Race To Destiny

Chapter 9

Final Leg


Tenaya slowly sat up as her head began to clear. As she looked around to get here bearings she noticed that she was in the medical bay with Summer, Dillon, and Trent. "What happened?" she asked as she rubbed her temple to help the headache.

"Gremlin," Summer responded, "Sabotaged the ship and caused a chemical leak."

"It's always something," she said as she stood up, "I'll bet Cam has his hands full in the engine room."

"Not so much," Dillon said, "The ship is running, and we think we've tracked down the location of the star."

"Well at least we're close to the finish line," she replied to her brother.

"Not really," Summer said, "It's in a stellar nursery, and our shields may not be enough to protect us from that much radiation."

"Not to mention the gravity," Cam said as he entered the medical bay, "But I think I may have found a way around the obstacles."

"Well lets get to work then," Tenaya said as she grabbed her tool belt off the chair and walked out.


Abbadon sat impatiently in his command chair. For six agonizing hours they had navigated around this place following the faint signature of the cold spot that they sought.

"I'm mere hours away," he said to himself, "And soon the universe will tremble at my feet once again.

His four generals all stood behind his chair as the massive vessel made its way through the volatile area filled with budding stars.

"Empusa," Abbadon called in his raspy voice, "I want you to make sure the crew are all at stations for our hasty retreat once we've collected the energy, and Phenex shall go to the collector to make sure that all is ready."

"As you say Master," Phenex said as he bowed, turned and left the bridge. Empusa merely grunted as she left to preform her task.

"I don't know why you keep them around," a shadowy figure whispered into Abbadon's ear, "You should destroy them and be done with it."

"I keep them around because they are useful Shaitan, and your whispers will not work on my," Abbadon said with irritation evident in his voice, "Why don't you take Baal and find something to do before I destroy you."


Scott and Justin sat on the bridge while Dillon, Summer, and Trent assumed their stations, "Tenaya and Cam say the upgraded shielding is working," Summer said, "We should be OK to enter the nursery."

"Excellent," Justin said, "Lets go."

The outer hull of the ship began to glow as the new shielding shimmered into existence. It shuttered as a few stray flares lanced out and struck the path ahead.

"I hope this works," Justin said as he head on to his chair hoping to stop the vibrations rippling through the ship.

Slowly the ship crawled into the dangerous area shaking violently from the massive energy discharges hitting the shields.

"Hull temperature rising," Scott said from his console, "But I'm reading an area of extreme cold up ahead."

"The finish line," Justin said, "Reinforce the shields and set course."

"Bringing weapons online," Dillon said as he tapped a few buttons, "We're running hot."

Summer pulled up the frequency list at her console and selected a special coded channel, "Corinth, Ranger Ops we have located the star. I repeat we have located the star. We're moving in."

"I hope they get it," Trent said, "There's a lot of interference."

"If hopes were dollars we'd all be rich," Summer said.

"Location locked in," Scott said, "We're ready to move in."

The ship once again shook violently as another flare lanced out causing everyone to grab their consoles ti stay in their seats.

"Lets go," Justin said, "And be mindful of flares. We'll be no good in a fight if we're toasted before we get there."


(Earth)

Tommy sat in his customary chair overseeing everyone at Ranger Ops. The last several months had been filled with random Daeva attacks as well as working with Cruger to get his new cadets ready for action. Haley had just come on shift and made sure to bring a pot of fresh coffee for her friend before assuming the comm station.

"Tommy," she said, "I'm picking up a faint signal. It could be from the team."

"Play it," Tommy said.

Hayley hit the playback control and Summer's voice spilled through the speakers along with massive amounts of static.

"Corin.. Ranger Ops, We ..ve lo..ted the star. Repeat we ha.. ...ated the ..ar. We're ..ving in."

"Moment of truth", Tommy said with a grim expression on his face, "Good luck guys."

"Looks like it's almost over", Hayley said.

Tommy looked at her not breaking his expression, "You of all people should know better," he said, "It's never so simple."


Across the dark dank corridors of Abbadon's ship, his crew was preparing for what lie ahead. The cold blue light that came through the portholes of the ship a chilling reminder that if one thing went wrong it would spell doom for them all. Once the ship reached it's designated orbit it turned to face the star as a massive emitter crept out of its housing in the nose of the mighty vessel. A glowing light came out of the emitter and pointed out a specific spot on the star.

"My Lord", Shaitan said, "We have reached the coordinates and all is ready with the collector."

"Excellent," Abbadon said in his gravely voice, "Tell Phenex I'm on my way."

"Yes Master", Shaitan said as he followed the given order.

Abbadon lifted himself out of his chair and let his long gray hair fall beyond his shoulders His skin sagging and pale, he made his way down to his collector as fast as his weakened body would allow. "Soon," he said to himself, "I will be strong again."

