Power Rangers: Dino Strike

Fan Fiction by: Spirit Reader

Power Rangers original creator: Haim Saban

Chapter 1: A Powerful Beginning – Part 1


For as long as they could remember, humanity has always been fascinated with the other worldly brilliance of outer space. The thought of traversing the vast unknown is an enticing endeavor and conquering the unknown is something that humanity has strived to do ever since they first learned how to walk. In many ways it's the fierce determination that made humans the dominant species on the planet. However, at the same time, it's that very same determination that can lead them down the path of ruin and destruction.

One day, in the year 2020, a pair of astronauts were currently doing a routine mission on the surface of the moon. The names of these astronauts were Peter Thomas and Harry Mitchell and the two of them have been childhood friends for as long as they could remember. Like so many others, the duo always wanted to know what lied beyond Earth and have devoted themselves entirely into accomplishing that goal. After several years of hard work, Peter and Harry finally got that opportunity after they were recruited by the NASADA space institute, who assigned them to this mission.

As the two of them were busy collecting various moon samples, Peter took a moment to look back down at the Earth. Just one look at it mesmerized the young astronaut as it was like he was staring at a giant blue jewel.

"Incredible…" He said with a small smile on his face. "Completely incredible…"

While Peter was still looking down at the Earth, Harry was continuing his sample collecting mission. As he did so, he soon spotted something that immediately caught his eye. Thanks to the moon's lesser gravity, he was able to make it to object he saw with just a few jumps. Once he got a better look at it, Harry saw that the item was some kind of container. In fact, upon closer examination, the container almost resembled a small trash can.

"What is this…some kind of space dumpster?" He asked himself.

Wanting to examine it more thoroughly, Harry tried his best to pull the container from out of the rocks. When Peter turned around and saw this, he immediately made his way over to his friend and helped him out. It took a few tries, but after one final effort the astronauts were finally able to pull the container out. Now that they had a better look at it, Peter and Harry noticed that the container had several markings on it, especially on its lid.

"Are these letters?" Harry questioned as he examined them. "I don't recognize any of the symbols written here."

"Same here." Peter agreed. "Perhaps we might be able to find a clue if we look inside."

Agreeing with his partner, Harry and Peter grabbed the top of the container and attempted to lift it up. This proved to be more difficult than imagined as it seemed like some kind of force was keeping the lid from being moved. Even so, the astronauts refused to give up and summoned forth all the strength that they could muster in order to accomplish their goal. After one final effort, they managed to finally pull the lid from off the container. Unfortunately, although they didn't know it at the time, this was an act that would change the course of the Earth forever.

As soon as the lid was opened, several colorful sparks suddenly started flying out of the container like fireworks. Startled, Harry and Peter backed away as they watched the scene unfold. They then looked on as a few of the sparks landed on the surface of the moon and began to take shape. The astronauts then looked on in a state of both astonishment and fear as several strange creatures appeared before them.

One of the creatures was some kind of armored beast with piercing red eyes and large pair of wings on its back. The second was a gnome like creature that was dressed like a craftsman. The next two were a skinny black furred baboon who was wearing a monocle and a chubby ogre. All of them looked completely otherworldly, causing Peter and Harry to immediately assume that they were aliens. However, before they could contact mission control about their discovery, a final individual suddenly appeared from inside the mysterious container.

"Ahhhh…After 10,000 years I'm finally free!"

Looking back at the container, the astronauts and the monsters watched as woman suddenly appeared before all of them. She was wearing very strange clothing and looked like someone who was in her early to mid-40s. In addition to that, she was also carrying around a large wand that had a golden crescent moon on the top. As soon as she appeared, the monsters immediately turned and knelt down before her.

"Yes, my empress!" The armored beast said to the woman. "Today is a glorious day for your return!"

As the other monsters all nodded their heads in agreement, the woman simply looked down at her subjects with a small smile on her face. She then noticed the two astronauts staring at her from a distance. Before they could even realize it, the woman suddenly teleported right before them. As they fell to the ground in shock, the woman continued staring at them before asking a question.

"Tell me…Were you the ones who freed me from my prison?"

