Chapter 1

A feminine voice narrates as a view of the planet Earth is shown. "Humanity, where we come from. Nobody knows for certain. The exact origin of modern humans has long been a topic of debate. Scientists believe that Modern humans originated in Africa within the past two hundred thousand years and evolved from their most likely recent common ancestor, Homo erectus." A pair of childish giggling could be heard before being swiftly shushed.

The female narrator continues as images of human beings being created in different ways, "The Book of Genesis tells the story of creation, of the sea, the sky, the birds and animals and, finally, Adam. Chapter 2, Verse 7 reads: The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Eve, the first Woman, was formed out of Adam's rib."

"How can someone be born from a rib?" A young girl's voice spoke.

"I don't know, now don't interrupt the story." Replied a young female's voice. "Humanity thought we were alone in this unforgiving world. That alien life existed far beyond the Milky Way Galaxy.". Then a massive spaceship appeared next to the Earth's Moon. "Little did humanity know, the only reason we were the only planet that had life. It was because the true killer of the dinosaurs had more advanced planets to pillage." The young girl's voice boo'd before being shushed once again.

The screen zooms in on the warship showing several thousands of mechanical beings of various shapes and sizes. "The Geartrex Empire. A race of artificial mechanical lifeforms called Mechanoids that possessed great technological power and hearts of literal metal that pumped cold fluid." A close-up of a metal engine-like heart running inside before the screen switched to a war-torn planet. "They had no empathy for the planets they conquered and a horrific fate awaited the many alien species that were captured."

The screen switches to a scene of various alien species being worked harshly by the Mechanoids. "Worked down to the literal bone, until they could work no more. Aliens of all kinds were put through hellish labor until their bodies could support them no more." The screen shows a wall of brains and brain stems hooked up to various "Where their brains were converted into bio-electric generators." The screen then shows a beam being fired from the warship into a planet, extracting ores and plant life from the planet's surface and underground. "The planet then stripped off all minerals and plants until it is nothing more than a husk of its former self."

Switching back to the image of Earth, the Geartrex Warship soared above Russia. "After showing themselves, the first to fall was Russia, as they tried to declare war on the aliens." A video without audio was played of the Russian President declaring war on the alien ship flying above their homeland, but within seconds, a laser beam blasted the president to ashes, followed by several pods hitting the streets of Russia's capital city before a metal blade was brought down on the cameraman.

Several videos of Mechanoids walking through gunfire, swatting aside tank rounds, and even standing dead center in nuclear blasts before walking out unscathed were played. That last one was an animated short but the fact remained. "Geartrex Empire was unfazed by even humanity's nuclear weapons as they tore through Russia before going to China, Germany, Italy, and France." A map showing the encroaching of the Geartrex Empire over the continent of Asia and Europe.

"When all hope seems lost. A light of hope shined when an ancient alien survivor revealed themselves with a way to help humanity. The Armored Rangers!" An image of six armored young adults fighting off several armies of Mechanoids at once was shown, each one wore armor that was a different color of the rainbow, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Violet. "Six Teens and young adults, specially chosen to fight back against the Geartrex Empire, fighting off the Mechanoids with advanced weapons and powerful abilities that had been fine-tuned since the extinction of the dinosaurs!"

A series of images showing the Geartrex Empire fleeing from the Armored Rangers. "After a full year of fighting back the Geartrex Empire, a valiant charge into the Geartrex Warship, after a long fought battle, the Geartrex Empire was pushed back into space and the Armored Rangers rescued hundreds of aliens and humans. They even-"

"WILL YOU SHUT UP ALREADY!?!?!?" A new older male voice shouts as the screen goes black. The images were being displayed via a hologram from an extremely high-tech tablet that was shut off.

The young lady who was narrating the story. She was a slim, African-American teenager, possessing black eyes, two-tone black and red lips, and curly burgundy-brown hair with bangs, kept in pigtail buns with yellow hair ties. Her attire consists of two accessories; a simple black choker around her neck, and a pair of red cat-eyed framed glasses with yellow lenses. She wears a cropped, green varsity jacket, as well as light green trim. Under her jacket, she wore a long yellow T-shirt with an Armored Ranger's Logo displayed fully on the front, complete with navy-black cargo pants and yellow high-top sneakers. "Hey! Lamar!" The girl shouted.

