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Power Rangers: Grid In Chaos

This is a legitimate Interest Check. One of those "I'm not sure if i want to run it, but let's see if enough people are interested." ones.

Pretty much, you all know the Mythos of Power Rangers:

"Alpha, Rita is attacking. Get me 5 Teenagers with Attitude!"

But this time is different:

You awaken in a back alley, your memories are weird, constantly changing. You remember you were a Power Ranger... But what that means, you have no idea... You stumble out into the streets, sunny California. The dulcet tones of UB40's "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" drifts out of a nearby boombox. Kids are rollerblading down the street. A business man passes you talking on a mobile phone the size of a brick, that has a wire going to his suitcase. You pass a poster advertising that on Sunday Night, Lex Luger will be fighting Yokozuna for the WWF Championship at Summerslam. Seeing a Newspaper Dispenser box on the sidewalk, you approach:

"Megatropolis Herald: 28th August 1993"
"Japan to return man to moon for first time in over 20 years"

This is all oddly familiar. You look around and see "Angel Grove First Bank" You remember Angel Grove. There was a Wizard who lived outside of Angel Grove. Your childhood memories are slowly being replaced by those of you growing up in the early 80's. You need answers. Only the wizard can help you. Stumbling out into the desert, you manage to approach the Wizard's House and are greeted at the door by a strange robot

"But NOBODY see's the Wizard, not no way, not no-how!"

After enough nagging, he relents, you are taken inside and Are greeted with a strange, yet beautiful and somehow reassuring sight. You approach the large tube, expecting to see a face, but instead, the tube ascends and out of it steps A beautiful, older woman. She greets you as Udonna the Snow Witch of Angel Grove. She asks about your Ranger heritage, but assures you that there are no Power Rangers as there is no need to be worried. Suddenly the alarms blare, you all rush to the Viewing Globe. Just in time to see the lid being lifted off of a large dumpster on the moon by a pair of astronauts. Lights explode out of it, before A Demon bursts from it. The astronauts scatter as he begins to speak "Ahhh, after 10,000 years i'm free. It's time to rebuild Queen Bansheera's Castle!" Wasting no time, Udonna turns to Alpha.

"Alpha, fetch me 4 more overbearing and overemotional Humans."

"Oh no, not Teenagers, anything but that!"

****

Pretty much, this is a reimagining of the Power Rangers Mythos, with the following rules:

1) The Party is the only team of Power Rangers.
2) The classic characters still exist, they just never became Rangers.
3) Characters will not be filling the same roles as they did previouly. (E.G. If Jason does become a Power Ranger, he would be Dino Thunder Yellow, or RPM Black. He will NEVER become Mighty Morphin Red.)
4) The Other Ranger Powers will exist in the form of Ranger Keys that the party can collect.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

I had to get one last song in before we left Tarzan World...

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

As Tarzan continued to walk away, Dotty let out a loud yawn, before collapsing face first into the mud.

"Oh my..." Jane sighed. Taivas asked her to look after the child and Jane nodded. "I'm not exactly the most... Well qualified nanny, but yes i don't suppose i mind." As she picked Dotty up and began walking back to the tent. Getting inside, she quickly cleaned herself and the half-conscious child before putting her into one of the hammocks. Meanwhile, the professor was already fast asleep and Jane, exhausted from the whole ordeal collapsed into her hammock, straight into unconsciousness. Dotty, half asleep looked at her ghostly protector stood there.

"Poodlewolf... Can you sing a lullaby? Like you did for Strudel Prince in Episode 28?" She asked. Zen-Aku sighed, before pulling the knife flute from its sheeth.

Zen-Aku's song

Blowing gently into the flute, the flowing music started naturally Before, the shadows around them seemed to lengthen, the tent slowly disappearing, dark, crimson shadows slowly taking form. "Hush, little one, you are exhausted..." He said to her in a reassuring tone.

Sleep, my little puppy, Let your dreams rebuke. One day when you're big and strong... You will be a Duke

As drums seemed to come from no-where, the shadows began taking the forms of An intimidating man with a horn along with a pair of horned monsters. The intimidating man began to march with the others at his back

"I've been exiled, persecuted, Left alone with no defense.
When I think of what that witch did, I get a little tense.
But I dream a dream so austere, that I don't feel so depressed
'Cause it soothes my inner monster and it helps me get some rest"

More shadows began appearing around them as images of battles between monsters and knights in shining armour and white robes began to dance across the room.

"The sound of Animus' dying gasp. His Priestess squealing in my grasp.
His mighty Rangers mournful cry, that's my lullaby.

