Harwood County - Collin's Building
After an hour, none of the Two Red Rangers have bested the other. They were currently stuck at a standstill. Every strike that Tory threw, were evaded by Kenji, and likewise, any strike that Kenji threw back were blocked.
"Not bad," Troy manages to let out as they separate again, looking at the other, to see who will make the next move. "Even Vrak's strongest monsters weren't able to stand against me for that long."
Kenji adjusts his sleeves, "Same to you," Kenji brings form lower, as he changes his stance, "Guess its time to get serious." Kenji raises his left hand right near his head, and lowers his right hand in front of him.
Troy puts his fist back up into his stance, and motions for Kenji to make his move, "Whenever you are ready."
Kenji smirks and initiates another attack, punching forward with his right hand; it gets caught by Troy's hands, blocking the attack; almost as if he was expecting it to be defended against, Kenji switches his attack, and grasps Troy's wrist and uses it to steady himself, as he raises his left leg for a strike to Troy's side.
"Ugh," Troy lets out, as that was the first strike that has hit him all day, but as he gets hit, he also has a moment to counter, as Kenji was off balance, and he had both Kenji's hand grasped on him. Troy braces his stance, and lifts Kenji, causing Kenji's grasp on his hand to slip, allowing Troy to move his fist forward for an attack right at the center of Kenji's chest.
They separate again, "Serious enough for you yet?" Troy chuckles.
Kenji gives a genuine smile for the first time, "Just about."
Command Center(Megaforce) - Training Room
Chris was finally on the Last Training bot, but he has not been able to gain an upper hand on it. He tore through the first 3 Bots easily, the 4th bot put up a fight, but after a little more effort, he destroyed the 4th one. The last one however was a problem, it seemed to know how to fight and counter Chris' every move. It was almost as if the previous Training Bots were used to just learn Chris' fighting pattern.
"You can give up whenever you want," Noah shouts out, as if encouraging Chris to give up. He had been annoyed the whole time. Ever since he learned that the Rangers that were suppose to restore Balance to the Grid, were complete amateurs. Normally he would be accepting, but all the effort that him, and some of the other Rangers put into the Legacy Rangers were too much. He couldn't stand the fact that everything they worked for, may end up being useless. "No one will blame you. Many rangers aren't able to get past the 5th Bot."
Chris gets knocked back by the bot, and grimaces as he clenches his two sabers, "No," he mutters out, "I will not give up." He stands up, "If it can predict my every move, then I guess I will just have to try something it won't expect."
"After fighting you 4 times, the Bot knows everything you can try," Noah continues, "Nothing will work."
"Hmph, we'll see." Chris Responds as he approaches the bot again. This time, he adjusts his Blades, he changes the his grip on his left to a back-hand grip.
Chris leaps forward, his Right Blade leading the charge, the Bot Raises its own blade to block the first attack, and then readies its extra arm for a punch towards Chris. Chris defends, by withdrawing his Right Sword to come back and block the attack.
Noah looked at the movement, confused. It would've been easier had Chris just used his Left Blade to defend against the attack. But instead, he drew his Right Blade back, which was riskier. "What are you planning?" Noah mutters to himself.
Chris leaps back after his attack, and readies himself. And then rushes out again, he attacks again with the right blade, its blocked by the Bot again. Chris blocks once more with the Right Saber. It is repelled by the bots attack, Chris spins, allowing the bots attack to change his momentum, and he attacks once more with the Right Saber, this time aiming for the legs, the Bot jumps to avoid the attack.
As soon as the Bot Jumps, Chris finally raises the Left Blade to attack the Bots head. Since the Bot was airborne, it should've been unable to block. The bots Arm came up, and blocked the Left Sabers attack.
"It's not that easy," Noah yells out, "You think refraining from using your left hand a few times will trick the Bot."
Chris lets out a small chuckle, "No. I wasn't expecting it to fall for that." Chris uses the Momentum of the Bots Block to reshift his movement and reverses his spin, and within a moment, Chris' Right Blade cuts straight through the Bot's Head, destroying it.
He turns to Noah's Direction, "It can predict all the attacks it won't. The one thing it won't be able to predict, is the ever-changing skills of a Human." He smiles in victory, as he faints. That last move of his was too much for his body to handle; the three momentum shifts he went through in an instance put a huge strain on him.
