A/N: This is another of my favourite Space episodes.
Previously on Power Rangers in Space...
Yatru turns into Darkonda, and then he laughs.
Our heroes encountered Darkonda in disguise...
Zhane slices him across the chest with his Super Sliverizer.
..who was then defeated by the Sliver Ranger.
Carlos turns and runs off, as Adam gets ready to fight Lizwizard.
Then former Black Ranger Adam returned to help Carlos.
Adam kicks Lizwizard in the arm, then blocked a punch from him with his elbow.
And in a battle with...
Andros and Astronema spin around to hit each other.
..Astronema, Andros...
Andros knocks Astronema's locket off her neck.
..tore the locket from her neck and...
Astronema feels her neck for her locket.
..made an amazing discovery;
Andros opens Astronema's locket, showing pictures of himself and Karone as children.
Astronema was Andros' long-lost sister.
Andros looks at Astronema as he marches towards him.
Astronema turns to Andros as he shows her his locket.
Then, as she struggled...
Astronema looks at her locket while sitting in her throne.
..between good and evil...
Darkonda looks at a hologram of Dark Spector in a cave.
..Dark Spector told Astronema he must destroy Andros;
Andros looks around on KO-35.
her own brother.
Astronema and Ecliptor both look at Spiky on the Dark Fortress.
"Destroy the Red Ranger!" Astronema ordered.
Spiky disappeared in a whirl of smoke.
Suddenly, his very safety was in question.
Astronema stands over Andros' morpher on KO-35.
Is disaster facing the Red Ranger?
Andros does a sideways somersault to his right to avoid a barrage of lasers from Spiky.
Find out on Power Rangers in Space next.
On the Megaship, the girls paced around as TJ and Carlos leaned against the center controls on the bridge. They all then turned to the left door as it opened up, and Andros came in.
"Andros." Ashley smiled.
"So, what happened?" TJ inquired.
"Well..." Andros said, before Astronema followed behind him, making the others jump into a fighting pose.
"How'd she get in here?!" Mel demanded.
"You brought her onto the ship." Cassie snarled, answering Mel.
Andros turned from his friends to his sister.
"What's going on, Andros?" TJ demanded.
"She's my sister." Andros said, walking towards her.
Astronema walked onto the bridge.
"And she knows where Zordon is." Andros explained.
"Of course she does." TJ snarled. "She helped kidnap him!"
"Actually, I didn't." Astronema said, walking past them all. "But I'll help you rescue him."
"Just...give us the coordinates?" Cassie insisted. "We don't need any help from you."
"As a matter of fact, you do." Astronema argued.
"May I ask why?" Mel inquired, folding her arms.
"There's a forcefield around the planet." Astronema explained. "I can get Dark Spector to lower it, so we can get in."
"We?!" Carlos scoffed, unconvinced. "Yesterday, she tried to destroy us!"
Astronema looked down, not blaming his remark.
"Andros, listen, if this is a trap, we're walking right into it." Ashley argued.
"If we take her, if under one condition: We restrain her." TJ said.
"No!" Andros argued, getting between him and Astronema. "I can't do that!"
"Andros, it's too risky." TJ argued.
"Better safe than sorry." Mel said fairly.
"It's okay." Astronema said quietly.
Andros turned to her as she nodded, not blaming the others for not trusting her.
"So, where's Zordon?" TJ asked.
Astronema looked at him, as the Rangers all looked at her.
"Kriag Galaxy, on the jungle planet of Yotoba." she explained.
The Rangers all looked at her, expect Andros who turned to the others.
"DECA, set in a course." TJ ordered. "Maximum Hyper Rush velocity."
"Course plotted." DECA reported. "Mega accelerators at maximum."
"Let's hope she's telling the truth." TJ whispered to Andros.
Andros turned to Astronema, as the others all turned away.
The Megaship then jumped to hyperspace.
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 stands in the engine room and smiles.
Set...
Amy Acker
as Mel
She holds up her Solar Spear in space.
..controls...
The Rangers - minus Andros and Zhane - all run away as an explosion goes off behind them.
