M.E.G.A MISSION PART 3
The exit of the conceal based wasn't a secret anymore when Troy found himself on the shoreline of a beach. It was the ocean alright but the bank was unrecognizable, unfamiliar to Hardwood Heights and different from the beaches of Major Soul City. There was nowhere to go up the seashore, only a forest beyond the bluff he was taken too. Troy had to walk home from here but he didn't know where exactly home was and to make matters worst his phone had no signal so the navigation system was out of the question.
The only thing to do was walk until he found a highway or town of sorts because the only thing living in this forest were the animals who took over. Troy was all alone, hungry, exhausted, and confused. The dreams Troy had of those Rangers, were some type of cosmic precognition of his destiny? It didn't add up, his life didn't exactly reflect the Angelic Hero type and his leadership abilities were an even bigger joke.
As he walked through the forest crunching the dry leaves and swatting pesky mosquitos out of his face he was sure he was going in a bigger and bigger circle. He had no idea which direction was north or which way led back to civilization. Upon reaching a clearing, Troy stopped to catch his breath, while resting he noticed that the natural ambiance of the forest settled. A twig was broken behind him as he turned to see a creature that resembled a mesh of a mantis and magma. The only type of visible clothing was a shining silver breastplate.
"Aha! I found YOU! With the price on your head, I'll be free from those pirates." It was Creepox.
As the teenagers apport into the heart of the downtown area, Tensou had lowered the energy of the teleportation system so they will not be rendered unconscious upon their arrival. However, the teens were ill-prepared for their landing so yet again they found themselves on the ground. The landing was rough but Jake hit the landing right on the spot. His back rested above Gia's legs, his first physical contact. It wasn't the last as Gia pushed him off just as the 4 teenagers struggled from the effects of the second teleportation dive. Landing on their feet was something they needed to work on.
"Is everyone okay?" Emma asked.
"That theoretical transfer...I can't get enough of this." Noah seethed positively even though being slammed on his back was much of a pain
"Look!" Gia shrieked, pointing to what lies in front of them as they all jumped to their feet. The aliens where not what anyone exactly expected. In their minds, they were hoping to see forest green-skinned humanoid creatures with antennae and squinted black eyes. Instead, they saw lime green creatures with eyeball like semi-circles on their chests. Their faces resembled rams horns that curled around into eyes. Around the eye on their chest, they had a design of a black stingray esque creature.
Meanwhile...
"The heck are you supposed to be? Did that tiki send you?" Troy stood tall, his eyes focused on Creepox.
"Tiki?" Creepox queried until it hit him, "Ohh Gosei found you before I did huh. So the sorcerer's apprentice is here as well?"
"Alright, I don't know who you are but get out of my way. I not in the mood to deal with this." Troy demanded.
Creepox chuckles, "then this will be easy." All around Troy green piles of goop rose from the ground as the lime skinned minions surrounded Troy and Creepox.
"Loogies! Capture him!"
The teenager balled his fists. In all the fights he's been in one thing remained constant, "they always have friends."
"So those are the aliens." Jake wondered. The cars were not on the roads but were scattered within a plaza. Innocents screaming for their lives as the aliens stomped and tortured the civilians.
"Fascinating!" After seeing aliens all over the news Noah was able to see them up close and personal and it intrigued him.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing!?" Jake was out of his mind to shout as he did and he did it proudly. When he did the aliens heard him loud and clear as they drew their swirling eyes to the four teenagers.
"Really, moron?" Gia wasn't happy as she snapped at Jake.
"What?" Jake screeched, he thought Gia will be impressed by his boundless since no one else was willing to confront the aliens.
"They weren't paying attention to us until you opened your big mouth..." Gia answered.
Oh..Jake didn't think of it like that when the aliens began to trail closer to them.
"Okay guys, we are going to take them on head-on. That's all we could do at the moment." Gia suggested.
"Whoa, fight? Without a plan?" Noah disagreed with Gia's strategy.
"You got any other ideas?" Gia asked.
"Well-" Noah's words were overshadowed as the aliens engaged. Emma was dragged away as more loomed closer around Noah, Jake, and Gia. Though he didn't show it, fear coursed through Jake's veins, Noah cowered behind a car, which left Gia to take action. She threw a quick jab into the face of the first loogie she saw and followed with another swift kick. With two of the infantry down there was a large enough window for the three to escape.
