#the ivan screen appearance caught me so off guard

[mimiishii]

leave no regrets.

[bunderies]

about luka's outfits

when i introduced alien stage to my friend last night, something struck me about luka's off-screen performance. in the brief glimpse we get of his outfit, i noticed, for the first time, the small cutouts revealing parts of his body. it caught me off guard.

i realized how intentional this detail was: all of luka’s stage costumes expose slivers of his skin in carefully chosen areas. his chest, his back, his shoulders — always with an almost princely delicacy that ensures it never slips into vulgarity. he’s the only character presented this way; till and ivan are entirely covered. even when till's skin is visible for the final, it's with a tank top, far removed from the meticulously crafted, subtly suggestive outfits luka wears. it reminds me of heperu, who mentioned loving luka's neutral expression, comparing him to a doll. there’s also the way luka sits so obediently in the top 3 video, perfectly still. on stage, though, he’s in motion — dancing with mizi, physically interacting with till. while these moves are clearly meant to unsettle his opponents, i like to think they’re also his way of ensuring he delivers the fanservice the aliens expect from him. i can’t help but think back to the scene in sweet dream where he’s just a child, overwhelmed by the relentless cameras and flashing lights. ultimately, luka throws others to the wolves to ensure his own survival — but in truth, he is the real prey. the aliens may have crowned him "ruler of the stage," the stage itself is shaped entirely by their desires… with their unhealthy obsession for him, they are the ones truly devouring him. they elevate luka into an idol —perhaps even a sex symbol — and i imagine the consequences this could bring in a world as dark and merciless as this one. yet it's fascinating to see that luka doesn’t see himself as a victim of this situation; instead, he appears to be in control of it. i keep thinking about that one line he said about hyuna: "Poor thing, if she was in my arms, she would be safe."

in the idol industry, outfits like these would be deemed impractical, and some fans might even blame the stylists for making the idol appear vulnerable under the watchful eyes of the world and countless cameras. there’s this connection where people genuinely worry about the idol’s comfort — whether it’s a skirt that’s too short, a neckline that plunges too deep, or a shirt that’s too sheer. what’s chilling about alien stage is the idea that the entire industry is made up solely of individuals who want to see luka that way. it makes me wonder how he manages to feel safe, or even remotely comfortable, with it all. the only comfort he might find would be with the other humans, but instead, he chooses to psychologically dominate them, always striving to rise higher... the peak of glory must be a lonely place.

[milkybunbuns]

bodyguard - miraculous ladybug

w/c:1.1k

warnings: none

summary: In which an unordinary school girl finds herself being assigned to watch over Adrien Agreste by none other, the famous fashion designer, Gabriel Agreste after an agreement to help the super villian to get the ladybug miraculous and cat miraculous.

a/n: When I first drew up my idea of a humming bird Kwami, I thought I was really original until I found another humming bird kwami artwork on reddit and a humming bird miraculous story on A03. Also I lost inspiration and motivation for this so I just left it at where I lost motivation :p

Y/n, head over to the car, from now on, you’ll be attending Adrien’s school to make sure he is kept safe at all times”, Gabriel Agreste directed you, without looking up from his screen. You quickly saluted and slipped out of the room, scampering over to the car where Adrien’s body guard after school was waiting to drive you over. A few days ago, you were watching the news when a new villain called Hawkmoth had appeared on the screen, clearly after the miraculouses.

Honestly, at first you couldn’t care less, but it was no time until you wanted to help the so called Hawkmoth out, just for the adventures and fun, no ulterior motive since there was nothing in your life you weren’t satisfied with. And finally, after extensive research, you had found out who was Hawkmoth and he had gladly taken you up as an apprentice after a few tests to make sure you weren’t working for ladybug or cat noir. He presented you with your very own miraculous, the hummingbird miraculous, said to have come from one of the many destroyed miraculous boxes and could only be worn by those who were young. You vividly remember, as you had lifted the white box’s lid gently, Hawk moth’s eyes staring intensely at you, a burst of rainbow colours exploding and a kwami emerging. She had introduced herself as Colibri and after a basic run over of the powers that came with this, you were ready to start your apprenticeship.

