Ok, here goes the second chapter, where the real action starts to take place. I plan to make every chapter in the style of a power rangers episode, so the first few ones are going to be mostly explanatory. Truth be told, i'm having quite some fun writing this fic, though it's taking away from my time for my other story. Well, anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter :D!
Chapter 2: The chosen part 2
Lelouch finished taking the sight of the dead lizards and his new power in and turned to the woman.
"I hope you do realize that I have a lot of questions, right?" he raised an eyebrow in curiosity, his eyes returning to normal.
"Don't worry about it. I'll explain everything you need to know when next we meet." She said, as she started to disappear into a green mist.
"And when will that be and how will you find me?" asked the boy.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out. I suggest you head back home, don't worry, those kids you were looking for are safe." She said, as she disappeared.
Lelouch was left alone in the forest.
"Tch. Well might as well take her word for it." He said a little irritated and headed home.
"I'll have to think up an excuse about my late homecoming when I get back." A smile appeared on his face, as he mused in his thoughts while walking.
Suzaku and the rest of the gang were staring at a middle aged man in a business suit.
"Dad?! What are you doing here?" asked Suzaku shocked.
Genbu Kururugi was the Prime minister of Japan and Suzaku's father. He was dressed in a blue business suit with a black tie.
The other four weren't less surprised.
"Like I said, I'll explain everything to all of you, but for that I need you to come with me." Said the man, as a big helicopter hovered behind him.
From it came a woman in her early adulthood with long purple hair and was dressed in a fancy uniform.
"Come on, all of you get a move on!" she yelled and gestured to them to get on the chopper.
"Big sis?!" Euphemia was even more confused, as the five teens did as they were told.
"Wait! Lelouch is still somewhere in the forest! He might be in danger!" said Suzaku.
"Lamperouge? If he was, the radar would've picked up his presence." Replied the woman.
"Suzaku, I'm sure that Lelouch's gone home and is worried about us." Gino assured his friend.
They entered the helicopter and took off.
Inside, the five teens were extremely curious at the turn of events, but didn't ask any questions for the time being.
"Euphie, are you alright? Those things didn't hurt you, did they?" Cornelia was concerned for her younger sister.
Cornelia was an ex German General so her word had a lot of influence in the political swaying of the world. She was really fond of her younger sister, as she saw her as the innocent little girl that she was.
"Huh? Oh, yes I'm fine. It's just that I'm a little scared from all of this, that's all." She replied.
"Don't worry, Euphie. Everything will be alright, I'm sure of it." Suzaku smiled at her.
"We have arrived." Said Genbu, as the machine started to descend.
There were no windows, so the teenagers couldn't see where they were.
They landed and the engines shut off. The hatch opened, revealing an underground base. Everyone left the chopper.
"Whoa, what is this place?" Kallen marveled.
"Yeah, it's like the batcave!" joked Gino.
"I assure you, this facility isn't a comic book character's lair. Follow me." Said the middle aged man, as everyone followed him.
They arrived in what seemed to be a general headquarters.
"You still haven't told us anything." Pointed out Suzaku.
"Patience, young Kururugi. It is a very important quality to have." Came a man's voice.
Everyone turned around to see a tall middle aged man with brown hair dressed in a formal black suit with a tie. Next to him was a woman with long black hair of the same age, dressed in a dark blue and white dress.
"Mr. and Mrs. Lamperouge!?" the five students were taken aback as they realized who the people were.
Those were Lelouch's parents. Charles Lamperouge was the current monarch of England and his wife, Marianne Lamperouge, was the minister of defense. They occasionally came to Japan to visit their kids, who were studying there.
"It's nice to see all of you again, too." Smiled Marianne.
The confusion was beginning to get out of hand when Charles spoke.
"I take it all of you want a thorough explanation, right?" asked Charles.
"Yes, please. It would be very helpful." Replied Shirley nodding nervously, as she was concerned not to offend Lelouch's parents.
"Let's see. I guess we should start by where we are currently." Said Charles, giving Genbu the word.
"Right now, all of us are beneath my mansion. This whole facility was created a few years back." Spoke the other man, causing even more confusion.
"Forget the part about me not noticing a construction of this size. Why would you go out of your way to build something like this?" asked Suzaku.
"It's quite simple really. We are using this building for top secret research." Said Marriane.
