A/N: Here we go. Chapter 9 is here. I'll ask now and I'll ask a million times, what do you guys think of the story. Let me know. Also, in case you haven't, go read he Sentai version of this story, Sutoraiku Sentai Kemonoranger. Like I said before, these two stories lead to a huge project I'm working on. So he sure to check both stories out and get ready for a big story. It'll probably be a while until we get to it but I'm trying here. Let's get into this story.
(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Chapter 9: Don't Run
~2 years ago~
Saul ran through the rain. It came down hard. Darkness followed him as he tried to outrun it. He couldn't see straight and was starting to feel dizzy. He felt like giving up but something about this darkness was weird. He didn't want to be sucked into it. Then again, who would? He tripped a few times but luckily he hadn't fallen. He looked back every few seconds and the darkness only got closer.
It was when he turned on a street corner that he finally fell. He scraped his knee and elbow. He held his arm and curled into a ball. He looked up to see the darkness. Red eyes appeared from it. It got closer and closer to him. The ground began to shake. Saúl could feel his own body shake. He closed his eyes.
"Sir, please wake up." Saul woke up and stood up quickly, scaring the woman who was shaking him.
"What's going on?" Saul asked.
"I'm sorry sir, I saw your flight ticket and I believe that your flight will take off in the next few minutes, you better hurry." The woman picked up a bag.
"Oh, sorry about scaring you but thank you for telling me." Saul put on his backpack and he began running towards the gate.
He had already spent a whole week in Guadalajara. He was now capable of using a katana properly but he had a long way to go in order to use it like a pro. Kai said that they would meet again in Japan and left him all the different ways to access his personal bank account. Saul continued running until he finally got to his gate. Lucky for him, he had made it in time. The woman working at the gate checked his ticket and let him go. Before he entered the gate, he felt a presence. He turned and saw an eagle flying around. To him, it was like the eagle was calling him. He shrugged it off and ran into the plane.
When he got on the plane, he could see many different people. People of all races and all ages. He looked for his seat and found it. He was sitting by the window. He noticed that no one was sitting there. He was confused but he didn't question it. After sitting down, he looked around to make sure that no one was actually going to sit with him. When no one came, he sighed a sigh of relief. He waited until the plane was in the air and he put his earbuds in. He started playing a playlist of all his favorite songs. Somewhere, during the middle of the flight, he looked out the window and saw something in interest. It was a eagle, again. It seemed so familiar. He questioned how an eagle was able to even get up to the planes altitude but he closed the blind and ignored the animal.
After the eleven hour flight, Saul arrived in Tokyo, Japan. He had left Mexico at five in the morning. He was confused by the time change and the date change but it was afternoon as far as he could tell and he walked out of the airport. He took a taxi to an apartment complex that Kai had told him about. When he arrived, he somehow thanked the driver and got out. He entered the complex and went up to the fifth floor.
He walked through the hallway until he got to the end of it. He looked at the silver door and he inserted his key into it. He walked into the apartment and admired it. It was huge. The apartment had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a big kitchen, a dining room and a big living room. He put his backpack down, took off his shoes and noticed that Kai had delivered his suitcases from the Mexico house. He walked onto what he would call the patio and he looked at the city. He could hear the cars and the people. He let the wind hit his face. He once again felt something. He turned to his side and heard a screech. He covered his ears and closed his eyes. When he opened it, he saw an eagle once again. The eagle stared at him. Saul felt confused. The eagle once again screeched and flew off into the sky. Saul shook his head and forgot about it.
He walked back into the apartment and took in more of the room. The living room had a huge flat screen tv, a big couch, a desk with a computer and a PlayStation 4 system with games lined up next to the system. He walked into both rooms and saw that both beds were big. The kitchen was white and silver. The dining table in what could be the dining room was big enough for eight people. It was then that he noticed a little library in the corner of the room.
