Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or Power Rangers
Author's Notes: This tribute is dedicated to our very own Silver Ranger, Cameron Jebo, who has openly stated how very disappointed over how little his character got to do on the show (especially compared to his counterpart. Hopefully, this tribute will be the shining moment he envisioned his character would go through.
I would like to give credit to Frankthetriviaman, who I have collaborated with to make this tribute possible.
After how poorly received my last tribute was, I've decided to make this one deal with a bit darker themes.
Chapter 1: Deep Six
Orion's damaged space ship
Orion was sleeping inside his ship, with nothing but a blanket to keep himself warm.
"Uh, uh…." Orion moaned as he tossed and turned around in his sleep.
Fade into his dream state.
In this dream, Orion was back on his home planet, Andrasia. Everything looked so peaceful. Then suddenly, the Armada ships came arrived and began shooting down Orion's village.
"No…." Orion cried out in horror.
One of the Armada ships turned around and began flying toward him.
"No...no." Orion quivered as he looked back at the ship.
Orion tried to run, but it was like his feet had turned into puddy. The Armada ship prepared to fire its laser at him.
"No,...No...NO!" Orion screamed in despair as the Armada ship blasted him.
After several seconds, Orion opened his eyes and saw that he was not on his home planet anymore. He was somewhere else completely. It looked like Earth, but there was no people around.
"Son." A voice said.
Orion turned around and saw two figures standing behind him. Orion's eyes bulged in amazement.
"Mom?"
The woman nodded with a half-smile.
Orion turned to face the man. "Dad?"
The man nodded.
Orion could barely contain himself, and rushed over to hug his parents. "You're alive."
"Orion, we are not here." The Father told him as he held out his hand.
Orion froze where he stood as his joyous smile changed into a cold frown.
His parents looked at each other, then the father stepped forward.
"We have come to deliver you a message, son." The father told him.
"A message?" Orion inquired.
"You were chosen to be the Silver Ranger, son." Orion's father told him. "You were given a special power to stop evil beings like those of the Armada from harming the innocent. With that morpher, you can finally avenge all those people who lost their lives to the likes of Prince Vekar."
"I'm doing that now." Orion informed him. "Several weeks ago, we destroyed the Prince."
His father's gaze did not grin.
"It's not enough, son." Orion's father went on. "He was just one royal member. The fight isn't over until all of the Armada has been wiped from the universe. You can't let anyone else suffer anymore."
"But..." Orion began.
"Listen, son, being a hero isn't always easy." His father told him. "But it something that has be done, and sometimes we do what we must for the sake of those who can't protect themselves."
"Be the hero this planet needs you to be, Orion." Orion's father pleaded. "Stop the Armada, no matter what. Stopping the bad guys from harming people, that is what makes you a hero. Will you do that for us, son?"
Orion looked up at his Father, a tear forming in his eye. "I promise, Dad. I'll do whatever it takes."
The father smiled warmly at his son, before slowly dissolving into nothing as did his wife.
Outside the dream state
Orion slumbered in his ship.
"I'll do it, Dad." Orion mumbled in his sleep. "I'll do what's necessary."
Unbeknownst to the slumbering Silver Ranger, two luminous eyes were peering into the ship, watching everything that had unfolded.
"Hm, yes, Silver Ranger." A devious voice chuckled. "Do listen to dear Daddy."
Armada Warship, Next Day
Damaras and Levira walked into the Command Room. Vrak was already there, standing in the center of the room as he observed the Earth from the window.
"Sire, you called us." Damaras stated.
Vrak turned around to face the two. "Ah, yes, Damaras, Levira. I have summoned you both here so you can watch my greatest, most diabolical scheme yet."
"New scheme?" Levira questioned as Vrak walked past the two approached the main controls.
"Yes, Levira." Vrak replied as he took a seat on the throne. "You see, those rangers have been a thorn in our sides for far too long. However, this scheme will not only destroy the Rangers, but also their reputation on their planet."
"What do you mean, Sire?" Damaras inquired.
"You will see soon enough, Damaras." Vrak replied before turning to face the exit. "Zilas!"
The sliding door opened and Zilas walked inside the room. He approached Vrak and bowed humbly.
"Is everything ready?" Vrak asked.
"Yes, sir." Zilas answered.
Vrak chuckled lightly. "Good, then we begin Phase one of my plan."
"Yes, sir. I will not disappoint you this time." Zilas vowed. "Because I have a partner for this mission, sir."
The doors slid open once more and an anthropomorphic ape waddled into the room.
"Oh, Hoot, oh!" The chimp whooped as it approached Zilas.
Levira backed away in disgust.
"What is that?" Levira shrilled.
"This is Atecus, my new assistant." Zilas said as he patted the chimp on the head. "I thought she may come in handy in this fight."