"Research on what?" asked Kallen.
"Well, mainly on the super natural and extra-terrestrial. I got invited to join this project by Lady Marianne." Stated Cornelia.
"Oh, please Cornelia, there's no need for formalities between friends." Smiled the woman.
"That's great and all, but you still haven't told us anything about these strange powers that we got." Gino wanted to hear about that part.
"Yes. Tell me, have any of you heard of the power of the king?" asked Charles.
"The power of the king?" asked Euphemia.
"An ancient power passed down through the dawn of time. It grants the chosen bearer abilities only available in one's dreams. It is also referred to as Geass." Explained the Englishman.
"So this power that we have is called Geass, huh?" said Gino, interested to hear more.
"Do you know who was the woman that gave us these powers?" asked Shirley.
"We don't know her identity, but we do know that she is a bearer of the Geass, like all of you. She was the only recorded user until today. We've named her 'Code C' or 'C.C' for short. Her only known abilities so far are her inhuman strength and ability to give Geass to others, the latter of which we found out through all of you. We really know little to nothing about her and her motives." Explained Genbu.
"What about those things that attacked us?" asked Kallen.
"Those were infantry troops, in other words minions, of the galactic Kreuz empire. They are called Gushters. They were most likely sent to investigate the energy spike caused by C.C." explained Marianne.
"So she was the source of the earthquake." Said Suzaku.
"What was she doing?" asked Shirley.
"If we knew, we would've already taken action." Replied Charles.
"Wait, so those lizard-like things are aliens?!" asked Gino shocked.
"Well, more or less, yes, you could call them that. You'd be surprised at how many aliens live on Earth, disguised as humans. They are really good folk." Explained Marianne.
"Where do we fit in this mess?" asked Kallen.
"Well, since the five of you have come into possession of the Geass, we were hoping that you would use it to help fight back the enemy troops because they will most likely send more waves of them to fully investigate the disappearance of the first squad." Said Cornelia.
"You must understand that the Kreuz empire doesn't deal in peaceful measures. They've conquered countless planets by decimating the population. Now that they've taken an interest in our planet, we must make sure that it doesn't fall into their leader's hands." Said Charles.
The five looked at each other and seemed to come to a conclusion.
"Of course, we will use our power to protect everyone!" replied Suzaku.
Their conversation was interrupted by a transmission. A digital screen appeared across the room, with a video feed coming live.
"Why hello there!" came the irritating voice of a scientist.
The man had silver hair with glasses and was wearing a long white lab coat.
"This better be important." Said Cornelia with a disappointed sigh.
"Lloyd?! You are a part of this too?!" Suzaku recognized the man and was shocked.
Lloyd Asplen was an astounding scientist, who Suzaku had met along with Lelouch on one of the official meetings that they attended as kids. His personality could best be described as a bit 'odd'.
"Why yes, Suzaku! Who do you think does all the brain work?" said cheerfully the man, before he was pushed over by a dark blue haired woman in an orange uniform.
"Do you want me to give you another lecture on how to act in front of others?" asked the woman.
"I think I'll pass." Mumbled Lloyd.
"Cecile!" Suzaku recognized the woman.
Cecile Croomy was the assistant of Lloyd, who also served as his partner and caretaker.
"Hello, everyone." She waved.
"Enough of this charade. Why did you call?" asked Charles.
"My deepest apologies, sir. We actually wanted to report that-" Cecile was bowing her head and was cut off by Lloyd.
"It's all over the news. The Gushters are with what looks like a commander and are terrorizing the city center." Said Lloyd as carefree as always.
"What?!" Genbu turned on a secondary screen to show what the scientist was talking about.
On the screen they could see a huge squad of the lizard like creatures accompanied by a red scaled humanoid serpent with spiky black armor and a huge longsword.
"Tear up this place! We will search every nook and cranny until we find the source of the energy signal!" the serpent yelled out orders.
The troops started to destroy everything around them, terrifying people and causing them to run for their lives.
"Those monsters! They are attacking innocent people!" Suzaku growled.
"We must go and help them!" said Gino, getting nods of approval from his peers.
"Oho! You're all rearing to go, but tell me, do you have any idea how to use your powers?" Lloyd raised one of his eyebrows curiosity filling his eyes.
