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Tamya looked at the device and listened to everyone say something about their transformations. She placed the device in her ear and pressed the button, instantly she morphed in the Green Chartreuse Ranger. She looked at her outfit, it was quite stylish, the helmet itself had a visor the shape of a sideways diamond. Green was the color of her outfit but there where dark purple bands three circled her helmet, her hands, her boots and her waist. A sideways diamond shape appeared on her chest and a gun appeared on her side, it too was circled with the dark purple rings.

Tamya smiled, "OMG I can't believe it, Green is my favorite color," she shrieked and jumped up and down hugging TJ who just smiled.

Tamaya let go of TJ and said,"Super Spectrum Power Down," Her suit vanished and the PDA device that Dr. Cranston had given her and TJ transformed into a watch like device. TJ looked on, it had always been his dream to be a Power Ranger.

He placed his device in his ear and pressed the button, in a flash of Violet light he was in full suit. His visor was a 7 point star, he smiled, "at least I'm a Power Ranger," he thought as he looked at the gold bands that encircled his attire much like that of Tamya but with more rings in elaborate designs. He smiled, said "Super Spectrum Power Down," and watched as the PDA device transformed into a watch. He couldn't believe this was happening, "I am the Violet Byzantium Ranger,this is awesome, violet is my favorite color, it's about all I wear," he finished as Tamya gave him another hug.

TJ and Tamya looked at Dr. Cranston, "ok now what?" they both asked in unison, laughing a little and then looking serious.

"are you sure, and of course i wouldn't destroy the planet when you where on it or against the kings will. You are a valuable asset to the king. Of course, if i wanted to go against the king, i would just go supernova now. but i am loyal to the king and only the king. If you have a problem with me, take it up with the king." said delen. " i cant believe he had me assigned to escort her. i cant stand that pesky bot. but the kings wish is something i cannot go against." thought delen. with that, they departed.

Keiko's mobile vibrated she picked it up "There's reception here..." she picked it up and looked at the message it read 'Keiko, we have recieved a call from Cranston. We decided to bring your twin sister to pose as you at the mean time.' Keiko nodded and replied 'okay.'. She looked over at the others transforming "This is fabulous!!!!"

"Super Spectrum, Power Down!" Stevo shouted enthusiastically as he held his hand to his ear. After watching the liquid fill in the tube, he turned back to the others. "I could get used to this."

A few more moments of admiring the room and he said, "Sorry, I almost forgot. I'm Steve Olsen, you can call me Stevo."

((Wow! So sorry about the length of this post, but I wanted to get it all out there in one shot, so hopefully it shouldn't be too hard to follow. Now it should get interesting with good quick succession of posts. ))

It took a bit of convincing and prodding, but Cranston was finally successful in getting them to assume their destined Super Spectrum. With all that mess out of the way, it was now necessary to get to the especially important bits of information. He turned to the console and brought up a picture of the planet Aquitar and quickly motioned for everyone' undivided attention.

"So first things first," he started the mini-lecture. "You're all probably wondering how Billy Cranston's great grandson wound up on Earth? Well its sort of has to do with what's been going on lately. It started with Alpha's findings on a negative energy seeping back into the universe. He was trying his best to get as much calculations as possible, but he needed some help..."

He took the opportunity to lean back on the console while pressing a button that showed a laboratory somewhere on Aquitar. "I was living on Aquitar at the time, doing research on a new light source that could be used for interstellar travel, very heavy stuff really. My great grandfather had spent a lot of his time tinkering with the idea. I was more than happy to take up his work from my father, but I kept running into problems with harnessing the energy into material that could be easily manipulated.

"Needless to say, it was pretty much a klunker of a plan, but when Alpha called me up, I decided it best to take my expirement with me when I arrived on Earth. All this technology you see is all of the material from my laboratory on Aquitar, with some 'gifts' found among the old Command Center..."

Geoff was about to fall asleep if this relentless droning continued any longer, "Can we speed this up Doc? Whatever danger is coming this was is probably going to take us over before you're finished."

"Oh," said Cranston. "I suppose you're right about that."

Divatox seemed to be in agreement with Geoff, "I'll take over from here. So the Doc comes to Earth, they figure out that some group called the NegaBots is trying to assimilate all of the universe into its regime, while sucking up all of its resources to feed their leader King Askel."

Alpha quickly brought up a picture of the king...



"This is King Askel," stated Cranston. "As Divatox said, he is the leader of the NegaBots. Essentially they are a group of cyborkinetic mutations that fuse machine with living creatures. All of the cyborg's under Askel are programed to do one thing, and one thing only.. obey Askel."