..to...
Ashley stands on the bridge and smiles.
..outer...
Tracy Lynn Cruz
as Ashley
..space...
She holds up her Star Slinger in space.
now...
The Rangers - now morphed - all charge at some Quantrons - expect Zhane.
Flying...
Cassie smiles near a door.
Patricia Ja Lee
as Cassie
..higher...
She holds up her Satellite Stunner in space
..than...
The Rangers run away as two Velocifighters chase them.
Andros smiles on the bridge near the screen.
..ever...
Christopher Khayman Lee
as Andros
He then holds up his Spiral Saber in space.
..before.
Andros rides his Galaxy Gilder away from two exploding Velocifighters.
Zhane turns around and smiles in a quarry.
Rangers...
Justin Nimmo
as Zhane
Zhane rides his Galactic Rover away from an explosion.
..in Space.
Carlos smiles on the bridge.
Go Power Rangers
Roger Velasco
as Carlos
He then holds up his Lunar Lance in space.
Go Power Rangers
A bunch of Piranhatrons cover up Zordon.
Go Power Rangers
TJ spins around on a chair on the bridge and smiles.
Go, go, go, fly
Selwyn Ward
as TJ
He then holds up his Astro Axe in space.
Go Power Rangers
TJ and Andros ride their Galaxy Gilders past some trees.
Go Power Rangers
Astronema stands on a distant planet.
Melody Perkins
as Astronema
Go Power Rangers
She then appear appeared on a distant planet, with a bunch of Quantrons.
Ah...
Bulk and Skull stand together and smile.
Paul Schrier as Bulk
Jason Narvy as Skull
..in Space!
A Velocifigther flies down above the city on Onyx.
Action Directors
Koichi Sakamoto
Makoto Yokoyama
Line Producer
Sanford Hampton
The Mega Vehicles began moving towards their hanger doors, and then take off.
Co-Producers
Judd Lynn
Paul F. Rosenthal
Scott Page-Pagter
Andros flies above the city on Onyx, as two Velocifighters crash into each other.
Producer
Johnathan Tzachor
The Astro Megaship jumps to lightspeed.
Go Power Rangers
Go Power Rangers
The Mega Voyager stands in the city.
Go Power Rangers
Ah...in Space!
As the Megaship kept moving through hyperspace, Astronema was sitting down in the engine room, with her hands cuffed together behind a pole. She rested her head against the pole, and then sighed, when the door opened, and Andros came in, carrying a tray of food. She turned away from him, just as he entered the room.
"I didn't know what you like, so I got a little of everything." he explained, putting the tray down in front of her.
"I'm not hungry." Astronema said.
"It's a long trip." Andros reminded her.
Astronema turned to the food and then to him, as he got up.
"Look, I'm sorry you're tied up, but-." he apologised.
"I understand. Your friends don't trust me." Astronema said, before turning to him. "And you, Andros? Do you trust me?"
"I do." Andros assured. "Do you trust me?"
"Trust?" Astronema scoffed. "That's a tough one, but I'm working on it."
Andros nodded understandingly, and then he turned and walked to the doorway.
"Andros." Astronema said, getting him to turn to her. "Our parents... are they..?"
"I don't know." Andros said honestly. "I hope they escaped KO-35 before the battle. I wish I could tell 'em that I finally found you. They'd be so glad."
Astronema looked away, as he sat down against the edge of the doorway.
"You know, I can see a lot of Mom in you." Andros said.
"I wish I could see her now." Astronema said sadly. "What were Mom and Dad like? Were they good parents?"
"They were the best any kid could hope for." Andros assured.
Later, as the Megaship got closer to Yotoba, Andros and Astronema had fallen asleep in the engine room.
"Good morning." DECA said, waking them both up. "We are approaching the Planet Yotoba."
"Thanks, DECA." Andros said, getting up.
He walked towards Astronema and then crouched near her.
"Come on." he said, uncuffing her. "It's showtime."
