(Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers, it is owned by Hasbro. I only take ownership for my own characters and ideas.)
Interlude:
Neo: Welcome, fellow readers. Do not think we forgot about you. This author is clearly terrible at getting the chapters of my kings story out fast enough. Do not fear, for this is a new chapter in my kings story.
Saul: Who the hell are you talking to?
Sebastian: You talking to the readers again?
Mikey: Readers?
Sebastian: Yup. We are in a book, technically speaking. The readers are reading our story.
Neo: Not our story, the kings story. You don't deserve to even be here.
Sebastian: What was that you little.
Neo: I'm sorry but I don't have an interest in fighting apes.
Sebastian: That's it!
Mikey: Guys! Stop. I kind of want to get back to the story. I think I'm getting some action with an idol.
Saul: Yea! Let's go back. My backstory is starting to take an interesting turn.
Eduardo: Your backstory is LAME.
Saul: You're just saying that because you don't got one.
Eduardo: I feel very left out. Author! What are you doing!
Neo: Please refrain from speaking with the author. Now! Let's continue with the story.
All: Neo!
Chapter 29: Tidal Wave Shock
"Look at you babe." Yuriko said as she looked at the picture that Jonathan took with the K-Pop idols after their battle with Airplite.
"When I saw them, I knew I should take pics just to show off to you." Jonathan caressed her arm as they looked at his phone.
"Weren't you the one who said that K-pop was-" before Anthony could finish, Jason covered his mouth.
"K-Pop was what?" Yuriko looked at Anthony.
"Cool!" Mikey yelled as he had his earbuds in.
"What's he listening to?" Osvaldo asked.
"Red Velvet or whatever their name is. He looked them up after he saved one of their members, Irene." Juan answered as he stared at Jonathan and Yuriko.
"I'm surprised I could understand their language easily. They were speaking fluent English." Anthony chimed in.
"Our translators were on you idiot." Jason slapped him in the back of his head.
"Oh, I forgot we had that feature." Anthony rubbed the back of his head.
"Yup, although I do think they were trying their best to speak English." Juan chimed in once again.
"Well Beast City is open to all races and to all ethnicities so this city's language can just be said to be international." Mick said as he walked in and past them.
"Everyone is welcome to this city, no matter where you are from." Steel added.
"That's why K-Pop agencies are opening offices in this city." Everyone turned to the entrance where their idol friends arrived, wearing caps and masks.
"What's with the caps and masks?" Anthony asked as he took a chip from Eduardo's bag.
"We always wear masks and caps to hide our identities. The I my time we didn't was that one time we all went out for frozen yogurt." Jennie responded.
"We've been encouraged to use them more now because of all the monsters showing up and attacking. They don't want us in the public and cause some mass scandal about almost getting hurt or getting into trouble with the rangers or something like that." Lisa pulled off her cap and her mask.
"That's just stupid. We've done nothing wrong." Osvaldo scoffed.
"Yea, well with everything going on and with Hunter and his army being our enemy and all, he might be feeding some bad things to the media." Mikey said as he pulled out his earbud.
"That's true." Juan nodded.
"Break time!" Marco called out as he showed up along with Luis.
"How are things at the mechanic shop?" Jason asked.
"Tiring. Listen to this, Wes and Eric came in earlier. They said they were going to be in and out of town, well like they have been already, and they wanted us to fix up their trucks with all new wheels. It's trying work. Their trucks are like nothing I've ever seen before." Marco explained.
"They said they used to drive simpler trucks but they upgraded as the years went by." Luis added.
"Sounds nice." Jonathan leaned back against his seat.
"So where is everyone else?" Jisoo asked.
"Working. Speaking of which, how are your work schedules? Like how do K-Pop idols' schedules work?" Mikey crossed his arms.
"Well today's a day off. We had to do extra work yesterday because Miss Lisa here thought it would be nice to not show up to dance practice at all." Jisoo stared at the you best member. Lisa just turned away.
"Why do you ask?" Jennie turned to him.
"No reason. Just curious is all." Mikey brushed it off.
"That's not all." Anthony said in a high tone, "my cousin here has a small crush."
"Oh. He has a crush on Jisoo unnie, right?" Lisa asked.
"Huh?" Jisoo turned to her.
"No! It's... not her." Mikey turned away.
"Look at his phone." Anthony swiped it from him and threw it at Jennie.
"Let's see." Jennie looked at the music that was playing, "Is it a Red Velvet member?" Jennie asked.
"Huh? No!" Mikey said as he swiped his phone back.
"Someone's blushing." Anthony chuckled.
"I'm gonna kill you Anthony!" Mikey charged at him.
"Hey, don't charge at me! That's my thing!" Anthony said as he ran off into the training room.
"So, where's Saul?" Rosé finally spoke.
"Rosie." Jennie whispered and nudged.
"What, he's a friend. I just thought we'd ask about him. I also kind of wanted to speak to him about something." Rosé said to her unnie.
"He's in the Zord bay with his friend Matthew. They are catching up. We had to bring the zords in after the last battle and have them checked." Mick was the one who answered her question.
"Yes. My king is hard at work. Would the queens like for me to take them to him?" Neo suddenly appeared behind them, startling them.
"You scare people dude." Sebastian said as he sat next to Eduardo and took a handful of chips earning a glare from the rhino ranger.
"So, what's up Matt." Eduardo spoke up. Everyone turned to the elevator that lead to the Zord bay. Matthew walked out.
"Everyone seems to be checked out and in good order. The Panther Zord seems to be getting to be getting along with everyone else." Matthew responded.
"Where's Saul?" Jason asked.
"He got a phone call all of a sudden. He took it and just sat by the Tiger Zord. He seemed a little surprised by it." Matthew responded.
"I see." Jason said as he sat back in his own chair.
"You want to go see him?" Juan asked Rosé.
"No. He's busy talking on the phone so there's no point. I'll just wait." Rosé clasped her hands tougher and found a seat next to Lisa, who sat on the couch that was put in the command center.
"So is that what brought you girls over?" Osvaldo asked.
"Actually, we were gonna tell you guys that we are going back to Korea for a week or so. We need to pack some things. The CEO wants us to be living here permanently now until further notice." Jennie answered.
"We wanted to let you know since we are all friends now." Jisoo sat on the other side of Lisa while Jennie found a spot next to Rosé.
"Is there a reason for that?" Yuriko spoke up.
"Yup. The sasaeng fans have been getting more crazy these days. In order to protect us, they think that moving us here is a better idea because this city is one of the most secure cities in the world. That's why a lot of idol groups are being moved here. Red Velvet, BTS, Twice, all among others." Lisa explained.
"Not to mention that the police force in this city is one of the best in the world. And also, the Power Rangers are here." Matthew mentioned.
"If I remember correctly, sasaeng fans are basically stalkers and sometimes they even commit crimes just to get close to their favorite idol. I've heard of some crazy stories where some idols are sent letters written in blood and others receive weird presents. It's so weird." Jonathan wiggled his body as he felt a shiver go down his spine.
"That just sounds unsettling." Osvaldo shook his head.
"That's why they are going to boost our security and make sure our dorm apartments are locked and secured." Lisa chimed in.
"So, not to be a kill joy or anything, how are you guys going to come and visit us now?" Eduardo asked.
"Oh, we have a friend who helps us get here. He doesn't question why we come here or whatever. He just drops us off a mile away from here and waits for us to text him when we are leaving." Jennie answered. Eduardo nodded and ate the last of his chips.
"Damn. That must suck. Leaving home and coming to a new country and city." Juan looked down.
"It'll be hard in Jisoo since it's the first time it's happened to her but we'll help her through it." Jennie rubbed the girls back. Jisoo smiled sadly.
"Don't worry. When you guys officially move here, we'll throw you guys a party to make you all feel at home." Mikey jumped back into the room.
"Really?" The girls all looked up. Mikey just nodded his head.
"Yes. What a brilliant idea. We must make the queens feel welcome to their new home. And we must have the king there alongside you all. It'll be the perfect king x queen moment I've been waiting for." Neo threw his hands up in celebration white bringing them down to his chest, shaking a little as his excitement escaped him slowly.
"That's something to look forward to." Rosé smiled brightly along with the rest of her members.
"What happened to Anthony?" Sebastian asked.
"Let's just say, he's tied up at the moment." Mikey crossed his arms.
"Well, I can't wait to get to know you girls but I need to go back to check on the Panther Zord." Matthew began to take his leave.
"Matthew Casas. I need to talk with you." Kai suddenly appeared. He grabbed Matthew and disappeared once again.
"Woah! He just kidnapped him." Sebastian's eyes widened.
"He better return my kings retainer safe and sound." Neo said as he opened his book.
At that moment, Saul walked in. He seemed to be distracted. He almost bumped into the command table, being stopped by Jason.
"Are you alright bro?" Jason asked.
