan." Redbot stood in the room and was confused by what was happening.
"Yea but since they knew our identities, they spoke to us as if they knew us." Alicia explained.
"Yea, Travis just said that I shouldn't be weird or something." Mikey looked at his phone.
"Ok. Such big problems." Anthony said sarcastically.
"Red, did you have something to do with this. What did you do?" Mikey said in an angry tone.
"I did it actually." Everyone frozen when they heard a voice that they had never heard before. They all turned to where it had come from. The doors that lead to the main entrance of the command center opened and a robot walked in.
The robots head had two horns like a stag beatle sticking out the side of his head. He also had a big horn on the front of his head which looked like a rhinoceros beatle horn. The side horns were silver while the one in the middle was gold. He had what looked like two lights on the head. His eyes looked like glasses of some kind and they glowed a light green color. Under his eyes, or visor, was a big gold mark going down to his chin. The robots chest was bulky and had a cool design. He had what looked like a hook sticking out of his chest with a golden strip going down his body. His shoulders were like shoulder pads and had what looked like locker dials on the sides. He had sliver objects on his wrists that had something pointing out of them. On his legs were golden objects that looked like handles along with golden objects on his ankles that looked like shovels and feet. On his waist was a gold belt.
"Who the hell are you?" Anthony asked.
"I'm the best thing to happen to this place." The robot said with a cocky attitude.
"Don't mess around." Mikey said as he stared down the robot.
"This is Steel. I sent him to erase the memories of those celebrities so that your identities would remain a secret." Red got up and walked over to the silver and gold robot.
"That's right. And I did an amazing job." Steel pointed his finger out.
"I knew you had something to do with it Red." Mikey said bitterly.
"We must remain a secret. So tough luck." Red said with a smug look under his helmet. Mikey clenched his fist and the girls had angry looks.
"So is there any other reason this robot is here?" Anthony asked in a calm tone.
"He will be helping us around the lab and training center. I invited his brother but he had other important things to do so Steel said that he'd do it alone." Red went back to his chair.
"It's time to whip you guys into shape. And let's get one thing straight. I claimed that I would stay. I was never invited." Steel walked over to where Redbot stood.
"Nice to meet you." Redbot greeted the new robot.
"I know I know. I'm a pleasure to have around." Steel said as he crossed his arms. "Oh, Nice to meet you too. Sometimes I get carried away."
"Great. That's done. Onto the next thing." Red spun in his chair.
"Oh I want a chair to spin on." Steel knocked Anthony off his chair and sat down in it. He began to spin as well.
"Great. A new friend." Anthony gave a fake smile as he put his head in his hands.
"Trust me. You'll like me." Steel said to them all as he spun.
"So, does that mean no celebrities know who we are?" Cynthia asked as her lower lip quivered.
"Nope. But don't worry. You guys know me." Steel said with his self confident attitude.
"Well, I guess it doesn't matter. Let's get over this and move forward." Mikey sat down and continued looking at his phone.
"That's right. We'll have a blast." Steel spun around again. Red sat confidently on his chair as he studied the computers screen. Everything is going great.
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A/N: That's chapter 7. Hope you guys enjoyed. I liked it even though I didn't when I started it. Also, sorry for that horrible explanation of Steel. I just feel like he would be a great addition to the series. Maybe he'll morph into the Beast Morphers Silver Ranger somewhere down the line. Well that just leaves one thing to look forward to. Chapter 8. You guys better get excited for it because I know I am. It might not be totally long like the first chapter but it's exciting. Well I hope you enjoyed once again and if you have any questions, feel free to send them.
Thank you and look forwards for the next chapter. See ya!