Jake was dumbfounded when he witnessed Gia's fast action, not only was she a babe but she could also hold her own in a fight. That initial act of rebellion was enough to warrant the attention of all the aliens, which pursued the teens away from the terrified civilians.
Noah kept his head low, unlike the renegade Gia he could not hold his own in a fight. What was he thinking, how could he be a power ranger if he did not know how to fight. He pondered his shortcomings profusely until a loogie appeared sprawled in front of him.
Noah toggled his glasses in fascination of the unconscious specimen. The eye on its chest blinked twice which hinted at Noah a possible weakness. Though his punches weren't that strong Noah knew where to aim. Another alien sprung up behind him, Noah freaked and swung his bag profusely.
Emma scruffled to get free of the two extraterrestrials who dragged her away. No matter how hard she pulled or bucked they would not loosen their grasp. She needed to act quickly, her feet found the side face of an SUV which served as a perfect springboard to rebound off of. Now free from being held captive, her feet found placement on the torsos and heads of her abductors.
One Loogie came in for the kill, swinging his khopesh like dagger. Troy ducked and then swayed to the side as he began repeated punches and then a swinging kick to a Loogie which appeared behind him.
Just barely another Loogie almost sliced him in the face but as he went down he rose with a kick up. His foot hit the Loogie with the first impact and when the another Loogie tried to tackle him he tumbled on his back by an arm drag Troy had executed to it.
Now it was just down to one and Creepox was growing impatient. As the Loogie came to challenge Troy it met its end as an energy blast killed the last loogie.
Creepox killed his own minion and as a matter of fact, it looked like Creepox was ready to kill him. His single biggest claws began to glow and before Troy knew it, energy beams were coming right for him. The young boy had to throw himself to the fall and then somersault behind a boulder and as the lasers hit they hit a tree as it broke in half, luckily that was not him but how was Troy going to beat something when he was unarmed.
Leaping over the hood of a car, Jake shuffled the soccered ball between his feet as he ducked an incoming clothesline. There was one Loogie standing on the hood of the car, Jake hit the ball with the roundhouse kicked. I knocked the loogie off the vehicle as it ricochets off another Loogie. Flying back into his hands, he smiled but then frowned to another Loogie approaching Gia. The nervous teenager had her hands clenched into fists but didn't know what was pursuing right behind her.
Jake had to save her and as he delivered another roundhouse kick the soccer ball, it smashed into the Loogie's chest. Gia gasped in relief once she noticed she was being followed and Jake was proud of himself but as it may seem the army of loogies didn't stop there. Two minions pushed Jake onto another car as he slammed his chest into the metal but duck as a loogie swung in for the kill.
Troy dove behind another tree as his previous hiding place was reduced to rubble. This alien freak was strong, Troy knew he couldn't risk those blades touching him. Troy picked up a thick branch that was severed from the trees around him. He waited for Creepox to draw near as he steadied his breathing.
Creepox's sense of smell was keen as he split the tree Troy was hiding behind. The teenager emerged from his hiding place, swinging his branch toward Creepox's head which shattered on impact. Creepox slashed his right claw which Troy dipped under as he brought his knee into Creepox's midsection.
The alien stumbled backward holding his abdomen, laughing at Troy's crude attempt to defend himself. He ran at Troy crossing his blades like an X which Troy narrowly dodged the X-scissor attack, though the blades just barely grazed him his shirt wasn't so lucky.
"What's the matter? For someone's who's met Gosei, where are your powers? You're not all that tough." Creepox mocked.
One by one the four rangers found themselves grouped together as the squadron of invading enemies sent them stumbling back to the point of their arrival. The lime green foot soldiers closed in with their outlandish bladed weapons at the ready.
"This isn't good," Noah said not missing a beat.
"Thanks captain obvious, what gave it away?" Jake responded.
"Don't lose hope, Gosei told us these morphers will give us power. It's time we use it," Emma said taking out her Morpher, holding it diagonally to her face with the image of Gosei facing away from her.
"Emma's right, let's see what these things can do," Gia stated, taking out her own Morpher as Noah and Jake look to each other in agreeance as they too unveiled their morphers.
It was morphing time.
Troy's back was still on the dirt as he tried to get away from Creepox. His face was covered in grime and scratches and Creepox walked toward him, sharpening his blades maliciously.
"I could just taste the bounty." Creepox chimed.
