A/N: Regarding the Psycho Ranger arc, yes I will do an original chapter there, but it will be my last for the entire Zordon era.
Previously on Power Rangers in Space...
Cassie goes through her bag.
"My diary!" she gasped, turning to Mel and Ashley. "I think I left it at the Surf Spot."
Cassie and Lenny both look up at a skyscraper.
"There's a restaurant at the top of that building." Lenny said.
Elephantitan rams the skyscraper from outside, tripping it over slightly.
Lenny grabs Cassie's arm as debris falls from the ceiling.
"Come on. We gotta go!" he said.
Astronema fires lighting out of her staff at the other Rangers, as they run towards the skyscraper.
"Ahh!" they moaned, as they were knocked down.
Cassie and Lenny stare at the plutonium reactor as it beeps.
"Whoa, what's that?" Cassie wondered. "'Radioactive Plutonium Reactor'?"
The Mega Tank lands on the ground, and rams through a wall of the skyscraper.
Lenny panics as stream comes out of the reactor.
Elephantitan - now giant - grapples the skyscraper.
Sparks come out of the skyscraper, getting Lenny to turn to it, while banging on the door.
At the park, a bunch of boys had just finished playing soccer. A boy passed the ball to another, who passed back, and then he kicked it towards Carlos, who was packing the balls away. The boys then all gathered around and African-American one with short hair near a car, as Cassie packed everything into the boot.
"..we ran and I did. And there's this huge bear. Maybe he was 20 feet tall." the boy said.
"20 feet?" a blonde questioned. "Right?"
Cassie turned to the boys, as Carlos checked the boot of the car.
"At least 20, and he bit me right..." the African said, rolling up his left sleeve. "..here."
The other boys looked at saw a mark on his left arm.
"Ewww!" they said disgustingly.
Cassie and Carlos turned to the boy, as his mother came up behind him.
"Patrick, what have you done now?" she asked.
She bent down in front of Patrick, and then looked at his arm.
"Oh, mom." he moaned.
His mom took out a handkerchief from her back pocket, and rubbed it against the arm.
"I was just having a little fun." Patrick mopped, as his mom rubbed the marks away - as it was paint.
"Oh, Patrick, what am I going to do with you?" his mom wondered, as she finished wiping off the paint. "There."
"Ahh!" Patrick moaned.
"Man!" the other boys said.
Cassie giggled while turning to Carlos, and then back to Patrick.
"Bear attack? Right." the blonde scoffed.
The other boys mocked Patrick, who looked embarrassed.
"Come on, Patrick." his mom said, dragging him away.
"See you guys later." Carlos said, as the boys walked away.
"Come on, guys." the blonde said.
"Bye." Cassie said, as she opened the car door.
Carlos walked around to the other side as she got in.
Later, Patrick nd his mother arrived at their home, which was at a motel.
"Patrick, you know you can't go round making up these stories." his mom said.
They both began walking up some steps.
"One day, something could happen and when you try to get help..." his mom went on, as he spotted a policeman walking along the street. "..nobody's gonna believe you. You understand me?"
They made it to the door, as Patrick turned to the cop.
"Hey, Officer Hemming!" he called, getting the officer's attention.
"Patrick." his mom moaned.
"There was a bank being robbed, right back there." Patrick said, pointing down the street.
Hemming didn't look convinced.
"Really! I saw it." Patrick swore.
A few boys ran past Hemming.
"Patrick, those tall tales are going to get you into trouble someday." Hemming said. "Good day now."
He walked away, as Patrick and his mom turned to the door.
"No more stories, Patrick." his mom said.
Meanwhile, the Megaship was flying above the Earth in an iron storm. Ashley and TJ - both morphed but without their helmets on - walked into the SimuDeck on Mega Deck 5, and both grinned as TJ walked towards the controls. He then programmed the SimuDeck, as Ashley turned to him.
"DECA, load the Craterite training simulation." TJ ordered.
"Loading." DECA reported.
"Ready?" TJ asked.
"I'm ready." Ashley smiled. "Let's do it."
They both put their helmets on - Ashley tucking her hair in as she did - and then TJ turned to the controls.
"Start up the simulation." he said, pressing a button on it.
"Craterite fight simulation beginning." DECA reported.
TJ laughed as he and Ashley got ready.
"Take your places." DECA instructed.
"Alright, let's do it." TJ said.
They both crossed their fists over like an X, and then held their arms out on either side.
"Ready!" they shouted. "Begin!"
The simulation began, and then they both turned to a hoard of Craterites.
"Let's rock!" TJ said.
"Right." Ashley said, before they charged at the Createrites.
She then jumped up and twirled around in the air, then one of the Cratertie's turned to TJ as he did the same thing. They both twirled around in a diving position above the Craterites.
