Hello there, fellow Rangers to the next chapter of Power Rangers Legacy II: Dino Hope.
I hope your going to enjoy it, but first review time.
TheRagFromTheCrag: I'm still planning on having him note something like that, but I'm having trouble fitting it in. A Dissidia-like Forever Yellow would be so cool.
GiaFan15: I'll have to think about a way for that to happen.
CrimsonLightning: Just let me cook, as the youth say. I got some team ups planned.
And now on to the story.
Henry was woken up on a Saturday morning by his usual alarm on his phone. He had his arms wrapped around Kendall's middle as they both laid naked in his bed, having fallen asleep curled up together after another night of horizontal tango.
Doing his best not to wake her up, knowing how she liked to sleep in. He untangled from her and went to do his morning routine.
He was in the kitchen cooking up some breakfast, just putting toast, eggs and beacon on a plate when Kendall, wearing a purple bathrobe she brought from home which was short enough to show her legs. Her hair still a bit wet from her shower.
"Your shower is one of two things I like about your place." Kendall said as she sat down at the cooking counter, "Having those water beams coming from the ceiling and walls... divine."
"One of two?" Henry said as he poured a mug of coffee, "What's the second one?"
"Come, Henry." Kendall said slightly tilting her head as she put her glasses on, "You know."
"Right. Want some breakfast?" he said and he got a nod from her, "There's eggs in the fridge... Just kidding.", he placed a plate with eggs, bacon and toast in front of her, along with a mug of coffee along with two creams.
"You made breakfast?" she said surprised.
"Yes, I did." Henry said as he bite into his toast, "Something wrong with that?"
"No, not really but..." Kendall said, "We never have breakfast together."
"That's because we usually end up showering together, wasting too much time and then we have to eat on our way to work." Henry pointed out, "As you know, we always go separately to work so we can keep this relation..."
"Don't call what we have a relationship." she said with a grimace on her face, "Makes me feel dirty."
"Alright. To keep this situation of ours a secret. Better?" he said getting a nod from her, "Anyways, we both start late today, so we now actually have time."
"Might also be because we didn't shower together." Kendall said.
"Yeah..." he said as they began to eat, "That's also a pretty big factor."
It turned out to be another rather slow day at the Dino Café, not a lot of costumers where stopping by to grab a bite to eat. Not even Sledge had send an alien to attack the city this week, so the Rangers on Café duty occupied themselves with something else.
Riley meanwhile was sitting in one of the booths, a board of Chess set up in front of him as he was playing against himself. He was so lost in thought as he was making his play by moving his bishop.
"Very aggressive." Ana said standing next to him, "Exactly what I would have done."
"Ana!" Riley said startled, "Didn't see you there."
"Yes, because I'm so small and easy to miss." she said dryly with her arms crossed, "If your heart has calmed down enough, your up for a game?"
"You play chess?" Riley said surprised as she sat across from him.
"It's been a while since my chess partner moved away." she explained as he set the board, "He moved to a place called Amber Beach, maybe you heard of it."
"You and Henry?" Riley said, as he was playing white, he would make the opening move, "Did you and him play speed chess?"
"It's the only Chess we played." she said with a smirk, "But don't worry, I'll try slow down so you can keep up." she added with a wink.
"Your on." Riley said with a competitive smirk of his own.
Later that day, Ana and Riley where out in the city for lunch. They where sitting out on a bench, enjoying the sun with Ana eating her club sandwich while Riley explained more about the other Rangers.
"So... Hold on, Koda is an actual caveman?" Ana said surprised, "How is that possible?"
"Once he bonded to an Energem, he stopped aging." Riley said, "None of us will age since we're bonded to an Energem."
"Really?" Ana said, placing a hand under her chin as she began to think, "So it's this like a complete immortality or just general agelessness or immortality without youth kind of deal?"
"Well, Koda still look in his twenties, and we still get hurt." Riley said, never having really thought about it, "I guess it's just the agelessness."
"So I'll be looking like this forever?" Ana said, a hand on her hips as she nodded, "These gems come with some perks."
"Really? You think living forever is great?" Riley said surprised, "Aren't you going to outlive your parents?"
"I was going to do that anyway, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there." Ana said, "At least in 800 years, I will still have Henry. Because me and my little brother are like fish and chips. Salt and pepper. Hipsters and condescension!"
Without warning, the two where surrounded by a group of Vivix.
"There goes my wish for a trouble free day." Ana said as she and Riley stood back-to-back, "Oh well."
"Ready?" Riley said, holding up his Morpher.
"Baby you know it." Ana said with a wink, holding up her Morpher, "It's Morphing Time."
Green send a Vivix with his sword, spinning around, slashing several times.
A single strike from Navy's powerful legs sends another one flying, bending backwards to blast an incoming but she retaliates by shooting another energy blast. Green Ranger dodges all the Vivix's ranged attacks as he charged forward, Navy Ranger provided cover fire as she danced around attacks of her own.
