This is my first piece of fanfiction in literally years. I'm 24 and way too old to be watching Power Rangers but I was struck by a bit of nostalgia when I saw it pop up on my netflix rec list. I'd stopped watching it years ago around the beginning of the Turbo era in the 1990s and I thought I'd watch a bit of the seasons that I'd never seen. I actually liked Time Force the best. I thought the overall plot was great and the acting above average for a 3-in-the-afternoon kids tv show. They also didn't use as much of the Japanese low res footage.

I also watched Dino Thunder and a bit of Space. The white ranger appeared on Dino thunder and I was like, WOW! Go on Youtube and search for a clip of the white dino ranger and hear his voice. It's basically evil sex in a white spandex. I watched every episode he was in while evil and kinda turned away when he went good because the voice disappeared when that happened.

There were also a few slashable moments where it was clear that the white ranger had a fascination with the red ranger(platonic of course) and I was all over that. However, these kids are in high school and I while I am a sick-minded individual in a lot of cases, writing sex scenes with underage kids is NOT my thing. It kind of grosses me out to be honest. When I was in my teens it didn't bother me but these days it just makes me cringe.

So, while I loved the dynamic of this evil white ranger with the awesome voice being fascinated with the red ranger, scenarios started playing in my head but I just could not picture the actors of Dino Thunder staring in my fantasies. So they were changed. The white ranger and his awesome voice became Eric Myers from Time Force(AKA the Quantum Ranger) and the red ranger was replaced with Andros from Space. I picked Eric Myers because he's a badass and seams to pull off that slightly evil, never-quite-knowing-what-he's-gonna-do personality. Andros appeared because I see him as kinda the girliest red ranger ever. He pouts like it's an Olympic sport and has nicer hair and nails than I do(I really like his dye-job). Sad but true.

The plot line was changed a bit as well. I'm not really a fan of the super wimpy Trent and his 'I don't want to be evil' thing and I definitely don't want him turning good by accident like that. So that whole plot was changed as well. I realize I am taking insane liberties with this but that's why it's called fanfiction. I'll be taking plot points from Space, Dino Thunder, and Timeforce and using them in different areas but the majority of the plot will be pulled from Dino Thunder and many scenes assume a certain amount of knowledge of the Dino Thunder storyline. If you haven't seen it, sign up for a free month at Netflix and watch it(and Time force).

I don't really expect anyone to read this because it's probably the most random thing ever so hey, why not have fun with it.

Part One

Aerk's ship was orbiting the blue planet below and he almost marveled at his own findings. He'd been studying the planet for a few weeks now but had yet to set foot on the ground there. And Preya was he ready to get out of this tin-can. Get away from the ration tablets and recycled air. Six months, he'd been on this ship and if he didn't know any better, he'd think it was a punishment by the elders. But really, he grudgingly admitted if only to himself, if they hadn't sent him, he'd have been even more pissed off. Aerk once again looked at the shining blue planet that the inhabitants had named Earth. Unoriginal to be sure, naming a planet a pretty word for dirt. But it wasn't the first time he'd seen it done.

He thought back to the elders and their orders and considered his findings. He'd need to be delicate in his report if he were truly correct. That this small planet, so far removed from the Great empires, was indeed the home of their ancestors.

Aerk's own race, the Kaern, had formed an empire of their own thousands of years ago. But they'd never really known where their species had came from. All any of them really knew was that the race who had enslaved them, the Pheldrin, had taken their kind from a far away planet to be used for manual labor. A few hundred years after the slaves had become completely entrenched in Pheldrin society, the Pheldrin had been forced into a war they could not win.

The Pheldrin species were a smaller people with little physical strength and a low birth rate, meaning their population was not as large as it once was. Their empire was declining and their enemies had known that and pressed forth in order to secure the resource rich territory. The Pheldrin fought for a few years but were losing their territory so they made a desperate decision to try and save their empire. They looked to their slave force for the answer. They used their technology to enhance the slaves even more and bred a new race of beings that they named the Kaern, the Defenders.

The Kaern were engineered to be a blood thirsty species that thrived on fighting and war. They fought for many years and eventually they managed to push the opposing forces from Pheldrin space. Without a war to fight the Pheldrin tried to bring their creations back down to the level of disposable slave but at that point the Kaern turned on their once masters.