As the tall man danced sullenly with his 2 attendants, the music swelled around them.

Now the past I've tried forgetting and my foes I could forgive
Trouble is, I knows it's petty but I hate to let them live a shadow showed him as a giant smashing a large turtle shaped floating island, before the purple clown looking one appeared behind him.

So you found yourself somebody who'd chase the Rangers up a tree?
Oh, the battle may be bloody, but that kind of works for me

The terrible drums kicked in again as the shadowy images of Zen-Aku himself danced across the walls of his shadow fighting and destroying strange shapes, including the knights from before.

The melody of angry growls, a counterpoint of painful howls
A symphony of death, oh my! That's my lullaby

As the images faded, so did the man and his 2 attendants seemed to disappear into the void. Before a trio of monsters took their place, a red, a blue and a green one. The blue one approached the mask of Zen-Aku laying on a pedastal as he caressed it lovingly.

Master's is gone... but Mandilok's still around, to train this monstrous lad
Till he learns to be a killer with a lust for being bad!

The other two creatures surrounded the mask.

"AWAKEN, YOU WORTHLESS WARRIOR! Ugh, i mean, noble mamaluke."
"One day when your host is strong, you will be a Duke!"

The drums began to pound again, as more battles began to dance around them.

"The pounding of the drums so fowl!
The thrill of Zen-Aku's mighty howl!"
"The joy of vengeance!"
"Testify!"
"I can hear the cheering"
"Zen-Aku, what a guy!"
"Payback time is nearing
And then our flag will fly
Against a blood-drenched sky!
That's my lullaby!"

As the song ended, Dotty sat staring at Zen-Aku, eyes wide open, clearly terrified by this song, before her eyes drooped and unconsciousness finally took her. Zen-Aku sat down as a flood of memories washed him away, he remembered... So much, but it was a blur... Fighting the knights, working with those red, green and blue monsters, fighting those same monsters. What the hell was happening? He rushed out into the rain and looked up into the clouds, the rain passed straight through him as he was just a spectral force.

"WHO ARE YOU!!! WHY DO YOU KEEP SENDING ME THESE MEMORIES!?!?!?!" He roared to the heavens, demanding answers. But he knew the only place to get them.

Booting the front door to Master Phant's house down, the Org took a few angry steps inside and looked around to see the master meditating. "ENOUGH OF THE RIDDLES AND GAMES, OLD MAN! ANSWERS! NOW, BEFORE I STOP ACTING POLITELY!!!" He roared. The master sighed, before getting up out of his meditative position and walking over to grab the door and put it back on its hinges.

"You know, you were far more amicable last time. The old man replied.

"That's because last time, i wasn't having visions of me assisting monsters in destroying the world!" He growled. Master Phant walked past him again towards his kitchen to put the kettle on to boil

"So you learned that you may have been in league with monsters in your past life and your first response was to abandon all your manners and come and attempt to threaten me into giving you more information about how you were in league with monsters?" He asked, while cracking flint against tinder to start the fire to boil the water.

"I..." As the Wolf stood there, he did realize that he was essentially fulfilling his own nightmares by doing this.

"Sit." The old man ordered. Zen-Aku stared at him.

"Is that some kind of dog joke?" He asked. The old man laughed, before walking to sit in his own chair. Zen-Aku sat down across from him.

"What if i were to tell you that i was a world conquering monster and i am here only because of banishment?" He asked. Zen-Aku was taken aback by this, that came a little out of left field. "Well?" He asked.

"I... Are you an Org as well?" He asked. The old man looked at him, before motioning to his forehead. No horn, that meant he wasn't an Org. "Then what are...?"

"Call me a demon." He smiled. "Now, i have invited you into my home, i have given you the power to help protect your friends, i have helped you to understand your existance. Does it really matter that i am a demon who once tried to enslave billions? Will you now stop using the power to save others that i have given you?" He asked. Zen-Aku shook his head.

"Ok, i get it, you are no demon." He replied. "And if you were, it wouldn't matter what you had done in the past because you helped me save Taivas and Tarzan.

"So i ask you. Does it matter if you were once a demon who enslaved billions? Does it matter to Tarzan? Does it matter to Taivas? No. Because right here, right now, you chose to save their lives." He replied.

"But what if i don't deserve this? What if i am beyond redemption?" He asked. "What if i did something so unspeakably evil against Princess Shayla that i can never be forgiven?"