The teens were dumbfounded at first, since they didn't have any idea how their powers worked.
Lloyd was satisfied by their lack of knowledge and a smile formed on his face.
"Well, I might as well inform you of how wonderful your powers are!" he said as his smile widened.
"The Geass, as you may have noticed, materializes as a symbol in one's eyes. It gives every individual a different type of power and is quite easy to activate. You just simply need to will it into action." Stated Lloyd.
The five did as they were instructed and their eyes flared up with the different colored symbol.
"Oho, excellent! You'll have to let me examine all of you later!" Lloyd was ecstatic.
"You're missing to tell them something else." Reminded him Marianne.
"Yes, like C.C, every Geass user is capable of manifesting an armor like suit around their body, apart from the improvement of one's physical strength and granted ability." Said Cecile.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Tell them how to activate it." Said Charles.
"My research indicates that one must focus on a deep desire in order to activate the suit. Psychology really isn't my strong area of expertise. I much prefer machines, especially a certain additional capability that we found out about the Geass." Lloyd was beaming.
"You can fill us in on your discovery later." Said Genbu, turning to the five teens.
"I'm sorry that all of you have to do this, but we don't possess any other type of way to counter act this threat without causing major chaos." Apologized the prime minister. (Cause you can't just nuke aliens XD)
"Don't worry, dad. We will defeat them." Said Suzaku.
"Yeah, ain't no lizards going to thrash the city and get away with it." Gino said with a confident smile and put a hand over Suzaku's shoulders. "Plus there's nothing that can stand against us. We already thrashed a bunch of those things, so they've got nothing on us!"
"We'll just go out there and send them back home." Kallen smacked her fist into her palm and smiled confidently.
Shirley and Euphemia weren't very fond of conflict, but seemed to resolve themselves.
"If there are innocent people getting hurt, then we have no choice but to act." Said Euphemia.
"Euphie." Cornelia was proud of her younger sister.
Lelouch had arrived home. It was a rather large two story house. When he entered he was greeted by his bodyguard Jeremiah Gottwald.
"Welcome back, your highness!" saluted the man.
He was tall with dark green hair and was dressed in a blue uniform.
"Good Evening, Jeremiah. I apologize for my late return. I was caught up by some things with friends from school." Smiled Lelouch and went into the living room on the first floor.
There he was greeted by three faces. His twin younger siblings Rolo and Nunnaly Lamperouge along with their maid Sayoko.
Both Nunnaly and Rolo had brown hair like their father, while Lelouch had black like their mother's. The three of them had inherited their violet eyes from their mother though. The sad thing was that Nunnaly was born with disabled legs, so she had to spend her entire life on a wheelchair. Rolo didn't seem to be born with a disability, though he was very shy around people he didn't knew and mostly preferred to interact with his family. Both of the twins saw Lelouch as their hero, someone they should aspire to be like, he was their older brother after all.
The little girl caught sight of him and waved over to him.
"Welcome back, Lelouch!" Said happily Nunnaly, causing Rolo to turn around.
"Hello, big brother." Greeted the younger boy.
"Greetings, sire." Sayoko bowed her head.
"Good evening." Smiled Lelouch, as Rolo brought Nunnaly in her wheelchair closer to the older boy.
"I take it you two have been good and listened to Sayoko and Jeremiah?" asked Lelouch patting the two on their heads.
"Of course! Me and Rolo studied together." Replied the crippled girl happily.
"Why were you late today, big brother?" asked Rolo.
"I had some stuff to deal with after school and I also went out with the others to check out the earthquake earlier." Lelouch told them the half-truth.
"You could've gotten yourselves hurt!" Nunnaly was concerned.
"But we didn't, so everything's okay." Lelouch smiled at his two siblings.
He then turned to the maid.
"Sayoko, I'm going to take a shower, so could I ask you to prepare dinner for when I come out? It's been a really long day and I'm starving." Smiled the teen.
"Of course, my lord." Bowed and smiled the maid.
Lelouch entered the bath and had put shampoo on his head. The water was running over him, as he washed his hair.
"Hmm… I hope that everyone got out of the forest ok." He thought, as he started to put soap on himself.
"I wonder when and how that woman's going to contact me. Also, what were those things?" his thoughts trailed off.