As the Megaship came upon Yotoba, which had a massive forcefield around it, the other Rangers were working at the center controls - TJ, Carlos and Cassie all sitting down, while Mel and Ashley stood behind them.
The door on the left opened up, getting Mel and Ashley's attention, as Andros and Astronema came in, Andros carrying two sets of three way chain cuffs.
"Hey, guys." Ashley said, turning to the others.
TJ, Cassie and Carlos got out of their seats and turned to Andros and Astronema. The two siblings walked towards the handle controls, when TJ spotted the cuffs in Andros' hand.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"It has to look like she captured us." Andros explained.
The others looked sceptically.
"It's just for a minute." Andros assured.
TJ walked towards him while the others kept their eyes on Astronema.
"I just don't think it's a good idea." TJ said.
Andros sighed, but then TJ took one of the cuffs.
"We'll make it look real." TJ said.
He and Andros began cuffing themselves, while Astronema handed the other set to Carlos, as Mel and Ashley kept their eyes on her.
"You better not double-cross us." Mel hissed.
"The way you fooled me once, I think you'll make it look convincing." Astronema commented, as Carlos cuffed himself.
Cassie then cuffed herself on the third set on TJ's chain, and then Mel and Ashley did the same on the remaining ones on Carlos'. Astronema then walked in front of the six of them, then brought out her staff while turning to the viewing screen.
"Robot." she said.
Alpha ran towards her.
"Please called me Alpha." he requested.
"Open a communication channel!" Astronema ordered.
"As you command." Alpha said, before he turned and walked towards the right controls. "It wouldn't hurt her to say 'please', you know."
Astronema turned to him slightly as he began to work.
"A little courteously goes a long way in this galaxy." he mumbled.
"Please, Alpha." Astronema sighed.
Andros turned slightly.
"Commination's, open." Alpha reported.
"Thank you." Astronema said.
Andros smiled, which Mel noticed slightly.
Dark Spector then appeared on the viewing screen.
"Astronema, I've been trying to find you!" he said angrily.
"I've been busy, Dark Spector." Astronema replied. "I'm coming in with all six Rangers."
"Excellent." Dark Spector remarked. "You've done well. Bring them to me at once."
"As you command." Astronema obeyed.
"I am lowering the forcefield." Dark Spector explained, before he vanished from the viewing screen.
Astronema smiled.
The forcefield around Yotoba then vanished, and then the Rangers took off their cuffs.
"Ashley, scanners at high sensitively." TJ ordered, as all but Andros took their positions. "Mel, find us a landing area. Carlos, bring us ahead, hyper rush one."
Astronema backed away as they all began to work.
"Hyper rush one, ready on your command." Carlos reported.
"Coordinates locked in." Ashley reported.
Astronema turned to Andros, who walked towards him.
"Cassie, shield and fuel status?" TJ asked.
"Come on." Andros said.
"Shield's and 100%." Cassie reported. "Fuel at maximum power."
"Mel, found us a landing area?" TJ asked.
"Still working on it." Mel replied.
Astronema and Andros both turned and walked away, when an alarm went off.
"Velocifigthers approaching off the port bow." DECA reported, getting everyone's attention.
Everyone turned to Astronema, all but Andros looking suspicious.
"They're escorts." she explained, as four Velocifigthers showed up on the viewing screen. "You have to follow them."
All but Andros turned from her to the viewing screen.
"Alright." TJ sighed, giving in. "Let's follow them."
The others took their places again, as Andros touched Astronema's arm.
"Let's go." he said.
They both turned and walked out of the room.
TJ grabbed the handles and piloted the Megaship, following the four Velocifigthers while entering the planet's atmosphere, as Mel took over his controls. All but TJ then pressed buttons at their controls, as TJ turned to the viewing screen, showing the Velocifigthers, just as a storm came over them.
"The atmosphere is highly unstable!" Alpha exclaimed, standing by the left controls.
The Rangers all looked at the viewing screen, as lighting came out of the clouds.
"I wanna know where they're leading us." TJ said.
He kept flying the Megaship after the Velocifigthers, as they entered a cloud. TJ looked at them very carefully on the viewing screen, as more lighting went off.