“Everyone please settle down and welcome Y/n L/n”, Ms Bustier smiled gently as you stood stiffly in the center of the room. Adrien seemed to have no idea of you being his new body guard..

You waved, “Hello, I hope we can all be friends?”

“Of course, you’ll make plenty of friends in no time! Please take a seat at the back”, Ms Bustier looked down at her clipboard, a flash of realisation passing her eyes, “Oh! And Adrien, Mr.Agreste has requested for you to sit next to Y/n in order to continue attending school.” The said boy quickly got up and grabbed his tablet of the table, of course, not without giving his friend a sorry look. You could feel the burning gaze of two students, but you paid them no mind, they were coming from a girl with blue pigtails and one with a blond ponytail. As soon as the blue haired girl realised that you had caught her, she looked away in rage, but the blonde haired girl kept staring, until she finally got caught out by the teacher. “Nathaniel, please move down to Ivan or Nino.”

Adrien sat himself down beside you and attempted to interact with you, only for you to send a harsh glare his way and point at the board where Ms Bustier was busy explaining some literature work. “Pay attention Adrien, your father didn’t allow you to attend school only to mess around and not pay attention”, you frowned at him, to which he sheepishly smiled and got back with his work. For the rest of the lesson, he didn’t try to interact with you which was a good thing for you, and you were able to concentrate on the lesson. It wasn’t long before the bell had rung, signalling lunch. Everyone hastily rushed out of the classroom, but Adrien, who was taking his sweet time packing his bag and you could see the same blue haired girl peeking through the windows. The Dj looking guy was also waiting for Adrien.

“Yooo, dude, what’s up? I’m Nino, Adrien’s best friend!”, Nino grinned, raising his red cap with his fingers.

“It’s wonderful to meet you Nino, I’m Y/n, Adrien’s body guard.” The exchange was short, but by your few words he could tell you were almost just as stoic as Gabriel Agreste, or you just took your job seriously.

Here you were, embracing your new job, standing outside the bathroom waiting for Adrien. It was only then that the same blonde haired girl came strutting up to you, a girl scrambling to keep up with her behind her, carrying stacks of books. “Who do you think you are?”, with every word she jabbed at your chest, “Getting all close with my Adrikins”, she sneered, “don’t try steal him from me, not that you’ll be of any competition anyways. I mean look at your clothing style! That’s so out of trend, probably from some department store. Disgusting.” The other girl quickly nodded in agreement, poor her..

“I do know who I am. Adrien’s bodyguard and unless you would like him to be put in danger, leave me alone, or I can’t guarantee what will happen with you next darling”, you grinned mischievously, brushing past her shoulders gently as you leant towards her ear, examining the way beads of sweat trickled down her face.

“Ugh, whatever! Sabrina! Let’s go!”

“Ah yes Chloe!”, they strutted out of the room, more like Chloe strutting and Sabrina struggling to follow.

“Dumb kids...”, you muttered under your breath, spotting your kwami give you a disapproving look. The door creaked open, Adrien popping out, “hey? Everything good? I heard Chloe.”

“It’s wonderful to know that you associate her with trouble.”

“Wait! You got it wrong, it’s not like that!”

“Hmm, you sure?”, you bent over backwards, staring at him before bending back and dusting off imaginary dust on your hands. “We should get going Adrien, class is going to start in 5 minutes.”

“Alright”, he trailed after you and to both of your surprise, the court yard was empty. A notification came up on Adrien’ phone, the two of you leaning in to watch.

“Don’t be bemused, it’s just the news! Lady bug is at the Eiffel Tower, fighting what appears to be a very similar looking person to her. We advise that everyone should stay inside as we watch this fight unfold. Where is Chat Noir? Has he been captured? Stay tuned for more!”

“We’ve gotta get you to safety Adrien”, you quickly ushered him back into the locker room, opening up a random locker and shutting it on his face despite his protests.

“What about you!?”

“I’ll be fine, it’s my number 1 priority to keep you safe, now stay in there and I’ll come back to get you when it’s all over.”

