QR Revamp: Crimon Batch Part 1

Queer Rangers Origins: the Crimson Batch
Prologue

In the early 21st century, the Earth became a planet of death thanks to the mortals. Tsunamis over global economy made both developed and developed regions to square one, while the use of biochemical dirty bombs toxic the nature beyond salvation. Had the deities stay away from the mortal plane again, the humanity would think Armageddon had come.

The warnings of Tin Hau, Guan-Yin, the brightest goddesses of the Chinese pantheon could not stop the tragic sacrifice of the bishops, priests and monks in Japan to seal the Yamata-no-Orochi. Prophecies from Hermes and Apollo left neglected in the West, the crowd only awoke from the brainwash of the rulers when their favorite heroes and heroines martyred on the skies in stopping the last wave of nuclear bombs. Even Loki and Ares were surprised the flood of powers granted by blood lust of the mortals.

Teleporting every living human, natural or mutant to the future was the last thing I and the Phoenix Force could do. We hoped with the absence of humanity in the Noah's Ark, we could buy time for the pantheons to heal the world. It almost drained the strength of the major deities like Nu-Gua to revive the broken ecology. Though combined with the remains of Phoenix Force, I am exhausted in maintaining the ancient Fung Shen Seal that shut the gates of the underworld.

By the time Gaea came back in full recovery, humanity arrived at the sea shores of Taiwan. Most of them were stunned to know their countries no longer exist such as Japan, or changed drastically in geographic senses like France and the United Kingdom since the land raised so much that you could drive from Paris to London through the highway of the Anglo-Franco Plateau.

As for me, my soul had been bonded within the Monastery of St Michael in Lung Tau Island, one of the remote islands of Kowloon City in southern China. I am Laurel Selene. I was remembered by the pantheons as the Arctic Priest. As my soul reaches for the stars, remains of an ancient comet dropped in the distant sea. The wheel of fortune is going to link the fate of the next generation of guardians together when the time has come for an ancient mistress of ice returns to the revived Earth of the 31st century...

20 years ago

'So, had you reconsider my invitation? The lords of Olympus, Asgard, and Kun Lun are very concerned. An ancient cosmic traveler is coming back to claim what she thought belonged to her,'said Hermes, herald of the Olympus pantheon and one of the few supernatural beings are allowed to visit the island.

The swiftly god messenger has been trying to find a trace of Laurel's mind through the illusions and the chi around the island. However, even with his golden staff and powers, he could find nothing.

'Laurel Selene, Arctic Priest, you know why I am here time and time again! Time is running out and you know the mortals could not save themselves from the world shaking smash! Your children could be the world's best surgery doctors, healers, teachers, psychologists and hypnotists... if only they were alive! I believe you do not want to see millions sent to Purgatory! We want to protect the world from outside threats but we are too weak to take direct actions after restoring the planet from Ragnarok. With the disappearance of the Phoenix, it is up to you to restore the Fung Shen Seal to its glory! Even the winds could listen there is a desperate feeling in the winged herald's tone.

It is a depressing mission to invite the Arctic Priest return from retirement and isolation, yet, Hermes just cannot let the world sank by the mega tsunamis, earthquakes and nuclear winter foretold in prophecies, specially a world that had just been healed by the combined might of all known pantheons. Since the gods are too weak to save the planet, Hermes decided to incarnate and work inside a human host to gather the potential champions.

'According to the prophecies, the name of Hermes1069 would became world famous when the wildest flood of the ancient Chang Jiang is stopped by the incarnated herald.' A mysterious figure is reading the message sent in the form of a pigeon. 'In Kowloon City, the mutant potentials of a young science student is going to awake with telepathy and magnetic powers in 2 years. A knight from the depths of 7 seas will mend a broken heart, start the first spark of miracles for the tortured world......'

'Oh well, who cares?' Julian winked and go on stage for the encore, leaving the note from Kun Lun brunt into ashes.

Year 2088 Winter

'Sebastian Lee of Prime Sentinel Police reports to duty.' The routine in low town is usually easy. But during the Holiday Season, it became very crowded. The green haired android policeman grabs a red shirt with black checkers shirt, get into some casual wear and leaves his station. The evening is cloudless, everything seems to tell it will be just another Friday night shift with for Unit 5 of the P.S. Police.

'We are assigned to keep the citizens and tourists happy shopping for the local economy, couldn't we get a more challenging task?' Such commend often spoken by the latest model of the P.S. However, for Sebastian, he knows the risk. Though the supernatural Seal has the Kowloon City protected from hostile magic and super powers, many colleagues are lost during the typhoon seasons. The threat of mad scientists cannot be underestimated too.

'Here we are in the shopping area, as overcrowded as ever,' says one of the android. 'May be we can finish our last minute shopping tonight too! What can possibly harm a cloudless night in the city that neutralize magic and super powers?'

'Emergency! Emergency! Red Alert on all Units! Warning, unidentified energy signals approaching the city. The Atlantis Navy is... is... on their way... way...' Suddenly the sky of Kowloon City is covered by thick stormy clouds. The flow of shoulders squeezing shoppers switched to the opposite direction. It does not take an experienced robot cop to tell the city is in trouble.

'Communication is served. We are on our own now, brothers. Let's go!' Yet before Sebastian finishing his commands to Unit 5, 2 of them are sheltered like glasses by thick blocks of ice!

'What the...?' Shocked by the sight of some snowy figures crashing the well trained new PS models and freezing the passengers on the streets, Sebastian tried to screen if it is any super criminals recorded before yet he couldn't find a match.

'Aarrgghh!!!!' The worse is, the loss of connection to the quarters make armor download impossible. Otherwise, Sebastian won't lose his left arm to the high flying enemies.

