Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers.
-The following week-
The city was still being rebuilt from last weeks attack. Hathaway walked out of his apartment building and got into his car. "Crap I am so late for school..." The reason he was so late was because he couldn't sleep. He was still thinking about what happened last week.
"Me a Power Ranger, That's insane!"
Hathaway made his way to Valor Hayes High School and parked his car across the street. Hathaway quickly made his way to his 2nd period class.
"You're late," The teacher said.
"Sorry ma'am," He said sitting down in the back row next to Tiffany.
"Hey Tiffany," He said a bit absentmindedly.
"Wow you look terrible. What happened?"
"We can talk about it at lunch when I can find Rey I need to tell him too,"
"Ok." Tiffany said twirling her hair wondering what he was going to say.
At the nearest McDonalds Tiffany walked in and looked around for Hathaway. She saw him by the closest window seat.
"Hey Hathaway now what is it you wanted to talk about?" She said sitting down.
"Wait where's Rey?"
"Right here," He said walking in with Megan and sitting down next to Tiffany.
"Ok you're all here," Hathaway said.
"So what is it now," Rey said picking up a bunch of fries and eating them.
"Yeah and what happened to you last week when those monsters attacked?" Megan asked stealing some of Rey's fries.
"Ok so when you guys left the Power Rangers showed up," Hathaway said. "Yeah I heard," Rey said.
"Well a lot of things happened and I'm now a Power Ranger,"
"Ok I know your lying now," Tiffany said in disbelief.
"I'm serious," Hathaway said pulling out his morpher. The three stared at the device in disbelief.
"What, how did you-!"
Just then there was a loud scream as a very ugly monster stormed by the McDonalds. He turned to face the large window.
"There you are!" He shouted at Hathaway.
"Everyone get down!" Hathaway shouted as ducked under the table.
The monster shot through the window. "Wanderers!" He shouted. The foot soldiers charged into the mcdonalds. "Find the Red Ranger!"
"Now I believe you!" Tiffany said avoiding a Wanderer.
"This is crazy!" Rey yelped jumping out of the way of another Wanderer. Megan squealed and hid under their table.
"Guys get out of here!" Hathaway shouted.
"What about you?"
"If its me he wants who am I not to oblige him?" Hathaway said running at the monster.
"Here goes nothing!" Hathaway yelled ramming the monster head on. The attack was enough to knock the monster off balance.
"Red Ranger?"
"I'm right here!" Hathaway said.
"The BlackHole Organization perceives you as a threat and therefore you must die,"
"Bring it," Hathaway said. The monster lunged at him. Hathaway rolled out of the way.
"You gotta be quicker than that!" He gloated. The monster quickly spun around with a large hammer.
"Oh of course," Hathaway cartwheeled out of the way. He went to land on his feet when the monster swung again hitting him and making him land hard.
"Die!" The monster growled hanging the hammer over him. Hathaway rolled away and regained his composure. He drew his morpher.
"Nova Force! Start it Up!" He shouted. In a flash of red light he transformed.
*-PRNF-*
"Blazing Flames, Red Nova Force Ranger!" Hathaway called out striking a pose. The wanderers swarmed around him.
"Let's go! Raider Sword!" Hathaway drew his sword then went on the offensive. He slashed at the Wanderers in front of him. He round-housed two then slashed 2 more. Hathaway flipped over one Wanderer behind him and slashed its back. Once all the Wanderers were down he turned his attention to the monster.
"You're next!" He threatened.
"We'll see!" The monster shouted. Hathaway engaged the monster. The monster swiped at him but he dodged it and rolled away. He landed on one knee and converted his sword into a gun.
"Raider Gun!" He fired at it knocking it backwards.
"Had enough?"
"Not even close!" The monster shouted. It drew a hammer from seemingly nowhere. Hathaway turned his gun back to its previous form. The monster swung the hammer but he managed to block it with his sword. The monster quickly swung again knocking Hathaway off balance.
"Take this!" It shouted firing an energy beam at him. The blast sent Hathaway flying. Hathaway hit the floor hard.
"The final blow!" The monster cackled. He raised his hammer up high. Right as the hammer was on its down swing a blast of purple energy knocked the hammer away. The other four rangers were running towards him.
"Guys!" Hathaway said followed by a sigh of relief.
*-PRNF-*
Zeili helped him to his feet. "Thanks," "You ok?" Rilan asked.
"I'll live," Hathaway said. The five rangers lined up with Hathaway in the middle.
"Our first fight as a team," Leonide said.
"You're right! Let's do it!" Marias said. The five rangers charged at the monster. Rilan punched the monster then round housed it. Marias jumped over Rilan and shot at the monster with her Raider Gun. Leonide and Zeili were next.
