Episode 1 - Mega Mission

"Ready rangers? Time to create a new legend," the red ranger shouts. The army of rangers pull their weapons up, ready to charge. They all begin to run and start taking out the X Borgs. The Aquitian and Ninja Storm rangers stream in zooming through the crowds of foot soldiers. The new red ranger is back to back with a silver robot;

"Good to see you old friend," the red ranger exclaims.

"It's great to be back," the robot replies.

The battle rages on when a loud voice is heard;

"Troy?" a voice shouts. "Troy, you're going to be late for school!" Troy jumps up from his bed. "Coming Mom!" Troy is covered in sweat. "These dreams, I can't believe it's happening again."

Troy goes down to the kitchen and sits down to his breakfast. "Are you excited about your first day at school Troy?" his mom asks with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, I suppose," Troy looks away from her. "It's just…" Troy thought about his dream and whether or not he should tell his parents. "It's nothing. Just first day nerves." Troy's mom is not convinced.

"I know it's hard, you never wanted to leave Stone Canyon," Troy's mom starts. "But here we are. We need to make the best of this situation. Just keep your head down and you'll be fine. I'm sure you'll be happy here in Angel Grove."

"I suppose, I better get going. I don't want to be late on my first day." Troy jumps up and gives his mom a hug before running out of the house.

At Angel Grove High, Troy is wandering around the halls looking lost. An older woman stops Troy, "are you lost young man?" Troy looks up a bit startled. "Yes ma'am, I'm looking for the principal's office. It's my first day here." The woman smiles.

"No need to find the office when you've found her, I'm Principal Appleby. And you must be Troy Burrows." The woman continues to smile at Troy.

"That's me," Troy replies. "Well Mr Burrows, if you'll follow me I'll get you started." Principal Appleby signals Troy to follow her. "I'm sure you'll be very happy here. You're transcript from Stone Canyon was very impressive," Appleby starts. "I do wonder what brought you here."

"My dad moved job so we had to move to Angel Grove," Troy looks away. Appleby can see his is holding something back, but decides not to question him further. They arrive at Appleby's office and a girl is sitting waiting outside the office.

"Troy, this is Emma Goodall," Appleby starts. The girl stands up to greet the pair. "She will be your buddy while you're getting settled in." Emma extended her hand, "nice to meet you." Troy shakes her hand. "Well, I'll leave you two to get acquainted. I believe you have science class first?"

"That's right, I'll show Troy his locker first," Emma replies. Emma and Troy walk off from the principal's office. "You must be nervous, first day and all that."

"Yeah, I've moved around a bit though so I'm used to this," Troy explains. "My dad changes jobs often so we move around a lot."

"Army?" Emma enquires.

"No, just changes job often, Troy replied. "Anyway, what's Angel Grove High like?"

"It's good, lots of nice people," Emma stops abruptly. "Speaking of, here's some now."

"Come on Gia," the boy starts. "We should definitely go to the youth centre after school. I'm already failing chemistry and I can't afford any D's this year."

"You can't be failing chemistry you haven't had chemistry yet," the girl rolls her eyes. Emma and Troy catches her eye. "Right Jake, Emma's looking after the new kid so if you can pretend to be a human being for the next few minutes that would be great."

"Hey guys," Emma starts introductions. "Troy Burrows, this is Gia Moran and Jake Holling. Guys, this is Troy."

"Hey man," Jack shakes Troy's hands. "I hear you were the soccer kingpin at Stone Canyon. Try-outs are at lunch, you'd be a big help on the team."

"Jake, it's his first day. Leave him alone," Gia snaps at Jake. "Hi Troy, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you guys," Troy smiles. "I did play soccer at Stone Canyon, but I've hung my boots up and I won't be trying out this year."

"Get out of the way geek," a voice echoes in the distance. The four turn around to see a big guy picking on a guy with glasses. The big guy knocks his books out of his hands. Troy runs over and stands in front of the big guy.

"You got a problem here new kid?" the big guy looks down at Troy.