"Huh? Oh, yea. I'm good." Saul said as he looked down.
"What's the matter?" Osvaldo asked.
"It's just that," Saul paused as he took in a deep breath, "I got a call from my sister asking me to come to Japan and then we'd travel to South Korea." Saul said almost lost in his own world.
"Ah, I see." Osvaldo said.
3... 2... 1...
"What!" Mikey, Osvaldo, Juan and Sebastian all said in unison. Even Anthony jumped in as he finally appeared.
"Why so loud!" Marco scolded.
"You never told us you had a sister. Wait! I don't remember you having a sister. What's going on?" Mikey looked at Saul straight in the eyes.
"Relax. She's adopted. I don't know how it happened but it just did." Saul explained as he pushed Mikey to the side. He then turned to see the idols.
"So your sister wants you to go to Japan, and then to Korea. What for?" Jennie asked getting a small slap on her hand from Rosé.
"She said she's in Japan right now and she needs to take care of something in South Korea and wants me to come." Saul explained. He looked almost lost.
"Why do you look like you're dead?" Eduardo asked.
"I haven't seen her in such a long time. I feel like I abandoned her." Saul said as tears threatened to escape his eye. One did but Rosé wiped it off with her thumb. There was a silence for a few minutes.
"How about we all come with you to meet your sister? Me and the girls have to go to South Korea anyway so we can just make it a fun trip." Rosé broke the silence and offered right away.
Everyone stayed still for the moment. Saul wasn't exactly the type to just accept something like that. Everyone expected him to reject the offer.
"That'd be... nice." Saul smiled genuinely causing everyone else to almost fall out of their seats.
"Something inside him has changed." Sebastian joked.
"How about it Mick? Get everyone out of work. We got a trip to plan." Mikey said.
"Ok. I'll find some part-timers to fill in." Mick began humming happily.
"Great. Now I'm stuck working." Steel shook his head.
"Japan, here we come!" Anthony yelled out as he ran off.
"Can't wait to go back. It's been a while. I want to show you everything I did when I lived in Japan." Sakura spoke to Eduardo. Eduardo seemed lost in however as he stared at Juan. He just jumped in response.
"Let's go and get you packed. We need to make sure you look good for the trip." Lisa stood up and grabbed Saul's arm. Jisoo did the same.
"What? I can pack my own clothes." Saul tried to pull away.
"You could but you have no fashion sense. We need to help you now." Jennie said as she and Rosé led the group into the living quarters.
"Wow, thanks for dissing me." Saul rolled his eyes.
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Byxis was locked up in his lab. He was messing around with some wiring in a new robot. He chuckled darkly as he activated the robot.
"Boatatron, at your service. How may I assist you." The new robot said as it stood up.
The new robot was similar to Airplite expected instead of looking like a plane, it looked like a boat. It was colored a dark green, red and black. The nose of the boat was on the back of the robots head. The boats tail was on its legs. On its arms, were torpedos. On its chest was a red and white life preserver. It's eyes narrowed downwards and were red in color.
"I need you to cause a huge disaster. Preferably a tsunami or a hurricane. I've given you water base abilities and you were made with special metal so there shouldn't be any mistakes and the water won't affect you." Byxis explained.
"Roger that sir." Boatatron responded as he began to leave.
"Wait! As much as this stupid city deserves it. I want you to try something different. Take on... Japan. And if that fails... South Korea. Ha! This'll be fun." Byxis chuckled as the robot obeyed and deployed.
-0-0-0-0-
Matthew found himself in the jungle. He smelled the scent of the plants around him. They weren't poisonous so he felt relieved. He turned to face the tiger master who stood behind him with his arms crossed.
"You're Kai, right? Saul told me about you. Is there anything I can help you with?" Matthew asked as he crouched down to look at the plants.
"Your master? I want to know where your master is?" Kai got straight to the point.
"Oh, you mean Master Cloak?" Matthew stood up and stuffed his hands into his pockets.
"Yes. Where is he?" Kai asked in an impatient tone.
"Don't know. After I met him and he gave me my morpher, he seemingly disappeared. I only remembered that he wanted me to meet the others so I did my research and came here, to glorious Beast City." Matthew held up his arms out as he began taking in the air.
"So you have no idea where Cloak is?" Kai asked.
"Not a clue. Last thing I do remember, when I went to his hideout, was seeing a bunch of vines, leaves and branches." Matthew informed.
"Damn. It might actually be coming back." Kai pinched the bridge of his nose as he looked away.
"What's wrong?" Matthew asked.
"Nothing. I should take you back now. Let's go." Kai began to leave immediately. Matthew followed, not wanting to be left behind.
-0-0-0-0-
~2 years ago~
The light of the sun entered the room through the crack of the curtains. A small cold breeze came in through a cracked window. The beautiful blue sky was a beautiful sight to wake up to.
Saul opened his eyes slowly. He looked at the ceiling. He let out a loud sigh and sat up straight. He looked down at his body. He was naked. He could feel it. He pulled the blanket further up, covering everything up to his waist. He sat there for a few minutes, sighing every once and a while.
He finally began to shift off the bed until he felt an arm wrap around his waist. He stopped for a second and turned to see Jisoo, looking up at him with sleepily eyes.
"Where are you going baby." Jisoo sat up and hugged his arm, placing gentle kisses on his neck. Saul closed his eyes as he felt her lips touch his bare body.
"I need to get up." Saul finally said until he felt another arm wrap itself around his waist.
"Not yet, babe." Jennie sat up on his other side and massaged his arm while placing more kisses on his neck.
"I need to." Saul said but he never moved.
"You're still tired." Saul looked down to see Lisa crawl up to him. She hugged his waist and sat on his lap, kissing his jaw.
"Shit." Saul said as he began breathing heavily.
"Let's stay in bed all day." He felt arms cross over his shoulders and across his chest. Rosé nibbled on his earlobe before going on and kissing the back of his neck.
Saul held his mouth close to prevent any sounds from escaping but the pleasure proved to be to much. He looked them all over and they were all naked as well.
"What am... I doing?" Saul asked as he tried to love but felt his body stay in place.
"Saul." The girls said in unison.
"Saul."
"Saul."
"Ah, girls." Saul said as they began to kiss in a more quicker manner, moving all around his body.
"Saul." The voices began to change, fusing into one.
"Saul!"
...
"What!" Saul yelled as he sat up and threw a pillow at the wall.
"Dude. Wake up!" Yuki grabbed the pillow and threw it back hitting Saul square in the face.
"Fuck!" Saul said as he realized what was happening.
"What's wrong? Did I ruin your wet dream? 'Oh, girls, pleasure your master.'" Yuki mimicked Saul's voice as he placed his hands together and fluttered his eyes.
"Yuki!" Saul stood up and ran after the loathing boy.
"Look, he's got tiger pajamas!" Yuki yelled as he ran into the living room of their new apartment. Saki looked around from the kitchen as Sakura sat still, working on something but glancing at Saul, who was not only wearing tiger pajamas but he had no shirt on, showing off his chiseled body.
"Ani! Put on a shirt!" Saki yelled as she threw a kitchen towel at him.
"Whatever!" Saul kicked the coffee table and hit Yuki in the leg.
"Ouch! Dude, Teddy's here to pick you up. Hurry up and get changed!" Yuki said as he held into his leg.
Saul shook his head as he rubbed it, trying to shake off the bad headache he was gaining.
...
"I assume you couldn't sleep." Teddy spoke up as he and Saul drove to work.
"I slept just fine." Saul said before letting out a huge yawn.
"I can see that. Anyways, the tablet right there has everything ready for you to read. When was the last time you actually payed attention to your job?" Teddy asked.
"Look man, the last time I payed attention to this whole schedule thing, I was busy trying to think of ways to get Yuki out of his prison in that clock tower." Saul spoke but in an irritated tone.
"I see, well I assume you know how to read it." Teddy chuckled.
Saul rolled his eyes as he turned on the tablet. He swiped through the schedules going onto the schedule for the day. Then the schedule for the week and then the predicted schedule for the rest of the year.
"Jennie Solo? What's that?" Saul asked.
"The company wants BLACKPINK to release some solo tracks. They want to go slow though, so they are starting with Jennie. I'm writing it of course." Teddy said as he came to a stop at the a stoplight.
"I see. Solo projects must excite them. What about this? MMA? As in, like, fighting? Why are they in that?" Saul turned to Teddy with his eyebrows furrowed.
"That's not what it means dumbass." Teddy shook his head.
"Well last time I checked, MMA stood for Mixed Martial Arts, so." Saul turned back to the tablet.
"It's the Melon Music Awards. The boss is still deciding whether he wants the girls to attend or not." Teddy began driving again.
"But this doesn't take place until December." Saul double checked the dates on everything.
"Dude, December is three months away." Teddy informed.