"Then she will never forgive you. But the others will..." He replied, the kettle started whistling and he got up to see to it. "I once lived in a savannah, and i met a pair who taught me a saying. They were wise words... Hakuna Matata. It means that sometimes in life, bad things have happened and we can't change them." He poured 2 cups of green tea, before blowing out the flame and putting the kettle to one side. "There is nothing you can do, so there is no point in dwelling. Focus on what you can do going forward."

"But... It's one thing to accept responsibility for a past injustice, but i don't even know if i even made an injustice or not." He took the tea and looked into it, for a moment, seeing that face again staring back at him, the black bangs, the goatee, the silver shirt, he looked up at Master Phant.

"Alright, let's try it this way." He took a sip, before placing the cup down. "Can you see the future?"

"No."

"Can I see the future?"

"I don't think so."

"No i can't. Can you see the past clearly?"

"No."

"Can i see the past clearly?"

"Maybe?"

"No i can't. So, there's no way of us knowing the future."

"I suppose."

"And there's no way of us knowing your past?"

"Not at the moment, no."

"So, all we know is what is happening right now."

"Yes."

"So, the only reasonable course of action is to act on what information we have right now. Right now, there are peoeple in trouble that you want to help. And so there's no point in worrying about the rest. Hakuna Matata." He smiled, before going back to drinking his tea. The Wolf cocked his head to the side, slightly confused by the logic, but understanding the spirit of it. "Let me put it another way. Will bad things happen because you learn of your past?" Zen-Aku hung his head contemplating. "Will what is happening right this very second with the Heartless be effected if you learn? Will their actions change in any way, shape or form?"

"I suppose not..." He replied in quiet understanding.

"And will you continue to fight their evil if you learn that you once were a demon who enslaved billions?" He asked.

"I'd like to think so." Phant sighed and shook his head at that answer.

"Stop dealing with maybe's, what if's and i wishes." He scolded sarcastically. "Will you fight for what is right, even if you once murdered entire planets in a life you cannot remember?" He asked. Zen-Aku looked back into the tea and into the face again.

"Yes..." He growled.

"Then?" Master Phant quizzed him.

"Hakuna Matata." He replied.

"Good, now drink up, your friend has just locked the heart of this world. He will want to leave soon." He then got up and walked over to take his empty cup to the sink "Now, who are you looking for on the other worlds?"

"Masters Rilla, Gwin, Lope, Swoop, Finn and RJ." He replied. Zen-Aku finished his cup of tea and handed it back to Master Phant, before bowing and going on his way. As Master Phant watched him jump down the mountain, he sighed. "Oh, Animus preserve us..." He shook his head before walking back inside.

****

As Taivas got back to the camp just as the rain stopped, Zen-Aku arriving as well, shortly afterwards. Dotty was already awake, running outside. "HAN! POODLEWOLF! YOU'RE BOTH BACK!!!" She ran up to Taivas' leg and gave it a hug. Taivas actually picking her up, thanking Jane, who bowed.

"Well, me and Daddy have some packing to do, but if you ever require more help, just pop in to London and we will be more than happy to help." She smiled. As they got back to the ship, Dotty sat down and giggled.

"Alright, Han, which way we going this time? What poor maidens in distress can we rescue?" She asked him.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

There we go, removed Leon and Launchpad from the Collab and made a post to keep them in 2nd District.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Meanwhile, Leon and Launchpad watched the brown haired girl blow the heartless out of the way, literally, before running towards the First District. Leon casually blasted a few shots from his cannon to help her clear the way before turning to his ally "Alright, we need to head over to Third District to get to Gizmo's Launchpad tapped him on the shoulder in response.

"What do you mean? It's back that way." He asked.

"No, Gizmo's is in the Third District." He sighed, before hobbling off that way. Launchpad could swear that it was in the second, but Leon tended to be the smarter one. As more of the shadows slowly raised around them, Leon this time willingly climbed up on Launchpad's shoulder. The enormous duck raised his Trident high before the magic encased him once again in the Thunderquack armour and they rocketed into the sky, before beginning to tumble straight down towards Gizmo's. "You lunkhead!" He called at Launchpad

"That was a rotten thing ya did!" He scolded the Lilty. "You told that nice lady we'd do what we can to help and you were gonna hang her out to dry." He pouted. At that point, the shadows around them began to lengthen as well.

"She's not our boss, Launchpad." He growled, before drawing the gun again as one of the Heartless just as it took up it's menacing form, immediately shoving the barrel in its mouth, the imp stared at the gun in mild shock before shaking its hands, begging for its unlife, before a shot deleted its head and it fell backwards into oblivion. "We were told to find the Keyblader and help her however we can. He yelled at the duck. Launchpad immediately struck his most heroic pose.