The Megaship kept moving through the stormy cloud, as Cassie and Carlos beamed aboard.
On the bridge, Andros walked towards the handle controls, as Mel checked the scanner on the center controls, just as Cassie and Carlos came in through the elevator. They then walked towards Andros as he pressed buttons on the center controls.
"Still collecting storm data?" Cassie inquired.
"Yep." Mel replied. "And it's getting a bit worse."
"Warning! This cloud mass is becoming unstable." DECA reported.
Mel turned to the viewing screen and saw lighting flashing from the clouds on it.
"Lighting strike is highly probably." DECA explained.
Lighting then hit the Megaship, causing it to move slightly, and make the Rangers on the bridge jump as they grabbed the controls. Andros grabbed the handle controls as and pulled them down.
"DECA, damage report?" he asked.
"Moderate damage detected." DECA reported. "Possible computer malfunction have occurred throughout the ship."
"I don't like the sound of that." Mel gulped.
Intro:
A hand presses the number '5' on the morpher.
5...
The Astro Megaship fires its lasers.
..4...
The hand presses the number '3' on the morpher.
..3,2...
A rocket blasts off, as the six Rangers strap in tight.
..1...
The rocket blasts off into space.
Rangers in Space
Mel holds up her Solar Spear in space.
Set...
She stands in the engine room and smiles.
..controls to...
Amy Acker
as Mel
..outer...
Ashley holds up her Star Slinger in space.
..space...
She stands on the bridge and smiles.
Tracy Lynn Cruz
as Ashley
..now.
Cassie holds up her Satellite Stunner in space, and then she smiles near a door.
Flying...
Patricia Ja Lee
as Cassie
..higher...
Andros holds up his Spiral Saber in space, and then he smiles on the bridge near the screen.
Christopher Khayman Lee
as Andros
..than ever..
Carlos holds up his Lunar Lance, and then smiles on the bridge.
Roger Velasco
as Carlos
..before.
TJ holds up his Astro Axe in space, and then he spins around on a chair on the bridge and smiles.
Selwyn Ward
as TJ
Astronema stands on her bridge in darkness.
Rangers...
Melody Perkins
as Astronema
..in Space.
Bulk and Skull stand together and smile.
Paul Schrier as Bulk
Jason Narvy as Skull
Go Power Rangers
Ecliptor shows up out of the ground.
Go Power Rangers
Action Director
Koichi Sakamoto
Go Power Rangers
The shuttle spins around as it kept flying.
Co-Producers
Sanford Hampton
Judd Lynn
Paul F. Rosenthal
Scott Page-Pagter
Go, go, go, fly
The Astro Megaship transforms into the Astro Megazord.
Go Power Rangers
Producer
Johnathan Tzachor
Go Power Rangers
A rocket shoots down towards Earth.
Go Power Rangers
Ah...in Space!
As lighting kept hitting the Megaship as it flew through the clouds.
"Warning, a security computer malfunction has occurred." DECA reported.
The four Rangers on the bridge turned to each other.
"I wonder what's happened?" Mel wondered.
(Mega Deck 5)
In the SimuDeck, TJ and Ashley were still fighting the Craterites. TJ roundhouse kicked one away, while Ashley kicked another's hand away from her. TJ then hit a third in the chest, then chopped it in the back, while Ashley kicked the second in the hand
More lighting then hit the ship, making it move slightly.
TJ tried to punch a Craterite, when the room suddenly shook.
"Ahh!" he moaned.
"Something's wrong!" Ashley gasped.
The room shook again, as TJ blocked a Craterite's punch, then tried to punch it, as Ashley tried to kick another, but the simulation suddenly stopped.
"Whoa!" they both gasped.
"The simulation web just disappeared?!" Ashley exclaimed.
"If that's so, then who are these guys?" TJ questioned, getting ready to fight as Craterites showed up all over the room.
He ducked as one tried to hit him, as Ashley did the same as another tried to hit her, then he blocked a chop attack from a third behind him.
(The bridge)
Cassie moved towards Mel as she tried to find out what happened.
"Repeat, computer failure and systems breach has occurred." DECA repeated.
"Ohh." Cassie moaned. "Any luck, Mel?"
"Yeah. It's on the SimuDeck!" Mel exclaimed.
The viewing screen then showed Craterites pushing a door open.
"What's happening?" Andros asked.
Mel pressed buttons to check as the others looked at the viewing screen. The Craterites then all ran through the door.
"Craterites, they're escaping!" Carlos exclaimed.
"Let's go." Andros said.
The girls got up, and then all four Rangers ran towards the elevator. Once inside, Carlos pressed a button and closed it.
(Mega Deck 5)
The Craterites all pushed past TJ and Ashley in a hallway.
"No!" TJ groaned, as they pushed past him. "Stop!"