"Really? Shit, guess I forgot what the date was ever since my birthday passed." Saul sat back in the chair.
"You're birthday passed? How come you didn't tell any of us?" Teddy asked.
"Because it doesn't matter, don't worry about it." Saul looked out the window.
"Ah, a bit sensitive aren't we? I know we just met and all and we are still learning things about each other, but don't be afraid to come to me if you ever need anything. That's why Kai contacted me." Teddy gave a bright smiled.
"Thanks man. So! They have vocal practice in the recording studio and then dance practice in the dance studio. That's it?" Saul asked.
"I don't know, I'm not the manager. By the way, that reminds me. The company is going to provide you with a van. You have to pick up the girls from now on and take them to wherever they need to go. That is your job as the main manager." Teddy parked into a parking spot.
"What?!" Saul yelled out.
"Saw that coming." Teddy couldn't help but smirk as he put on a face mask.
"My life is turning out just great huh?" Saul scoffed as he threw himself back against the seat.
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The huge group of people exited the airport. They all began to look around, already impressed at the fact that they were in Japan. They all stretched and took in the scent of Japan.
"It's been a while." Saul said to himself.
"Come on, let's go before the fans catch on and find out we are here." Rosé grabbed his wrist and they headed towards two vans. Standing outside the vans two people, holding up a sign. It had the Animal Strike symbol on it.
"Huh?" Some of the guys questioned as we approached.
"Guys, it's me." Horn removed his glasses.
"Horn?" Eduardo questioned.
"And me." Delta also removed his own pair of glasses.
"Not even five minutes in Japan and I already don't feel safe." Anthony crossed his arms.
"Just get in. We are taking you guys to the 'hotel'." Horn used air quotes around the word "hotel". Saul knew exactly what he meant but everyone else was confused. The group split up into two and got into the vans before taking off.
In the first van...
"So, Saul, you came to Japan?" Eduardo asked.
"Yup. It's where I met Sakura and where I met my sister, Saki." Saul answered as he looked out the window.
"Cool, cool. Anything else happen here?" Anthony asked.
"This is one of the many places where my king has a laid a foundation that will help in his conquest as he becomes the Overlord of Time and Space." Neo boasted as he looked back at the group from the front seat.
"Could you please not start. We are on vacation." Mikey said as he sat back.
"Why are we on vacation all of a sudden. I know Saul came here to see his sister but why did we all come?" Luis asked.
"We need a break from all the monster and robot attacks. It's tiring. Plus, if they need us, Mick already has tele-porters set up in certain places here in Tokyo." Mikey explained. Luis nodded.
In the second van...
"Haven't been here in so long." Juan said as he looked out the window.
"You've been here before?" Jonathan asked. Yuriko looked at Juan. Juan just smiled and gave a nod.
"I hear there's a lot of cool things in Japan. Did you know they have things called Love Hotels. And did you also know you can rent families and girlfriends. This country is amazing." Darell said as he read things from his phone.
"Really, is that all you're looking forward to?" Yuriko asked with a disgusted face.
"No, I was just saying. I don't mean any bad by it. Anyways, I've always wanted to walk through that huge crosswalk they have here in Tokyo, the busiest crosswalk in the world." Darell scrolled through his phone.
"It's called the Shibuya Crossing. I've actually wanted to walk through there to." Matthew chimed in as he was also on his phone.
"There's so many things to do here. If only summer was closer. Then we could attend the summer festivals." Yuriko held onto Jonathan's arm.
"Yup. Unfortunately we are only here for a couple of days and then we head off to Seoul." Alicia write down something in a notebook as she spoke. The others just hummed as they watched the pedestrians and shops they passed.
After nearly an hour, outside of Tokyo, the vans arrived at the gate of an estate. The rangers all watched in awe as they were taken in. The vans arrived at a circular driveway, parking in front of the steps that led up to the front yard.
"What is this place?" Sebastian asked as he looked around.
"Saul, you never told us you had a house this boy here." Jennie admired the big home.
"It used to be Kai's. I got the keys to it last year but this is the first time I've been back in such a long time." Saul said as he led everyone up the stairs. Everyone carried one carry on bag and a backpack, given that they were only in the country for such a short time.
They all entered through the front door and entered a huge lobby with stairs that went up sitting on both sides of the room. In the middle was a statue of a tiger, in a position to attack. Everyone admired the color design. It was al plainly white with some red designed tigers walking around the room.
The marble floor made it possible to hear the clicks of everyone's heels as they entered the main hallways that split in three different directions.
The hallway in front of them led them to the main living room, filled with a huge couch, a 70-inch flat screen on a flat white wall, a foosball table and a billiards table. On the table under the tv was a PS4 Pro console and a Nintendo Switch.
"Ah! Nintendo Switch." Jisoo took notice in the console.
To the far side of the living room was a bar with a see-through fridge that showed off many drinks. There was also a glass hanger that held many wine and whiskey glasses. There was also a locked alcohol cabinet.
"I thought you didn't drink Saul?" Anthony asked. Saul just shrugged and brushed it off.
There was also half a wall that spilt the living and the kitchen. The kitchen was huge with so many cupboards, a huge fridge, a microwave, a big stove and oven as well as a pizza oven. There was a shake machine and am ice cream machine.
"Geez, how rich is Kai?" Eduardo asked.
"Correction. How rich am I?" Saul pointed his finger up as he corrected the rhino ranger.
"You're rich?!" Everyone in the room except for Sakura turned to him.
"Well, since Kai is, quote-on-quote dead, he gave me ownership of all his riches, his property and anything else he owns. Of course, I made use of my wealth and updated Kai's houses to suit my wants and needs. So technically, I'm one of the richest people on the planet but I prefer to ignore it." Saul sighs as he walked back into the hallway.
"What!" Everyone's head almost exploded as they watched him. Saul looked down the left hallway and saw the entertainment rooms. In the right hallway were ten guest rooms. Upstairs was the master bedroom and ten more guest rooms. In all honesty, Saul shoes to just make them guest rooms since they already had beds inside of them and he didn't bother to move them.
He took in a deep breath and walked back into the living room. He watched as everyone walked around, looking at everything in awe. Saul went straight for the two wooden framed glass doors that sat in between the living room and kitchen that lead to the backyard.
Right away, there was a big table with a tv hanging in the corner of the small covering that covered the concrete floor that was the patio. Another smaller door led to the big pool. A side door led to the huge garden which had a green house in the middle. Saul walked towards the garden, leaving everyone behind, except for someone who was following him.
Saul took in the smell of the tipis flowers he had in the garden. Saki was keeping the house clean and keeping the plants trimmed and taken care of. Saul smiled a little as he came to a halt as a patch of roses of all colors.
"My favorite flower would have to be the rose. It's natural beauty really grabs a hold of me, you know." Saul turned to see Rosé admiring the flowers. She looked at him and blushed a bit.
"Ani? Is it really you?" Saul turned to see the glowing you get girl he called his sister standing with her eyes widened.
"Hey Saki, it's been a-" Saul couldn't finish as he was tackled by the girl immediately.
"You dumbass, I started thinking you forgot all about me!" Saki yelled as tears began to fall from her eyes.
"Sorry, I kind of had to deal with a lot of shit." Saul responded as he sat up. Saki sat up as well and took in the view of her brother. She then noticed the other girl.
"Ah! That's Rosé from BLACKPINK. What is she doing here?!" Saki immediately focused on her.
"So much for missing me so much." Saul chuckled.
"You know I do." Saki punched him playfully.
"Saul! Where are you?" Mikey called out.
"Sorry, but I didn't come alone. Time for you to meet my friends." Saul put his arm around his sister and led her to the house with Rosé following behind them.
...
"It's so nice to meet you all. Especially BLACKPINK. It's such an honor." Saki bowed respectfully.
"Someone's a big fan." Anthony whispered and got kicked in the shin by Cynthia almost immediately. "What was that for!"
"No reason for it." Cynthia crossed her arms and smirked.
"It was so nice to meet you all. And, BLACKPINK, I have two things I want to ask." Saki turned to the idols.
"Uh, what is it?" Jisoo asked.
"First and foremost," everyone listened calmly while Saul took a sip of water, "Please take care of my brother!" Saul fell out of his seat as he spit water out. The girls had shocked expressions while everyone else had a mixture of shocked expressions and trying to hold in their laughter.
"Saki!" Saul said as he picked himself up.
"Please! My brother needs you four." Saki continued.
"Saki, shut up." Saul said.
"And before we talk about it, the second thing I wanted to say was-" Saki was quickly interrupted by the beeping of Saul's morpher.
"Hello." Saul said as he sat down again.
"Hey Saul, I know you guys are in vacation and all but I need you to check something out while you are there?" Mick's voice came through.
"What is it?" Saul asked.
"Well, very recently, strange activity has been resorted in many Japanese harbors. I don't want to think it, but I think it may be one of Axis' plots. Can you go check it out?" Mick asked.
