Power Rangers Lost in Space #8: Who was that masked ranger?
The ship is traveling through lightspeed. Matt is lounging around in his room reading. Cynthia is in her
room grooming herself. Janus is on the bridge checking systems. Jake and Josh are in the recreation room
playing a game of handball.
"Man. I never thought I'd be playing a game of handball with you." Jake says breathlessly while making a
serve.
"I didn't think I'd be playing it any time soon either." Josh says then returns the serve
"Well I am glad to play against you." Josh says hitting it back.
"Yep." Josh says hitting it really hard.
The ball puts a hole in the wall.
"I guess playing with your suit isn't too good of a idea." Matt says shaking his head.
"Sorry. Guess I still don't know my own strength in this thing." Josh says
A soft jolt hits the ship.
"Feels like we've come out of lightspeed. Shall we go and see what's waiting for us in this new system?"
And now for episode 8
In the bridge Janus is looking at the ship systems.
"It looks like a pretty standard system. About five planets. One of them appears to support life." Janus
says.
"Scan for the kind of minerals we need." Josh says.
Janus does some scans and nods.
"It looks like the planet is rich with the mineral we need to power this ship." Janus responds.
"Plot a course for that planet." Matt says.
The ship engines power up and heads for the planet. After awhile it reaches the planet and goes into orbit.
"Send a communication towards the planet. See if anybody answers." Matt says.
Jake opens up a communication link with the closest linkup on the planet. A face appears on the screen.
The face is humanoid like but with ridges on his face.
"Unknown ship, this is Rex. Explain your business here." The face says.
"We have detected that your planet is abundant of the material we use to power our ship. We are low and
need some of it." Matt responds.
"We have a barter system on this planet. Do you have something we could use in return?" Rex asks.
"I am not sure what you need. Perhaps we can meet and discuss it." Matt says.
"Agreed. We don't allow weapons on this planet. Any kind of violence is dealt with severely. Can you
follow that?" Rex asks.
"That sounds reasonable. We will land within the hour." Matt says.
"We look forward to your business." Rex says smiling.
The screen goes blank.
"Are you sure we should do this? I don't feel safe without any protection." Jake asks.
"We don't have any choice. We don't have much fuel left and there isn't enough to get to the next
system." Janus responds.
"She's right. Let's do it." Matt says.
The ship enters the atmosphere and eventually lands on the surface. A group of other humanoids are
waiting for them. The ramp goes down and the 5 rangers walk down towards the waiting welcoming party.
"Welcome to our beautiful planet." Rex says.
"It is quite beautiful." Janus says smiling.
"If you will follow us, we will take you to our main commerce center." Another man says.
The rangers follow the group to the center of town. They enter a round building and walk towards the
center of it in a big room. A man is sitting in the center and smiles when he sees the rangers.
"Welcome." The mayor says.
"These are the visitors that wish to trade for supplies they desperately need." Rex says.
"You say that our dolomite is used to power your vessel?" The mayor asks.
"Yes sir." Janus responds.
"Well it's fairly valuable here. Rex says that you can barter with us?" The mayor asks.
"Yes although we are not sure what we have to barter with that you'd want." Matt responds.
"Perhaps we can send someone to your vessel to see what you have." The mayor says.
"Yes that would be acceptable." Matt responds.
Cynthia and Josh whisper something to Jake and then Jake whispers something to Matt.
"Uh some of my crew would like to explore your wonderful city. Janus and I however will be on the ship
with you." Matt says.
"We would be glad to accommodate for your crewmates." The mayor says.
"Thank you." Jake says.
"Rex has aquatinted you with our rules hasn't he?" The mayor asks.
"Yes he has and we understand perfectly." Jake says.
Jake, Cynthia and Josh all exit the building and go walking around.
"Wow! This place is amazing." Cynthia says.
"I'm just glad to stretch my legs so to speak. Had enough of being on that ship." Jake says.
"That's nothing. Just imagine how good it felt for me to stretch my legs after not being able to use them for
5 years." Joshua says laughing.