With those words, you ignored his words, running into the bathroom to transform so you could help get rid of one of the pesky heroes to make the job for Antibug easier. Your kwami,  Colibri, was completely unaware of your evil intentions, thinking that you were going to help ladybug. Your h/c hair was let out as a white body suit adorned your body, rainbow coloured ribbons wrapped loosely around your arms and legs and a purple jewel in the middle. You also got a white face mask to hide your identity. Wasting no time, you jumped out of the window, using the ribbons on your arms to bring you towards the Eiffel Tower, along with the aid of your wings which were the same kind at your kwami’s.

[maledollmaker]

Each Sold Seperately Part 2: I’ll be your Silver, I’ll be your Plantinum, I’ll be your Gold

Previously, a monster of Heckyl’s turns four male Power Rangers (Tyler, Riley, Koda and Chase) into life size action figures. Pink and Purple Rangers were fighting Plastiquo. The girls were not able to turn them back. Shelby weeped next to her beloved Tyler who was in his street clothes. Kendall was trying to get in contact with the other Rangers as there were many around. The Gold and Graphite Rangers were in Zandar, an European country. Sir Ivan the Knight lived in mideveal days and was trapped in an alien warrior with his Energem. Ivan was currently with Prince Phillip, the Graphite Ranger.

Shelby asked Kendall “Weren’t they in their ranger suits? What happen to that?” “They must have de-morphed. The power must’ve given up.” Shelby looked at Tyler’s neck and saw his Energem was missing. In fact all the Male action figures were missing their Energem necklaces. “Look! Their Energems are missing!” “Someone must have come in here and took the Energems. Wait, where is Keeper?” “I don’t see him,” Shelby said.

A screen appeared in the center and it was Keeper. Shelby shouted his name. It echoed in the base. “Girls, i am aware of the situation. I went to the Silver Ranger for help.” “There is a silver ranger?” “He is an old friend, Zenowing, he created the Zords,” Keeper explained. Kendall asked him if he possibly knew who took the Energems, he had no idea but he was getting help.

Meanwhile in Zandar, Ivan was in his chain mail and on a white horse in the landscape of Zandar. He said in his grandeous accent, “Ahh, Zandar. How I miss you.” A half mile away from him seeing him with bionculars was the Prince. Phillip was on a comfy chair under a large umbrella sipping on tea with his servings serving him. “I’m glad he’s enjoying himself,” Phillip said. One of his servants came with a smart phone and said, “it is important sir, it is from the Purple Ranger I believe.” Phillip sat up straight and alert. The handsome prince answered the phone.

Kendall explained her the situation. “Action figures? Really?” He spoke to Kendall. He told the servings to get Ivan. They ran to get him. Ivan came to Phillip. “If the Rangers need me, I’ll be there.” Phillip nodded. Ivan and Phillip both took out their Dino Chargers. “It's Morphin' Time! Dino Charger Ready! Energize! Ha!! Unleash The Power!" Ivan became the Gold Ranger and Ivan became the Graphite Ranger. Ivan called their Zord and they jumped into it and flew back to the United States.

Meanwhile back in Heckyl’s spaceship, Heckyl was reveling in having four Energems and having had fun with the living dolls. The monster Plastiquo came up to him. “So good so far but you must turn more of the Rangers. I am sure the girls will call the others.” “I’ll do it, master.” “You lost the pink and purple rangers and we do not have their Energems. You must turn them too.” Plastiquo nodded. “I won’t fail this time.” Suddenly Heckyl became Snide and Snide growled, “you better not disappoint me! I am not forgiving as Heckyl!!” Plastiquo nodded and left.

Phillip and Ivan had arrived to the base. “Thank you for coming,” Kendall said. Phillip nodded. Ivan was observing the plasticized Riley. “Astonishing, he looks just like Riley.” “That is because he IS Riley. He was transformed. They all were. It is what Plastiquo does. Tyler, Koda, Riley and Chase all can hear, see and feel. They just can’t move or communicate with us.” “Diabolical,” Ivan said. “It sure is a sinister plot,” Phillip said. The alarm sounded. The four nodded at each other.

The monster was attacking again and the four Rangers Morphed and fought the monster. The Viviks came and they fought them. Plastiquo started zapping at the girls. The Girls expertally acrobatically avoided the rays. Shelby said, “Don’t let him zap you!” Graphite Ranger stopped in his tracks. He didn’t what her correctly. He asked, “what was that last bit?” He was caught off guard and Plastiquo zapped Phillip with a ray. He glowed rainbow colors.

