Power Rangers Cyber #18: The forgotten ones
"Who are you?" Matt says staring into the darkness.
"I'm someone you didn't save. You let me die." A familiar voice responds.
Matt strains to see who it is but the darkness covers the face. The dark figure suddenly draws a sword.
Matt is forced to do the same.
"Please tell me who you are." Matt yells.
The figure answers by attacking Matt forcing him to deflect the blow. Matt finally has no choice but to go
on the defensive with his sword. He gets the upper hand and finds himself ready to deal the fatal blow even
though he doesn't want to.
"I don't want to kill you." Matt says.
"But you already have." The voice says.
Suddenly a bright light shines on the figure and it's revealed to be Jake. But it's not Jake in a way. It looks
like a cross between a Phalanx and Jake. Matt finds himself shocked but still dealing the fatal blow. He
wakes with a start from yet another one of his nightmares.
And now for episode 18…
Matt still shaken goes to the bridge to find out what's going on.
"We are picking up a distress signal." Joshua says.
"Put it on screen." Janus says.
A humanoid like man appears on the screen.
"Please help us. Something has gone terribly wrong. If you are getting this then come and help us before
it's too late." The man yells.
The message goes off the screen.
"That's all." Joshua says.
"Can you trace the origin of the signal?" Janus asks.
"Yeah. It appears to have come from the third planet from the sun of this system we are in." Joshua
responds.
"Okay plot a course for that and prepare to make contact when we are in range." Janus says.
The ship approaches the planet and goes into orbit. The screen comes to life with the face of the same guy
that made the distress signal.
"We are answering your distress signal. What is the problem?" Janus asks.
The guy on the screen looks confused.
"I didn't send any distress signals. There is certainly not anything happening here to warrant such a
signal." The man responds.
"Uh okay. You wouldn't happen to have anybody else that could have used the communications on your
planet. Someone that looks a lot like you?" Janus asks.
"Look I don't know what kind of game this is but I am too busy for this." The man says.
The screen goes blank as the communication is cut off from the planet side.
"Okay what the heck is going on here?" Janus asks.
"Looks suspicious to me. Maybe he's being forced or coerced into saying that. The people that was
threatening him got to him before we could answer the signal." Matt responds.
"I think we should ask to go planet-side and check things out for ourselves." Joshua says.
"Agreed. Send a communication to him again." Janus says.
Joshua does some stuff and the same face appears on the screen.
"What is it now?" the man asks annoyed.
"We would like to land on your planet and check out your people." Janus says.
"That's sounds fine. As long as you leave your weapons behind." The man says.
"Okay agreed. It will take us about five minutes to land." Janus says.
The screen goes blank and the ship goes into its landing procedure. When it lands the hatch opens up and
the ramp extends down. The five crew members all walks down the ramp.
"There's a building that looks bigger than the others. I say we go there first." Janus says.
The all enters the building and walk up to a desk with the guy they talked to sitting behind it.
"Yea? Can I help you?" The man asks.
"We're the ones you talked to and said we wanted to see your planet." Janus says.
"I'm sorry but I have never seen you before. But if you want to see our wonderful planet then I'd be happy
to give you a tour." The man says.
The five look at each other confused.
"But we just talked to you a few minutes ago. Or at least someone that looks and sounds like you." Janus
says.
"Well it wasn't with me. I'm sorry for the confusion." The man says.
Janus motions for the others to join her in a corner.
"This is getting stranger and stranger." Janus says.
"I don't know what this guy is pulling but I don't like it." Matt says.
They turn their attention to the man and start to walk back to him.
[Zap]
"Hello how can I help you?" The man asks.
"We'd like to tour your planet." Janus replies.
"I'd be happy to do that for you. What brings you to our planet?" The man asks.
"Actually I don't know." Janus responds confused.
"Yeah the last thing I remember is entering a new system. Why did we land on this planet anyway?"