A few then slid down a ladder to a lower deck and ran off.
"There's too many of them!" Ashley exclaimed, as she tried to grab one.
The ones that slid down the ladder then ran down the hallway.
TJ then grabbed one by the arm, but it then broke free and ran off, as more came out of the door.
More kept sliding down the ladder and then ran along the hallway.
"They're getting away!" Ashley exclaimed, as more pushed past her and TJ.
A few then pushed another door open, and then one squeezed inside a room, and then the others followed.
The last Craterite pushed past TJ and Ashley, as the elevator door on the other side opened up, and then they both fell down slightly, as the other Rangers ran towards him. Andros then helped Ashley up as Cassie helped TJ up.
"Are you okay?" Cassie asked.
"Yeah. But what happened?" TJ asked. "How can our simulator Craterites be real?"
"I'd like to know how they came to life in the first place?" Mel wondered.
A Cratertie then opened a hatch door, sending wind in like a vacuum.
"Craterites escaping through the cargo bay!" DECA reported.
"Come on." Carlos said, as all the Rangers ran back towards the elevator.
"We've gotta stop them." Ashley realized, as they piled in.
Cassie then pressed a button, and then the door closed.
The Craterites began jumping out of the cargo bay hatch door, one by one.
The Rangers then ran into the cargo bay, just as the last one jumped out. They ran towards the hatch, and then looked out of it.
"This is crazy!" TJ exclaimed. "There must be thousands of them!"
They all saw the Craterites parachute down towards the ground.
Meanwhile, in the city, Bulk and the Professor were standing outside his van, wearing a set of weird headphones each.
"With these, we can hear everything happening, in all of Angel Grove." the Professor explained, as they walked slowly towards a fence. "Especially, aliens."
"Professor, you are a genus." Bulk remarked.
"What did you say?" the Professor inquired, lifting his headphones up slightly.
"I said; you are a genus!" Bulk repeated.
"Turn it up, Skull." the Professor instructed.
Skull - who was inside the van - shrugged and turned up the speaker volume.
"Ahhhh!" Bulk and the Professor screamed.
Skull gasped and then turned the volume back down.
"Talk about sensitive." he hissed.
The Professor gasped as he and Bulk touched their headphones, and then he looked up at the sky. Bulk looked at him as he whimpered and pointed up at the sky. He then gasped, then looked through a pair of weird binoculars, and saw a bunch of Craterites parachuting down towards Earth.
"Agh! Invasion!" he exclaimed.
Bulk panicked and grabbed the binoculars, as the Professor laughed while turning around, and then ran towards the van. Bulk looked through the binoculars, and then saw the Craterites, but then lowered it and looked confused, as the van pulled away.
"Come on, Bulky!" Skull squeaked.
Bulk's headphones then pulled slightly, dragging him away after the van.
Elsewhere, Patrick was asleep in his room, when a noise outside suddenly woke him up. He got up out of his bed, and then slowly walked towards the window, and his eyes widened as he saw a bunch of Craterites down below, carrying stuff away. He turned around and ran back towards his bed, and hid under the covers, hoping he was dreaming this.
The next morning, as the sun rose up, he lied asleep in his bed, when his mom opened the door.
"Rise and shine, Patrick." she said, sitting on his bed.
Patrick got up and looked at her.
"Wake up. I put your lunch on the table, okay, and Mrs. Jenkins next door is gonna drop you at school this morning." his mom explained.
"Okay." Patrick said, as his mom kissed his forehead.
"I love you, sweetie." his mom said.
"Love you too." Patrick said.
"Okay, bye-bye." his mom said, getting up.
She walked out of the room as Patrick got out of bed.
The Rangers shot out of the Megaship, and then flew down towards Earth on their Galaxy Gilders, and then flew above the city.
"Let's head for the center of Angel Grove." Andros said. "We'll fan out from there."
A little later, all six Rangers - now de-morphed - walked along a street past some kids playing marbles.
"They've gotta be here somewhere." Ashley said.
"They're programmed for one purpose: to fight Power Rangers." Andros explained. "They're here, hiding, waiting for us."
"But where through?" Mel wondered. "I mean, this city's so big."
"Let's split up and find them." TJ suggested.
"Okay." Andros agreed.
"Right." Carlos said.
He, Cassie and Mel walked in one direction, while TJ, Andros and Ashley walked in another.
Meanwhile, Patrick - now dressed - walked out his motel room, with his bag over his back and his lunchbox in hand, and then closed the door. He then walked towards Mrs. Jenkins' room - which was next door - and then knocked on the door. He knocked again when there was no answer, then he shrugged as he put his bag and lunchbox down, and then walked around towards the window. Once then, he peeked into it, and saw three Craterites standing in clothes in the kitchen.
"Ah." he gasped. "Ahh!"
He then around and ran away.