Ivan came in front of him and attacked Plastique. “I’ll fight thee!” He kicked him away. He did a Zandar attack and Plastiquo was badly hurt. Ivan groaned and the glow faded. Ivan said, “You’re fine!” “Nothing happened,” Phillip said. Kendall ran to them and said, “it’s slow moving, we better get you back to the base. “You hurt me!” Plastiquo screamed at them. He and the Viviks disappeared. Heckyl berated him back at the ship.

In the base, Shelby and Ivan observed Phillip as he was settling with the idea of becoming a toy. “I can’t believe I’m going to be plastic in a few minutes. I feel fine.” “This is not right,” Ivan said. “I will avenge you, my prince.” Shelby assured them, “Kendall is working on it and Keeper is getting help from the Silver Ranger.” “We need reinforcements but we haven’t even found the Aqua Energem yet,” Ivan said.

Prince Phillip’s movement was slower and stiffer. “It has begun,” Shelby said. “I see,” Phillip said. Ivan asked, “how do you feel? Do you need anything?” “I’m fine. I’ve made my peace with it. It’s like moving through really heavy syrup.” Shelby asked, “has that ever happened?” “No, it was something the governess used to say,” the young prince said. Phillip tried moving but he stayed in his sitting position. His speech slowed. “I... think... it’s... happen—“ Shelby asked, “Prince? Prince?”

Phillip did not move. His skin was shiny. He was already picturesque and looked like he was carved out of marble. He looked dashing in his suit. Now he was plastic. Shelby waved her hand over his eyes but he wa staring into space and not reacting whatsoever. In the end, it was fuitile.

Meanwhile in the forest, Plastiquo the Monster was sent again and was searching for something. He zapped a couple of trees and they became plastic. Out of the trees cane out a man in shorts, a light blue flannel shirt and Kennedy good looks. “Ah, you must be who Heckyl sent me here for.” “Another monster, interesting,” the handsome man said. He took out his Dino charger and morphed into the Aquí Ranger. As the Aqua Ranger he fought Plastique and a couple of Viviks.

This appeared on Kendall’s screen. “Guys come look!” Shelby was shocked. “A new ranger? He’s Aqua! So that must mean he has the Aqua Energem!” “Indeed,” Ivan said. They saw the Aqua Ranger needed help from the monster. “He must need help, let’s go,” Shelby said. Ivan and Kendall nodded as the other rangers were still like mannequins at a shop. The trío morphed and left. Just then Keeper, their alien mentor arrived with the Silver Ranger, already decked out in his uniform.

In the forest, the Aqua Ranger seem to be bested and was losing to Plastiquo. Heckyl his in the shadows and said, “That one was as cute as Tyler. I can’t wait to add him to my collection.” Just then the other Rangers arrive and blasted at Plastiquo. Plastique moaned. Aqua Ranger was surprised. “Other Rangers?” “Yes, we are Power Rangers, you must have the Aqua Energem.” Shelby said. “How did you know?” He asked. Ivan fought Plastiquo.

“I will have revenge for you harming me!” Ivan retorted, “it’s a small price to pay for what you did to my friends!” Plastiquo slashed at Ivan and Ivan went down. Plastiquo then zapped Ivan. The others shouted for Ivan. Ivan glowed in rainbow colors. “Oh no,” Ivan said. The glow subsided. Plastiquo tried zapping the Aqua Ranger but missed and hit the purple ranger. She glowed and then it faded. “Not you too, Kendall,” Shelby said.

Later at the base, Ivan and kendall were demorphed and coming to terms with becoming mannequins. Ivan said, “I don’t even know what plastik is!” Keeper introduced the Silver Ranger. “This is an old friend, he has come to help.” “We are running short on Rangers, so thank you.” Aqua Ranger demorpehd into James and shocked to find Tyler there. “Tyler?!” James ran up to the Tyler statue. Shelby asked, “you know who this is?” James nodded. “He is my son.”