"Uh…Um…Yes…" Peter nervously answered. "Who…Who are you?"

The woman smiled after being asked that particular question. It's been so long since she's seen and talked to another individual that she was practically on Cloud 9. She then started twirling her wand around before pointing the tip of it directly at both Peter and Harry.

"Who am I?" She said as her smile grew bigger. "I am the great Rita Repulsa! And, as thanks for freeing me and my servants from that vile prison, I shall bestow upon you two a wonderful gift."

Gripping her wand, Rita began gathering an incredible amount of power into it that caused the tip of it to glow brightly. Right away, Peter and Harry could tell that whatever she was planning to do wasn't good. They attempted to flee and return to their spaceship, but it was already too late for them. Rita fired off an energy blast that, upon making contact, instantly killed them and turned their bodies into dust.

As soon as that was taken care of, Rita soon started laughing as this was the first time in over 10,000 years that she was finally able to cause death and destruction. She then looked on and noticed the large spaceship that Peter and Harry used to get to the moon. With the aid of her magic wand, Rita fired off another blast of energy at the structure. However, instead of destroying it, the blast instead transformed the ship into a giant skull castle. She then began making her to her new home, using her magic to create fancy robes for herself as she did so.

Upon entering the castle and surveying the scenery, the evil empress looked on as her servants all appeared and knelt down before her again. She then watched as the armored beast was the first to lift his head and speak to her.

"My empress!" He said. "Now that you're free, what is your bidding? Know that I, Goldar, will fulfill your ambitions without question!"

Smiling at him, Rita signaled for Goldar to rise. She then held out her wand and directed out towards the balcony of her new castle. Right away, Goldar noticed that the wand was pointing directly at Earth.

"That's simple, Goldar." She said to him. "It's time to finish what we started over 10,000 years ago…Conquering Earth!"

Meanwhile, as Rita began making preparations for her planetary conquest, another force was already making preparations of their own to stop her. On Earth, at a large rocky canyon that's located just outside the state of California, resides a secret Command Center. Inside this large structure held a wide variety of futuristic technology, which far exceeded anything that mankind has yet to create. However, the most remarkable thing of all was the human sized robot that was overseeing everything.

With its crimson and gold plating, laser light visor, shining lightning bolt symbol of its chest plate, this eccentric robot was busy checking all the computers that was placed all over the Command Center. All the sensors were going off at once, signifying that something significant has just occurred. After overlooking all this data, the robot placed both of its hands on its head and began to shake it rather violently.

"Ai-yi-yi-yi!" He exclaimed. "This is terrible! Rita Repulsa has escaped from her imprisonment!"

"Calm down, Alpha 5. We've long since prepared for her inevitable return."

Turning its head, the robot now known as Alpha 5 looked on at a giant tube-like structure that was placed at the far end of the Command Center. He then watched as energy began to make its way into the tube, resulting in a floating ghostly head appearing before him.

"But Zordon…!" Alpha worriedly said. "Are you sure? I mean…isn't there another way?"

"Trust me, Alpha." Zordon reassuringly replied. "I wouldn't be doing this if there was another way."


Angel Grove, a small city located in the southern part of California, a 15-year-old young man of Japanese descent named Keith Kogane was busy making his way through the city streets while on his way to school. He had dark grey eyes and messy black hair that was in a mullet. His entire mostly consisted of grey jeans and a black shirt with a bright red jacket placed on top of it. In addition, he was also carrying a red and black backpack over his shoulder.

As Keith continued making his way towards his new school, the young man took a moment to examine the scenery around him. Having only moved to Angel Grove just a few days ago he hadn't had the time to look around his new home. From what he could tell, the city seemed relatively peaceful and all the citizens seemed to be pretty friendly. Still, despite what he was seeing, Keith had a solemn look on his face as he wasn't really expecting much from his new home.

"A few days here and I can already tell things are going to be a drag." He said quietly to himself. "Why am I putting himself through all this?"

After placing the hood of his jacket over his head and placing his hands in his pockets, Keith closed his eyes while he walked down the sidewalk. As he did so, he took a moment to think back to the events that led him to come to Angel Grove. During the first few years of his life, Keith lived in Japan with his father, Takashi. Despite being an only child and having no mother around, he lived a pretty happy life with his dad. Unfortunately, things soon began to sour following his father's death.

