Power Rangers: A Legend Retold

The Chosen Part 2

Jason stood now starring down at the robot. Instead of a pair of eyes or a face it had a red visor that seemed to be how it viewed the world. Whatever it was and wherever they were he could barley speak out of shock. He finally put his arms in a fighting position and spoke.

"Who are you people?" He demanded.

The robot stepped back for a moment before responding "I am Alpha 5, I am responsible for bringing you here. And this" he said pointing to the human boy "is Billy. He was brought here the same as you were."

"How?" Jason asked.

"By our molecular transporter device. It is quiet harmless. I apologise if I startled you, time was of the essence."

"Why? Why are we here?" Jason still had not stepped down from the transporter platform.

"I'm not sure either but this mechanoid seems harmless, he was explaining to me that it was this coin that brought me here" Billy chimed up and held up a coin of his own "I arrived just before you did."

Jason now stepped down and toward Billy holding up his coin.

"You have one too?" Jason asked surprised.

"Yeah, I found it while I was studying some ruins with my history class. That was a week ago. Since then I couldn't get it or the dinosaur triceratops out of my mind and this afternoon it brought me here when I picked it up."

"No Shit! Thats the same with me! But I just found my one. It was like calling to me or something" Jason was now more at ease but still unnerved "I'm Jason by the way."

Billy shook his offered hand "William Cranston. My friends call me Billy. Right now I just wish I knew what was going on."

"Tell me about it. What is this place?" Jason added and turned to Alpha.

"All will be explained to all of you once the rest arrive" Alpha answered.

"The rest?" Billy said wide eyed.

"Three more coins. Three more chosen humans" Alpha responded before turning back to his control panel.

Billy and Jason simply looked at each other and breathed deeply trying not have a panic attack.

At that moment the pad of which Jason had come from lit up again.

"Here we are. I have locked onto another active coin" reported Alpha "somewhere near the place you call Los Angeles."

The platform from which they had come was one long floor of 6 separate dim discs. All but the one that was now lit and glowing. A white glowing light formed with a hum from the pad to the roof of the alcove. Finally it faded, became human in shape and finally form a girl. She was blond, similar to that of Billy, small in figure and wearing a white tank top with pink shorts. Quite strikingly beautiful to Jason's eyes. She also at this current moment was scared to death just as he had been. Alpha's same greeting he had given him was met with an ear piercing scream.

Jason choose to step forward, perhaps he would fair better.

"Don't worry. He won't hurt you...I think. My names Jason. Whats yours?" He asked trying to look more relaxed than he was.

"Kim..Kimberly" she responded "I was just searching these caves, I found this coin and now...this."

'Caves? LA? Kimberly?' At that moment it clicked for Jason. This was her, she had been drawn to her coin just like he was. Was it fate?

"Caves? Kim 1991? From the forum?" He asked with disbelief.

"Yeah...how do you know?" She asked timidly.

"I'm Jace" He smiled.

She looked at him for a moment before her face became one of even more worry, if that was possible.

"Oh my God! You kidnapped me" she exclaimed.

"That would be my doing Kimberly of California" spoke up Alpha "I apologise if I startled you but time was short."

Jason simply turned to her and shrugged "We're in the same boat Kim."

***

Soon two more arrived. Zachary Taylor, an African American from New Jersey, and Trini Kwan an Asian American from New York City. They both had the same reaction as the previous three did. Fear, questions then a strange exceptance that they were not alone and could do nothing about their present situation. They also each had coins.

Kimberly had on her coin the flying lizard Pterosaur, otherwise known as Pterodactyl. The other two however differed from the dinosaur theme and were based on later age prehistoric creatures. Zachary, or Zack as he preferred, had the Mammoth that was otherwise known as the Masterdon. Finally Trini had the Sabretooth Tiger. Each seemed to be based on pre historic creatures of the Earth so in there chat as they waited they concluded they must be Earth in origin. As for this place and Alpha 5, they weren't so sure.

As they continued to swap amazing tales of how they each got to this point Alpha shut down the Transporter and walked toward them.

"If you will follow me please humans" he said and walked toward the far wall.

They had no choice but to follow the robot but did so with caution. Kimberly was now hanging from Jason's arm, he figured it must be her natural reaction to more or less knowing him amongst this strange world they had stepped into. Her connection to sanity perhaps.

As they walked behind the others Trini and Billy traded glances.

"Hey there, you ok?" Trini asked him.

"Yeah I'm ok all thing considered" he smiled back at her.

The wall opened to form a door as Alpha commanded it to do so and they stepped through into a darkened walkway. They were now walking on metal grating, next to them was railing and beyond that cool steel walls with rectangles of divided blue light at the centre. They all stared in amazement at the technology of this strange place.

Finally they reached the end and Alpha opened a sliding, one panel, door which revealed a large chamber beyond it.