He looked through the titles of the books and noticed that they were books for learning. Some were books of entertainment. Saul took a like of books and put it on the living room table. He saw the first one witch was a language book. By the title, the book would teach him how to speak Japanese. The next book was similar except that it would teach him how to speak Korean. He put the books down and picked up a notebook that he hadn't noticed he picked up. When he opened it, a paper fell out. He read it.
To Saul,
Hopefully, you like the accommodations. Well get comfortable. In three days you will be starting work for a music label. You will be working in their Japanese headquarters. Their main headquaters are in South Korea but you are in Japan obviously. Last thing, take your time to get settled and whenever you have free time, go to the forest named below to train. Make sure you take your Katana. A list of trading exercises will be posted on a tree and you will begin like this. If I gave any updates, I'll let you know. Also, use this book for studying languages and the ways of the country.
From Kai
Saul sighed as he closed the paper and he put it back into the notebook. He left everything on the table. He walked to the big room and jumped onto the bed. He was feeling the jet lag. He drifted off to sleep.
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"Isn't this fun?" Alicia spoke to Marco as they talked in the ranger base.
"I mean, I'm working with cars so it's cool." Marco answered as he spun around.
"The zoo is fun. I mean I'm still studying on the cheetah and it's amazing. Also, all the employees that Mick hired come in handy. Especially when Ravagers attack." Alicia said as she opened a math textbook.
"Always studying, huh?" Marco smiled as he knew that Alicia hated studying.
"Yea. I have to graduate college or I won't get a good job." Alicia was being honest.
"Isn't being a ranger a good job?" Marco asked as he threw his playing ball up into the air.
"Being a ranger is the best job." Steel walked into the room. He caught Marco's ball and started playing with it.
"You on break or something?" Alicia asked.
"Break?" Marco gained a confused expression.
"He has a job as a tour guide at the zoo." Alicia said as she read her book.
"Yes and I'm the best. First robot zoo tour guide is at your service." Steel sat down and out his feet up on the table.
"Where is everyone, I thought we were called here for a reason." Marco said as he tapped his fingers on the table.
At that moment, everyone walked into the room. Mikey was followed by Anthony and Cynthia. Mick entered last. Red came out of the door he had always come out of. Alicia looked at him and studied him. Red turned to her and she turned away.
"Ok guys, so I brought you here today because some of you are still confused as to why Steel is here." Mick said.
"I thought we went over this already." Steel said as he played with the ball.
"Well, Cynthia is still pretty mad about the mind erasing thing." Mick said as he put his hands together.
"It was for the best." Red said as he leaned against the wall as usual.
"For the best!" Cynthia said.
"Let's talk about this." Mick stopped.
"Can't believe you're still mad about something that happened a few weeks ago." Red shook his head.
"Anyways! Steel, explain to the team how you got here." Mick told the silver robot.
"You got it. Now, know that this is the truth and the reason I lied is, well there is no reason. It all started after our final battle, the Beast Morpher Rangers battle against Evox. A wormhole of sorts opened in front of me and sucked me in. Next thing I know, I'm trapped in this time. You see, I'm from the distant future. When I got here, Red found me. He informed me of a lot of things going on in this time and well he asked me to erase the celebrities minds. I did and here we are." Steel sat back.
"Good. Well now that the official story is out, the next order of business is about you Red. The others are starting to lose trust in you. Can I ask you to," Mick turned to Red.
"Never." Red answered quickly.
"Come on Red. Trust is needed in this team." Mick said.
"Yea. You know us. It's only fair that we know who you are." Cynthia said.
"Like I said, never." Red left the room.
"You guys should really back off of him. He has his own problems, if you know what I mean." Steel whispered his last statement.
"We can't trust a man who doesn't want us to know who he is." Mikey said.
"What do you think Anthony?" Steel asked the boy.
"Huh?" Anthony said. He was texting on his phone.
"What are you doing?" Mikey asked.
"I created a profile for the black ranger on social media and I keep getting texts from all kinds of people. It's kind of annoying but also cool." Anthony said.
"I shoud do that." Cynthia said as she pulled out your phone.