Everyone was shocked. They couldn’t believe this young man was actually Tyler’s father that he had been searching for a decade. James explained that he found the Energem and was in hiding from a monster and wanted to protect his family. The Energem kept him young. Somehow Shelby didn’t question this story and accepted it. James looked longingly at the lifeless doll and couldn’t believe it was his son. “We will reverse this, son.”

Kendall froze up and became shiny and was now a doll. Ivan got stiff. “My movements are slower, it is setting in!” Ivan moved slower and spoke slower as well. “Ohhhh. What... strange... fate... is...” he stopped mid-sentence. The exotic statesque young knight had stopped all movement and stopped breathing. His skin became shiny plastic. He had a million mile stare. The lights were on but no one was home. “Now we are down to three,” Shelby. “I have a a plan,” said the Silver Ranger.

The Rangers left the base. Suddenly Heckyl snuck in. He was giddy to see more statues. The room was quiet like a museum even though there stood 8 people. Heckyl stood next to Phillip and observed him and patted him on the bum. He then kissed him on the lips. He went over to Ivan and did the same, squeezed his buttocks and kissed him passionately. Ivan’s face was still mealable so he slipped inside his tongue in his plastic mouth. It was like kissing some other sort of doll.

He then saw Kendall and knocked her over. He then grabbed their Energems and stuffed them into his pocket. He got a large wheeling bay he brought. He grabbed hold of Ivan and Phillip and laid them on the wheeler. He then grabbed Tyler and Koda and stuffed them on top. He did the same with Chase and Riley. He wheeled them all out of the base and ran over the Kendall doll. When he left, James, Shelby, Keeper and the Silver Ranger came out of hiding. They were surprised. “So it was Heckyl all along. And it seems he only likes the guys,” she said.

“It seems Heckyl has indeed betrayed us,” Keeper said. “We need to find him and the others right away.” “He took my son, of course we will go after him,” James said. Meanwhile in the ship, Heckyl looked over his new prizes. He was in his own private room and started undressing the Ivan doll. He looked so statesque and handsome. Once he was nude, Heckyl saw that Ivan’s crotch was now just a nub. He carcasses it because he knows Ivan Can still feel it. He knew it caused Ivan great pleasure. He had rolling orgasms but had to hold it in, he had no release. Heckyl then carcassed his backside.

Heckyl enjoyed the nude Ivan doll. He pleasured himself with it. [edited for Tumblr] He then went over to the Tyler doll. He grabbed hold of the Chase doll. He undressed the two. [edited for Tumblr] Heckyl received deep pleasure. He was estactic. He then undressed Phillip, Koda and Riley and he did the same as before. [edited for Tumblr] He was a happy camper with his new playthings. But you know what people say, good things all have come to an end...

To be continued...

[chuchushippinger]

Chapter 3: Gotta Ease Into It

Based on the soap opera the wonderful people of the Romance & Shipping Thread on Rangerboard created. Story Summary: The story of love, war, and madness. Who would’ve thought that fighting the enemy was the least of their problems? Chapter Summary: The Aqua and Graphite Energems are transmuting as the other Rangers fight Singe and Hunter, however, will they pass the time???? Rating: High T Warnings: None Relationships: Too many to put, but the list is on AO3.

A/N:  Guess who's not dead! And yeah, when I first started writing this I was in a bad place, so I guess you could say that if I ever went back to this then I'd just be reminded about what happened. But! I honestly couldn't completely stop making this thing, so I stopped feeling sorry for myself and just started writing this again as I finished DSC. I'm sorry guys, especially to the lovely people over on Rangerboard, I didn't want to put this story on hiatus, but I had to. I'm sorry I couldn't explain anything too, but I hope that this chapter and the many more to come will suffice for the two or three-year hiatus that I purposefully put this lovely story on. Thank you for understanding, so without further ado, enjoy~!

Placing a reassuring hand on his father, Tyler smiled, “But you don’t have to run anymore.” Soon after, the alarm beeped as everyone turned to the laptop on the counter.

“What’s that?” James asked with a frown as Kendall approached her computer and typed on it.

“Alien bio-signs,” she answered as the Rangers already started leaving the base before Tyler even started his sentence.

“Let’s check it out,” Tyler said and started leaving with everyone else as James and Phillip circled around the middle console to Kendall, both hopeful that she would let them help the others.