The one holding the power button on the tablet was also an African-American teenager. He was an average-height male, he wore glasses with the whole top of his glasses black and he had tall black hair with shaved sides. He wears an aqua blue dress shirt with darker blue lines, and blue jeans with the legs tucked into his red and white sneakers. He also wears a brown watch on his right wrist. "You've been telling this same story for the last four hours! This is the 56th time you've told the story... Today! I've lost count of how many times you've said it this week you obsessive fan girl!"

"What did you call me!?"

"Read my lips, Vennie! Obsessive! Fan! Girl!" Lamar replied, putting emphasis on the last three words of his sentence.

Giggling at the two's bickering, sitting opposite of and facing the two, was a little girl and a slightly older girl. The little girl was a short seven-year-old girl with dark brown skin, large eyes, and ears that are sort of big for her head. She has dark brown hair held up in a large puffy ball on the back of her head. She wears a purple and white striped T-shirt and dark blue shorts, as well as a pair of small white "baby doll shoes". She also has on a mint-blue coat with six golden buttons.

The older girl seemed in between the youngest and Vennie's age. She has brown skin, dark brown braided pigtails with a widow's peak, and wears glasses. She wears a light blue shirt with a dinosaur print on the front, brown cargo shorts, and grey sneakers. 

The two were sitting in a greenish-blue van being driven by a tall African-American woman with dark skin, dark red lips, and a dark brown Afro with a brown accent. a turquoise t-shirt that says [Ohio Born & Raised] imprinted on the front, light olive pants, black, red, and white shoes with striped socks underneath, as well as red diamond-shaped earrings. "Mark, are you sure this is the right way?" She asked as she glanced around the street she was driving down.

Said had many different alien species, from a species of anthropomorphic aliens to a species of large tree creatures. There were even grey-skinned aliens with four eyes and only three fingers. They passed by a food truck selling some form of alien dish that looked like nachos with about a dozen fish eyeballs, an animal's nose, and some form of liver or an animal organ. "Nasty..." Vennie groaned as she saw the dish.

Next to the woman in the passenger seat was Mark, a tall African-American man with dark skin, a deep dark brown beard, and a short black Afro. He wears a black shirt with a rolling stone on the front with the words "Roll With It" logo imprinted, grayish-blue pants, and black, turquoise, and black shoes with blue highlights and pink laces. He was looking at a map of West City. "Yes, Adre. We're going the right way... I think... We might have turned down the wrong corner." Mark replied.

"What?! Mark, we've been driving for 2 days now. I'd like to just kick my feet back and rest on the couch!" Adre replied glancing at Mark for a moment before returning her eyes to the road.

Mark then shrugged, "Hey, this place has some confusing names for places. It's easy to get confused here."

"Dad! Lamar's calling me obsessive again!" Vennie complained.

"You are obsessive!" Lamar retorted.

Mark then added, "Well, sweetie you do-"

Adre suddenly interjected, "Don't get involved and tell me where we're going. Vennie, you've read that story so many times now. Time to focus on other things"

Mark quickly shut his lips and returned to looking at the map. Vennie crossed her arms, pouting, hitting the power button on her tablet to turn it back on. "Fine, but I'm just saying that the Armored Rangers are awesome and they saved Earth from being destroyed and humanity enslaved by the Geartrex Empire."

Adre chuckled. "I know, sweetie. They are pretty amazing, but you can't spend all your time obsessing over them. You need to enjoy the real world too."

Suddenly, alarms blared, both humans and aliens alike began running into their homes. "Wh- What- What's going on?" Mark asked as he looked up from the map. Adre stopped the van as the streets, full of various lifeforms one second, were now like a ghost town.

Vennie's tablet then came on, where Vennie immediately began looking up alarms and sirens with West City. "Okay, the alarms in West City mean that... A Mechanoid is being fired from the Geartrex Warship..." Vennie explained with dread in her voice.

Lamar showed clear distress as the sirens blared around them. "What?! I thought the Armored Rangers sent them packing!!" Lamar yelled.

"They were pushed back into Space, they didn't give up. If you had listened to the story of the Armored Rangers you'd know that for two years since they've been sent back into space. They've been launching Mechanoids to try and reclaim a foothold on Earth." Vennie explained.

Lamar groaned in annoyance, "Oh, so these great heroes can't even kill their one great enemy." This little comment got him slugged in the arm by Vennie. "OW!!!"

"Don't talk like you've ever fought a machine alien empire!" Vennie quickly snapped at her brother.

Adre took control of the situation. "Okay, let's not bicker among ourselves. We need to find shelter. Mark, can you find a safe place for us to hide?"

