//------------------------------// // Get Back Up Again // Story: Power Rangers: Light Force // by goldenrise365 //------------------------------// Grande was in one of the music rooms, practicing his guitar. He had gotten pretty good at playing. He could play almost any song, and even add his own spin to it. He mostly did it to escape the worries of everyday life. He laid his guitar down and smiled. "Well, that's enough practicing, time for some training." Grande put away his guitar, and pulled out a pair of hand guards. After he put them on, he brought out a free standing bag, and started training. "Thankfully my training helped me with being a ranger." Grande was a trained Mix Matrialartis. He always trained with his two brothers, but it wasn't good training. His brothers would push him around, and mess with him. He didn't get it, and it just made him train harder to shut them up. His brothers eventually left to peruse there music career. Grande was glad that they got to do what they loved, but he was also glad that they were gone. "They are my brothers, but they can be really annoying." Little did he know, Adagio was listening to Grande from the other side. She started thinking after he finished talking. "Sounds like his family didn't have a good relationship. Maybe I can talk to him." Adagio walked in, and surprised Grande. "Hey Grande." "Oh, hey Adagio. I wasn't expecting you here." "What, I can't see my bf?" She kissed Grande on the cheek. "I mostly came here to talk." "About what?" "Well, I wanted to tell you about my family." Adagio Sat down with Grande and told him everything. ----------------- Crystal Caverns Anti was looking at Grande and Adagio trough his Crystal viewer. "So, there's a fighter among the rangers? I think I should test his metal. Jackhammer." A creature made of construction equipment appeared. He had a jackhammer for one arm and a drill for another. "You called." "I believe I found a worthy opponent for you to take on." "Really? There has been no creature ever able to defeat me. Who is it?" "The yellow ranger. I want you to face him in a fight. It's time to see if the rangers can win in hand to hand combat." "I'm on it." Jackhammer bowed and teleported away. "You won't be alone. Dark Flame." A being surrounded by red flames appeared. "Yes master." "I liked how you messed with the red ranger. Unfortunatly Hypno was a waste on the blue ranger." "He was a dumb creature. I hated his time puns." "Yes well, I learned. You will be off to the side, and give the yellow ranger blind rage. He will mess up and lose." "As you wish." Dark turned and left. "Idiot." ------------------ Grande's morpher went off. "Sorry Adagio. Official ranger business." Adagio smiled. "Just go kick some monster tail." "I always do," said Grande with a smile. The rangers gathered in the city and saw Jackhammer. "No Desemators, what gives?" asked Show. Jackhammer turned to the rangers. "The rangers. I'm not here for all of you. Which one of you is yellow?" Grande stepped forward. "That would be me. What do you want?" "I'm here for a fight." Jackhammer struck the ground, and boxing ring ropes came from the ground. "Time to test your metal." "Well then, I'm gonna pass. It's MORPHING TIME!" Grande's morphed spun. "Light Charge!" After Grande finished morphing he stepped into the ring. "Time to fight." "Round one, Fight!" Jackhammer charged forward. He tried to use his jackhammer arm to hit Grande, but Grande ducked his hit. He drove a heavy punch into Jack's side. Grande then did a drop kick that drove Jack into the ropes. "Time for the pin." Grande got Jackhammer's arm behind him, and drove him into the ground. A Desemators appeared in a referee' s uniform. It hit the ground three times, and called the match. The two stepped away, and went to their corners. Dark Flame watched the whole round. "Let's instill some blind fury." Dark released a bit of magic. Grande's visor flashed red for a second. "Now to end this." Grande walked up and grabbed Jack. "I'm tired of you monster's attacking the city. I'm finishing you off now." "Hey, what about a fair fight?" asked Jack. The other rangers saw Grande's demeanor change. "We need to step in," said Gold. Gold and Show ran up, and pulled Grande away. "Calm down, Grande." "We need to destroy him." "We only do that with those that attack the city," said Show. "This is the same." Grande was almost free. "I'm outta here." Jack teleported away. Dark Flame chuckled to himself. "Another perfect run." Grande finally freed himself. "You let him get away." "You were out of control," said Gold. "No, I wasn't in control enough. I should have been the red ranger!" "If that's what you think, then you can't be part of the team." Gold removed Grande's morpher. "Your on temporary leave. I would suggest you take this time to calm down. Let's go guys." Gold and the others left. Grande punched the ground in anger. "What is going on?" Grande grabbed his head. He had this pain once before, when he was first training. ------------- 7 years ago Grande was facing off against one of his brothers. He was having enough, and began fighting and messing up. His brother grabbed him, and got him to the ground. "Calm down there, bro. You don't need all of this aggression." "But I'm tired of always losing. You guys push it to far." "We only push you, so that you can learn. We've seen you improve each time we train. You need to leave this aggression behind. Turn your aggression into power and us that. Don't focus on your hate. Focus on your strength." Grande started to calm down, and closed his eyes. He refocused his energy and got his brother off of him. "There we go. Now it's time to fight." ------------- Grande started to remember everything his brothers taught him. 'I can't let my anger control me. I need to use my strength to win.' Dark Flame sensed misspell fading. "How can this be? There should be no reversal for my spell. Better up the anty." Dark released a lot more magic. Grande braced himself as the magic messed with his mind. "No. This isn't me." Grande refocused and freed himself from the spell. Dark appeared before him. "How did you escape my spell?!?" "Its because I have a pure heart. I never let anger over shadow my judgement. And now it's time to prove that." "You can't do anything with out your morphed," taunted Dark. Grande smiled. "That's were your wrong. Even if the odds are against me," Grande got in a fighting stance. "I'm as stubborn as a bull." "We'll see if your as strong as one too. Dermatitis." An squad of Desemators appeared. "Attack!" "Time for some more training." Grande jumped into the center of the group. "Who's first?" A Desemators came running up, but was immediately flipped by Grande. He side kicked another one, while punching one more. Others came but we're quickly taken out by a few jabs and punches. Grande jumped up, and ran across the heads of a few. He jumped off the last one, and landed a flying kick onto Dark. "Had enough?" "This isn't the last you'll see of me." Before Dark teleported away, he faced Grande. "I would suggest you get down town, your friends are at a construction site." Grande took the advice and found where the others were. Jackhammer had led the others onto the top floor of a building that was being constructed. "Better get up there." Grande found a lift and took it up to the top. When he got to the top, the others were in bad shape. "Hey guys, I'm back." Gold looked to Grande with a smile. "Glad to here it. Think fast." Grande caught his morpher and morphed. "Hey, Tin Can." Jack turned to Grande. "Ready for round two, yellow ranger." "I'm ready for the final round." Grande summoned his shield. "And I'm holding nothing back." "Then let's fight." Jack charged forward, but was met with the shield. Grande gave a swift kick to Jack, and then jumped into the air. He came down with the shield crashing full force into Jack. "Time to test your metal." Grande summoned his sword, and attached it to the shield. "Charging Bull Slash!" Grande charged forward and sliced through Jack. He possed as Jack was destroyed. "Guess he wasn't that tough after all." ---------------- Crystal Caverns "No, no, no! Jack was one of my best fighters. But he was destroyed by a single ranger. Both Dark and Dream have failed me. Time to go with plan B." Anti moved over to a crystal that encased a human. "Time to wake up Yin. Your time has come." A pair of red eyes glowed in the Crystal. ------------------ Grande was back in the music room practicing. He knew that being a ranger would be difficult, but now that he conquered his greatest weakness, there's nothing stopping the rangers from defeating Anti. Grande removed his guitar, and looked over the song. "Yeah. This should work." He closed the song titled 'Power Rangers: Light Force.'