"Oh man, this team is going to need a lot of work." Steel shook his head. Marco noticed but he remained quiet. For some reason, he didn't hate Red but he thought that he should give it some time.
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"Next plan!" Zaku yelled as he hit the walls of the labratory.
"Well I have a plan that will surely make the humans go into despair. Depression is the best torture for humans." Byxis said as he typed on his laptop.
"Well get the monster out here!" Zaku yelled again.
"Chubcho!" Byxis called the door.
The doors of the labratory opened. A big monster entered the room. Zaku was disgusted when he caught view of the monster. The monster had a fat belly. It was yellow in color. It's face looked like that of an ancient statue. It's eyes were closed but it could still see. It had on big sandals and it carried a staff with a ring on it.
"At your service." The monster bowed before Byxis and Zaku.
"Who the hell is this?" Zaku examined the monster carefully.
"This is Chubcho. He has the ability to, well I'll let him show you. Ravager!" Byxis called one of the footsoldiers over.
"Let's get fat!" Chubcho said.
"Fat?" Zaku was confused.
Chubcho lifted his staff. The ring began to glow. Suddenly, the one Ravager began to glow as well. Chubcho then brought his staff down and hit the ground. The Ravager began moving its limbs weirdly. It was changing. Zaku couldn't believe what he was seeing. When it was done, the Ravager, who was once a perfect creature, for a minion, had gained weight before everyone's eyes. The Ravager gained a huge stomach and it fell over. The foot soldier couldn't get back up. It struggled but it just couldn't.
"What is this?!" Zaku demanded for know.
"You see, Chubcho has the power to make anyone, fat. In my terms, it causes their body to become overweight." Byxis explained.
"I will cause all humans on earth to die from, weight issues." Chubcho laughed.
"That sounds ridiculous. You are ridiculous." Zaku said as he turned to leave.
"Oh really." The monster lifted his staff up.
"Don't you dare!" Zaku moved as he brought his sword up. He held it against the monster's body.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." The monster dropped his staff and he backed up.
"No one messes with me." Zaku put his sword away. He left the lab.
"That guys scary." Chubcho picked up his staff.
"He's been pretty made lately after getting defeated so much." Byxis continued working as he spoke.
"Well I'm off." The monster left leaving the scientist behind.
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"Eddie, where are we going?" Yuki stretched his arms out as he continued walking behind his friend.
"I think it's this way." Eduardo walked as leaves crunched under his shoes.
"Why are we even looking for it. We could literally be hanging out with Melissa right now." Yuki complained as he kicked a small rock.
"Melissa is too busy kissing her girlfriend to even notice us. For all we know they probably took it to the bedroom. Also, Dustin told us to find this. He said it might have something to do with the academy." Eduardo moved branches out of his way as he moved forward.
"This statue has something to do with the academy?" Yuki asked.
"That's what Dustin said. Well, he told me that Sensei Cam informed him of this." Eduardo informed as he almost fell.
"Watch your step." Yuki followed the exact way Eduardo had gone.
"Shut up." Eduardo said.
After a while longer, they caught view of a huge stone statue. To their surprise, the statue was shaped like a rhino. There was dirt and grass on it. They stopped in front of it and realized something strange. Eduardo stepped closer to the statue. When he got closer, he saw a sort of disk lodged in the statue. Eduardo stayed quiet as Yuki watched. Eduardo grabbed the disk and, carefully, pulled it out. When he finished, the statue began to move. Eduardo stepped back and fell on his back. Dirt and dust fell off the statue. He lifted his head to see what was happening. Yuki has his eyes wide opened.
"What's it doing?" Yuki asked.
"I don't know." Eduardo answered.
When the statue stopped stopped moving, it now looked as if the rhino stood on its hind legs. Eduardo got up and dusted himself off. He walked to the statue, Yuki following. He used his head and he found something interesting.
"Look at its horn." Eduardo pointed at the horn. Yuki looked at it.
"What about it?" Yuki asked.