Troy could barely stand, he staggered away from Creepox, his stomach was on fire from the cut he was given before. There was no way he was going to muscle his way to victory.
"Troy, you are not going to win this fight with brute strength. You must call upon the power I've given you, the power of the angels." The voice of Gosei said as the Morpher appeared in Troy's hands.
Creepox laughed, he also heard the majestic voice of Gosei and saw the red light flash in Troy's hand. "Go ahead, you will need all the help you can get. Whether it's the good side or bad you still lose and just to let you know the good of the angels aren't always just."
Troy threw the device aside, he did want to rely on the petty strength of anyone, not even a giant tiki head.
"Troy you are smarter than this. You know better than I that the only way you're gonna win this fight is to morph. Be one with the legacy, put the change card in the card slot, you can access it by pulling down the loop on the bottom of the Morpher. In order to morph shout go-go Megaforce and close the card slot! There is still time to change your past but the only one who can do that is you!" Gosei said as the Morpher was returned to Troy's hand.
"Do it! Because the bounty on your head will be even greater, Equalizer!" Creepox said.
Equalizer? Troy didn't have the faintest clue as to what Creepox was talking about. Who gave him this bounty and why? Creepox mentioned something about pirates, what did they have to do with anything? Gosei did say that by joining the mysteries of his past will be revealed. Was that worth the denial of his stance against the power ranger legacy?
"If you won't do it, then I'll force you to!" Creepox shouted as he sent another dark slash of energy.
"Morph, Troy!" Gosei urged. There was no choice now, the last resort was the Morpher. Troy's skills alone wouldn't be enough to fight back but the Morpher will as he relinquished to the power. From the forest and deep into the Hardwood county, the cards flashed blank but then appeared in their individual ranger portraits.
As they opened the mouths of the morphers, they placed what Gosei called a power card into the Morpher.
"Go-Go Megaforce!" The teenagers in the city shouted.
"Go-Go Megaforce!" Troy shouted as well but in the forest.
The ranger's arms circled around each other as did Troy in the forest. They all shut the mouth of Gosei and thrust their morphers forward with a grunt.
The world around the teens became a glorious white, they extended their arms to the side as their suits materialized on their bodies. With a single leap, the teens flipped backward, looking ahead the ethereal revelation of their zord masked their identity.
They were now one with the legacy, they were now Power Rangers.
"You're a red ranger!" Creepox said startled.
Troy flexed his hands as he inspected the red power suit he was now in. He could feel no major difference in strength, only that he probably looked as ridiculous as he felt. His appearance had morphed to the thing he despised most; a power ranger.
He has assumed the identity of the thing he despised most.
"..Let's finish this!" Troy challenged as he took a fighting stance.
Noah was in awe at himself, he was now a power ranger. He could feel the energy woven into the fabrics of his blue suit and it definitely shown in his punches. No longer did his hits merely annoy the enemy, they were powerful enough to defeat the enemy. Emma was also very pleased with her appearance, the white bottoms meshed in sync with her pink top and boots.
When faced against six loogies before, she stood a shadow of a change of taking them down. Now she had more than enough strength to do the job. With a simple leg sweep, she off-balanced several loogies before eradicating them with a scissor kick, she was like a one-woman army.
Gia wasted no time, to put her new strength to work she kicked a minion behind her which sent it flying into its partners. She uppercut a second that dared to step closer, Gia was a living nightmare. Five loogies aligned and took aim with their swords in laser mode, Jake dove in front of Gia and took the blasts for her. She rolled her eyes behind the visor of her yellow helmet, she was tired of the chivalry nonsense from Jake.
The black ranger sprung to his feet unharmed, he was ready to take revenge. Soccer practice made his legs fiercely strong, and the martial arts lessons made eliminating the loogies a breeze. He looked to Gia for her approval but she paid him no mind as she was already engaged in another battle.
The insectoid spaceship remained stationary as it lingered in the airless void of space. In the main bridge, the two commanding aliens watch as their minions battle the newly formed ranger team.
"Hmm, how odd," The cobalt general, Vrak said as he watches the four ranger battle the loogies.
"What? What is it Vrak?" The commanding leader, Malkor asked.
"Forgive me Admiral but I have heard of these Power Rangers and I know that they commonly are seen in teams of three or five, and at most six. I also know that their leader is signified by the color red," Vrak said.
"Yes, what are you saying Vrak?" Admiral Malkor asked.
