Oh, and as for the initial gathering, I'm thinking it will be a couple weeks into the start of the school year, and the media is abuzz with footage of an armored person fighting small groups of monsters. Many thought it was just some marketing campaign for an upcoming movie or something until the FBI started crawling all over Angel Grove and the greater Los Angeles area. The media has labeled him the Power Ranger, and then when footage of the Black Scarab host also surfaced, they dubbed him the Dark Ranger. So when my character invites your characters over to his house, they already know about the existence of these supposed super-powered individuals, but are shocked to discover their friend is the Power Ranger. Once they begin fighting as a group, the media switches the name to plural and begins referring to the original as the Red Ranger and all the others by their colors as well. 

So, of course, since the FBI is crawling around, we have a strong interest in protecting our identities. Perhaps towards the climax of the first story arc, we can form some kind of agreement with the Agent in charge of the investigation and work together to thwart the Dark Ranger.