"No matter, now I have this incredible power. With it I will be able to destroy all evil in this world and protect everyone that matters to me." He finished his thought, as a smirk appeared on his face.
He dried himself and changed into his everyday clothes. A blue t-shirt and black pants. He went downstairs and found everyone to be watching the news.
On the TV he could see the exact same creatures, that had attacked him, ravishing the city center.
"What are those things?" asked Nunnaly scared.
"Do not worry Lady Nunnaly. Sayoko and I will not allow anything to happen to any of you." Assured her Jeremiah.
Lelouch was extremely angry. How dared those things to frighten his little sister. He went over to his two siblings and placed a hand on their shoulders. They turned to look at him.
"Let's have dinner before it gets cold. I'm sure that the police or military will do something about it." He smiled, relieving the two.
The three children and their two attendants went over to the dinner table. Lelouch continued to watch the news carefully, when he saw a group of five people stand up to the lizard like creatures, almost causing his jaw to drop.
Suzaku and the rest were settled on their decision.
"Good, then prepare for an ultra-drive." Said Charles after hearing their decision.
"A what now?" Gino was confused.
"Oh, the instant transportation machine that I invented." Gloated Lloyd, before receiving a slap on the back of the head from Cecile. "I mean 'we' invented."
"It is one of a kind, since it's quite large and requires a vast amount of energy to maintain." Explained Cecile, as the five teens were brought to the machine.
When they entered the huge hangar they were awe struck.
"*whistle* You weren't kidding about the big part." Said Gino looking around.
"This place alone is triple the size of my house!" exclaimed Kallen.
The adults were standing back in the control hub and were watching them from the side.
"Alright, just like Asplen said. Concentrate to activate the suit of armor. That way you will become the power rangers that will protect this world!" Said Genbu from the side.
The five concentrated very intently, as their eyes began to glow brightly. When all of them felt like they were ready they looked up.
"Geass Force!" shouted the five teens, as their bodies were surrounded by different colored lights.
The white light engulfing Suzaku was starting to disappear. In its place appeared white and golden armor with a white helmet with a black visor.
Kallen's armor was red and grey with a red helmet with a black visor.
Shirley's was yellow with some black tint and her helmet was yellow with a black visor.
Gino's armament was blue of color with white linings and the helmet was blue with a black visor.
Euphemia's armor was pink with silver tinting and her helmet was pink with a black visor.
The five armors looked identical, as the visors were all shaped like the Geass symbol and the suits were skintight, though there were some differences. Suzaku's armor was stern and yet aerodynamic at the same time. Gino's was more based on speed rather than tanking. Shirley's looked more high tech than the others, while Kallen's was mostly like Suzaku's, though looked to be more robust. Euphemia's pink armor was more resilient than the others but didn't lag far behind in terms of speed.
Each was checking themselves out.
"Aw man, this is awesome! We look like a gang of super heroes!" said Gino ecstatic.
"Pipe down already, though I do admit that it is really cool." Said Kallen.
"This feeling is unreal." Said Suzaku flexing his limbs.
"Hey, I have an idea." Said Euphemia cheerfully.
"What is it Euphie?" asked her Shirley.
"Since we are practically super heroes at this point, we should figure out a team name and pose when we arrive on the scene!" she stated cheerfully, earning sighs from all of the adults and the confusion of some of her companions.
"That's a great idea, Euphie!" nodded Gino.
"Um, are you sure about this?" asked Suzaku not feeling up to it.
"Yeah, won't it be a little embarrassing?" added Kallen.
"Oh, relax you two. We are wearing helmets, so there's no way of anyone to recognize us." Assured them Shirley.
The five armored teens seemed to reach a consensus.
"Ok, since all of you are ready to go, prepare for ultra-drive!" said Charles, as Marianne initiated the sequence for the machine to transport them.
The next moment, the five found themselves near the city center.
"Alright, it's show time, you guys!" said Gino, as they ran to where the attackers were.
Lelouch, along with his siblings and attendants, were watching the news broadcast, as they saw the group of five different colored armored people arrive.
The red scaled serpent noticed them.
"Huh? And who are you morons supposed to be?" he asked chuckling.
(Initiate epic posing sequence XD)
"Yellow Geass Ranger!" proclaimed Shirley as she posed.
"Blue Geass Ranger!" Gino followed with his own pose.
