Ladd's Legacy
"I'm sure it will work," Shane said. "If we rebuild these three damaged spider robots so we can work on them it will definitely help our odds a bit."
"I'm handy with tools and machinery! I can help!" Aiden said.
"Well I guess if you can make it rain, I suppose a little spider robot should be no problem," Ladd nodded.
"Why don't we just give the General and Slade those two? It would save the town!" Someone shouted. Some people agreed.
"If I thought for a minute that just going out there alone would do anything I would," Ladd glared at him. "But I'm not going to risk my daughter's life."
"But you'd risk the lives of all the people in this town?" Another man shouted. "Be reasonable!"
"Suppose it was your daughter that was being targeted? Would you be so damn reasonable?" Zach barked. "Besides, knowing Slade and the General they'd destroy this town as soon as they got what they wanted anyway. Now we don't have much time. We have to prepare for an attack."
"I may not allow weapons in town but I do have a small armory in the sheriff's office," Ladd told them. "We can use that to defend ourselves."
Doc began to speak, "Anyone with any mechanical skill or knowledge…"
The sound of blaster fire and a scream was heard. "Amy!" Both Shane and Ladd realized where the sound was coming from. Ladd's apartment over the Sherriff's office.
Something crashed out of the window. It was the Reaper wearing a jet pack, carrying both an unconscious Amy and Dea. "See ya around Rangers!" The Reaper laughed.
"Don't shoot! You might hurt the girls!" Zach ordered.
"The bastard must have caught them by surprise and stunned them," Shane growled.
"Doc you stay here and supervise the spiders and form a posse to protect the town," Zach said. Ladd gave him the keys to the armory. "The rest of us will rescue the girls."
"I'm coming too," Ladd said. "Don't try to stop me."
"Who said I was?" Shane smirked. "Let's go!" The Rangers raced to save the girls.
"All right! Every person who has any mechanical skill come over here! All the others with any sharp shooting skills line up over here."
"Still won't be enough to stop those things," An alien woman said.
"Doc I have an idea," Aiden said. He turned to a farmer. "Barnes, is your combine still in the repair shop?"
"Yeah but it's all fixed," Barnes told him.
"Would you mind if I tinkered with it for a little bit?" Aiden asked. "I promise I'll put it back together. Really."
"Well look who's here," Slade grinned as the Reaper landed near them. They were standing near their metal spider army. "Nice work Reaper. Now we'll just take the girls and…"
"Hold on Slade," The Reaper told him. "You only paid me to retrieve one female Supertrooper girl. I have two. I think that deserves a little bonus don't you?"
"Listen Reaper," The General said. "We both know that the body you are currently inhabiting is your last one. If that's destroyed it's game over for you! So don't make yourself any more expendable than you already are!"
"I think my price for these girls just tripled," The Reaper growled.
"You don't have any people skills at all, do you General?" Slade snapped. "What the good General meant to say was that maybe it might be more beneficial for you to have extra bodies in order to download your programming in lieu of remuneration."
"Hmm…Perhaps we can do business?" The Reaper said.
Dea opened her eyes and without warning kicked the Reaper hard, forcing him to let her go as well as Amy. "YOU LITTLE…" The Reaper shouted. "HOW DID YOU RECOVER SO FAST?"
"She has active bio defenses you idiot!" Slade pulled out a gun. "Not that it will help…"
That was when he was nearly hit by laser blasts "AAAAHHHHH!" He yelled as the Galaxy Rangers and Ladd rushed in.
"Spiders! Protect us!" The General snapped as the Rangers and Ladd retreated behind some rocks for cover.
"Amy wake up!" Dea ran to Amy and grabbed her. "Come on, wake up!"
"Ooh, what happened?" Amy sat up, the effects of the stun wearing off.
"Come here you!" The Reaper tried to grab Amy.
"GET AWAY FROM HER SLIMEBALL!" Dea tackled the Reaper.
"Reaper you fool! Can't you handle her?" The General snapped as he grabbed Amy.
"I'm trying!" The Reaper fought against Dea but she was clearly determined.
"Give me back my daughter you maniac!" Ladd shouted as Zach used his remaining charge to blow up one of the spiders. Somehow he had managed to get through the confusion.
"I have a better idea," The General smirked as he pulled out a syringe. "Perhaps it's best if the good Doctor take care of the next phase of our operation?"