Unseen by them all is a shady looking character that is eyeing the morphers on the rangers' arms.
"Man it's hot out here. I hope I don't burn." Cynthia says.
Suddenly the morpher is ripped from Cynthia's arm by the shady character that then runs away.
"Hey! Stop thief." Cynthia screams.
Jake and Joshua race after the guy. Joshua is faster with his bio suit. He tackles the guy and takes back the
morpher. The robber starts punching Josh and he is forced to defend himself. Suddenly a loud whistle
blows and an uniformed man runs up and separates the two.
"You both are in violation of the no violence law." The official says.
"Oh thank god you are here. He just tackled me and started beating me up." The robber says.
"What? He took something that wasn't his and I was taking it back. He threw the first punch. I was just
protecting myself." Joshua says.
"I am gonna have to take you both in since you have conflicting stories and you were both committing
violence." The officer says.
"No I didn't do anything wrong." Joshua says.
The robber gets the jump on the official and punches him out. The official is knocked unconscious. Joshua
races over to Cynthia along with Jake.
"Let's just got our of here." Joshua yells.
Meanwhile back at the ship the transaction has been completed and the rangers have plenty of fuel now.
The officers leave the ship and Janus and Matt try to communicate with the others.
"What's going on?" Matt asks when he hears a commotion on the other side of the communication.
"Big trouble. I violated the no violence law while protecting myself from an assault of someone that stole
Cynthia's morpher. The robber lied and the official was gonna take both of us in. But then the robber
knocks him out and I am on the run with Cynthia and Jake." Joshua says almost out of breath.
"You idiot. I told you that we don't need to make any enemies in this galaxy." Matt says angrily.
"I had no choice. He took the morpher." Joshua says.
Suddenly the whole ground starts to shake. The shakes come at regular intervals as if they are footsteps.
"What the heck is that?" Jake yells.
"I don't know. I think we'd better go out and check." Matt yells.
They all exit the ship and look around. After about half a minute a huge figure comes over the hill right at
them.
"Oh oh. Big trouble." Matt says.
"What in the world is that?" Janus asks.
As if to answer her the figure looks down and breaths fire on the ground in front of the rangers.
The rangers take out their blasters and fire on the hulk. But the lasers bounce harmlessly off the monsters
metallic skin.
"Looks like we're gonna need cyber power." Matt says.
"Cyber suits engage." Jake yells.
"Cyber ranger alpha" Matt says.
"Cyber ranger beta" Jake says.
"Cyber ranger delta" Cynthia says.
"Cyber ranger gamma." Joshua says.
"Cyber ranger omega." Janus says.
"We need megazord power." Matt yells.
They all become their own zords then the combine to become the cyber megazord.
"Scanners show that the outer skin of this monster is actually metallic. But it's not made of any kind of
metal that I know of." Janus says.
"Fire missiles." Matt says.
Missiles come from the chest of the megazord and strike the monster all at once but it doesn't even faze it.
"It didn't even make a dent in it." Jake says.
"Cybersword." Matt says.
The hand reforms into a hand holding the cybersword. The cybersword slices towards the monster but is
reflected by a hard surface.
"Oh man. The cybersword isn't even good enough to destroy this thing. Now what?" Jake asks.
"Divert all power to the sword. It has to work.
The glows brighter and slices down at the monster again. This time the monster grabs the sword with it's
hands and breaks it in half.
"Oh man we're goners." Jake says.
The monster tears into the megazord and starts to disassemble it.
"Something's wrong. We can't disconnect the megazord." Janus yells.
Suddenly a big beam of energy strikes the robot from outer space. The robot is knocked back and doesn't
move. Suddenly from the air the familiar horse of the masked ranger appears.
"This megasuit has been misused by this planet. But in your hands it can help you tremendously." The
masked ranger says.
"Use that thing? Is he crazy." Jake yells.
"Beam me over to that thing. I have a good feeling about this." Janus says.
"Okay. But if there is any more trouble with that thing than we will bring you back." Matt says.
