Danny, Quinn, Matt, Jenny, Aly and Mike all walked into the Bridge of the cruiser. Danny slumped down in the chair in the centre, while Quinn sat on one of the consoles, Aly and Matt moving over to another and beginning to discuss something in hushed tones while Jenny and Mike walked over to Danny, standing over him.

"So, that's it, huh?" Mike asked "That's us done?"

"You were freelance anyway." Danny replied "What else is there for us to do?"

"How about figure out what to do?" Quinn said, crossing his arms "Go on, Danny. You're our leader, you tell us what we're supposed to do."

"I don't know." Danny said, shaking his head "I guess we have to give it up."

"Oh no, we are not giving up." Jenny said aggressively "You're the one who refuses to give up, remember? So, what are you going to do?"

"There's nothing I can do!" Danny yelled, standing up and walking over to the wall and slamming his fist into it, rubbing his hand in pain "Damn, didn't think it was that hard..."

"There's always something we can do." Aly said, walking over to them with Matt "Matt has an idea."

The five teens turned to face Matt, with Danny and Matt both crossing their arms over their chests. Matt paused for a second before pulling his glasses out of his pocket, putting them on.

"Well, Aly told us from the start, our powers had a stability issue. I always took that to mean they were temporary." Matt said, moving to the main console and pressing a few commands "So, I looked for alternatives. That's what I was looking for back in the desert, something new to energise our powers. I think I might've found a potential lead."

"A lead?" Quinn asked "In the desert?"

"Yes." Matt said "I found a power source that could, in conjunction with the remnants of our existing powers, energise new ones, more permanent ones."

"This is where the tricky part comes in." Aly said "The red, blue, yellow and pink Ranger powers are damaged. However, the black and green Ranger powers are both decimated, most likely due to the proximity of Matt and Mike to the shockwave when it hit."

"One of us has to give up their powers." Mike said, summing up the long winded description Aly had just given "Well, Matt, you were here first, I'll do it."

"Actually, I had other ideas." Matt said "I've not completed the second part of the new morphers or zords. It might be better if you guys went without me."

"But... We're a team." Jenny said, hesitantly.

"Sometimes, in chess, you give up one piece so the rest can win it. Here, take these. They're your pirate cell morphers. Or, at least, half of them." Matt said, half grinning, before beginning to hand out what looked like red, black and gold mobile phones "Besides, I'm doing some research anyway. I'll teleport you guys out to the wreckage in the desert. Good luck."

He pressed a few commands on the console in front of him, Danny, Quinn, Mike, Jenny and Aly being enveloped in beams of white light and shooting up out of the cruiser, leaving him alone.

"Be careful." He said quietly, before going back to his work.

...

Larak sat on his cruiser bridge. He couldn't be more pleased with recent events; no more Rangers meant no more resistance, and that meant that he and his people could take over slowly. Then, they could continue to build their rebellion against their masters. Even the thought of it churned his stomachs. The Demalors hadn't been truly free since their true Emperor, Sata, had been slain in battle nearly a decade before.

"What is our status?" He asked "Are we prepared to begin annexing this world?"

"Yes, my lord." The Pariah at the front hissed "Whenever you are ready."

"Good." Larak said "Send the first wave."

"My lord, we have an incoming transmission." The Pariah said "It is the prince."

"Bring it up on the display." Larak said with a scowl, the image of a white humanoid with blue antennae like protrusions coming from the side of his head in white and blue clothes with a gold lace trim, appeared on the viewer "Prince Kalarian, what an unexpected-"

"Save it, Larak." Kalarian said "I know of your plans to betray my father. Your job was merely to scout this world before the Zuptro Empire came in to claim what is rightfully ours, but the pride of you Demalors has got in the way. Now, I have to punish you. Good bye, Larak."

"Wait, my Prince, let's not be hasty." Larak said, standing up "After all, if you go down there without proper briefing, you'd be decimated."

"Decimated?" Kalarian asked "By what, exactly."

"By... By, well, the Power Rangers, of course. They'd annihilate you without our help." Larak said "We've fought them, we know how to deal with them, yes, that's why you need us."

"Very well." Kalarian finally said, his tone somewhat bemused "You have 1 hour to cleanse this world of 'Power Rangers' .Fail, and we will destroy you. Kalarian out."

Larak sat down, slumping back in his chair. They were in trouble.

...

Danny and Aly rummaged through the debris they were looking at; Mike and Jenny were about thirty metres to their left, while Quinn was off on his own about twenty metres to the right. The scanner Danny held was telling him to look for something he was apparently right on top of, but whenever he picked up any of the debris, the scanner read negative.

"Any luck?" Aly asked as Danny tossed another piece of debris to the ground.

"Nope. Whatever we're looking for, it's here... But it's not." Danny said, pulling out his pirate cell and flipping it open "Matt, are you sure what we're looking for is here?"

"Positive." Matt's voice came through "You're right on top of it."

"Well, you want to come look?" Danny asked sarcastically "We're not getting any joy."

"Hold on, I'll run some scans from where I am." Matt's reply came "Interesting... I'm reading a network of tunnels beneath your current location. I'm preparing to teleport you down there."

"Wait, what about-" Danny began before the five teens were once again swept up in a teleportation field.

...

The five teens scrambled to their feet. They were inside what looked like a heavily damaged command structure. There were shattered glass tubes at the back, leaking red, blue, green, yellow and pink energy, respectively.

"Is that it?" Quinn asked, looking at the other four "What, it is kind of obvious."

"Wait..." Aly said as Danny began to walk towards it "We don't know if it's safe."

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing." He said, hesitating before adding "I think."