"Well, it's our job right." Saul said.
"Great. Should I use the Bingo Striker to decides who goes?" Mick asked.
"No, I should choose. Being the leader of this team means I have to choose who suits the situation best." Saul crossed his arms.
"Oh, look who's trying to be leader now." Eduardo gave Saul a glare.
"What was that?" Saul asked.
"Well, it seems like you haven't been much of a leader. Considering you've never taken charge. All you seem to have are girl problems and anger issues. I don't think your qualified to be leader." Eduardo walked up to Saul as his glare intensified.
"Eduardo, where is this all coming from?" Sakura asked.
"Nowhere, I've been thinking ever since the wind-" Eduardo hesitated a bit, "ever since I became a ranger that Saul here doesn't seem to have the qualities of a leader." Eduardo claimed.
"Yea? You think you've got the qualities then? If so, I think you're wrong considering your PTSD is only getting worse." Saul said and everyone stopped for a second.
"PTSD?" Mikey asked.
"You think I haven't noticed Eduardo! You want to tell them?" Saul pushed him back leading Eduardo to tackle him.
"Guys!" Darell grabbed Eduardo and threw him back, causing Marco to grab ahold of him.
"Stupid ass leader!" Eduardo spit.
"You want to go for real!" Saul stood up with fire in his eyes as his body began to release steam, "You don't know about the shit I've been through!"
"Guys stop!" Mikey yelled.
"Saul?" Saki questioned.
"Wait, do you know about the Power Rangers?" Jazmine asked Saki out of curiosity.
"I know my brother is the red ranger. And I know he has the qualities to be a great leader." Saki looked at Eduardo who rolled his eyes.
"We can discuss this sudden outburst later. For now, we should go investigate." Mikey said as Jazmine opened her mouth to question again.
"Whatever." Saul and Eduardo scoffed at the same time.
"Ok, I'll decide who goes, since you seem to be boiling up. The team for this will be me, Saul, Cynthia, Alicia, Marco and Jazmine. Darell, be on standby for backup. The rest of you stay on standby as backup to the backup." Mikey commanded.
"Look at you, taking charge." Anthony clapped.
"Let's go." Mikey ignored him. The chosen rangers left with Darell activating his morpher from its rest state.
"Eduardo, we need to talk." Sakura grabbed Eduardo's wrist and dragged him out of the room.
"Anyone down for some tv?" Anthony asked.
Everyone seemed to be deep in thought about what happened. Saki walked away, disappearing. Neo watched her and followed her, Sebastian doing the same.
-0-0-0-0-
"The water is looking fine today. Time to cause some panic." Boatatron claimed as he stood atop the docks looking down at the water. He then began shooting at the boats that were floating in the water. People around the docks began to panic and ran off.
"There he is!" Mikey yelled as the rangers all arrived.
"Ah! Who are you?" Boatatron asked.
"You'll see!" Mikey claimed.
"Animal Strike! Spirit Unleashed!" They all used their morphers and transformed instantly.
"Rangers?" Boatatron took a step back.
"That's right." Red pulled out his Strike Saber. "Time to show you all what a leader really is." Red said as he gripped his sword tightly and threw the blade behind him before dashing forward.
"Red! Wait up!" Blue called out but was too late. Red began slashing at Boatatron who took the hits.
"Huh?" Red looked up at him.
"Let me guess, you have control over fire. Take this!" Boatatron jumped into the water and sent water flying out at Red and sent him flying into a crane tower.
"Great job leader." Pink rolled her eyes.
"Shut up." Red said as he picked himself up.
"I'm filled up." Boatatron jumped back onto the dock.
"What's he doing?" Green asked.
"I don't know." Blue answered.
"Take this!" Boatatron stiffened his own body and let his torpedoes go loose. They hit Green head on.
"Argh!" Green tumbled on the floor, holding onto his body.
"Time to show my skills. Gold! Yellow! Go for a straight attack. Hit him head on." Red commanded.
"No! That's a terrible idea. They'd get hurt instantly." Blue began to rebuttal.
"Don't question me. Pink, back them up." Red commanded one more time with a more stern voice.
"Got it." Yellow said. The other two nodded, hesitating.
The three girls ran in with their Strike Sabers in hand about to attack. Boatatron chuckled to himself before lifting his arms up and shooting torpedos. The girls dodged the first wave but the robot immediately shot a second wave getting all three girls caught in an explosion sending them flying back into a storage container.
"Girls! See, I told you it was a bad idea!" Blue yelled.
"Shut up! Don't question your leader!" Red said as he summoned his Tiger Sword, "Green follow my leader with your Tusk Sabers." Red ran into battle. Green shook his head as he followed.
The two struck the robot on its side. Green spun himself around and slashed the robot five times. He then threw one saber in the air and began thrashing the robot with one saber as it glowed with green energy.
"Elephant Energy Strike!" Green yelled as he spun his body around, lifting himself up into the air a bit before slashing him while moving his sword from bottom to top, creating sparks. The robot fell over and rolled as sparks continued to fly off him. Green caught his other saber and put both weapons on his shoulders.
"Good job Green. Blue, use your Shark Sabers and finish him off." Red commanded.
"Whatever." Blue scoffed as he summoned his weapon and jumped in.
"Torpedo Blast." Boatatron shot three torpedos and shot Blue into the water. "Right where the sharks belong." Boatatron stood up.
"Green, let's finish this." Red held his sword up.
"I don't know about that. He has those torpedos and since it's just the two of us, he'll for sure hit us." Green claimed.
"Just do it!" Red yelled.
"Ugh, fine." The two ran in with their swords high in the air.
The robot looked surprised as the two slashed at him. Red's sword flowed with red energy while Green's swords had green energy flowing around it. The robot continued letting them attack as it backed up. It eventually got to the edge of the dock.
"Now for the finishing strike!" Red called out.
"Right into my hands." Boatatron looked at them and lifted his arms up. He shot six torpedoes and struck the two while they were open. Red and Green flew into the crane and it began to fall, breaking apart as pieces fell to the ground.
"Shit." Red said as he was caught under a huge metal tube. Green lay unconscious on the ground next to him.
"I did it. I took the rangers down." Boatatron was in disbelief. "I took you all down!"
"Not all of them!" Boatatron quickly turned to the water and something came flying out. More like someone came flying out. Spinning in the air, whoever this person was hit the robot five times before landing safely on the ground.
"What the? I knew there were more of you, but I've never heard of you." Boatatron pointed at the newly appeared ranger.
"With the Compassion of a Dolphin!" The ranger intertwined her fingers and waved her arms together, "Animal Strike Dolphin Ranger!"
"Well well, just another pest to take care of." Boatatron prepared his torpedoes.
"Hah!" Dolphin jumped into the water once again.
"Where are you going? Scared?!" Boatatron asked as he chuckled.
"You should be scared!" Dolphin once again emerged from the water and was spinning rapidly. She hit Boatatron hard causing sparks to fly off of him.
"Shit, I'm damaged." Boatatron noticed his wires coming out. He began panicking before running off. Dolphin ignored him as she ran over to the broken crane. She found Green but to her surprise, Red was gone.
"Hey you!" Blue emerged from the water, holding onto his shoulder as he walked forward.
"Sorry, now is not the time to meet." Dolphin bowed and ran, jumping into the water and speeding away. Blue just watched without a word.
-0-0-0-0-
Sakura sat Eduardo down in one of the guest rooms. She set down her own bags as well as Eduardo's. This guest room had two beds in it so she split the things up.
"What did you want?" Eduardo asked.
"I want to know the truth. Is what Saul said true?" Sakura turned to him.
"Worrying about what your boyfriend says about me?" Eduardo asked with an irritated tone.
"He's not my boyfriend. We had a thing but it never blossomed. If anything, he's more like a brother to me if I'm being honest." Sakura crossed her arms.
"A brother you can fuck with whenever you want?" Eduardo asked jokingly but regretted it when Sakura slapped him hard, leaving a clear red mark on his cheek.
"Answer my question?" Sakura said sternly.
"You're smart. You're twenty-one for Gods sake. Your the worlds youngest teacher at that, so how about you figure it out." Eduardo rolled his eyes as he got up.
"What happened to my brother!" Sakura spit out.
Eduardo stopped immediately as the images came back into his head. Silver standing over Yuki's body. The Dino rangers walking away as the Wind Ninja Academy burning down around him. Melissa's dead body looking over at Chloes dead body. Yuki, taking his final breath as he gave Eduardo the necklace he wore now. The rhino necklace.
Eduardo began to tear up as he held his head, feeling a major headache. He then heard the rangers return. He ignored Sakura and ran out into the living room. He noticed that Saul wasn't present.
"Oh, so the leader hides. I bet he messed up." Eduardo chuckled.