"Stay close" Jason spoke quietly to the others, almost taking a leadership role, as they followed.

As they passed through the doorway they walked into an expansive chamber. The height and width of the space alone could fit a four story building. It was like a cathedral in size and feel. Their steps echoing upwards as they walked. Alpha lead them down another walkway which lead to the centre of the chamber. A round platform elevated from the ground floor of the room. Around it were various chirping lit panels, each seeming to have a purpose. Eight spaced out translucent tubes of strobing light filled the outer space of the chamber.

Alpha walked forward and pressed a few buttons on one of the forward consols surrounding them.

"Now" the robot said "you will get your answers."

Suddenly a large previously dark cylinder straight infront of them began to glow a calm blue light, code appearing on it which finally formed a humanoid face.

"Greetings humans" Zordon's voice boomed, the voice seemed to be coming from all around them.

"Whoah" let out Zack, he was the only one who made a sound as they stared.

"I understand you must be quite distressed but will answer what I can. My named translated into your langue is Zordon. I was once a being like yourselves but now reside here in this computer core. My 'soul' as you might say has been preserved but my body has been dead for many hundreds of your years."

"So you were human?" Asked Jason.

"No" Zordon's head shook slowly "I was Eltan. I came from a planet in a distant galaxy from your own. I fled here to protect it and all sentient beings like yourselves."

"Your...an alien" whimpered Kimberly.

"I was" replied Zordon "now I am nothing more than the memory core you see below you."

It was then Billy looked down, over the rails and noticed the computer core below the platform. Throbbing light feeding toward the tube of which Zordon was appearing.

"So why have you brought us here?" Zack asked.

"The coins you each found, you did not find them by chance. They choose each of you" Zordon responded.

"Choose us?" Said Billy.

"To use their power to protect your planet from the invading force that will soon be here."

"What invading force? Your people?"Asked Jason.

"No human. Mine was once a peaceful planet. I was a scientist, before Lord Zedd came. He had been on the war path for years forming from his core species an empire to consume and conquer our galaxy planet by planet. By time he made it to Eltar over thirty different species from thirty different worlds made up the Zedorian were no match and were overcome within two short days. He had out leaders killed and told us all that we now served him and his laws. We would add to his army and his fleet with our men and our resources. The tyrant he left watching over us was named Bandora. Her given name was said to be Riata, her friends shortening it to called her Rita Repulsa behind her back but we dare not speak it too loudly. She was harsh on the whip, drained the life from my people and killed any who stood up for themselves. I had been pushed to brink by time the space body fell from the sky. We had no idea where it came from but rumour spread that Bandora's forces had recovered an artifact of great power.

"I was known for my knowledge of history, science and technology and as such was summoned to her offices. She showed me what they had found. It was a coin they had named 'the power coin.' On it was a strange symbol unlike any I had seen. I told her as such but that wasn't enough for her. She believed more were in the rock that fell and I would begin helping the workers at once in finding them. They had gotten similar readings from deeper within it and Eltan workers were ordered to dig night and day to find more. Lord Zedd, I was told, was on his way and she wanted to present them to him personally. I did as I was told until the day we found one. The first of five. At first I did not report it and decided to give it a closer look in my home lab. What I found I am sure Rita knew. They were devices of great power, their atomic power alone were off the scaled. At once I knew that if Lord Zedd got control of these coins they would be used to enslave and destroy more innocent worlds, I would not let him."

Zordon's virtual head lowered as he finished those last words.

Jason who just like the others was stunned with awe, still waiting to wake up as if it were a dream, spoke up as silence overcame them.

"What did you do?" He asked.

"I took the coins and used my security clearance to steal one of our science vessels from their ship yards. I headed for sanctuary but knew I would not find it in Zedorian space. But by the time I found a fast way out and travelled to it Zedd had found me. Then resulting battle cost both my close friends and my own life. Alpha was however able to store me via this technology I had invented for such an event. I knew that I needed to stay alive to protect the coins from Zedd and this is the only way. I can not tell you humans what it is like to look out only from memory banks of a computer database. To no longer feel, or be able to move your limbs" he stopped for a moment and seemed to collect himself "I apologise humans. As I was saying we barley escaped and made it to your galaxy. It took us many years to find a planet that would sustain life, not that it mattered but we knew we would need allies and hoped we could find a species like yours to live among. In my new form I had much time to study the coins and soon realized their origin. This planet. I don't know how or why but the coins are of this planet and yet they seemed to have a technology that even exceeded our own. They were empowered with some sort of soul, the spirits of creatures of this planets past.