As a police officer, Takashi risked his life everyday trying to protect other people, something that Keith greatly admired him for. Sadly, during a routine patrol, Takashi got into accident died trying to protect some citizens from a robber. Because he had no one his age he considered a friend, Takashi was the closest thing Keith had to one and thus his death hit him hard. As a result, Keith spent the next few years feeling even lonelier and somewhat bitter.

Even so, despite what he lost, Keith tried his best to be someone his late father could be proud of. To that end, with the help of his grandparents, he pushed himself as he made it through both school and the remainder of his childhood. Along the way, Keith also took the time to practice martial arts and kendo, hobbies passed onto him by both his father and grandfather. As a result, despite his slim appearance, he was quite the formidable fighter.

Eventually, after a few years, Keith's grandparents noticed that he was becoming somewhat restless and decided that it would be best for him to leave Japan and move somewhere else. Although a bit reluctant at first, Keith agreed to the decision and thus they all moved to America. They would then spend another year moving from place to place until finally settling on coming to Angel Grove.

Now that he finally at his new home, Keith wondered to himself if agreeing to come here was actually a good idea. He still felt restless and it was only because he didn't want to cause trouble for his grandparents that he didn't take his frustrations out on anybody. In addition to that, he had hard time opening up to other people, so he still lacked any friends his age. Keith felt this wasn't going to change anytime soon so he considered going to school more of a chore if anything else. Even so, he put up with it simply because it was the right thing to do.

Soon enough, as he lifted his head and opened his eyes, Keith looked on as he made it to his destination: Angel Grove High School. As he took his hood off his head, he watched as all the students began making their way inside to begin a new day of learning. Keith went on to do the same, although it was clear that he wasn't too enthusiastic about it.

Meanwhile, as this was going on, a young man of African American descent was busy scrambling through the hall, trying to make his way to his locker. He has a slim build and his attire consisted of blue jeans and a white and blue t-shirt. He was also wearing a pair of thick black glasses that had a piece of tape in the middle. The young man's name was Cameron Miller and despite only being 14 years old, he is widely considered to be the smartest student in the entire school.

Upon making it to his locker, Cameron tried his best to get inside and grab textbooks from his science class. Unfortunately, due to all the students that were socializing near him, that task was extremely difficult. Eventually, he was finally able to grab his things, but he suddenly dropped them when someone from behind abruptly slammed his locker closed.

"Well what do we have here? Where do you think you're going, nerd?!"

Recognizing the voice that just spoke to him, Cameron nervously turned around and saw large young man standing above him. He was muscular and was wearing cut-up jeans and a bandana over his head. He also had a toothpick in his mouth, which he soon took out and flick right into Cameron's face.

"Well nerd…?" The young man continued. "I asked you a question. Just where do you think you're going?"

"I'm…I'm going to class…Michael." Cameron slowly answered. "Is…that okay?"

"Well that all depends…If you want to go to class, you'll have to pay your usual fee."

As he slammed his hand on the locker next to Cameron, Michael extended his other hand out towards him. He then began moving his fingers repeatedly, signifying that he was waiting for Cameron to pay him. As this was taking place, the other students noticed what was going on and slowly backed away so that they wouldn't get involved. This left Cameron all alone as Michael continued slamming the locker next to him, his patience quickly wearing thin.

"Well nerd?!" He yelled. "Where's my damn money?!"

While Cameron was trying his best to get a word out of his mouth, someone slowly made their way out from the crowd. It was a young woman with light brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a basic yellow shirt with a pair of jeans, black heel boots and a black jacket. She then proceeded to confront Michael, who immediately turned his head after noticing her.

"You know he doesn't have any, Michael!" She said as she angrily glared at him. "Why don't you do us all a favor and leave him alone!"

"…Se…Serena…!" Cameron said as also turned to look at her.

As she folded her arms in anger, the young woman known as Serena Masterson gave Michael a terrifying glare. Having known him ever since they were in preschool, Serena considered Cameron to be one of her best friends and was thus very protective of him. Because of that, she wouldn't tolerate anyone harassing him, especially a no-good bully like Michael.

