Chapter 3 - One Thing After Another
Brian jumped up, using a car to push off of before rotating his hips and slamming his shin into the face of a rock monster. "What the hell are these things?" He asked before having to block a kick and return with a spinning side kick. He could see more of them approaching. Donna ran to his side after axe kicking a downed monster before it could stand.
"Any ideas?" She asked but he pulled her out the way as he fired a side kick into the chest of the rock monster intending to sneak up behind her.
"Keep fighting!" He yelled. Arianna and Katrina held off a few as they parried and blocked strikes but they were being pushed back. Katrina blocked one final strike before bringing her leg straight up and slamming it down on the collarbone, driving it through the monster's entire body to split it in two. Arianna pumped her knee up and shot her leg straight forward to slam her foot into the chest with a devastating from kick that sent the monster onto its back. Before it could stand, she pressed her foot into its throat and snapped the head from the body as she twisted her foot while delivering a spinning hook kick to another. A monster grabbed on to Katrina from her shoulders. Its hands clamped down and she was unable to break free. Arianna turned to help but she was grabbed from behind.
"Shit let go!" Katrina yelled as the pain began to set in. Her eyes watered from the pain just as Hez shot his leg straight up, breaking the arms of the monster at the shoulders. He shifted the direction of his leg and slightly bent his knee before shooting it back out into the chest of the being. Ren kicked out the back of the monster's knee, causing it to let go of Arianna as he palmed it in the back hard enough for it to split into two before crumbling. Aj rolled with a punch and fired back with a heavy right that blasted through its face. NC and Neil stood against Aj with their backs to each other.
"How're you holding up Aj?" NC asked him.
"Everything hurts like hell, but these shits aren't even a challenge." Aj replied as he side kicked another. As he extended, he winced at the pain. NC noticed and quickly stood in front of Aj to block the leg swung down at him with both his forearms before side kicking the standing leg and throwing the rest of the body overhead.
"I had that one you know," Aj said.
"Just making sure bro," NC replied as he watched Neil leap forward to Superman Punch another creature. Their numbers began to dwindle on their side but Hez, Ren and Arianna were cut off. Katrina, Donna, Aj, Nc, Neil and Brian began to rush to their side until they noticed a flash of light. Hez, Arianna and Ren noticed them leave in the flash.
"No!" Hez yelled as he smashed the elbow of the rock being with his forearm. He smashed the side of his fist through its face and looked to Ren and Arianna who had just finished off the last of the others.
"Where did everyone go?" Arianna sked.
"I don't know, there was a flash of light then they all just.. Vanished." Hez replied.
"So what's the plan now?" Ren asked.
"I have to find my sister guys." Arianna said with a hint of worry in her voice.
"We will, for now, let's go get some help," Hez said as he grabbed at the ribs on the right side of his body. They loaded up into his car and started off down the block.
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Brian landed last, standing to his feet he quickly realized he was in bad shape as his legs wobbled under him and he felt his ass crash against the floor. His vision was still a blur but he could hear Aj groaning in pain.
"That landing fucking sucked." He said gripping at his ribs. Donna helped him to his feet. NC and Neil were already standing with their fists up, scanning the dark room.
"This just keeps getting creepy," Neil said. "Keep your eyes open guys." As everyone stood tights shot on in all directions, almost blinding the team. As their vision adjusted to the lighting they heard a voice.
"Welcome young men and women. I have brought you here because the world is in trouble." The voice said.
"Well I mean there's global warming," NC said.
"World War Three could break out," Katrina added.
"Trump is president," Aj also added.
"Something worse has arrived to your planet years ago. It has been sleep until now." The voice said.
"Something worse than World War Three, Trump and Global warming? What Hitler has been revived?" NC said.
"Can we be serious here," a second voice said. The team turned to see a red body with a yellow thunder bolt on its chest. The head looked like an alien saucer with a red neon lighting running around the middle. It's body had stubby arms and legs. "I am Alpha 5, and you're speaking to Zordon. A powerful cosmic being."
"Cosmic being? You mean like Silver Surfer?" Brian asked.
"OK, who are you really, why are we here and how did we even get here?" Katrina asked sounding irritated.
"I am Zordon, I lead the former team of young hopefuls as they battled the forces of evil. They were killed twenty years ago by a monster known as Lord Zed. He has been sleeping since being mortally wounded by the rangers in a final effort to put an end to him." Zordon said as his face came into view. A light to the left caught the attention to everyone as they watched in horror as the rangers battled Zed in their final moments.
"Holy shit," Neil said before covering his mouth.
"I need a new team to stop them. You are the first to survive an attack by the Putty." Zordon said. Before he could continue he was cut off.
"Putty? You mean those rock monsters are what have been killing people in Angel Grove?" Donna asked.
"Yes and there are millions more. They are the army of Zed and them being here means he is almost healed and ready to return to his conquest."
"Well hell the hell would you expect us to fight them even if we chose to because, I for one, plan to live a long life that doesn't involve getting killed my muscle monsters!" Aj shouted.
"These," Zordon said as a shelf opened and the team looked down ant bulky metal belt buckles with an different coin in each center. "Neil you are strong and stand your ground, you shall become the Black Ranger and wield the power of the Mastodon. Donna, you are fast and stroke with precision, you shall be the Yellow Ranger and wield the power of the Saber Tooth Tiger. NC, you press forward through adversity and charge into battle to save others. You shall become the Blue Ranger and wield the power of the mighty Triceratops. Katrina, you are as nimble and agile as a bird. You shall become the Pink Ranger and wield the power of the Pterodactyl. Aj, you are powerful and strike with all your might in every attack. You will become the Red Ranger and wield the power of the Tyrannosaurus. Brian, you are cunning and loyal to your team. You shall lead them in this dark time in battle and become the Green Ranger, wielding the power of the Dragon."
"Wait how did we go from dinosaurs to dragons?" Aj asked. "That sounds very unfair to me." Everyone looked at him and raised his hands in defeat. As they looked at the buckles Zordon continued.
"These are your morphers, the bridge between your human form and powers. They tap into the Morphing Grid to access the cosmic energy needed to power your suits and weapons. Taken them and handle them with care rangers." Zordon finished.
"How did we get here and how do we even leave? We have to fight a war against an evil monster? Why should we?" Katrina asked.
"If you don't then your world will be destroyed. The cosmic power that teleported you here is drawn from the same place as your suits. You will be well equipped to handle Zed." Alpha said. "Without you this world has no hope. You must fight and you must win even more so."
"Wait you said you were Alpha Five right? What happened to Alphas one to four?" NC asked.
"Take your morphers and let's keep the questions about me to a minimum please," Alpha replied. The rangers looked at their morphers as they each grabbed their respective morpher with coin. The coins glowed in their colors of black, yellow, pink, red, blue and green. They saw the flash again.
"Go now rangers, protect your home and save your planet." They heard Zordon say as the bright light blinded them as they were transported out of the area.