Mark nodded, "On it!" He quickly searched on his map for a nearby shelter and found an underground bunker. "There's a bunker a few blocks from here. We should be able to make it there in time-"

Suddenly, something crashed into the road with great force and speed. The dust cleared and a Mechanoid

A cybernetic humanoid with silver gray, pink, and black parts. It has a scanner-shaped head, green eyes, tubes on the side of the said head, bulky pink shoulders, a bulky pink left forearm guard, a black/pink/silver armored chest plate, black and silver gauntlet on the right hand. A red belt with a golden buckle and a glowing red emblem, leggings have black color on the inner and pink color on the outside, and pink boots.

"Wha-What is that...?" Mark asked with fear in his voice.

"A Mechanoid from the Geartrex Empire..." Vennie quickly answered. Lamar sat with his arms crossed, trying to appear calm, but failing miserably. Jess and Kit sat huddled together, clinging to each other tightly.

Adre tried to change gears and go into reverse, but she wasn't looking at what she had switched the car into. Mark looked down and muttered, "That's Neutral, Honey." Adre changed gears. "Low Gear." Adre changed gears again. "Parking." Adre changed gears once again. "Back on Drive."

"MARK, YOU'RE NOT HELPING!!!" Adre yelled slamming her fists on the steering wheel, causing the horn to blare and get the Mechanoid's attention. As the Mechanoid approached, Adre shifted gears into reverse but the Mechanoid suddenly appeared behind the family's vehicle. Stopping the van from backing away.

"How the hell did it-"

"Mechanoids are naturally able to move roughly 32 times faster than sound." Vennie quickly added, interrupting Lamar. After getting a questioning glare from Lamar, Vennie followed up with, "I nerd out when I'm scared!"

The Mechanoid then spoke, "You puny humans will all fall to the Geartrex Empire! Hahahaha-" Suddenly, several thunderous shots rang out, sparks flew from the Mechanoid's metal body as it was knocked away from the van.

"About the time the Armored Rangers got here!" Lamar yelled covering his ears.

Vennie's eyes sparkled as she looked out of the car. There was only one Armored Ranger, but this one was special. It was well known in the Armored Ranger fan base that Rangers stepped down and passed on the mantle to another person. 

The Green Armored Ranger, the team healer and currently the 31st Green Ranger for the last month or so since the Geartrex Empire was forced to retreat

The Orange Armored Ranger, the speedster scout and currently the 12th Orange Ranger for the last half of a year since the Geartrex Empire was forced to retreat.

The Violet Armored Ranger, the ninja master, and currently the 8th Violet Ranger for the last year since then.

The Blue Armored Ranger, the tank of the team and currently on the 4th Blue Ranger for the last year and a half since then.

The Yellow Armored Ranger, the blitzing fighter and currently the 2nd Yellow Ranger for the last two years since then.

But the Red Armored Ranger, the great team leader. He hasn't changed once. For the last three years, he has remained the same person under that mask. Nothing about him has changed. Shoulders width, height, everything about him was the same since the Invasion Day 3 years ago.

The Red Ranger silently approached the Mechanoid, which groans as it stands back up, glaring at the Red Ranger. "So it's just you, Red Ranger. Time for you to-" The Red Ranger said nothing, but instead charged towards the Mechanoid with incredible speed, interrupting the machine alien. He swiftly dodged the Mechanoid's attacks and delivered several powerful blows to its metallic body. The Mechanoid staggered back from the attack, but quickly regained its balance and retaliated with a powerful laser beam from its chest. The Red Ranger effortlessly dodged the beam and charged towards the Mechanoid once again. The Mechanoid dodged the Red Ranger's attacks, speaking every time he dodged, "Would. You. Screw. Off ALREADY!"

The Mechanoid then pulled out several golden nuts and bronze bolts then threw them into the air. Suddenly, the nuts and bolts transformed into mechanical beings with golden helmets, golden collars, bronze yellow jumpsuits with silver white rectangular patterns, shoulder disc-shaped pads, large bracelets with emerald green emblems, silver belts with magenta side stripes, and golden pointy boots. "Clankers! Attack!" The Mechanoid ordered. The creatures known as Clankers all pulled out their own weapons. A sword with a gold and silver handle with red grip, along with an aqua green piece and a blue amber gem with tiny red, green and orange gem around the blue amber gem. Along the end of the handle is a large blade shaped like a oval.