He slowly entered the chamber and stepped up onto the platform that had been built for him.

"All is ready my Lord", Phenex said from the controls, "I just await your command."

Abbadon looked out at the star through the window and smiled, "Fire," he said with a smile and joy evident in his voice as a crimson red beam lanced out and struck the star causing cracks to begin forming on the frozen surface.


In her palace Mystic Mother was tending to her magical garden when she suddenly doubled over with a sharp pain in her head.

"Oh no," she gasped, "He's found it."

She disappeared in a flash of light leaving her flowers staring at the spot she had occupied confused as to what had just happened.


The rangers looked in horror as red energy spilled out from cracked around the star they had spent so long trying to find.

"We're too late," Summer said, "He's won."

"Not yet he hasn't", Dillon said, "Arming cannons."

"Look at his ship," Justin said, "Our weapons won't even make a dent in the hull!"

"I'm not just going to sit here and do nothing!" Dillon yelled back.

Dillon continued working his weapons lock looking for a vulnerable spot when the ship shook violently.

"What the hell was that?" Justin yelled out as he picked himself up from the deck.

"The shockwave from that beam hitting the star," Scott said, "Whatever we do we had better do it fast! The star's about to go critical!"

The window was filled with a bright light as the ranger shielded their eyes. Once it died down they saw the star collapse in on itself before exploding in a brilliant ball of energy. Justin and Scott scrambled to get the ship out of the way, but it was far too late. The massive shockwave slammed into the ship sending it flying out of control as it's crew were sent bouncing around the ship before everything went black.


Abbadon screamed in agony as the energy from the star poured into his body. His sagging gray skin tightened up and took on a red hue as his muscles inflated and filled it out. His matted gray hair turned into a shining black and a pair of horns erupted from his forehead and curved backwards. He caught his breath as the energy flow ceased and stood up. His eyes were glowing red and he began to emanate power.

"We're done", he said in his newfound deep voice, "Get us out of here before we're blown to oblivion."

The massive vessel turned around and zipped out of the area leaving it to the now dead star.


Dillon opened his eyes once the smell of acrid smoke his his nostrils. The bridge was dark around his save the small fires and random sparks coming from the consoles.

"Summer!" he yelled as he began frantically looking for his wife.

"I'm over here!" she called as she crawled out from under a fallen support beam, "Is everyone else ok?"

"I'm alive", Scott answered.

"Me too", came Justin's voice.

"Trent!" Summer yelled, "Are you OK?" but there was only silence. "Trent!" she yelled again, but again got no response."

Scott, Dillon, and Justin began sifting through the wreckage of the bridge until they found him. They stood silently as the looked upon his body lying on the deck. His abdomen had been crushed by a support beam and there was a sharp piece of plexiglass extruding from his neck. Summer let out a sob as she buried her head into her husbands chest. With a look of pure sadness Scott reached down and closed his eyes before slipping off his dino gem and putting it in his pocket.

"Doctor Oliver should have this back," he said sadly.

"We need to take him home," Summer said, "He needs a hero's farewell."

"That's if we can get home," Justin added, "From what I can tell almost everything is out."

"Bridge," came Tenaya's panicked voice, "Is anyone up there?"

"We're here Tenaya", Scott said as he hit the comm switch.

"Are you guys ok?" she asked a bit more calm.

"Not really", Scott said as his voice finally broke, "Trent didn't make it."

"Tell me this is some kind of sick joke," Tenaya said as a sob escaped.

"I'm afraid not", Scott answered trying to stay strong for his wife.

"Not to step on the moment," Cam said with a sense of urgency, "But I think we're in trouble. We need a hand."

"I'll go," Justin said, "The rest of you take care of Trent."

Justin stepped out into the corridor before he left a tear fall. Two years they had been a family close family and now one was gone. "Abbadon won't get away with this," he swore to himself as he entered the heavily damaged engine room. "What is it?" he asked, "I left a real mess on the bridge."

"It's not much better down here," Cam said as a stream of sparks erupted from the engine core, "And then there's this," he said pointing to an unconscious man on the floor.

"How the hell?" Justin asked as he rolled the man over. As soon as he saw his face his eyes widened and he fell backwards.

"What?" Tenaya asked, "Do you know him?"

Justing nodded slowly before managing to croak out one word, "Zordon."

To be continued in Power Rangers: Frozen Star arc 3 The Storm Comes...

Sneak peak:

With the power of the Frozen Star churning inside him, Abbadon reaches earth fully recharged with an entire army behind him. The rangers realize that they do not have the power to defeat him themselves, and turn to their old mentor. Using a technique that he hasn't for centuries, he creates a new team of Power Rangers that all hope has the power to defeat Abbadon.


A/N: I hope you enjoyed the story. I'm sorry that it took so long to get updated, but this arc is finished. Watch out for the next arc and see what happens. As always please read and review.