It was then that she noticed a white robot walking up on the fight scene, at once attempting to fight the Vivix to less then middling success.
"Friend of yours?" Navy Ranger said without looking hitting a Vivix square in the head, "I think it's trying to help."
"Well it's failing at that." Green Ranger said, almost being run over by the Bot.
Despise of the unwanted assistance from the Bot, the Green and Navy Ranger made relatively quick work of the Vivix's, even though there was only just the two of them.
Green Ranger managed to break the Vivix's defenses, and he gives a precision slash across their stomach. Navy Ranger activated Dino Steel, unleashing a flurry high-speed gun play, darting back and forth until each and every Vivix was nothing more than white paste.
The two Moprhing back into their civilian form while the Bot was repeatedly walking into a wall, clearly having some sort of error.
"What's with this thing?" Riley said confused just as a familiar arrived on the scene, "Prince Philip?"
"Of Zandar?" Ana said.
"The very same." Phillip said with a small bow, "I came to speak with Koda, when I saw you getting attacked I decided to lend a helping hand. With my robot." holding up a remote controller.
"It's..." Riley said, "Yours?"
"It fought well, didn't it?" Phillip said with a bright smile, showing his pearly whites.
"Not really, we got a handle on it." Ana said gesturing to the Bot, "Should have gotten one from Hartford Industries, they make pretty decent robots."
"I see..." Phillip said disappointed.
"Hey, chin up." Ana said, tapping him on the shoulder, "You where just trying to help."
Later that day, the Rangers working in the Dino Café where busy cleaning up. All except Koda, who was sitting with prince Phillip in a boot, and Chase, who was running late as usual.
"Chase!" Shelby said once the young man in black came into the kitchen, "Where have you been!?"
"Playing basketball in the loading bay." Chase explained, "I got my butt destroyed by Henry... Could have phrased that better."
"With some luck, I can still get those tickets..." Shelby said, taking her apron off to show her wearing a black t-shirt with a red bird and the words 'N-Zed Boys' in white letters.
"Hey that's the N-Zed Boys, they're from New Zealand. Your not one of those crazy fans are you, the ones that know all the lame lyrics by heart." Chase teased when he noticed her shirt, "Oh, you weren't planning on going to that concert, were you?"
"Well... maybe..." Shelby said a bit embarrassed, "This is the first time they've ever played outside New Zealand."
"Don't worry, I bet they have heaps of tickets." Chase said casually, "They're not that popular."
"I guess they are." Henry said suddenly leaning against the counter, showing off his phone.
"Uhm... Henry." Shelby said as she look at his phone, "Your screen went back on lock."
"Oh, shit." he said, quickly unlocking it to show that the N-Zed Boys concert was completely sold out.
"No!" she said horrified, "This was my one chance to see them in concert and now I've missed it!"
"No, your not missing anything." Chase said shaking his head, "Trust me."
"I know you think they're lame." Shelby muttered, before leaving the kitchen.
Henry was now drinking from a cup through a straw when Tyler walked up to Chase. It made the Yellow Ranger giddy on the inside when his friend was standing up for Shelby.
"Hey man, lighten up." Tyler said, "You hurt her feelings."
"Yeah, Chase." Henry said getting a side eye from Chase, "Oh, by the way, Tyler. Give this envelope to Shelby." he reached inside his pocket and pulled out a brown envelope.
"But she just went out the door." Tyler said when it was put in his hands, "Why don't you just..."
"Use my super speed to catch up and hand it to her myself? Two simple reasons actually. Because I don't feel like it and I'm your boss." Henry said, gesturing with his free hand, "Now go."
As Tyler headed out of the Café, the sound of explosions where heard coming from the city, much to the surprise of the Rangers.
"Hey, Kendall." Henry said through his communicator, "What's going on in the city?"
"I don't know." Kendall said through it, "The scanners didn't pick up any alien DNA."
"We have to check it out." Chase said.
"You got that right." Henry said, "Kendall, call everyone else."
The battle was fought in downtown Amber Beach, where a black and white blur are clashing against each other before the black one is send through multiple buildings. Before coming to a stop in another building, revealing a man in a black cloak, his face covered under a hood.
Through the dust came the tall form of a man in heavy white armor.
His face was covered by a mostly white helmet, except for its black visor, which was shaped into a T, and it sports one silver sprong on either side of the helmet that point upwards. The arms, legs, and ribs of the armor are the same shade of white and have black patterns decorating them. His knee guards, gauntlets, and armored boots are white. Sprouting from his pauldrons spreads a black cape.
"You are beaten, it is useless to resist." the Knight in White said, "Tell me where you have taken her and I will grand you mercy."
"I know your kind of mercy." the hooded figure said, who pulled his hand back and the building behind them came apart.