"Yeah, I got a problem with bullies. So you if you want to try bullying him you have to get through me…" Troy stops. He looks nervous. He know it's his first day and he has to make this school work. The bully laughs in his face and walks away, kicking of the boys books away while he is at it. He steps down to pick up his books and Troy bends down to help him. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you." The boy replies. Troy hands him his last book and he walks away quickly. He breezes past Emma, Gia and Jake.

Troy re-joins his new group. "What's the deal, people okay with bullying around here?" He is clearly frustrated.

"No, you just got there first," Gia replies. "That's Roy. He's been a bully since we were kids. I've shown him whose boss on plenty of occasions though. The kid he was bullying is Noah. He's pretty quiet but he's the smartest kid in school."

"Come on guy, we should be talking soccer not about hall politics," Jake tries to gear Troy back to trying out for the team.

"We better get to class, we don't want to be late," Emma starts walking towards class.

In Space, a ship appears in Earth orbit. Inside, Admiral Malkor stares at the Earth.

"So this is the Earth, the planet that no-one can conquer apparently," Malkor shouts. His generals Creepox and Vrak are standing behind him.

"Until now Admiral, we will take them down as the blue jewel of the Empire," Vrak says confidently.

"We must be careful Admiral, the Power Rangers have a long legacy on Earth," Creepox states. "This won't be as easy as concurring Brokaya, Horath or Gratha. The ranger teams were nowhere near as strong as the teams that have been seen on Earth."

"The Empire has never attacked Earth, we need to take control of this planet before they decide to take some initiative," Vrak states.

"I never thought I'd hear you say that Vrak," Malkor replies and begins to laugh. "Let's do it. Send down the Loogies. The Warstar will be victorious!"

Panning over a familiar cliff face, lights suddenly come on from a chamber within. A giant head in a plasma tube appears;

"Alpha, I detect the Empire," the head begins. It is time to initiate the Mega Mission."

"Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi," Alpha replies. He moves to a console. "Programme started. The search is on Gosei, a new team will soon be found."

"Very good Alpha, keep an eye on what's going on, I want to know if the planet is in danger!" Gosei looks worried.

Back at Angel Grove High, Troy, Gia, Jake and Emma meet in the hall beside the lockers.

"So, youth centre? Youth centre? Youth centre? Jake points at his friends.

"Fine, I'll come to the youth centre," Gia replies slightly fed up. "What about you two?"

"Yeah I'll come," Emma replies. "But I have some homework to do for math and I could use the help."

Great! Jake is really excited. "How about it new guy? Don't be lame!"

"Thanks guys," Troy starts. "But I better not. First day, mom and dad will want to know how I got on. They're probably sitting waiting on me right now."

"That's what parents are for after all! We'll see you tomorrow," Emma smiles at him. The three go off on their way. Just as Troy begins to walk off, he spots Noah in the distance. Troy goes over to him.

"Hey, Noah right?" Noah looks up at Troy.

"Yes, what do you want?" Noah looks nervous.

"Nothing, I just wanted to make sure you were alright after this morning," Troy smiles. "I looked for you at lunch but I couldn't see you in the cafeteria?"

"I don't eat in the cafeteria. Too many people. Listen, it's nice that you helped me, but don't get involved in my issues. I don't want anyone else impacted because of those idiots."

Troy looks confused. "Sorry, I was just trying to help out. I don't like bullies and we had zero tolerance at Stone Canyon. And, I've always tried to make sure to look out for those people that can't always look after themselves."

"I can look after myself," Noah snaps back. "I don't need people to protect me or make new kids look good in front of their new friends." Noah storms off. Troy looks down. He is worried that has offended Noah, just by trying to help.

"Should have taken mom's advice and just kept my head down," Troy thought to himself. He looked at the school bus, but decided that he was going to walk home.

Gia, Emma and Jake are sitting in the Youth centre. Emma has her math book open.

"So the slop intercept form is y=mx+B," Emma says to Gia.