"If I learned anything about being a ninja, it's paying attention to the small things. If I use my head, then I can assume that taking this out was what we were supposed to do. If I'm right, the horn is pointing towards something. We have to follow the path." Eduardo explained.
"Who are you and what have you done with Eduardo?" Yuki asked with a serious face.
"Ha ha, funny. Let's go." Eduardo said as he began walking through the path that he saw.
"I should have just stayed in the apartment." Yuki said as he followed.
As they continued, they were unaware that they were being watched. A man with hood stood far away but stood in a place where he could see the statue. The man pulled his hood down. He had short brown hair.
"This is about to get exciting." The man said as he disappeared. The leaves rustling as the wind moved fast.
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Alicia struggled with her books. She just finished her shift at the zoo and she traded off with a new worker she had trained. Marco was still working at the shop and everyone else was finishing up work at the zoo.
"Can't believe we work at the zoo." Alicia said to herself as she walked on. She dropped her books. She stopped and started picking them up.
The people who passed by had helped her pick up her books. She thanked them and got up. She noticed that one book was missing. She turned around and saw it further away on the ground. She was going towards it until she saw someone. She thought that this person would help her. Instead, he walked on, kicking the book as he passed.
"Hey, that's expensive!" Alicia ran to the book. She picked it up. Luckily it wasn't damaged.
She looked at the man who passed yet he never stopped. She stared at him and noticed something interesting. A number with a certain style. She fought herself in her mind but in the end, she began following the man. The man walked on for a few blocks until he stopped. He turned his head a little to see what was behind him. He saw nothing.
Alicia hid herself around the corner. She didn't want to get noticed. The man pulled out his phone. He looked up at the building that he stood in front of. It was one of the buildings that was built the same year. Beast City was a secluded city and in a few months time, something big was going to happen, but the citizens didn't know what it was.
He looked something up and read all the information that appeared on his screen. He gained a saddened expression. He opened his notes and went to what was dated as one of the oldest notes in his phone. He read one of the words over and over again. It hurt his head. It echoed through his mind.
"Don't Run From Your Past. Don't Run From The Present"
Suddenly, screams filled the air. Alicia heard and turned around the corner. The man was gone. She sighed and ran off. She made it to the park. It was a monster attack. Ravagers were throwing all sorts of things around and attacking the people.
"Don't you guys have something else to do?" Alicia activated her morpher. She put her battery in.
"Cheetah!" The Morphers voice said.
In an instant, she was transformed into the yellow ranger. She moved quickly and used her speed. She slashed the monsters. When she slowed down, she began hand to hand combat. She kicked and punched. She spun around and continued running through the park.
"Ah! I found a ranger." Yellow crashed into a big monster and fell backwards.
"What the!" Alicia said.
"Time for my move." The monster lifted its staff.
"What?" Alicia said. Suddenly, the monster was shot from behind.
"Hey chubby, back off!" Green came running towards the monster and slashed him with his Raiku Saber.
"Marco? What are you doing here?" Yellow asked.
"Mick was in the shop and said he got a monster alert. He sent me here." Green explained as he moved to Yellows other side.
"Well let's finish him." Yellow said.
"You won't stop me." Chubcho said. He lifted his staff and more Ravagers appeared. The monsters ran forward. Some of them were blasted back. Blue, Black, and Pink appeared.
"We have to work together right." Black lifted his blaster to his shoulder.
"Really?" Blue crossed his arms.
"Let's go!" Green yelled as he pulled his dagger out. He moved with everyone following him. Red appeared and stood in a tree. He had been watching what was happening.
"Come at me Rangers. Let me turn you into monsters yourselves." Chubcho said as he moved his staff with ease.
"What are you talking about?" Black punched a Ravager and continued fighting.
"You aren't doing anything." Blue kicked the monster.
"You little. I'll start with you!" Chubcho lifted his staff up and the ring glowed. He brought down the staff and hit the ground. Blue glowed and stopped before falling to his knees.
"What did you do?!" Blue yelled.
"You'll find out. I've decided to make the suffering last longer." Chubcho laughed.