"Eddie, why did you do that. He started acting out of character." Alicia scolded as she glared at him.
"To be honest, I think it was better when we were just a team without getting orders from a leader. Like, having Saul as a leader was established but having him not he so commanding may have been what made him a good leader. A silent leader." Marco chimed in with his thoughts.
"You think so?" Juan asked. Eduardo flinched a little hearing his voice but brushed it off.
"I agree, but until we can establish some sort of leadership roles, we should continue working as we have been." Mikey sat on the couch next to Jisoo who was playing a game on her phone.
"I think you could be a good leader Mikey." Cynthia walked over to him.
"Huh?" Mikey looked at her.
"She's right. You tried to take charge but if it wasn't for Saul acting weirdly today, we may have been able to defeat the robot easily." Jazmine voiced.
"Guys, please. We can't do this right now. What we need to be doing is finding out where Saul went. He was trapped under the mess that used to a crane and he just disappeared." Mikey crossed his arms.
"Dude, Saul can take care of himself. Let's go tour Tokyo!" Darell called out. The room seemed to agree. Mikey groaned but agreed. He knew Saul probably would just push them away anyway.
"Well, since we've been here before, let us show you around." Jennie announced.
"Let's go explore." Lisa stood up prompting Jisoo and Rosé to follow.
"There's a killer robot going around and we are going on a tour of the city. Sounds wonderful." Mikey mumbled as they all chose rooms and prepared to leave.
-0-0-0-0-
Saul ran through a familiar forest. He held his side as he fell onto the ground. He looked up and saw it. A tree with deep scars. Scars that Saul had left.
"Can I finally take over?" A voice asked Saul from inside his head.
"No. I don't trust you. Not after last time." Saul grit his teeth.
"Oh, so you do remember about last time. I thought you surely forgot." The voice said.
"Like I'd forget I have D.I.D. Why are you even still around, Raul." Saul said as he sat up against a tree.
"Ever since Coachella, I've had my suspicions of Kai but you refuse to hear me out. I need to show you the truth." The voice, Raul, said as Saul took in a deep breath.
"Why would I believe you. You are just an evil side of myself. And worst yet, I know what you did to Juan." Saul looked up at the sky.
"Oh, you talking about Jose? Ha, he chose Juan, I didn't make him do it. He saw potential in Juan and whenever he wants, I'm sure he'll destroy what he wants." Raul assured as he huffed.
"I'm not letting you out." Saul looked at the clouds in the sky.
"Well well, look what we have here." Saul turned over to see Zaku.
"Zaku." Saul stood up holding out his still summoned sword.
"Heh, you think your sword will stop m?" Zaku asked as he held out his bigger sword.
"Guessing you're here to try and destroy me?" Saul asked as he held up his sword.
"You know me well. We haven't fought each other too often but I think it's time I change that. I must appease Axis." Zaku charged forward without thinking. Saul dodged an incoming attack.
The boy jumped back and got Zaku's sword with his own. The two growled at each other as they clashed multiple times until sending each other sliding back, making the grass and mud present fly up into the air. Zaku stared Saul down. Saul spun his sword around before dashing forward.
Saul sent his sword upward, hiding his blaster behind him as he hoped to hit Zaku in the head. Zaku noticed your movements and held his sword up. Fire and lighting formed around its tip and was shot at Saul sending him flying into a tree.
Saul stood up straight, not minding the pain he felt surge through his back as he jumped forward. The two swords clashed, creating sparks that were sent flying into the forest, causing the various creatures that lived there to run in fear.
The big dog like monster hit the ground several times, sending shocks at Saul, sending him up into the air, not allowing him time to readjust himself. Before Saul knew it, Zaku hit him in the gut with his sword and sent him into a tree, causing it to break and topple over. Saul jumped up quickly without minding the now broken tree.
"You're strong for a hound." Saul said as he pulled his sword up to eye level.
"And you are good for a flesh bag." Zaku scowled.
"My my, what do we have here." Both warriors stopped and turned as Caste arrived. "Two warriors in need to be shown where they belong. I shall be the one to do it. Starting with the one who dare go after my prey." Caste pulled out his own saber, a big dark colored saber with a curved blade that had some sort of black ooze coming out of it. It may have been blood. Black smoke was emitted from the blade as Caste gripped the purple colored handle.
"We'll take care of you ranger." Santi, Yui and Yume showed up.
"Huh? Where have I seen you before." Saul looked at Yume.
"You can take him, but don't go overboard. He is my prey." Caste informed. The three humans nodded and ran towards Saul. Saul stared them down as he pulled out his blaster and shot at them.
"Now, Zaku, time to take care of you." Caste said as he wiped the black ooze off with his index and middle fingers. He dashed forward quickly, catching the hound off guard and hitting right in the chest, sending him spinning in the air into a tree.
"Three against one, hardly seems fair." Santi smirked.
"For you." Saul grinned as he ran at them, shooting at them. He kicked Santi back and managed to slap Yui unintentionally. Yume then kicked his back.
"You just had to slap a girl." Yume rolled her eyes before kicking Saul again.
"Have we met somewhere before?" Saul asked.
"Why, am I that hot?" Yume winked.
"Back off, he's mine." Yui kicked Yume out of the way and spun her body around, kicking Saul back. Santi then tackled him.
"Let me take over!" Raul yelled desperately.
"No!" Saul kicked Santi off him and quickly jumped up using his hands. He began a full on fist fight with Santi. Both of them punched each other's bodies, not daring to even dent each other's faces, yet.
"Zaku? I thought we had an understanding." Caste sounded disappointed.
"Back off, you stupid wolf." Zaku growled once more they hit each other's swords.
"Axis' generals were never a real challenge for me anyway. I'll just finish you off." Caste claimed calmly.
"As much as I would like that, I can't let you do that." Lighting struck Caste, sending him flaying back. Raiyu appeared from a tree.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Zaku asked.
"A nice little thank you will suffice." Raiyu smirked.
"Guess two generals are better than one huh? I've got no time for this." Caste said as he began to back up.
"Same here!" Saul yelled as he kicked Santi into Caste. Yui and Yume were about to strike him with sticks they found lying around.
"Stay away from him!" Suddenly, Dolphin entered the battle, spinning around furiously, hitting Yui and Yume and sending them flying into some bushes.
"My king!" Neo arrived as well. Sebastian behind him as he used a blaster and shot at the monsters.
"We need to get you out of here." Sebastian said.
"Sister?" Neo looked at Yume.
"Let's go!" Dolphin then summoned her blaster and shot the ground, allowing for her, Saul and the others to escape.
"Dammit!" Santi kicked a bush.
"No matter, we'll catch him another day. Get the others, we're leaving." Caste commanded.
"Yes sir." Santi obeyed.
"Guess we'll back up for today as well." Zaku backed up as well. Raiyu seemed displeased but followed the hound. They both disappeared into black tornados.
Caste just let out a huff and he was off, his soldiers behind him.
-0-0-0-0-
~2 years ago~
Saul walked into the recording studio and took in the air in the area. The smell of the recording studio reminded him of when he played the guitar to himself when he was younger. He looked around and found an acoustic guitar. It was a standard acoustic, which Saul found to be the one he was always used to.
He picked up the guitar and sat on a stool present in the room. He adjusted the guitars strings and played each one to make sure they were perfectly tuned. It's been a month but his ears could still catch when the guitar was out of tune. He then took a deep breath and strummed all the strings together. When he felt comfortable enough, he began to play the various songs he learned how to play.
He began with "Clocks" by Coldplay, singing along while he strummed. He then went on to sing a more recent one, Alan Walker's "Alone". He then began playing Imagine Dragon's "Demons". He sang with so much passion and seemed distracted in his own little world.
He then felt like throwing it back a little and began playing Ben E. King's "Stand By Me". He was totally lost in his world, not caring what noise came from outside the room. He then decided on one last song. Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love". With his eyes closed, he was taken to a dream world like no other. Somewhere where happiness truly existed. As the lyrics escaped his mouth, his dream moved forward. He stood watching four figures as he felt his heart beat.
"For I can't help falling in love with you~, For I can't help falling in love with you~"
Saul finished slowly and opened his eyes. He felt a small tear escape his eye. He was then startled as he heard clapping. He looked up and saw Teddy giving him a thumbs up. Saul shook off what he was doing, rejoining the real world. He cleared his throat and put the guitar back in its place. He walked into the room where Teddy sat and was surprised to see BLACKPINK already there. Lisa and Jisoo seemed very happy and surprised with his performance. Jennie was at a loss for words. Rosé stared at him, with her own tears threatening to escape.
"You have the voice of an angel." Jisoo commented.
Saul just looked at her, acknowledging what she had said.
"A fallen angel who lost his wings." Saul heard the voice he heard before.