"But as Space Rangers, we were told that it's our eternal duty to help anyone in need, no matter who, what, where or even why!" He twirled the Trident, accidentally decapitating an approaching imp. He turned around. "Ooooh, that's my bad, i'm sorry little guy." He cooed reassuringly as the imps body stumbled around looking for the head for a few seconds, before shrugging and poofing into dust.

"Don't comfort them." Leon growled at him. "Just get to blasting!" He then fired a couple of more shots into the crowd of growing shadows.

"Hey, i used to know a guy called Gismo, you think they're related?" He asked.

"FOR THE LAST TIME! NO!!!" Leon yelled, before jumping up on Launchpads shoulder once again and then serving as a turret as the shadows began growing into Knights and Wizards, before approaching.

"STAR COMMAND!!! He yelled, a wave of energy sweeping from him, causing the Heartless to slow down as he cast his Battle Cry, charging at the horde.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@IAmTheIsland You may have, but it would have been a while ago. In any case, feel free to remove me from that collab then.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@Crimson Flame

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@IAmTheIsland Leon is a Lilty, not a Littlie.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

So, where's everyone else on their next post?

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Dotty seemed entirely caught up in Tarzan and Jane's awkward interactions. Luckily for everyone involved, just as she yelled "TARZAN AND JANE ARE GONNA HAVE PUPPIES!!!" was the exact moment that Kerchak ripped the tent a new door in his search of Turk, rendering his outburst rather inaudible.

Kerchak stared at the scene. Men, creatures not of this land, not one of them. Here, within his domain. 2 larger, more dominant looking ones. Possibly an alpha and a beta, a smaller one, possibly female, probably mother to the smaller one and here they were with Turk and Tarzan... Rearing up, he beat his chest and roared loudly to impose his dominance. Turk immediately threw down the fruit. "KERCHAK! IT'S SO..." Her brain went a mile a minute trying to think up a reasonable explanation about why she and Tarzan were here. But Kerchak gave her a look that would turn the bones of anyone to ice, the message was clear, he wanted the truth... Well, the truth actually wasn't the worst thing in the world this time. "Weird evil monkeys tried to eat me and Tarzan and that other weirdo saved me!" She said, pointing to Taivas.

Kerchak continued to look at them, all the while, Jane was currently stuck in a lack of clear direction. On the one hand, a dominant Alpha Gorilla was right here, in front of her, never studied by human eyes before, everyone back in London would be giving their false teeth for this opportunity... On the otherhand, this was a dominant Alpha Gorilla right in front of her and she was on his terf... With any luck Tarzan would be able to talk him down.

Tarzan also was like the veritable deer in the headlights. Technically he had done nothing wrong, but when had little details like "Having done nothing wrong" ever stopped his father from punishing him? Whatever he said, he knew Kerchak would berate him when they returned to the nest. He slowly started to crawl along the ground, head down, moving with Turk as Kerchak stood tall. Right now, the only way he could protect Jane would be to go with him and hope that a show of submissiveness was enough to stay Kerchak's anger.

Clayton, on the otherhand was thinking how best to take advantage of the situation. Of course, this was a 350kg Silverback. He'd be worth at least £200 if brought in alive... But he doubted any of the cages back on the ship would actually hold it. But stuffed... Yes, he knew a good Taxidermist, could get at least £70 which was more than the living ones. Still not bad for a few weeks work.

As the troop of 3 Gorilla's slowly moved towards the treeline, Tarzan giving a few cautious looks back at his new friends and Jane, suddenly he stopped, as did Kerchak. Their eyes scanned the treeline. Out of the tree's the great Leopard, Sabor leaped straight at Turk, clearly looking to pick off the smallest of the group. With another mighty roar, Kerchak backhanded the leopard straight out of the air and into the tree-line, beating his chest, he gave chase. That leopard had made its last mistake in this jungle. Tarzan immediately gave chase, all the while Turk simply screamed while jumping up and down, clearly calling for more aid.

Clayton grabbed his gun and ran through the treeline after them. This might prove a good time to get rid of the big brute that would give him the most trouble. 'I'm dreadfully sorry, old bean, i tried to save the big one and deal with that evil leopard, but after a tussle, the gun just went off.' He smiled to himself as he ran, seeing the shadows of the tree's slowly fill with those glowing yellow eyes. Oh yes and his new friends would be of invaluable help in this. Maybe distract the monkey man long enough for this to work. As Clayton was alone, a glowing green flame would appear before him.