"You got this Emma, you really do not need my help here," Gia replies. Jake is looking out at the gym floor of the youth centre. A young man comes over with the groups drinks.

"Here we go; Strawberry for Emma, banana for Gia and chocolate for Jake," the man says.

"Thanks Ernie," they all reply. "Hey, how is your dad getting on?"

"He's fine, still enjoying his early retirement," Ernie laughs. "He calls every day though to ask how his baby is doing." The three look confused.

"Baby? I think you're a little old to be called his baby," Jake laughs.

"You're right about that one. He means this place. One of his biggest regrets was letting Stone sell this place while he was out in the Amazon. He really screwed the pooch on that one."

"I'm surprised Adele even sold it to you. After everyone found out the power rangers were here nearly every day, our parents thought this place would never be the same." Gia smirks.

"Even as a kid I always knew this place would definitely be worth something one day. It's nice to keep it in the family. Anyway, I'll leave you to it. Your milkshakes are getting warm." Ernie smiles as walks away back behind his counter. Jake goes back to staring out at the floor.

"Something catching your eye Jakey," Gia looks at Jake.

"No, no, no I was just…" Jake struggles to reply.

"Yeah yeah," Gia replies as Emma laughs. "I know what you're like. Remember, I've been watching you make your moves since kindergarten."

Suddenly, the ground begins to shake. The TV behind the bar starts bellowing.

"Breaking news, a group of aliens has appeared in the centre of Angel Grove." The reporter exclaims. "Early reports state that a group of 10-20 aliens are hassling the public. Going to our first pictures live from the scene."

The TV changes and General Creepox and General Vrak are there with Loogie foot soldiers.

"People of Earth, surrender peacefully and only a few of you will be hurt," Creepox shouts. "Resist us and we will destroy your measly planet."

Everyone in the youth centre looks shocked. The ground suddenly begins to shake again. Vrak has put his sword into the ground. Everyone begins to run from the youth centre.

On his walk home, Troy feels the ground shake. "What's going on?!" Troy shouts.

At home, Noah is sitting in his room studying. The contents of his bookcase begin to fall out. "Oh no, an earthquake.

"Something's happening," Gia sounds worried.

"I can't move," Emma shares the concer.

"Hold on!" Gia shouts. Just as she shouts this the three friends teleport out of the Youth Centre.

Troy, still on the street trying to figure out what is going on is also teleported.

Noah, who is hiding under his desk, teleports as well.

The five beams meet coming across the outback of Angel Grove until they arrive at their final destination.

"Woah, what is this place?" Jake turns around quickly.

"We're not in the Youth Centre that's sure," Emma replies. She sees Troy and Noah. "How did you guys get here?" Noah is too stunned to speak.

"I don't know. I was walking home and then I felt the Earth shake. And then, I was here." Troy looks confused. "Were you guys at the youth centre?"

"Yeah, then the ground started shaking, a news report said that aliens were in the centre of Angel Grove. And then we were here." Emma explains.

"Wherever here is," Gia adds. Noah looks scared. "Noah, are you okay?"

"What's going on? Why am I here? I was just in my room minding my own business and then I'm here with you people." Noah stays away from the rest of the group.

A face appears in the energy tube. "Welcome humans," Gosei's voice is heard throughout the chamber. The team lines up in front of the tube and look up at it.

"And who are you?" Troy asks.

"And what are you?!" Emma adds.

"My name is Gosei. I was a Guardian of the planet Andresia. I came to Earth to serve as its new guardian following the destruction of my mentor Zordon. Years ago, my planet came under attack and I fled to save the powers of those who held them."

"Powers? Other planets? What does this have to do with us?" Noah can't help but ask questions.

"You have been chosen to take on these powers and to defend the Earth from the Empire. Hold out your hands." The new team complies. Devices appear in the rangers hands. "These are your Mega Morphers. They will grant you immense power to be able to fight off the forces of the Empire." The rangers look at the mega morphers. "Each of you will be given access to extraordinary powers. When you place your power cards into your morpher and shout the phrase, Go Go Mega Force, your powers will activate;

Noah, with the precision of a shark, you will become the Blue Ranger;

Gia, with the heart of a tiger, you will become the Yellow Ranger;

Jake, with the agility of a snake, you will become the Black Ranger;

Emma, with the swiftness of the phoenix, you will become the Pink Ranger.

