Power Rangers Cyber #23 the trials of the rangers chapter 5: The end of a world
Previously on power rangers…
"You cannot take control of us from that core. We made it so one of us couldn't take complete control of
the core." Two says.
"You fools. I took control of the original core. I am all-powerful. Do you think that I can't take control of
your two?" Dark core asks laughing.
"You will not succeed." Three says.
"Yes I will and when I do the people that tried to destroy me will pay." Dark core says.
"I have been doing some scanning on the next sector to pass the time. I have found out something
interesting." Joshua says.
"What?" Janus asks.
"I have plotted the orbit of their moon and it doesn't look good." Joshua responds.
The orbit comes up on the main screen. The orbit line shows the moon colliding with the planet.
"Oh my god. Are you sure?" Janus asks.
"Yeah I am pretty sure." Joshua says.
And now for episode 23…
Meanwhile on the planet the scientists of the planet have just come up with the same conclusions.
"Oh my god. We are all gonna die." A woman yells.
"Is there anything we can do to save us?" A governor asks.
"Not that I know of. We don't have to technology to evacuate." The scientist responds.
"How long tell it's over?" The governor asks.
"Well the planet will become extremely hostile long before the two bodies actually collide. It will start to
have strong tidal currents. Giant tidal waves and tremendous stresses in the plates of the planet." The
scientist responds." The scientist responds.
"Isn't there anything that we can do?" The woman asks.
"Not really other than prepare for the end." The scientist responds.
"What about the ancient texts that talk of a way to get out of danger?" The governor asks.
"Those are just a legend, a myth. Believe me I wish there was a way." The scientist responds.
Meanwhile on the ranger ship Joshua is doing scans of the planet.
"What are you up to?" Janus asks.
"I have been scanning the planet ever since I have picked up a strange reading." Joshua says.
"Have you found the source?" Janus asks.
"Kind of. It seems like there are strange machines inside the planet that are giving off readings. I don't
know what they are for." Joshua says.
"Could they have something to do with the coming disaster?" Janus asks.
"They seem to have powered up within the last couple of days. But the threat has been there for longer
than that." Joshua responds.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" Matt asks.
"We could try to change the trajectory of the asteroid." Janus responds.
"How?" Matt asks.
"We could use the megazord and mighty horse and use all power to push it aside. It might not work but it's
the only thing I can think of. Destroying it could only make the situation worse." Janus says.
"Okay. I will call the mighty horse." Andros says.
"Fine. Set a course for the asteroid at the fastest speed we can get." Janus says.
The ship leaps in speed and crosses the area between them and the asteroid in no time flat.
"We've never fought in space either as just rangers or as the megazord. Are we gonna be able to breathe?"
Matt asks.
"Yeah. We can make insulated suits with an air supply." Janus says.
"We're close enough to the asteroid to avoid a possible collision." Joshua says.
"Okay let's do it." Janus says.
Outside the ship they all appear morphed. They quickly become the megazord. They rocket towards the
asteroid and push against it with all their power. The mighty horse appears with Andros in the cockpit. He
joins them in the pushing.
"It's not working. Engines are starting to overheat." Janus says.
"Keep it up. This will work." A voice in Janus's head says.
"If I push it any further we may damage the megazord even more." Janus thinks.
"Do you want everybody on that planet to die?" The voice asks.
"No of course not." Janus thinks.
The engines on the megazord start fizzling out.
"We need to quit now while we still have propulsion." Matt says.
They all back away and return to the ship.
"Darn it. It barely budged at all. It's still on a collision course." Joshua says.
"There's still those strange technology inside the planet." Matt says.
"No! I can't give up on the people of that planet." Janus says.
Suddenly Janus faints. In her mind she has a flashback to a puzzle contest to determine the smartest kid in
the world. She is in the finals against another genius.
"I have it." The other kid says.
Janus looks down in shame. Her father comes over with an angry look on his face.
"I can't believe you let me down. You are stupid." Her father says.
Janus starts crying but there is nobody to comfort her. After that her dad never had anything to do with her.
He left her mother for another woman. After that her mother never looked at her the same. Janus finds her
in a void of white. Her father appears in front of her.
"You are stupid. You are the reason I left your mother. I was ashamed to be the father of a stupid girl."
Janus's father says.
"No! You are stupid. Stupid for leaving such a wonderful woman and daughter." Janus yells.
Her father sits there stunned.
"I showed that I was smart plenty of times. You just weren't there to see that." Janus yells.
"But there was times you failed. Not just at that contest." Her dad says.
Janus is thrust into a class she was in at 10 years old. The teacher gave her an impossible thing to do and
she failed at it. But the teacher never told her that it was impossible. She felt like a failure for years after
that.