"NO!" Dea screamed but it was too late. The General injected Amy with something. Dea kicked her way out of the Reaper's hold again and ran to Amy.
"What did you do to her, you deranged Cyclops?" Shane roared as he raced to their side.
"A while back I got the recipe for a familiar formula," The General grinned. "X-Factor. That should activate her bio defenses!"
"If it doesn't kill her or make her go insane!" Shane roared. "I'LL TEAR YOU TO RIBBONS!" He activated his badge and changed into his silver form. He tore apart a giant spider that stood in his way.
Unfortunately this gave the General and Slade enough time to flee on top of the remaining spiders. "I'll be back later to see the results of my little formula!" The General laughed as he rode on his spider away.
"YOU BASTARD!" Shane roared. "I'LL PLUCK YOUR EYE OUT MYSELF FOR WHAT YOU DID!"
"There's no time," Zach told him. "We have to help the girls!"
"I'm fine! It's Amy that needs help!" Dea told them. Amy's body was starting to shake. "Her body is already reacting to it!"
"We have to get her back to the town," Ladd said as he picked up his daughter. "Fast!"
They raced back to town. "What happened?" Doc yelled as he followed the Rangers into Ladd's apartment.
"The General injected Amy with X-Factor," Shane growled as they placed Amy on her bed. "Activating her bio defense systems!"
"But doesn't that stuff also…?" Doc began.
"Make Supertroopers crazy? Yeah," Shane snarled. "That Cyclops is going to pay!"
"Is it me or is she growing?" Zach was stunned.
"She's having a growth spurt! It's a reaction to her bio defenses activating," Shane realized. "Ladd can you…?"
"Without the exact formula I can't counter it!" Ladd told him. "Even if I remembered all my old skills!"
"Maybe I can counter it?" Shane said. "I have healing skills. They could save her."
"Uh Goose, remember the last time you did this it didn't work out so well," Doc reminded him.
"That was before I did some more training with Cheyenne," Shane said as he held Amy's hand and touched his badge. "If I concentrate I can get rid of the poisonous effects while slowing down her bio-defenses. They'll activate but they won't overwhelm her and damage her mind."
"Are you sure?" Niko asked.
"Only one way to find out. Come on Amy," Shane held her hand and let his healing energy flow inside her. "You can do this."
"It's going to be all right, Sheriff," Zach said.
"I left Earth to keep this from happening to Amy," Ladd clenched his fists. "If anything happens to her…"
"Trust Goose, it will be all right," Zach said. "Believe me Sheriff that man has a habit of pulling off the impossible. Everything will be fine. I know it. There's nothing else you can do. Maybe you should go outside for a moment? We'll let you know if anything else happens."
Ladd nodded and went out of the room. Karen was standing outside. She had obviously followed them. "Amy is in bad condition," Ladd told her. "She might not even survive."
"Maybe it's best that she dies, considering what she is," Karen said.
Ladd looked at her. "How can you say something like that Karen? You're not the woman I thought you were."
"And you are definitely not the man I thought you were," Karen said bitterly.
Ladd let out a breath. "Well then. That's that."
"I guess I'll always be the 'other woman' in this relationship after all," Karen told him as she walked away.
"Oh Karen," Ladd hung his head. "You have no idea what you could have been."
Doc overheard the conversation and walked over to him. "Sorry man," Doc said sympathetically.
"Well I guess it's for the best," Ladd shrugged. "Lucky I found out now than later on down the road."
"You can do a lot better," Doc nodded. "Trust me on this. I've got phone numbers."
"I just don't know how I am going to break the news to Amy," Ladd sighed. "She's going to take it a lot harder than I am."
"Tell her Karen has problems, which is the truth," Doc shrugged.
"I have a feeling the rest of the town is going to have 'problems' as well," Ladd sighed. "Deep down I always knew I had to return to Earth sooner or later. Well it's not like I'm going to walk off the job. Not gonna be sheriff much longer."
"If it will help I don't think Commander Cain will let you do any jail time," Doc said. "Considering the circumstances."
"I still broke the law," Ladd said. "Stole government property."
"Fortunately for you the definition of 'government property' has changed this past year," Doc said. "I know a lot of people in the League higher ups will look at what you did as a noble gesture. Probably end up working at BETA. It will be all right."
