JORDAN

Jordan - Josh McKenzie

Jordan was hanging out at Ernie's Brain Freeze.  A large group of people sat or stood by a table as he excitedly talked to them.  Jordan:  "I am not kidding!  150!  150 against one!  But I hit him over the head with a toaster and I'm like you're toast man, you're toast!"  The crowd was hanging on Jordan's every word.  Jordan had told them he was the Red Power Ranger.  He was unaware that two of the real Power Rangers (Troy and Emma) were also at Ernie's Brain Freeze.  Jordan:  "I rebounded off the wall, okay, let loose with a flying roundhouse kick, and boom!  Down go the monsters!  You want to know what I call that little move?  A typical Tuesday."  Jordan continued with his stories.  Jordan:  "If you're brave enough, monster fighting is a breeze."  Jordan was still telling stories when Gia, Jake, and Noah entered and sat with Emma.  Jordan:  "The other Rangers, you know, they aren't bad, but I pretty much handle those monsters all by myself."  Jordan continued with his stories.  Jordan:  "Did I tell you about the time I saved the Blue Power Ranger?"  Endlessly, Jordan's stories never seemed to stop.  Jordan:  "I could have been Blue, but, ah, naw...next question!"  Suddenly a citizen started yelling as he entered the place.  Citizen:  "Somebody help!  Help!  There's a monster attacking the city!"  The stranger ran straight towards Jordan's table.  Citizen:  "You're going to go stop it right?"  Although Jordan was scared, he stood up.  Jordan:  "You bet!"  Jordan left with the crowd cheering him on.  Jordan entered the city and confront Dragonflay.  Jordan:  "Stop monster!"  Dragonflay:  "Who the heck are you?!  A scaredy cat I guess.  Well, whoever you are, I'll cut you down quick!"  Dragonflay shot lasers out of his eyes.  Jordan quickly ducked down.  Dragonflay:  "You won't dodge the next one!"  Pink Ranger, Yellow Ranger, Black Ranger, and Blue Ranger arrived.  Black Ranger:  "Hey stop!"  Yellow Ranger:  "Why don't you deal with someone who can actually fight back?!"  Dragonflay:  "Rangers!"  Jordan:  "Cool."  Jordan felt a hand on his shoulder and quickly turned his head.  It was Red Ranger.  Red Ranger:  "Leave this to us.  I need to get you to safety.  Come on!  We got to go now!  As you can see, it's going to get busy!"  Red Ranger helped Jordan up and they raced out of harm's way.  Red Ranger returned to help the rest of the Rangers.  Jordan continued to race out of the city, but he stopped when he heard a sound.  Jordan paused for a moment and then race back towards where the battle was.  He had seen Dragonflay get knocked down by the Rangers and he was charged up.  Red Ranger paused when he hear cheering.  Jordan:  "Whoa!  Yeah!  Who Hoo!  You guys rock!"  The rest of the Rangers paused as well.  Pink Ranger:  "What is he doing?  It's not safe."  Dragonflay got back up on his feet was not happy to see the young man.  Dragonflay:  "You again?!  This time I'll finish the job!"  Red Ranger:  "Watch out!"  Dragonflay shot lasers out of his eyes.  He missed Jordan once more.  Jordan ran and hid, but he could still see the battle.  The Rangers are charging towards Dragonflay when they are knocked down by Creepox.  Jordan:  "No!"  Red Ranger:  "Creepox!"  Creepox:  "You're mine now Red."  Creepox laughed. Red Ranger gets up, holding his Dragon Sword.  Red Ranger:  "Think again cockroach.  You really don't understand a thing about us humans."  Creepox:  "I don't want to understand you."  Red Ranger:  "And that's your big mistake."  Creepox:  "My only mistake, is not crushing you before now."  Red Ranger charges towards Creepox with his Dragon Sword drawn.  Creepox easily stops the blow and strikes Red Ranger, sending him flying.  Creepox:  "Everything I need to know about humans, I already know and that includes you!"  Red Ranger gets back up.  Red Ranger:  "Then you know I'll never give up!"  Suddenly Creepox is hit several times.  It's the rest of the Rangers with their Mega Blasters.  Pink Ranger:  "Back off!"  Red Ranger:  "Nice timing."  Creepox:  "I'll be back when you least expect me!"  Creepox and Dragonflay vanish.  Jordan walks up to the Rangers.  Black Ranger is not happy to see him.  Black Ranger:  "You!  Do you realize what you've done?!"  Red Ranger:  "Jake!"  Red Ranger stops Black Ranger.  Red Ranger:  "Listen, what's your name?"  Jordan:  "Jordan"  Red Ranger:  "Jordan, you shouldn't lie about being something you're not."  Black Ranger:  "Yeah, you put yourself and the rest of us in big time danger."  Jordan:  "I never thought I'd get into a real battle."  Red Ranger:  "I know you want to help, but it takes special powers and serious training to fight these monsters."  The Rangers had to go.  Jordan shouts out, hey!  Where are you going?  Black Ranger turns around tells him to go home.  Instead Jordan follows the Rangers out of the city and into the forest.  Eventually Jordan finds the Rangers and they walk towards him.  Blue Ranger tells him, it's not cool to sneak up on people.  Black Ranger asks, what are you doing here?  Jordan doesn't have an answer.  Red Ranger tells him, you shouldn't have followed us.  Jordan doesn't know what to say.  Red Ranger tells him, I know you want to be like us.  But it takes a lot more than desire to be a Power Ranger.  It takes dedication and an incredible amount of training.  Red Ranger leads Jordan to the training area he had set up in the forest.  The rest of the Rangers follow.  Black Ranger gives a demonstration of their training.  Red Ranger tells Jordan to give it a try.  Jordan does so and fails miserably.  Jordan ends up on the ground and feels bad.  He tells them, I just wanted to see what it's like to be looked up to for once, like you.  But I get it.  I'm no super hero.  Red Ranger tells him, well we don't always feel like super heroes.  But we take our mission to protect the Earth very seriously.  Pink Ranger walks up to Jordan and kneels beside him.  She tells him, it's obvious you're a good guy.  Maybe the best way to help the world is just being yourself.  The morphers go off.  Red Ranger tells Jordan, we have to go.  For your safety, you need to stay here.  The Rangers race out of the forest.  This time Jordan does not follow the Rangers.  After the Rangers destroy Dragonflay, Jordan makes his way back to Ernie's Brain Freeze.  Jordan slowly enters, with a huge crowd cheering for him.  Uncomfortably, Jordan tells the crowd, this is very hard for me.  I am not actually a Power Ranger.  The crowd laughs, thinking he is joking around.  Jordan continues, no seriously, the Power Rangers are true heroes.  They are great people too.  I mean, they were super nice to me even after I....lied.  Guess I just wanted the attention.  Anyways, I am sorry.  Really sorry and I hope you can forgive me.  Instead the crowd gives him looks of disgust and walk out.  Jordan walks over to the counter and sits next to Troy.  Troy tells him, it took a lot of courage to do that.  But the real Rangers would be proud of you.  Jordan thanks him.  I learned a lot.  Something about Troy seems familiar to Jordan and he asks if they have met before.  Troy replies I don't think so and then introduces himself.  They shake hands.  Jordan introduces himself as well.  He tells Troy he's a new Jordan as he learned a big lesson today, thanks to the Red Ranger.  Ernie finishes making Jordan's shake and turns around to give it, when he slips.  The drink goes flying but Jordan catches it before it hits the floor.  Ernie is impressed.  Ernie tells Jordan, nice catch.  Where did you learn that?  Jordan replies, just a friend. Troy smiles.

Stranger Ranger