"And you have failed at your first attempt to save a planet full of people." Her father says.
"Yes." Janus says bowing her head.
"But you have not totally failed. There are other ways to save them. More unconventional ways." Her
father says.
"Unconventional?" Janus asks.
The world shifts back to the ranger ship with the rangers looking down at her.
"Are you okay?" Matt asks worried.
"Yeah I just fainted from the stress I guess." Janus responds.
"I think we should first of all go and talk to the people and make sure they know of the upcoming disaster."
Matt says.
"Okay let's head for the planet and open a channel when we are in range." Janus says.
The ship approaches the planet.
"Do you know that an asteroid is on a collision course with your planet?" Janus asks a man on the screen.
"Yeah we know. You are space travelers?" The man asks.
"Yeah." Janus responds.
"Then maybe there is hope." The man says with a smile on his face.
"We have tried to divert the path of the asteroid but it was no good." Janus says.
"Well there must be other ways." The man says frowning.
"I think it would be good if we could land and talk about it." Janus says.
"We would be honored to talk to our saviors." The man says.
They coordinate a landing place and land there. The man is there to greet them.
"Hello my name is Jartok." Jartok says.
"It's nice to meet you. Nice planet you have here." Janus says looking around.
"It is nice. Which is why we don't want to lose it." Jartok says.
A woman runs up to them.
"Space travelers. Could the legend be coming true?" The woman asks.
"This is my wife Herlok." Jartok says.
"Have you come to save our planet?" Herlok asks.
"We are here to try though I am not sure what we can do." Janus responds.
Meanwhile Joshua is scanning around near the ground.
"What are you doing Joshua?" Matt asks.
"I'm scanning for those bits of technology I found on the ship. The power seems to be rising with every
minute." Joshua answers.
"You mean there is technology inside our planet? Then maybe the legend is true." Jartok wonders.
"What legend?" Janus asks.
"That one day if our planet was in danger, technology long forgotten would save us. And people from the
great beyond would come to help us remember." Jartok responds.
"Well whatever it is I doubt it could move a planet. But how else could it save a planet?" Joshua wonders.
Joshua does some more scanning.
"I found an underground cave that seems to lead to part of the technology. Could be a control room."
Joshua says.
"Let's go check it out." Janus says.
"Can we go? We would love to see what our ancestors did." Herlok asks.
Janus nods and they all head for the underground cavern. They enter a cave and Joshua turns on his
lighting beam. They walk forward in the near darkness until they see some strange light coming from a
short distance ahead of them. They keep on walking until they hit a dead end.
"Now what? I can see light coming from a small crack near the floor." Joshua asks.
"Could it be some kind of door?" Janus asks.
Herlok steps forward and nearly trips. She puts her hands on the wall for support. Suddenly, as if to
respond to her touch, the wall slides aside revealing the control room.
"Must be some kind of a hand sensor. To make sure only the natives of this planet can enter." Janus says.
They all enter the room and Joshua scans the consoles.
"It's all in some strange language. The scanner can't translate it for some reason." Joshua says.
Jartok steps forward and looks for himself.
"I have seen this before in old textbooks. I think I may be able to translate." Jartok says.
After a short time Jartok looks up again.
"It appears that this seems to be some kind of a information depository." Jartok says disappointed.
"This has to have something to do with the technology and saving a planet." Joshua says.
"Maybe this information will allow us to understand how." Herlok says.
Jartok pushes a button and suddenly the whole control room disappears. It is replaced by a black star-field.
They all seem startled at suddenly having nothing to stand on but they don't float around or fall. Joshua
scans the area.
"It seems like we are still in the control room. This could be some kind of a holographic technology."
Joshua says.
Suddenly a being of shimmering light appears in front of them all.
"If you are seeing this then you need our help. We are your ancestors that found a way to evolve into a
higher form of life. But some people refused to become like us and stayed the way they were. In our
evolved state we could see the future and the ultimate destruction of this planet so we developed a
technology to save our people when that time came." The being says.
"But what does this technology do?" Jartok asks.
"This will take you from the hands of destruction and place you in safety. A huge transporter that will take
everybody on the planet." The being says.
"Oh my god. How is that possible?" Janus says.
The being doesn't answer supposedly only ready to answer one of it's own kinds questions.
"Go on my people and get ready to relocate." The being says.
The being disappears and the control room is once again in view.
"We have got to tell everybody what is gonna happen." Jartok says.
They all rush out and start telling everybody. Some people don't believe but some do.
"I think we better get out of here or we might get transported with them. I don't think that would be too
good. Who knows how far away they will be taken." Janus says.
