A cloaked vessel is orbiting the Earth. It’s long range scanners detect an alien invasion is approaching our solar system and will be here in a matter of weeks. Scans indicate the invading force has the numbers and technology to conquer Earth in a matter of days. The AI activates and recruits/teleports individuals from the planet surface who are skilled fighters and indomitable spirits. They are to represent all that humanity has to offer in the defense of our planet. On the ship for who knows how many millennia are are 7 perpetual energies that were meant for hosts to convert said energy into anything the host manifests, whether it be armor, weapons or vehicles. Think Iron Man meets Green Lantern. While each energy is infinitely powerful and undepletable, the limits of the power lies with the host, their mental fortitude and imagination. Most importantly, the 7 energies work best connected together toward a common goal. The 7 energies are colors: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Black, Pink and White. The hosts that wield these powers are called Rangers.
Tane is a Maori man. Tall, strong, and a great fighter. Also a great dancer, lover of people, Life and sport. Nothing he loves more than leading his team to victory in a match. He’s lived a very comfortable life on the island with little worries. The first recruited to be the red ranger.
Alexei is a Russian transgender man. Red haired and blue eyed. Petit but very lean and fit, he never believed he was a girl. He trained and competed to be the man he always knew he could be. Gymnastics, weightlifting and martial arts. It’s his life’s mission to keep up with the boys. Recruited to be the blue ranger.
Obi is a Nigerian man. Loves nothing more than to smile and laugh. Good food, good music, good jokes. He had to struggle all his life, often had very little. But you’ll never meet anyone who has more hope for the future or believes more in the good of people. Recruited to be the yellow ranger.
Inti is an Amerindian man from Bolivia. Grew up speaking Spanish. An avid hunter, fisherman, sportsman and survivalist, he loves raw nature and the wild. He abhors cities and crowds of people. He finds modern civilization disgusting. He is most at peace in the rainforest. Recruited to be the green ranger.
Rashid is an Arabian man. Bitter and hardened, he has been fighting all his life. He fines little pleasure in things. His solace is his faith in Allah. Recruited to be the black ranger.
Xiuying is a Chinese woman. Though very feminine and graceful, she takes full advantage of opponents who are oblivious to how formidable she is. Though modest, she takes great pleasure in humiliating men who insult her. Recruited to be the pink ranger.
Christophe is a Canadian man. Tall and handsome, blue eyed and blond. The gentlest soul, chivalrous by nature, but a bit of a ego and vain. Recruited to be the white ranger.
One by one these people are teleported to the vessel, notified by the AI that they have been chosen to defend their world from an alien attack. The 7 energies were placed there by a highly evolved benevolent civilization as a fail safe for anyone who would harm the primitive planet. They have weeks to train, hone their skills and minds, and learn to work as a team in order to defeat the threat.
They all rely on the computer translators to communicate with one another, and often spar with one another to release tensions. Bonds slowly form. Leadership is often in question, all not necessarily wanting to answer to one.
As a team building exercise and to boost morale, Tane teachers the others a war dance and chant. The chant speaks of family, ancestors and home, and the gleeful willingness to die to defend them. One by one the others take it up, chanting in their own languages and adding their own moves to the dance. It often devolves into a competition to show off moves and martial ability.
When the threat finally arrives, it is devastating. The death and destruction is almost instantaneous. Individually, they can beat back the tide but just barely. Fighting as a team with any kind of focus proves difficult. They are all beaten down, taunted and humiliated. Tane is the one who begins a beat, stomping his feet and chanting. One by one the others join, soon chanting and dancing in rhythmic unison. At it’s completion, the 7 energies connect in a blinding light.
Each has evoked the spirits of their ancestors: fighters and warriors and soldiers from their respective cultures. Each radiating with the power. Just like that, an army of ghosts appears. The once devastating alien force has been brought low by the spirits of all humanity throughout history. When the last threat is cornered, the army of humanity has completely integrated: every color bleeding into another. All 7 rangers strike the final blow at once.
Once the threat is officially eliminated and the recovery is under way, the 7 are compelled to relinquish the energies back into stasis, the AI goes back into hibernation, and the rangers are all returned to their lives on Earth, no one the wiser who they are or what they’ve done for the world. Each is will never forget the bond they formed, fighting for all life and all humanity, as brothers and sister.
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