Chapter 5: A Interrupted Concert
"So remind me again Selena, why are we out here again?" Logan asked while the rangers were sitting on the bleachers.
"I need to interview an athlete from our school for my journalism class," Selena explained.
The rangers were watching the school's lacrosse team play a exhibition game since the season was in the spring. Sunset Beach High had a big main field for sports like football, soccer and lacrosse, so the rangers were sitting on the bleachers watching the game. The score was tied 11-11 with six minutes left to go in the game. Sunset Beach High were wearing all black with blue helmets, while their opponents Park Vista High were in white and orange. The rangers continued to watch.
"Ok I get that, but why didn't you ask one of us if you needed to interview an athlete?" Logan continued.
Selena shrugged. "I guess it would have been too easy or obvious if I interviewed one of you guys."
"I agree with you, Selena," Dante said. "We can't always rely on each other."
Logan scoffed. "Screw that, I'm still interviewing Jalen later on today to get that easy A."
"You agreed to this Jalen?" Natalie said with surprise as she looked at Jalen.
"The Blue Ranger shrugged. "I wasn't in the class, and I had nothing else better to do."
Natalie shrugged. "Fair enough."
The game was still tied with three minutes to go. Sunset Beach was on defense as Park Vista advanced towards the end of the field.
"I'm just glad Doc gave us the day off from training so I could have time to do this. It's due tomorrow after all," Selena said as she kept watching.
"We all needed a break, it's been a good, but tough week preparing for whatever can come next," Dante said.
"We spent a lot of time together training, but we should spend more time just being teenagers and hanging out," Natalie said.
"I agree," Jalen chimed in. "It will strengthen our bond together as a team too."
"We can figure out something for sure. But first let's just get through today, I would rather focus on the assignment," Selena said.
With a minute to go in the game, Sunset Beach High intercepts the ball and starts advancing towards the goal at the other end of the field. Two attackman led the pack, including the player with the ball. All of a sudden, his partner who was wearing the number 6 bolted forward past his defender. The player with the ball quickly passed to his teammate. The boy with the number 6 on his jersey caught the pass and continued to sprint towards the goal. He dodged a defenseman and quickly shoots the ball. The lacrosse ball shoots past Park Vista's goalie into the net. The boy shouts in triumph as his teammates surround him. The score changes to 12-11 Sunset Beach. There was still 15 seconds left.
"Well, the game's over," Logan said.
"The boy that scored, I think I'll interview him," Selena said.
"Interviewing the guy who scored the game winning goal is a little cliche, but I think it will work," Natalie commented.
Dante leans forward. "I can't remember the name of the guy who scored, but he's in my English class. He's really good, he's kind of one of the best players on the team."
The game then ends as both sides exchanged hands.
"Well, we better get to the field so I can interview him before he leaves," Selena said as she got up.
The rangers followed Selena to the field so she can interview the boy who scored. The lacrosse team had just finished getting their end of game speech from their coach, and they were back on their side of the sidelines. The rangers found the boy who scored the goal due to the number 6 on his jersey. Selena approached him.
"Excuse me, my name is Selena Shepherd, can I do a quick interview with you for my journalism class?"
The boy turned around and smiled under his helmet. "Yeah, of course you can."
The boy took his helmet off to reveal a head of wavy blond hair. The boy had blue eyes and was Caucasian as well and his hair covered his whole head.
The boy smiled. "My name's Travis Bolger. I'm guessing these guys are your friends too?"
Selena nodded. "Yeah, they're with me."
The rangers introduced themselves to Travis.
"Ok, so what do you want to know?" Travis asked.
Selena took out her phone to write all her notes. "So how did you get into lacrosse?"
"My dad's a huge lacrosse fan, so naturally he signed me up to play years ago when I was a kid. I got pretty good at it and I love the sport, so I kept up with it," Travis explained.
"What made you choose Sunset Beach High?" The Pink Ranger asked.
"That's a good one. It's kind of a mix of the school being close to my place, and Sunset Beach High having a really good team. I definitely wanted to play with the best," Travis said.
"Would you say that you were the sole MVP today?" Selena continued.
Travis puts a hand on his chin. "Ok, I did score the game winning goal today, but I can't take all the credit. I may be a great player, but I had great teammates backing me up. I'm not the only one out there responsible for the win today."
"Did Travis Bolger just admit to not being the sole reason for winning?" A voice shouted.
The rangers and Travis turned around in shock to see a boy approaching them. He was 6'1 and Caucasian. The boy had short dark brown hair like a crew cut as well as brown eyes. The boy was wearing a green long sleeve shirt, grey jeans, and black boots. Travis smiled as he approached the boy and gave him a bear hug.
"You always know how to ruin the moment, asshole," Travis laughed.
"I had to take my shot, brother," the boy said.
The rangers approached the duo. "You two know each other?" Dante asked.
"How rude of me to interrupt you guys. My name's Jeremy Ridgeway," the boy greeted as he introduced himself. The rangers introduced themselves too.
"Jeremy's my best friend, guys. We grew up together and he's like a brother to me," Travis explained.
"We also play very similar sports. I'm one of the defensemen for the school hockey team here," Jeremy added.
"But this guy is nowhere near as good as me," Travis said.
"I take back everything I said, you are a cocky bastard," Jeremy said.
"What can I say? I'm the best at this sport," Travis shrugged as he turned to Selena. "Do you have any more questions for me, Selena?"
Selena shook her head. "Nope, I think that covers everything. Thank you so much for you time, Travis."
"Anytime, it was great meeting you guys, but we both have to start heading out," Travis said.
Travis and Jeremy said goodbye to the rangers as they left the field. The rangers watched as they left.
"Interesting duo," Jalen commented.
Logan crossed his arms. "That Travis guy was way too cocky."