"Very well, Zilas." Vrak approved. "Now go."
"Yes, Sire!" Zilas nodded.
Zilas and Atecus walked out of the room. As the two walked down the hallway, Zilas began to feel weak. He stopped mid-step as he grasped his head for a few seconds.
Shaking off the strange feeling, he and Atecus continued on to the space bridge.
The Beach near the Command Center
Today, the five main rangers were going to race the vehicles they received from the Legendary Rangers across the beach. Since Noah and Emma's vehicles were flight based, they sat out on this race.
The other three rangers drove their vehicles near the starting line. Troy with the Lightning Crusier, Gia with the Yellow Glide Cycle, and Jake with the Dino ATV.
Emma was at the starting line, preparing to sound off the race while Noah was at the finish line, where he was going determine who crosses first.
Once given the okay from Noah, Emma held up the racing flag.
Jake turned to face Troy. "You ready to eat my dust, Troy?"
Troy grinned at Jake. "In your dreams, soccer boy."
"On your mark!" Emma shouted.
"Get set..."
The three Rangers revved their engines.
"Go!"
The three rangers peeled their vehicles across the beach.
At the moment, Troy was in the lead but was at clear disadvantage due to his vehicle's size. Jake's ATV and Gia's cycle were able to slide past every change on the beach much easier than the Lightning Cruiser.
Jake pressed for the lead, as his ATV was much more maneuverable than Gia's cycle.
Gia, however, drove her cycle relentlessly across the beach track. There was no way she was going to lose to Jake.
At this point, Troy was out of the race, as Lightning Cruiser hit a sinkhole, leaving it stuck.
Jake and Gia were both pushing for the finish line, which was only several dozen of yards away. The landscape was a lot rougher in this area.
Jake grinned with glee, as he knew Gia's cycle would never be able to go through this thick patch of sand and pressed forward. Before long Gia had sank behind him.
"I don't think so!" Gia whispered.
Gia lifted the handlebars of the Cycle toward herself, causing it to go into the air as it did countless back-flips.
"Whoa!" Troy gasped.
"No way!" Noah awed.
"Incredible!" Emma sighed.
The cycle, Gia still on it, continued hovering toward the finish line. At this point Jake was already past the rough terrain and was mere yards from the finish line.
"It's all you, Jake." Jake whispered with glee.
That's when Gia's Cycle descended back to the ground. Fortunately, the cycle landed right in front of Jake.
"What?" Jake gasped.
Gia, who was in her Ranger mode, looked back at Jake. She waved at him before blowing a kiss in his direction. She then sped past the finish line.
Gia hopped off her cycle and de-morphed.
"Oh yeah, oh yeah." Gia sang as she started dancing in a hip hop style. "Uh, huh, uh huh. That's right. I won. In your face, boys."
"Where did you learn that trick?" Jake asked as he, Troy, and Emma walked toward her.
"Hey, I don't spend all my time with you guys." Gia replied. "I do other things to occupy myself."
"You know, speaking of spending time, have any you guys seen Orion?" Emma asked.
The others shook their heads.
"Come to think of it, he has been kinda moody lately." Noah said.
"I bet he probably misses his home planet." Troy theorized.
"Or maybe he's meeting spending time with a Legendary Ranger." Jake joked.
The others exchanged glances. This made Jake look worried.
"Wait, he's not, is he?" Jake asked.
"He hasn't said anything, so I guess not." Noah answered.
The five began walking back to their vehicles.
"Well, wherever Orion is, I'm sure he's fine." Troy said. "If he wasn't, I'm sure he'd have told us."
The others nodded in agreement.
"So, what should we do now?" Noah asked.
"How about we use our flying vehicles for..." Jake began before being erupted by a loud explosion in the , a loud explosion sound erupted.
"What was that?" Gia asked as the Rangers looked around.
"Look, over there!" Emma exclaimed as she pointed toward where the city was.
A building seemed to be on fire.
"Let's go!" Troy commanded.
With that said, the Rangers got back onto their vehicles and made their way back to the city.
Harwood County City
People had already begun running away as Zilas and Atecus walked throughout the city.
"Ah, such pathetic fools." Zilas chuckled under his breath.
"Zilas." Troy shouted.
Zilas turned around to see the Rangers pushing through the terrified crowd of civilians.
"Well, Rangers we meet again." Zilas coaxed as he twirled his sword. "It's been a while."
"Can't say it's a pleasure."Let me introduce you to my new assistant, Atecus." Zilas told them as he motioned toward the red faced ape.
"Ah, that thing is ugly." Gia gagged.
"Shall we begin, Rangers?" Zilas taunted.