"Neo Trident!" Leonide said as the blue and gold trident materialized in his hand.
"Radiant Shield!" Zeili said as her pink and white shield materialized onto her right forearm. The two attacked the monster. Leonide stabbed at the monster as if he was fencing. He slashed the monster in an x-pattern.
Zeili used her shield like a riot shield and forced the monster backwards before bashing it twice.
It groaned loudly and staggered back. NovaCrusader spoke into his mic.
"Rangers, finish him with the Paradox Cannon. The code is 5725"
He said.
"Got it." Hathaway said.
The Rangers flipped open their now wrist mounted morphers to reveal a key pad. They input the code. A large cannon appeared in front of them. It was big enough for each of them to hold onto. Hathaway took his place at the back. There was a slot big enough for him to put his hand in. He put his hand in until he reached a trigger.
The team spoke in unison,
"Paradox Cannon! Spread Fire!"
The cannon fired a blast that looked like a super nova. The blast hit the monster causing a large explosion.
The team exchanged cheers.
*-PRNF-*
Dragomir was watching the entire scene unfold.
"So they beat one of my Combat Directors...no matter. Fire the Reconstruction Ray," He said to one of the Wanderers. The Wanderer nodded and fired the Ray at the Earth.
Back on Earth the Rangers
Were still celebrating. "Whoo!" Hathaway yelled. The beam hit the monsters remains startling them.
"What the-?!" The remains reconstructed and the monster was back but now about as tall as the Empire State Building.
"Holy crap!" Hathaway shouted.
*-PRNF-*
The monster rampaged around the city. "Whoa!" Hathaway yelped dodging the debris.
"How do we stop that thing?" He questioned.
"Crusader where are you with the Chrono Carrier?" Leonide asked talking through his morpher.
"I'm on my way," Crusader replied.
It didn't take long for the wind to stir up.
"Huh?" Hathaway looked up and saw a large Gold and Silver carrier.
"What the-!" He was cut off by Marias taking a hold of him and jumping.
"Hold on!" She said.
The others followed suit as they jumped to the top of the carrier. The carrier doors slid open and the team was lowered into a hangar. There were 5 machines surrounding them.
A Red Jet, A Black Race Car, A Blue Tank, A Yellow Police Car and a Pink Plane.
"You go to the Jet," Rilan said running off to his zord.
"Uh right!" Hathaway ran to the Jet.
"Chrono Zords prepare to launch." Crusader said.
"There's a tiny hole on the gauntlet holding your morpher, take the cord to your left and plug it in," Zeili said. "Right," Hathaway said putting the cord into the gauntlet. The control panel instantly lit and rockets flared to life.
"Opening hatches Nitro Jet launch," Crusader said.
Hathaway's Zord took off first.
"Whoa! This thing packs a serious kick!" Hathaway said.
"You'll get the hang of it eventually!" Rilan said.
"Mach Racer launch," Rilan was next.
"Torrent Chaser launch," Leonide took off.
"Rapid Cruiser launch," Marias dropped out of the bottom of the Carrier.
"Solara Flyer launch," Zeili was the last to launch. The Zords flew toward the monster.
"Open fire!" Rilan said firing machine guns.
"Argh!" The monster grimaced. Jordan fired a laser blast at the monster. Marias and Zeili both shot at the monster. Hathaway shot at it with missiles. The monster hollered waving its arms wildly.
"Time to form the Megazord!" Rilan said. The team spoke in unison.
"AssaultMax Megazord transformation go!"
Nitro Jet was first. Nitro Jet's back bent back on a 90 Degree angle. The wings bent in the middle then bent upwards forming a shoulder like appearance. Mach Racer came next. It's back linked to the bent portion of Nitro Jet. Its wheels split apart from the body. They then flipped forward created what looked like a waist. The back part of Mach Racer spilt apart and bent backwards so that the back wheels met each other. The insides sprouted pegs which looked like arms could connect to it. Torrent Chaser went upright so that the nose was in the air. The nose bent backward and conected to Mach Racer. The bus split in the middle which gave the impression of legs. Rapid Cruiser split apart and connected to the sides of Mach Racer. It then split in the middle to form arms. Solara Flyer swooped in and connected to the back of Mach Racer. The back of Solara Flyer disconnected and contorted itself so that it looked like a robot head with a crown resembling the crest on the Nova Ranger suits. The head connected to the bent portion of Nitro Jet. The visor on the face flashed and the Megazord came to life.
"AssaultMax Megazord ready!"
The five rangers shouted.