And finally, Troy, with the strength of a dragon, you will become the Red Ranger and lead the team.

Together, you will be known as the Power Ranger Mega Force. The next stage in the fight against evil."

"Power Rangers? Us? Me? I don't think I can do this," Noah takes a step back from the rest of the team.

"Yeah, we're not superheroes. We're just regular people," Emma looks at the others. "Guys, we can't do this right."

"Yeah I agree, surely there are people better suited than us?" Gia questions.

"I can assure you Gia, you are all the correct people. You may not see that now, but in time you will come to understand and believe it as I do," Gosei reassures.

"So, we do this and we then fight this Empire?" Troy looks at Gosei.

"Look at the viewing globe and all will become clear," Gosei instructs. The five turn away to look at the viewing globe and see the same images of Creepox and Vrak. "These creatures are two of the strongest beings in the Empire, they will be difficult to beat. But if you work as a team, you can conquer all."

"Cool, we can be the Power Rangers, this is amazing," Jake smiles at others who still look concerned, Noah terrified. Another voice comes from the distance.

"And don't worry rangers, you'll have me to back you up," the voice states. The rangers turn to face the voice and see Alpha. "My name is Alpha 20, the latest in a long line of companions to guardians and Power Ranger teams. I'll be here in the Power Chamber offering you support when you need it."

"As time goes on, your bond will grow and this will strengthen your connection to the powers that I have given you," Gosei goes on to explain. "As your connection grows, you will access new weapons and arsenal to support you in your fight against evil. Go now Rangers and may the power protect you." Alpha goes to a console and sends the rangers to the battle site.

The rangers appear before monsters.

"What's this? Teenagers?" Vrak laughs. "Is this Earth's mighty defence against the Warstar Empire? Loogies, get them." The foot soldiers charge at the new rangers. Gia fights off the first one that attacks her.

"These things are tough," Gia shouts. She hits another as Emma is grabbed on both sides.

"Emma, look out!" Jake shouts. Noah tries to run off, the other rangers go after him. Troy helps Emma get clear. Troy hits one of the Loogies in the chest and he is visibly winded. Emma started to get a handle on fighting them. Jake is knocked over but finds a football beside him. He gets up and kicks the football at the Loogie. The Loogies regroup and aim their weapons at the rangers. They begin firing and all the rangers are forced together.

"Gosei said that these morphers would give us power," Troy exclaims. "I say we use them, follow my lead." The rangers pull out their morphers. "It's morphin time." The ranger's power cards appear in their hands. They put them into the morphers.

"GO GO MEGA FORCE" they all shout. They complete the morphing sequence. The team stands confident in their new outfits.

"Power of the Dragon, Mega Force Red Ranger!" Troy shouts.

"Power of the Phoenix, Mega Force Pink Ranger!" Emma follows.

"Power of the Snake, Mega Force Black Ranger!" Jake follows.

"Power of the Tiger, Mega Force Yellow Ranger!" Gia follows.

"Power of the Shark, Mega Force Blue Ranger!" Noah finishes.

"Defending the Earth against all that is evil,

POWER RANGERS MEGA FORCE!"

Creepox and Vrak take a step back.

"Is that what I think it is?" Creepox remarks.

"Yes, the rangers who were destroyed on Andresia. Oh well, they've been beaten once and then can be beaten again. Loogies, GET THEM!" Vrak orders.

The Loogies again charge at the rangers. This time, with their powers active, they are not such an easy target. They begin to fight back against the foot soldiers.

"Rangers, it's time to activate your power weapons." Gosei communicates to the rangers.

"Got it Gosei," Gia replies through her morpher. She goes into the card pouch at her side and pulls out the weapon card. Jake follows her. The place the cards into their morphers and a voice bellows "SUMMON BATTLE GEAR."