"Hyah!" Orion grunted as he flipped into the scene. "Not without me.
"He made it!" Jake exclaimed.
Orion rejoined his friends. "Don't worry, guys.
"Alright, let's start with a little warm-up, shall we." Zilas taunted. "Guards!"
Zilas snapped his fingers, summoning two Elite Guards.
"Guys, it's time to go, Legendary!" Troy commanded as the six summoned the keys from their belts.
Pulling out their morphers, the Rangers inserted their keys into the devices.
"Legendary Ranger Mode…Zeo!"
"Red Zeo Ranger!" Troy declared as he summoned his Zeo Power Sword.
"Blue Zeo Ranger!" Noah declared as he summoned his Zeo Power Axes
"Yellow Zeo Ranger!" Gia declared as she summoned her Zeo Power Double Clubs.
"Green Zeo Ranger!" Jake declared as he summoned his Zeo Power Hatchets.
"Pink Zeo Ranger!" Emma declared as she summoned her Zeo Power Disc.
"Gold Zeo Ranger!" Orion declared as he summoned his Gold Staff.
The Elite guards fire laser from their staffs at the Rangers.
The Rangers somersault forward to avoid the attack.
"Hyah!" Troy grunted as he, Emma, and Noah front flipped.
The three Rangers engaged with the first guard.
"Zeo Power Disc!" Emma shouted as she slashed the guard with her weapon. "Go for it, Noah!"
Noah leaped upwards and threw his Zeo Power Axes at the guard as projectiles.
With the guard weakened, Troy raced forward and slashed the guard with his Zeo Power Sword, destroying the guard.
Meanwhile, Gia was currently fighting the other guard, who was having trouble blocking her Double Clubs.
"Take this!" Gia shouted as he rammed one of her clubs against the guard's gut.
The guard was knocked backwards, allowing Jake and Orion to finish him off with a slash from both their weapons.
The Rangers re-grouped as they de-morphed back to Super Mega.
"Too easy." Jake quipped as the Rangers turned to face Zilas.
"You know what, Rangers?" Zilas coaxed as he threw his sword to the ground. "Let's see how powerful you really are, huh? I'll let you all have a free shot. Come on, give it your best.""
Zilas held his hands outwards, leaving himself completely vulnerable.
"What's he dong?" Emma whispered as the group held out their weapons defensively.
"It's a trap." Gia hissed. "I know it."
"Guys, remember what I told you before?" Noah reminded.
Troy nodded. "Yeah, we know what he really is. So we can't hurt him since he's one of us.
The others nod in agreement.
"Okay, then let's…." Troy began before being interrupted by a loud yell.
"What the…."
Orion had leaped forward and charged at Zilas. Unprepared, Zilas went down easily.
With his victim vulnerable, Orion placed his foot on his chest and poised his Silver Spear to Zilas' head.
"Do it, Ranger!" Zilas spat.
"With pleasure." Orion seethed as he readied to stab him. "HYYYAAH!"
Before Orion could make the final move, Troy and Jake rushed forward and yanked him off Zilas.
"What are you doing?" Orion snapped, fighting to free himself from his teammates grips. "I had him! Let me go!"
"Orion, you can't." Troy grunted.
Zilas got back on his feet and brushed the dust off his body.
"Mission accomplished." Zilas chuckled.
With that, he and Atecus teleported away.
"NOOO!" Orion yelled as he escaped his teammates grip. "He got away!"
Orion looked back at his teammates. "What were you thinking?"
The five main rangers exchanged glances with each other.
"What?" Orion barked.
Troy turned to face Orion. "Command Center, now!"
"Orion, what were you doing out there?" Tory scolded. "You almost destroyed him!"
The rangers brought Orion back to the Command Center so they could lecture him about his reckless actions.
"Are you kidding me, Troy?" Orion retorted. "This is the guy we have been fighting for weeks and you ask me why I tried to attack him. And for once we had the chance to take him out."
"Orion, you don't understand." Troy told him. "Zilas is not what he seems.
What are you talking about?" Orion asked with a slight hint of annoyance.
Noah stepped forward. "When you guys were on Animaria, I fought Zilas at the school. After I managed to wound him, Zilas' body started to change."
"What are you getting at, Noah?" Orion asked in a rather impatient tone.
Noah let out a heavy sigh. "Orion, Zilas is a human. A human like us."
There was silence for a few minutes.
"So." Orion finally said. "What does that have to do with anything?"
The five other rangers were speechless. What had gotten into Orion?
"Look, human or not, he's working with the Armada to conquer this planet." Orion pointed out. "As Power rangers, we have a job to stop him at all costs to protect this planet and its people. Do you really want the Earth to suffer the same fate as my planet?
