Hello there, my fellow Rangers to the next chapter of Power Rangers Legacy II: Dino Hope.
I hope your going to enjoy it and now review time.
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Now story time.
The sun was shining down on Amber Beach on a fine Monday morning as Henry was sitting in his office at the Dino Museum. The tall man was currently on the phone, which was on speaker as he leaned back in his leather chair as he sat behind his desk.
"...The beaches are amazing here." Henry said as he turned his chair to look out the window behind him, "You know, when you come over."
"I do would like to work on my tan." the female voice said from the other side, "But don't change the subject. You where talking about this Ms. Morgan."
"Her name is Kendall. But yeah, she wasn't really happy I told her so late. She started yelling at me, something about my motivation or lack therof and then I got a boner." Henry admitted, "It was super akward. Now she isn't talking to me, or that might be because it was the weekend with no alien attacks."
"You got a boner when she yelled at you?" the woman on the other end said, "Your crushing hard on her!" she added with a laugh.
"I do not!" Henry protested with a laugh, "She's gross, you like her!", when he heard a knock on the door.
Looking to his side, he saw that it was Shelby. "Hey, Henry." she said as she opened the door, "You busy?"
"No, no." Henry said waving her over, "Come on in."
"Is that her!?" the female voice shouted over the phone.
"What? No. That's Shelby. She's cool." Henry said shaking his head, "Shelby, this is my sister."
"Hey there... Ms. Morgenstern?" Shelby said as she sat down across the desk.
"Oh, she's adorable. Just call me Ana." Henry's sister said, "So Shelby, honest opinion. How long do you think it's going to take for Henry to continue the Morgenstern Bloodline?"
"The what now?" Shelby said confused.
"Alright, got to go." Henry said sitting up as he moved to the phone, "Talk to you later, sis."
"Henry Morgenstern, don't you dare hang up on me!" Ana yelled through the phone, "I want to know when I'll become a..."
But Henry ignored her as he hung up by pressing a button before turning to the other girl as he leaned back into his chair, "So Shelby, how was your weekend?"
"It was fine, I guess. Had a lot of studying to do." Shelby said, "What about yours?"
"I had to finish some work, went for some beers with Tyler and Chase. Then just relaxed, watch some movie, it was pretty good. So I feel rested." Henry said slightly moving his chair from side to side, "So what brings you to my office?"
"I need your help." Shelby said.
"Alright." Henry said placing his hands on his desk as he stood up, "Let's go."
"Really? Just like that? Okay then." Shelby said surprised, "Oh and Henry?"
He glanced at her as they walked out of his office, "I think your cool too." she said getting a smile from him.
The two stood in the elevator down towards the Command Lab, Henry leaning against the wall with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
"So..." Shelby said, apparently deciding to break the unspoken elevator rule, "What movie where you watching?"
"Oh, just 'The Fratziano: The First Guardian'." Henry said casually, "It's a pretty good one..."
"I loved that movie." Shelby said excited, "That final battle is still one of the best in the GCU, I would argue in all of the superhero movies."
"Didn't know you where into the whole GCU." Henry said with a smile, "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one."
"I am so psyched for 'Arabian Knight 2: The Dark Realm'!" Shelby said as the two geeked out over their favorite cinematic superhero francise.
"Please, the first 'Arabian Knight' was lame." Henry scoffed, "I'm all about 'Battle for Atlantis'."
The two Rangers walked out of the elevator and into the Command Lab as they continued their conversation.
"'Battle for Atlantis'? Ocean Queen?" Shelby said with a raised eyebrow, "Arabian Knight could kick Ocean Queen's ass!"
"How? All she got is super strength, agility and her swords." Henry said with a raised eyebrow of his own, "Ocean Queen got all that but a trident instead of swords, plus she commands all sea creatures. She can summon a shark to eat Arabian Knight's ass!"
"Okay let's agree to disagree." Shelby said, "But you have to admit 'Hollowstrike: Darkest Knight' is the best one."