"Tiger Claw," Gia grabs her weapon.

"Snake Axe," Jake grabs his. Emma sees this.

"Nice guys," she rolls to avoid a Loogie attack and is beside Troy. "Come on let's do it." They both grab their respective cards and place them into their morphers; "SUMMON BATTLE GEAR."

"Phoenix Shot," Emma grabs her weapons.

"Dragon Sword," Troy grabs his. The four now take down the Loogie's easily. Noah, who is managing better than he was now that he is morphed, is still struggling. "Noah, you have to call for your weapon." Noah keeps trying to avoid the attacks.

"Noah, the suits are designed to protect you," Gia shouts. "Don't be afraid to take a hit!" Noah hears this and allows the Loogie to hit him. It barely makes any impact so he punches him away. Now that he has a second, he grabs his card and put it into his morpher. "SUMMON BATTLE GEAR"

"Shark Bowgun," Noah shouts and he grabs his Power Weapon. He begins to shoot the foot soldiers taking them out with ease.

"Keep fighting guys, we have to try and get them back" Troy instructs the team. They keep fighting away, Noah keeping his distance and firing at the foot soldiers. More Loogies appear. Creepox and Vrak report back to Malkor.

"What are you doing up here?" Malkor shouts at his generals. "Are you scared of the power rangers who the empire have already defeated?!"

"We just thought one of your monsters would give them a better taste of our power Admiral," Creepox replies in a grovelling tone.

"Fine," Malkor sounds exasperated. "Scaraba, get out here." A monster appears from the shadows.

"You called Admiral," the monster replies.

"Ah Scaraba, it seems the Earth has some Power Rangers for you to play with. Go down and show them your power!" Admiral Malkor orders.

"At once sir," Scaraba accepts his order and transports down to the battle side.

The rangers have defeated most of the Loogies by this point. Scaraba confronts the rangers.

"Power Rangers, it's been fun, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to destroy you now. By order of the great Admiral Malkor, you have been sentenced to death. And I am here to carry out your judgement." Scaraba laughs at the rangers.

"You might be able to scare some people, but we're not afraid of you. Right guys?" Troy retorts. The other rangers reply, albeit some half-heartedly. "Come on guys. We have to believe in ourselves if we're going to defeat this guy." The rangers all nod in agreement.

"Power Rangers Mega Force!"

"Let's try out our mega blasters," Emma suggests. They pull out their cards and put them in their morphers.

"Mega Blaster, activate," they all shout and they close their morphers.

"SUMMON BATTLE GEAR!" The blasters appear in their hands, each with their own unique head relating to their powers.

"Loogies, ATTACK!" Scaraba orders.

"Let's go guys!" Troy remarks back. They jump into action, making quick work of the Loogies with their blasters. They each use their signature head to defeat their respective combatants. Noah is still very unsure of himself, firing at much further range than the rest of his team mates. With the loogies defeated, the rangers turn their attention back to Scaraba.

"You punks are really trying my patience," Scaraba is visibly frustrated. "Rock Attack!" He begins firing rocks at the new ranger team. The rangers respond by firing their blasters at the rocks and take no damage from them. They all fire their blasters directly at Scaraba but it doesn't do much.

"Haha, you might be able to take out measly loogies… but you won't defeat me so easily."

"By my calculations, we need too…" Noah starts to talk but stops abruptly.

"If you have an idea Noah, I want to hear it," Troy replies back to him. "Go on!"

"Well, I think we need to use our power weapons again, they seem the pack a much bigger punch than our blasters," Noah explains.

"Let's do it guys," Troy decides. They put their power cards back into their morphers and their weapons reappear. As they do, Scaraba send several blasts towards the rangers. They face into it, with Emma pulling Troy through the blast flying like the phoenix.

"Phoenix Shot!" Emma fires her weapons at Scaraba, sending him back.

"Dragon Sword!" As Emma and Troy hurtle towards the monster Troy strikes him with his sword. Gia and Jake run forward next.