"I don't like this, Teej." Mel said nervously.
"Neither do I." TJ admitted. "DECA, changing course!"
He turned the Megaship slightly, causing Alpha to fall into a chair, as the others nearly fell over.
"Whoa!" Alpha yelped.
"Ugh!" the others moaned.
The Megaship turned sharply to the right, the Velocifigthers not noticing at first because they went through a cloud while it happened. A Quantron then checked his navigator and noticed the Megaship was veering off course. It then pressed a button on its controls, alerting the others, one of which then turned back to see if the navigation systems were lying.
The Megaship kept flying above the surface.
"We lost the Velocifigthers." Carlos said relived.
"Phew." Mel sighed, wiping her forehead.
"Bring us down to the planet's surface." TJ instructed.
More lighting came out of the clouds as he piloted the Megaship, before one bolt hit it, causing the lights and other power systems to go out.
"AY-Yi-Yi!" Alpha exclaimed. "We've been hit by lighting!"
Carlos turned and ran towards the right door, as the girls pressed buttons on their controls. Once off the bridge, Carlos picked up a flashlight, and ran towards a panel against a wall. Once there, he ripped the panel off, and looked at the circuits, using the flashlight to see.
"Keep us level!" TJ ordered, holding onto the handles.
Cassie and Ashley pressed buttons frantically, while trying to keep the Megaship up, while Mel pressed buttons at her controls to keep the engines running.
Carlos looked at the circuits, and then turned a pressed buttons on a small panel near a vial of green liquid.
In the engine room, Andros and Astronema looked around, as the room was darkened.
"Something's gone wrong." Astronema realized.
Andros got up and ran out of the room.
Carlos kept tinkering with the circuits at the panel, but then got up and ran towards the bridge.
"What's happening?" Andros asked, as he came onto the bridge.
"Just hold on!" TJ gritted, holding the handles tight.
Carlos came back into the engine room and ran towards TJ, just as Andros did the same.
The Megaship then came out of the storm and dived down towards the surface of Yotoba.
"Massive system failure." DECA reported. "All guidance operators all offline!"
Andros took his seat between Cassie and Ashley.
"Prepare for crash landing!" DECA advised.
The Megaship then crashed against the ground, and then skidded past some trees.
"Aghhh!" TJ and Carlos yelled, as they fell over the handle controls.
"Ugh!" Mel groaned, as she crashed against the left controls.
Andros, Cassie and Ashely all fell over the center controls, as TJ and Carlos landed on their chests on them, leaning over it slightly. The Megaship kept skidding across the ground, before it suddenly stopped near some palm trees, just as Mel fell onto the floor.
The Rangers all groaned, then Carlos rolled off the center controls, as Mel and TJ pulled themselves up, while Cassie coughed. They all then got to the feet and looked at the viewing screen, as Andros lowered his hand from his forehead. They all looked at the jungle on Yotoba's surface, as stream came out of several of the controls.
"Karone!" Andros gasped.
He turned around and ran towards the left door, just as Alpha pulled himself up from behind the handle controls.
"AY-Yi-Yi!" he moaned painfully.
Andros ran into the engine room, but then stopped and saw that Astronema was gone, with only her chains remaining. He walked towards them and picked them up while crouching down, then he looked up and saw the airlock was open, just as the others entered the room. TJ then walked towards the airlock, then he and the girls looked out through the gap.
"She must've been leading us into a trap." TJ deduced.
"Yeah, only we didn't follow her plan." Cassie shrugged.
"Gotta admit, her plan was pretty cleaver." Mel admitted.
"I don't believe it." Andros said, hoping he was wrong.
Ashley turned to him. "Then why'd she jump ship?" she asked.
Andros looked up at her, and thought long and hard, for she had a good question.
Later, after the Rangers had left the Megaship, they wandered around in the forest, TJ in the lead and Ashley in the rear. (Mel was between Carlos and Andros) They walked past bushes, knocking some away as they walked, when TJ signaled for them to stop.
"Hide!" he hissed.