"Oh my god." Henry said closing his eyes as he nodded, "Soo good."
"What are you two talking about?" Kendall said, having watched the entire conversation.
"Oh just about the movies from the GCU. And who would kick who's ass." Henry said, but Kendall just gave him a look that indicated she had no idea what he was talking, "Guardian Cinematic Universe? The big superhero movie franchise? No?"
But Kendall still looked as confuse as she was before. "Why don't you explain it." she said, shaking her head in annoyance.
"Want to help, Shelby?" he said, turning to the girl in pink.
"Sure thing." she said with a nod.
"It was the third World War, and humanity was determined to end itself." Henry said, deepening his voice as if narrating a movie trailer, "Hitler was resurrected as a Uber Cyborg and with an army of advanced Nazi Robots, he stormed Europe once again."
"But then, on the edge of annihilation, the world was forever changed as one question was answered, one that had been asked by humanity for as long as they have existed..." Shelby continued, "Humanity wasn't alone in the universe."
"An alien smashed the Nazi's tools of war, he forced them to stop fighting." Henry continued, "And at Berlin, he defeated Hitler and stopped World War III in one day."
"They called him..." Henry and Shelby continued, "The Fratziano, the first superhero."
"Right..." Kendall said, "So it's a bunch of superhero flicks."
"Who doesn't enjoy watching dudes and dudettes in tight colorful uniforms beat the crap out of bad guys?" Henry said with a smile.
"I don't." Kendall said, turning away from them, "And I am not surprised that you enjoy that brainless shlock."
"...Brainless shlock!?" Henry said dramatically, placing a hand on his chest and looking as if Kendall had hit him, "Do you know how interconnected those movies are? You need to watch six movies to fully understand the plot of the first 'The Guardians' movies."
"Well to be fair." Shelby said making him look at her, "You only really need to see 'Arabian Knight', which is by far the most vital of the preceding films, otherwise there's a lot of stuff about Jasmine's and Jafar's backstories that you won't understand. It also helps to have watched 'The Fratziano: The First Guardian', just to get more background details on The Fratziano himself and the Magic Mirror."
"Not helping Shelby!" Henry said through gritted teeth before turning to Kendall, "You are the oldest young person I have ever met!"
"Your only a few years older than me." Kendall said annoyed.
"I know, sad isn't it." Henry said dryly.
Letting out a deep sigh, Kendall turned to Shelby, "Can't we use any of the other Rangers?" she said.
"Well..." Shelby said a bit nervously, "Henry is very useful."
"If you say so." Kendall said with a shrug, "I guess he has some uses."
"Okay, are you naturally this bitchy?" Henry said annoyed, "Or is it just me?"
"While I have respect for your abilities, Morgenstern." Kendall said as her brown eyes looked into his green ones, "It's your motivations that concerns me."
"My motivations? I'm like the second most motivated guy out there." Henry scoffed, "So what did you need me for?"
"We finished the E-tracer." Shelby said, gesturing to the device next to Kendall.
"Cheers love." Henry said dryly as he looked over the device, "Why does it look like an modified X-Box?"
But his question was ignored as Kendall proceeded to talk about the E-tracer, "I will keep it simple, it uses the satellite network to try and find an Energem signature. It's searching for traces of the aqua Energem. When it's locking onto something, we need you to go to that location and make sure it's safe."
"Because of my speed, I can be there in a second." Henry said with an approving nod to Shelby, "Good thinking."
"Actually it was..." Shelby began but she saw the glare Kendall was giving her, "Y-Yeah, thanks."
A beeping sound came from the machine as neither women where sure of if it was an Energem or a Zord.
"Either way, it helps us." Henry said, "Call you when I get there." and as if he disappeared in the wind, he was gone.
"Hey, Shelby. It's me." Henry said through his phone as he slowed down as he walked past a few more trees, "It took a bit longer. I ran the wrong way and almost ended up in Briarwood."
He stepped past a few more trees and walked into a clearing before he saw an alien general with a group of Vivix.