Neither man said anything for at least twenty minutes. Then…
"It's over…" Shane told them. He looked a little tired.
"Amy!" Ladd ran over to her. "Amy?"
"She's going to be fine," Shane said.
"You call that fine?" Doc did a double take.
Amy had grown nearly a foot taller and her body was much more developed. She appeared to have the body of a sixteen year old girl and her clothes were very tight on her. They were even ripped in certain places due to her growth. "What…What happened to me?" She was confused. "Last thing I remember was that strange man knocking me out…"
"Your bio defenses activated and your body is well going through your final change," Shane explained. "It's kind of like the Supertrooper version of puberty. Only faster."
"A lot faster," Doc blinked.
"She shouldn't have another growth spurt for another few months," Shane said. "Female Supertroopers mature slower than male Supertroopers but they handle the change a lot better."
"This is slow?" Niko was surprised.
"Compared to males, yes," Shane said.
"Now that you mention it I have noticed Dea becoming a bit more…uh, adult," Doc coughed. "Thought it was just me."
"Supertroopers were designed to mature faster than humans so that we'd be ready for the battlefield," Shane said. "I was full grown before I was fourteen."
"Fourteen huh? That's one way to get through puberty," Doc said. "Wish I was lucky to have that happen to me."
"Trust me, Doc," Shane said. "You don't."
"How do you feel Amy?" Ladd asked as he knelt next to his daughter.
"Kind of weird but okay," Amy looked down at herself.
"Amy I am so sorry for everything," Ladd said. "Can you ever forgive me?"
"Oh Daddy!" Amy hugged her father.
"My little girl," Ladd smiled. "Well maybe not so little anymore…"
"Dad, Dea told me about Supertroopers," Amy said. "I mean…A little bit. Enough for me to know you only lied to protect me."
"She did?" Ladd blinked.
"Uh huh," Amy said. "Dad I think…I think I understand why you did what you thought you had to do."
"I just couldn't let you fall into the hands of people like Slade and the General or the government," Ladd said. "You didn't deserve that life."
"No child does," Shane said.
Shane went to the door as the two had their reunion. She saw Dea had gone out into the hallway. "What's wrong kid?"
"I failed my mission," Dea hung her head down. "I was supposed to keep her safe and I failed."
"That's not your fault," Shane told her. "We should have gone after you to protect you both. Put the blame where it belongs, on Slade and the General."
"I still…" Dea let out a breath.
"You helped Amy calm down and you kept her alive," Shane said. "From what I can gather you're the reason Amy isn't completely freaked out about what's happened to her. Which was your mission."
Shane put her head in his hand. "You did very well for your first mission. Things go wrong. The trick is putting them right."
"I'll work harder to make sure I won't make any mistakes in the future," Dea said.
"That's my girl," Shane smiled. "Come back inside."
"Amy you got big!" Pinkwing flew around. Amy was sitting up on her bed.
"Uh yeah I did," Amy looked down at her body and chest. Especially her chest. "Are these mine?"
"We'd uh, better get her a bra or something," Zach gulped.
"Are they supposed to be a little sore?" Amy winced.
"When they first grow like that, yeah," Dea said. "Especially since yours came in so fast but it'll wear off."
"Are they supposed to be this big?" Amy asked her father.
"Definitely not ready to have this type of conversation with you…" Ladd winced.
"They're not that big," Dea said. "Not as big as Niko's anyway."
"Can we please stop this conversation now?" Ladd groaned.
"We'll have to have you checked out by a regular doctor once we get back to Earth but it seems like you're fine," Niko said to Amy.
"Other than feeling a little weird and sore I am fine," Amy said as Pinkwing landed on her shoulder.
"What is that anyway?" Dea asked as she pointed at Pinkwing.
"Oh this is my techo pet Pinkwing," Amy introduced.
"Hello!" Pinkwing twittered. "I'm glad we're all friends."
"Why is her name Pinkwing when she isn't pink?" Dea was confused. "She's green. Why would you name a green dragon, Pinkwing?"
"That's because I ordered Amy a pink techno dragon for her birthday a few years back but when we got her she was green," Ladd explained. "Some kind of mix up."
"But when I saw her I loved her so much I never wanted to let her go," Amy hugged Pinkwing. "So I just called her Pinkwing."
"Okay, that makes sense," Dea blinked.