They all ducked down, just as six Piranhatrons ran past them, three at a time, and then they got back up and looked around.
"This place is crawling with Piranhatron." Cassie said.
"Maybe Zordon really is here." Carlos said.
"Well, if he is, it'll mean Astronema wasn't completely lying." Mel deduced.
"Or, maybe they know we're here." TJ argued.
Andros looked unsure as they all heard birds chirping.
"I'm getting a bad feeling, guys." Mel gulped.
A bunch of Piranhatrons then came out of nowhere and surrounded them all.
"What?!" Andros exclaimed.
Darkonda then jumped out of nowhere and landed on the ground, getting their attention.
"Look what we have here." he smirked, as Piranhatrons surrounded him, all carrying spears. "Six little Rangers who've lost their way."
"Let's Rocket!" Andros shouted.
(Morph sequence)
They opened their morphers up, and began pressing buttons on them.
"3,3,5!"
They then hit enter, and the lights beside the numbers lit up.
(End morph sequence)
They all suited up, then Andros ducked and dodged past a Piranhatron. He then turned and grabbed another's arm - while Darkonda sniggered - and then he tried to punch it, but missed as he ducked, and then he turned to Darkonda, who nearly slashed him with his sword, but missed as he ducked. He then hit a Piranhatron in the chest, then spun around and blocked a kick from Darkonda, who then slashed him across the chest.
Carlos grabbed a Piranhatron's arm as it tried to punch him, but then another stabbed him in the chest with the pole end of its spear, knocking him back.
Mel ducked as one tried to punch her, then she kicked it in the side, but then another came up behind her and kicked it in the back, knocking her forward.
Andros grabbed ones arm, but then Darkonda kicked him in the belly, and then slashed him across the back with his sword.
Cassie blocked ones spear with her elbow, before another whacked the end of his spear against her back, knocking her towards a third, who then hit her in the chest.
One then kicked TJ in the chest, knocking him towards another two, which grabbed his arms, and then they both flipped him onto his chest.
One grabbed Ashley's arm and then pushed her over, making her roll onto her knees.
Darkonda then slashed Andros in the chest with his sword, knocking him down onto his side.
"Now to finish you off." Darkonda smirked, before Ashley grabbed his arm.
She then twisted it by going under it, making him moan.
"Ashley, what are you doing?!" Andros exclaimed, getting up.
"Go find Zordon!" Ashley shouted, before Darkonda grabbed her shoulder.
"Right." Andros understood.
He turned around and ran off.
"What?!" Darkonda exclaimed.
He let go of Ashley, making her twirl around, and then he slashed her across the chest, knocking her down.
"I don't think so!" Darkonda snarled.
He fired lighting out of his hand, which hit Andros in the back.
"Ahh!" Andros groaned, as he fell down.
Piranhatrons then grabbed Ashley's arms and pulled her up.
Darkonda laughed just as TJ and Cassie pounced and grabbed his arms.
"Andros." a voice said.
Andros looked up while clutching his chest, as Astronema showed up and crouched next to him.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
Andros nodded.
"Come on." Astronema said, helping him up.
Darkonda slashed TJ with his sword, knocking him down, then he did the same with Cassie, and then Mel as she and Carlos arrived.
Andros put his arm over Astronema, and then the two ran off.
Darkonda slashed Carlos across the chest, flipping him onto his back, before he turned to the siblings.
"Huh? What?!" he exclaimed, not believing his eyes. "Go get Astronema and the Red Ranger, and bring them to me!"
Most of the Piranhatrons started chasing after Andros and Astronema, who kept running.
"Ah!" Astronema gasped, as they stopped.
"Huh?" Andros muttered, as Ecliptor stood before them both.
"You're history." he said.
"Ecliptor, don't!" Astronema begged, shaking her head.
"Leave her alone!" Andros demanded, getting in front of her.
Ecliptor got ready to strike, as Andros got ready to defend his sister, making him hesitate, as Astronema shook her head.
"I can't!" he frowned, turning away.
Both Andros and Astronema looked shocked.