He flipped open his pirate cell, pressing the black button with a keyhole in the centre, the top half opening up into a skull and crossbones like motif. He hesitated for a second, before pushing the morpher into the red energy. After a second, he was sent flying back. As he was, the lights slowly flickered on, some kind of auto-repair enacting, as the blue, green, pink and yellow energy all shot into Quinn, Mike, Aly and Jenny's morphers, respectively.

After a moment, they were stood in a large, blue and silver chamber, several consoles flashing with different coloured lights. The teens looked around for a moment, before their morphers beeped.

"Guys, the power readings in your area just spiked." Matt's voice came through "I'm teleporting over with my research."

There was a moment's pause before Matt appeared in a mass of white energy, a number of crates with him. He looked around for a second before nodding in approval.

"I can work with this." He said, turning to the five teens "The zords are still out, can I take a reading from your morphers?"

"Sure." Danny said, handing his over to Matt, who held a scanner to it "What've you got?"

"It's at full power." Matt said, nodding as he handed Danny's morpher back to him "Quinn, toss yours over."

"You got it." Quinn said, throwing his morpher to Matt.

"Yes... Good..." Matt said, throwing Quinn's morpher back to him and beginning to go around the other three, nodding as he did "Okay, all your morphers are at full power. Just one thing missing."

He walked over to one of the smaller cases, opening it and quickly withdrawing five small objects, each one coloured in one of the teen's respective colours. He quickly moved around them, handing each of them an object.

Danny looked down at his. It looked like a figurine of a red ranger, wearing a suit trimmed with black and gold. He pressed a small button on it, the figurine folding in half, revealing a sort of key. He looked at Matt for a second, cocking an eyebrow.

"Seriously?" He said "I think you've been watching too many cartoons."

"Uh, Danny." Mike said to him quietly "We fight alien monsters wearing spandex. Too many cartoons went out the window a while back."

"Technically, it's not spandex." Matt said "It's a high tension-"

"We don't need the chemistry, Matt." Jenny said, patting him on the shoulder "So, what, are these things going to work now?"

"Maybe... Sort of... Not really."Matt said "Technically, they should work, but-"

"Great!" Quinn said, pressing the button on his figurine "It's morph-"

"Stop!" Matt yelled frantically, snatching the morpher and the key away from Quinn "I need to run tests before we know they're safe to use."

"How long will that take?" Aly asked "The Demalors could attack any time, and-"

Before she could finish talking, a siren began blaring out around the chamber. A large holographic monitor appeared in front of the cylinders at the back of the chamber. On the viewer was a mechanical looking humanoid, it's body gun metal grey with blue orbs dotted all around it, two large ones on it's shoulders, wide protrusions with what appeared to be cannons coming out from behind each shoulder, a long, narrow object in it's right hand. Surrounding it was a group of dozens of what appeared to be blue vampiric creatures in dark grey armour, with blue gauntlets.

"Those aren't Demalors..." Danny said "What the hell is that thing?"

"I don't know." Aly replied, before pointing at the figure behind the group "He's familiar though."

"Larak." Mike said "Okay, Matt, want to give Quinn his morpher back?"

"Not really..." Matt replied "It's too risky."

"So, what?" Quinn asked "Pretty sure it's the team captain's job to pull members from the roster."

"We don't have time for this." Danny said, pressing a few commands on the console before the six of them were teleported out of the command centre in white beams.

...

The six teens materialised in the town, facing the creatures down. The humanoid appeared to look them up and down before laughing.

"This is what defends this planet?" It asked, it's voice masculine and metallic "A bunch of children?"

"You clearly haven't done your research." Mike said, stepping forward "We're the Power Rangers!"

"Is that supposed to impress me?" The creature said "I am Metallor, and I will be destroying you today. Drones, attack!"

The creatures surrounding Metallor charged forward, attacking the six teens. One of them kicked Quinn in the guy before stabbing a clawed hand into his leg, causing him to scream in pain. A pair threw Matt and Mike to the floor, quickly tossing Aly and Jenny on top of them, before one final pair threw Danny into the four teens as they struggled to get up.

"Right, this isn't working. We need to get Quinn out of here." Danny said "So, who wants to be blue?"

"I'll take it." Mike said "Matt, looks like you're in green now."

"Fine." Matt said, switching keys with Mike "I kind of wanted to get to be behind the scenes though..."

"Too bad." Danny said, as the five teens stood up, Danny pressing a few commands on his morpher, teleporting Quinn back to the base "We've got automated medical on the cruiser, it'll take care of him. You guys ready?"

"Ready!" The other four said, flipping their figurines into key mode, as they all inserted them into their respective morphers keyhole, turning them and calling "It's morphin' time!"

Danny was enveloped by red light, forming a black bodysuit with a symbol the same as what was on top of his morpher, with white gloves with a silver trim and red boots with a silver trim, before what appeared to be a red and gold pirate coat appeared over the top, along with a gold belt with a square buckle, a red helmet with a black x-shaped visor with gold trim appearing on his head.

"Red Ranger, power up!" He called, watching as Mike, Jenny, Matt and Aly were left in their blue, yellow, green and pink suits of a similar style, respectively, their visors in the shapes of a stealth jet, a u-shape, an arrow head and a heart, each with small parts breaking off at the bottom.

"Blue Ranger, power up!"

"Yellow Ranger, power up!"

"Green Ranger, power up!"

"Pink Ranger, power up!"

"Come on then, chrome boy," Danny said, a cutlass appearing in his right hand while a flintlock style blaster appeared in his left "let's see what you've got!"

...

So, this is "Quest of the Pirates Part One", the Rangers have their new powers, next chapter, they're going to use them! R&R, please, no flames.