As for Michael himself, he suspected that it would only be a matter of time until Serena finally showed her face. The two of them have crossed paths several times, which made bullying Cameron a lot more troublesome. Because of that, Michael made sure that this time Serena wouldn't get in his way anymore.

Letting out a small smirk, Michael watched as two students suddenly emerged from the crowd and grabbed a hold of Serena's arms. As she tried her best to break free from their tight grip, Cameron sat up after seeing his only friend in trouble. However, before he could even take a single step, Michael immediately pushed him down, causing his glasses to fall off his face. He then looked up and watched as Michael began to clinch his fist at him.

"Too bad for you, nerd." He said with an arrogant smile. "No one is going to help you this time!"

Just as Michael was about to punch a hole right into Cameron's face, someone suddenly appeared from out of nowhere and grabbed his wrist. When he turned his head, both Michael and everyone else saw that the person who stopped him was none other than Keith. He had just spent the last couple of minutes looking around for his locker and by the time he found it he saw what was going on. Keith found himself staring at Michael, who was giving him quite a frightening glare.

"Who the hell are you?!" The bully questioned.

"…Nobody really important." Keith quietly answered.

Just before Michael could force himself away from his grasp, Keith took the bully's wrist and bent it in a rather painful position. Right away, the pain that Michael was feeling was so intense that he quickly fell to one knee, shocking the other students. This caused his bullying friends to immediately let go of Serena and make their way over to him. Upon seeing that, Keith released his hold and forcefully pushed Michael to them.

As Michael started holding his wrist in agony, his friends glared at Keith and watched as he began making his way towards the lockers. They soon rushed towards him, but Keith was able to easily avoid them. He then went on to trip one of them up, causing their head to smash right into one of the lockers. As for the other one, he tried hitting Keith a furry of punches but none of them hit their mark. Keith then went on to give the bully a headbutt, which immediately knocked him out.

Following this brief skirmish, all the other students looked on in awe after what they just witnessed. In what seemed like no time at all, both Michael and his goons were all on the ground by some unknown student who just came out of nowhere. Not only that, but he made it seem so easy too. However, before anyone could do anything about this scene, the sound of the bell suddenly run throughout the entire school. This caused most of the students to immediately disperse and make their way to their respective classes.

As for Michael, he angrily looked up at Keith was still looking down at him. All he wanted to do at this moment was make him pay for humiliating him just now. Unfortunately, now that the first bell had sounded, it would only be a matter of time before the teachers began storming the hall for any late students. Not wanting to deal with that, he reluctantly grabbed his goons and left the area, but not before looking back at Keith one last time.

"This isn't over…You hear me?!"

Once that was said, Keith watched as Michael left the area. As soon as he was gone, the young man looked down at Cameron, who was busy staring at him with an awestruck look on his face. He also noticed his glasses were right next to him, prompting Keith to grab them and place them on Cameron's face.

"You okay?" He asked.

"I…Yes…" Cameron slowly confirmed.

"Good. I'm glad to hear that."

With that said, Keith gave Cameron a slight nod before helping him to his feet. He then went on to go into his locker while Serena went on to check up on her friend. Soon, after grabbing the things he would need for his first class, Keith got ready to leave.

"Wait! Please wait a moment!" Serena yelled.

Keith stopped and looked back at Serena and Cameron, who was busy looking at him in return. The three students stared at one another for a moment, which felt even longer since no one was saying anything. Eventually, Cameron was the first one to speak up.

"Who…Who are you?" He asked.

"…My name is Keith." The young man answered as he continued to class. "And like I said…I'm nobody special."


Back in the dark depths of outer space, the evil Rita and her minions were busy making themselves at home inside their new Moon Palace. Two of them, the ogre Squat and the vampire-monkey Baboo, were busy messing around like a pair of little kids. This led them to being yelled at by their superior, Goldar, who demanded that they get to work. As he watched them scamper off, Goldar let out a sigh as those two still haven't matured even after 10,000 years of imprisonment.