"That was so beautiful. I'm literally crying. Look, Rosie is too." Jennie said as she wiped the tears that Saul hadn't noticed. Saul gave a single nod as he sat in a chair. Teddy knew something wasn't right.
"All right, I know we all loved it but we have work to do. Vocal practice with me will be a breeze." Teddy commented as he motioned for the girls to enter the booth. He normally did one at a time but he saw Saul's expression. The girls gave Saul a pat on the back except for Rosé who hugged him suddenly. Saul's eyes widened but he didn't push her away. Instead, he silently begged for it to last longer. She let go of him and followed the others, ignoring their teasing.
As soon as the girls were in, Teddy turned off the microphone he used to communicate with the artists. He turned to Saul who seemed emotionless.
"That was really something. Self taught?" Teddy asked. Saul nodded, "You got those girls to cry. Damn man, that last one almost had me crying. Rosie was the one who was more emotional. She loves playing the guitar and hearing you play it really put her in an emotional state. I think I might have to cancel practice." Teddy chuckled.
"Whatever." Saul started to feel fidgety. "I need to go to the rest room." Saul stood up and exited the room.
"Aish, that guy." Teddy smiled and prepared for practice.
Saul ran into the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. Suddenly, his reflection changed. He now had red colored eyes.
"Sup, dickhead." His reflection spoke to him.
"Who the hell are you! What the hell are you!" Saul screamed at the mirror.
"You think you actually have a chance with any of those girls. Please, not even that song is enough. You are just a worthless piece of shit who should let me take over. I am the strongest one out of both of us." His reflection grinned as he looked at Saul.
"Never. NEVER!" Saul punched the mirror, shattering it. He pulled back his hand which was now covered in blood. He thought back to his day dream.
It had ended darkly. He was left alone, watching as the four figures he saw were happily married and living beautiful lives while he was stuck in the darkness, overshadowed by his own demons. His love was strong, but not strong enough. He began to cry as he looked at his wristband. He began to question his worth as a ranger. He began to doubt himself. He knew that this was just the beginning of a dark road.
-0-0-0-0-
The group was once again on a plane. A auto-piloted private plane that belonged to Saul. The group was also joined by Saki who said she had something important to announce. They spent the rest of their time in Japan just visiting monuments and special places. As well as going to several restaurants and such. The guys even tried staying at a Love Hotel. They were not disappointed.
The group was so talkative on the flight asking the idols to tell them more about Korea. They hadn't bothered to ask Saul where he went or why he looked beat up and tired. He was never going to answer. Rosé was the only one who gave him a concerning look.
"So what's there to do in South Korea, I've never been." Mikey asked.
"There's a lot of cool things. We'll show you guys around after we pack our belongings." Lisa said with excitement present in her tone.
"Can't wait!" Cynthia squealed.
"Hey! Can we go to Gangnam!" Anthony said loudly.
"Why?" Osvaldo asked.
"So we can do the Gangnam Style." Anthony smiled like an idiot as he moved his arms. Everyone stared at him. He gulped nervously. He was then hit in the head by a piece of candy that Sebastian threw at him.
"Idiot." Saul mumbled as he closed his eyes.
"Before we can do anything, we have to go to our homes to pack." Jennie said, ignoring Anthony's antics.
"Homes? I thought you guys lived in an dorm together?" Jazmine questioned.
"We only live together when we are preparing for a comeback. Other than that, I live with my mum, Jisoo with her family, Rosie with hers and Lisa has her own apartment." Jennie explained.
"Lucky, I wish I had my own apartment." Darell whined.
"It would be better than living with all of you in the base. Where is the remote anyways!" Luis stared down at everyone.
"A dorm sounds nice. Living with close friends sounds cool. You girls are so close and I can already tell you are as close as sisters to each other." Mikey spoke to them.
"It does have its perks, but now we have to live in a house in a new city." Jisoo seemed sad as she said it.
"Why not just get your families to move over. Beast City is open to everyone and is one of the biggest cities on the planet with the most highly skilled police force and the most highly built defenses this planet has ever seen." Saul spoke with his eyes closed.
"Yes. Beast City is a very beautiful city where my king and his queens can begin their reign." Neo stood tall.
"I can't wait to see Beast City, it looks amazing in the photos." Saki batted her eyelashes a few times as she thought about it.
"That's not a bad idea. If your parents are down with it, I'm sure they can get an apartment or a house in the city. I mean, I hear that Lisa has cats and Jennie and Jisoo have dogs. I doubt you want them living together. Plus, Rosé's fish is there also." Mikey glanced at Saul who seemingly cared less for the conversation.
"I guess we can talk with our parents but I doubt they'd want to move. Even if the city is safe, there's still lots of giant robot fights going on." Rosé chimed in.
"That's a downside." Jason came into the conversation.
"Guys, my mom just texted and said that my dad go an offer for a job in Beast City and they are considering moving there." Lisa said out loud.
"And so it begins. A series of fortunate events." Juan said in a narrator type voice.
"Or unfortunate. Look at this." Matthew showed them his laptop.
"Breaking news, we have just gotten confirmation that Seoul, South Korea is in a state of emergency after confirming the danger of an incoming tsunami that could wipe out nearly half the city. Citizens were advised to begin packing essential items and move away from the city until there is confirmation of no more danger." A news anchor spoke to a camera, as the broadcast was live.
"A tsunami?" Jisoo looked at it with worry in her eyes.
"No! This can't be happening." Jennie felt a little woozy.
"This isn't natural guys. It could have something to do with that robot." Juan said as he thought.
"Doesn't matter. We deploy none the less." Saul got up from his seat, "Cynthia, call in the Phoenix Zord. We've got to get down there and find that stupid piece of junk." Saul commanded. Cynthia picked up her arm and activated her morpher.
"Don't worry girls, I'm sure my brother can stop him. Seoul will be safe." Saki held Rosé's hands.
Rosé then felt a weird sensation as she looked out the window and saw the beautiful image of a Phoenix coming towards them. It's rainbow wings blinded her a bit but she couldn't help to think it was beautiful. She felt as if she was being called by it.
"Let's go. Those who were chosen. Darell, you too." Saul gave the order the rangers got up. He looked over at everyone else who instantly put on their own seatbelts.
Saul opened the planes door and wind immediately entered the room. Everyone looked at him like a mad man but he jumped out without hesitation. Everyone was shocked until they saw him on top of the Phoenix Zord. The chosen rangers followed him and the door was somehow shut. They suited up quickly, without hesitation.
The Zord screeched as it began its decent towards Seoul which was down below. The plane began its detour towards a safety area where the remaining rangers could help people into the safe zones. As the Zord arrived, loud alarms could be heard warning of the impending doom.
"We need to find that piece of junk now!" Red called out over the loud alarms.
"Right there! And he's got some of his ugly buddies with him." Blue pointed out.
"Here we come!" Raptor pulled out his saber.
"The engines I placed at the bottom of the ocean are perfect for this job. Soon, this city will be in ruins. But I can't help and wonder why Byxis chose this place of all the places in the world. It doesn't matter now I guess." Boatatron chuckled as he walked along the beach.
"Hey you pile of bolts!" Boatatron looked up only to be shot alongside the Ravagers.
"No! The rangers!" Boatatron stood up and the remaining Ravagers surrounded him.
"Saul? What do we do?" Blue asked.
"Let's just," Red gripped his own sword which he now had summoned, "fight and defeat that robot!" Red yelled as he ran forward. The others nodded and followed, both Pink and Gild using their wings to fly.
"You won't ruin this!" Boatatron yelled as he and Ravagers also ran into battle.
Red and Blue clashed with the robot while Raptor and Yellow took on the Ravagers at ground level. Pink and Gold spotted a few Guard Ravagers present and decided to take them on from the air.
Red and Blue each took turns to strike at Boatatron, creating sparks with their weapons. Boatatron also began hitting them but his attacks became weaker the more he was hit. Raptor quickly joined them as he began slashing at the robot as if he were a master swordsman.
"As you can see, I've been training properly." Raptor tossed his sword into his other hand and then posed with the sword behind his back and his free hand facing downwards like a claw.
Pink and Gold each took down the Guard Ravagers with sky attacks as well as the lasers from their blasters. Yellow began to use her speed as she struck at the remaining monsters.
"These things are so annoying. How can Axis create such human looking creatures." Yellow hit another one sending it to the ground. She looked at it and was very interested in the monsters face until its remains disappeared. "They couldn't be made from real- no Alicia, what are you thinking!" Yellow scolded herself before standing back up.
"Just need to hold off... it's happening!" Boatatron said as he pushed the three rangers back using torpedos. Everyone stopped as they looked in horror at the body of water.
"Why is it happening so quickly?" Blue asked with fear in his voice.
"We just got here." Raptor said with his voice trembling.
"No! We haven't failed yet!" Red slashed at Boatatron. He began a brawl with the robot, refusing to give in.