"They both were nice enough. Anyway, I have more than enough information to compete my homework tonight. I'll catch you all later," Selena said.
The rangers said goodbye to each other as they all left the field to go home.
The next day
After a long day at school, Selena and Natalie were doing homework together in Selena's bedroom. The speaker was playing country music on a playlist as the two teenage girls were spread out on the bedroom floor.
"I hate math," Natalie groaned.
"I know, and Mr. Parker gave us so much work. The material isn't easy either," Selena agreed.
"Well, that's why you suggested pairing up. We have a better chancing of completing it and doing it right with the two of us," Natalie said.
"Definitely," Selena agreed.
The girls paused as they listened to the end of the song. The next song was playing and the artist featured was familiar to both rangers. Natalie gasped as she realized who the singer was.
"Selena, I didn't know you like Cody Gallagher's music?"
"Oh my god yes! I have all his albums, he's one of my favorite country singers," Selena said in excitement.
Both girls listened as one of Cody Gallagher's biggest hits was playing. The song was Hometown Lights.
"Please tell me you heard his new album that came out a few weeks ago," Natalie said.
Selena nodded. "Of course I have!" Selena then used her phone to change the song on the speaker. A new song started to play.
"Great choice, I think Crazy For You is my favorite song off his new album," Natalie commented.
"Mine too," Selena agreed.
Selena then started to go through her phone. She opened her Instagram account and she gasped when she saw the first post.
"Natalie, guess who's going on tour?"
Selena gave her phone to Natalie, and the Yellow Ranger took a look at the post Selena saw.
"No way, Cody Gallagher's doing a tour!" Natalie shouted.
"Yeah, he just announced it today as a surprise to promote his new album!" Selena said. "Not only that, his first stop is here in Sunset Beach!"
Natalie took another glance at the Instagram post. "Oh my god, Cody's playing this Saturday night, that's in three days. We have to get tickets!"
"Yes, we have to! Maybe we can invite the guys too. We all been saying we wanted to hang out more as group," Selena suggested.
"Absolutely, let's ask them tomorrow during lunch," Natalie said as she continued to read the Instagram post. "According to his post, tickets go on sale tomorrow night, which is Thursday night and he's doing the presale tomorrow afternoon as well."
That's great!" Selena said.
"It looks like the presale is only happening at the concert's venue in person. Cody didn't want to do the presale online due to scalpers. He's doing it for all of his concerts this tour," Natalie said
"I assume the concert is being held at Sunset Amphitheater?" Selena asked.
Natalie nodded. "Yeah, it looks like it starts at 4:00 pm at the amphitheater's box office, and there's a limited amount available before the rest go on sale online."
"Ok, let's ask the guys tomorrow and if they're in, we'll try to get tickets after school," Selena said.
The Yellow Ranger nodded. "Sounds like a plan, let's do it. I really want to see him live."
The Pink Ranger nodded as they both went back to their homework as Cody's album continued to play in the background.
The next day
"It wasn't until lunchtime that Natalie and Selena were able to get the remaining three rangers together in one room. Selena was the last one to sit down at their usual table. Natalie takes a bite out of her apple before she started the big question.
"Hey guys, remember how I said that we should hang out more often besides training?"
Jalen nodded. "Yeah, I remember you talking about it during the lacrosse game. What's up?"
"Well, Selena and I were doing homework together last night when we had a idea for all of us."
"Yeah," Selena chimed in. "So our favorite country singer Cody Gallagher is doing a concert Saturday night, and I think it would be fun if all of us went!"
"A concert sounds like fun, I'm in," Dante said.
"Me too," Jalen agrees.
"Sure, why not? There are way better country singers than him, but it should be a good concert," Logan said as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Great then it's settled! Tickets go on sale for the presale today at Sunset Amphitheater at 4;00," Selena explained. "We just have to head over there as soon as we're done with all our practices."
"Sounds like a plan, Selena. Don't forget though, we got training with Doc later on," Dante adds.
"If everything goes to plan, we should make it in time," Selena reassures.
The others nodded as they all return to lunch.
"By the way Logan, you're wrong. Cody's the best singer in the business," Natalie said.
"Yeah right!" Logan retorted. "You need to listen to Alec Ryland or Chris Stanley, that's real country music."
"They're good, but Cody's better in my opinion."
"I like Cody, I really do. But you're crazy if you think he's the best," Logan said.
Logan and Natalie continued to go back and forth about their favorite country singers as the others watched.
Jalen chuckled. "Some things never change."
"It's all in good fun," Dante said. "They really do have a funny friendship."
Logan and Natalie didn't hear the other rangers laugh as they continued their conversation.
A few hours later
Meanwhile in Xanek's lair, Scyther was in Corius' usual chair looking at the main monitor on the Control Center. Scyther was currently the only robot in the room. On the main monitor was a video of one of Cody Gallagher's music videos. The purple robot watched with surprisedly intense interest as the tall, blond musician sings in the video. Nexus then walks into the room and notices what was on the screen.
"Scyther, what in the world are you watching?!"
"It's none of your business Nexus, go away!"
"How low have you sunken? You're watching a human sing gibberish for fun," Nexus said.
Scyther continues to look at the screen as Cody's face was focused in the video. "I don't know Nexus, I hate humans. But somehow, I find this particular human attractive, it's scary."
"For once, I agree with you. Stop this useless and ridiculous fascination, you know Lord Xanek won't approve of this."
"But Nexus, he's so dreamy. For the first time in a long time, I feel real emotion just looking at this boy," Scyther said.
Nexus was even more freaked out. "Stop this madness right now, Scyther!"
At the moment, Xanek, Talus, and Corius walked into the Control Center.
"Lord Xanek, thank goodness you're here! Scyther's gone mad," Nexus said.