Noah runs out and catches Chris, and props him up by the shoulder, before Chris hits the ground. "Looks like I underestimated you after all."
Holding Chris up, Noah yells," Tensou, get a Medical Bed up, He Passes, he is worthy of the Power."
Airspace Above Harwood County
"Whenever you are ready, you can jump." Gia instructs Sandy, as she holds the Door opened, on her back, a Parachute bag. She had one already prepared and on the Plane. She just took off the one she was wearing to give Sandy a feeling of comfort. No reasonable instructor would go into the Air without a Chute.
Sandy doesn't stand up from her seat, "B-b-but you said, I didn't have to jump," Sandy whimpers quietly. If it weren't for the communications device they had put on, so that they can communicate in the air, Gia may have not even heard her.
Gia smiles at her, "I'm sorry, I lied."
Sandy's face darkens, "But you said Power Rangers do not Lie."
Gia nods, "You are right, A Power Ranger should not lie. But I am no longer a Power Ranger. Lost my powers, remember?" She smiles triumphantly.
Sandy is at a loss for words. She was usually a quick one with words, and always had a retort for anything said. But now, she was silenced, Sandy had nothing to say to get out of this situation.
"It's ok, it is safe." Gia reassured, "I've checked your parachute before, nothing will go wrong." She goes up next to Sandy, "As long as you show me that you have the courage to jump, I will give you the Power."
Sandy shakes her head, "I don't want it, you can keep it." She was truly afraid, she would not jump, even if it meant giving up the Legendary Ranger Keys.
Gia sighs, disappointed. "Cancel on the jump Ray," Gia speaks to the Pilot, as she stands up to go close the door.
"Got it," Ray responds as he begins to turn the plane around, to return to the Hangar.
As Gia goes to the door, Ray hits a turbulence in the air jolting the plane. The jolt of the plane propels Gia forward, and she hits the plane door and falls out of the plane.
"Gia!" Sandy yells as she sees her fall out.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!" Ray yells through the communicator.
Silence
He looks behind and sees that no one is left on the plane except him.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god," Sandy repeats to herself as she flies through the air, trying to reach Gia. Sandy had never skydove before, but relied on her instinct to take over. She remembers brief instructions Gia taught her as they were on the plane.
When she saw Gia fall out of the plane, there was no thinking for Sandy. Before she knew it, she dove out of the plane after Gia. She was too afraid of what might have happened.
Gia was unconscious, unable to do anything. She was bleeding from the wound she suffered when she hit the plane doors.
"Gotchu," Sandy yells as she embraces Gia. As soon as she has a firm grip on Gia, she grabs her Parachute cord and releases her Parachute.
The Parachute deploys, but the speed that the two of them were falling was too much, the parachute didn't help.
"I'm Sorry," Sandy lets out as she feels them falling, with the Parachute not helping quick enough to slow them down.
As they were a few miles from the Ground, impact imminent, a Yellow Light embraces them both and teleports them away
New Angel Grove - The Rescue Shelter
"Here you are," Emma brings a cup of Coffee to Amelia.
"Thanks," Amelia responds as she stands up from the front desk, where she was filtering people in. "How is it back there?"
Emma grins at Amelia, she has noticed that while they were here, Amelia appeared to have forgotten about the reason they were here, "It's perfect, they're handing out food. We can take a little rest, the whole time we were here, we haven't talked."
Emma walks out the door, as Amelia follows close behind. "What did you want to talk about?" Amelia spoke up first, as they approached a empty bridge, facing out onto the River.
Emma stares down the clear river, "I use to come here," Emma answers, "After every battle we fought, I would come here later that night, and stare down this endless river." She holds out her hands and stares at them, before turning to Amelia, "Do you know why?"
Amelia shakes her head, unsure of how to answer.
Emma puts her hands down, "Every time we fought, even if we won, some part of the Environment would be destroyed." She looks back out to the river, "But this river, it never stopped flowing. No Matter how hard we fought around it, the water would still continue to flow."
"What are you trying to tell me?" Amelia asks, confused at everything that was going on.
"I can tell," Emma goes on, "You are just like me. You hate fighting," She stares back at Amelia, "This whole day, while you were helping others, I could see the pureness in your heart."