"I've got him!" Black came towards the monster before the monster hit him with his staff.
"You're next!" Chubcho once again lifted his staff. The ring glowed and Black glowed. The staff hit the ground. Black fell back.
"What?" Green was confused.
"Three to go." Chubcho began walking towards the others. Then he was slashed by someone. Red moved his sword and thrust it into Chubcho sending him walking backwards.
"Let's go, chubby!" Red said as he took out his blaster and shot the monster three times and hitting him with his saber.
"You are crazy strong." Chubcho stepped back as Guard Ravagers appeared.
Red pulled out his Tiger Sword. He now used two swords and he moved fast. He slashed and kicked. He jumped into the air and spun around. Flames engulfed around him as he came down and hit the monster. He was breathing heavily.
"Let me at them!" Black got up and started running but he felt something in his stomach. He fell to his knees and held his stomach.
"Black, what's wrong?" Pink came to his aid. She got into her knees and talked to the ranger.
"I've done enough. I'm out." Chubcho disappeared in a black cloud. The Guard Ravagers all exploded as he did. Red stood by and let his tiger sword disappear. He put his saber back into his holster.
"Black! Are you alright?" Pink shook the ranger but he didn't respond.
"Blue. You good?" Green moved to where Blue was.
"I feel horrible." Blue said as he held his own stomach.
"We should get them back to base." Yellow said.
"Yea." Green helped Blue up while Pink and Yellow helped Black. They all left. Red stood alone. He shook his head before following them.
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"Have we found it yet?" Yuki couldn't feel his legs. They had been walking for an hour.
"There." Eduardo pointed at the stone statue he had caught view of.
They walked to the statue. Eduardo looked around for a disk. When he found it, he pulled it out. The statue moved and now pointed towards a new direction. Yuki groaned as he let himself fall to the ground.
"Let's go!" Eduardo said as he began to walk.
"Dude!" Yuki said as he felt his phone buzz. He took it out and answered it.
"Yuki? Where are you?" Yuki heard the voice of his sister.
"Hey sis, I'm just looking for something in the forest." Yuki answered as he got up and dusted himself off.
"Yuki, you better not do anything dangerous. I'm your guardian, remember?" Sakura said to her brother.
"I know sis. I won't do anything stupid. I'm not likely friend." Eduardo turned and glared at him.
"Ok Yuki, I'll talk to you later." Sakura said.
"You got it. See ya later." Yuki said as he hung up.
Sakura our her phone down. She sat in the room of her apartment. She had folders on her desk. She moved to her bed and opened the drawer on her nightstand. She pulled out a photo book. When she looked at it, she saw a photo of her and her brother when they were younger and with their parents. She sighed as she continued. When she finished, she put it to her side and pulled out a box.
"I wonder when I have to deliver this? And to who?" She said to herself. She opened the box. Their was only two items. A white wristband and a battery like object. She studied them before closing the box.
She put it away and walked into her bathroom, closing the door behind her. She walked up to the mirror and looked into it. A man appeared in the mirror. She was shocked and turned around.
"I'm not there, I'm in the mirror. Also, do you have pizza in the fridge?" The man said.
"Horn? What are you doing here?" Sakura asked.
"Just wanted to let you know that it's almost time for that box to be given away. Until then, make sure no one finds out about this. Including your student, what's his name? Anthony, right?" The man, Horn, asked.
"Why should I be worried about him?" Sakura asked.
"You'll find out in due time. After all you have become one of the worlds you best teachers." Horn said.
"Understood." Sakura said.
"Trust me, what must happen, will happen. Til then I can't talk to the boss man. Well, I'll be in contact. Bye." The man waved both his hands before flashing out of the mirror and the room.
Sakura took a deep breath. She moved to the shower and turned it on. She closed her eyes as the water fell. She was thinking about what Horn had told her. She began to take off her clothes. She let them fall into a pile. She stepped into the shower, feeling the warm water on her feet. She let the water fall on her body as she stood there, thinking.
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"What's wrong with them?" Cynthia asked the crazy haired mechanic.