Xanek takes one look at the screen as the music video ends. "Scyther, what is the meaning of this?"
"It's nothing my lord," Scyther insists. "I was going over a potential strategy on the monitor when this video suddenly popped up. I may have gotten lost for a minute, but it's nothing to worry about it."
"You better be right Scyther, I don't tolerate weakness," Xanek growled.
At that moment, the screened changed to an advertisement showing the singer's upcoming concert at Sunset Beach. The purple general suddenly had a idea.
"That's it!" Scyther yelled.
"Now what do you have in mind?" Talus said with disinterest.
"Quiet Talus! Lord Xanek, as you can see, there's an upcoming concert featuring this human. The concert is sure to have a large gathering since this singer has a very large fan base. If we send another lieutenant to cause trouble, the rangers won't be far behind," Scyther said.
"Very well, I see potential in this plan," Xanek said.
Scyther studies the advertisement even more,
"And better yet my lord, the humans will be gathering at this place today to buy some sort of entry for the event. Therefore, there's plenty of opportunity to cause some trouble!" Scyther said.
"Excellent work my general! Corius, prepare our next lieutenant!" Xanek order.
"As you command, Lord Xanek!" Corius said as he sat down in his usual chair to start the lieutenant creation process.
The monitor switches to the cameras watching over Sunset Beach. The camera then zooms in on Sunset Amphitheater, the concert was a couple of days away, but there was already workers getting the concert ready. Since it was an outdoor concert venue, the camera was able to zoom in on a nearby music amplifier and scanned it.
A minute later, a black robot enters the room, having just been woken up from his pod. The robot had a music amplifier motif on his head with various amps and smaller amps surrounding his body. The robot can play music on command and mimic any voice with his amplifier functions. The robot kneeled before Xanek.
"Lord Xanek, I am the Ampbot, I'm pleased to finally serve you," the Ampbot said.
"Ampbot, I want you to go to this outdoor venue and cause trouble. Destroy property, hurt innocent humans, the usual. But more importantly, when the Power Rangers show up, defeat them and take their morphers, "Xanek said.
"As you wish, Lord Xanek!"
Scyther then cuts in. "While you're at it, kidnap that attractive human singer too! I can do a lot with his musical talent."
"That's enough out of you, Scyther!" Xanek ordered. "Do not listen to her, my lieutenant, just defeat the Power Rangers and get their morphers."
Scyther looked disappointed as Ampbot saluted Xanek. Corius then activated the teleporter, Ampbot then entered it and was transported to Sunset Amphitheater.
After a long day of both school and practice, the rangers finally made it to Sunset Amphitheater, a very large outdoor venue in the Entertainment District of Sunset Beach. The stage was all the way in the back, and there was a large dome covering the top half. The stage also consisted of a large selection of seats that surrounded the stage, there was also a large section of grass in the middle of the seats that consisted of a general admission area that was standing room only. At the very front of the amphitheater was a few buildings that consisted of the box office, as well as security checkpoints to get to the seats. The rangers arrived to see a line forming at the box office for tickets.
Natalie looked at her watch. "It's 3:55, we got lucky that we made it."
"Yeah, but look at that line, do you think we'll get tickets?" Logan asked.
"We'll be fine," Selena assured. "Besides I seen worse lines. We all want general admission tickets anyway, so I'm not worried about that selling out."
"Fair point," Logan said.
At this point, the clock at the box office building hits 4:00. Eventually, the line moves little by little as the rangers wait to get tickets.
"Since we're buying regular tickets, we might have to come back here early on Saturday to get a good view of the stage," Dante said.
"Which will be so worth it, I still can't believe we're seeing Cody live!" Natalie said.
"Like we can afford better seats being high schoolers," Jalen chuckled.
"General admission's perfect, I'm just glad we're able to do this. Thank you again guys for agreeing to go with us!" Selena said.
"Of course, Selena," Dante said. "It definitely should be a fun concert, and we need to do this more often."
"Yeah, we definitely got to do this or something similar again," Jalen added.
"Absolutely! But first, let's just get through the concert," Selena said.
"Line's moving quick too," Logan added. "I think we'll definitely have a great shot for tickets."
Eventually the five rangers made it to the front of the box office. All five of them made their way to the next available booth that was open.
"Hi, we would like five general admission tickets for the Cody Gallagher concert," Selena said.
"Of course," the usher responded.
All five rangers took turns paying for their tickets, eventually all five of them have payed and they had all received their tickets. With their goal accomplished, they all started to leave the amphitheater.
"Oh my god, I can't believe we got tickets!" Natalie said with excitement.
"You know what? They weren't as expensive as I thought they would be, I think we got a good deal out of it," Logan added.
"Agreed!" Selena said.
"I'm glad we got them," Dante said. "Now come on guys, we got to report to Doc for training."
As the rangers kept walking, they heard a small explosion behind them. They all turned around and started to hear the sound of glass and objects breaking and a few screams.
"What was that?!" Logan said.
Dante shook his head. "We know what's happening, it can only be one thing."
Dr. Ashford's voice then came from the morphers.
"Perceptive as always Dante, the scanners are showing robot activity at the amphitheater. You know the drill team, go ahead and stop the threat before things get worse."
"Right!" All rangers responded into their morphers.
"Hey Doc," Jalen chimed in at his morpher. "I'm sure it's already obvious, but I think we're going to be late for training."
"While that is true, we can all agree that stopping the robots takes top priority. You can all report to base after the threat is defeated. Be careful rangers, I have a weird feeling that the robots are going to be more desperate," Dr. Ashford said from the morpher.
"You can count on us, Doc!" Dante said into his morpher.
The Red Ranger notices a nearby ally right next to the street and he smiled, the perfect place to morph without being seen. Dante then turned to his teammates.
