08. Glass Monster
Henry returned to his modest apartment, frustration consuming him. He knew he had failed to kill the Glass Monster, not because he was weak, but because of his lack of experience.
He had already removed the Moon Ranger suit, the discreet bracelet returning to his wrist.
Remembering what had happened a moment ago, he found the appearance of the woman he had saved somewhat familiar.
Then, he noticed some system notifications from some time ago.
The system had created Kira Ford, a yellow ranger from the Dino Thunder team, in this alternate world.
Henry sighed. He realized that this system was very powerful, it could create things and people out of thin air.
Not that he hadn't realized it before, after all, the alternate world he was living in now was created by the system.
And even his abilities and attributes were given to him after modifying Tori's memories.
He lay down on the bed, the memory of the incident with his little finger coming back to remind him that he lives in a very cramped house.
•••
The next morning, Henry woke up to the sound of an explosion.
The explosion came from the direction of the city center.
He quickly transformed into the Moon Ranger and ran with his super speed to the site of the explosion.
Arriving there, Henry saw the three rangers of the Ninja Storm team fighting the Glass Monster.
Well, it wasn't a very fair fight, the three rangers were getting beaten up excessively. The red ranger was the only one still standing, he tried to resist, but his leg was pierced by a large shard of glass.
As for the yellow ranger, he was unconscious on the floor, his clothes torn and his body full of glass shards of varying sizes.
Now, Tori, the blue ranger, was still awake, but not much better, her clothes were also torn and she was badly injured with several glass wounds.
When Tori saw a black blur appear, she knew that the Moon Ranger had arrived, she smiled and a feeling of confidence rose in her heart.
"He's finally here..."
Right after muttering that he had arrived, Tori felt her vision go black, falling unconscious.
The red ranger was about to be pierced in the chest by the Glass Monster's sharp hands, when suddenly...
Henry, as the Moon Ranger, arrived in front of him and defended himself with the ninja sword.
This time, he didn't want to risk the Glass Monster running away again, so he delivered a quick blow with sword energy. As soon as he delivered the blow, Henry quickly delivered another and another.
There were a total of five blows of sword energy, enough to cut the monster into three pieces.
But it wasn't enough, the monster was regenerating very quickly, almost returning to normal in seconds.
But Henry noticed something, on the monster's forehead, there was a blue light that acted like a magnet attracting metal. But in this case, it attracted glass from its body.
"Not this time!"
Henry shouted and struck twice with his sword at the blue light. The energy from the sword cut through the light and caused it to explode.
"NO! GLASS MONSTER WILL DIE! GLASS MONSTER DOESN'T WANT TO DIE!"
*EXPLOSION*
The Glass Monster exploded and several shards of glass flew everywhere.
Henry could only protect the rangers and a few people who hadn't managed to run very far.
But with his speed, it wasn't difficult.
•••
In an abandoned factory, Henry brought the rangers here, removing the shards of glass from their bodies and waiting for them to recover.
While waiting, his mind received the system notification.
[Mission Complete: Defeat the Glass Monster]
[Objective: The Glass Monster is the first monster in this alternate world, the rangers are not prepared. Defeat the Glass Monster and save the rangers.]
[Reward: Modification of 1 memory of any target + Modification of 1 memory of Tori Hanson.]
"Finally!"
Henry thought happily, finally completing the mission and receiving the chance to modify the memory.
Dustin, the yellow ranger, was the first to wake up, groaning and putting his hand to his head. His eyes widened when he saw the imposing figure of the Moon Ranger.
"You... Who are you?"
Dustin stammered, confusion still etched on his face. He had been unconscious when Henry defeated the monster.
"I am the Moon Ranger, I defeated the monster made of glass and brought you here."
Shane, the red ranger, and Tori began to move soon after. Tori, upon seeing the Moon Ranger, tried to get up, but a groan of pain stopped her.
"Don't strain yourself, you're hurt."
Henry warned.
"You're the Moon Ranger that was on the news, right? Who are you really?"
Shane asked, suspicious, despite the gratitude evident in his voice.
He was awake when the Moon Ranger defeated the monster that easily almost killed them.
"Someone who fights for the same cause."
Henry replied, he looked at Tori once more and she didn't look so bad, so he was more at ease.
After all, they are rangers and they are also ninjas.
Before they could ask any more questions, Henry
disappeared in a blur, leaving the three rangers confused and in pain in the abandoned factory.
They had communicators in their morphers, it wouldn't be hard for them to get help.
•••
Back in his cramped room, Henry smiled and could finally move out of this small place.
To be continued...