I walk out on stage wearing a suit, "I know I haven't updated this story in a long time and I will give as short a rundown of why that is. First and most important was the hard drive where all my Sentai and Kamen rider series stopped responding to my laptop which meant I couldn't go over Goseiger which is the base for Megaforce and the story I'm doing here with Hamn8r. This took away most of my motivation to continue writing this, but Hamn several months back sent me a link to another site to find and download them all over again. The second thing was I found out that my sister-in-law was having another child and now I'm proud to announce I have a niece along with my nephew. The last thing is something I'm sure most of those in the Power Ranger community knows about, we recently lost the Legend himself Jason David Frank which was a shock as I had met the man several times thru several cons and he was always such a joy to be around with his fans, so this hit me quite hard. Anyway, with all that out in the air, I would like to present episode three of Crusaders."
A few weeks later during the weekend, we find Adam and Eve camping in the woods training in their land powers with their father as Eve pulls out her morpher along with a blank card that materializes a picture with a bolder on it. 'Rock Crush activate,' the morpher said as a chunk of the earth appeared before Eve kicked it making the bolder shatter as she landed on her feet smiling at her power.
Meanwhile Adam is just exercising as their dad looks on with pride in his eyes, "Good Adam keep up the training. A strong body is key for our land powers. Eve, you need to be more careful when using our powers or it could be dangerous for not only you but your team as well."
'Why is dad praising Adam, but not me?' Eve wondered as she turned to make sure neither could see the tears forming in her eyes. As their father praised Adam, Eve started stomping off. Adam turned his head, seeing his little sister run off.
"Uh, padre, I think it might be time to cool off for a bit," Adam suggested.
"Cool off? You think the enemy is out there cooling off?"
"Well, no, but I think we need some cooldown before something explodes."
He held his hand and used his other one to point to Eve. Their father caught that, and realized what he meant.
"Alright, five minutes, son."
"Gracias, padre. Hermana, wait up. Hermana, what's got your pantalones in a bunch?"
"Papa is praising you for just moving around. I summoned a boulder and broke it with uno kick."
"Padre is just trying to help us. You are strong, hermana, but power alone will not win fights. Comprede?"
"No, yo no comprendo."
Eve was so mad she punched a tree with all her might denting the bark but as her fist touched the wood, she felt a chill running thru her body as she shivered at the feeling. Adam touched the ground when he saw Eve shiver as the two share a look before nodding their heads and running off towards where they felt the cold was coming from. Soon the two found a white monster with what looked like giant snowflakes coming off his back laughing as everything around him was turning to ice even the people around him.
Soon the other rangers show up as they morph to fight the chilly enemy, but he summons some Larvoids to help deal with the rangers.
Eve looked as the monster continued freezing things.
"If I can beat ese monstruo, papa will praise me," Eve whispered to herself as she rushed the monster, summoning her claw. "¡Monstruo, prepárate para ser destruido!"
"What?" the monster asked, tilting his head.
"Oh, never mind!"
Eve started slashing the monster as it dodged her frantic attacks with ease.
Eve pulled a card from her belt as she inserted it in her morpher, 'Rock Crush Activate!' as a bolder appears from the ground as Eve jumps up and breaks it trying to pelt the monster with the shards. "Ha, try this little Angel," said the monster as it uses his ice power to freeze the shards and send them right back as her as it hits her sending her down to where the others are fighting the Larvoids. The monster jumps down as well as Eve tries to stand back up but her right leg seems to be bothering her.
"Eve!" screams Matt as he tries to get to Eve before the monster can hurt her even more, but luckily Adam leaps down with his axe on hand as he smashes part of the monsters back making him retreat for the time being.
"He got away," Adam said as the rangers demorphed. "Hermana, are you okay?"
"Back off!" Eve said, shoving her brother off.
"I'm just trying to he-."
"Don't! I had him right where I wanted him!"
Then the two started arguing in spanish as the team stood together staring.
"Anyone know what they're saying?" Matt asked.
"Nope," Noah said.
"Me neither, but they always argue in spanish when they're mad," Mary said, making the two boys look at her. "I've known Eve since they moved here in fifth grade."
"¡Voy a encontrar ese monstruo y derrotarlo sin ti!(I'm going to find that monster and defeat it without you!)" Eve shouted as she went off with a limp, grabbing a piece of the monster her brother grabbed.
"Idiota," Adam said as he walked off in another direction.
"So now what?" Mary asked.
"I think we should split up to search for that monster. Mary, you go that way. Noah, you head over in that direction."
"What about you?" Noah asked.
"Gonna try and talk to Adam."
"Good luck. Those siblings can be stubborn."
So they went their separate ways, hoping to find the monster soon.
"Qué idiota, todo estaba tratando de hacer era ayuda,(What an idiot, all I was trying to do was help.)" said Adam as he kicked a rock he found on the sidewalk as Matt ran up behind him tapping the Land half angel on his back making the Latino male turn to see his new friend. "Hey, it seemed pretty heated back between you and Eve," said Matt as the two find a playground as the two sit on a pair of swings as Adam sighs before leaning forward.
"It seems Eve is trying to prove herself since Padre was complementing me when we were training earlier and brushing off Eve's attempt. I was trying to help her but it's hard getting thru to her when she outs her mind to something."
"I may not have any siblings, but I can see you two care for each other so instead of trying to talk to her how about you back her up and show her you are there for her," said Matt as Adam nods his head as he smiles at Matt before clapping him on the back, "I guess its worth a try, Amigo."