While that was going on, in another section of the palace, the gnome monster was busy working on something while in a workshop. His name was Finster and he was the personal crafter for his empress. Although he was most soft spoken of his compatriots, one could say Finster's job was the most important as it was hist responsibility to make anything that Rita happened to need at any given moment.

As of right now, Finster was busy molding a batch of clay into dozens of small soldiers and placing them onto a nearby cookie sheet. However, the clay that he was using was anything but ordinary. Instead, it was a special kind of clay that was imbued with a portion of Rita's magic. As a result, when given a proper form, the magic would bring the soldiers to life and they would become Rita's personal army known as the Putty Patrollers.

"There…" Finster said after putting the finishing touches on his work. "All done. Now all that's left is to cook them up in the Monster-Matic."

Picking up the cookie sheet, Finster made his way to an oven-like machine that he called his Monster-Matic. After placing the Putties at the beginning of the conveyor belt, Finster pulled a lever and watched as the Putties began moving down the strip and made their way inside the machine. The large device then started moving around for several moments, the noise that it was creating growing louder and louder with each passing second. Soon enough, Finster then watch as his creations suddenly popped out from a large hose at the very end of the machine, only now they were alive and roughly the same size as a human adult.

"Excellent!" Finster said, obviously pleased with the result. "Now to inform my empress."

Clapping his hands together, Finster managed to get all the Putties lined up and organized. He then had them follow him as they made their way out of the workshop. After a while, they soon arrived at the balcony of the palace, where Rita was busy looking down at Earth with the aid of her magic telescope. Upon turning around and seeing the soldiers behind her minion, a fiendish smile appeared on the empress's face.

"Well done, Finster!" She said as she gently clapped her hands. "It looks like you haven't lost your touch after all these years."

"You honor me with your praise, my queen." Finster replied with a small bow. "Now…how you decided where you would like to send the Putties?"

"I have…"

Turning his head back towards the Earth, Rita had managed to spot the perfect place to begin her attack. It was a relatively small city, but just big enough that it would catch the attention of the entire planet. With that in mind, the empress took her magic wand and used it to instantly teleport the Putty Patrollers to the location she had chosen.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, the final bell had just rung all throughout Angel Grove High and all the students were busy grabbing their things and exiting the complex Having just finished up her first day of school, all Keith wanted to do was get out and head back home and take a nap. However, just after he finished placing some things into his locker and closing it, the young man heard someone call out to him.

"Hey…Hey Keith! Wait up!"

Letting out a small sigh, Keith turned around and saw that the one calling out to him was none other than Serena. With Cameron by her side, the two of them wanted the chance to talk to him again after what he did earlier this morning. Although all he wanted to do was just head on home, Keith reluctantly stayed put and waited for the two of them to approach him.

"Is something wrong?" He asked them.

"Not really." Serena said with a small smile. "We just wanted to thank you for helping us out this morning. Those guys like to waste their time messing with Cameron and me and it's rare that anybody would come to our defense…since we're not exactly what would you call popular. So…the fact that you did help us was really cool. Thank you."

As he watched Cameron nod his head in agreement, Keith simply look on at the two of them with a silently expression on his face. He then started scratching the back of his head before letting out another small sigh.

"Don't worry about it." He told them. "I may not look it…but I'm actually used to getting into fights."

With that said, Keith turned around and began making his way out of the school. As he walked however, he noticed that both Serena and Cameron were walking right next to him. There was something about him that intrigued the two of them and so they wanted to hang out and get to know him better. Despite not being much of a people person, Keith didn't want to be rude and allowed the two accompany him.

"So…I forgot to introduce ourselves." Serena pointed out as they walked together. "My name is Serena Masterson and the shy guy over here is Cameron Miller. You know…we were on our way to the Angel Grove Youth Center after school. It's a pretty cool place with a gym and a juice bar. If you like, why don't you join us? We can get to know each other as we hang out."

Keith remained silent as he thought about Serena's proposal. He did however glance over at her and Cameron and could tell that they wanted him to say yes. This was especially true for Cameron, as he was obviously still amazed by how Keith was easily able to subdue Michael. Before he could give them an answer though, Keith looked on and saw something that really killed the mood.