Janus steps up to the platform and disappears. She reappears in the cockpit of the other robot. Her
presence triggers a message on the view screen. A humanoid appears on the screen.
"At last someone has come to take control of this thing. Someone of a pure heart. When I made this thing
I didn't mean for it to be used to kill escaping criminals but they took it from me to use it for that sole
purpose. Please take this away from the planet and use it for good. The way I originally wanted it to do.
Good luck." That face appears then the screen goes blank.
Janus looks around at the console and finds the controls for communication. Matt's face appears on the
screen.
"Janus! Are you okay?" Matt asks.
"Yes I am fine. I am on the other robot and got a message from the creator. He asked me to use this for
good." Janus responds.
"Do you think we can trust it? It did almost destroy us." Matt asks.
"I think so. It seems like it was under the control of the planet for bad uses. The control has been broken it
seems by the masked ranger." Janus says.
"Are you gonna come back here?" Matt asks.
"No I think I can pilot this. I would like to launch this into space and study it along side our ship." Janus
responds.
"Ok. We are planning to leave immediately before we run into more security." Matt says.
Soon after the ship and the megasuit both launch into space. Afterwards Janus learns how to put the
megasuit in autopilot hooks it up to the megaship so it will be notified of trouble. Janus joins the rest of the
crew for some recreation.
"I wonder what we will get from that new weapon." Janus says.
"Who knows. It's gonna be interesting." Jake responds.
The computer chimes in telling them that someone is trying to get hold of them. The rangers all enter the
bridge and face the view-screen while Janus brings up the communication. On screen is the main general
of the core lords.
"Welcome chosen ones. The core lords request your presence on this planet. We have a urgent mission we
need you to do." The general says.
Janus sees the coordinates.
"We will be there soon." Janus says.
"We look forward to seeing you again." The general says.
The screen goes black.
"I wonder what they want?" Jake asks.
"We'll have to wait." Matt says.
The end.
Next week the rangers will face their deadliest mission ever. What will be the fate of the rangers when they
are sent on a suicide mission? Find out next week in episode 9 agenda part 1.
The ship is traveling through lightspeed. Matt is lounging around in his room reading. Cynthia is in her
room grooming herself. Janus is on the bridge checking systems. Jake and Josh are in the recreation room
playing a game of handball.
"Man. I never thought I'd be playing a game of handball with you." Jake says breathlessly while making a
serve.
"I didn't think I'd be playing it any time soon either." Josh says then returns the serve
"Well I am glad to play against you." Josh says hitting it back.
"Yep." Josh says hitting it really hard.
The ball puts a hole in the wall.
"I guess playing with your suit isn't too good of a idea." Matt says shaking his head.
"Sorry. Guess I still don't know my own strength in this thing." Josh says
A soft jolt hits the ship.
"Feels like we've come out of lightspeed. Shall we go and see what's waiting for us in this new system?"
And now for episode 8
In the bridge Janus is looking at the ship systems.
"It looks like a pretty standard system. About five planets. One of them appears to support life." Janus
says.
"Scan for the kind of minerals we need." Josh says.
Janus does some scans and nods.
"It looks like the planet is rich with the mineral we need to power this ship." Janus responds.
"Plot a course for that planet." Matt says.
The ship engines power up and heads for the planet. After awhile it reaches the planet and goes into orbit.
"Send a communication towards the planet. See if anybody answers." Matt says.
Jake opens up a communication link with the closest linkup on the planet. A face appears on the screen.
The face is humanoid like but with ridges on his face.
"Unknown ship, this is Rex. Explain your business here." The face says.
"We have detected that your planet is abundant of the material we use to power our ship. We are low and
need some of it." Matt responds.
"We have a barter system on this planet. Do you have something we could use in return?" Rex asks.
"I am not sure what you need. Perhaps we can meet and discuss it." Matt says.
"Agreed. We don't allow weapons on this planet. Any kind of violence is dealt with severely. Can you
follow that?" Rex asks.
"That sounds reasonable. We will land within the hour." Matt says.
"We look forward to your business." Rex says smiling.