He then ran out of the motel suite, and then down the stairs towards the street, but then saw several more Craterites, doing stuff people normally did - like fanning washing hanging from balconies. He turned as two - one dressed as a woman, the other dressed as a mailman - turned to him, then another dressed as a business man stared at him, followed by one who looked like it just got out of a shower, and then one dressed as a gardener turned to him.
He turned around and ran off, as another pushing a pram showed up.
He ran along the street, and then towards a police car, where Hemming was talking to a woman.
"Okay. Thank you." the woman said, before she walked off.
Patrick then made it to the officer.
"Whoa!" Hemming said, bending down. "Patrick, what's wrong?"
"Mr. Jenkins was suppose to take me to school, but when I knocked, she didn't answer." Patrick explained truthfully. "So, I looked and I saw..."
They both turned to the car door mirror, and saw that Hemming was another Craterite, before they turned to each other.
"What'd you see next door, Patrick?" the Craterite asked.
Patrick backed away slowly, and then ran away scared.
The Craterite got up slowly and chuckled, then closed the car door and walked away, while the real Hemming was tied up and gagged in the back seat.
Patrick then ran towards the boys he was playing with yesterday, one of which was riding a skateboard slowly.
"Guys! Guys!" Patrick cried. "Do not tell me, there's aliens everywhere, and they're after me!"
The boys turned to him.
"Aliens?" the blonde questioned, not convinced.
"Even the policemen." Patrick swore. "I saw its face!"
"Then they attacked you, right?" the blonde scoffed. "Let's see that scar?"
The boys all laughed, then turned around, got onto their skateboards, and road away. Patrick put his head down and walked away, upset as they didn't believe him. He then sat down on a bench, put his hands on his knees and cried.
Nearby, the Professor's van was parked at the end of a road, as he, Bulk and Skull were all inside. Bulk turned to the Professor, as Skull worked on something on a control panel.
"They're out there somewhere boys." the Professor said, holding a weird scanning in his hand. "All we gotta do is catch 'em. And when this thing is done, they'll be nowhere left to hide."
He laughed.
Back outside, Cassie walked past the van, then looked down at a scanning she had hidden in her jacket. She walked away and looked around, when her scanner beeped rapidly, but couldn't see anything weird. She then spotted Mel standing by a tree, checking her scanner under her jacket, and then Carlos walking along the street doing the same, before they both turned to her.
"Mel, Carlos, anything?" she asked.
"Nope." Mel sighed.
Carlos shrugged.
Cassie sighed while turning away, before spotting Patrick crying on the bench. She then motioned Mel and Carlos to look, which they did, and then they all ran towards the boy.
"Patrick, what's wrong?" Cassie asked concerned, as they crouched down.
"They'll never believe me." Patrick cried. "Even my best friends wouldn't listen.
"You know, Patrick, you've told a lot of big stories." Cassie told him. "And so many, it's made people wonder, what to believe. You know what I mean?"
Patrick nodded.
The three Rangers turned to each other.
"Hey, how 'bout we walk you home." Cassie suggested.
"Well...okay." Patrick said.
Cassie took his hand as they all got up and then walked away.
"This that boy you told me about?" Mel asked quietly.
"Yeah." Carlos answered, nodding.
"He needs to read 'The Boy who cried Wolf'." Mel suggested. "The way he goes on reminds of that book."
Later, all four of them made it to Patrick's motel room, who then lifted the mat up, and picked up a key. The three Rangers smiled as he opened the door, and then stepped inside, before turning to the three of them.
"Couldn't you guys come in till my mom comes home?" he asked.
The three Rangers sighed.
"We're kind of in the middle of something." Cassie apologized. "But, you'll be okay."
"Yeah. And remember, when the going gets tough, you can always count on the Power Rangers." Carlos assured.
"Now you're telling the stories." Patrick rebuffed.
"Well, they've never let us down before." Mel said.
Cassie and Carlos chuckled.
"Bye." Patrick said, before closing the door.
"Bye." Carlos said.
"Bye." the girls said.
"I wonder what's got him so spooked?" Carlos wondered, as they walked away.
"You got me." Mel shrugged.
Meanwhile, Andros, Ashley and TJ were walking towards some construction workers near a warehouse. Andros looked at his scanner, when they all saw the workers acting a bit weird, but no Createrites.
"I don't know. Maybe they left Angel Grove." Ashley suggested.
"Unlikely." Andros argued. "They're here somewhere."
He and TJ then walked on, as Ashley looked around, as a worker turned to her suspiciously, and then growled. She then turned to a van as it moved slightly, while she heard a gagging noise.
"What in the world?" she questioned.
"Let me out!" a gagged voice called.
Ashley walked towards the van.
"Hello. Is somebody in there?!" she asked.