Joshua asks.
"I don't know. But I want to take this tour." Cynthia responds.
The man steps outside and beckons for them to follow.
"As you can see our planet has a wonderful climate. Almost all year round we have warm weather. The
only thing that changes in the year is some parts have more rainfall than others. Plus the temperature gets
hotter at times than others." The man says.
"Oh this feels great. We haven't been planet-side for awhile. Or at least on a planet this wonderful." Janus
says taking a deep breath.
[Zap]
"Oh my god. We aren't gonna survive this are we?" Cynthia yells out.
The others look around in confusion.
"Wait a minute. When did this planet become a fertile one instead of a desert planet?" Cynthia asks.
"Who are you people?" The man asks.
"We are explorers. Pirates stranded us here after they hijacked our ship. But we were stranded on a desert
planet." Janus responds.
"We have no record of a ship landing on this planet in a long time. We would know if one did land." The
man says.
"Something is very wrong here." Matt says.
Janus takes out a scanner and scans the area.
"I am not picking up any strange readings. I am picking up a faint disturbance that is fading rapidly. If I
had to guess when it happened I would say about a minute ago." Janus says.
"That's about when I blurted out that we aren't gonna survive and realized that things had changed."
Cynthia says.
"The disturbance seems to have a similar wave length to our brain patterns. Could it be disrupting our
memories?" Janus wonders.
[Zap]
"Why are we standing around like this. We have a mission to get to." Matt says.
"Wait a minute. What happened to the Phalanx base?" Janus asks looking around.
"Who are you people?" The man asks.
They point their weapons at him.
"Who are you? Are you with the Phalanx?" Matt asks.
"The Phalanx? I don't even know who that is." The man says afraid.
"We don't have time to deal with this guy. I am gonna scan and find the base again." Janus says.
Janus starts scanning and a frown comes over her face.
"The coordinates for the base are no longer in this scanner. And I am picking up strange readings of a
disturbance. It seems to match our brain waves." Janus says.
"That may explain our confusion. Could it be affecting our memories?" Matt asks.
"Possibly. I may be able to fashion something that can block it out so it won't affect us if it happens
again." Janus says.
After a few seconds Janus looks up from the scanner.
"There. I think we should morph and alter ourselves in a way that we won't be affected." Janus says.
[Zap]
"This is gonna be cool. I can't wait to get into space for this mission." Joshua says.
Joshua looks around in confusion.
"Jake? Where are you?" Joshua asks.
"What's going on here? The last thing I remember is that I was preparing to go on the space mission."
Janus asks confused.
"Who are you people?" The man asks.
"That's what I was wondering. You don't look human. What are you doing on earth?" Matt asks.
"Earth? You all are the aliens." The man says angrily.
Janus sees the scanner in her hand and looks it its screen.
"Where did this all come from? It seems to have picked up a strange reading and I somehow have put in
details to morph?" Janus says confused.
"Morph? Like power rangers. Wow I wish." Joshua says.
"Apparently something is disrupting our memories and it's getting stronger every time." Janus says.
Janus reads some more.
"It lists a way for each of us to morph in the data." Janus says.
They all shrug their shoulders and prepare to say their call.
"Cyber ranger alpha beta." Matt says.
[Zap]
"Who are all you guys?" Joshua asks.
"Who are you?" The man asks.
"So the data was correct. It has disrupted our memories. Except for mine. I guess the morphing idea
worked. Now listen to me guys. You must morph now. Cynthia say power ranger delta. Joshua say
power ranger gamma. Janus say power ranger omega." Matt says.
"Why should we trust you? We don't even know you." Joshua says.
"Janus look at your scanner. It will verify what I am saying. And hurry before the disruption happens
again." Matt says.
Janus looks at the scanner.
"He's right." Janus says.
They all shrug and morph.
"Let's get back to the ship." Matt says.
"But what about the people of this planet?" Janus asks.