"It is imperative that we stop their movements," Dimitria chimed in. "For the sake of the universe, and all that Zordon had sacrificed to protect, we must stop them at all costs."

"So how are we supposed to fight a guy that's so far out in outer space?" Geoff had a feeling it had something to do with this "Super Spectrum" the doctor was falling in love with every five seconds, but it didn't hurt to confirm those suspicions.

"Well," started Cranston. "The research I had been working on, the light used for interstellar travel? The problem was that science could only take me so far. So I needed some supernatural help."

"Meaning us," said Divatox with a flip of her curly hair.

"Yes," said Cranston with a grin. "I needed their magic to help secure the light energy into a type of fluid that could conform to its user. Knowing that there would be the impending need to be battle ready, I also worked in the calculations that would conform the energy into the armor and weapons that have been used over and over by Power Rangers. Now that all of you have been exposed to the energy, you all have a symbiotic bond with it, meaning that interstellar travel is now as easy as a snap of the fingers... in theory of course."

"Oh my god," said Geoff with a pinch to the bridge of his nose. "You mean to tell me that this is still a theory? No tests, no results, nothing?"

"I'm afraid so. I gathered as much simulated data as I could, but without the necessary hosts, the energy was too unstable to be tested."

"So how are we supposed to travel then?" asked Geoff rather sarcastically. "Hold hands and pray real hard?"

"Now that's a little harsh," said Cranston. "This isn't something you can brush off. This is life and death we are talking about."

"Sorry," said Geoff with a flat tone. "Continue..."

"So then," said Cranston as he gathered his thoughts. "The interstellar travel works so that when you are in your ranger suits, a wormhole is created when your individual Super Spectrum interact with one another and sort of agitate each other. In order to do this, you must be in an open field with at least ten feet separating each of you in a heptagonal shape. This is the primary reason for the wristbands. You must be in almost exact coordinates to create the wormhole, otherwise who knows where you could end up."

"When in position," continued Dimitria. " You must focus the energy from your blasters into the center and hold that position for at least a full minute. If you are successful, the wormhole will appear, and you can essentially hop from one end of the galaxy to the next."

"Wow," said Geoff. "This is getting pretty heavy. It doesn't sound to hard though."

"You would think so," said Cranston. "But there needs to be teamwork to develop this technique. Which is why I have set up a little test..." With a press of a button, electronic sirens began to go off with red lights flashing in the corners of the room. On the monitor in front of them, there stood a strange looking creature that looked something like this...



"Go to the location that is loaded into your wristbands and fight this creature. We'll see how far you guys can get as a team and then go from there."

It took a moment for Geoff to process, but somehow he felt invigorated to finally go do something. He turned to the rest of his teammates while taking a look at the coordinates on his wristband. "So... who's car are we taking?"

(("...something to do with this "Super Spectrum" the doctor was falling in love with every five seconds..." --great line right there))

((Your monster picture is not showing up FYI))

For the first time during the entire meeting, Ryo stood quietly and listened to Cranston's explanations. They were completely farfetched, but they still made sense... and Ryo didn't yet have any reason to doubt anything the doctor was saying. He just kind of absorbed it all in, not bothering to ponder any of it too fully. Besides, was he going to just give up and walk out of here because of some wild tales? Not likely. Ryo knew he was here for a reason, and he planned to stick around. Fighting evil as a Power Ranger beat taking over his father's corporation any day.

Ryo eyed the monster on the screen carefully. What... an ugly son of a bitch. Looked like it needed a good ass-kicking, and Ryo would be more than happy to oblige.

Following up on Stevo's introduction, Ryo made one of his own. "Name's Ryo Yomotashi." He didn't and wouldn't mention he was the son of the founder and CEO of Yomotech Industries, but anyone who had spent any length of time here in California could probably make the connection.

The new Blue Ranger turned and headed for the exit. The others could do what they wanted, but there was no way Ryo was getting to that monster by any other means than his prized motorcycle. Besides, it wasn't like he was going to leave it out here in the desert. He figured the others would probably see this as an act of defiance, but Ryo didn't really care.

He fitted his sleek black helmet to his head, then climbed aboard the bike. He turned the ignition, and the engine roared to life, filling the silent area immediately. Oh, how Ryo loved this sound. He revved the engine a few times, but chose to sit still for a few moments and wait for the rest of the team to pile into their respective vehicles. At least they could all leave at the same time, if not in the same car.

"He looks like my dad..." Keiko said as she looked at the picture of the dark king that was viewed in the viewing globe. "Cranston... one question... how were you both able to survive in space?" Keiko knew she was asking too many questions so she did a signal to Cranston to not answer. "Well I can call my agent and I will allow-" she paused "then again... will anyone care to take a lift?"