"this was confirmed as I translated an ancient scroll that had been found near the first coin and restored by Bandora's men. She had foolishly stored it in her databanks and in my current form it was easy to bypass from the ships computer. The scroll tells off a prophecy of six warriors that would draw from the power of these creatures, from the very essence of this planets beginnings. It was foretold that they alone would know and choose their host and that once combined that would be able to defend this planet from a great evil that was threatening it. The coins choose you humans. We spread them far and wide in this continent that you would soon call America and we waited. We constructed this base of operations far from your cities and population and used our technology to keep it hidden as your own technology began to surface that would detect it. The fact that the coins have waited till now to choose you confirms my faith in the prophecy. You see, not an hour of your time ago we detected a ship on the edge of this solar system. We are certain its origins are of our galaxy, of Zedd, and we known they will have detected the coins by now. That is all I can tell you."

The five young men and women simply starred at him, at each other in disbelief at what they had just heard but given what they had seen they were not about the question it.

"Why us?" Kimberly finally asked.

"That is not for me to know my dear. The coins were the ones who choose you" Zordon replied.

"Warriors?!" Exclaimed Billy "Look at me, I'm no warrior. I'm just a dorky senior in high school."

"You have all been chosen for a reason. Your destiny has been chosen."

"And what if we don't want this destiny?" Spoke up Kimberly.

"Then Earth will fall into the hands of Lord Zedd as will the coins and all will be lost" Zordon's virtual eyes looked sad at this remark.

Jason broke away from the group, sighing as he looked walked over and down at the core. Was this his destiny? Was he to protect the Earth? But how can any Power turn them into supreme warriors. They were just kids.

He walked back, biting his lip as he was in deep thought before looking back up at Zordon.

"How big is this ship?" Jason asked.

"Our sensors detect a smaller vessel. You should only have to deal with a couple of hundred foot soldiers" reported Alpha.

"Oh great" said Zack rolling his eyes "how can five people, even these "warriors" we are meant be, fight hundreds of trained soldiers?"

"The power will protect you" replied Zordon.

"Oh thats great to know" Zack said sarcasticly and looked at the others with wide eyes.

"That is the least of your worries human. I fear this is just the beginning" Zordon spoke solemnly.

"No backup?" Asked Jason.

"I am afraid not. But do not worry. Alpha and I have been working hard to locate your weapons for the battles ahead."

"Weapons?" Billy asked.

"Ancient weapons spawned from the same technology that created your power coins. Mechanoids ready for the larger scale battles you will face. The scroll calls them Zords. They are the mechanical representation of your animal" Zordon answered.

They stood in silence before Jason turned to the others.

"He's right. Whether we like it or not we are the only ones who can protect everyone and everything were care about" he said to the group.

"Fuck that! We will get ourselves killed!" Kimberly replied.

"We don't even know if this floating head is telling the truth Jason" Zack added.

"Look at this place. Remember what we felt when we touched those coins" Jason pleaded.

"Any good batch will do that" Zack said with a smile.

"Come on. Yeah we could go and hide in a hole, yeah we could just go home and hope this is all bullshit but we have a chance to save the world here people. Hell, to save the galaxy from stopping this 'Zedd' getting these coins. I was just thinking the same things you guys are but I realized this feels right. Don't tell me you don't feel it to" Jason was beginning to surprise himself at his words. Saving the world? What was he saying?

Everyone stood for a moment taking it in before Zack said "hell, I haven't got anywhere but Juvey to be."

They all looked over at him.

"Long story" he smirked back.

Billy who hadn't said a thing nodded and said "Okay, lets give it a shot."

Jason looked over at Trini, she nodded back.

Finally everyone looked at Kimberly who looked back at them all before sighing "Why not."

They all looked at Zordon already questioning themselves, but not being able to shake the feeling that this is where they were meant to be.

"Excellent Jason, you have lived up to your coin as a natural leader. The coin choose you well" Zordon boomed.

"Uh..thanks" Jason replied "now how do these things work?"
Zordon looked down at Alpha.

"Alone, we don't know" Alpha replied "but they seem to need a concentrated device to amplify them and connect them to the morphing grid."

"Morphing grid?" Billy asked.

"A name we have given the energy of which the coins draw their power" Zordon added.

"And you wouldn't happen to have five of these devices?" Asked Jason.

"We are constructing them as we speak Jason. For now we wait. We have equipped this facility with all you will need to be comfortable here. Alpha has approximated human furniture and supplements" Zordon replied.

"Then" sighed Jason "we wait."

***

In Earth's orbit the Repulsa drew nearer destroying a satellite as it rested into orbit.

On board Bandora pressed the intercom to the science lab.

"Is my army ready yet Finster?" She demanded.

Finster walked over and pressed the com in his own area as behind him humanoid creatures were beginning to form from solid rock.

"Almost Mistress. Just a few more hours and we will be ready for the first wave of the attack" he responded.

"Be sure it is a few" she sneered and closed the channel.

Bandora stood and looked out over at the blue glowing orb below.

"This will make a fine planet for me to rule" she smiled.