Amelia shyly turns her head downward.
"A Ranger must be Kind, Compassionate, and always willing to help." Emma continues, "These are some of the most important trait I believe a Ranger can have. And you; you are the embodiment of these traits."
Amelia lifts her head up, "Thank you. I..."
"BUT!" Emma cuts her off, "A Ranger must also be Direct, Hardened and," Emma hesitates, "Destructive. You can't protect Earth with only Kindness. You have to be willing to make sacrifices."
Emma moves her eyes to meet Amelias, "I won't be the one who decides if you are worthy of the Power." Emma takes out a Pink Key; Amelia looks at it and sees the Pink Megaforce Key. "You are."
Amelia takes a step back, she was unsure of what was happening, "What do you mean," she responds, "How is it my choice?"
Emma holds her Key out towards Amelia, "If you are ready to take on your Role as a Power Ranger, take the Key."
Amelia takes another step back, "I...I don't know." She steps back again and runs towards the Shelter.
Emma sighs as she clenches her Key back into her hands, "I may have pressured her too much," she mutters to herself as she follows Amelia back.
Harwood County - Harwood Mall
"We'll make this the last stop," Jake mutters to James. They had been wandering around the Mall for hours, the sun has already began to set, and they were still unable to find the perfect ring.
They walk into a Giant Jewelry store, but strangely enough, there was only one person at the counter.
"Welcome to Hargan's Jewelry," the woman behind the counter cheerfully greets, "Can I help you guys find anything?"
Jake walks up to her, "I would like to find an engagement ring, I want to propose to my Girlfriend"
The lady smiles, "Well Congratulations, I would be more than happy to assist." She motions for Jake to join her at a Case of Rings, "Tell me a little more about this lucky lady."
James wanders around the store, while Jake talks with the worker. He has spent the whole day looking with Jake for the perfect ring. A normal person would be annoyed, but James honestly enjoyed conversating with Jake.
He looks at various different cases, before coming to a stop at a small case in the corner.
"I think she would love this one," James points to a Ring in the case. The Ring had a silverband, decorated with 5 rows of yellow diamond stones in the front.
Jake comes over to take a look, once he sees it, he strangely felt that James was right, this is a type that Gia would like. "Why do you thing Gia would like that?" Jake asked, confused at how James was able to tell.
James grins as he accepts the Ring from the Worker behind the case, "When I first saw her, I noticed she has a affinity for the color yellow. The clothes and accessories she wears appear to accentuate Yellow." Jake nods and listens, it was normal for a Ranger to start liking the color that their Suit was. But James shouldn't have known this, he just met her. "If I had a choice, I would have gone with a Black Band instead of a Silver one, for the Ring."
Jake nods along, the observation skills of James impressed him. James has barely interacted with Gia, and most of the things he knows are things that Jake told him. Since he brought James along, Jake showed him photos of him and Gia, and talked about her non-stop to him.
"And of course, that Necklace that she wears," James continued, "The color is the same as this Ring."
Once James spoke that last sentence, it became obvious to Jake that it did have the same Gem color. He smiles widely at James, before turning to the lady at the counter. "How much is this ring?"
The lady takes the Ring from Jake, "This ring is one of a Kind, the gem was found by me and my husband while we traveled in Europe. And was forged into a Ring by one of my closest friend, imbuing it with her spirit."
Jake flinches, he knows an item with this kind of history must be expensive.
The lady looks at Jake as if studying him, "We had decided that when this ring was sold, its price, would depend on the Buyer."
"So we can decide how much we pay for it?!" James spoke up, excited. "Maybe we can get this at a cheap price," James thought to himself.
Jake had the same thought, but choose not to speak up.
She shakes her head, "No, it will depend on the buyers character. Is he worthy of such an item." She looks at Jake and ponders.
James gives the lady a strange look, before blurting out, "You have barely met us, how would you know enough to make a proper judgement."
"Even a second is more than enough for us to decide if he is worthy of the Diamond or not." A man steps out from the back, joining in on the conversation. He wore a White Jacket, with a strange design, that looked like 3 claw marks scratched out on it. "Fran, let me take a look at him."
The lady named Fran nods and steps next to the man.
The man stands and looks at Jake for a moment, staring into his eyes, before he speaks to Jake. "What do you think of him?"
