A/N: Hey there guys. Just wanted to give a quick shout out to decode9 and Son of Whitebeard for leaving me reviews, and another shout out to my OC contributors: decode9, CountySweetHeart, and lil26jay. I am still looking out for a yellow ranger, so if you want to submit an OC you should probably get it in. Anyway, here's chapter 2 wherein we see what was going on at and around the same time as the events of chapter 1.

Power Rangers Constellar Defenders

Chapter 2: Return of the Conquerors PT. 2

Planetary Defense Center, KO-35

A small hovering vehicle stops in front of KO-35's Planetary Defense Center. After the vehicle powers down and gently lands on the ground, a man exits the vehicle and walks into the building. The man is wearing a grey jacket and matching pants, a red undershirt, and black shoes. On the front right of the jacket was a small white patch that featured a grey planet with a red ring around it and on the front left were two patches. One being a black patch with a golden oval and five squares, from left to right being colored black, yellow, red, pink, and blue, and below that patch was a black circle with a red outline that had a red pyramid with a curved lightning bolt on it.

The man flashed his badge at the security guards, who gave him a salute as he entered. This man clearly commanded a great deal of respect, as he was getting salutes from various center personnel and people were making sure to be out of his way. He reached an elevator and entered it, hitting a button to take him to the top floor. Mere moments later, the elevator arrived at its destination, and the man exited and walked down the corridor in front of him. He entered a set of double doors at the end of the corridor, entering into a laboratory which seemed to be rather busy. One scientist however, took notice of the new arrival and went over to greet him.

"Andros, I'm glad you could make it on such short notice." The scientist greeted while shaking Andros' hand. As soon as they broke the handshake, the scientist led Andros to another smaller room, which seemed to be the scientist's office. They both took a seat and the scientist began to type away at his computer.

"I'm glad I was able to make it, but I can't be here for long. Hannah's graduating from the academy today and I need to be there." Andros replied, putting extra emphasis on the word need. The scientist nodded and hit a button on his keyboard, the room going pitch black and a hologram appearing.

"I understand, but this shouldn't take too long. I just wanted to show you something I found while researching 'the incident' that happened a few months back." The scientist explained as Andros' eyes seem to harden, having been on hand and effected greatly by 'the incident'. The scientist took about 5 minutes explaining how the black stone seemed to feed off energy, but it was only ever noticeable when creatures of darkness were near, which is exactly what caused the incident in the first place and caused research on the stone to be moved to the orbiting Asteroid.

"So what you are saying," Andros began, trying to find the right words, "Is that those creatures could have been Shadow Conquerors?" The scientist shuddered, but Andros couldn't tell if that was because the thought of the Shadow Conquerors upset or annoyed him.

"All signs seem to point to that being the case." The scientist finally stated after a few moments of silence. "Look I know you've got to get out of here, so I'll see what else I can dig up on this and send it to your ship, ok?" Andros nodded and thanked the scientist for his time before leaving the room and heading out. However, as the scientist began digging, nothing could have prepared him for what he was about to find, and what was about to unfold.

Ranger Training Academy, Main Hall, KO-35

Standing in a formation was a group consisting of about 20 young adults. They all wore the same grey jacket/pants combo Andros wore, but the jackets had no patches and they all wore grey undershirts. They were all chattering among themselves about how much they had been looking forward to this day, except for one girl. She had long hair that was dyed black held up in a ponytail, and she seemed to be willfully ignoring and avoiding interaction with the other students.

"Come on Hannah, cheer up at least a little bit would ya?" A voice directed at her spoke. Hannah looked up and smiled as she saw who made the remark. A male walked up to her with short brown hair which was spiked on the top, wearing a black version of what the other students were wearing, only with a white undershirt and his jacket had a single patch on it. The patch was white, and depicted a black shield with a white star in the middle.

"I'm trying Kite, but you know how I am at these things." Hannah replied, trying to ignore the looks she was getting from the other students. It was well known among the other students that, despite taking her mother's last name, she was the daughter of Andros and they felt she had gotten special treatment as a result.

"Hannah, I know you are trying to forget that there are others around you, but you can't call me Kite in front of the other students." The young man whispered in Hannah's ear, causing her to turn red in embarrassment. The two had a brother/sister relationship, with Hannah having known Kite all her life. This in mind, it was very easy for her to feel comfortable around him but it also caused more problems with her fellow trainees.

"I'm sorry, Malakite. I'm just really nervous, since the Defenders are choosing a new member today." Hannah whispered back. Ever since Malakite was recruited for the Defenders program when it was established a year ago, Hannah had dreamed of joining and proving that she was more than her father. Malakite also knew her reasoning behind wanting to become a Defender, and respected the reason while also reminding her of what it meant to be a Defender. Malakite was about to respond when he heard his name being called by Andros, who was on the stage at the front of the room, signifying that the ceremony was about to begin.