'So it is the serve coldness freezing our fuel, shutting down the circulation, then solidify to cut our joints. The fast learning android begins his study on a destroyed snow monster. The faces of snowy blur are is uncovered. They looked like ballet dancers made of ice but surely they are not the ladies of Swan Lake. They can freeze people with ranged ice blast or slice flesh with blades made of razor sharp ice cubes.

'These things are moving fast, but I will still catch them!' The android police then commanded the remaining members to contact the quarters through emergency channel and try protect as many citizens as possible. With his heightened hearing, Sebastian found 2 young citizens still inside the toys session of the Hong-Guang Department Store!

'Stay down!' With a powerful leap, Sebastian reached the toys session on the 6th floor. His cold mechanical but powerful voice commands the children as  he destroy an approaching snow monster is with his finger laser.

'Thank Heaven! The Prime Sentinels have found us!' The children are so excited seeing the finest humanoid cops saving the day. The green haired P.S. looks like a ranger of super sentais.when the snow dancers around him are blasted into pieces.

'I am Sebastian; one of the 144000 Prime Sentinels swore to protect you. Now hold on tight, we are going to have a little jump,' said the humanoid. 'And I am Brian Osmond! And this is my new friend Oliver!' One of the best thing when you are a kid is fear cannot haunt you for long. What Sebastian does not know is the older child, well, the teenager, Oliver, is afraid of height, but he shut his eyes remains silent for his pride.

However, those snowy enemies would not care if you are child or adult, they would not take a break from freezing citizens. With one arm destroyed and his Unit half down, it is better to keep the kids inside the Sentinel Mobile which force field can shield them till reinforcement arrives. 'Just stay here and don't touch anything before I come back, ok?' Sebastian tried hard to stay cool as he rush the kids to his Sentinel Mobile. Yet the sparks from his broken left arm, the torn shirt and news from his built in communicator makes it difficult.

'Calling Low Town quarters, we need reinforcement. Unit 1, 6, 7 and 9 are down, repeat, 4 units are down!' It seems that invaders are giving the robot cops a run of their energons. Or, the hard truth is the P.S. and the city had been protected for too long that none of them know what to do.


'Are you going to use the Sentinel Hyperlink?' Oliver asked. By connecting to his fallen comrades, Sebastian downloads the skills, experience and taking the remaining energy for temporary use. Sebastian didn't answer the teenager.

'But it is a two edged sword, didn't many P.S. officers lose their lives by using it? Wouldn't it be better to wait for reinforcement or use the Sentinel Mobile to fight back?' Surprised by the knowledge of the lad, Sebastian had a quick scan on Oliver and found he was a junior member of Sentinel and Friends.

'It is our swore duty to protect the city. Besides, we are robots, we can be repaired.' Sebastian tries to stay cool. 'Not if the core is damaged' To Sebastian's surprise, Oliver turns away with his fists shaking. He knows the lad is weeping. But this is no time to turn to the social worker mode. Sebastian connects himself to the Sentinel Mobile and finally gets a better picture of the situation.

Judging from the pieces of broken arms and legs of his comrades on the pavement, Sebastian, the green haired humanoid knows the city is facing her greatest threat. And the loss of his mechanic brothers made Sebastian decided to multiply his strength; despite the power flow may overload his circuits.

'I will come back and drive you home, I promise.' Sebastian gives the Brian and Oliver a big hug as he leaves a command to the mobile to flee if reinforcement still not coming after he burns out himself.

'Command: activate Sentinel Hyperlink!' Sebastian's clothes are burnt away as his mechanic body turned red hot in the hyper mode. The color of Sebastian's eyes and hair turned red as a result. 'I won't allow you to take one step further!' As an experienced robot cop, Sebastian understands this power up status can last for 5 minutes only, if he ignores the limitations, his core will be beyond repair.

'Oh no, the third Law of Robots is over riding the A.I. of the P.S.! Sebastian! Somebody stop him! It's a suicide run!' Oliver closes his eyes and his hands are covering the child's for he knows what will happen in second. The picture of Sebastian about being torn and broken by a legion of snow dancers is too bloody violent for any monitors!

Just when Oliver thought he may not see Sebastian again, a blurry figure dash in the battle, Brian rejoices since Hermes 1069 finally come to rescue, however, Oliver has a feeling that it is someone else. And the monitors prove Oliver is right.

'Holy Flame!' The old fashioned 'burn and melt' seems to be the most efficient way to get rid of those deadly snow ladies, as proven by the winged immortal before Oliver's mortal eyes.


'Hush, you are safe now,' said Zauriel who opened the door of the damaged Sentinel Mobile. 'Hermes lowered the barrier just in time for the traveling meta human, mutants to contribute their strength, otherwise, the superheroes would not be much help.'

'You don't need to mention that,' says the little boy Brian in a grown man voice.

'Brian...?'

'Well, the gods work in mysterious ways, Oliver' the kid formerly known as Brian Osmond then grows tall and strong and a white cloth so pure and whiter than the virgin snow warped the now grown man.

'Hermes 1069 and Zamuriel? Am I in Heaven?'

'Hold that naughty thought, bishonen,' the herald god replied in his sexy and flirty voice. 'We have much to do.'

'How about we start by saving the broken android police officer, please?'


'For you have seen us, or better says the Presence allowed, willed you to see; I assure you the mechanical guard will be saved. The pain in your childhood won't repeat. However, we need you to come with us.'

'Heart of Jesus, fill me with Your Divine Mercy! For I am unworthy to see You, but only say the word, I shall be healed!' Poor Oliver, leaving with an angel and a god? Isn't it the same as going to Heaven the afterlife?