James looks to Fran, awaiting her response. So he was struck unexpectedly when it was Jake who responded, "Observant, but cowardly. Mindful but weak." Jake gives a light smile, "But he is strong hearted, I believe with a little push, he may become even stronger than us. I have no qualms with giving it to him."
James and Fran looks at each other, both confused at the conversation the other two were having, "Dominic, what are you talking about?" Fran asked.
Dominic doesn't respond immediately, but takes the Ring from Fran. "The Price," he begins, and pauses, "Free." Dominic lets out nonchalantly.
James falls to his knees, and Fran shakes her head. Dominic takes a small box and places the ring in it, before handing it to Jake, "Best of Luck," he smiles, "Don't forget to invite us to the Wedding. I promise I won't wear White."
Dominic chuckles to himself as he turns around and looks at James momentarily, before looking away.
Jake nods his head, "Thank you." He turns to James, "Lets go back."
James stands still, unsure of what just went down. They just got a One of a Kind Ring, for free.
New Angel Grove - The Rescue Shelter
"What happened?" Emma asks, as she approaches the outside of the shelter. Amelia was sitting at the steps.
There was a little girl by Amelia's side, crying.
"It's her older sister," Amelia responded, holding the child, "They were both staying here, but her older sister went back out to their house, to retrieve an item. She says it has been over an hour since her sister left"
Emma frowns, she knew the two sisters, they came here frequent when their Dad was Out of town. Their mother having been lost in the initial attack. "Ruth and Cicily lived close by, it shouldn't take that long for her to go and come back." She turns around, "Please stay with her, I'll go find Cicily."
Amelia nods and sits down with Ruth, "Don't worry, your sister will be alright, Emma will find her."
Ruth sniffs her nose and wipes her tears, "It's all my fault, I couldn't sleep without my blanket." She appears to cry even harder as she remembers, "Cici didn't want me to be sad, so she went back. Dad says we should never go outside when it gets dark. What if she disappears like my mom."
Tears stream down Ruth's face, as she explains. Amelia's feature softens, "I promise you, Emma will come back with your sister," she pulls Ruth closer to her, "You know what I like to do when I am sad?"
Ruth stares up at Amelia and shakes her head.
"I like to sing," Amelia responds, "What is your favorite song?"
Ruth sniffles, and responds meekly, "I like that song the two mouse sings, when they were far apart from each other. My mom always sang that song for us."
"Mouse?" Amelia thinks for a bit.
"Yes," Ruth answers, seeming to be coming around to Amelia's presence. "Where the mouse is separated from his family, and they sing together, even though they are far apart."
Amelia continues to play dumb, "How does it go?"
Ruth turns to Amelia, "You don't know it?" She stares at Amelia, and begins singing
"Somewhere, out there beneath the pale moonlight, someones thinking of me and loving me tonight."
Amelia smiles, as she has managed to stop Ruth from crying, and starts to sing with her,
"Somewhere out there someones saying a prayer. That we'll find one another, in that big somewhere out there."
"And even though I know how very far apart we are," A voice echoes from down the streets.
Ruth stands up and looks towards the voice, "It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star." She answers to the voice.
"And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby,"
"It helps to thing we're sleeping underneath the same big sky!" The two voices sing together as Emma and another little girl walks out from the streets.
"Cici!" Ruth yells out as she runs to her older sister. The siblings hug, both crying tears of joy.
Amelia walks up to them and smiles, she looks to Emma, and Emma responds, "There were some thugs blocking the street, so she couldn't get back." She pats her hands together, "But it was nothing I couldn't take care of."
Amelia sighs in relief, before reacting, "I'll accept the Power," she begins. Emma's face lights up, "After seeing how much a kid was willing to do for her sister, I couldn't help but want to protect their smiles." She takes the Pink key from Emma, "I don't know if I will be worthy, but I know, I won't sit around and let people suffer, if I can help them."
Emma smiles, "Thank you," she softly speaks.
Harwood County - Collin's Building
"Ready to give up?" Troy taunts, breathing heavily. They have been exchanging blows for hours, with neither of them getting an advantage. Troy's pride wouldn't allow him to give up, and as much as he would hate to admit it, he was exhausted.