"Let's do this, guys!'
The rangers nodded and followed Dante into the ally. Once they were sure the coast was clear, the rangers got ready to morph.
"Energy Beast, Awaken!"
On cue, the rays of energy surrounded the teens before it faded to reveal their ranger form. Without hesitation, the five rangers then teleported to deal with the robotic threat.
Meanwhile, back at the amphitheater, Ampbot and some Gizbots had already caused some destruction to the area surrounding the amphitheater. Ampbot stood with his arms crossed as he scans the entrance of the amphitheater.
"Alright Gizbots, all that's left to do is to make our way inside and cause some chaos!"
Ampbot motions for the Gizbots to head inside, but suddenly five rays of light descended in front of the group. The group of robots flinched and stood in shock as the light faded away, revealing the rangers. Before Ampbot could have registered anything, the lieutenant watches in shock as Logan and Natalie rushed forward and scattered the group of Gizbots. The ones that were left standing were taken care of by Jalen and Selena.
Ampbot growled. "Power Rangers, of course they showed up."
Before Ampbot could make a move, Dante came up from behind and slashes the robot with his sword. Logan then charged forward before Ampbot uses his amps on his arms to emit a loud noice that stops all the rangers in their tracks.
"Power Rangers, what annoying pests you all are! Not only that, five against one, where's the fairness in that?!" Ampbot demanded.
"Your master started this when he decided to invade our home!" Dante retorted.
"And we will be victorious," the Ampbot muttered. "Gizbots, finish them!"
More Gizbots suddenly appeared out of nowhere to try to stop the rangers. The five teens all rolled out of the way and each took on a group of Gizbots. Dante slashed his sword across one robot before he did a roundhouse kick on another bot.
Logan then ran up the side of the Amphitheater before he did a backflip off the building. Logan slams his warhammer onto the ground as the shockwave left the remaining Gizbots to be picked off one by one by the remaining three rangers. The shockwave even surprised Ampbot.
"Ok, you brats are good, I can see why we already lost a few good lieutenants. But I won't fall!" Ampbot then uses his voice changer to change voices. The next sentence was in Cody Gallagher's voice. "After all, we robots are superior, I don't see you humans changing voices!"
"He did not just use Cody's voice!" Selena said in disgust.
"Oh, he's so going down," Natalie said as she charged at Ampbot with her spear.
Natalie tried to slash at the robot, but Ampbot dodged each attempt. Ampbot then grabbed Natalie.
"Nice try," Ampbot said, still using Cody's voice.
The Ampbot then used his amps to blast Natalie back to the rangers.
"A little reckless, don't you think, Natalie?" Dante said, mirroring what she said at Dante's football game.
"Yeah, yeah, I got careless," Natalie admitted.
"Don't worry, we'll take him on, all together," Jalen assured.
Ampbot spread his arms out and started to boast, this time using his real voice. "Come on rangers, I'm right here!"
"Ok guys, I got a idea," Jalen said.
"What's the plan?" Logan asked.
Jalen smiled. "Not sure if it'll work, but it's worth a shot. We got to rush him at different angles and overwhelm him. Follow my lead."
Jalen ran forward and threw his trident at Ampbot. The robot caught it, but then Jalen called his trident back to him. The sudden force threw Ampbot a little off balance, so Logan took the opportunity to knock him down with his warhammer. Both Dante and Selena then jumped on the robot and held down by the arms, while Logan and Jalen got the legs.
"Natalie, now!" Dante and Selena shouted.
"Here we go!" Natalie shouted as she jumped up to the top of the amphitheater. Natalie then jumped off the building and flipped as her spear started to glow as she started to fall toward the ground. Natalie's spear was aimed right for the robot's chest, but the Ampbot got nervous.
"This isn't over rangers, I will be back!"
Ampbot then used his amps to blast the rangers off and then it teleported away. Both Natalie and her spear hit the ground where the robot stood. Natalie growled in frustration.
"We almost had him, he got away!"
"Yeah, I don't like it that he's on the loose," Selena added.
"We'll be ready when he comes back. In the meantime, we should report back to Dr. Ashford," Dante said.
The others nodded as they teleported to the Hub before anyone showed up to the scene.
Dr. Ashford and Lydia were waiting in the central part of the Hub when the rangers teleported to the middle of the room. The duo approached the teens as they demorphed.
"Is everyone ok?" The professor asked.
Dante nodded. "Yeah we're fine. With all things considered, I think we did pretty good out there."
The professor nodded. "The threat is over for now, that's the most important thing."
Lydia went back to the main computer and started going over surveillance of the city. "I'm not getting any signs of the robot anywhere in the city. He's gone for now guys, but I wouldn't be surprised if he reappears."
"We'll be ready when he comes back. He's not getting away next time," Natalie said.
"You're getting even stronger with each battle," Dr. Ashford noted. "From what I saw, the Gizbots gave you no problems, and you almost took care of a stronger robot from Xanek's army. This is a win rangers, don't forget that you saved the amphitheater from destruction."
"I just hope that the concert still goes on Saturday with the attack and everything," Selena said.
"I'm sure things will be ok, we still have a couple of days," Logan reassured.
"Back to more important matters," Dr. Ashford started. "We did all we could today, and we saved the city. As of now, we go back to our normal routines. When the robots reappear, I have no doubt we'll be ready."
Dr. Ashford them turns to Lydia, who was still at the computer.
"Lydia, please keep me informed as soon you traced the robot's energy signature anywhere at all."
Lydia nodded. "You can count on me like always, Professor."
Dr. Ashford then turned back to the rangers. "You're all dismissed, I don't think we need any training today after the progress you all shown in battle. We'll resume training tomorrow, and I'll be sure to give you all a shorter session for the concert Saturday. Have a good night, everyone."