The workers all turned to her, as she looked through the door window, and saw a box move, and then a man tied up that looked exactly like the worker. She gasped as she slide the side door open.
"Andros! TJ!" she called.
They both turned to her, and then ran towards her.
"Who did this to you?" she asked the man.
She turned around to the worker who looked exactly like the man, and then gasped while turning back to the man. He pointed at his lookalike, making Ashley turn to him as he took his helmet off, just as TJ and Andros made it to her.
"What's up?" TJ asked.
Ashley turned back to the man.
"Is it just me, or do you guys see two?" she asked, turning to the lookalike.
The lookalike threw his helmet away, as the other workers grinned. They all then waved their hands in front of their faces, and then turned into Craterites, causing Andros to jump.
"Of course, they took human form." he realized, feeling stupid.
"They could be all over the city." TJ realized.
Andros nodded.
"Let's get you outta here." TJ said, turning around, and pulling the worker out of the van.
"We're gonna need some help." Ashley gulped, as TJ untied the worker, and the Craterites approached them.
(The motel)
Carlos, Cassie and Mel ran onto the street, when their communicators beeped.
"Go ahead?" Cassie answered.
(The warehouse)
TJ untied the worker, as Andros and Ashley stared at the Craterites.
"Thank you." he squeaked.
He then ran off scared as the Craterites approached the Rangers. One then jumped up and dived towards them, making them gasp and move away as it tried to kick them, causing it to land in the van.
"Whoa!" Ashley yelped, as she ran away as another tried to grab him.
Andros and TJ rolled along the ground, and then looked at the Craterites as Ashley ran towards them. The Craterites all moved towards them, and then surrounded the three Rangers.
"Ready?" Andros asked.
TJ and Ashley nodded.
"Let's Rocket!" Andros shouted.
(Morph sequence)
They opened their morphers up, and began pressing buttons on it.
"3,3,5!"
They then hit enter, and the lights beside the numbers lit up.
(End morph sequence)
They - along with Mel, Cassie and Carlos, all morphed themselves - jumped up and landed on a small rooftop, and then turned to the Craterites.
"You guys got here just in time." Andros said, holding his right fist up near his chest, then held it like a sideways chopper, while holding his left hand above him - which was his fighting pose.
"We wouldn't miss this for the world." Carlos assured, holding both fists up on either side of his helmet, then held his left fist out, and his right hand by his helmet like holding something - which was his fighting pose.
"These guys are history." TJ smirked, holding his right hand in front of his helmet, and his left below it sideways, fingers apart on both, and then held his right up upside down, and his left by his hip - which was his fighting pose.
"Well, not for long cause..." Ashley said, holding her right arm up over her head, and her left down, then held them both to her right with her hands together - which was her fighting pose.
"We're taking them down." Cassie finished, putting her left hand on her hip, and crossed her right over her face, with all but her thumb and pinky finger pressed against the palm - which was her fighting pose.
"Once and for all!" Mel finished, doing her fighting pose.
They all then jumped down towards the Craterites.
Andros then charged at them with his Spiral Saber, and then sliced past two of them, then jumped and twirled around while slicing a third. He then turned and sliced a fourth in the chest, knocking it down.
Cassie jumped up and kicked one in the chest with both feet, and then back flipped away from it. She then hopped up and backwards away from some, then jumped backwards while bringing out her Astro Blaster, and then fired it at them, hitting them as she landed on the corner of a rusty structure near a catwalk.
Mel jumped towards four, then landed in the middle of them while holding her Solar Spear. She then spun around and sliced them all in the chest with the pointy end of her spear, and then she turned to another three as they charged at her. She then threw her spear towards them like a javelin, and then when it hit the ground in front of them, it sent lighting out which then hit them, knocking them down.
Carlos used the pole end of his Lunar Lance to pole vault away from one, then he twirled it around and hit another in the hand with it. He then turned to a third and stabbed it in the chest, then turned to a fourth and whacked it in the chest. He then hit a fifth's weapon with his lance, and then spun around while whacking it in the face, then knocked the fourth's hand down as it charged at him, and then whacked it in the head, knocking it down. He then turned to a sixth and stabbed it in the chest with the curved end of his lance, then lifted it up, and flipped it over onto its back.
TJ jumped over it, then rolled towards some, and then spun around and tackled one. He then got up while turning to another, chopped its arm down, and then elbowed it in the chest. He then blocked a stab from a third's weapon with his forearm, grabbed its arm, and then flipped it over.
Ashley jumped up and scissor kicked two in the face as she dived towards them, knocking them down. She then landed bent down, then got up as the others gathered around her.
"Well, that takes care of them." Ashley said.
"Yeah, but that's only the beginning." Andros added.
"Andros is right." Mel said. "Who knows how many there are out there."
Their morphers then beeped.