"Hermano estúpido, siempre actuando tan bien. Soy un ángel de la tierra también. Voy a derrotar al monstruo por mí mismo.(Stupid brother, always acting so cool. I'm an earth angel too. I'm going to defeat the monster by myself.)" Then she saw the piece she grabbed, and noticed it glow towards the woods "¿Ah, por lo que es de esa manera, eh?(Oh, so it's that way, huh?)"
She ran off towards the woods, ready to prove herself.
Suddenly Adam felt a chill running up his legs as Matt felt one on the back of his neck.
"There's some chill running through the air," Matt said as Adam touched the ground.
"Same from the ground," Adam said. "I think it's coming from the mountain."
"Let's call the others."
So Matt called Mary and Adam called Noah, letting them know where to go.
"We have to hurry! Ándele!"
They all ran, and all Adam could think about was Eve.
'Hermano, please don't do anything to get yourself killed.'
Meanwhile, Eve found the monster, pulled out her morpher and card.
"Crusader Shine!" she said, transforming into the Yellow Crusader ranger before pulling out her weapon. "¡Monstruo, prepárate para ser destruido!(Monster, prepare to be destroyed!)"
"What?"
"¡Oh, olvídalo!(Oh, forget it!)"
Eve jumped up and attacked the monster. However he kept dodging as Eve swung wildly. She staggered, and the monster smiled.
"Ah, there it is!" the monster said striking Eve's leg, making her scream in pain.
"You cowardly monstruo!"
"Cowardly? Attacking an opponents weak point is battle tactics 101. All that matters is winning!"
Just as all seemed lost for Eve...
Four laser blasts strike the monster knocking away from Eve, "Hermana, you okay," said a morphed Adam as he helped Eve stand up on her bad leg, "Thanks and I just wanna say sorry for blowing up earlier. I get what you and Padre were trying to tell me earlier. ¿Nos molan? (Are we cool?)"
"Si Hermana, Hagamos que este monstruo.(Yes sister, let's get this monster.)" said Adam as they two summoned their weapons and charged towards the monster.
As soon as they charged, lasers hit them.
"What was that?" Adam asked before seeing Larvoids.
"Dang it, out of our way!" Eve shouted before the others charged the larvoids.
"Adam and Eve, beat that monster!" Noah said as he pushed one.
"We'll keep these guys busy!" Mary said, kicking another.
"Gracias amigos!" the siblings said together.
Adam and Eve work together to keep the monster off balance as they attack with such furosity that his other wing is broken as he tries to stop one of Adam's attacks. Just as the siblings stopped their attacks, the others had finished off the last of the Larvoids before regrouping around them. "Alright team, altogether now," said Matt as Adam and Eve rushed the monster together, "Land Ax, Land Claws."
"Sky Shot, Sea Bowgun," said Mary and Noah as they attack once the siblings were clear, "Sky Sword," said Matt as he slashed the monster to finish off the combo causing the monster to blow up behind him.
As soon as the monster exploded, Vrak smirked.
"It's not over yet, children," he said as he pushed a button and a beam shot out from the ship and onto the monster, making it grow.
"Summon Zords!"
The machines appeared and soon combined.
"It won't matter what you do! I'll destroy you!" the monster said as it blew icy wind.
"¡Vamos, hermana!"
"¡Si, hermano!"
They jumped up into the sky before they started kicking the monster.
"The snowstorm's letting up!" Noah said.
"We're not done yet!"
"Right! Headers strike!"
The snake and tiger heads started flying around, headbutting and biting the monster, knocking it down.
"Now! Victory Charge Activate!"
They inserted their cards and bound the monster with its five card beams. Then they charged and swung the sword to destroy the monster.
"Crusader's ride on, amen," Adam and Eve said.
Soon the five teens were inside the local youth center as Mary helps Eve sit in her seat since her ankle was still a bit sore from the monster attack. "Hey kids, woah Eve are you alright?" said Ernie the owner of the youth center. "Just fine Ernie, I just got hurt during gym class as we were running around the track," said Eve as she gave the excuse the team came up with to explain her injury.
"Okay, well let me get you guys some stuff on the house," said Ernie as the teens thanked him as he went to the back. Not long later, Ernie returns with a tray of various frozen confections. "I decided to try some new stuff on the menu and wanted to know if you guys wanted to try for your opinions," said Ernie as Adam and Eve were shocked as they quickly got up from their seats as Adam helped his sister walk out, "Sorry, but we just remembered we needed to do some choirs at home. Maybe a rain check Ernie," said Adam as the two didn't want anything cold for a while after the last attack.
Adam carried his sister piggyback.
"Thanks for the ride, hermano," Eve said.
"No problem, hermana," Adam said. "Good thing I got super strength, otherwise I might not be able to carry you."
"What's that supposed to mean? You saying I eat too much?"
"No. But you did."
Eve grabbed his hair, making him yell in a playful manor.
Soon they got back home where their father was sitting in his chair.
"Welcome home," he said before noticing Eve's ankle. "I told you that you weren't ready for this."
"Padre, if I may," Adam said, putting Eve on the couch. "Eve was just trying to prove she could fight without me protecting her."
"I know she has power, but that won't always save her."
"Then teach me, papa."
"Si, padre. Don't just berate her. Actually teach her. Not everyone responds well to tough love."
Their father stood up, giving his tough glare, before he softened.
"Perhaps I was a little harsh. Let's begin."
"Alright! Ow."
He knelt down, raising his hand over Eve's leg. Vines came up and wrapped around her ankle.
"Perhaps tomorrow will be better."
The siblings hugged their father, and he returned it.
"Well that was a nice sibling focused episode, if you enjoyed this and want updates on when I get another episode done, please follow and send a nice review which will help us get the motivation to get these out quicker. Good night folks," I said as I bow and the curtain closes in front of me.
