POWER RANGERS: FROZEN STAR SERIES
RACE TO DESTINY
Chapter 1
Return of the Megaship
"Greeting rangers, I tried to contact you some time ago but my timing was off. I realized soon after I sent my last message that your world was in grave peril. Congratulations on saving your world once again, but at the moment I'm afraid there is a larger problem than rebuilding your decimated planet. A terrible man with his eyes set on controlling your world is trying to find the location of the Frozen Star. Although he has not yet learned of its location, he is closing in and I am afraid that when he does it will spell disaster. You must hurry; find the Frozen Star before he does if there is to be any chance of saving your world or the universe."
Tommy looked at the image as it faded from the screen, "Contact Dr. K, we need a way to get a message to the Megaship and recall them to earth.
"On it", Billy said.
"Dad", Crystal said, "What is the Frozen Star?"
"I don't know", Tommy replied, "But if someone with intentions like that is looking for it, then it can't be good." He hit a button on a console before picking up a microphone, "Attention all rangers, Report to Operations immediately, we have a problem."
(Two weeks later)
An invisiportal opened and eight people stepped out from the vortex. The sight out their ruined house was not a happy one for the Oliver and Scott families. Kim let a tear fall as they walked towards what was left of the porch. Tommy stopped in the driveway to inspect what used to be their cars. The blast that had destroyed the house really worked a number on them, but from the looks of it Conner's car and maybe Jason's could be made to run again, but his jeep and the girl's cars were totaled. Carefully, they made their way through the rubble of the ruined house looking for things that may have survived. Most of their most valuable possessions were moved into the old Dino lab, but something was always missed. They found little that was salvageable; even things that survived the explosion were ruined after two and a half years of being exposed to the elements. Jason and Tommy dug through the rubble until they came to the sealed trap door into the lab. Tommy held his breath as he pressed the unlock control build into his communicator, but nothing happened.
"Maybe we can get in the back way", Jason offered.
Tommy looked around before sighing, "Don't you feel like we lost a member of the family."
Jason nodded, "I do, we all lived here with our kids for a decade, and while we may not have been family by blood, but we were in every other way and so was this house."
"We should rebuild it", Tommy said.
"Agreed", Jason responded, "But for now let's get some of our stuff out of that lab."
About an hour later they had managed to pry open the rear entrance and were now sifting through the belongings they had been stored there since they first got word of the Venjix attacks. None of the equipment was functional, but their possessions seemed to be intact. As they began searching Kim and Kat squealed happily as they found the wedding album from their double wedding. Jason laughed as he pulled out Tommy's old dragonzord toy, "I can't believe you still have this", he said.
Three hours and several embarrassing stories later, Tommy, Jason, Kat, and Kim had returned to Ops along with several large boxes of items, considerably more tired and dirty than they were before.
The next morning, Tommy walked into ops, to see the planetary alert light flashing on his control panel. Upon further investigation, he discovered that the Astro megaship was on approach, but appeared to be damaged and under attack by forces that he couldn't identify. He immediately hailed them but received nothing but static. Tommy looked over at Billy who started extrapolating the course that the beaten ship was on. The chart showed up on the screen and Tommy immediately contacted Corinth before calling all rangers to ops. Once they had all arrived Tommy informed them of the situation. Billy had managed to extrapolate the Mega ship's course to just outside Corinth. Anton and Hayley opened an invisaportal and the rangers stepped through.
Dr. K was going over the scans that the rangers had forwarded her as the RPM Rangers and Tenaya walked into the garage.
"You wanted to see us Doc", Dillon said with a small hint of annoyance in his voice.
"What's going on?" Scott asked.
"We just received a communication from the other rangers", Dr. K replied, "They have a ship that is on course for Earth, but it appears to be under attack."
"And what do you need us for?" Ziggy asked absentmindedly.
Dr. K sighed, she never understood how she could feel an attraction to someone that was so far below her intelligence level. "We have been asked to assist the rangers in making sure that the ship and passengers arrive safely."
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Flynn asked in his thick Scottish accent.
"With these", Dr. K said as she pulled out a large case.
Gem and Gemma's eyes instantly lit up, "Does this mean it's boom time?" they asked together.