She winked "Come on everyone! It's a matter of life and death here. How about it! Ikimashou (Let's go)! ne?" she grabbed Geoff's hand "Come on Red! You can do this, just take me with you!" She winked at him and gave a giggle and was ready to run to Geoff's car (if he has one...)

"eh, fine, ill follow, but if you get into any trouble, dont expect me to instantly run to your side, i think youd rather do this stuff your self, eh? well, if you get into danger, like you normally do, i will bail you out, but only as i see fit." said delen. he was getting bored already and its only been a few of there minutes... boring. "well, it would be more fun if we could kill some stuff on the way... oh well... wait, according to some data i just remembered, couldn't we use some sort of transportation? teloporting into town wouldn't be the best method of transportation... understand what I'm saying? we could use a... jeep...or a... can... maybe a pair of motorcycles? come one, something? what about those hover bikes back in the transporter? something? well, im going and getting one." said delen.

Tamya and TJ looked at Stevo, upon their excitement, they had forgotten to introduce themselves, with one sway whistle they smiled and began, "howdy everyone my name is Tamya Johnson and I am thrilled to meet all of you," "and I am TJ Johnson, it's nice to meet all of you," the two said this in a loud enough voice for everyone to hear. As they begin to listen to Dr. Cranston, Divatox and Dimitria speak, TJ began to wonder what was coming next and soon his suspicions where answered.

A screen popped up and a creature appeared, "we have to fight that thing?" Tamya asked, "well what the heck is everyone waiting for," TJ replied as he and Tamya looked at each other and began to walk towards the exit.

Soon they where outside and Ryo Yomotashi, who had introduced himself earlier, had already revved up his motorcycle. TJ looked at Ryo, something about him seemed familiar as if he had seen him somewhere before. Then it hit him like a ton of bricks, "YO RYO," he called as Tamya jogged over to the Violet Malibu while TJ walked casually up to Ryo, "hey aren't you the son of the CEO of Yomotech Industries? I thought they did a segment on TV about your father and his family, I think your dad is awesome," TJ paused and smiled, "well let's get moving can't wait around forever."

TJ jogged back to his car, jumped in and turned the ignition switch which started the car, it was silent as the engine hummed quite angelically. He waited for the others to exit and get into their respective cars or vehicles.

((Btw, the monster if you are unable to see it... was a picture of Goldar from the original series. Actually the first monster they fight in the first episode!))

Geoff's attempt at a quick team meeting failed quite miserably, but then again, when one starts a conversation with "Who's car are we taking?", most people tend to not jump on as if it were the most important conversation. Especially since everyone had brought their own vehicle... Instead of sitting and sulking, he chose to move along and hope the teamwork would come out in the battle.

"Since those three are taking their cars," decided Geoff. "How about the four of us take my jeep? This way less wear and tear on your cars." He'd wait for an answer and then lead his team to his jeep. Luckily the rest of his team, Ryo, Tamya, and TJ, were waiting for them to get going. Before he got into his car, he went to the other two vehicles and explained to sync their wristbands to the same coordinates and to have their earpieces in, since they would be able to communicate with one another if something were to happen.

Once finished, he would wait for the rest of his team to hop into his jeep and for this mission to finally begin.

"Dude, thanks for the ride." Stevo began as he sat in the passenger seat. "I totally don't have a car with me."

After syncing his wristband and double checking his ear piece, he turned to Geoff, "What's your name, brother? I missed it."

"Sounds like a plan to me, as long as I can pick up my car later." Lexie said to Geoff. She began to walk to his jeep, placing her ear piece in as she hopped into the back. As she settled into the comfortable seat, her hands instinctively started to play with the bracelets she wore on her left wrist. A silver charm bracelet, one made of pink rope and another of white leather all restled on her slender wrist. They all held meaning to her, but were mostly just there because otherwise, she had nothing to fidget with then she got nervous or bored. Her new watch, the one given to her for the mission, rested in the jumble of bracelets. No doubt that would soon have meaning as well.

She waited (patiently as was possible in this situation) and looked out the window into the expanse of desert before her. As she sat, she couldn't help but wonder if she was the only one with the heavy knot resting in the space that had previously been reserved for her stomache. It sure seemed like she was the only one who was nervous. In her defense, she hadn't woken up that morning prepared to fight a monster. But being in that suit had sent a surge of power through her petite body. One she hoped would be enough to save her if things got out of control.

Awesome, huh? Ryo was sure his dad would be happy to know that somewhere out there, somebody thought so. "You might wanna meet him 'fore you make any assessments," said Ryo to TJ.