They say their good-byes and head for the ship. When they reach space, Joshua scans the planet.
"It's done. I am not picking up any life readings at all." Joshua says.
"Good luck." Janus says.
Meanwhile a light year away the people have reappeared on another planet. One even more beautiful than
their old one. Jartok looks up at the now night sky and thinks about how about a year from now they will
see the destruction of their planet and realize how close they came to the end.
To be continued…
Next week is the final trial. Who will it be? I'm not telling. It's a surprise.
Previously on power rangers…
"You cannot take control of us from that core. We made it so one of us couldn't take complete control of
the core." Two says.
"You fools. I took control of the original core. I am all-powerful. Do you think that I can't take control of
your two?" Dark core asks laughing.
"You will not succeed." Three says.
"Yes I will and when I do the people that tried to destroy me will pay." Dark core says.
"I have been doing some scanning on the next sector to pass the time. I have found out something
interesting." Joshua says.
"What?" Janus asks.
"I have plotted the orbit of their moon and it doesn't look good." Joshua responds.
The orbit comes up on the main screen. The orbit line shows the moon colliding with the planet.
"Oh my god. Are you sure?" Janus asks.
"Yeah I am pretty sure." Joshua says.
And now for episode 23…
Meanwhile on the planet the scientists of the planet have just come up with the same conclusions.
"Oh my god. We are all gonna die." A woman yells.
"Is there anything we can do to save us?" A governor asks.
"Not that I know of. We don't have to technology to evacuate." The scientist responds.
"How long tell it's over?" The governor asks.
"Well the planet will become extremely hostile long before the two bodies actually collide. It will start to
have strong tidal currents. Giant tidal waves and tremendous stresses in the plates of the planet." The
scientist responds." The scientist responds.
"Isn't there anything that we can do?" The woman asks.
"Not really other than prepare for the end." The scientist responds.
"What about the ancient texts that talk of a way to get out of danger?" The governor asks.
"Those are just a legend, a myth. Believe me I wish there was a way." The scientist responds.
Meanwhile on the ranger ship Joshua is doing scans of the planet.
"What are you up to?" Janus asks.
"I have been scanning the planet ever since I have picked up a strange reading." Joshua says.
"Have you found the source?" Janus asks.
"Kind of. It seems like there are strange machines inside the planet that are giving off readings. I don't
know what they are for." Joshua says.
"Could they have something to do with the coming disaster?" Janus asks.
"They seem to have powered up within the last couple of days. But the threat has been there for longer
than that." Joshua responds.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" Matt asks.
"We could try to change the trajectory of the asteroid." Janus responds.
"How?" Matt asks.
"We could use the megazord and mighty horse and use all power to push it aside. It might not work but it's
the only thing I can think of. Destroying it could only make the situation worse." Janus says.
"Okay. I will call the mighty horse." Andros says.
"Fine. Set a course for the asteroid at the fastest speed we can get." Janus says.
The ship leaps in speed and crosses the area between them and the asteroid in no time flat.
"We've never fought in space either as just rangers or as the megazord. Are we gonna be able to breathe?"
Matt asks.
"Yeah. We can make insulated suits with an air supply." Janus says.
"We're close enough to the asteroid to avoid a possible collision." Joshua says.
"Okay let's do it." Janus says.
Outside the ship they all appear morphed. They quickly become the megazord. They rocket towards the
asteroid and push against it with all their power. The mighty horse appears with Andros in the cockpit. He
joins them in the pushing.
"It's not working. Engines are starting to overheat." Janus says.
"Keep it up. This will work." A voice in Janus's head says.
"If I push it any further we may damage the megazord even more." Janus thinks.
"Do you want everybody on that planet to die?" The voice asks.
"No of course not." Janus thinks.
The engines on the megazord start fizzling out.
"We need to quit now while we still have propulsion." Matt says.
They all back away and return to the ship.
"Darn it. It barely budged at all. It's still on a collision course." Joshua says.
"There's still those strange technology inside the planet." Matt says.
"No! I can't give up on the people of that planet." Janus says.
Suddenly Janus faints. In her mind she has a flashback to a puzzle contest to determine the smartest kid in
the world. She is in the finals against another genius.
"I have it." The other kid says.
Janus looks down in shame. Her father comes over with an angry look on his face.
"I can't believe you let me down. You are stupid." Her father says.
Janus starts crying but there is nobody to comfort her. After that her dad never had anything to do with her.
He left her mother for another woman. After that her mother never looked at her the same. Janus finds her
in a void of white. Her father appears in front of her.
"You are stupid. You are the reason I left your mother. I was ashamed to be the father of a stupid girl."
Janus's father says.