The Knight in White raised his hand as he kept the building from collapsing on him. Using some of his telekinesis to repair the buildings foundation. But in the time he did that, his target had made his escape.
"Coward." the Knight said as he kneeled down as he began to see if he could find any trace or hint where he had gone off to.
But his attention was turned to the arrival of the Red, Yellow, Blue, Black, Pink and Gold Ranger.
"There you are." Gold Ranger said, "Not one of Sledge's usual lackey's."
"I have no quarrel with you." Knight in White said dismissively, "Leave me be."
"Well, if your going to attack our city." Red Ranger said, "We do have a problem."
The Knight in White started to rise, and rise and rise. When he stood at full height, he even towered over Henry, who was even a head taller than their next tallest member, Koda.
"So be it." the Knight in White said, "But whatever happens after this, it's on you."
Black Ranger began by shooting at him, only to have him evade it and the charge of it knocked the Ranger's back. Red and Gold attacked with their swords, who raised his own blade, which seemed to be some sort of giant key to parry, meeting the attacks as he maintained a one handed grip on his sword with his right hand.
With one swing of his sword, Red and Gold where send skidding back.
Blue came in with his Stego Shield charges forward, and though it seems his blow passes through Knight in White entire, it has in fact been deflected. He begins his beatdown on the Blue Ranger with a barrage of punches before flinging him through the nearby building.
Having arrived late, Green and Navy Ranger joined the fight, Green used the speed of his reverse grip to put their opponent on the defensive.
A leaping blow from Navy Ranger forces the Knight in White to create a barrier of white to send his opponent into the air. Orbs of light gather around him, and then quickly chase the Navy Ranger skyward; the attack converges and knocks Navy back to the ground.
Green and the Knight engaged each other in a flurry of sword strikes, but the much taller man had reach and each strike having much more power behind it.
With a powerful upward strike, Green Ranger was disarmed before he was gripped by the helmet before smashing him into the ground.
"Riley!" a recovered Black Ranger shouted, using his blaster to shoot at the Knight, who used the body of the Green Ranger as a improvised shield to block the incoming attack.
Pink Ranger attacked him from behind, but the Knight threw the Green Ranger aside as he demorphed, catching her leg before he ragdoll her into the ground so hard it left an imprint. He swung around and threw her in the direction of the Black Ranger, who instinctively caught her now demorphed form.
In the blink of an eye, the Knight appeared before Black Ranger, a fist aimed for his head only to have it intercepted when Navy Ranger appeared in front of him and caught his fist in her own hand. The ground beneath them shook by their sheer might as Navy Ranger was putting her full effort in this fight.
The Navy struggled to keep his strength back, as for the first time in her live, she found someone who can meet and surpass her in physical strength.
She was about to give in until her remaining team members joined in to help. Red and Gold grabbing one of his limbs as Blue gripped him around his waist.
Everything around Yellow Ranger began to slow down, until all seemed frozen in time, aside from him. He began to charge the Knight as he held off the other Rangers. But as he approached, something close to fear came over him.
Slowly, the helmet of the White Knight started to turn around, until the eyes behind the visor where looking in his direction. This was the first time for Henry, in the place he always felt safe, in his privet place, that someone else could be as fast as he is.
Horribly effortlessly, the Knight threw the other Rangers off him before slowly turning around to face the Yellow Ranger.
A fist was aimed at his head, but the Yellow Ranger could barely avoid it by sliding under it.
Being driven back, the Yellow Ranger was punched hard enough in the stomach that he felt his feet leave the ground. Before in that same motion, his helmet was gripped before being tossed aside as he demorphed.
The battle seemed to last moments but is a split second to anyone watching. The Rangers laid defeated and unmorphed on the ground as the Knight towered over them, completely at his mercy. But all he spared them was a glance at Henry and Ana before he walked off, his cape billowing after him.
The Rangers returned to the Command Lab, each nursing the wounds they had gotten from their battle with the Knight in White.
"Who was that?" Shelby groaned as she held her side, "He couldn't be human."
"I'm not sure." Tyler said as he helped her treat her wounds, "But he was as fast as a formula one car, durable as a tank and hit like a freight train."
"Whatever he is, I don't think he's working for Sledge." Riley said holding an ice pack against his head, "If he had, I don't think we still would have our Energems, or be alive for that matter."
"Yeah, but whatever he is, he's still dangerous." Henry said seriously, "Get some rest and be ready for the next round."
The Rangers left the Command Center, except for Koda and Ivan, who went back to their rooms, leaving Henry and Kendall alone.
"Must be something." Kendall said as she began to work on upgrades to their equipment, "Someone as fast as you."
"That's the thing, he wasn't as fast as me." Henry said with a darkened expression, "He was faster."
There you go, hope you enjoyed.
Introducing the strongest character currently in this Timeline.
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.