"Ecliptor, I don't know what to say." Astronema breathed. "I..."
"Just go." Ecliptor said, not looking at them.
Astronema put Andros' arm around her, and then they both ran off, as Ecliptor turned to them.
"Be careful, my princess." he said.
Darkonda then showed up and jumped towards him.
"Traitor!" he shouted, slashing Ecliptor in the back.
"Agh!" Ecliptor moaned, turning around.
Darkonda then sliced him across the chest, making him turn and drop his sword.
"Ugh!" Ecliptor groaned, as he fell onto his chest.
"That's one traitor down, and one to go." Darkonda sneered, stomping on Ecliptor's injured back.
"I'll destroy you!" Ecliptor vowed, reaching for his sword.
"In your dreams!" Darkonda retorted.
Ecliptor fell onto his face, and then Piranhatrons ran past him.
Nighty-night, loser." Darkonda joked laughingly. "Alright, Piranhatrons, fan out and find them!"
The Piranhatrons all ran off.
Andros and Astronema made it slowly through the jungle, Andros bushing past a bush, when they found Zordon, who had tubes linked to supports all around his energy tube, like on Hercuron.
"Huh?" Andros muttered.
"Andros." Zordon said weakly.
"Zordon, it's really you." Andros gasped. "Thanks, Karone."
Astronema smiled, as Andros made his way towards Zordon.
"Zordon, I can't believe it." he said, as Astronema followed him. "We were starting to lose hope of ever finding you."
"Andros, I..." Zordon said weakly.
"Zordon, what are you trying to tell me?" Andros inquired.
"Andros, it's just that after all this time, I can't believe you're still such a fool!" Zordon spat, his voice getting stronger.
"Huh?" Andros gasped, shocked. "What are you talking about, Zordon?"
"This." Zordon answered.
He then changed into Dark Spector, shocking both Andros and Astronema.
"Whoa!" Andros gasped, as Dark Spector laughed. "I can't believe it!"
"Andros." Dark Spector smirked, sounding like Zordon.
"You won't get away with this, Dark Spector!" Andros promised angrily.
"You're wrong, Red Ranger!" Darkonda spat, coming out of some bushes.
Andros turned to him, as a bunch of Piranhatrons followed, dragging the other Rangers - who had their hands cuffed - with them.
"You are all fools!" Darkonda sneered.
Andros got in front of Astronema.
"Darkonda!" he snapped.
He turned slightly and saw more Piranhatrons come out behind him and his sister.
"Seize him!" Darkonda commanded.
Four Piranhatrons then grabbed him from all sides, and then he turned to Astronema.
"Karone, how could you?!" he demanded.
"Karone, tell us all!" Dark Spector demanded. "How could you do such a thing?!"
Astronema looked down for a minute, but then turned to the Rangers.
"It was my pleasure." she said, walking away from Andros.
"No, Karone!" Andros begged, not believing it. "Don't!"
Astronema stopped and turned to him grinningly, while the other Rangers stared at her angrily.
"You're an evil liar!" Cassie growled.
"I knew we shouldn't have trusted you!" TJ gritted angrily.
"You'll pay for this, Astronema!" Mel vowed.
"Karone, you're my sister!" Andros snapped. "Help me!"
He tried to break free from the Piranhatrons who had him, as Darkonda approached Astronema.
"You may think you're cleaver, Astronema." he sniggered, turning to Andros slightly. "But we know full well that you're trying to help the Power Rangers to save Zordon."
Astronema turned to him, then knocked his sword up with the pole end of her staff, and then stabbed him in the chest with it.
"Agh!" he yelped surprised, falling onto his back.
Astronema then jumped towards him, and dug the end of her staff just inches away from the side of his head.
"It seems I fooled you as easily as I fooled them." she smirked.
"Maybe I misjudged." Darkonda said.
Astronema pulled her staff away and then turned to Dark Spector.
"My trap worked perfectly." she said.
"Yes, but you're not done yet." Dark Spector corrected. "You must destroy them, now, and be done with them forever!"
He rose up out of the energy tube, and then vanished while laughing.
