The Radiant Rangers

The Radiant Ranger

There once lived a hero named the Radiant Ranger. He was filled with vibrant colors, colors too powerful and beautiful for this world. When times were at their darkest, he was born. A colorful hero who set fire in the hearts of the world giving them hope. He was the hero who led, sacrificed, and inspired others. He shaped the world and set it free from the evil hands of Vividless. Vividless had set chaos and corruption onto the world by draining it's energy for the darkness of his sake. The swirling darkness was frightening. Madness and confusion erupted in the world.

Thankfully, the Radiant Ranger was there to save them all. He was everyone's favorite superhero...the one, the first, and the only one who ever thought to exist on the planet Earth. The colors of the world were complete, they were vibrant, untouched by evil or wintry onslaughts. Things were beautiful. Everything was perfect. Until his defeat.

Glowing bursts of colorful energy exploded and trailed from his unconscious form.  A series of new flashes broke out, lifting and spreading the incandescent radioactive gasses, and then a great gush of colorful flames rose. He fell limply, silently, and helplessly. Nobody was there to help him; he was the only hero at that time. Too many forces of evil had come into the world and he was utterly outnumbered.

His explosive impact drove colorful shards of light through the air: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple. Each escaping from the scene searching for new hosts who would obtain these valiant radiance powers. Chunks of concrete were thrown into the air and exploding craters released flames as buildings crashed and collided. People retreated into whatever cover they could find as automobiles fell from the explosion and the searing heat from melted plastic and rubber came crashing onto the surface. It was hell on Earth. Vividless had won.

There was no peace in the world without the Radiant Ranger, no life, after all he sacrificed. He had always been there to protect the world from evil forces, which no human would dare to compete with. When he no longer did the world cracked in a way that it would never heal.

The colors of the world faded over time.

The world was in despair. The notion of hope became meaningless. Weeds grew up around the wrecks of old tractor trailers and smashed cars that were abandoned along the side of the road from the battle-site. Nobody was allowed in the area where the Radiant Ranger had been defeated by Vividless. Thousands of people dragged themselves away from the city where he had died in the distance, not daring to ever return to that area.

There was a public funeral, worldwide to be exact. Everyone's heads were down and thousands upon thousands of people gathered to grief. They remained in silence showing respect to the hero which they had all relied on. The silence dwelled throughout the world. It's crazy how things can happen so fast. The hero that the world relied on everyday was gone and when he went, most of the world's hope went with him.

Vividless had disappeared, unknown by any human of where he could have gone. The darkness that now shrouded the face of the earth was far more than just the absence of light. It was thick and heavy, interlaced with various new villains and evil threats which no one could destroy....

But the torch of bravery must be passed on. New heroes will arise to wield the power in which the Radiant Ranger once carried himself. The heroes are waiting to be reborn and this time they won't be alone.