"Night Doc," the rangers said as they teleported from the Hub.
The next day
It was now lunchtime as the rangers sat down at their usual table.
"I still can't believe we got tickets yesterday! The concert can't come soon enough," Natalie said as she sat down.
"Tomorrow night, it will be here before we know it," Dante chuckled.
Jalen turns to both Dante and Natalie. "I actually got a question for the two of you. I assumed that both your partners would have wanted to go the concert. How come the both of you only bought one ticket?"
"Weird question bro," Logan said.
"What? I was just curious," Jalen said as he shrugged his shoulders.
"I actually asked Kylie if she wanted to come," Dante said. "She's been busy with her tennis team lately. Their season starts in the winter and they wanted to be prepared. She's not able to go tomorrow," Dante said a little bummed out.
"And Mark's going to be out of town tomorrow seeing family for the weekend," Natalie added.
"Kind of a lucky break to be honest," Jalen said. "If Xanek attacks, we don't have to be worried about their safety."
"You're right Jalen. But I hate the idea of lying to her and explaining why I haven't been around as much as I used to before all this. It's just wrong doing it even though it's for her safety," Dante said.
"I agree, that's exactly how I feel with Mark, it's terrible to lie to the both of them," Natalie said.
"You both don't even want them involved anyway," Selena reassured. "All that matters is that you're protecting them."
"You guys know that Xanek would target them if he knew about them," Logan added.
"I know," Dante said. "We got lucky with the concert, but it may get tougher down the road with certain events."
"We'll cross that bridge when it come to it," Selena said. "In the meantime, get excited guys! We got a concert tomorrow!"
"Are you guys talking about the Cody Gallagher concert?" A voice asked.
The question surprised the rangers, and they noticed that the boys from the lacrosse game a couple of days ago were in front of them. Travis and Jeremy sat down at the table with the rangers. Travis was the one who asked the question. Now that he wasn't on the lacrosse field, Travis was wearing a silver t-shirt, brown cargo shorts, and brown boots. Travis also had a small crystal necklace around his neck.
"Hey Travis and Jeremy," Selena greeted. "Yeah we got tickets yesterday!"
"That's awesome Selena. By the way, how did your interview project go?" Travis asked.
"I got an A, thanks again for doing the interview in the first place," Selena said.
"Anytime," Travis nodded. "Changing the subject, Cody's one of my favorite singers. I'm jealous you five got tickets."
"You two couldn't make the presale?" Dante asked.
"Yeah, we missed it because of practice running late for the both of us," Jeremy explained.
"I was ready, you were the one who ran late," Travis laughed as he pointed at Jeremy.
Jeremy rolled his eyes and chuckled a little bit. "Anyway, we're planning on going, I think we're going online and buying the tickets tonight. So I'm confident you'll see us there."
"We'll count on it," Natalie said.
Alex and Trevor then showed up out of nowhere behind Travis and Jeremy.
Alex put his arms around the two friends. "You know guys, I can probably help you with your ticket problem."
Travis rolled his eyes as he pushed Alex off him. "What do you clowns want?"
Logan laughed. "I'm guessing you two are familiar with Alex and Trevor?"
"Everyone in this school knows them, and not for the right reason," Jeremy said.
"Hey, we're right here!" Trevor said offended.
"Make it quick Alex, what kind of help are you offering?" Travis asked.
"I'm glad you asked Travis! Me and Trevor here were at the presale yesterday, and we bought a bunch of tickets for the concert tomorrow. Since you and Jeremy are students of Sunset Beach High, we're running a promotion! You want tickets and we're selling them!" Alex said.
"Yeah right," Jeremy scoffed. "I doubt you guys even got any tickets."
Trevor then reached into his pocket and pulled out two concert tickets. "You were saying Jeremy?"
"I'll be damned," Jeremy whispered.
"Alright Alex, you got my attention. How much for the tickets?" Travis asked.
"50 bucks each for general admission. Same as what the presale was charging them. You guys are lucky, we're raising the price for anyone outside the school," Alex said.
"Done," Travis said as he reached into his pocket to get the money out.
Logan then whispered to Natalie. "You know, I don't remember seeing either of them yesterday."
"I don't remember either, but then again, it was so chaotic with everything. They could have easily blended with the crowd," Natalie said.
Logan shrugged his shoulders as Travis and Jeremy both payed in cash for their tickets. Trevor handed the tickets over and took the money.
Travis looked over his ticket. "Finally! This concert is going to be epic."
The teen then noticed something wrong on the ticket. "Wait a second, Gallagher is spelled wrong here!"
"It's counterfeit," Jeremy realized as he looked over his ticket.
"Shit, we're busted," Alex whispered before he and Trevor started to sweat nervously.
Travis was pissed. "What the hell's the big idea, Lockhart!?"
"Ummm, no refunds," Alex said.
"All sales are final," Trevor chucked nervously.
"Why you littleā¦" Travis growled as he got up from the table.
Jeremy tried to stop him. "Travis, this isn't a good idea, there's a better way to handle this."
"They're not getting away with this," Travis said as he started to advance towards Alex and Trevor. "Now give us back our money, asshole!"
"Run for it, Alex!" Trevor yelled as he took off running.
"Way ahead of you buddy!" Alex yelled as he followed.
"Get back here, we're not done here!" Travis yelled as he ran.
Travis started chasing Alex and Trevor and eventually the three boys ran out of the cafeteria into the hallway. The five rangers looked at Jeremy.
"Your friend has some temper," Logan laughed.
Jeremy looked a little nervous. "Oh Travis? Yeah, he can be a little hotheaded. But he wouldn't do anything crazy, I'm sure Alex and Trevor will be ok."