Kendall turned around just as they approached her, “Uh, Mr. Navarro, Prince Phillip, I’m still transmuting your Energems. I can’t interrupt the process, you both need to stay.” She explained quickly, looking at each of them.

James looked past Kendall to look at his son with furrowed brows, “I just think that I sh—I should go too.”

Tyler smiled, “Dad, don’t worry, we’ll be fine. Come on guys.” Tyler motioned for everyone else to follow as they all departed from the base.

Moments later, Kendall’s phone started ringing as she sighed before pulling it out and reading it quickly. “Sorry, I need to take this.” Putting down her clipboard, Kendall started making her way to the exit and turned around, walking backward, “Help the Rangers and I’ll try to get back ASAP. Please don’t touch anything until your Energems are done.” She ran out and answered the call as James and Phillip watched after her before James turned to her laptop and watched the screen briefly. At the moment, the Rangers didn’t seem to need their help, but James felt useless watching his son and his friends fight by themselves against the monster.

Reaching for the computer to type, the Aqua Ranger frowned when a hand placed itself on the back of the screen and slowly closed it as an accented voice spoke nearly directly into his ear, “I’ve seen them fight before.” Turning around, James was forced against the counter due to Phillip’s close proximity to him as Phillip leaned over him and placed his hand on the counter causing James to lean back a bit. “They don’t need our help.”

“Um… Prince Phillip, what are you doing?”

“You know James, you look rather—“ Phillip promptly inspected the beauty of James’s physique, “—dashing today.”

“Right…” James drawled out awkwardly. Respectfully pulling away when James sidestepped away from him, Phillip watched him and remained next to the closed laptop as James moved to Kendall’s contraption that transmuted their Energems. “We should probably check on our Energems.”

Attention focused on the machine, James was about to pluck his Energem from the tube, but Phillip's voice stopped him. “You do recall Miss Morgan said not touch anything.”

“Right…” James repeated and turned back to Phillip who was smirking at him. “Your Highness, I mean no disrespect, but what is it that you want from me?”

“Well, I would think it’s rather obvious,” Phillip replied and stepped closer, but stopped and his smirk faded. “However, if you would prefer to refrain, then I will respect your decision.”

They stood in silence for a while as James just stared at him and Phillip couldn’t read what the other was thinking before their Energems glowed briefly signaling that they were finished.

Clearing his throat, Phillip stood up straighter, “My apologies James, I suppose I shouldn’t have been too forward.” He stepped toward James again, but to retrieve the Graphite Energem instead of advancing toward James again.

However, when Phillip stopped next to James and outstretched his arm to grab his Energem, Phillip was caught off guard when James grasped his hand and pulled him in for a kiss which was sloppy at first, but the Graphite Ranger quickly shook off the shock and kissed the other back.

For a moment, they pulled apart for a few breaths as Phillip smirked and teased, “My my, James, you’re quite excited.”

Quickly, James tugged on the other’s tie to kiss him once again before briefly pulling away to utter a quiet, “No offense, Your Highness, but you talk too much.” The Aqua Ranger connected their lips again for a more passionate and longer kiss as Phillip smiled.

The sound of the door sliding open caused James to hurriedly pull away as Phillip briskly placed his hand on the counter and effectively trapped James between him and the counter again. Phillip whispered lowly directly in the other’s ear, “Those ten years wear you down, James? Personally, I believe you should improve your ability to be intimate. You’re fairly… out of practice.” Phillip leaned forward to grab his Energem and fully stepped away from James before turning to face Kendall who was walking into the room and looking down at her phone.

Looking up from her phone, Kendall frowned at Phillip, “You waited until they were done transmuting?”

Phillip smiled and nodded, “Indeed, shall we depart?”

Kendall nodded, “Yes, let’s go.” Her Energem flew to her hand. “Mr. Navarro, get your Energem.” Kendall started walking for the door as Phillip promptly caught up with Kendall and followed her out, both of them leaving a very confused James behind as the door slid shut behind them. Kendall attached her Energem to her necklace, “You are the devil in disguise, you know that?”

The Graphite Ranger chuckled and smirked, “Well, Miss Morgan, I’ll have you know that he quite enjoyed our little debacle.”