"I'm saying that these earthlings are down one ranger, which is as I said was odd...Where is Creepox? Now would he be an opportune time for him to eliminate these Rangers before they become an even larger threat," Declared Vrak.
"He should have returned by now, we already know what the strength level of these humans are. He better not be off doing something foolish," Malkor huffed.
"We'll worry about him later. For now, we should focus on eradicating those pests and I have just the bug to do it. As you know Admiral when we escaped the Armada a great number of our allies were destroyed."
"Yes, I know this. What are you getting at Vrak?" Malkor challenged.
"Well, you remember what we asked for as a sign of loyalty?"
"A sample of each monster's DNA?"
"Correct. Though their original bodies are gone, I was able to essentially create a clone from the DNA we collected. May I introduce Scaraba, the rock beetle. He'll be more than capable of rolling over your enemies," Vrak said as the golden beetle monster entered the bridge.
"I am ready to serve you Admiral Malkor. I'll be sure to flatten those humans!" Scaraba said bowing.
With the defeat of the last loogie, the four mega rangers were aghast at the sight of a massive boulder moving toward them. Standing on top of it was the golden beetle warrior Scaraba.
"I'm going to squish you Rangers like a pancake! You should have not interfered!" Scaraba said as he rolled his boulder towards the rangers. The four heroes darted to opposite sides, Jake and Emma one way and Gia and Noah the other. The beetle laughed, circling his boulder back around for another pass. For a second time, the Rangers had to avoid being flattened, they were quick to assess yet were not be able to keep avoiding him forever.
"What's wrong rangers? Am I too much bug for you?" Scaraba mocked.
"This guy is a lot tougher than those minions, we need to knock him off that rock!" Noah shouted.
"Yeah, but how?" Gia asked.
"I have an idea," Jake said as he drew the blaster sheathed in the holster on his hip. He fired repeatedly at the rock, hoping that the boulder would break but the blasts were ineffective. The rock crashed into them expounding outward as a stone shrapnel sent the rangers to the ground.
"Ha Ha! Now I will end you, and the insectoids will rule this planet!" Scaraba lorded over the rangers.
Troy's reflexes where much swifter now that he was morphed into his ranger suit. Creepox swung his lethal blades, Troy could sense precisely where they were going to be and acted accordingly.
The red ranger leaned back just out of reach of Creepox's blades as he tried to sever his jugular. Troy rebounded forward, delivering a swift punch to the insectoid's stomach. He did not let up and leaped into the air driving his knee into Creepox's chin. The red ranger was amazed at how light on his feet he was, it was like gravity loosely applied to him as he vaulted over Creepox kicking him in the back.
"Finish him, Troy, use your mega weapon," the voice of Gosei said through the morpher.
"My what?" Troy was baffled when from his belt, a new card landed in his hand. It was a red sword with a rectangular guard around the handle. Shrugging his shoulders he placed the card into his morpher.
"Summon Battle Gear!" The booming voice of Gosei proclaimed and the red sword on the card now appeared in Troy's hand. Troy smirked, taking a hold of the weapon. Creepox stood to his feet, surprised to see a weapon in Troy's hand, never expecting Troy to be so strong.
"Ha! Do you expect to finish me with that? You don't even know how to use it!" Creepox shouted.
The slander that passed through the mouth of Creepox did nothing but make Troy want to strike him faster. Giddy at the sight of the red ranger's rush, Creepox as well went to meet him. Both warrior's weapons feasted on the energy poured into them. Amidst his assault, Troy's feet ceased making contact with the earth. He glided toward his foe at great speed, Creepox as well poised for attack.
The two halted 20 paces past one another. Troy was brought to his knees, a shower of sparks erupted from his shoulder but the damage to Creepox was much more severe. His silver breastplate crumpled like tin foil and on his chest was an X shaped mark.
The mantis insectoid wailed in pain.
"No! This is not the end red ranger, the bounty on your head will be mine!" Creepox yelled as he vanished.
Relieved for the creature to have retreated, Troy stabbed his blade in the ground and massaged his shoulder which already started to feel better. Again he stood in the silence of the forest when the voice of the sage Gosei interrupted his peace.
"Well done Troy, you fought well. Now you must go and assist the others, my sensors indicate that yet another alien has been dispatched. I can teleport you there now if you wish."
"And when did I say I was going to do this full time. I already told you I'm not willing to lay down my life for the people of this town, they don't concern me."