The teens then hear the sound of something breaking in the hallways. They also hear the sounds of Alex and Trevor screaming and growls from Travis. Jeremy got even more nervous.
"You know what, I better go make sure everything is ok. See you guys later," Jeremy said as he got up from the table. Jeremy then immediately left the cafeteria in the same direction Travis went off to.
"Travis and Jeremy, those two really are a interesting duo,"Jalen commented.
"For sure they are," Dante agreed.
"Hey, Alex and Trevor deserved it this time," Logan shrugged.
"Maybe so, but I just hope Travis and Jeremy do actually get tickets for the concert," Selena said.
"I'm sure they will," Natalie assured. "But anyway, let's get excited! We got a lot to do tomorrow."
"We do, so here's the plan." Selena started. "After training tomorrow, we can take my Jeep to the concert since it can fit all of us. I think Doc will be ok with the rest of you leaving your cars in the Hub's parking lot.
"Sounds like a plan, Selena," Dante said.
The other rangers nodded as they got back to eating their lunch
The next day
In the last couple of days, Ampbot has been recuperating in Xanek's lair after almost being defeated by the rangers. Xanek wanted to be sure the lieutenant was back to 100% before going back to fight the rangers. Corius and Ampbot were in Corius' lab where the green robot was busy patching the last of Ampbot's wounds.
"This should be the last of your injuries, Ampbot," Coirus announced while he was welding Ampbot's arm.
"Good," Ampbot said. "I'm going to need every last bit of strength for those meddlesome rangers."
"You know, I'm very surprised Lord Xanek didn't punish you for your failure, he's not the forgiving type," Corius said.
"Frankly, I'm surprised I'm still standing. Looks like he agreed that a tactical retreat was the best move for me, he didn't want to risk my destruction," Ampbot said.
"Looks like our lord is finally seeing the strategic side of war. Sometimes it's best to know when to fight or retreat," Corius said.
"I'm glad Lord Xanek is letting me recuperate too. To my knowledge, he wants me back out in the city once Scyther creates the next plan," Ampbot said.
"Well, whenever that will be, I'm done here. All your circuits and wires are fixed, and there's no damage here anymore," Corius said.
On cue, Nexus entered the room. "What is your status, Ampbot?"
"100% functional," the lieutenant responded.
"Good, follow me back to the Control Center. Lord Xanek requires your presence," Nexus said.
Ampbot nodded to Corius and followed Nexus back to the Control Center. In the room was Xanek on his throne with Scyther at this side.
"My lieutenant!" Xanek said as Ampbot entered the room. "Are you ready for your next assignment?"
Ampbot kneeled before Xanek. "Yes I am, my lord."
"Good, Scyther, explain your new plan," Xanek said.
"With pleasure, my lord," Scyther said. The purple robot then turned to Ampbot. "Your new assignment will to be to return to the amphitheater from the other day. That concert I have mentioned is tonight. As expected, there will be a big crowd attending the concert that human will be performing at. Lord Xanek wants you to cause as much destruction as possible, but we have a new assignment this time. Lord Xanek has approved my strategy of kidnapping the human that is performing tonight."
Ampbot looks to Xanek in shock. "You want me to kidnap a human, my lord?"
Xanek nodded. "Yes, my lieutenant. As much as I hate them, I see the potential in holding a hostage. It will most certainly draw the rangers to you, and then they will be vulnerable. Once the rangers have confronted you, destroy them and take their morphers."
"And what about the human singer?" Ampbot asked.
"Destroy him or bring him back here for testing. It doesn't matter to me," Xanek said.
"But if you can, bring him here alive. I may have some plans for him," Scyther said.
Ampbot nodded as he stood up and saluted Xanek. At this point, Corius had returned to his computer and started up the teleporter. Ampbot then entered the teleporter and was transported back to Sunset Amphitheater.
It was finally time for the concert, it was currently 6:30 as hundreds of fans flooded the entrance of Sunset Amphitheater. The concert was going to start at 7:00 with two opening acts before Cody takes the stage as the main act. Selena pulls into the parking lot driving her white Jeep Grand Cherokee, the other rangers are in the car with her. Selena parks her car, and she and the other rangers made their way to the entrance.
"I been waiting for this all week!" Selena said.
Natalie grinned. "Me too, we're going to have a great time!"
The rangers then reached the front entrance before they all had their tickets scanned. The rangers then made their way out into the general admission area. Since it was a whole outdoor amphitheater, the general admission area consisted of a huge lawn area covering the middle of the audience section with seats surrounding the general admission area. The rangers made their way through the crowd near the stage.
"Wow, it's packed," Jalen commented.
"I'm not surprised, I heard Cody is a really good singer, and that he's been really popular lately," Dante said.
"He deserves this crowd, he's the best," Natalie said.
"He's good, but I still think there are better singers," Logan said.
"You're trying so hard to deny it, but you're happy to be here, Logan," Natalie teased.
The Black Ranger laughed. "Don't worry Nat, I already told you I liked Cody's music. Besides, I'm glad we're all here. We need to do this more often."
"It's our senior year," Selena added. "We only get this year once in our lives. We have to make the most out of it while we can."
"Even with our responsibilities, I agree," Dante said. "We only got one shot this year, and we got to take our chances when we can. And this concert is a great start!"
"Hell yeah," Jalen agreed.
"By the way, who's the first act anyway? The concert should be starting soon," Dante asked.
"I think it's Parker Levinson," Natalie said.
"Oh, I heard of him, he's solid," Logan added.
"Good, because I think he's about to come on stage now," Dante said.
The lights then dimmed and a young man came out on stage as the crowd started to cheer. The man looked young in his 20's, and he carried an acoustic guitar with him. The crowd kept cheering as he made his way to microphone.