"I'm still trying to figure that out." Mick said as he typed on his laptop.
"You guys need to see what happened!" Marco called out from the medical bay. Mick and Cynthia looked at eachother with worried expression. They proceeded to go into the room. When they entered, they were in shock.
"What's wrong with them?!" Cynthia screamed. What was before her, were her teammates but they were changed. They seemed bigger.
"Why are they big?" Alicia asked.
"This is going to take me a lot of time." Mick said as put his hands to his head.
"Woah, what's going on?" Steel entered the room and saw the two boys. "I'm leaving." He left.
"Why does my body feel like it's growing?" Mikey asked.
"I'm freaking out!" Anthony yelled.
"You guys need to chill out." Marco said to them.
We need to do something about this and fast." Mick said as he went over to a computer. He typed into it.
"What could have done this?" Alicia asked.
Marco was thinking until he found something that might have been the answer, "Wait, I think I know what caused this."
"That fast?" Cynthia asked.
"Remember when the monster used its staff. How it lifted it up and hit the ground. Well I noticed that the ring that was attached glowed and when he hit the staff on the ground, Black and Blue glowed. I'm pretty sure that the monsters staff is what caused this." Marco explained his thinking.
"That does make sense." Mick nodded his head.
"Then we should find the monster as soon as we can." Alicia said.
"The problem was that the monster could move as easily as if he didn't have the extra weight. And of course his stomach gets in the way. So we also need a way to attack him without him moving easily." Marco sat in a chair.
"Then let's go train in the simulator." Alicia said.
"You have a simulator and you guys didn't tell me." Marco got up and followed the girls. Mick smiled and continued working.
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~2 years ago~
Saul walked out of his apartment with a case. He noticed a young teen, maybe about 15 years old, coming towards him as he turned. She had long black hair that went past her shoulders. She wore a white t-shirt with blue pijama pants and pink slippers. He waited to see what she was going to do. He didn't know why. He assumed that she lived next door and he wasn't wrong. She unlocked the door before noticing the boy standing at the end of the hall. She smiled and walked towards him.
"Hello." The girl surprised Saul. He wasn't waiting for her to say anything in English but she did.
"Hi." Saul said as he gave a smile.
"Someone dropped mail for you downstairs." The girl smiled before entering her home and closing the door.
"Weird." Saul said to himself before walking off. When he got to the ground level, he walked to where he assumed was where the mail boxes were. He did have a key for that. He looked for his apartment number. When he found it, he put his key in and opened it. He pulled out one single envelope. He opened it and found a letter. Lucky for him, it was in English.
Greetings from YG
We are proud to welcome you to the YG family. As you may already know, you have been hired to help make new music for our company. You will be working alone but from what we heard in your demo track, you have potential. We want to hear a few songs of yours before we officially put you with a group. When you are chosen for a group, you will of course be in charge of creating music for said group. Finally, we wish to inform you that our newest CEO, Mr. X, would love to meet you. The meeting is set for this Friday.
Thank You.
"Great." Saul closed the letter and folded the envelope. He opened his case a little and slipped the envelope into the case. He pulled out his earbuds and put them on. When he closed up the case, he walked out of the complex. He had one destination in mind. He turned to his right and walked on.
He walked without paying attention to anyone until he almost crashed into a group of high school kids. He apologized the way Kai had told him was the right way. He watched all the children walk into the high school. To his surprise, the school was just two blocks away from his apartment complex. He could see his building from there and only then he realized all the kids that followed him out of the complex. He watched the students separated to their social groups. Each group was separated and stood in different spots in the school. It looked like an ordinary American high school with uniforms. He even caught glimpses of the boys trying to impress the girls. He half smiled before walking off.
As he walked off he once again found the young girl he met at the complex. He only said one thing to her so he doesn't count it as a first meeting. She wore her school uniform. She had put her hair into a ponytail, she wore a white blouse under a blue blazer that was buttoned up halfway. She wore a red plaid skirt. She had long socks that went up to her knees. She wore brown shoes. She was actually looking at him as he walked off. He was surprised but didn't mind it as he left.