The Pheldrin had intentionally increased their strength and size but they had also increased their intelligence and the Kaern were well aware of what would happen to them once the war was over. They had planted the seeds of revolution over the years and when the time came, they massacred their former masters. Other empires looked on in astonishment as the once great Pheldrin empire fell not to outside forces but to to their own creations. But they did not dare try and take any territory from the aggressive race. Soon the fighting died down and the Kaern set up their empire and began to explore dealing with the other races and civilizations surrounding them.

It was only a matter of time before these other would-be empires saw the potential of the Kaern race to be perfect mercenaries. The Kaern began to be hired out to win wars, settle disputes, and clear planets of indigenous peoples. It was many years into this new way of life when one of the species which had used the Kaern to clear several planets could not pay the required amount at the end. The Kaern elders threatened them with annihilation and the species made a desperate attempt to barter their five sacred jewels to the mercenaries. The jewels gave the holders greatly enhances power and encased the wearer in a suit lighter thank air but stronger than metal. The Kaern accepted the offering and after examination of the jewels, they found them to be remnants of a past people from long ago. They'd traced many crystals to the location of the planet Eltar where an advanced race had once thrived before war had decimated the planet and its species.

The Kaern set their sensors to detect the specific type of energy that was given off by the jewels and thus began their effort to locate power crystals all over the galaxy. Over the next two thousand years they found hundreds of crystals, large and small. The most powerful of which was the white gem. It had been found floating close to the galaxy center about a thousand years ago. Analysis of the rock containing the gem had shown the piece to have been once part of a planet with signs of dead bacteria and long fossilized pieces of foliage. They concluded that millions of years ago something broke apart a planet containing the gem and hurled the white gem into space where it floated around until being found. It was possible that other gems of the same type were in the location of where the planet was.

They were always scanning the galaxy for energy traces of these crystals and in the last few years a far off sector of space has shown tiny bursts of crystal energy but unfortunately they had never been able to pin down the energy's source.

Until now.

A powerful enough burst occurred that they were able to locate the source as coming from an area on the other side of the galaxy far from from the great empires. Being so far away they could not identify if the location was a planet, an asteroid, or even a star. But they did identify the energy as being identical to the energy of their white gem.

The elders called their most accomplished warrior, the holder of the white gem: Aerk Valdek Marzin, to them. Aerk had approached the seated elders taking in their crimson robes and dangerous air. While they were called the elders, they had no problem meting out punishment personally should the situation warrant it.

The high commander had look down upon Aerk. "Aerk Valdek Marzin. You've long been our most powerful champion with a perfect mission success rate. We are aware that you are on off planet recovery, however, we hope you will consider taking this assignment."

Aerk's head came up slightly. He had just gotten back from the front lines of the third Haneul/Venteg war. He had managed to teleport into the bowls of the Venteg flagship. Within and hour of his arrival on board the vessel, the entire crew had either surrendered or was dead. The Venteg had called for a ceasefire and had entered negotiations for surrender or peace depending on what side you were on. He had returned home to the Kaern homeworld with his riches and trophies in tow, had made the proper tribute to the elders before leaving for his estate on his planet of birth.

Traeka was a rural planet used to grow food for the empire. He had been born a farmer but had surpassed the strength of any who challenged him. Building anything besides the spherical buildings used by the farmers was restricted in order to prevent loss of growing land on that planet but Aerk had received special permission to build his estate there after his fourth strait tournament win.

"How can I refuse a direct request? It must be important for you to ask me directly like this." And it was true, the elders rarely called warriors before them for an audience such as this.

"Your white gem is the most powerful of the crystals and we had always hoped to find the planet it originated from but as you know we have always been unsuccessful..." The elder paused before continuing, "Until now. Our scanners picked up a burst of crystal energy originating from the 138th sector in grid 22."

"So far.."

"Yes, the journey in our fastest ship will take a bit over six months because you will need to go all the way around the center to almost the other side of our galaxy."

Aerk nodded and the elder continued, "If you are successful in finding the gems, you will need to collect them and then return here. There, of course, will need to be testing but after that you will be free to have your own militia and can assign the gems to your members."