"Amy are you all right?" Aiden had come to the door.
"Aiden? I'm fine," Amy wobbled to her feet.
"That's fine?' Aiden blinked. "I've heard of kids growing like a weed but still…"
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
"Looks like Slade and the General got impatient!" Zach growled.
"Dea, Amy! You two stay out of sight!" Shane barked as the adults went to fight. "That's an order!"
"There's no time to get them out to the shelter on the other side of town," Ladd growled. "Just hide and keep out of sight!"
"I think I may have one charge left for one final…" Zach prepared his arm for a thunderbolt.
"Not necessary mon Capitan," Doc pointed. Three of the spiders were crudely driven by townspeople and they were holding off some spiders with the rebuilt and reprogramed spiders. Several townspeople were shooting with blasters behind man made bunkers made out of wagons and barrels. "Besides Aiden should be finished with our first secret weapon right now!"
"First secret weapon?" Niko asked.
BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
"HERE'S AIDEN!" Aiden whooped as he drove a giant red monstrosity through the town. It was huge. It had sharp rotor blades in the front as well as two large buzzsaws on the side.
"What is that?" Both Slade and Zach yelled at the same time. The machine charged at a spider and almost shredded it to bits instantly, slashing it's legs off with the buzzsaws and simply running it over, shredding it.
"It's a combine with a few special enhancements," Doc smiled. "A little armor plating, a few buzzsaws, some modifications to the engine...Did you know they make blades nowadays that can even cut through metal?"
BUZZZZZZZZZZZ! SHREDDD!
"Now I know," Shane blinked. "And knowing is a great reason to take some driving lessons for that thing!"
"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! WHERE DID YOU GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS?" Slade screamed as the Spider Slayer easily deflected the attacks and trashed the enemy spiders.
"You're not the only one who can invent things Slade!" Aiden whooped. "CHARGE!"
SMASH! BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
"That stupid hunk of junk took out three of my…" Slade fumed.
SMASH! CRASH! BUZZZZZZZZZ!
"FOUR OF MY SLADE SPIDERS!" Slade roared.
BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! SMASH! BUZZZZZZZZ!
"FIVE SLADE SPIDERS!" Slade shouted.
SMASH! BUZZZZZZZ!
"SIX SLADE SPIDERS SMASHED!" Slade screamed as he started to pull at his hair. "THIS IS THE GOOD TWIN?"
"He's definitely good at smashing things," The General blinked.
"If this keeps up we won't have any spiders left!" The Reaper shouted.
"We won't lose as long as we get our targets!" Slade snarled as he looked at his sensors. "Ah ha! My sensors indicate that both Supertrooper females are in there! Just above the sheriff's office! Slade Spider! Attack!"
"Stop it!" Shane shouted. But he and the other Rangers were cut off by another spider and too busy fighting it to help. Slade's spider climbed up the side of the building and smashed the side of the building, creating a huge hole in the side, revealing the girls.
"Got you both!" Slade laughed.
"No, you don't! Grab on!" Dea swung Amy on her back and jumped out the hole. She managed to run on top of the spider's leg downwards until she was able to jump to the ground. Pinkwing flew behind them.
"HEY! GET BACK HERE!" Slade yelled.
BEEP! BEEP!
"What?" Slade looked behind him. "Uh oh…"
"COMING THROUGH!" Aiden whooped as he chased Slade's spider from behind. "GET AWAY FROM MY FRIEND!"
The mutated combine was able to use it's retractable buzz saws to cut down the lower legs of the spider. "I can't hold! Whoooaaaa!" Slade screamed as he fell out of the machine before it crashed to the ground.
"This will teach you to pick on little girls!" Aiden shouted as his combine shredded Slade's spider.
"Slade! Get the girls and retreat!" The General shouted. "These townsfolk are too much for us!"
"No! We can't lose to a bunch of peasants!" Slade shouted as the ran through the battlefield. "I am Lazarus Slade and I will be the conqueror of the universe! So I can't be defeated by a bunch of simpletons and…"
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
"WHAT THE HELL?" Slade screamed as Ranger One flew over the town and blew up one of the spiders from above with it's lasers.
"This is impossible! Slade you moron you said that you jammed their frequencies so they couldn't contact reinforcements!" The Reaper shouted as Ranger One destroyed another spider.