"You failed long before you even got here." Boatatron hit Ted square in the chest and sent him falling.
A huge wave began to grow as it began its journey towards the city. The alarms blared louder as the rangers turned and watched as many people were still trying to escape. They hadn't even realized that minutes had passed during their battle and they never had a chance to stop it. The wave grew bigger and bigger.
...
On the plane on the way to the safe zone, the other rangers watched the tv and out the windows along with the idols. Jisoo and Jennie held each other with reared up eyes as they watched the growing wave. Rosé fell to her knees and Lisa quickly hugged her, both of them praying to God or to anyone who would hear their prayers.
"Hey! Where's Saki?!" Sakura asked. Everyone turned to look but they couldn't find the girl.
...
"It's hopeless. You rangers sure are bad at keeping track of time." Boatatron laughed evilly as he watched the rangers who all stood still.
"We have to help those who are still here!" Yellow yelled as she and the girls ran towards the city.
"You bastard!" Blue jumped up and brought his sword down onto Boatatron. Boatatron laughed as he shot at Blue sending him flying into a lifeguard post.
"Mikey!" Raptor summoned his Raptor Sai and attacked the robot.
"No use." Boatatron shot another torpedo and sent Raptor flying into a tree.
"No! This city is too important. Not just to me but to the people who live here. And to the ones I love." Red stood up.
"Hurry honey! Alice! Call Roseanne!" Red turned to see familiar faces. The Parks.
"Shit." Red said before seeing Boatatron turn his attention to them.
"I want to have some fun!" Boatatron aimed his weapons.
"No!" Red felt his anger rise.
"Finally!" Raul yelled as he felt this sudden change.
Red ran as fast as he could towards the family, his body turning emitting red energy. Boatatron laughed until he felt something hit him. He shot the torpedos without wanting to. Red reached the family on time and shoved the young woman into the older woman and older man. Red took the shot head on and was sent flying into a building.
"How dare you! Stop the tidal wave!" Axis appeared before Boatatron.
"Axis?" Blue questioned.
"But why master. This is something I've been commanded to do. And even if I wanted to stop it, I can't." Boatatron looked at the growing wave.
"Dammit!" Axis looked at the wave, "I have to figure out what to do." He quickly disappeared into a dark hole. Boatatron was left alone.
"Come wave! Take them all out!" Boatatron yelled.
Everyone watched as the wave was now at close proximity.
"Dear God." The older man from before said.
"God! Please take care of our Roseanne when we are gone. Let her know that we are always with her." The older woman put her hands together.
"Mom! Don't say that! We will get to her, I promise." The younger girl, Alice, said to her parents who were now crying along with her.
"Yea! You can let her know that you are there for her, personally." Red, in a different tone, said as he limped over to them.
"Let me hear your screams of despair!" Boatatron yelled like a psychopath.
"Not even a few days after our first fight and he's already insane." Raptor said as he tried to get up.
...
"This is not happening." Yuriko began to tear up as she buried herself onto Jonathan's chest. Jonathan hugged her tightly as they watched the city from the tv.
"Is this the wrath of God?" Eduardo asked.
"Don't say stupid shit like that." Sakura punched him on his arm.
"This is the wrath of Axis." Juan clenched his fists as they watched the wave beginning its decent.
"Let me hear your screams of despair!" The rangers heard Boatatron yell.
"No!" The idols yelled. Everyone was now in shock and filled with fear.
...
Celebrities and pedestrians alike watched the TVs, their phones and whatever else could be used to hear about what was happening. The night lights shining brightly as the streets were packed. Many K-Pop idols who had already moved began to tear up. Many people in the city began to pray.
"This has to be the rangers fault!" Hunter yelled as he, Yurina, and his men watched on the big tv present in Beast City's biggest town square which looked kind of like Times Square.
"Go Power Rangers! Stop the bad guys and save the day!" Hunter turned to see a little girl cheer. Others joined her and began cheering as the cameras caught glimpses of the rangers present on the scene. Hunter and his squad watched patiently.
"This can't be happening V! This can't be happening Suga! RM! Guys!" Jungkook cried.
"Girls stay strong!" Irene called to her group.
"Let me hear your screams of despair!" Everyone heard the robot loud and clear.
"Go Power Rangers!" The girl yelled.
"Go Power Rangers!" Jungkook yelled.
"Go Power Rangers!" Irene yelled. The other idols followed as they watched Red walk towards Boatatron.
...
Boatatron heard the screams he wanted but then a weird noise came from the ocean. A noise that seemed to always be used as a funny sound effect in movies. The sound of a sea creature.
"Boatatron!" The robot turned to see Saki kick him right in the face.
Red then shot at him and sent him tumbling. He looked over at Saki who smirked. She held out her wrist, putting her battery into her morpher and then twisting the knob present on it to point at the light blue color with the letter "D" present on it. A hologram of her suit appeared over her morpher. The cameras around them seemed to stop running for a second as the people of the city closed their eyes, fearing for their life.
"Animal Strike!" Saki yelled. Red stood up straight, kicking up sand as he watched, "Spirit Unleashed!"
Saki pushed a button on the morpher and suddenly, a dolphin spirit shot out of the morpher.
~morphing sequence~
Saki stood on the beach of a tropical island.she let the wind blow her hair back as a dolphin jumped out of the water and began moving back and forth on the oceans surface, sort of like how you see dolphins dance in movies or television shows.
The dolphin then began to squeak as it launched itself at Saki. Her suit was formed immediately. Saki smiled as the dolphins head spun around her body, going through her head before backing up into her face, forming her helmet.
~morphing sequence ends~
"Care to play." She said playfully as she poised in a cute way.
Red watched as Saki was transformed into the Animal Strike Dolphin Ranger. He seemed impressed, both personas. The cameras came back on and the people watched as suddenly...
The wave completely disbursed into nothing but drops of water. The people all began to watch as they realized they were safe. The world seemingly took a sigh of relief. On the plane, everyone was cheering, not only because the wave disappeared but because they saw Saki transform into the newest ranger they have met.
"What the! The wave!" Boatatron exclaimed.
"Now, let's make some smiles appear. Dolphin!" Dolphin called out. For the ocean, a huge Zord jumped out and began dancing on the water, clapping its fins and squeaking. It was a light blue with a white underbelly. It's eyes were green and it had a dolphin styled number 16 on each fin.
"The Dolphin Zord. It must have stopped whatever was causing the wave." Blue looked at the new Zord in awe.
"Look! It's dancing." Raptor chuckled as they watched. The people of Seoul, Beast City and the whole world watched the playful Zord dance around. They all laughed as they celebrated what the rangers have done, or at least what the Zord had done. Hunter just scoffed and signaled his squad to leave with him. Yurina smiled secretly as she followed.
"Now that's a happy Zord." Matthew smiled. Everyone laughed. Jennie and Jisoo smiled as they cleaned their towards. Rosé and Lisa hugging each other tightly with big smiles.
"I hear him. The dolphin is so happy and is singing with joy." Jennie said.
"Huh?" Jisoo looked at her.
"Nothing unnie!" Jennie hugged her tightly.
"That's one over hyper Zord." Red watched.
"This... is not... happening." Boatatron stumbled.
"Let me finish him off." Dolphin pulled out a battery and out into her morpher.
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"Ranger weapon, activated!" Dolphins number began to glow.
A bright light blue light escaped her number. A silhouette appeared and began to form into the weapon. Dolphin pulled out a cross bow. It was colored light blue with a golden dolphin engraving on the handle. The string it had was thin and silver. Dolphin inserted a battery into the bottom of the weapons handle.
"Dolphin Wave Shot!" Dolphin yelled as she pulled back the string. A big, light blue colored energy arrow appeared in the weapons barrel. Dolphin let go of the string and the arrow began its journey. It grew bigger and shot right through the robot.
"Curse dolphins and their playful personalities!" Boatatron yelled before exploding.
"Saki! How come you never told us you were the Dolphin Ranger!" Pink called out as the group came back together.
"Wanted to surprise you all, especially my brother." Dolphin turned to Red. Red was still lost for words.
"Mom! Let's go and find Rosie. She said that they just landed in Korea. I don't know how but they did." Red turned to see the Parks begin their journey away from the mess. Red just sighed.
"Earth to Saul! He's back!" Red turned to see the robot grow into a giant.
"Looks like I'll have to create the wave myself." Boatatron began to walk into the water. The Dolphin Zord attacked the robot with various strikes using its fins.
"How are we supposed to get any zords without wings over here?" Raptor asked.
"Teleportation, duh." Mick's voice came through the coms.
The Shark Zord suddenly leapt into the air out of the water and attacked the robot. Behind them, the Tiger Zord was followed by the Bull and Cheetah Zords.
"We can't waste time." Red said.
"The Phoenix Zord!" Pink called out as it screeched and was hit by Boatatron. It crashed onto the beach.