"Pink Geass Ranger!" stated Euphemia, striking a pose.
"Red Geass Ranger!" Kallen was next.
"White Geass Ranger!" Suzaku posed.
The five then pointed at the serpent with their right hands.
"We are the Power Rangers Geass Force and we are here to stop you!" proclaimed the white ranger. (Insert explosion behind them for awesomeness XD)
Lelouch was speechless from the display. Rolo and Nunally, like the little kids they were, were genuinely marveled by the, in their eyes, super heroes. Jeremiah and Sayoko were also a little taken aback.
From somewhere else, C.C was watching them and was laughing her ass off.
"Those kids totally killed it!" she said, continuing to laugh.
Their enemy, however, didn't seem very impressed by the performance.
"What are you, a circus? Get out of here if you know what's good for ya!" yelled the red scaled serpent.
"You know, for a lizard, you're very hot headed." Joked the blue ranger, receiving a growl from his enemy.
"I am Cherkans, one of the four commanders of lord Kreuz's eastern fleet! How dare you mock me!" yelled the serpent, as he swung the longsword, creating a slash wave.
The five dodged out of harm's way and were preparing to fight the huge crowd of Gushters.
Cherkans wasn't happy to see them dodge and raised his sword towards them.
"Get them!" he ordered, as the minions charged at them.
"Here they come!" said Kallen.
The fight began.
Gino was punching the things left and right with insane speeds, thanks to his Geass.
Shirley's lightning aura activated whenever she would receive a blow and fried the attacker.
Kallen was throwing explosive punches at the lizards sending them to the ground.
Euphemia had managed to lock them in place, as strings of air had appeared around them, with her Geass and was kicking them away.
Suzaku's hits were causing shockwaves, sending all of the enemies flying.
Lelouch's eyes widened with curiosity. What were those powers that those five had? Could they be similar to his? Those and other questions were taking over his mind as he watched, while Rolo and Nunnaly were like children watching their favorite TV show.
"Hmm. So there were strong fighters after all. I should get back and report this to the main cruiser." Thought the serpent.
"Well then 'rangers' it was a pleasure meeting you. I sincerely hope that we will meet again." Hissed Cherkans and disappeared in a flash of light.
"Yeah, that's right! Run away, you overgrown chicken!" said Gino.
"Chicken, really?" asked Kallen.
"Oh, I get it. It is assumed that birds evolved from dinosaurs, hence his joke." Explained Shirley.
"Come on guys, stop kidding around. We should head back." Said Suzaku.
"How are we going to do that?" asked Euphemia.
Without any more questions asked they disappeared.
Lelouch and company were speechless from the display they had just witnessed.
"Big brother, weren't those people fantastic?" asked him Nunnaly, still hyped from seeing the five fighters.
"Uh, yeah… right." Replied Lelouch, his mind working at full output trying to figure out what was it that he had seen.
"I-It is alright that they are fighters for justice, but couldn't they have done it in a less embarrassing fashion?" said Jeremiah confused from what he had just watched.
C.C was watching the whole ordeal and was satisfied from what she saw.
"It would seem that they are quite adept at using their Geass, but theirs can't compare to the power of the true king." She said.
Her green and silver armor disappeared, revealing a girl with long green hair and yellow eyes with a green Geass in her eyes. She was dressed in a white leather jacket with a black shirt underneath and had white pants and shoes.
"I wonder what his reaction was when he saw the others use their powers. Anyway, I should probably go and get a change of clothes and make the required preparations." She said with a playful smile.
Ok, so there are a few points i must address, i think. First, not only have i gone with a world that's more like ours, i've also made Lelouch's parents to be good guys, as they and Suzaku's dad are playing the role of mentors to the Rangers (Think of them as something like Zordon from Mighty Morphin, or Udonna form Mystic Force, anyway you get the idea). I have an idea of how the zords part will be working(Since you can't have a power rangers story without big robots XD). As for Lelouch and C.C, they'll have their share of action in this story i assure you(And no they won't be part of the team, for a long while at least.) Of course, i'll explore the villains' characters and story more as well, in order to make the plot somewhat more interesting. Anyway, thank you for reading and i hope you have a great day! (P.S. Hope i get my lazy ass to work and finish the next chapter of Z.N. today XD)