"I don't think there is a way to save them unfortunately." Matt responds.
They all race for the ship and enter it.
"Wow this is cool." Joshua says.
"I guess I better pilot this since none of you have any memories of using this." Matt says.
The ship lifts off. Once it is in space the other rangers get their memories back.
"What happened?" Joshua asks.
"We were being affected by a memory disruptive energy wave. It appears that with every wave we lost
more and more of our memories." Janus says.
"We are getting a strange signal from the planet." Joshua says.
On screen the man they met before is sitting but he's acting strangely. Almost like a child.
"Where's my mommy. I need my mommy." The man says in a childlike voice.
A power surge reading comes from the planet and the man on screen starts to suck his thumb and curl up in
a ball.
"What's going on with him?" Joshua asks.
"With each wave his memories are being disrupted. At this point I'd say he has no memories of anything
beyond when he was 2 years old." Janus says.
"That's what would have happened to us if we had stayed long enough?" Joshua asks shakily.
"Yeah." Janus responds.
"What will happen to the people of that planet?" Matt asks.
"They will keep on losing their memory until they have none at all." Janus responds sadly.
"I wish there was something we could do to save them." Joshua says.
"I know. Well for now set a course for the next system." Janus says.
The ship comes to life and jumps to light speed. Meanwhile on the planet that once housed the dark core, a
group of rogue Phalanx is searching through the rubble.
"Have you found any remaining traces of the dark core?" A voice asks.
"No sir. But we haven't finished our search. We are almost done and will return in about thirty minutes."
The grunt responds.
Suddenly a surge of light hits the lead grunt.
"Are you okay?" another grunt asks.
The affected grunt blasts the others.
"I'm just fine." Dark Core says.
To be continued…
For the next 5 weeks the rangers will face their greatest challenges ever individually. They will each face
a moment of truth. Next week is the first chapter in the trials of the rangers mini series.
Joshua must survive without his bio suit. Buried alive in a series of underground tunnels. He must walk
again.
"Who are you?" Matt says staring into the darkness.
"I'm someone you didn't save. You let me die." A familiar voice responds.
Matt strains to see who it is but the darkness covers the face. The dark figure suddenly draws a sword.
Matt is forced to do the same.
"Please tell me who you are." Matt yells.
The figure answers by attacking Matt forcing him to deflect the blow. Matt finally has no choice but to go
on the defensive with his sword. He gets the upper hand and finds himself ready to deal the fatal blow even
though he doesn't want to.
"I don't want to kill you." Matt says.
"But you already have." The voice says.
Suddenly a bright light shines on the figure and it's revealed to be Jake. But it's not Jake in a way. It looks
like a cross between a Phalanx and Jake. Matt finds himself shocked but still dealing the fatal blow. He
wakes with a start from yet another one of his nightmares.
And now for episode 18…
Matt still shaken goes to the bridge to find out what's going on.
"We are picking up a distress signal." Joshua says.
"Put it on screen." Janus says.
A humanoid like man appears on the screen.
"Please help us. Something has gone terribly wrong. If you are getting this then come and help us before
it's too late." The man yells.
The message goes off the screen.
"That's all." Joshua says.
"Can you trace the origin of the signal?" Janus asks.
"Yeah. It appears to have come from the third planet from the sun of this system we are in." Joshua
responds.
"Okay plot a course for that and prepare to make contact when we are in range." Janus says.
The ship approaches the planet and goes into orbit. The screen comes to life with the face of the same guy
that made the distress signal.
"We are answering your distress signal. What is the problem?" Janus asks.
The guy on the screen looks confused.
"I didn't send any distress signals. There is certainly not anything happening here to warrant such a
signal." The man responds.
"Uh okay. You wouldn't happen to have anybody else that could have used the communications on your
planet. Someone that looks a lot like you?" Janus asks.
"Look I don't know what kind of game this is but I am too busy for this." The man says.