The Clankers charged the Red Ranger who put away his blaster and talked into a device on his forearm. "Transfer, Crimson Muramasa." After saying that, something materialized in front of the Red Ranger. It was a black and red magenta weapon with a small silver and gold design for a scabbard. The Red Ranger pulled out the katana as the red blade, which glowed with power as he charged towards the Clankers. He swung the katana with incredible precision, cutting through the metal creatures with ease. The Clankers surrounded the Red Ranger, but the blade of his katana extended into a sharp whip like a urumi or whip sword.

The Red Ranger whipped the sword around and cleaved through the Clankers surrounding him, destroying them. The Red Ranger then dodged several lasers fired at him, deflecting several blasts with his scabbard. On top of the top of the buildings, several Clankers were shooting lasers from the gem . Then his scabbard folded in half, locking it to form a shotgun as the small ammunition magazine is formed on top of the barrel while the edge of the hilt bends to form a grip. The Red Ranger then dodged two more laser blasts before firing a powerful shot that in a single second eradicated the Clankers on the roof.

"You may have defeated my Clankers, but you'll never defeat me!" The Mechanoid yelled as he charged towards the Red Ranger with incredible speed. As the Mechanoid charged, the Red Ranger changed his shotgun back into its scabbard mode. Once the sword and the scabbard conjoined together horizontally, two weapons combined into a spear.

The Red Ranger quickly blocked the Mechanoid's kick, but the Mechanoid quickly followed up with an uppercut that the Red Ranger blocked with the edge of his spear's blade, slicing into the Mechanoid's hand. The Red Ranger then kicked the Mechanoid in the stomach, knocking him several feet back. The Red Ranger then charged towards the Mechanoid, raising his spear above his head, about to impale the Mechanoid. The Mechanoid then teleported out of the way and appeared behind the Red Ranger, then slashed the Red Ranger across the back. The Red Ranger quickly got up and spun around with incredible speed, but the Mechanoid teleported out of the way again. The Red Ranger then threw his spear at the Mechanoid, but the Mechanoid teleported again. The Red Ranger then ran towards where the spear landed and picked it up. As the Red Ranger charged towards the Mechanoid, he raised his spear above him and shouted, "Crimson Muramasa, Breakthrough! " As the Red Ranger charged towards the Mechanoid, the spear suddenly extended in length.

The Red Ranger continued charging towards the Mechanoid, piercing him through the chest. The Red Ranger then twisted the spear and threw him several feet back. The mechanoid lay prone on the ground, recoiling in pain as the Red Ranger walked towards him. The Red Ranger raised his spear then charged towards the Mechanoid with incredible speed and impaled the Mechanoid through the chest. "I…" The Mechanoid puked up a silver fluid as he spoke his last words. "Fragging… Hate you…"

"I know." The Red Ranger then pulled out his weapon and the Mechanoid laid still on the ground, a small beeping came from it. The Red Ranger then walked away as the Mechanoid exploded behind him.

Adre put the van back into Drive and drove off, it was a silent drive, the only one to speak was Mark giving directions to their home. Upon getting there, everyone just went to their rooms. No words. They didn't have to unpack anything as all of their items had already been transported to the house long before they got to West City via alien-made robots.

In her own bedroom, Vennie laid down on her bed, mentally worn out from the day she had. 'I'm now living in the same house as the Armored Rangers. I saw dozens of Aliens. I've seen a Mechanoid, Clankers, and even THE Red Ranger! Could this day get any better!?' Vennie thought.

Suddenly, Vennie felt a breeze come from her window, which was strange as she had yet to even look at her window yet. Vennie sat up and saw a green wristwatch-like device sitting in her now-open window sill. Next to it was a dark green plate with a circuitry design on it and an alien key. Vennie walked over to also see there was a note sat down underneath the items. Vennie took the note and read it silently. [Welcome to the Armored Rangers. You have been selected to be the Green Ranger. As per the rules you are to move into the Armored Rangers Home Base. Place the key near your doorknob to be transported to the Home Base.].

Any form of exhaustion in Vennie vanished in an instant. Vennie was about to scream but held it in so as not to alert her family. There was still sunlight, it was just after noon. Vennie immediately grabbed the items and walked over to her bedroom door, upon putting the key near the door. The key leaped from Vennie's hand and onto the doorknob, the door was then coated in a green metallic cover from only the inside side of the door. Without hesitation, Vennie opened the door and stepped through a bright portal.

To Be Continued…