"What the? What's happening?" Blue asked.
...
"Rosie, are you ok?" Jennie asked. Rosé felt pain in her stomach. Her eyes glowed pink a little as she could hear a giant screech. Then she saw a huge bird appear from a storm of flames. She then saw the Pink Ranger standing confidently on top of the Zord. It was all over within an instant.
"Yea, I'm f-fine." Rosé held her head but smiled.
...
"Looks like we'll have to use a replacement for now. You ready to go Saki?" Red asked.
"I see you're back." Dolphin looked Red over.
"We'll discuss this later." Red chuckled. Everyone then ran towards their Zord with Black appearing from out of nowhere.
"My king!" Neo called out as he appeared.
"Ah, the weird chronicler." Red said.
"Ah, a different persona." Neo took notice in the change of tone.
"Help those people over there while we take care of this robot. Thanks." Red saluted. Neo obeyed and went over to the Parks.
The zords came together and formed the Megazord. The Dolphin Zord replaced the Phoenix Zord, although the Phoenix Zords wings did detach from the main Zord and attached onto the Megazord. The Dolphin Zord was now the Megazords left arm, its mouth opening allowing the Megazords hand coming out. The fins of the Dolphin and Shark Zords grew and became sharp weapons. Inside of the cockpit, Dolphin took Pinks place next to Yellow.
The giant Megazord landed into the city, a ridiculous amount of dirt and cement flew into the air. The Megazord began going into the oven, shooting at the robot with the Dolphin Zord acting as a blaster.
The robots began to fight, water flying out of the ocean all around them. The Megazord slashed at Boatatron with its fin blades. Boatatron punched back. The two robots continued with their death match.
"Here, use this." Dolphin handed Red a battery.
"I'm guessing you can combine batteries to make some sort of special attack." Blue handed his battery over to Red. Red inserted them and typed in a code.
The Megazords eyes glowed as it crossed its arms. Its fins grew to a gigantic size, surrounded by dark and light blue energy. The Megazord then looked at Boatatron.
"I guess it's time I go down with the tide." Boatatron gulped.
The Megazord pulled back its arms as it began to run quickly through the water. It got closer and closer and as it finally got into proximity, it slashed at the robot in an "X" motion and then hit the robot with each fin two times and then a final "X" motion. The robot took all the attacks, sparking before stopping. It shut down completely and fell into the ocean, exploding as the Megazord turned around.
"We did it!" The rangers cheered. The entire city cheered. The Megazord looked at Seoul. It was a beautiful skyline to view. The rangers all sighed and sat back watching the broken clouds in the fly across.
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"What were you thinking you stupid goblin!" Axis yelled as he was shocking Byxis with black electricity.
"I'm sorry master! I swear I won't do it again!" Byxis apologized as he covered himself with his arms.
"Argh! I've got things to do!" Axis let out his frustration and released dark energy which caused the entire lab to shake, dropping a few beakers and a few containers. Axis disappeared into a storm of darkness, leaving the goblin behind.
"Looks like someone's falling behind." Raiyu and Zaku passed by the lab.
"Shut up!" Byxis yelled. The two monsters negan to laugh as they disappeared.
"I need to make up for this. I need to do better." Byxis yelled as he slammed his fists onto a lab table.
-0-0-0-0-
The group had decided to meet up at YG's building a few days after the disaster. They had to wait a day until they could finally go explore the city. As they arrived, Saul continued acting differently. Neo and Saki were concerned. The idols arrived after everyone else.
"Ah, the hot stuff." Saul smirked. He looked at the girls and made his way down to admire their bodies.
"My king?" Neo looked at him and smiled.
"Pervert!" Saki slapped Saul across. Spit came flying out as Saul fell to the floor with a big red mark present on his face.
"What the hell!" Saul jumped up and screamed, causing a scene.
"Finally, you're back." Saki smiled.
"Yea. Thanks. Anyways, when did you get this." Saul grabbed Saki's wrist and examined the morpher as the other persona seemed to disappear for a bit.
"Right after you left Japan. Remember that old man, turns out that was just a disguise that my master used to put me on this road to becoming a ranger. She is really nice but she-" Saki was cut off as a car arrived quickly. Saki smiled as she waited patiently for the person in the car to come out.
A smartly dressed man got out of the passenger seat and opened the back door for another man. Mr. X.
"There she is, my new solo artist." Mr. X smiled as he adjusted his shirt.
"New solo artist!" The group almost yelled in unison.
"I assume you are here to talk about the Beast City move. As are you girls, my favorite group. Oh, but don't tell the others." Mr. X smiled innocently. Saul felt a sudden chill.
"Yes sir, and please meet my brother." Saki walked up to you. Mr. X smiled and shook Saul's hand.
"You look familiar. Have we met?" Mr. X asked.
"Probably." Saul said nervously as he felt something strange. Everything in his mind went blank except for one thing.
"This guys strange. We should keep a close eye on him." Raul spoke from inside Saul's head. Saul silently agreed.
"Well, let's go inside and talk. Your friends can come along if they want." Mr. X smiled.
"Actually we are going to go explore some more of the city. We'll see you guys later." The group of rangers along with Sakura and Yuriko left. Saul and Neo stayed behind. They all began to walk inside.
Saul heard a sudden screech and then turned to see an eagle perched on top of a building on the other side of the street. He then turned to Jisoo and felt a little headache as he saw some sort of invisible energy coming off her. He tried to shake it off but noticed it coming off the other girls as well.
"My king, are you alright?" Neo asked.
"Yea, I'm fine. I just, need to find out more about Saki and her 'solo' career." Saul smiled nervously.
"Very well, my king." Neo took his excuse but wasn't totally fooled. Saul just watched the girls as they all walked together.
-0-0-0-0-
The stars in Beast City were bright. In the forest ecosystem, creatures were stirring, running away from moving vines and branches. The forest seemed alive as the trees moved without the help of any wind. There was then a loud groaning sound coming from within the dark forest.
Coming into the forest, was what looked like a huge train. The train looked more like a snake, slithering through the forest. It was a zord. The Snake Zord to be exact. It was a dark green color with red eyes and a snake styled number 19 on its side. On top of the train stood three figures. They looked to be rangers.
"Seems we were right. They just may be in here." The first figure spoke.
His suit was a red orange color. His helmet was was shaped like a lions head. There are black eyes on the top of each side of the helmet. It also had a small mane surrounding it. It was red and orange with the mane that was colored yellow. The visor looked like a lions mouth when open. It had two teeth on top of the visor and two teeth on the bottom of the visor. In the middle of the suit was the outline of a lions head along with a lion styled number 17. He also had black markings all around that represented the pride of a lion. He had red and orange boots with golden collars. He wore a golden colored belt with a golden belt buckle. In the middle of the buckle was the Animal Strike symbol along with his number 17. He also had holsters. In the right holster was his Strike Blaster and in the left holster was his Strike Saber. On his wrist was his morpher, in its rest state.
"You sure? This forest gives me the creeps and I don't want to be here anymore." The second figure said as he looked around.
His suit was black and silver in color. His helmet was was shaped like a bats head. There are black eyes on the top of each side of the helmet. There were also big bat ears coming off the helmet. It was black with silver outlines. The visor looked like a bats mouth when open while also having a 'Batman' symbol outline style to it. In the middle of the suit was the outline of a bats head along with a bat styled number 18. The belly and chest area of his suit was colored silver looking like a sound wave while being colored black all around. He had black boots with silver collars. He wore a silver colored belt with a silver belt buckle. In the middle of the buckle was the Animal Strike symbol along with his number 18. He also had holsters. In the right holster was his Strike Blaster and in the left holster was his Strike Saber. On his wrist was his morpher, in its rest state.
"Come on snakey, turn on your lights. We can't turn back now. If we can't find anything, we'll have to contact the others for help. We'll finally be able to meet them." The third figure said as he tapped on the zords roof. The Snake Zord hissed as it continued moving through the forest dodging moving vines and trees.
His suit was a dark green, almost camouflage and jungle type, color. His helmet was was shaped like a snakes head. There are black eyes on the top of each side of the helmet. It was dark green. The visor looked like a snakes mouth when open. It had two fangs on top of the visor and two fangs on the bottom of the visor. In the middle of the suit was the outline of a snakes head along with a snake styled number 19. He also had black markings that represented some sort of poison. He had dark green boots with silver collars. He wore a silver colored belt with a silver belt buckle. In the middle of the buckle was the Animal Strike symbol along with his number 19. He also had holsters. In the right holster was his Strike Blaster and in the left holster was his Strike Saber. On his wrist was his morpher, in its rest state.
"Prepare yourselves fellas. It's going to be a long night." The lion ranger pat their shoulders as the train let out steam while it traveled through the forest. The forest itself seemed to be watching and listening to the three as it began to move more quickly.
What could be hiding in the forest?