"Go ahead, Alpha?" TJ answered.
"More Craterites at the beach." Alpha explained.
"We're on our way." TJ assured.
"Right." the others said.
They all then ran off.
Once at the beach, Andros jumped and rolled forward, while Carlos, Cassie, Ashley, Mel and TJ all jumped with their arms out. They all landed on a small island off shore, then turned around and jumped back onto the beach.
Carlos turned to a Craterite as it tried to hit him, but he knocked its weapon away with his Lunar Lance. He then knocked another's weapon down with it, then stabbed it with the pole end of his lance, and then stabbed a third in the chest with the curved end. He then lifted it up with his lance, and then sent it flying away.
"Star Slinger!" Ashley shouted, bringing it out.
She then fired it at three Craterites standing on a cliff, hitting them all and knocking them down. She then turned to around to another and fired her sling again, hitting it and knocking it down.
Cassie jumped up and flipped forward, then jumped up again as one tried to hit her, then she crossed her hands over as she dived at another, and hit it in the neck with them, knocking it down.
Mel dodged past one as it tried to punch her, then she stabbed it in the chest with the pointy end of her Solar Spear, knocking it down. She then turned and hit another in the chest with the pole end, and then she whacked it in the leg with the pole end, tripping it up.
TJ jumped and then rolled along the ground, then got up and saw four charging towards him, as he held up his Astro Axe.
"Ah-ah! Astro Axe, power up!" he shouted, holding it out, and then crossed his legs over.
He then spun around as he dashed towards the Craterites, hitting them with his Astro Axe. He then landed crouched with his axe on his shoulder, as sparks came out of them, and then they fell over.
TJ got to his feet as the Rangers all gathered together.
"Good work." Andros commented.
"That sure did the trick." TJ said, as their bumped fists together.
"Now we know why we couldn't find them." Cassie said. "They were disguised as humans."
"Cassie, Mel, I wonder if that's what freaked Patrick out?" Carlos wondered.
"Patrick, of course." Cassie realized.
"So for once he wasn't lying." Mel added.
They all then ran off.
Somewhere in the city, a large hoard of Craterites were looking up at a lone one standing on a crate, but this one was different than the rest, as its head was black instead of purple.
"It's time to declare our kingdom!" it announced.
The others all cheered in agreement.
At the motel, Patrick opened his door, and saw the Rangers standing outside.
"Power Rangers!" he gasped.
"Come on, Patrick." Cassie said, taking his hand. "Let's get you outta here."
"Let's go." Carlos said, as they all ran off.
They all ran down the stairs and onto the street.
"Let's split up." Andros said.
"Right." Mel agreed.
"Come on." Cassie said.
She, Patrick, Andros and Mel ran one way, while TJ, Ashley and Carlos ran another way.
"This way." Cassie said.
The Craterite disguised as Hemming then showed up in front of her, Mel, Andros and Patrick.
"Uh-oh." Patrick gulped, as they stopped.
"It's okay. It's only an officer." Andros assured.
Hemming then turned into his Craterite form.
"Whoa." Andros gasped.
"You were saying!" Mel scowled.
The Craterite then directed something behind him on its right, and then more of them showed up behind it.
Patrick then turned around and ran away.
"Patrick!" Andros called. "Wait up!"
He, Mel and Cassie then turned around and followed him, just as a car parked in the parking area.
"Mom!" Patrick cried, seeing his mother in the driver's seat. "Mom!"
"Hurry up, get in!" his mom said frantically. "Hurry, sweetie!"
Patrick opened the passenger door, as Mel and Andros turned to the Craterties.
"Mom." Patrick said, getting into the car.
Cassie then closed the door behind him.
"Get outta here, fast!" she ordered.
She turned to the Craterites, as Patrick's mom drove the car away.
"We better get outta here ourselves." Andros said.
"Right." Mel agreed.
The three Rangers then turned around and ran away, as the Craterites charged at them.
"They're right behind us!" Andros exclaimed, as they ran through a forest.
The Craterites kept chasing them.
"There's even more of them!" Cassie exclaimed, turning back slightly.
"We've gotta find the others!" Mel exclaimed.
Cassie then skidded to a stop as more Craterties showed up in front of them.
"We're surrounded!" Andros exclaimed.
The three of them looked around and saw dozens of Craterites all around them.
They then gasped as they turned to one that tried to hit them all, but missed as Cassie and Andros rolled away, while Mel did a backwards handspring.
Andros then hit ones hand with his elbow, and then chopped it in the back, knocking it down. He then wrapped another's hand under his arm, and then hit it in the chest with the palm of his hand, knocking it down.
Mel ducked as one tried to punch her, then she hit it in the chest with her knee, and then in the back with her elbow, knocking it down.
Cassie then chopped one in the back, knocking it down.