"This thing is awesome!" Hathaway shouted as his cockpit slid into the center of the master control room where everyone else was waiting.
"Let's do this!" Rilan cheered.
The megazord stormed forward.
"Fire!" The monster shouted as beams fired from its eyes. The megazord walked straight through it and countered with a downward slash. The monster retaliated with its hammer which the megazord blocked and punched the other into its stomach. "Going up!" Zeili said as the megazord lifted it up into the air. "And going down!" Marias finished as the monster was slammed into the ground. "AssaultMax Super Saber!" The team called out. A large longsword materialized from binary in the sky. The megazord grasped it.
"Let's finish this!" Hathaway said. The megazord marched towards the monster and slashed it repeatedly. The megazord delivered a powerful downward slash knocking it backward. "AssaultMax Megazord, Giga Spin Slash!" The megazord started spin rapidly. AssaultMax spun around the monster in a pentagon shape. The sword slashed from all five points then rushed forward slashing it one last time. AssaultMax stopped spinning facing away from the monster pointing the sword at no one in particular.
The creature roared as it exploded. The team had a mixed expression of cheers as they returned to the carrier. The megazord spilt apart and flew back to the Chrono Carrier.
*-PRNF-*
"Whoo!" He hooted taking off his helmet. He walked to the center of the hangar which was suspended in mid air. The others met him there.
"You held your own out there," Rilan said.
"Yeah nice moves out there rookie," Marias said.
"Yeah thanks," Hathaway said scratching the back of his head.
"I wonder where Mr. Crusader is..." Zeili said looking around.
A large sliding door opened revealing NovaCrusader on the other side.
"Speaking of the old guy." Leonide said. Crusader walked down to the center of the hangar. Through his helmet he stared directly at Hathaway.
"Uh hey..." There was an awkward silence for a moment.
"Good job all of you, until I get your Ranger Codes and the ship fully operational I will be leaving the fight to you all. Nothing further," Crusader quickly spun off.
'He'll do good I'm sure of it,' Nova Crusader said to himself.
"Is he normally short with people?"
"Not always, he must be having a bad day," Rilan said wondering what was going on. They demorphed and teleported down to the ground. The ship turned around and flew off.
*-PRNF-*
"Huh, wonder what we're supposed to do now," Hathway spun around and saw Tiffany, Rey and Megan running towards them.
"Heeeey!" Rey shouted.
Once they made it over to their best friend they took a deep breath.
"That was awesome!" Rey said.
"Heh heh thanks," Hathaway said.
"Who are these guys?" Leonide said.
"My friends Tiffany, Rey and Megan. Oh and don't worry they won't tell anyone," The two nodded.
"Well then I'm Rilan, that's Marias ,Leonide and Zeili." The other three waved.
"Well I'm going home its getting late," Hathaway said turning around and leaving.
"Hey your just gonna leave them here?" Tiffany said.
"They have somewhere to go don't they?"
"Actually no...when Mr. Crusader works we normally don't stay on the carrier," Zeili said.
"Oh, well then I guess you guys can stay with me, I do have enough space in the apartment my father left me," Hathaway said sounding a bit strained at mentioning his father soon enough the eight parted ways.
"I hope he's gonna be okay." Tiffany said.
"He's crazy and reckless but those guys look like they got his back so I think he'll be fine," Rey said.
After mulling over Tiffany spoke.
"Yeah you're right." Tiffany said.
*-PRNF-*
Twin human like monsters stepped into Dragomir's personal chambers.
"Another monster has been defeated," the one to the right said.
"What should we do?"
Dragomir thought.
"We have no time to waste...we must get the planets Life Source,"
"But they beat the monsters and they have a new Red Ranger,"
"And that is where you come in Gemnini's, what is the backbone of the Power Rangers, what is their foundation?"
"That is lost on me sir," Dragomir pulled up an image of Nova Crusader. "Him,"
"NovaCrusader?"
"Correct, Aside from the fact that he is powerful he is still human and I believe you are fully capable of destroying him,"
"But what about the other Rangers?" The other Gemini asked.
"I will dispatch a monster with you to hold them at bay, If you can defeat him the Rangers will be childs play. But this operation won't be immediate, let it take time," The twins looked at each other.
"We will do it," They both said.
"I trust you as one of my Brigadier Generals to not fail, Gemini Alpha and Omega,"
The two nodded spun around and walked off.
"Good...say good-bye NovaCrusader," Dragomir smiled and let out an evil laugh.
A/N: Well I have one thing to ask the first time readers...What do you think the connection between Hathaway and NovaCrusader is? You'll find out in the chapter after next. People that read it before don't say anything!