"I did!" Slade yelled. "I don't know what happened! They shouldn't have been able to contact BETA at all!"
"You're right. I couldn't contact BETA," Doc smirked. "But then I remember that Ranger One is equipped with communication recievers that can pick up different frequencies that aren't normally found on regular space communication digital channels. All that time zipping around other dimensions and weirdo planets you know? I just sent Snake Eyes for a little ride and connected to GV."
BOOOOOOOOOM!
"For a little remote control action," Shane said. "Nice thinking Doc!"
"AAAHHHH!" The Reaper was blasted out of his spider. "SLADE GET ME OUT OF HERE!"
"Forget it, Reaper! No reward for failure!" Slade shouted as he ran towards the General. "GENERAL!"
"We will be back, Gooseman!" The General sneered as Slade climbed up the last remaining spider. "And we shall obtain those Supertroopers and make them our weapons!"
"Over my dead body!" Shane raced towards them.
"Another time, metamorph," The General sneered and pressed a button on the spider. It disappeared with Slade.
"How did the General find a teleportation device?" Doc yelled.
"Well he did have one before!" Shane said. "Stands to reason he'd find another one."
"It's over Reaper!" Doc shouted as she pointed his blaster at him. "Give yourself up!"
"No, I can still get my revenge on you and Slade," The Reaper pulled out his blaster.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Shane shouted.
It all seemed to happen in slow motion. The Reaper targeted Amy and Dea. Dea stood in front of Amy to shield her. Ladd saw this and was the closest. He shoved them both out of the way just as the Reaper fired.
"DADDY!" Amy screamed as she saw her father fall to the ground.
Without thinking both Shane and Doc turned their blasters on the Reaper at full blast. With a scream the mechanical menace was destroyed. "This time stay dead!" Doc fumed.
Shane ran to the fallen sheriff but he knew it was too late. The blast had killed him instantly. "No…" Shane stopped. "He's…"
"Daddy? Daddy? Daddy!" Amy wailed as she knelt next to her father's body.
Several townspeople's hearts broke at the sound of Amy's wailing. And that of the Rangers as well. Dea started to sniffle. She gave Shane a look that said: I failed again and I'm sorry.
"Dea…You're not the one who failed," Shane said softly. "I am."
The funeral was held the following day. Due to the high temperatures of the Nebraska summers, it was never a good idea to leave a body out in the open for too long. Ladd had made it known a long time ago that he wanted to be buried in Nebraska near the town. The mayor himself had paid for the headstone which was cut by laser in marble. It read: SHERIFF ROBERT LADD (AKA DR. ROBERT DAHL). 2037-2090. DOCTOR, LAWMAN, FATHER. A MAN WHO TWICE GAVE UP HIS LIFE SO OTHERS MAY LIVE.
The ceremony was short and brief. Amy hardly noticed any of it. She spent too much time crying. She wore a red shirt and black jeans with a blue bandana around her neck. She wore a black pair of boots. Her hair was tied in a low hanging ponytail. She still wore the star necklace Aiden gave her.
Soon she and Shane were standing over the grave together. Shane had put his hand on her shoulder. "I can't stop crying," Amy sniffed.
"That's natural. He was your father. He was a good man and he will be missed," Shane said softly.
"He gave so much for me, and I can't ever repay him…" Amy sniffed.
"You're wrong Amy," Shane shook his head. "You've given him more than he ever could have imagined."
"How?" Amy's tears started to stop.
"Your kindness, your bravery, your joy…" Shane smiled at her. "The way you made your father feel when he was alive. All those things and more made him proud and strong. You gave him the courage to change his life for the better. And to give something more to the universe than he could ever have imagined."
"What is it?"
"You're not just a Supertrooper Amy," Shane told her. "You're the daughter of Sheriff Ladd, a great lawman. A man who gave his life to protect people. Because of his courage and his blood, his legacy is not one of death and destruction, but of life and hope. Your destiny is not to be a soldier, but a protector."
"Protector?" Amy asked.
"Our family…Our branch of the Supertroopers fights only to care for others," Shane said. "We protect not only each other but those who can't protect themselves. Like your father did. Do you understand?"
"I think so," Amy looked at the grave. "I do want to help people like my father did. I'm just not exactly sure how."
"You'll find the answer," Shane smiled. "In your own time."