"I'm afraid it does", Dr. K answered, "I must ask you to take your Ranger Operator Series morphers back."
She opened the case and the rangers took their morphers back. Once they were done she handed a box to Tenaya who gasped in shock as she opened it. The box contained a jumpsuit very similar to the one she wore when she operated for Venjix with the exception of the "V" on the belt being replaced with the RPM Ranger symbol, and a new robotic hand with a blaster built in.
"Congratulations" Scott said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek, "You're officially part of the team."
An invisaportal opened and thirty-two other rangers appeared in the main part of the garage. Tommy led the team into the lab just as Tenaya finished changing her hand with the new one. Tommy was taken back in shock until he remembered being told the Dillon and his sister were cyborgs.
"How long until the ship gets here?" Summer asked.
"About ten minutes", Tommy replied.
Scott started walking to his car, "Then we had better hurry."
Andros banked the ship hard to the left as it shuttered and groaned from another weapon hit. He had tried every maneuver he knew and still the enemy had managed to hit them with what seemed to be every shot that was fired.
"DECA", he shouted, "How long until we reach Earth?"
"I estimate seven munutes", the ship responded.
One of the computers exploded as the ship was hit again and Andros angrily hit the comm. "I could really use those weapons back online", he shouted.
"I'm working as fast as I can", Cassie yelled, "It's a real mess down here."
"DECA, prepare for an emergency landing", he called but received nothing but static from the computer.
"All hands", he said, "This is Andros, The computer has gone offline so we may be in for a rough landing."
"Andros", came Rocky's voice over the comm system, "We have another problem. The last hit damaged the engines, and they're losing power fast."
"Give me all she's got for a ten second burst; after that we'll glide her in if we have to", Andros replied.
The ship took off in a quick burst of speed and left the alien fighters behind.
"That will buy us a little time", Andros said.
"I don't think so" Ashley answered, "I'm beginning to detect atmosphere, and the hull is beginning to heat up."
"So much for a smooth homecoming", she mumbled to herself as her husband began manually trying to stabilize the ship.
"All hands", he said, "Hang on to something, this ones gunna hurt!"
The rangers stood in the desert outside Corinth when the saw a ball of fire coming down from the sky. Ethan started to panic at the though of his wife and daughter being in that burning mass. Kim sensed his fear and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. They watched silently as the burning ship hit the ground followed quickly by several fighter ships.
"Ok guys let's go to work", Tommy said, "IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"
Bathed in light all thirty rangers morphed and stood at the ready when what seemed like an army appeared in front of them. Tenaya activated her blaster and stood between her brother and Scott. They were about to run into battle when the outer hatch of the Megaship blew out and nine more rangers stepped out with Karone in their midst. Andros looked at his sister and told her to start getting the civilians to safety before joining the forty others preparing for battle.
Tommy smiled beneath his helmet as he took his wives hand, "Did you ever think you would see so many rangers at one time?"
Kim gave his hand a squeeze, "No", and she slipped slightly into an old tone of voice, "Gotta love it."
The creatures started to charge and all fifty people on the ranger side lept into battle. Tommy and Kim seemed to dance their way through as Kat and Jason stayed as close as possible. Tenaya jumped on Scott's shoulder and took out three creatures with her blaster before falling when Scott hit the ground writhing.
"Scott!" she yelled as she got up beside him. Her eyes widened in horror as she heard a familiar voice come from the suit.
"I am free from my prison, and this time nothing can stop me", the voice said.
"What the hell was that", Scott said still trying to regain control over his suit.
"It's Venjix", Tenaya said quietly, "He's in your suit."
Scott's hand jetted out and grabbed Tenaya by the throat, "Ah Tenaya, It is poetic justice that I have my greatest traitor and the leader of my greatest enemies here together at my mercy."
"I don't think so!" Scott yelled as he tried to retract his hand, "You leave here alone!"
"Scott", she choked out through what little breath she could take, "De-morph."
"I can't", he said, "I can't move." He tried getting to him morpher when all of a sudden he felt someone grab his hand and pull it from Tenaya's neck..
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Dillon yelled as Scott continued to writhe on the ground.