The screen goes blank as the communication is cut off from the planet side.
"Okay what the heck is going on here?" Janus asks.
"Looks suspicious to me. Maybe he's being forced or coerced into saying that. The people that was
threatening him got to him before we could answer the signal." Matt responds.
"I think we should ask to go planet-side and check things out for ourselves." Joshua says.
"Agreed. Send a communication to him again." Janus says.
Joshua does some stuff and the same face appears on the screen.
"What is it now?" the man asks annoyed.
"We would like to land on your planet and check out your people." Janus says.
"That's sounds fine. As long as you leave your weapons behind." The man says.
"Okay agreed. It will take us about five minutes to land." Janus says.
The screen goes blank and the ship goes into its landing procedure. When it lands the hatch opens up and
the ramp extends down. The five crew members all walks down the ramp.
"There's a building that looks bigger than the others. I say we go there first." Janus says.
The all enters the building and walk up to a desk with the guy they talked to sitting behind it.
"Yea? Can I help you?" The man asks.
"We're the ones you talked to and said we wanted to see your planet." Janus says.
"I'm sorry but I have never seen you before. But if you want to see our wonderful planet then I'd be happy
to give you a tour." The man says.
The five look at each other confused.
"But we just talked to you a few minutes ago. Or at least someone that looks and sounds like you." Janus
says.
"Well it wasn't with me. I'm sorry for the confusion." The man says.
Janus motions for the others to join her in a corner.
"This is getting stranger and stranger." Janus says.
"I don't know what this guy is pulling but I don't like it." Matt says.
They turn their attention to the man and start to walk back to him.
[Zap]
"Hello how can I help you?" The man asks.
"We'd like to tour your planet." Janus replies.
"I'd be happy to do that for you. What brings you to our planet?" The man asks.
"Actually I don't know." Janus responds confused.
"Yeah the last thing I remember is entering a new system. Why did we land on this planet anyway?"
Joshua asks.
"I don't know. But I want to take this tour." Cynthia responds.
The man steps outside and beckons for them to follow.
"As you can see our planet has a wonderful climate. Almost all year round we have warm weather. The
only thing that changes in the year is some parts have more rainfall than others. Plus the temperature gets
hotter at times than others." The man says.
"Oh this feels great. We haven't been planet-side for awhile. Or at least on a planet this wonderful." Janus
says taking a deep breath.
[Zap]
"Oh my god. We aren't gonna survive this are we?" Cynthia yells out.
The others look around in confusion.
"Wait a minute. When did this planet become a fertile one instead of a desert planet?" Cynthia asks.
"Who are you people?" The man asks.
"We are explorers. Pirates stranded us here after they hijacked our ship. But we were stranded on a desert
planet." Janus responds.
"We have no record of a ship landing on this planet in a long time. We would know if one did land." The
man says.
"Something is very wrong here." Matt says.
Janus takes out a scanner and scans the area.
"I am not picking up any strange readings. I am picking up a faint disturbance that is fading rapidly. If I
had to guess when it happened I would say about a minute ago." Janus says.
"That's about when I blurted out that we aren't gonna survive and realized that things had changed."
Cynthia says.
"The disturbance seems to have a similar wave length to our brain patterns. Could it be disrupting our
memories?" Janus wonders.
[Zap]
"Why are we standing around like this. We have a mission to get to." Matt says.
"Wait a minute. What happened to the Phalanx base?" Janus asks looking around.
"Who are you people?" The man asks.
They point their weapons at him.
"Who are you? Are you with the Phalanx?" Matt asks.
"The Phalanx? I don't even know who that is." The man says afraid.
"We don't have time to deal with this guy. I am gonna scan and find the base again." Janus says.
Janus starts scanning and a frown comes over her face.
"The coordinates for the base are no longer in this scanner. And I am picking up strange readings of a
disturbance. It seems to match our brain waves." Janus says.
