A/N: Hello, friends, and welcome to the next episode of Galaxy Crisis!
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Power Rangers: Galaxy Crisis
Episode Three: Heart of Green
Alex sat in his room, staring at the wristband Leon had given him.
He apparently had a "strong and protective spirit," whatever the hell that meant.
He was still apprehensive about the whole "Power Ranger" thing, especially with his sister being one.
He couldn't fathom her getting hurt- couldn't bear it.
He leaned back onto his bed, staring up at his green ceiling. Green ceiling, green walls, green everything.
Leon had said that he was the green ranger...
Was this his... destiny?
Alex barked out a laugh. No. There was no such thing as "fate" or "destiny."
They were just words designed to make people feel better about what they did, and how they turned out- that it was their "destiny." Their "fate."
But maybe.. No. You're rational, Alex, get your priorities straight!
"You're not seriously still thinking about this, are you?"
Alex's head snapped up to meet a familiar face at the door.
It was Calista.
He and Calista had grew up, side-by-side, in their crappy household with crappy parents. They did almost everything together, and now..
Alex wasn't so sure.
He shrugged. "What if I am?"
Calista groaned. "Alex, we get to be heroes! Save the world, all that shit!"
Alex chuckled. "I know, Cal. But what if I get hurt. Worse- if you do?"
Calista sighed, and sat down next to him, grabbing one of his hands. "Alex, I'll be fine. Besides, we stick together."
Alex smiled. "Twins forever."
Alex met up with Sage almost every day after school for science tutoring.
Sage was nice, with her flouncy walk and bubbly spirit. She made everyone happy and smile.
And she was also a ranger.
Alex couldn't imagine Sage fighting, not even with a sibling (if she had any).
So when they got attacked by weird mutants, Alex was surprised.
The mutants had long, brown tails (like a monkey's) with red spikes. Their bodies were humanoid (using that term lightly) and were covered in alternating red scales and patches of coarse, brown fur.
Their ears looked like every drawing of a dragon Alex had ever seen, and they had wings that were bat-like, with fur scattered about the scarlet scales. They had long, monkey-like arms, with long black, shiny talons.
In a few words, they were fucking creepy-ass mutants.
Alex and Sage jumped up from the bleachers, dumping their schoolwork to the ground.
Alex leapt in front of Sage, not planning for her to ready her fists, shout a battle cry, and start going ape-shit on the mutants.
He stood there in shock, staring wide-eyed at Sage.
She got to take a breath, and flipped her blonde hair out of her face. Panting, she said, "Karate classes. Are you gonna help?"
Alex regained his senses and jumped in to help Sage.
When they sent the mutants back to where they came from with their tails between their legs (no pun intended) Alex gave Sage a quizzical look.
"Karate classes?"
Sage shrugged, as if that were obvious.
"Gotta hand it to ya, Blondie. You're full of surprises."
Sage rolled her eyes and slugged him in the shoulder.
Alex thought he was in love.
Later, they were at the Ranger base (underneath Leon's house) and he and Sage were explaining the battle.
"They were huge, easily as tall as you, Mr. Smith, maybe taller!" Sage cried, eyes wild.
Alex nodded. "Yeah, they looked like a science experiment gone wrong! They looked like monkeys with dragon wings and ears and long talons that shined!" He grinned. "Sage went totally ape-shit on the..." Alex laughed. "the apes!"
Sage rolled her eyes and smacked in the shoulder. Mr. Smith pursed his lips (just like he always did when someone cussed) as the other rangers watched them explain their story in amusement.
Izzy, the broody girl, narrowed her eyes and scoffed. "Sunshine? Fighting? That just doesn't work."
Suddenly, a wailing alarm went off. Mr. Smith slid his chair over to the computer. "Looks like you'll be able to test that theory, Izzy. There's an attack on the park."
Leon nodded, and beckoned the rangers into the capsules.
"I thought these only took us- whoa!" Alex yelled.
Suddenly, they were in Frazier Park with a dozen monkey mutant running around.
The mutants noticed them, and hissed and howled.
"To our houses?" Alex finished.
The mutants started to charge.
"What do we do?" Jakobe shouted.
Leon whipped out his card. "Galaxy Crisis!" He swiped his card over his wristband. "Activate!" Suddenly, he was a Power Ranger, and he leapt into battle.
The other rangers grinned, and followed suit.
This was turning out to be a hell of a day!
A/N: Hope you like it! Sorry it's so late, school went into hyper-drive at the end of the year! Happy late summer!