The Rangers all gasped, then Astronema walked towards Andros, as Darkonda got back up.
"Karone, you're my own flesh and blood." Andros said, as a Piranhatron twisted his arm. "I trusted you!"
Astronema smirked and turned to Darkonda.
"Darkonda." she said.
"What is it, my queen?" Darkonda asked.
Astronema turned to Andros. "Destroy them!" she ordered.
"What?!" Andros exclaimed. "Karone, no! You don't know what you're doing! You've got to come to your senses!"
Astronema turned to Darkonda, who approached the other Rangers.
"Which one of you shall I destroy first?" he wondered, looking at them.
He then raised his sword to strike Mel, when Astronema fired purple lighting out of her staff at his back, shocking everyone.
"Ugh! Ah!" Darkonda moaned, turning to Astronema.
He then fell onto his chest.
"Karone?" Andros questioned.
Astronema then threw her boomerang at the other Rangers, who ducked, causing it to hit the Piranhatrons holding them.
"Huh?" Mel muttered, as they turned to them.
They turned back to Astronema as she caught the boomerang. She then ran towards them, as Andros hit a Piranhatron in the chest with his knee, then he broke free from the other three, then turned and punched one in the belly. Astronema pushed past one before she got to the Rangers.
"This way." she said. "Quickly!"
Andros grabbed a Piranhatron's arm, and then spun around and pulled it over. He then turned as his sister and the others made it towards him.
"Alright, hold your arms out?" Astronema asked.
The Rangers did that, as she began uncuffing them all.
"So you are on our side after all?" TJ said, shocked and guilty about earlier.
"You really had us fooled." Mel remarked, impressed.
Astronema winked at them.
All seven of them then looked around at the Piranhatrons., just as Darkonda got back up.
"You traitor!" he shouted angrily.
A green blast then hit him in the side, making him turn as another two hit him in the chest, knocking him down before he blew up.
"Aghh!" Astronema and the Rangers moaned, shielding their eyes.
They all then looked up at the fire that had been made.
"Get out of my way, you tin monkeys!" a voice demanded.
They all turned right, just as Ecliptor weakly pushed past some Piranhatrons.
"Ecliptor!" Astronema cried, running towards him.
The Rangers then followed, and then they surrounded her and Ecliptor - who fell onto his knees.
"Ecliptor." Astronema said, crouching down. "You saved my life, again. Come on."
"No." Ecliptor argued weakly, as they got up. "You must go! Dark Spector will be back for you."
"No!" Astronema argued, pulling his arm. "I can't leave you like this!"
"Get going!" Ecliptor insisted. "I'll survive!"
"No!" Astronema argued, as Andros grabbed her shoulders.
"Karone." he said. "Let's move it, guys!"
The others gathered around them both, facing the Piranhatrons.
"Get her outta here!" Ecliptor ordered.
"Ecliptor!" Astronema cried loudly, as Andros dragged her away.
The others then ran off.
"Come on, Karone!" Andros said, pushing her after them. "Hurry!"
Ecliptor waved his sword around at some Piranhatrons, before five of them grabbed him, allowing the rest to chase the Rangers - Carlos taking the lead.
"Right up there!" Andros told Astronema. "Hurry!"
He brought out his Astro Blaster while turning around, and then fired it, hitting a Piranhatron.
"Come." Andros said, as he turned and followed the others.
Once the Rangers and Astronema got close to the Megaship, more Piranhatrons showed up.
Cassie blocked ones spear with her elbow, then elbowed it in the chest. Carlos ducked as another tried to slice him with a sword, then he lifted its arm up and punched him in the chest. Mel blocked ones punch with her forearm, before she kicked it in the belly, knocking it back.
Andros fired his Astro Blaster at one, while TJ got Astronema behind a bush, as Ashley grabbed another's arm and flipped it over.
All but Andros then ran towards the Megaship, while he turned and fired again, hitting one in the chest.