"You heard Creepox, Troy, he will indeed be back and as you have seen the only hope you have of defeating him would be with the powers I have given you."
"Well if he wants a rematch I'll gladly give him one, but I never agreed to fight your war," Troy replied.
"I urge you to think otherwise, the fate of the universe is in your hands. Creepox won't be the last for you to face. There are a number of warriors far stronger than he is." Gosei said.
"If they come near me I'll fight them too, but if they attack the city you have four perfectly fine sacrifices," Troy said.
"I didn't want to do this Troy, but I see that there is no other way for me to get through to you. I know about the secret you are so desperately trying to hide from everyone."
Troy paused unable to respond, allowing Gosei to continue to speak through the morpher, "I know why you have been removed from a number of schools. I know more things about you than you yourself know. I will be happy to inform you of these things, so long as you fight to protect the earth."
"How do you...oh right, the stalking. Is this your attempt to blackmail me?"
"Consider it a deal," Gosei confirmed.
"So I fight for you, and you explain to me?... Yup, that definitely sounds like blackmail. But if you can explain how and why I'm different then fine, I'll be your red ranger. But don't expect me to like it," Troy stated.
"Very well. I'm teleporting you now," Gosei said as Troy vanished in a cyclone of red particles.
The gilded warstar champion loomed over the downed Rangers. His palms ignited in blue as stones levitated in his grasp. He snickered at the four inexperienced combatants ready to annihilate them once and for all.
The monster drew his arm back ready to throw when suddenly a jolt of pain disrupted his focus. Scaraba fell to the ground disgruntled.
"Who did that!" He bellowed.
"Don't tell me it's?" Emma moaned.
"There's only one option," Noah said.
Behind the foe with his dragon sword in one hand and the steaming barrel of his mega blaster in the other was Troy. The red ranger said nothing, firing another round from his blaster. Annoyed at being struck again Scaraba charged at Troy quickly amassing another stone ball.
"Hey, look out!" Noah shouted.
Troy ran headstrong at the invader, his form shifted to that of a crimson cyclone. Scaraba laughed maniacally, from his vantage point it seems as though the red ranger became a pancake. He wheeled his boulder back around to crush the remaining four, but to his amazement, the red ranger was standing there. The monster was speechless before he could utter a threat, the stone beneath him shattered.
"Woah, sweet sword!" Noah gleamed.
"Do we all get one?" Jake asked.
"Troy is that you?" Gia asked.
The red ranger sighed and by the sound of his voice, the Rangers were able to confirm his identity. "Yeah.." He admitted.
"You'll pay for that!" Scaraba was down by not out, refreshed on a new ten-ton boulder.
"Rangers! Use the power card of the prime silencer. Giving you a more powerful sole shot the blasters cannot give you alone. It will be hidden within your belt." It was Gosei, informing the rangers through the morpher.
"You really want to fight then fine, Loogies!" Scaraba shouted and out came the Loogies on his command. As Troy pulled the card from his belt the others did the same, placing the card into the mouth of the Gosei morpher, they slammed it shut.
"Summon Prime Silencers!" The divine voice of Gosei boomed. With the dragon header now in his hand, Troy attached it to the barrel of his sidearm. He dove into the fray with his augmented weapon primed. His first shot demolished the minion to his right followed by another quick blast in front of him. His exhibition was dauntless as two more loogies were eradicated.
Troy's aura was at critical mass, with the full power of the dragon he finished the last of the loogies before him.
"Dragon blast!" A powerful beam was shot from his blaster, taking out multiple loogies at once.
"Whoa!" Jake was surprised by the power.
"Come on guys!" Emma said.
"Summon Prime Silencers!" The other rangers' blasters were set and ready with the shark, phoenix, tiger, and snake all attached to their weapons. The Rangers flipped right into the battlefield.
"Phoenix Blast! Snake Blast! Tiger Blast! Shark Blast!" The Phoenix, Snake, Tiger, and Shark outlined on their helmets in a specialty blast for each of them, destroying all the loogies.
"You may have defeated them, but try me on for size!" Scaraba said riding atop a gargantuan boulder measuring a diameter of at least 200 hundred feet.
"There's no way we can avoid that, it's gonna crush us!" Noah said.
"We're not gonna avoid it, we're gonna destroy it," Troy said as he fired his mega blaster at the stone.
"I tried that before, genius, it didn't work," Jake complained.