Right by the exit was none other than Michael and more of his goons. Based on the angry expressions on their faces, it was clear that they hadn't forgotten what happened earlier and that they wanted payback. This caused Keith to let out another small sigh as he knew that more unnecessary trouble was on the way. He then stopped as Michael confronted him.

"Come with us, new kid!" He said a rough tone of voice. "There's something we need to talk to you about."

"…Alright." Keith gently replied.

With that Keith started following Michael as he and his goons led him somewhere. As they watched them all leave, both Serena and Cameron wanted to step in and stop them. However, Keith silently signaled the two of them not to interfere. He already knew what was going to happen and he didn't want to involve them if he didn't have too. Because of that, he encouraged them to head on their way while he dealt with this.

Soon, after walking around the neighborhood for about 20 minutes, Keith found himself at an abandoned alleyway. Not only were there a lot of garbage around, but there was no one around at all. It was the perfect place to take care of any shady business and thus the perfect place to settle a score. Keith then found himself surrounded by Michael's goons as the leader himself angrily glared at him.

"Alright punk!" He yelled at him. "You're about to find out what happens to those who think they can interfere with my business. Get him, boys!"

Without any hesitation, Michael's goons started rushing towards Keith all at once. However, despite being outnumbered, Keith easily kept his cool and proceeded to take off his backpack. He then swung it around in a circle, causing the goons to stop for a moment. This gave Keith the opportunity to knock one of them away with a well-timed kick to the gut. Then, before anyone could even react, Keith knocked out a second one with a perfectly placed punch to the jaw. He then looked back at the others and signaled to them to attack, causing them to rush him again.

For the next 5 minutes, Keith went on to showcase his incredible martial arts talents by easily beating down each and everyone of Michael's goons. As he looked on at this scene, Michael was completely awestruck as it almost like he was watching an action movie in person. Soon enough, the last goon fell to the ground and Keith soon turned his entire focus directly towards Michael.

"So…What now?" He asked.

After hearing Keith say that, Michael watched as he slowly began to approach him while also giving him a rather violent glare. Just one look at it was enough for the bully to instantly run off. Once he was gone, Keith slowly changed his facial expression back to normal before going on to gently place the unconscious goons by a nearby wall. He then grabbed his backpack and prepared to head on his way.

Before he could get too far though, the young man suddenly heard a stumbling noise coming from behind him. When he turned around, he was stunned to see that he was suddenly surrounded by Rita's Putty Patrollers. Having never seen creatures like them before, Keith didn't really know what to make of them. All he did know is that whatever these things were, they were dangerous. Because of that, he instinctively entered his fighting stance.

"Who are you?!" He questioned. "What do you want?!"

Instead of answering Keith's questions, the Putties mindlessly looked at him for a few moments before suddenly rushing over and attacking him. Reacting quickly, Keith managed to avoid the initial blows before returning the favor with one of his own. However, due to their unique composition, his attack seemingly did little to affect the Putties. Seeing this caught him off guard, enabling his attackers to get the jump on him and overwhelm him with a barrage of blows. Then before he could even fall to the ground, two of the Putties grabbed him back his coat and threw him against a brick wall.

As he slowly picked himself up from off the ground, Keith watched as the Putties surrounded him again and were preparing to finish him off. Although he was outnumbered and was in pain, the young man refused to back away and run for his life. He then braced himself for what could possibly his end as the Putties rushed towards him. Before they could strike though, Keith was suddenly surrounded by a red beam of light before being teleported away from the area, confusing the Putties.

Moments later, Keith found himself falling on the ground in an entirely new location. Somehow, he was transported to highly advanced complex with colorful buttons and large computers. As he got back to his feet and examined his new surroundings, only one thought entered his mind.

"Where am I…?"


Chapter Preview

Having been suddenly transported to the highly advanced Command Center, Keith soon encounters the mysterious Zordon and his robotic assistant Alpha 5, who give him a once in a lifetime offer. But who are these people, what is their offer, and what does it have to do with the evil Rita Repulsa?

Next Time, Chapter 2: A Powerful Beginning – Part 2