"You said there was a burst of energy, it is possible that if the planet of origin was left intact after what ever flung the white gem into space that the indigenous people may have accessed the gem's power to become rangers."

"Aerk, you are our most gifted warrior. We have full faith in your ability to strip the natives of the gems if necessary."

Stripping a person of their crystal was not a painless process, in fact typically the person needed to be very badly injured and not in control of the crystal to take it.

Aerk had nodded and asked when he should leave.

"We have a ship being fueled right now. It has a reserved launch window in two hours. We are aware that this is not enough time to gather your belongings so there will be a credit chip waiting for you outside for you to purchase the necessary items before your departure."

Aerk nodded and was dismissed. He'd taken the ship and had made the trip around the center to this far flung planet. He'd arrived and had been astonished by what his computers had told him. The inhabitants were a 99% genetic match to the Kaern species and a 100% match to the ancestors before the Pheldrin had changed them.

He was very careful in his gathering of evidence. He wasn't completely sure what the elders would do about it but after a few days observation, he thought they'd do nothing. This species was not as advanced as the Kaern or any of the neighboring empires and they were nothing like the modern Kaernin species. These were a soft race of people with a far inflated sense of their worth in the grand scheme of the cosmos. And even disregarding that, he knew the elders would not want to draw attention to their weaker evolutionary cousins by publicizing this discovery.

So Aerk had sent the message but the distance between the planet earth and the Kaernin home world was so vast that even with the latest technology it would take over a week for his message to reach the empire. In the meantime, he'd programed the dominant languages into his translation chip and scanned the surface of the planet for traces of the gem energy. It really was too easy. There was a massive concentration of it emanating from a house far from one of the cities. Another few minutes of searching the human internet had given him the name of the owner of the house. Dr. Thomas Oliver.

Now, on a typical mission, Aerk would have simply teleported to the house and taken what he wanted but the elders had not placed a time limit on this little excursion and Aerk was interested in trying out some of his more subtle skills. He had never been to this planet either. On most of the planets inside the empire as well as many outside, Aerk's face was well known and he was constantly stopped for various reasons by fans hoping for a memento of the meeting or warriors looking for advice or an in with the higher ups in the Kaernin Government. He usually just brushed off the interruptions but they'd gotten to the point that he simply took his recovery time off on his home world which was rather sparsely populated.

This planet, however, the planet of his ancestors where he'd blend in seamlessly, offered the chance to experience life even for a short time without expectation or responsibility. He would draw this out a bit and even perhaps partake in the local flavor, something again, he hadn't been able to do freely in a while.

Aerk had watched a few videos from the planet and it clearly showed four rangers which was just as Aerk had hoped for. Dr. Oliver was obviously one of them, probably the black one, but the others would have to be ferreted out. Dr. Oliver taught classes on Paleontology at a university so that was where Aerk would start his mission.

He generated some plain earth style clothing and teleported to the surface. He entered the university and took in the students walking and lounging around the campus. He looked at the signs and followed them to 'registration'. He walked up to the counter and an older woman looked up at him from the desk.

"Can I help you young man?"

Aerk smiled. "Yes, my name is Erik Meyers and I just moved here. I'd like to take a few classes. Here are my transcripts."

She didn't take the papers but said in a bored voice, "Admission is closed for the semester. We're already five weeks in."

He was silent for a moment until she finally looked up at him and Aerk looked her directly in the eye. "Are you sure?"

He saw her take a breath before exhaling and smiling vacantly while taking the papers. "You know what? I think I was mistaken. You can still register. What would you like to take?"

"I've heard great things about Dr. Oliver and his paleontology program so I was thinking Paleoecology and Earth Systems Evolution."

She typed some things into her computer. "Alright dear, I have you in those classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And how will you be paying?"

Aerk again caught her eye. "Payment isn't necessary, I have financial aide."

She blinked and again typed on her keyboard, "Ah, I see. Alright I have you locked in." she hit a button and her printer started. She got up and grabbed the freshly printed sheets. "Here you are. This is your schedule with room numbers."

Aerk smiled. "Thank you ma'am."

"Have a good day, dear."

"Yes, I will." He turned and left.