"Sunset Beach, my name is Parker Levinson, and I'm here to warm you guys up!" The singer said into the microphone. "My job is to get this place excited, that way when Cody comes out later, you're ready. Let's get started!"
On cue, the rest of Parker's band came out, and they got ready to play his next song. The rangers started to cheer with the crowd as Parker played his guitar to start the next song. It was going to be the start of a unforgettable night.
While the concert is going on, Ampbot teleports somewhere backstage. The robot surveys his surroundings.
"Well, this looks like the right place, now time to find this human singer," Ampbot whispered.
Ampbot started to make his way around backstage, blending in with his surroundings. Whenever someone came by, the robot would transform into a stack of amplifiers to further blend in. When the coast was clear, the robot transformed again and started to keep searching.
As the rangers were enjoying Parker's set, their morphers went off. The rangers barely heard them as Dr. Ashford started to talk.
"Team, the robot from the other day is back. We believe he's somewhere backstage at the amphitheater. Find somewhere discreet enough to morph and find him. We can't let the robot disrupt the concert or cause any damage."
"We're on it, Doc," Dante said into his morpher.
"Man, and I was hoping we can go one night without a robot attack," Logan said in disappointment.
"If we hurry and do this right, we can be back before Cody's set," Natalie said.
"Let's hope we stop the robot before it causes any damage," Dante added.
The rangers nodded to each other before they made their way out of the crowd. At the back of the general admission area, the rangers were able get behind one of the buildings selling food. The rangers then checked to make sure that no one could see them.
"Alright guys, let's do this," Dante said.
"The other rangers nodded.
"Energy Beast, Awaken!" The rangers shouted as they morphed. When the morphing sequence was done, the rangers teleported backstage to take care of the Ampbot.
In the Green Room, Cody Gallagher was getting ready for the show. After making sure his guitar was fully tuned, he sat down at the couch and started to play to pass time. As he was playing, Ampbot breaks down the door to the Green Room and enters the room.
Cody jumps up from the couch in shock. "Who or what the hell are you?"
Ampbot gets closer. "Are you the human called Cody Gallagher?"
"Yeah, want do you want? Money, fame, an endorsement? Or wait, did a rival record label send you?" Cody nervously asked.
"I serve Lord Xanek, and you're coming with me, human," Ampbot said.
"Wait a second, you're one of those robots from the news, right?" Cody asked.
"You're not that bright are you? Of course I'm one of Lord Xanek's lieutenants, a high ranking soldier in his army. And like I said, you're coming with me, my master has plans for this city and apparently we have use for you." Ampbot said.
"I knew I should have listened to my manager and not put Sunset Beach as a show for the tour," Cody cursed as Ampbot got closer. "I'm sure we can come to an agreement. You really don't want to kidnap me, I do a lot of good for the community, and my kidnapping will cause a lot of drama."
"Foolish human, that's exactly what I want! Your kidnapping will lure the Power Rangers here, and we planned to destroy this city anyway. Now quit stalling!" Ampbot shouted.
Ampbot lunges at Cody as the young singer leaps out of the way. Ampbot tries to grab Cody, but the singer again dodges the robot's attack. Between the sounds of Cody's shouts and the Ampbot crashing into furniture and walls, the Power Rangers eventually found their way into the Green Room, all morphed and ready to fight.
"Hey!" Dante shouts to get the Ampbot's attention.
Both Cody and the Ampbot turned around and faced the rangers.
"Oh thank God that you guys are here," Cody said.
Ampbot approaches the rangers. "Great timing for you five to show up, I have a score to settle with you all."
The rangers got their weapons out.
"You're not getting away this time," Dante said.
Ampbot then charged the rangers, Dante intercepts the lieutenant with his word as the two clashed. Selena fired arrow after arrow at the robot. In the chaos, Cody dives behind a couch and hides as the rangers continued their fight. Natalie slides under the robot with her spear to help Dante fight the robot. The robot then grabs both the Red and Yellow Rangers and throws them against the wall. When Jalen tries to attack with his trident, the Ampbot also grabs him and throws him against a wall as well.
"Is that the best you can do?" Ampbot boasted.
"You forgot about me!" Logan shouts.
Ampbot turns around in surprise as Logan slams his warhammer into the robot and sends him flying. The Ampbot goes straight through a wall out of the amphitheater into a nearby ally.
Cody then pokes his head out from behind the couch. "Is he gone?"
Logan nodded. "Yeah, but he's not defeated."
The other rangers then got up and met Logan in the middle of the room.
"We got to go finish him off," Dante said.
The others nodded before Cody stops them.
"Wait second, you five saved my life. I owe you all."
Selena steps forward. "No you don't, it was our pleasure."
"Yeah, we weren't going to let that robot hurt you," Jalen added.
"So, what about the concert?" Natalie asked.
Cody shrugged his shoulders. "I don't think the crowd or anyone up front knows what happened here. And I feel ok, I'm not letting my fans down. I'm still performing, I'm not letting some robot stop that."
"Great to hear, but now we got to defeat that robot for good," Selena said. "Good luck with your set."
"Thanks guys, I really appreciate it," Cody said.
The rangers nodded before they exited the room through the hole in the wall that Ampbot flew through. They find the lieutenant in the ally by the amphitheater, the robot had just gotten up and he was mad.
"You brats have ruined our plans for the last time!"
With a robotic roar, Ampbot charges the rangers again. Natalie charges forward with her spear out and stabs the robot in the leg, but Ampbot uses his amps to blast Natalie away. Dante and Jalen then double teamed Ampbot together. While Dante stabs Ampbot in the thigh, Jalen stabs one of the robot's amps on his body. Ampbot shrieked in pain.
"That's it," Jalen whispered before he turned to his teammates. "Target the amplifiers on his body, that's his weakness!"