The screen goes blank.
"Are you sure we should do this? I don't feel safe without any protection." Jake asks.
"We don't have any choice. We don't have much fuel left and there isn't enough to get to the next
system." Janus responds.
"She's right. Let's do it." Matt says.
The ship enters the atmosphere and eventually lands on the surface. A group of other humanoids are
waiting for them. The ramp goes down and the 5 rangers walk down towards the waiting welcoming party.
"Welcome to our beautiful planet." Rex says.
"It is quite beautiful." Janus says smiling.
"If you will follow us, we will take you to our main commerce center." Another man says.
The rangers follow the group to the center of town. They enter a round building and walk towards the
center of it in a big room. A man is sitting in the center and smiles when he sees the rangers.
"Welcome." The mayor says.
"These are the visitors that wish to trade for supplies they desperately need." Rex says.
"You say that our dolomite is used to power your vessel?" The mayor asks.
"Yes sir." Janus responds.
"Well it's fairly valuable here. Rex says that you can barter with us?" The mayor asks.
"Yes although we are not sure what we have to barter with that you'd want." Matt responds.
"Perhaps we can send someone to your vessel to see what you have." The mayor says.
"Yes that would be acceptable." Matt responds.
Cynthia and Josh whisper something to Jake and then Jake whispers something to Matt.
"Uh some of my crew would like to explore your wonderful city. Janus and I however will be on the ship
with you." Matt says.
"We would be glad to accommodate for your crewmates." The mayor says.
"Thank you." Jake says.
"Rex has aquatinted you with our rules hasn't he?" The mayor asks.
"Yes he has and we understand perfectly." Jake says.
Jake, Cynthia and Josh all exit the building and go walking around.
"Wow! This place is amazing." Cynthia says.
"I'm just glad to stretch my legs so to speak. Had enough of being on that ship." Jake says.
"That's nothing. Just imagine how good it felt for me to stretch my legs after not being able to use them for
5 years." Joshua says laughing.
Unseen by them all is a shady looking character that is eyeing the morphers on the rangers' arms.
"Man it's hot out here. I hope I don't burn." Cynthia says.
Suddenly the morpher is ripped from Cynthia's arm by the shady character that then runs away.
"Hey! Stop thief." Cynthia screams.
Jake and Joshua race after the guy. Joshua is faster with his bio suit. He tackles the guy and takes back the
morpher. The robber starts punching Josh and he is forced to defend himself. Suddenly a loud whistle
blows and an uniformed man runs up and separates the two.
"You both are in violation of the no violence law." The official says.
"Oh thank god you are here. He just tackled me and started beating me up." The robber says.
"What? He took something that wasn't his and I was taking it back. He threw the first punch. I was just
protecting myself." Joshua says.
"I am gonna have to take you both in since you have conflicting stories and you were both committing
violence." The officer says.
"No I didn't do anything wrong." Joshua says.
The robber gets the jump on the official and punches him out. The official is knocked unconscious. Joshua
races over to Cynthia along with Jake.
"Let's just got our of here." Joshua yells.
Meanwhile back at the ship the transaction has been completed and the rangers have plenty of fuel now.
The officers leave the ship and Janus and Matt try to communicate with the others.
"What's going on?" Matt asks when he hears a commotion on the other side of the communication.
"Big trouble. I violated the no violence law while protecting myself from an assault of someone that stole
Cynthia's morpher. The robber lied and the official was gonna take both of us in. But then the robber
knocks him out and I am on the run with Cynthia and Jake." Joshua says almost out of breath.
"You idiot. I told you that we don't need to make any enemies in this galaxy." Matt says angrily.
"I had no choice. He took the morpher." Joshua says.
Suddenly the whole ground starts to shake. The shakes come at regular intervals as if they are footsteps.
"What the heck is that?" Jake yells.
"I don't know. I think we'd better go out and check." Matt yells.
They all exit the ship and look around. After about half a minute a huge figure comes over the hill right at
them.
"Oh oh. Big trouble." Matt says.