Carlos then ran onto the Megaship, followed by the girls - Mel turning around and bringing her Astro Blaster out. She then fired a blast, hitting one in the chest, just as TJ got in, and Astronama turned to the Piranhatrons, as Andros ran past her. Astronema raised her staff up and fired a bolt of lighting out of it, creating an explosion behind a dozen of them, knocking them down.
"Nice shot." Mel commented.
"Come on!" Andros shouted, getting her inside.
"DECA, get us outta here!" TJ ordered into his morpher.
He pressed buttons on a panel on his right, as Mel fired another blast, hitting one and knocking it down. They both then turned around and ran into the Megaship, just as the hatch closed, causing two Piranahtrons to crash against it. It and a few more began pounding on the hatch, just as the Megaship powered up, and then lifted itself off the ground.
On the Dark Fortress, Darkonda stared at Dark Spector on the viewing screen.
"Darkonda, you will command the Dark Fortress." Dark Spector explained.
"A wise decision, your majesty. I humbly accept." Darkonda thanked, bowing.
"But only until Astronema returns." Dark Spector finished.
"Huh?" Darkonda gasped, pulling up. "Astronema?! That traitor!"
Two Quantrons then came in, carrying Ecliptor on a stretcher.
"Yes." Dark Spector confirmed.
Ecliptor moaned as Darkonda turned to him, and then he walked towards him.
"Thanks to you, I only have two lives left!" he snapped, putting his sword near Ecliptor's throat.
He turned away to Dark Spector.
"Astronema and Ecliptor must be destroyed!" he insisted.
"No!" Dark Spector argued. "I have plans for them! They're loyalties will never stray again."
"Agreed." Darkonda said, before Dark Spector vanished. "For now."
He turned to Ecliptor.
"Take him away!" he ordered the Quantrons, who obeyed. "I have plans of my own."
He laughed menacingly.
Later, onboard the Megaship, all but Andros and Karone were on the bridge, when the lift opened up, showing them both.
"Hey, guys." Andros said.
The five Rangers all turned to them, as they stepped out of the lift. They all then approached them slowly, all feeling guilty about the way they treated Karone.
"I owe you an apology." TJ said, getting Karone's attention. "I'm sorry."
"No." Ashley said, touching his shoulder. "We all owe you one."
Mel nodded.
"Look, I don't expect you to like me." Karone said understandingly. "I mean, I've never... I've never had a friend. I didn't deserve me."
"What about Ecliptor?" Mel inquired. "He seemed to care for you."
"He was more like a father figure." Karone explained. "I only hope that...one day...you'll believe that I don't want to hurt you."
"I believe you." Cassie said.
"Yeah, me too." Carlos smiled.
"Same here." Mel said.
Karone looked at them.
"Not maybe one day, but right now." Cassie smiled.
"If you ask us, you've got six friends." TJ told Karone.
"And hey, you deserve every single one of them." Ashley assured, touching Karone's hand.
Andros grinned as Karone smiled, and then both siblings smiled at each other.
"Aww." Alpha awed happily, standing in the left doorway. "That was so beautiful. AY-Yi-Yi."
Next time on Power Rangers in Space...
Bulk and Skull sit by a campfire and the Professor's van at night, while the Professor looks at the sky through a telescope.
"Asteroid!" the Professor exclaims, spotting one in the telescope.
"A large asteroid is on a collision course with Earth." Gen. Norquist explains to a crowd.
People all over the city panic and run away.
The Rangers stare at Gen. Norquist on the viewing screen.
"We need your help!" he pleads.
The Megaship approaches the asteroid.
"Channel all power to the ship's lasers!" Andros orders.
The Mega Lasers fire at the asteroid.
"Fire!" Andros shouts.
"It didn't work!" Ashley exclaims.
The Rangers teleport onto the asteroid.
"We need to get closer." Andros said.
Ashley and Carlos carry a box on the surface.
Three Velocifigthers swoop down towards the surface, and then one fires at the Rangers, knocking them down.
Explosions go off all over the asteroid, as it shoots down towards Earth, and then it burns up upon entering the atmosphere.
People in the city look up horrified, and then the asteroid hits the planet.