"Welcome families and friends of our newest graduates from the Ranger Academy." A rather robust looking man said as he stood behind a podium, his voice amplified by what appeared to be a hologram microphone. "We are here to celebrate the completion of the most recent accomplishment of these young people's lives. However first, we have a couple of very special guests who need to make their announcement. So please welcome the head of the Defenders program, Commander Andros and the first and thus far only Defender, Malakite D'anarkin." The crowd gave a round of applause as Malakite and Andros approached the podium.

"Thank you ladies and gentlemen." Andros began. "Approximately one year ago, I established the Defenders program knowing that some time in the future we would need a group of rangers who would be ready, willing, and able to pursue villains throughout the galaxy. Today I am here to select another recruit to become a Defender." The teens in formation chattered among themselves excitedly, save for Hannah, at this news. At this point Malakite took his place at the podium, while Andros retrieved a folded black uniform.

"As many of you know, I have been stopping by the Academy to observe the graduating class, hoping to make a selection based on what I saw. After observing all the potential candidates, I have made my decision." Malakite paused for a few moments as his eyes scanned the graduates. "Hannah Hammond, please come to the stage." Malakite said, which caused a bit of an uproar from the graduates. Hannah, being on the end of the row, quickly left the group and got up on stage. Andros looked down on her with a proud smile on his face as he presented her with the black uniform. Malakite was about to continue when Andros' communicator went off. Andros opened his communicator, and his eyes scanned over the message he got, a worried look coming over his face. Andros motioned to Hannah and Malakite to follow him, which both did without hesitation.

Megaship Hanger Bay, KO-35

Minutes later, Andros' hover car landed inside a hanger bay. The three got out and were immediately greeted by the scientist Andros had met with before. The scientist wore a grim expression on his face, as he explained to the three about the energy spike, the distress call, and the archived security footage they had managed to get their hands on.

"Corypheus? You mean that guy who was the head of the Shadow Conquerors?" Hannah asked, breaking the silence that had descended over the four upon then ending of the scientists story. Andros nodded in reply as the four quickly walked down a corridor into the main hanger. In the middle sat a ship that looked very much like the Astro Megaship, however it had a red and black color scheme, seemed bulkier, and had cannons instead of lasers.

"Malakite, Hannah, this is the Defender Megaship. As you can see the basic design was taken from my old Megaship, but it has been upgraded a great deal." Andros said as the four approached the ship. A hatch opened and Andros, along with the two Defenders entered the ship. The three made their way to the bridge, avoiding the other personnel who had been assigned to the ship.

"We weren't expecting to have to get underway so soon, but with scanners picking up their massive ship we needed to mobilize as fast as we could." Andros told the two as they made it to the bridge, which looked like a slightly upgraded version of the Astro Megaship's bridge. "Alright people, here's the rundown. We are following a massive ship that just recently attacked our orbiting research center. We have no idea where it's going, but we will be gone from KO-35 for an extended amount of time. Now let's get going." Andros commanded, to a unified 'Yes sir' from all the bridge personnel.

"Come on, I'll show you where you'll be staying while on the ship." Malakite offered to Hannah. Hannah nodded and followed Malakite as they made their way down a few floors, during which time the ship had taken off. They found their way to a door labeled 'Defenders'. "They wanted to keep us away from the other ship personnel, so they gave us this area near the captain's room." Malakite said, pointing to another door labeled 'Captain'. Hannah entered the room and sat on one of the six beds in the room. "Well, are you gonna look at your uniform?" Malakite asked, since she hadn't moved the uniform away from her chest since it was presented to her.

Hannah set the uniform down and slowly began to unfold it, setting it on the bed as she did. When she saw the shield patch on her uniform she nearly fainted. Malakite, seeing that she had become wobbly legged, moved to make sure she didn't fall. Setting her down on the bed, he looked at the uniform and saw exactly what effected her so. The shield patch had a red star in the middle signifying her being the red ranger. Malakite knew Andros had something to do with this, and made a mental note to confront him at a later time. For now though, Malakite needed to clear his mind and keep focused on their mission, not knowing where the mission would take him.

A/N II: Well there you have it. We now have both a Red and White Defender (just a note I will be calling them rangers as well, but with it being the defender program it makes sense to call them Defenders as well) Now I'm debating on whether to wait until I get a yellow ranger to post another chapter, or if I want to post a semi-short chapter exploring the relationship between Andros and Hannah. Let me know what you guys think. So next time, we will either be in transit to earth, or about to go to earth and introduce the submitted OC's. Thanks for reading, and please don't forget to leave a positive or negative review, but no senseless flames please.