"What in the world is that?" Janus asks.
As if to answer her the figure looks down and breaths fire on the ground in front of the rangers.
The rangers take out their blasters and fire on the hulk. But the lasers bounce harmlessly off the monsters
metallic skin.
"Looks like we're gonna need cyber power." Matt says.
"Cyber suits engage." Jake yells.
"Cyber ranger alpha" Matt says.
"Cyber ranger beta" Jake says.
"Cyber ranger delta" Cynthia says.
"Cyber ranger gamma." Joshua says.
"Cyber ranger omega." Janus says.
"We need megazord power." Matt yells.
They all become their own zords then the combine to become the cyber megazord.
"Scanners show that the outer skin of this monster is actually metallic. But it's not made of any kind of
metal that I know of." Janus says.
"Fire missiles." Matt says.
Missiles come from the chest of the megazord and strike the monster all at once but it doesn't even faze it.
"It didn't even make a dent in it." Jake says.
"Cybersword." Matt says.
The hand reforms into a hand holding the cybersword. The cybersword slices towards the monster but is
reflected by a hard surface.
"Oh man. The cybersword isn't even good enough to destroy this thing. Now what?" Jake asks.
"Divert all power to the sword. It has to work.
The glows brighter and slices down at the monster again. This time the monster grabs the sword with it's
hands and breaks it in half.
"Oh man we're goners." Jake says.
The monster tears into the megazord and starts to disassemble it.
"Something's wrong. We can't disconnect the megazord." Janus yells.
Suddenly a big beam of energy strikes the robot from outer space. The robot is knocked back and doesn't
move. Suddenly from the air the familiar horse of the masked ranger appears.
"This megasuit has been misused by this planet. But in your hands it can help you tremendously." The
masked ranger says.
"Use that thing? Is he crazy." Jake yells.
"Beam me over to that thing. I have a good feeling about this." Janus says.
"Okay. But if there is any more trouble with that thing than we will bring you back." Matt says.
Janus steps up to the platform and disappears. She reappears in the cockpit of the other robot. Her
presence triggers a message on the view screen. A humanoid appears on the screen.
"At last someone has come to take control of this thing. Someone of a pure heart. When I made this thing
I didn't mean for it to be used to kill escaping criminals but they took it from me to use it for that sole
purpose. Please take this away from the planet and use it for good. The way I originally wanted it to do.
Good luck." That face appears then the screen goes blank.
Janus looks around at the console and finds the controls for communication. Matt's face appears on the
screen.
"Janus! Are you okay?" Matt asks.
"Yes I am fine. I am on the other robot and got a message from the creator. He asked me to use this for
good." Janus responds.
"Do you think we can trust it? It did almost destroy us." Matt asks.
"I think so. It seems like it was under the control of the planet for bad uses. The control has been broken it
seems by the masked ranger." Janus says.
"Are you gonna come back here?" Matt asks.
"No I think I can pilot this. I would like to launch this into space and study it along side our ship." Janus
responds.
"Ok. We are planning to leave immediately before we run into more security." Matt says.
Soon after the ship and the megasuit both launch into space. Afterwards Janus learns how to put the
megasuit in autopilot hooks it up to the megaship so it will be notified of trouble. Janus joins the rest of the
crew for some recreation.
"I wonder what we will get from that new weapon." Janus says.
"Who knows. It's gonna be interesting." Jake responds.
The computer chimes in telling them that someone is trying to get hold of them. The rangers all enter the
bridge and face the view-screen while Janus brings up the communication. On screen is the main general
of the core lords.
"Welcome chosen ones. The core lords request your presence on this planet. We have a urgent mission we
need you to do." The general says.
Janus sees the coordinates.
"We will be there soon." Janus says.
"We look forward to seeing you again." The general says.
The screen goes black.
"I wonder what they want?" Jake asks.
"We'll have to wait." Matt says.
The end.
Next week the rangers will face their deadliest mission ever. What will be the fate of the rangers when they
are sent on a suicide mission? Find out next week in episode 9 agenda part 1.