"I'll call you back." Henry said, "Got a monster attack incoming." with that he hung up and he let out a whistle to draw the alien's attention
"What? A Ranger already!?" the alien named Stingrage, "Doesn't matter! We will destroy you!" as the Vivix's charged at him.
"Yeah, yeah." Henry said impatiently tapping his foot on the ground, "That's what they all say." stepping forward as he Morphed in a flash of yellow light.
Yellow Ranger leaps over the first three with a backflip, sending a blast of energy from his blaster, landing a head shot on each of them.
He lands just as another Vivix strikes at him twice. Yellow Ranger evades them both before landing a body shot followed up with a headshot. He grabbed the body of a Vivix to block an incoming blast from Stingrage.
Yellow Ranger slamming it down into the ground, lifting it up and slamming it down with enough force to kill it.
In a blur of yellow speed, the Vivix's where put down as it teared through them.
"What? How!" Stingrage said in disbelieve as he saw the Yellow Ranger come to a stop.
The earth erupted beneath him as he was shower in dirt and earth as a massive being emerged from the ground below. The shockwave send Yellow Ranger flying, sending him rolling over the ground until he came to a stop by hitting a tree.
Stingrage hit the Zord with one of his stinger, before quickly making his escape.
Letting out a painful groan, Yellow Ranger sat up to see that it was the Ankylozord. It was only thanks to his speed he evaded the tail of the Zord. But he only saw it for a moment before it disappeared back into the ground.
Some time later, the Rangers where gathered, sitting around a table in the Command Lab. Keeper was standing close by while Kendall stood at her computer, distancing herself from the Rangers. Helping himself to a bag of chips, Henry told them about his encounter with the Ankylozord and how Sledge's Crew somehow had beaten him to it.
"So the Ankylozord is awake." Riley said looking around the table, "That means the Aqua Energem bonded to someone."
"You mean..." Shelby said surprised, "There's an Aqua Power Ranger out there?"
"That is correct." Keeper said as he pondered over this question, "But he may not know we exist or may have chosen for some reason not to join us yet. What I can't explain is why the Zord attacked Henry. It would never do this."
For a moment the only sounds in the Lab came from the machines and Henry eating his chips. He looked around for a moment, his eyes resting in the direction of Kendall a few times.
"Sorry, I'm half expecting Kendall to make a remark how the Ankylozord was trying to do you a favor by taking me out." Henry said, a bit concerned that their resident scientist hadn't said a word yet, "Perhaps it was something the alien did. I noticed he shot something at the Zord."
"That must be it." Tyler said claping his hands together, "That must mean we just have to remove what he did. Do that and it will return to normal."
"Sounds like a good a guess as any." Henry said, placing his empty bag down and taking a sip of his soft drink, "But what I want to know, how did Sledge's crew knew where the Zord was."
"It's my fault." Shelby said, hanging her head low, "My E-tracer somehow screwed up and gave its location away."
"Actually... Your device worked brilliantly."
The Rangers turned around to look at Kendall, who stood there with her arms crossed, "Sledge got the location of the Zord because I didn't encrypt the E-tracer's code." Kendall said, as she removed her glasses, "It's my fault we lost the Ankylozord. Somehow, I'll find a solution..."
Without another word, the scientist walked out of the lab and towards the elevator. The Rangers where stunned as this was the only time Kendall had admitted to making a mistake.
"Where you think she's going?" Koda said.
"Isengard?" Henry said with a shrug, much to the confusion of the caveman, "It's a place where Hobbits go."
Up in the loading bay of the museum, Kendall was walking to one of the Museum Trucks used for excavation. She checked up if she had all the right equipment.
And with that secured, she walked around to the driver side, only to find Henry leaning against the truck with his arms crossed.
"Kendall." he said.
"Good grief!" Kendall said startled.
"What are you doing?" Henry said, pushing himself off the truck, "If your going after the Ankylozord alone... not one of your best idea's."
"That's the thing, Morgenstern." Shelby said as she moved the needed equipment to the back of the truck, "I rarely make mistakes but when I do, I correct them. No excuses."