"Well try again," Troy ordered the others joined with him, firing their blasters at the rock. The combined force of the laser funneled through the primary silencers, enough to compromise the integrity of the stone causing it to shatter, Scaraba was not happy.
"I have tricks of my own too!" He manipulated the fragmented remains of his boulder willing them to catapult themselves at the rangers. The team acted quickly, using their sidearms to annihilate the projectiles one after another. From the palms of his hands, the golden beetle monster sent rocks hurdling charged with blue energy. Troy took the lead point destroying the projectiles with his sword.
"These blasters won't be enough to bring him down, we need to hit him hard. Take out your mega weapons," Troy said.
"Our what?" Jake asked.
"I think he's saying we each have our own special weapon," Noah suggested.
"..I guess you do have a brain," Troy remarked. The Rangers opened the cardholder in their belts, each drawing a single gray card that morphed to show an image of their individual weapons. The four rangers opened the mouth of their morphers placing the card in as they slammed it shut.
"Summon Battle Gear!" The voice of Gosei boomed when the weapons were materialized.
For Jake, he received a black battle-ax with a polished silver blade. "Snake Axe!" He shouted taking hold of his weapon.
For Gia, she acquired a yellow-bladed claw that resembled that of a tiger. "Tiger Claw!" She said claiming her sacred tool.
Noah obtained a blue gun resembling a crossbow. He proudly accepted the weapon as he screamed, "Shark Bowgun!"
Lastly, Emma got a pink and white blaster with twin silver barrels. "Phoenix Shot!" She exclaimed as her hand wrapped around the trigger.
"New toys? Doesn't matter!" Scaraba said as he charged forward.
"Listen up I'm only going to say this once. Pink, you and I are going to take the high road, we're gonna vault over and hit him quick and hard. Once he's distracted, Gia, Jake you both strike him from opposite sides. After all, is said and done, Noah you finish it," Troy said.
"I thought you didn't want to be a leader?" Gia inquired.
"...Just shut up and follow my lead!" Troy demanded.
He and Emma took to the skies their weapons at the ready. The bolts from the phoenix shot gave Troy an opening to strike with his dragon sword.
Gia and Jake slid across the ground attacking from the left and right respectively. Jake hefted his ax cutting and hacking with no remorse. Gia as well assaulted the monster with a series of swift jabs and uppercuts with her tiger claw.
Noah was the last to engage he fired a series of bolts from his bow gun each finding their mark. He bounded into the air sending a final rain of blast on Scaraba.
With their enemy now ready for defeat Gosei spoke to his team.
"Rangers, it's time to initiate your ultimate combination. Merge your weapons and use your power cards to unleash the Dynamic Victory Charge!"
"Merge our weapons?" Emma pondered.
"Of course, just like Rangers of the past!" Jake said excitedly.
"Let's do it then," Troy said.
The Phoenix shot connected to the base of the dragon sword. The handle of the snake ax passed in front of the trigger to the shark bow gun and connected to the tiger claw. Lastly, the saber of the dragon sword slid into the handle of the bow gun.
"This is the...Megaforce Blaster!" Noah clicked.
Troy took point with Gia and Emma supporting him and Jake and Noah holding the blaster. The rangers placed their cards on their respective weapons, fueling the blaster as a whole.
"Dynamic Victory Charge!" The rangers shout and there Troy pulled the trigger of the phoenix shot and bowgun. The stamp of Gosei thrust Scaraba skyward and the gold energy completely detonating the monster.
The festivity of victory was contagious, Gia and Emma stepped into the command center their arms locked together smiles plastered on their faces. Jake and Noah were behind them regaling their favorite moments, even Troy wasn't brooding as he normally does. Instead, an arrogant smirk reflected his joy.
"Well done Rangers, your accomplishments today were commendable. You have made it clear to the Armada that the earth is far from defenseless," Gosei said.
"Armada? So that's their name?" Jake said.
"But we were just lucky this time," Noah stated, "Now that they know we are here they'll send more monsters. We have to be ready."
"Luck had nothing to do with it, you five rose to the occasion and unlocked your powers. In doing so you have become one with the power ranger legacy. Do not be dismayed, you were rightly chosen," Gosei responded.
"Against our will...or did you forget that. You know we could have died out there," Troy gibed with his back pressed against the wall.
"He's right about that, it never dawned on me that we could have lost our lives," Jake shuddered.