“Was it really a debacle?” Kendall asked on impulse and stopped to look up at him as Phillip’s grin grew.

“Miss Morgan, I would assume that you’re acclimated to this sort of behavior from us, especially considering—” Phillip’s grin shifted into a devilish smirk, “—your own adventures.”

Turning to a shade of red, Kendall punched his arm in annoyance before walking off. “You’re all devils.”

Phillip watched her leave for a few moments before massaging his arm from her punch while waves of pain shot up his arm.

“What happened?” James asked in confusion and jogged up to him, scanning the other for any other injuries. “Are you okay?”

“I’m alright, she’s stronger than she appears to be.” Phillip answered curtly before straightening up and clearing his throat, “Shall we go?”

James nodded, “Yeah…”

They started to run when they realized what was at stake.

Preparing to go to Samson caves and slinging his backpack over his shoulder, Tyler walked ahead of his father and turned around with a smile, “I finally get to properly go spelunking with you, Dad!” He said in excitement.

James smiled back at him, “Yeah, but remember why we’re going there.” Tyler nodded. James walked past Kendall and Phillip and continued on, but stopped after a bit before James slid his backpack off his shoulder and handed it to Tyler, “Why don’t you ready the car, I’ll be there in a minute.”

“Sure!” Tyler grabbed the bag and jogged off.

Spinning around, James approached the two and cleared his throat as Kendall paused in the middle of her sentence and they both looked at him expectantly. “Sorry to interrupt, but may I have a minute with the Prince?” Kendall gestured at the Graphite Ranger before walking away to speak to the other Rangers.

“If you’re requesting a round two, I would suggest—” Phillip started saying.

James blinked at him in confusion, “What? No!” James stared at him in disbelief, shaking his head frantically and grabbing the other’s wrist to pull them farther away from the other Rangers. “Listen, my son’s Energem is cracked and the others’ Energems have some sort of neutralizing ring around them. That happened because of what happened earlier.”

Processing this information, Phillip frowned, “You believe the ki—”

James instantly shushed him.

Rolling his eyes, Phillip switched his words around, “You believe the incident earlier was the cause of all of this?” James nodded. “Putting the blame on others, I see.”

The Aqua Ranger quickly realized his mistake on the choice of words, “Th-that’s not what I meant!” The other Rangers looked at them with worried looks as Ivan stood up straighter and took a step toward them, displeasure was written all over him, but Kendall outstretched an arm across him to stop him from advancing. James kept it in his mind to tell her thanks later. “That’s not what I meant, Your Highness.” He whispered.

“Need I remind you that you’re the one that initiated it?” Phillip added with a disappointed frown.

“But if you hadn’t—”

“What? Tempted you?” Phillip scoffed and shook his head, “I gave you the choice of avoiding it. I merely made a suggestion.”

James watched him carefully and could clearly tell that the Prince was pissed off at his accusations against him. James didn’t care though, his son could’ve died today. “Well, maybe you shouldn’t have.” He replied curtly before storming off as Ivan hastily approached the Prince.

“Sire?” Ivan questioned and nearly glared at the door that James left through. “Are you alright?”

“Yes.”

Ivan didn’t appear satisfied, “Shall I go after him?”

“Leave him,” Phillip commanded, “Nothing but a misunderstanding.”

”The hole collapsed after he dug in. There’s gotta be a way to help him!” James reported frantically and hoped that Kendall had a solution to this.

“His suit can withstand a lot of heat.” Kendall assured, but continued reluctantly, “If his Energem isn’t completely cracked, he should be okay.”

Looking at the screen and Kendall, Phillip watched the conversation unfold in front of him and took a deep breath, hands curling into tight fists. Maybe this was all his fault. For all they knew, Tyler could already be dead and it was because they took too long to help them. Why did he have to be such a fool? To think that tempting him then was a good time to even do such a thing.

“Prince Phillip,” Kendall turned to the Prince and forced Phillip back to the task at hand. “Let’s go.” Phillip nodded and they jogged for the door, but stopped and turned around when Shelby spoke up.

“Why aren’t we going too?”