"That may explain our confusion. Could it be affecting our memories?" Matt asks.
"Possibly. I may be able to fashion something that can block it out so it won't affect us if it happens
again." Janus says.
After a few seconds Janus looks up from the scanner.
"There. I think we should morph and alter ourselves in a way that we won't be affected." Janus says.
[Zap]
"This is gonna be cool. I can't wait to get into space for this mission." Joshua says.
Joshua looks around in confusion.
"Jake? Where are you?" Joshua asks.
"What's going on here? The last thing I remember is that I was preparing to go on the space mission."
Janus asks confused.
"Who are you people?" The man asks.
"That's what I was wondering. You don't look human. What are you doing on earth?" Matt asks.
"Earth? You all are the aliens." The man says angrily.
Janus sees the scanner in her hand and looks it its screen.
"Where did this all come from? It seems to have picked up a strange reading and I somehow have put in
details to morph?" Janus says confused.
"Morph? Like power rangers. Wow I wish." Joshua says.
"Apparently something is disrupting our memories and it's getting stronger every time." Janus says.
Janus reads some more.
"It lists a way for each of us to morph in the data." Janus says.
They all shrug their shoulders and prepare to say their call.
"Cyber ranger alpha beta." Matt says.
[Zap]
"Who are all you guys?" Joshua asks.
"Who are you?" The man asks.
"So the data was correct. It has disrupted our memories. Except for mine. I guess the morphing idea
worked. Now listen to me guys. You must morph now. Cynthia say power ranger delta. Joshua say
power ranger gamma. Janus say power ranger omega." Matt says.
"Why should we trust you? We don't even know you." Joshua says.
"Janus look at your scanner. It will verify what I am saying. And hurry before the disruption happens
again." Matt says.
Janus looks at the scanner.
"He's right." Janus says.
They all shrug and morph.
"Let's get back to the ship." Matt says.
"But what about the people of this planet?" Janus asks.
"I don't think there is a way to save them unfortunately." Matt responds.
They all race for the ship and enter it.
"Wow this is cool." Joshua says.
"I guess I better pilot this since none of you have any memories of using this." Matt says.
The ship lifts off. Once it is in space the other rangers get their memories back.
"What happened?" Joshua asks.
"We were being affected by a memory disruptive energy wave. It appears that with every wave we lost
more and more of our memories." Janus says.
"We are getting a strange signal from the planet." Joshua says.
On screen the man they met before is sitting but he's acting strangely. Almost like a child.
"Where's my mommy. I need my mommy." The man says in a childlike voice.
A power surge reading comes from the planet and the man on screen starts to suck his thumb and curl up in
a ball.
"What's going on with him?" Joshua asks.
"With each wave his memories are being disrupted. At this point I'd say he has no memories of anything
beyond when he was 2 years old." Janus says.
"That's what would have happened to us if we had stayed long enough?" Joshua asks shakily.
"Yeah." Janus responds.
"What will happen to the people of that planet?" Matt asks.
"They will keep on losing their memory until they have none at all." Janus responds sadly.
"I wish there was something we could do to save them." Joshua says.
"I know. Well for now set a course for the next system." Janus says.
The ship comes to life and jumps to light speed. Meanwhile on the planet that once housed the dark core, a
group of rogue Phalanx is searching through the rubble.
"Have you found any remaining traces of the dark core?" A voice asks.
"No sir. But we haven't finished our search. We are almost done and will return in about thirty minutes."
The grunt responds.
Suddenly a surge of light hits the lead grunt.
"Are you okay?" another grunt asks.
The affected grunt blasts the others.
"I'm just fine." Dark Core says.
To be continued…
For the next 5 weeks the rangers will face their greatest challenges ever individually. They will each face
a moment of truth. Next week is the first chapter in the trials of the rangers mini series.
Joshua must survive without his bio suit. Buried alive in a series of underground tunnels. He must walk
again.