"What happened to the macho man who bravely volunteered?" Jested Gia who peered at her comrade. Jake laughed with a nervous smile on his face.
"Oooooooh, burn," Noah commented.
"A fire?" Tensou wondered as he wheeled into the room.
"No, a figure of speech," Noah explained.
"I have a question Gosei, will we ever get the chance to meet the other rangers?" Emma asked.
"I do not know what fate lies ahead of you Emma, but in due time your paths may cross with your predecessors," Gosei answered.
"Oh, what other cool powers do we have and how do we use it? I have a score to settle with Frank, he's gonna think twice about messing with me next time," Jake smirked a devilish look in his eyes.
"You each have command over a certain sphere of influence. Troy and Emma, you both dominate the skies and the heavens, everything in that domain is at your disposal," Gosei instructed.
Troy was very composed, his expression gave no indication of what emotion he was feeling. Emma, on the other hand, was in turmoil. Of all the people she had to share an element with it had to be the jerkwad that didn't even want to be a ranger.
"Gia and Jake the two of you are masters of the earth and all that comes from it. Every stone and plant can be used as an extension of yourselves, just open your mind to the possibilities."
Jake was ecstatic, not only could he move rocks like an earthbender, but he now had an excuse to get close to his crush. Gia did not share the same enthusiasm, from her perspective Jake was nothing more than another unworthy suitor.
"Lastly Noah, you alone are the sovereign Lord of the seas. Every current, wave, and creature are yours to command."
Noah nodded his head with pride a position like this was exactly what he expected and could help him break out of his own shell.
"These powers are not to be toyed with, they should only be employed for defense against extraterrestrial threats. My mentor Zordon always warned that the use of your power for personal gain runs a risk of you losing its protection." Gosei urged.
"Gosei, our powers, where do they come from exactly? What is our job as the Megaforce besides fighting aliens? Why am I the only one of the seas?" Noah asked.
"The powers you all were given are drawn from those initial energies and made manifest through the universal Morphin grid. As you can see lining the room are the images of those who came before you. Their energy signatures have been locked in the Morphin grid which has reconstructed them into the forms you see now. The day will come when you will be strong enough to awaken those lost powers and make them available to those who came before. The responsibility of the Megaforce is to uphold the balance between the primal forces of good and evil. With each new life that is created the balance between these forces can tip. It is our job as the Megaforce to ensure that the balance between good and evil is preserved. Our mission is to Maintain the Equilibrium Given to All, M-E-G-A. Your curiosity is admirable Noah, you wish to seek and understand it all. To preserve your thirst for knowledge I must restrain from answering your final question. In due time all your wishes shall be fulfilled, for now, you all must rest."
"Well when you put it like that, we're a force to be reckoned with," Jake said patting Noah on the shoulder.
"You are the Power Rangers Megaforce!" Tensou cheered.
"You know we did just save the city. I'm kinda in the mood for-,"
"A low-fat cherry-berry strawberry with carob chips and no hot fudge from Ernies." Gia prattled as she pulled Emma toward the door. This made Emma smile, she was happy that her best friend remembered her extensive order.
"You guys are going to Ernies? Can I come?" Noah asked.
"Sure," beamed Emma.
"Then count me in too, Ernie owes me money!" Jake shouted following Noah and the girls out the back exit.
Troy, however, stared intently at Gosei. Though the others may be satisfied with a job well done he still had business with the grand tiki head.
"So are you gonna start talking or sit there and play dumb?"
"Be warned Troy, the information of your past is troubling. It may take time for you to process it all," Gosei replied.
"Try me," Troy said.
"...The abilities you have are not of this world. They are of a rare occurrence only seen once every few million years. It was said that the last person to have these powers greatly tipped the balance of good and evil. These powers will mean that you are of great importance, I am glad to of found you before someone else did."
"You aren't the first to say that. Hm..and what about the dreams?" Troy inquired, "Every night I see a huge battle fought and the main combatants are lining the room."
"You've been having dreams of a great battle? This is the first I've heard of such. As I have told Noah the cosmic battle of good and evil stretches back to the dawn of time, but there's more to it than just that. There is a planet in the distant galaxy that mimics the flow of good and evil. No chosen one before you has exhibited such signs. This requires further study. However I can tell you that legends say that a heroic figure will arise that can freely manipulate the cosmic order, this individual is known as the Equilizer, and I have reason to believe that you are it, Troy."
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