Andros grabbed one by the arms, then pulled himself onto his back and flipped it over him, knocking it onto its back. He then punched another's weapon away, then punched it in the chest, and then punched it again, knocking it over him.
Mel grabbed ones arm as it tried to punch her, then she chopped it down, and then kicked it in the chest, knocking it down onto another.
Andros then grabbed one up, and then hit it in the chest with his knee.
Cassie was then knocked down onto the ground near him, but she quickly got back up. She then knocked ones weapon away with her hand, and then elbowed it in the chest.
Andros ducked as one ran past him and tried to hit him with its weapon, then blocked another's weapon with his elbow, before punching it in the face. A third then came up from behind and grabbed him by arms, and then more grabbed him by the legs.
Mel kicked one in the chest, knocking it away from her, before she turned and saw Andros being grappled.
"Andros, hang on!" she called.
She started running towards him, when two got in front of her, and then two more grabbed her arms from behind, and then more grabbed her legs.
"Cassie, help us!" Andros called.
Cassie turned to them both.
"Satellite Stunner!" she shouted, bringing it out. "Fire!"
She fired sonic waves at the Crateries holding Andros and Mel, which hit and knocked them down, freeing the two Rangers, who fell to their knees.
"Andros, Mel!" she gasped.
She ran towards them both as Mel got up.
"Are you guys okay?" Cassie asked frantically.
"Yes, but there's too many of them." Andros breathed.
"I can't keep this up much longer!" Mel exclaimed. "We need the others!"
"I'm sure they're on their way." Cassie hoped.
They then all ran off as a few tried to grab them.
Meanwhile, Carlos, TJ and Ashley were all in the Mega Tank, driving to the forest - Carlos in the driver's seat.
"They're really outnumbered." Ashley reported, looking up from the scanner.
"Let's even up the odds a little." Carlos decided.
He sped up the Mega Tank.
Back in the forest, Andros, Cassie and Mel all took out their Astro Blasters, then turned to a different group of Craterites each, and fired at them, hitting and knocking them down. They then all turned to a large group together, and then fired at them, hitting some and knocking them down.
"There's so many!" Andros exclaimed. "Where are they all coming from?!"
"Don't know, but we've gotta find a way to stop them!" Cassie argued.
"I'm open to suggestions!" Mel told them.
The Craterites moved around, and then the leader showed up.
"Whoa!" Andros gasped, as they turned to it. "Whose that?!"
"My guess; the leader!" Mel gulped.
The leader growled, and then shot fireballs at the Rangers, which hit and knocked them down.
"Agh!" they groaned, as they fell down.
The leader laughed as he held the palm of his hand out, and then Andros and Cassie were dragged towards him like a magnet.
"Guys!" Mel cried, getting up, before two grabbed her by the arms.
Andros and Cassie were then lifted up, then the leader grabbed them both by the throat, then sent purple lighting through them, and then pushed them away.
"Noooo!" Mel cried, breaking free of the two that had her.
She then charged at the leader, jumped up and sent a kick at it, but missed as it dodged, and then punched her in the back hard, knocking her onto her chest near Cassie and Andros.
The leader then laughed as it approached the three Rangers, while they slowly backed away, but then it turned left to see TJ, Carlos and Ashley jumping towards it. TJ and Ashley both twirled around sideways in the air and punched it, while Carlos kicked it with both feet, knocking it away, but it landed on its knees, then got up and turned to the Rangers.
"Alright, you made it." Andros sighed, as they all gathered together.
Ashley helped him up, while TJ helped Cassie up, and Carlos helped Mel up.
"Nothing we do has any effect on it." Andros explained.
"Try this." Carlos suggested, holding out Andros' Spiral Saber. "DECA reprogrammed it of the data from the SimuDeck."
Andros took his weapon and looked at it.
"So as long as thy haven't mutated, this should work." he said hopefully.
He charged at the Craterites, but then stopped and attached his saber onto his Astro Blaster, giving the saber a duel end.
"It's time for you to go back to the world of computer simulation, where you belong!" he declared.
He aimed his blaster at the Craterites, and then his helmet symbol lit up.
"Activate program!" he shouted, as his saber spun around. "Fire!"
The blaster fired at the Craterites, which then hit and knocked them down. The Rangers all gathered together as Andros, Cassie and Mel all caught their breath.
The Craterites all got up and groaned, then the leader growled, as the hoard began surrounded it and touched it.
"Huh?!" the Rangers gasped.
Lighting then hit the Craterites as they grew and merged into one.
"Whoa!" the Rangers gasped, looking up.
"We need Astro Megazord power." Andros realized.
The Rangers then ran off.
The front of the Megaship then split in half, and went down either side of it, as the Rangers jumped in. The shuttle - now separated from the Megaship - spun around as it flew back towards it. The front of the Megaship then split in half, and went down either side of it, as the shuttle flew towards the top of the bits that split.