The four remaining members of the team came out shortly after, apparently following Geoff's lead. Ryo had no problem with Geoff being their appointed leader. He didn't really want the responsibility for himself, after all. His rank as number five, if that's what these shapes really meant, didn't bother him either, since he knew he'd prove his worth either way. But that didn't mean he couldn't try to undermine Geoff's authority every now and then. He just wouldn't be Ryo otherwise. So he couldn't help but call out to Keiko as she followed Red. "Hey, babe! I got room for one more back here."

Keiko looked at Ryo and shook his head "I'll just call my agent...thanks" she said in a tone of disgust she picked up her phone her tone changed into a more cheerful tone "Yamada-kun! Pick me up and send me to this destination, I'll call you when I need to get picked up back." Keiko looked at everyone and at her own shoes "man... first time fighting for Justice... it's scary right?" She grabbed her headset "This can be used as a communicator right?"

Well, it was a start, though seeing Keiko choose to wait for a driver seemed a bit odd. It wasn't something he had seen before, but Geoff decided it was a trait that he would have to get used to with his new teammate. At the present time though, it was important for them to complete this test Cranston had in store for them. He quickly started his jeep and put it into drive, pulling out of the space and back onto the road. He would look back to see if his other teammates were following before checking his wristband and the coordinates.

The treck was about a couple miles east of where the Command Center was located, making the drive a bit awkward for him since it was unclear how to interact with his teammates. Instead he chose to turn the radio up a bit, listening to the alternative rock he had been accustomed to favoring on road trips. The time passed relatively, and thankfully, fast and within a half hour they finally reached their destination. There standing a few feet away from the jeep was their opponent...



Turning off his engine, he would wait a moment for the other three vehicles to arrive before venturing towards the monster, but it was probably best to make some sort of plan when they arrived. Eventually when all of them were there he would go with the following attack plan,

"So, I was thinking," he quickly scrambled for ideas. "We should start with some basic attacks, two by two and then the last three attack one after the other. Just to see what kind of skills this guy has. We'll probably have to use the laser guns, but be carefully when firing off that you have a good shot." He thought if there was anything else to go over... "Oh, and be prepared. I can't be sure this is all that Cranston is throwing at us, so there may be more where this guy came from."

With that in mind he would then turn to face the monster and shout, "Its Morphin Time! Super Spectrum, Power Up!" With a press of the device nestled in his ear, a warm tune would play before bands of red light wrapped around him. The light would then would catch on fire, and in a blaze Geoff would jump forward and be revealed in his full ranger armor.

"Burning through the light!" he would yell while posing with his his feet shoulder length apart, his arm raised and hand pointing to the sky, and his right arm bent and pulled back with a hard fist. "I am the Red Ruby Ranger!"

((Just for fun, could you describe your transformation and pose kinda like I did? Obviously the effects/poses would be different for each of you. Just something to make it more authentic ))

((YAY! SUPER SENTAI ROLE CALL FTW! XD)

Keiko arrived at the scene with the others "Okay!" she placed the headset on her left ear "Super Spectrum Power Up!" she pressed the device and the tune began playing before the bands of yellow light had wrapped around her. It was like the transformation of Sailor Moon. Then the light would be struck by lightining electrocuting her before "breaking" and releasing the Yellow Ranger from the light while the electrical pulses broke into shards. She engaged in a fighting stance.

She posed with her hands as a gun pointing to the side while she faced the enemy "Striking towards the Light!" she she jumped and let out an exaggerated version of the Japanese Victory Pose with her hip to the right side and head tilted to the right "I am the Yellow Goldenrod Ranger!"

TJ pulled up beside Geoff's jeep and jumped out of his car, followed by Tamya.

TJ watched as Geoff transformed first followed by Keiko. He looked at Tamya, "might as well, SUPER SPECTRUM POWER UP!!!" he shouted pressing the button on the earpiece. Violet bands of light seemed to nestle around TJ. Souls seemed to encircle TJ until they focused into an intense explosion. TJ flipped out of the debris the explosion caused and announced, "I am the Violet Byzantium Ranger." Tamya followed suite and pressed her earpiece button while shouting, "SUPER SPECTRUM POWER UP!!!"

Green bands of light nestled around Tamya and intensified forming wood around Tamya. Tamya burst from the wood in her ranger uniform announcing, "I am the Green Chartreuse Ranger," She put her hands on her hips and posed. TJ smirked behind his visor and walked up to Geoff, "whenever your ready boss," he said ready to fight. Tamya walked up to Keiko, "let's get 'em girl," she was excited and ready for action, but she did no let her excitement get in the way of duty.