After walking for half an hour, he found his way into the forest. He stopped when he found a note pinned to a tree. He read it over.
Saul
You made it. Congrats. I'm still in the spirit world for some important buisness, definitely not building anything under Beast City Zoo in case you start thinking. Anyways, this area will be where you train. The trees make perfect targets and I have set up a timer for other targets that resent after every use. You can modify anything you want. Well get to training.
Kai
Saul laughed on the inside before he put the note on his pocket. He put us case down and pulled out what was inside. The Katana that Saul held had a black handle and a silver blade that was sharp enough to cut through flesh. He ran his finger across the blade. He held the sword in front of him and moved it around a little to get warmed up. When he did, he pushed a button that was hidden in the ground. Suddenly, dummies were flung from trees. Saul moved forward and slashed the dummies. He slashed left and right, keeping a good grip on the sword. Sometimes he surprised himself. When he finally finished, he realized that he had hit three dummies head on and the others were barely scratched.
"I still have a long way to go." Saul said to himself. As he reset the dummies.
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Red stood on top of a building. He looked around, trying to find the monster. He felt like today would be a short day. The monster should be easily defeated. Red was about to turn back when something sparked in front of him. He looked at it as he stepped back. It was a black hole with green and blue surrounding it.
"Animal Strike Red Ranger." Red heard a voice. It sounded familiar to him.
"Your identity will soon be revealed. Prepare for that day as it will be the beginning of the war. New Rangers will be found and the last ones you find will be a group sharing the same power." The voice said.
"Same power? For a group of people?" Red asked.
"Yes. You are familiar with them. Prepare for war Red." The voice said.
"I'm familiar with them. Who are they?" Red walked closer to the edge.
"I can't talk for long. The portal is closing!" The portal closed causing a huge flash, almost blinding Red. Red shook his head and looked around. Nothing was around. He then heard screams.
"There's my monster." Red forgot about what happened and he left the roof.
On the ground, Chubcho was creating more and more overweight people. He laughed as he skipped about. He even hit people with his staff if they tried to run away.
"All you humans are my test subjects." The fat monster moved his staff around as he danced.
"Not for long!" The monster was blasted back by Pink blasts. Pink, Yellow and Green came running up a flight of stairs to reach the floor where the monster was.
"You guys need to work on your entrance lines." Red jumped in front of them.
"Good, you are all here. Time to create some body fat." Chubcho moved his staff and he ran forward.
"You aren't doing anything." Red pulled out his Strike Saber and ran forward. The others hesitated. Green ran behind him leaving the girls behind. Red slashed the monster with Green following. They both jumped back when the monster tried to hit them with his staff. They immediately lunged forward and slashed the monster from behind.
Yellow and Pink ran up to the monster and jumped up. They kicked the monster and sent him flying into a car. The team gathered together. The monster got up and walked as if he were drunk. When Chubcho could finally see straight he had enough and began to spin his staff. The ring glowed. He then brought it down and hit the ground. Red jumped onto a tree with Green and Yellow also jumping. Pink opened her wings and let the wind blow her into the air.
"That won't save you!" The monster yelled as the staff was moved up sending a ray towards pink. Pink got hot and fell down. Next the monster hit yellow with a ray. Yellow also fell over.
"Alicia! Cynthia!" Green yelled after them.
"I'm going to get you two next." The monster said as he moved his staff forward. A beam hit the trees they stood on and they shook, sending the remaining Rangers falling.
"This is bad." Green said as he tried to get on his feet.
"Give me your saber." Red said.
"What?!" Green asked.
"Give me the saber." Red said again. Green took out his saber and handed it over.
"What are you going to do?" Green asked.
"I'm going to try something. This is going to be quickly." Red said as he got up and ran forward. He continued running and felt something. Once again a vision of being chased by a group of men with guns appeared in his mind. Red shook it off but continued to see it. He felt rage build up inside as his hands glowed red.
