Chapter 3

A/N: I wanted to make this chapter take place right after Mike got his powers as the Magna Defender but way before Deviot ended up baiting Scorpius to attack the Rangers while looking for Trakeena which ultimately led to his death. Now I know I added a romance tag to this thing and I'm still debating on which male Ranger to pair Temura up with. There's so many scenarios on how to play it out going through my head it hurts lmao, but I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I feel like I might end up making people a little OOC here sorry about that I haven't watched Lost Galaxy in a while so I'm just going with my first time watching from memory. This one's a bit longer than the other chapters but anyways happy reading.

Kai Chen was on his way to the grocery store from the base to pick up some ingredients for his latest dish, as the Blue Ranger loved to cook. If he didn't work at the Terra Venture colony base, Kai would be a chef at a restaurant since he had the skills for it. As he drove something in the air caught his eye. A wormhole appeared about five feet off the ground catching the attention of several onlookers.

"What is that?" one asked.

"Do you think it's another monster attack?" another person inquired.

"Didn't we have enough of those back in Angel Grove already? Sheesh that's the last thing we need right about now."

"I don't like where this is going. I got a bad feeling about this."

A woman fell out of the wormhole and landed on the artificial grass with a soft thud. Kai pulled over immediately then got out of the car and ran past the onlookers, apologizing as he made his way to her. He noticed she was very beautiful and looked a bit pale as she was unconscious. The Blue Ranger put his ear to her chest to check for a heartbeat. Surprisingly enough, the woman's heart was beating normally. He was thankful for that at least.

"Is she ok?" one of the onlookers asked him curiously.

"Yeah. She's ok but I have to take her to the infirmary," Kai replied.

Suddenly, the woman's eyes fluttered open and the sight of concerned faces greeted her. Kai noticed that she had the most unusual set of eyes as one was red and the other, blue. Sure the Blue Ranger had met people with heterochromia in his life, but those people never had a red eye before. Usually, one was green(any shade) while the other could be either shade of gray, brown or blue or a slight mix of the four colors. It was impossible for someone to be born with a red eye even if it had been a very rare birth defect. Not only that, her hair had streaks sharing the same two colors as her eyes as they were both red and blue.

"Where am I?" she asked while attempting to sit up.

Kai gestured to the people behind him to back up and give her some space which they did.
"You're on Terra Venture," he told her. "Can you stand?"

She nodded and reached out one of her hands for the Blue Ranger to pull her up. Surprisingly, when Kai grabbed her hand it felt cool. He pointed to a spot that had a lot of space for them to go and talk away from prying eyes.

"I'm Kai by the way," he said as he extended his hand out to shake hers.

"Temura. Temura Brixley."

As Temura shook his hand, the Blue Ranger felt the warmth from the other one. It was strange for someone's hands to be warm and cool at the same time as well as having two different eye colors with one not being natural. Temura's was a special case since she was born on a planet in a faraway galaxy with the inhabitants looking exactly like that.

"Your hands were warm and cool at the same time," he pointed to both of the brunette's hands.

"The reason why they feel that way is because I am from the planet Tempurnia in the Frostfire Galaxy," Temura explained. "We Tempurnians have the ability to adapt in environments that are a bit too hot or cold for humans to live in, as well as controlling the elements of fire and ice. We can also use our body temperature as a defense mechanism to protect from would-be attackers."

Kai was a bit surprised while taking this information in. He never met anyone from another planet other than Maya who was from Mirinoi.

'She's from another planet too besides Maya?' he curiously thought.

To prove her point, the Tempurnian concentrated some of her power in the palm of her right hand and a small fox made of ice appeared. Then, she generated a miniature flame in her left hand to melt the fox into a puddle. Kai's eyes nearly popped out of his face at what he just saw! But then he decided to focus on the big picture of how the Orange Ranger managed to come to Terra Venture earlier. That's when he noticed the Quasar Saber at her hip.

"Where did you get that?" he asked her.

"I was sitting at the park on Tempurnia until I suddenly found myself in a cave," the brunette explained. "The goddess of my planet, Nefia gave this to me to guard with my life as well as the Orange Transdagger and the Fox Galactabeast from whoever wanted them. She had been entrusted with them in the past from gods of another planet or so Her Grace says. The last thing I remember was that a being named Silvax appeared and demanded that I give him my Quasar Saber or something bad would happen if I didn't."

"Then what happened next?" Kai inquired eager to hear more of her story.

"I refused him however, then he got mad and attacked me. We fought for a bit. After I defeated him, Silvax used some kind of device to create a wormhole of some sort that sucked me in and brought me here as a last resort."

That made him pop the question, "You're a Ranger too?" Temura nodded then she suddenly collapsed on one knee, still a bit weakened from her fight with said monster. Kai saw this and asked if she was ok.