"Do not think in such small terms, Mr Clayton... That ape is strong and his heart equally so... It would be very useful to us..." The green flame whispered in that distractingly seductive tone.

"But... How? I'm not one for all of this voodoo poppycock." He sighed.

"You will know... When the time is right..." It responded a little more sternly this time.

"But ho-" As he asked again, this time, a continuous bolt of green lightning blasted through the flames and straight into his eyes, the depraved and despicable knowledges of the heartless pouring into his very soul. He dropped the gun as he tried to process this. As the lightning stopped and the portal disappeared, he quickly felt himself over, making sure he wasn't damaged at all... Then smiled a cruel smile.

"Yes, that brute will be useful to us..." He snickered under his breath before picking up the shotgun, it crackled with green energies for a second, before he set off at a run through the underbrush. Finally finding where the showdown was occuring. A large crater created from when one of the largest tree's in the jungle had fallen over due to its excessive weight. In the veritable caldera of dirt, the Leopard and Gorilla King faced off against each other. Tarzan and Turk stood next to Dotty and Taivas who had followed him. Dammit, they'd gotten here first... He looked around for a way to distract them...

Dotty swung the mask around to her hands. "HEROIC SPIRIT OF POODLEWOL-" Tarzan stopped her though. "HEY!" She called at the wildman.

"Kerchak's fight..." Behind them, the spirit of Zen-Aku watched, seeing the 2 warriors facing down.

"That Leopard has killed someone close to him... Someone very special..." The wolf spirit growled. Dotty reslung the mask.

"Just like Canine the Barkbarian's showdown against Colisla Dachshund" She whispered adopting a stoic pose to watch the fight go down.

Sabor leapt through the air, the great fists of Kerchak swung, but the leopard was quicker, twisting in the air out of the way of the almighty mits, before landing its claws straight in Kerchaks chest, rending a great gash in it and spraying a little blood. Kerchak let out a roar of great pain, before bringing his fists into a bear-hug on the leopard, it continued to claw at him, but one great throw and the Leopard smashed into the walls. Kerchak moved to keep up the momentum, grabbing it's hind leg and smashing it into another great root, once, twice, thrice, before the leopard was able to wriggle free. Clayton watched the situation. This wasn't good, it looked like the brute was going to win... Unless he were the one to tip the balance. He looked at one of his Heartless Monkeys and silently ordered it to give Kerchak the assistance he needed. Diving into the ground, the shadow of the Heartless slipped down into the crater.

Meanwhile, Sabor was moving to get distance between itself and the gorilla, using her own speed and the Gorilla's lack thereof as the hopefully deciding factor in this fight. Sabor gave a great hiss at the Gorilla, who roared, before charging, Sabor dived out of the way, hoping to land and using this momentum to flank the gorilla, but instead, it landed paws first into a puddle of the Heartless goop. The goop ran up her legs and covered her, before she stared at Kerchak, her eyes glowing golden as her fur darkened. Kerchak didn't care what colour Sabor was, she killed his only son and today, she was going to pay.Letting out another roar, he ran forward on all fours, but in a flash of literal lightning, the Leopard had rushed behind and dug all of her claws into his back, rending more flesh.

Tarzan looked confused as he looked to Taivas for assistance. He had helped before... But this was still his fathers fight... No, it was his job to protect his family, even if that family didn't like him too much. "Help me!" He called to Taivas, grabbing the spear. At that point a gunshot rang out, Sabor was knocked off of Kerchaks back by the bullet. As they looked to see Clayton stood weapon aimed.

"DON'T YOU DARE HARM THAT MAGNIFICENT BEAST!!!" He called in his most heroic battle cry he could muster.

"Clayton!" Tarzan jumped for joy at his friends assistance. Sabor backed off a few paces, before rushing again, clocking another gunshot and going back a pace. Clayton jumped into the crater and advanced, gun still trained on it. He subtly gave a command to the heartless influencing Sabor and it managed to pull Sabor to run out of the crater and aim its attention at the gang. Dotty grabbed the mask and didn't hesitate this time.

HEROIC SPIRIT OF POODLEWOLF, FILL ME WITH ABSOLUTE POWER!!!" She called, the dark energies swirling around her and Zen-Aku taking form. He struck his wolf-warrior pose at the Leopard.

"Deal with that Feline miscreant!" Clayton called "I'll take care of the Gorilla!!!" Tarzan nodded to Clayton before turning his full attention to Sabor. Clayton turned to look at the wounded gorilla. "Oh yes, i'll take VERY good care indeed of this one..." He whispered as the green energy in his eyes began to glow.

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