The swords caught fire. Red didn't know what he was doing anymore. The monster readied his staff as he ran towards the ranger. Red continued until he got close. He started yelling as he stopped in his tracks, brought his swords up and brought them around hitting the monster. The monster stepped back and exploded in an instant.
"How fast was that. The monster barely showed up earlier today." Green said as he got up.
Red was breathing hard as he dropped to the floor. His vision was gone but he felt something he hadn't felt in a while. Fear. He started having a panic attack. He got up as Green got close. Red pulled his sword up and was about to bring it forward until it was caught. Behind Red, Caste stood holding the sword back.
"Red, don't lose control." Caste said as he kicked Red sending him crashing into Green.
"What are you doing here?!" Red yelled.
"I was going to check you progress on you visions but you have proven my theory. I'm leaving." Castle turned and jumped.
"I hate you!" Red yelled as he got to his knees.
Red then turned around and saw a beam coming. The monster grew and was now as big as a skyscraper. Red got up and called for his Zord and Green did the same. The huge Zords appeared and attacked the monster. Red and Green entered the cockpits and drove the giant animals forward.
"How about I turn your own Zords into overweight Zords." Chubcho brought his staff up.
"No!" Red yelled as the Tiger Zord jumped forward and took the staff. The Zord threw the staff into the air.
"My staff!" The monster yelled as the Elephant Zord lifted its trunk up, shooting out a laser and hitting the staff, breaking it in half.
"We don't need a Megazord to defeat you." Red moved the Zord forward as it began to light up on fire.
The Zord hit the monster head on sending him flying back. The monster fell to the ground before blowing up entirely.
"Too easy." Red said as he dusted his hands off.
"What could that have been?" Green asked himself remembering how Red lit his hands and the two swords on fire.
"What's wrong with you?" Red asked.
"Nothing. It's just this went by too fast." Green said.
"Yes. This seems all too familiar." Red said as the Tiger Zord and Elephnat Zord made their noises.
Up on the rooftop Red was on before, a man could be seen. The same man that was present during the Psycho crisis. He read through his book before closing it.
"It's almost time, chul." The man said before disappearing into a temporal vortex.
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"I'm glad I'm back to normal." Anthony said as he stretched.
"You and me both." Mikey said to him.
"I'm just glad that the monster was destroyed and you were reverted back to normal. Imagine if you stayed like that. You would be unable to love because your bodies would be unable to adapt to its new weight." Mick explained.
"Well we are back." Anthony said.
"That's great. Now you can cover my shift. Remember, the kids get bored when they get to the birds. Make it seem interesting. See ya." Steel said as he left the base.
"What!" Anthony said as he fell over.
"Alicia? Are you ok?" Cynthia walked over to the girl who had remained quiet.
"Yea I'm good." Alicia answered as she smiled.
"That sounds good. Well me and Marco are going for ice cream if you want to come." Cynthia said.
"I'll join you guys in a bit." Alicia said to her.
"Ok." Cynthia walked away leaving the yellow ranger to her thoughts.
She was thinking about what she saw earlier. The man with the tiger hoodie. Who was he? Was he the red ranger? She felt the need to find out and had wrote down the mans appearence in her notebook. She was going to try and find him again.
In his room, Saul looked through various pictures and letters. He looked through different files until he hit his desk with frustration. Saul didn't know what the man who was talking to him earlier meant. He said that his identity would be revealed and that it would mean the beginning of the war. Red sighed as he sat back in his chair. He decided to forget it a little by putting in his earbuds and listening to music. He would investigate later.
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A/N: Hey guys. Thanks for reading. I'm sorry this chapter is short and if it doesn't really make any sense. The reason this chapter fits is to explore more of Sauls backstory, Eduardo's new journey and Alicias suspicions on who the red ranger actually is. Will she find out? Anyways, let me know what you guys think. Also I would like to apologize for releasing the chapters slowly. I find it hard to write sometimes and sometimes I can't find the time to write. I'll try my best to keep updating both stories and I hope you guys enjoy.
Thank you!