"Snake Axe!'" "Tiger Claw!" they shout as they strike Scaraba, who is still stunned from Emma and Troy's attacks. Noah hestitates, but knows that he has to strike while the monster is off his footing. He runs forward and jumps over Scaraba;

"Shark Bowgun!" Noah lands several hits on the monster and he is joined by the rest of his team on the other side.

"Now, let's bring them together," Troy shouts.

"Right!" Jake and Emma reply.

"Morphin! Noah and Gia reply. The emblems on the front of their suits begin to glow and join together.

"Combine!" Troy shouts. They place their weapons together to form their super weapon. Troy grabs hold of the combined weapon. He aims at Scaraba, while the other rangers support him.

"Mega Power Blaster, ready" Troy readies himself. "Fire!" The blaster lets out a massive blast that's directly hit Scaraba. The monster turns, falls to ground and explodes.

Troy lowers the weapon and the rangers release from him, "Mega rangers, that's a mega win!" Gia put her head in her hands.

"If we're really going to do this, you have to promise never to say that ever again," Gia and the other laugh.

"What?" Troy is bemused. "I thought a tagline would be cool. No?"

"NO!" they all shout back whilst laughing.

Back in space, Malkor is very angry.

"How could some puny humans defeat Scaraba," Malkor questions his generals. "Maybe if you two weren't so scared you could have finished them off yourselves." He turns away and looks towards the Earth again. "Power Rangers, you can have this day. But I will defeat you and take over your planet." Creepox and Vrak just look at each other blankly.

In the Power Chamber, the rangers celebrate their victory.

"Well done rangers, you fought well," Gosei says to them. "But you must not become over-confident. Over time, the Empire is strong and should not be taken for granted. However, if you continue to grow together, I have no doubt that you will be able to face off any challenge."

"Yeah," Jake agrees. "Plus do you know how many chicks this is gonna net me?!"

"Oh no, you can not reveal your identities to anyone," Gosei snaps back. Jake looks startled and a little saddened by this news. "If others knew your secret, it would limit your ability to perform your duties to the best of your ability. Further, if your identities were known, it would put your family at risk."

"I suppose that makes sense," Troy looks in agreement to the others. They all nod. Noah goes to say something, but again takes a step back.

"What is it Noah?" Emma looks at him with longing eyes.

"I'm not sure I'm cut out for this," Noah begins. "I mean you guys are athletic and strong, but I'm just not sure I won't get in your way. I totally froze today, and if that happens in a pinch it could end up hurting you guys."

"Don't be silly Noah," Troy replies. "The strongest thing about you is your brain. We need you on this team. None of us are perfect, if we were, Gosei wouldn't need five of us."

"Right, we're in this together," Gia assists. "So if you promise to stand by and help us, we'll do the same for you."

"Gia's right," Jake puts his hand on Noah's shoulder. "We are a team, we're all equal here. Except me, because I'm the best looking." The four laugh while Noah cracks a smile.

"I'm sure we'll be fine if we all stick together," Emma smiles. "Plus the helmet is going to totally mess up my hair so I'm not sure I should be doing this either…" The other rangers gawk at Emma.

"Emma, you can not be serious?!" Alpha is shocked. Emma cannot hold her laughter back any longer.

"Psych!" Emma shouts. They all laugh.

"Together, you will be an unstoppable force," Gosei smiles at his new team of rangers. As he finishes his statement, the tubes in the back of the Power Chamber light up. "Behind you are the suits of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, a reminder of the journey this planet has been on. Through time, the people of this planet has endured multiple attacks from aliens. The legacy of the power rangers is now within your hands. This is just the start of your story. May the power protect you, always." The rangers look at the suits in awe. They have heard the legacy of power since they were children and now they are part of that story.

"Let's do it guys!" Troy puts his hand out. The other rangers, except Noah, put their hands in. Noah still looks unsure. The remaining rangers urge him on. He eventually relents and puts his hand in.

"Power Rangers!" they shout and they through their hands, and themselves, into the air.

The End