"It just hurts so much," Amy said. "I know I should be brave. But it hurts."
"It never gets easier, losing people you love," Shane said. "Not even for Supertroopers. But the pain does lessen in time."
Shane let out a breath. "A long time ago…I lost someone who was very precious to me. His name was Max Sawyer and he was more than my friend, he practically raised me. He taught me how to be kind and decent. And when he died I felt this hole inside of me…It's still there but it's smaller now. I miss him every day, but now when I do think about him…I think about all the good things. How he made me feel. And then the pain lessens for a little bit."
Shane looked at her. "Amy I can never replace your father. No one can. But you and I are family now. And I promise I'll do everything I can to take care of you. It's scary to leave a world you've always known and go to a new one, but things can change for the better. You can find friends and family you never imagined you could have. And I'll be there to guide you. I promise."
"Can we…Can we come back to visit?" Amy indicated the grave.
"Of course you can. Whenever you like," Shane said.
Amy put her hand in his and he held it. "It's strange. All my life I wanted to leave this planet and now that I have to go…I'm a little scared."
"I know the feeling," Shane said. "But you're not alone. You have a family that will look out for you. It will take time to get to know them and adjust but it won't be as hard as you think. You already know Dea. And you two seem to get along."
"She's nice," Amy nodded. "And she's really brave."
"And the other Series Five Rangers are considered part of our family even though they aren't Supertroopers," Shane added. "You know them."
"Don't forget me! I'm coming too!" Pinkwing chirped as she flew up to them.
"Can Pinkwing come?" Amy asked.
"If we can put up with Bubblehead I don't see why not," Shane smiled.
"Goose is the one with the fire eyes there too?" Amy's eyes widened. "The really scary one And the other girl he was with? Are they there?"
"Yeah but they're a lot better now," Shane said. "They've changed. Really. Stingray's a little gruff but he's a lot nicer since he lost his eye blasts."
"How did he lose…?" Amy began.
"Uh that was kind of my fault," Shane scratched his head absently. "Let's just say I'm still learning how to use my healing abilities."
He hung his head. "I only wish they were strong enough to bring back your father."
"Goose you can't bring people back from the dead," Amy told him. "Even I know that."
"I couldn't save your father," Shane let out a breath. "But I promise I will bring the General and Slade to justice one day. It's time to go."
"Okay," Amy let out a breath. "Goodbye Daddy."
They walked from the grave and met the other Rangers and Dea. Niko gave Amy a hug. "I know honey…I know it hurts," Niko said. "But I'm sure his spirit is watching over you."
"Thanks Niko, everyone…" Amy sniffed. "I think I'll be okay now. I'm all cried out."
A group of townspeople walked up to them with Aiden. "You're not going to leave without saying goodbye are you?" Aiden asked.
"You don't hate me?" Amy said.
"Of course not," A woman said. "How could you say such a thing?"
"Not everybody thinks you're a monster Amy," A small boy said.
"To us you'll always be the Sheriff's happy daughter who put a smile on all our faces," The Mayor nodded.
"But not everybody," Amy saw Karen and a few other townsfolk give her dirty looks from the side.
"Then it's their loss!" Aiden huffed. "But we're always going to be friends! And you're my number one best helper!"
"Oh Aiden!" Amy hugged her friend.
"Now you take care now and have a wonderful adventure on Earth," Aiden smiled. "And be ready to tell me lots of stories about all your adventures!"
"I'll write to you every chance I get!" Amy said. "I know you get letters at a mailbox here."
"This was your father's badge," The new sheriff gave something to Amy. "I know he'd want you to have it. I've got another one anyway."
"Thank you so much," Amy said. "I'll never forget any of you. And I promise to write and I'll come back one day."
"Don't come back too soon," Someone from the other crowd muttered.
"Oh go jump in a lake Sam!" The sheriff snapped. "Girl's been through enough without you being a jerk!"
"Ignore them," The Mayor said. "Most of us will be more than glad to see you back."
"I guess we'd better get going," Zach said.
"Come on Amy, you can ride Triton with me," Shane said helping her up the robo steed. "Dea you can ride with Niko."
"It's not that far from here to the spaceport," Zach said. "Galaxy Rangers move out!"
Amy waved good bye before they rode off. She looked behind her until the town was a speck. Then she looked ahead to her new future.