"I think there is more to it." Henry said as he followed after her, "Your trying to prove something."
"Trying to prove something? Story of my life." Kendall scoffed at him, "This might be difficult for you to imagine, Morgenstern. But we don't all got everything handed to us on a silver platter because our parents are rich. I had to work hard for everything that I have."
"I'm not going to stand here and pretend I didn't had it easier than most." Henry said as he watched her get in the car, "But going after a Zord without back-up, is a pretty dumb idea."
But Kendall ignored him as she started the car and pulled out of the loading bay, leaving Henry standing there.
"You do know I probably get there before you!?" Henry yelled after her, "Yeah, she knows... And now I'm standing here talking to myself."
Driving to the dig site, Kendall moved to the back of the truck to get the equipment needed, but she was startled when she found Shelby there.
"Hey." she said with a smile.
"Oh, Good grief." Kendall said as she got the robe, "Stowing away again? Really bad idea."
"Last time I did, I became the Pink Ranger." Shelby said as she got out of the truck and followed after Kendall to the hole, "I heard what you said to Henry, we created this problem together. So let's solve it together!"
"I simply cannot be responsible for sending you down this hole." Kendall said, "It's just too dangerous."
"Maybe you can't. But I can!"
It was Stingrage with another group of Vivix.
The alien let out a blast of energy, and in the fraction of a second, Shelby pushed Kendall out of the way. But the force of the explosion send her backwards and into the hole, leaving Kendall on her own against the Vivix and Stingrage.
"Vivix!" the alien commanded, "Attack the near-sighted scientist!"
Armed only with a shovel, she proves to be much tougher to take down than she appears. Managing to block a few incoming strikes from the Vivix but is nowhere near a match for them as a kick to her stomach send her tumbling back.
Stingrage send another blast of energy towards her, which to her credit she managed to deflect with the shovel but only to have it knocked out of her hands.
Blasted over and with no way to defend herself, the alien approached her. "Sit right there smarty pants!" Stingrage said, "One little sting and it'll be all over." as he unleashed another blast of energy, having Kendall at his mercy.
From Kendall's point of view, she was about to be hit by a beam of energy one moment before she was suddenly carried by two strong arms near the truck.
"Don't worry, I got you." Yellow Ranger said as he carried her bridal style, "I came as quickly as I wanted to."
The other Rangers where currently engaged with their fight against the Vivix.
"I... Thank you." Kendall said as she looked up in his visor, "Shelby got send down into the hole."
"Oh no. My favorite Pink Ranger." Yellow Ranger said calmly, "Now she's in the hole."
"Can you..." Kendall said a bit embarrassed, "Can you put me back down?"
"Oh, sure." he as he lowered her to the ground, "You know, your cute when you blush."
"I'm not blushing." Kendall protested quickly.
And once her boots where placed back firmly on the grass, Yellow Ranger spotted Stingrage. Their gaze met and at once the alien knew what was coming.
"Kendall, you might want to get out of here." Yellow Ranger said as he walked towards the alien, "Because I'm going to make it look like a Tarantino movie."
Summoning ten more Vivix to protect himself. But before the alien could give any command, he instead let out a scream of pain as a white gloved hand was punched through his chest. The freshly summoned Vivix dropped to the ground, each of their heads being surgically punched through.
"Oh... Space Jesus." Stingrage growled as his heart was being crushed.
"It's over. It's all over now." Yellow Ranger said as he pulverize the lump of flesh that was once Stingrage's heart into paste, "There you go." removing his hand as he let the body fall to the ground.
He looked around as the bodies of the aliens began to turn into dust. It was only then he noticed his white glove was stained with green blood. "Goddammit..." he said annoyed, shaking his hand to wipe off some of the blood.
The other Rangers took care of the remaining Vivix as Red Ranger was engaged in a sword fight with Fury.