"It's Venjix", Tenaya gasped out hoarsely, "He's taken over Scotts suit."
"What?" Dillon asked incredulously. He contacted Dr. K who immediately went to work trying to purge Venjix from the ranger armor.
"It's no use", she said into her comm system, "I can't purge it, but I can however shut it down."
"Then do it!" Dillon yelled as Tenaya raised her blaster and shot taking out a creature that was coming up behind her brother.
"Sorry Operator Series Red", she said as she entered the command, "This is going to be painful."
Scott screamed in pain as his suit dematerialized and left him unarmored and barely conscious in the middle of a battlefield.
"Get him out of here!" Dillon yelled at his sister as he ran back into the fray of the fight.
Tenaya hauled Scott up to his feet and started running toward the city gate. She had to fire off a few shots every now and again, but soon were inside the walls. "I'm so sorry", he said as he threw his arms around her.
"I know", she replied, "It wasn't your fault."
"I couldn't stop it, but I could feel your throat closing. How could this happen?"
"Hey", she said as soothingly as she could, "It's ok", she leaned in and kissed him, "You did nothing wrong."
"I still feel bad", he replied.
"I know", she said pulling him into a hug, "You'll get through it."
"Tenaya, We need you out here", Summers voice came through her communicator.
"I have to go", she said kissing him one more time, "Head back to the garage so the doc can have a look at you.
Scott nodded and Tenaya ran out the gate and back into battle. Jason cut through another creature with his power sword as Justin blasted another two.
"I think we're finally making some headway", Dustin said as Ethan flew over him in his hover cycle.
"At least somebody think so", Kira said, "When we're done here I'm taking a long bath and Conner's watching the kids."
Conner groaned as he swung his Tyranno-staff like a baseball bat, "You really know how to make a guy feel loved rockstar", he said as his staff connected with the head of one creature and he thrust it backwars into the gut of another.
Eventually the creatures started retreating and a very large, vicious looking monster faced down the rangers.
Tommy looked up at the creature, "You've lost". He said triumphantly.
"It matters not", the monster replied, "My mission is completed." The creatures disappeared and the fighter ships took off, leaving forty-nine people standing in front of the severely damaged Megaship.
Slowly the scared civilians began to exit the hulk that used to be their ship. Ethan rushed to the ship as two of the last refugees stepped onto the ground. A girl of about ten years of age ran out and threw her arms around the neck of the Blue Dino Ranger, "I missed you Daddy", she said. Ethan took off his helmet and kissed her on the forehead, "I missed you too Munchkin", he said.
"I hope you saved some of him for me", a familiar voice said as a blonde walked up to them.
"Cassidy", Ethan said as he swept her off her feet and spun her in the air.
She giggled slightly as she kissed him, "You dropped your helmet", she said in a soft voice.
"That's the joy of being a ranger", Ethan said playfully, "The uniforms are self cleaning."
"Hey bro", Devon said as he walked up, "You still making the spandex work for ya?"
Ethan heard the faint sound of an angry female voice come from his helmet, "It's not spandex!"
"What was that?" Devon asked clearly shocked while Cassidy started to giggle.
"Dr. K", Ethan replied, "She's kind of sensitive."
After the battle, Tommy and a few others accompanied the RPM Rangers back to the garage as Dr. K was finishing her examination of Scott.
"How is he doc?" Dillon asked.
Dr. K looked up from her computer and sighed, "Psychically he's fine, but in order to shut down the morpher I had to reset the DNA parameters, so as a result the morpher rejected Scotts DNA and he'll never be able to use it again.
"What!" Scott said outraged.
"I'm sorry Scott, but I had no alternative", Dr. K replied.
Tenaya took his hand and held it as he realized that he was no longer a ranger.
"Not to be unsympathetic", Summer said placing a hand on Scott's shoulder, "But what did that monster mean when it said it's mission was completed?"
"The bad guys don't like to lose", Kim said thoughtfully.
"Unless", Tommy added, "It was a stalling tactic and they're buying time in order to find the star before we do."
A/N: Here is chapter of of Race to destiny. For those reading The Next Year (Which has not been forgotten) I know Cassidy and Devon were together, but now you have incentive to read the following chapters when I post them. As always please read and review.