"I'm fine," she assured him. "I'm just somewhat feeling a bit drained from that fight I guess and a little lightheaded. I'll be alright, Kai really."

Even though Temura did her best to mask her fatigue, the Blue Ranger couldn't help but notice it showing on the Orange Ranger's face. After all she just had her first battle with some otherworldly being and ended up demorphing on her way to the colony. Eventually, it'll take a while for the brunette to get used to her newfound powers to the point of staying morphed after an event like that.

"How about I take you to the infirmary to rest? You could regain some of your energy back so you wouldn't feel tired," he offered. As much as she wanted to say no, the Tempurnian couldn't bring herself to kindly turn Kai down so she took him up on his offer.

The ride there didn't last long. As the two exited the car, Kai led her to a huge building that she assumed to be a base of some kind. Temura felt a bit woozier than last time, but not enough to the point of keeling over and passing out as she still had lots of strength left to keep walking and possibly fighting should an enemy attack the colony. Once inside, they walked through a long hallway with multiple doors and control boxes along the walls. People in uniforms passed them by while giving Temura some curious and odd looks. It was probably the eyes that caught their attention as they never seen eyes like hers before. A person that had eyes like Temura's either had to be an anime or video game character, given that some of the colony's residents and nearly all the Rangers(excluding Maya) have possibly at some point watched anime and/or played video games.

'It must be my eyes,' she consciously thought. 'No wonder they're giving me those looks. Are they curious, or perhaps, judging me?'

Along the way, the duo met Leo who was on his way to the Forest Dome for a jog when he spotted them. "Hey, Kai," he greeted but became curious about Temura as he have never met her before. "Who is she?"

The Blue Ranger led him into a nearby room that was unoccupied at the moment while Temura followed them inside. She nibbled on a Frostine, a pop tart like treat from her homeworld that had been a bit smashed during her scuffle with Silvax but was still good to eat. It tasted like peppermint frosting.

Her stomach had growled quietly, thus indicating she was hungry. A few moments later after munching on her snack and saving the rest for later, Temura felt instantly replenished as she didn't feel lightheaded anymore. She dusted her hands over a trashcan of any crumbs that fell between bites until they were free of crumbs.

"This is Temura. I found her passed out on the grass after falling out of a wormhole not too long ago. She said she had been fighting a monster on her home planet when it happened," he explained to the Red Ranger. "Apparently, it was after another Quasar Saber which she has on her right now."

Leo saw the Saber and was a bit surprised by this, but put on a friendly grin an extended his hand out to the Orange Ranger, "I'm Leo."

Temura smiled back and shook his hand, "I'm Temura but you already knew that thanks to Kai."

All three of them shared a chuckle before Leo asked where she came from, but he found himself mesmerized by her heterochromatic eyes as if they were putting a spell on him in a figurative and literal way.

'She has really pretty eyes, he thought. I've never seen eyes like hers before and her hand felt a bit cool just now.'

The Orange Ranger then told her tale to him she relayed to Kai, and the Red Ranger asked if she was a Ranger too, which the Tempurnian replied with a simple yes. Kai became somewhat worried about her condition, but noticed that she wasn't dizzy as she was just a bit ago. He thought she probably just needed some water to quell the dizziness and noticed a clean, empty cup sitting on a shelf behind him. The Blue Ranger reached for it and asked Temura is she was thirsty. She nodded and when Kai was about to fill it up with some water, she stopped him.

"Thank you, Kai, but there's no need for that," Temura smiled politely as she took the plastic cup from him. The Tempurnian harnessed her icy powers to create a few purified ice cubes. Once she deposited the ice, she then used her flames to melt the solidified water into liquid without destroying the cup and drank it.

Leo's jaw dropped and his eyes grew wide as dinner plates at the sight. The brunette giggled after swallowing the last few gulps of water at his priceless expression.

"Kai had a similar reaction earlier. He didn't think I was capable of that at first glance. But I feel a lot better now, as I don't feel lightheaded anymore."

"Are you sure?" the Blue Ranger asked, his voice laced somewhat with worry. He had only met this girl for a good half hour and became genuinely worried about her condition. It really seemed that Rangers do look after their own. Temura gratefully nodded and gave off a small smile sweet enough to warm anyone's heart.

"Well okay, if you need anything, don't be afraid to ask me, Leo or the others."

'Others?' she curiously thought. 'They must be the ones Her Grace Lady Nefia talked about in Tromazia Cave on Tempurnia.' Temura let out a "Will do," as Kai nodded and walked outside to depart to the grocery store.

Leo looked over to her, "Wanna meet the others?"

"I'd like that very much, Leo."

"Great, let's go."

With that, the two walked out of the room to meet the rest of the Rangers. Along the way Leo gave the Tempurnian a tour of the colony by telling her which areas were and were not forbidden to enter.