With an heavy overhanded strike, Red Ranger's Dinoblade was knocked out of his hand and he was send flying to the ground. The angry alien advanced but before he could act, he's stopped as a mysterious gold energy erupted from his chest. Fury roared in pain as he tried to keep the energy under control.
With some struggle he managed it as he forced it back into his body. Having recovered his weapon and despite having a clear shot, Red Ranger chooses to not take the shot as Fury retreated.
"Tyler." Yellow Ranger said, appearing next to him, "You alright?" holding out his hand.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Red Ranger said, accepting the help as he was pulled back up to his feet.
"Good to hear." Yellow Ranger said slapping him on the back before looking in the direction Fury went, "What was that?"
"I might have an idea." Red Ranger said, "But first we need to help Shelby..."
But the ground beneath them began to shake before another eruption covered and shower them in dirt and earth as the Ankylozord emerged from the ground below. Riding on top of it was the Pink Ranger who waved at them as the Rangers grouped back together.
"Guys!" Pink Ranger yelled, "I got the stinger out of the..."
"We can't hear you!" Yellow Ranger yelled.
"What!?" Pink Ranger yelled back.
"I said we can't hear!" Yellow Ranger yelled, "Come down from there Shelby! That looks really unsafe!"
"Wait, hold on." Pink Ranger said before she leaped off the Zord, landing in front of her team, "This is better. I got the stinger out of the Ankylozord."
"You're awesome!" Red Ranger said sounding relieves, "I was worried, though I shouldn't have been."
"Really? Well..." Pink Ranger said though she sounded pleased, "Thanks Tyler."
At the end of the day, the Rangers had gathered at the Penguin Sniper lounge, the same place Tyler, Henry and Chase had visited last Friday. Aside from getting some decent food, they could also play darts and billiards.
The Rangers where sitting at a table, each taking turns throwing darts trying to reduce their score to exactly zero.
As if showing off, and who where they kidding, of course he was showing off. Henry was downing an entire glass of beer in one go, not looking at the board as with his free hand he threw another triple bullseye.
"Amazing." Chase said, "How did you do that?"
"One summer I ran away from home. A circus took me in." Henry said, placing his glass down, "They thought me their tricks, in exchange for teaching them how to read."
"Really?" Shelby said.
"No, I had a dart board at home." Henry said, looking for his nacho's but found his plate empty.
Looking confused, until he noticed Koda idly licking his fingers. Their gaze meet and the caveman gave him a sheepish grin. Henry could only smile and shake his head as he used the Penguin Sniper app to order a new one.
"Are you sure your not using your super speed?" Riley said, holding his glass with soda in his hand, "You know, slow down time and adjust the path of your darts so they hit precisely where you want them?"
"I could do that. But that would hardly be sporting." Henry said looking up from his phone, "Anyone else need a refill?"
With their glasses refilled, Koda got a big smile when a second plate filled with Nacho's was placed in front of him. Henry and Koda fist bumped before eating while listening what Tyler had to say.
"When I was fighting Fury, he suddenly froze up as if he lost control." Tyler said, fiddling with the label on his bottle, "I swear it looked like something was inside of him. Trying to break free."
"Maybe it's his fun side trying to get out." Chase joked as he shrugged his shoulders.
"I think it might have something to do with my dad." Tyler said.
"It's possible." Henry said as he ate, "We all know stranger things have happened on this planet."
"Whatever it is." Koda said after swallowing a mouth full of food, "We take it on together." holding up his fist.
Tyler smiled as he held up his fist, one by one, each Ranger joined in as they gave each other a fist bump.
There you go, hope you enjoyed.
The movies Henry and Shelby where talking about was based on an fic I wrote for fun about Disney characters as Superheroes (Except for the Superman and Batman stand in, those are OC's.).
I was originally going to make them talk about my Harry Potter fanfic but I thought I could get a few more jokes out of an Superhero franchise.
Maybe I'll update and publish it here, who knows?
Anyways, many thanks to everyone who reads, reviews, favorite or follows this story, you beauties. For now I wish you all a fantastic day and I hope to see you ladies and gents next time.
May the Power protect you.