Logan then uses his warhammer to further disorient and distract Ampbot so that Dante and Jalen can stab the amplifiers on the robot's body. Selena the uses her bow to fire arrow after arrow, taking out the remaining amplifiers.
"This can't be," Ampbot said as he stood in the ally. With the amplifiers destroyed, the robot was severely weakened. The rangers then faced the robot. Natalie's spear started to glow.
The Yellow Ranger then stepped forward. "My turn to attack, I think I have a new attack up my sleeve."
Natalie then got her spear ready.
"Energy Spear, Grizzly Rage!"
Natalie ran towards the weakened Ampbot as her spear got bigger and brighter. Natalie then slashes the Ampbot across the body before she does a huge stab through the robot's chest. Natalie then took her spear out and backflips away. The Ampbot started to spark and screamed one final time before he exploded.
The rangers ran to Natalie.
"That was insane!" Jalen shouted.
"That move was incredible, Nat!" Selena said.
The Ampbot then reappeared growing 200 feet tall.
"We're not done here guys, you know what to do," Dante said.
The rangers nodded as they got ready to call their zords.
"Energy Beast, Rise!"
The Energy Beast exploded out of their morphers and grew to their true size. The rangers then jumped on the beasts to enter their cockpits. The rangers then piloted their zords towards the reborn Ampbot.
"Energy Beast, Combine!"
The zords folded up and combine into the Wild Energy Megazord. The megazord approached the Ampbot as he tried to make his way to Sunset Amphitheater.
"Now I will destroy your precious concert!" Ampbot shouted.
Inside the cockpit, Natalie had a idea.
"Guys, I want to try something,"
"Megazord's all yours Natalie!" Dante said.
Natalie nodded before she pressed a few buttons on the console.
A giant yellow spear then materialized in the megazord's hand.
"Energy Spear, Total Destruction!" The rangers shouted.
Before Ampbot could take another step, the megazord charges at the robot. The spears glows a bright yellow before it slashes a giant cut across the Ampbot. The lieutenant screamed for the final time before he exploded for good.
"Threat neutralized!"
Back in Xanek's lair, the generals were back to arguing about their failure in the Control Center.
"I have had it with you Scyther!" Nexus shouted.
"We keep having failure after failure!" Corius said.
"And we're not going to win every battle. With each battle, our lieutenants get stronger. We will win the war and defeat the Power Rangers," Scyther said.
"We haven't won one battle," Nexus said.
"And we lost a good lieutenant," Talus mournfully said.
"Forget Ampbot, we never captured that attractive human singer, I had so many plans for him," Scyther said.
"That human is not more important than Ampbot's demise," Nexus scolded.
"Yes he is, Nexus! You have no idea of his potential!" Scyther countered.
Xanek was on his throne, and he finally had enough of the bickering as he stormed out of the room.
"Idiots! I'm surrounded by idiots!" Xanek roared as he left the Control Center.
The generals were left confused by Xanek's departure.
"Was it something we said?" Corius asked.
The rangers were able to teleport back to behind the building from earlier for the concert. The teens then blended in back into the crowd and made their way back towards then the stage.
"Glad that's over," Logan said.
"Me too, and we got to meet Cody Gallagher!" Selena said.
"Which we can never tell anyone since no one knows who we are," Dante laughed.
"I know," Selena said in disappointment.
"I wonder if we made it back in time for Cody's set," Logan said.
"Well, the stage is empty right now, it's got to be a intermission," Jalen said.
The teens then ran into Travis and Jeremy in the middle of the crowd.
"I was wondering if you guys were here somewhere," Travis said.
"Yeah, it's a big crowd here," Natalie said. "I was wondering if you guys were able to get tickets too."
"Yeah, we were able to buy them last night," Jeremy said.
"And what about Alex and Trevor?" Selena asked.
"They're fine, but they won't be scamming anyone for a while," Travis said. "But maybe I shouldn't have overreacted I way I did."
"We all make mistakes," Selena said.
"Anyway, perfect timing we all met up," Jeremy said. "Cody's about to go on stage."
The crowd then started cheering as the lights again dimmed and Cody walked on stage. He eventually made his way to the microphone with his guitar ready. The rest of his band then got on stage as well too.
"How are you all doing Sunset Beach?" Cody asked the crowd.
The crowd screamed and Cody smiled with the response.
"I guess you're ready for a good night! This is night one of my tour, and I got some new songs I can't wait to play that I'm sure you all know."
Cody then started to play his guitar and the crowd kept screaming, but Cody was continuing with his speech.
"I'm going to be real with you all, tonight's concert almost didn't happened," Cody admitted to the crowd's confusion. "I was almost kidnapped by those robots you all know from the news. And thankfully, those Power Rangers also from the news came to my rescue. They saved me and this beautiful city you all call home."
The crowd started to cheer again.
"I'm not sure if they are here in this amphitheater or far away from here, I don't even know if they're fans of my music. But Power Rangers, wherever you are, I thank you. This concert wouldn't be happening without you, you can definitely call me a fan of the Power Rangers. Without further ado, let's get this party started. Sunset Beach, get loud!" Cody shouted.
The crowd roared as Cody started his first song and started to sing the lyrics. In the crowd, the five young rangers danced with the crowd and music. Travis and Jeremy were also dancing as well. Despite the robot attack, it was going be a unforgettable concert. Cody continued to sing through the night as the rangers kept dancing in the crowd.
Hey guys, I'm back again with Chapter 5! Sorry for another long wait, I have a lot going on over the last year. But now, I'm definitely back and I'm more excited than ever writing this story. I'm not sure when I'll get future chapters released, but know that this story will be finished. I have a lot of ideas for this story, and I can't wait to write them. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and don't forget to like, favorite, and review the story. I'll see guys next time at Chapter 6!