"Megazord online!" they all shouted, holding their hands out with their fingers apart - Ashley her left, the others their right.
The Astro Megazord then landed on the ground.
The giant Craterite growled as the Astro Megazord charged at it. It then tried to punch the Craterite, but it knocked its fist away, and then hit in the chest with its claw, and then hit it again. The Astro Megazord then whacked it in the chest, and then punched it in the belly, creating a big hole as the Megazord backed away, but then it laughed as the hole was filled up.
"Did you see that?!" Carlos exclaimed.
"That's impossible!" Mel exclaimed.
"We need more power." TJ realized. "I'll transfer DECA's SimuDeck data into the Astro Megazord blaster."
"Good thinking, TJ." Andros agreed. "It's work a try."
The Astro Megazord then brought out its long blaster, and then fired at the Craterite, who laughed as the blasts hit him all over. The Megazord fired again, and this time some Craterites fell off the giant and landed on the ground, but then the giant growled.
"This'll take forever!" Ashley realized. "We have to hit the leader."
"But where is he?!" Mel argued.
"There, on its chest!" Cassie shouted, spotting the leader.
"Maybe if we take him out, it'll take out the whole structure. But I gotta think how." Andros argued, turning to Cassie.
"Well, you better think fast, 'cause he's coming right at us!" Cassie argued.
"Huh?" Andros gasped, turning back to the Craterite.
The Craterite charged at the Astro Megazord and tried to chop it, but it grabbed its arm and then flung it over itself, but it landed on its feet. It then got up and turned to the Megazord, and then it aimed its blaster at it, aiming at the leader on the chest.
"Fire Astro Megazord Blaster, now!" Andros shouted, pressing a button on a lever.
The Astro Megazord fired its blaster, which then hit the Craterite leader, sending sparks all through the giant as it moaned, and then it blew up.
The Astro Megazord then stood at ease.
Later, the Rangers and Patrick were all in the Surf Spot, sitting around a table. Adelle walked towards a table behind them, where two girls were sitting, as Sara handed a drink to a boy by the pool table.
"So we needed a touchdown..." TJ began, as Adelle approached their table, and put down some food. "..but we're on the 40..."
Patrick turned and saw Hemming walk in, as Sara approached the Rangers.
"..it was fourth down..." TJ went on.
Patrick got up from his seat.
"Hey, Officer Hemming." he called.
Hemming turned to him.
"Hey, Patrick, what's up?" he asked.
"I learned my lesson about telling lies." Patrick explained. "Sorry about that."
"Apology accepted." Hemming said. "That's a hard lesson, huh?"
He and Patrick bumped fists together.
"Super hard." Patrick said.
"Telling lies?" Sara questioned. "What'd that boy do?"
Mel turned to him.
"He's been trying to get better attention, and it kept getting him into trouble." she explained quietly.
"Oh." Sara said.
"Nobody move!" Bulk shouted, running in with Skull.
Everyone turned to them both, as Bulk carried a weird looking water blaster.
(Outside)
The Professor was in his van, with a headset radio over his head, and holding an extension lead, which the blaster was plugged into it.
"Back up!" he shouted. "Back up! I need more..."
He pulled the line.
(Inside)
Bulk and Skull were pulled back slightly, but then regained their balance.
"We know who you really are!" Bulk announced.
"Show yourselves, you sinister space aliens!" Skull demanded.
"Or we'll blast you with this Space Alien Stripper and reveal your true identity!" Bulk warned.
"Yeah, right!" Sara scoffed.
Bulk aimed the Space Alien Stripper at her, which sent a load of bubbles out, but instead stripped him and Skull down to their underwear, making everyone laugh. When the duo turned to each other, they gasped and slowly made their way back to the door.
"Now we know why it's called the Stripper!" Adelle joked.
Everyone laughed again, as Bulk and Skull made it to the door.
Next time on Power Rangers in Space...
Two wasp monsters and a bunch of Quantrons stare at a rock, as one wasp fires a blast at it, destroying it.
"Now do that to the Power Rangers!" the other snapped.
The first wasp fires a laser at another rock, destroying it. It then fired lasers at Bulk, Skull, the Professor and several other people, making them run away scared.
Mel and Cassie then both jumped up and kick him away. They both landed in front of the trio as they watch in amazement.
The wasp then hits Cassie in the chest, and then hits Mel in the back, knocking them down. They both turn to it as they lie down, while it aims Cassie's Satellite Stunner at them.
Lasers then hit the ground near a bunch of people having a party, scaring them away, while Mel and Cassie get knocked onto their chests.
A bunch of Quantrons then hold the two of the up, as Ecliptor approaches them both, and then gets ready to strike with his sword, as the wasp watches.