"Not just yet," Kenji lets out, he was just as tired as Troy. If the trial was to test anything else, Kenji would have already surrendered if it took this long. But Martial Arts was one thing, he was not willing to surrender on. He brings his hands up to his stance, barely managing to hold it.
Troy sighs and does the same, his fist trembling as well.
"ENOUGH!" a voice booms, as they are both teleported away in a light of Red.
Command Center(Megaforce)
"5 Hours? Really?" Emma states as Troy and Kenji lay on the ground of the Command Center, with no energy left. "Your test was to fight with him for 5 hours."
Troy raises his hand to respond, but stops, as he was to tired to retort.
The rest of the rangers stand around the two red Rangers and laugh
"So," Gosei speaks up, causing everyones attention to turn to him. "What do you think?" The Megaforce Rangers look at each other, then turn to look at the Legacy Rangers, standing across from them.
Noah is the first one to step forward, "Chris Taylor," he begins, while facing Chris, "You are strong and resilient. Facing your opponents with a true conviction, you never gave up, even when winning was almost impossible. I believe you to embody the Essence of a Ranger, and grant to you the Ranger Keys."
Chris steps forward to Noah and accepts the key.
Emma starts, "Sandy Scott. You are smart and brave. You would not jump for the Power Keys, but when a life was in danger. You threw away your fears and jumped out of the plane," Sandy pales remembering what she had done earlier. "I believe you are worthy of the Power," she takes the Megaforce Yellow Ranger Key and hands it to Sandy, "And thank you."
Sandy graciously accepts the Key.
"Next is you," Jake begins, throwing James off, he didn't think Jake was going to grant him a key, they didn't do anything heroic. "James Hart, you are observant and intelligent. I know you do not want to be a Ranger, and the choice is yours in the end. But I believe you will make an amazing Ranger, so I grant you the Ranger Keys."
A black ranger Key appears in Jakes hands, as he hands it to James.
Emma steps forward next, "Amelia Oliver," You are true and loving. Your heart is resolute and kind. You have already accepted the Key and believe that you can carry on the Legacy. I too, believe you are worthy of the Power."
Amelia smiles and nods to Emma, while clutching her Key.
Everyone turns their gaze to Troy, who had managed to bring himself to a sitting position. Troy sighs, "A Red Ranger has to be compassionate, he cares for his team and their well being."
Kenji sits up and leans against a wall, as Troy continues, "A Red Ranger has to be brave, you are the Spearhead of the team, never afraid to fight for what is right."
Troy moves to stand up, Kenji mimics his movements. "A Red Ranger must be observant, you will be leading your team into a battle for the world, a mistake can cost you everything."
Troy is completely standing up by now, facing sternly at Kenji, "A Red Ranger must be Strong. You are not only fighting to protect Earth, you are protecting your team." A Red Key materializes in front of Troy, "Kenji Kwan, I find you worthy of the Power Rangers Legendary Key." Troy grabs the key and hands it to Kenji.
The five new Rangers stands parallel to their Predecessors, clutching the Megaforce Ranger Keys. A bright light of white and gold starts embracing the Rangers.
"What's happening?" James asks, being engulfed in the blinding light.
"The New Morphing Grid is absorbing the Keys from the Old Grid." Tensou explains, "This way, you can summon the Ranger Keys, and use them to transform into Rangers of Past."
The light intensifies, and the color begins shifting. Kenji is engulfed in Red, Chris in Blue, Sandy in Yellow, James in Green and Amelia in Pink.
"This should be the last Part of activating their Ranger Powers," Troy begins, "The rest is up to them."
The Legacy Rangers suit begin to take form. "Had the Morphing Grid not been destroyed, this would have became your new Super Mega Mode," Tensou regretfully says, as the New Rangers stand in the Command Center, fully transformed.
Kenji takes off his helmet, and the others follow suit. They begin looking at the suit encasing their body.
The Megaforce Rangers grin at each other, they did the same thing when they first morphed. Curious about the changes to their body.
"Welcome to the Legacy know. as the Power Rangers," Gosei announces, "I will be sending you back to the Galleon. Billy will inform you of your Journey to not only defeat the Armada, but to restore the Morphing Grid."
Before any of the Rangers could say anymore, the Legacy Rangers disappear in a flash of light.