"But that's not how we do things, Orion." Emma explained. "We're not fighting to kill other beings; we're fighting to protect Earth."
"Oh, so it's okay for you guys to destroy alien beings?" Orion pointed out in a huff.
"It is one thing to harm them, but they give us no choice." Gia put in. "But we don't harm humans, we always find another way."
"Besides, we don't know if Zilas is acting on his own free will." Troy added. "What if the Armada is controlling him and there might be a way to save him?"
Orion shook his head, not believing what he was hearing. These five had the powers to save the world. He grew up believing that the Power Rangers did whatever was necessary to protect the innocent. The most sacred legend Orion had heard as an adolescent was of a Red Ranger who was forced to shatter the energy tube of a wise being of good to expel all existing evil. That was the Ranger he wanted to be and these five were against him. No, he couldn't accept this.
"Well, I'm sorry, but I came here to put in an end to the Armada and anyone aligned with them." Orion said firmly. "And I'm not letting anyone stand my way. Even you."
"This is Robo Knight all over again." Jake sighed in frustration.
The other rangers exchanged glances with each other. Jake and Noah nodded at Troy, knowing what he was thinking. Troy turned to face Orion once more.
"Orion, I'm sorry," Troy said sternly. "but I'm afraid you are now relieved of your Ranger obligations. Gia?"
With that said, Gia twisted Orion's arm behind his back (similar to what Jen did to Wes in Time Force) allowing Troy take Orion's morpher and Ranger Key from his jacket.
"What are you doing?" Orion demanded after wrenching free from Gia's grip.
"You're taking a leave of absence." Troy told him as he stepped back. "It's for your own good and you know it."
"I don't think so." Orion shook his head. "Give it back!"
Gia stepped in, her arms crossed around her chest.
"No, Orion." Gia said sternly. "It's five against one, pal."
Orion turned to face the other three rangers. "Guys, come on. Back me up here."
Jake looked up with a saddened look on his face. "Sorry, man."
"Noah, please." Orion pleaded.
Noah shook his head.
"Emma?" Orion begged turning to face the Pink Ranger.
Emma looked Orion in the eyes for a few seconds before she walked over to stand by Troy and the others.
"I'm sorry, Orion." Emma mouthed.
Orion stood where he was in disbelief. After all that they have been through, they were actually turning him away when he was doing what he believed was right.
"Fine, keep it." Orion scoffed cockily, in an attempt to mask his sadness. "I-I don't need you guys…"
Before anyone could say anything else, Orion stalked out of the Command Center.
"Orion!" Emma called as
She began to follow him, but was stopped by Troy, who placed his hand on her shoulder.
Emma looked back at Troy, who shook his head.
"No, Emma." Troy told her. "This is something he has to figure out himself. Until then, we don't talk to him about anything Ranger related."
Troy looked around at the other three rangers. "Agreed?"
"Agreed?" The three acknowledged.
Troy turned to face the Pink Ranger.
"Trust me, I don't like it as much as you do," Troy told her. "but if his mind isn't completely focused on our mission, he's a liability that Zilas could take advantage of."
Emma looked down for several seconds. "Okay, I trust you, Troy."
"Let's go." Troy suggested. "It's getting late."
With that, the five rangers walked out of the Command Center. Troy was almost out the door, when he looked back for a few seconds. He held up the Silver Morpher and Ranger key.
"Better keep it here." Troy told himself.
He walked over to one of the monitors and clicked the touch screen, opening a hidden hatch underneath the computer. Troy placed the Ranger Key and morpher inside the hatch before closing it up again.
After a few seconds, Troy, believing what he did was safe, turned back around and walked outside the Command Center.
Later that night
The inside of the Command Center was pitch-black, save for the computer monitors. All was quiet when….
Footsteps began to echo through the cavern.
A figure soon emerged from the entrance of the Command Center. The figure's entire body was shrouded by the shadows.
The figure approached Gosei's head, examining it for a few seconds. After that, it walked over to the computers placed all across the Command Center.
Pulling out a flashlight, the figure turned the light on, allowing him to search through the dark chamber more easily.
He clicked several buttons on the blue screen computer, which opened the secret compartment that contained Orion's silver morpher and Ranger key.
The figure held up the device and key to his face, smiling.
Apparently getting what he came for, the figure bolted out of the Command Center and into the shadows of the caves.
End Notes: Does this sound familiar to you?
The next chapter will contain a retcon scene on Orion's backstory, which will be similar to his Japanese counterpart's backstory.
In regards to Orion's parent's physical descriptions, they would have been played by Michael Hurst (the voice of the Ninja Storm villain Vexacus) and Jodie Rimmer, both Auckland, New Zealand actors.
The race scene was a request from JediPrime back in Gia's tribute.
All this next time, please rate and review