“It’s too dangerous for you without your Energems,” Kendall reasoned sympathetically as Phillip watched her. “Phillip and I can still morph, we’ll go.” Phillip shifted his gaze to the other Rangers who were visibly distraught and he was sure they felt useless and powerless at the moment.

They turned and left to help Tyler and James.

Arriving back at base after the battle, Phillip called for Koda and requested for him to slow down as the Blue Ranger obeyed and frowned when he noticed how distressed Phillip appeared. “Koda… is it a mistake to include Mr. Navarro in these… fiascos?”

Koda’s concerned expression changed to confusion, “What is fi-fiasco?”

“Oh uh… never mind about that then. Alright… Mr. Navarro is angry at me for what I’ve done and I haven’t a clue on how to fix it.”

“What you do?” Koda asked.

“Well, you see, while you were battling Hunter and Singe, we…” Phillip trailed off and frowned as his gaze fell to the floor in obvious thought and guilt ate at him. Looking back up at Koda after a while, the Prince admitted slowly, “I… Well, I—I suppose it is my fault.”

Confused, Koda slightly tilted his head, “What is your fault?”

“Right… Yes, of course!” Phillip said in realization. “Thank you, Koda.” He said before running off to find James.

“Mr. Navarro!” Phillip called and hurriedly ran to the car as James threw his bag in the back and looked over with a frown.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness, but I’m not interested.” James declared quickly and placed his hand on the door handle to open it, but Phillip gently grasped onto James’ hand to stop him.

The Aqua Ranger looked up at him in confusion as Phillip spoke, “Actually,” the Prince briefly studied the other’s face and lowered his voice, “I wish to apologize.” James stared at the Prince for a long moment before removing his hand from under Phillip’s and looking at him expectantly with his arms crossed. Phillip cleared his throat and clasped his hands behind his back, “I was being reckless and selfish. I put my desires before being a Ranger and it endangered everyone else. Apologies for my unforgivable actions.” He said formally.

James smiled, “I accept your apology, but I shouldn’t have blamed you, it was wrong of me. And you’re right, I was the one who started it, I’m sorry.”

“I suppose we both weren’t thinking straight at that moment.” Phillip smiled back and looked past James when a limo drove up to the cargo bay of the museum as James followed his gaze.

“Is that your ride? It’s not very subtle.” James commented.

Phillip sighed, “Unfortunately…”

Frowning, James looked back at Phillip, “‘Unfortunately’? What? You wanna stay?” James quickly added, “I didn’t mean that as a negative! I’m sure the other Rangers would love for you to stay.”

“Indeed, I wish to remain. I feel… more at home here, but duty calls.” Phillip then smiled at James and nodded at him, “Until we meet again, Mr. Navarro.”

James slightly bowed, “Goodbye, Your Highness.” The Prince started walking away for a few moments before he was abruptly pulled back and forced to turn around as a pair of lips briefly met his. James stepped back a reasonable distance away and awkwardly cleared his throat, “Still not interested, but uh stay safe, okay? And uh… come back home.”

“You’re full of surprises, Mr. Navarro.” Phillip remarked and smiled, “Likewise. Expeditions are very dangerous, but I trust that you’ll be careful.”

“I will, but don’t break your wrist signing autographs all day long.”

They share a laugh.

“Safe travels, James.” Reluctantly, Phillip turned and walked to the car then got in and watched James wave goodbye as the limo drove off.

“Well then… let the shenanigans begin.”

A/N: Agreed, Prince Phillip, let the shenanigans begin! The first three chapters were meant to "ease people into" the Chronicles and prepare them for the absurdity of this fic. I hope I do it all justice and if anyone from that thread wants to give me more details or stuff like that, feel free to message me on Rangerboard, I still have the same account name. Once again, I'm sorry and I hope that the one thousand or so people who read this back in 2016 are willing to continue reading this.

Also, does anyone else felt like I wrote a possible episode to the show because the format really makes me think that?

AND IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN, I DON'T WRITE SMUT SO DON'T EXPECT ME TO WRITE THEM HAVING SEX. I WAS SORTA UNCOMFORTABLE JUST WRITING THAT FIRST INTERACTION WITH PHILLIP AND JAMES, BUT DON'T WORRY, I WON'T PUSH MYSELF INTO WRITING SOMETHING I DON'T WANT TO.