"No! You are stupid. Stupid for leaving such a wonderful woman and daughter." Janus yells.
Her father sits there stunned.
"I showed that I was smart plenty of times. You just weren't there to see that." Janus yells.
"But there was times you failed. Not just at that contest." Her dad says.
Janus is thrust into a class she was in at 10 years old. The teacher gave her an impossible thing to do and
she failed at it. But the teacher never told her that it was impossible. She felt like a failure for years after
that.
"And you have failed at your first attempt to save a planet full of people." Her father says.
"Yes." Janus says bowing her head.
"But you have not totally failed. There are other ways to save them. More unconventional ways." Her
father says.
"Unconventional?" Janus asks.
The world shifts back to the ranger ship with the rangers looking down at her.
"Are you okay?" Matt asks worried.
"Yeah I just fainted from the stress I guess." Janus responds.
"I think we should first of all go and talk to the people and make sure they know of the upcoming disaster."
Matt says.
"Okay let's head for the planet and open a channel when we are in range." Janus says.
The ship approaches the planet.
"Do you know that an asteroid is on a collision course with your planet?" Janus asks a man on the screen.
"Yeah we know. You are space travelers?" The man asks.
"Yeah." Janus responds.
"Then maybe there is hope." The man says with a smile on his face.
"We have tried to divert the path of the asteroid but it was no good." Janus says.
"Well there must be other ways." The man says frowning.
"I think it would be good if we could land and talk about it." Janus says.
"We would be honored to talk to our saviors." The man says.
They coordinate a landing place and land there. The man is there to greet them.
"Hello my name is Jartok." Jartok says.
"It's nice to meet you. Nice planet you have here." Janus says looking around.
"It is nice. Which is why we don't want to lose it." Jartok says.
A woman runs up to them.
"Space travelers. Could the legend be coming true?" The woman asks.
"This is my wife Herlok." Jartok says.
"Have you come to save our planet?" Herlok asks.
"We are here to try though I am not sure what we can do." Janus responds.
Meanwhile Joshua is scanning around near the ground.
"What are you doing Joshua?" Matt asks.
"I'm scanning for those bits of technology I found on the ship. The power seems to be rising with every
minute." Joshua answers.
"You mean there is technology inside our planet? Then maybe the legend is true." Jartok wonders.
"What legend?" Janus asks.
"That one day if our planet was in danger, technology long forgotten would save us. And people from the
great beyond would come to help us remember." Jartok responds.
"Well whatever it is I doubt it could move a planet. But how else could it save a planet?" Joshua wonders.
Joshua does some more scanning.
"I found an underground cave that seems to lead to part of the technology. Could be a control room."
Joshua says.
"Let's go check it out." Janus says.
"Can we go? We would love to see what our ancestors did." Herlok asks.
Janus nods and they all head for the underground cavern. They enter a cave and Joshua turns on his
lighting beam. They walk forward in the near darkness until they see some strange light coming from a
short distance ahead of them. They keep on walking until they hit a dead end.
"Now what? I can see light coming from a small crack near the floor." Joshua asks.
"Could it be some kind of door?" Janus asks.
Herlok steps forward and nearly trips. She puts her hands on the wall for support. Suddenly, as if to
respond to her touch, the wall slides aside revealing the control room.
"Must be some kind of a hand sensor. To make sure only the natives of this planet can enter." Janus says.
They all enter the room and Joshua scans the consoles.
"It's all in some strange language. The scanner can't translate it for some reason." Joshua says.
Jartok steps forward and looks for himself.
"I have seen this before in old textbooks. I think I may be able to translate." Jartok says.
After a short time Jartok looks up again.
"It appears that this seems to be some kind of a information depository." Jartok says disappointed.
"This has to have something to do with the technology and saving a planet." Joshua says.
"Maybe this information will allow us to understand how." Herlok says.
Jartok pushes a button and suddenly the whole control room disappears. It is replaced by a black star-field.
They all seem startled at suddenly having nothing to stand on but they don't float around or fall. Joshua
scans the area.
"It seems like we are still in the control room. This could be some kind of a holographic technology."
Joshua says.
Suddenly a being of shimmering light appears in front of them all.
"If you are seeing this then you need our help. We are your ancestors that found a way to evolve into a
higher form of life. But some people refused to become like us and stayed the way they were. In our
evolved state we could see the future and the ultimate destruction of this planet so we developed a
technology to save our people when that time came." The being says.
"But what does this technology do?" Jartok asks.
"This will take you from the hands of destruction and place you in safety. A huge transporter that will take
everybody on the planet." The being says.
"Oh my god. How is that possible?" Janus says.
The being doesn't answer supposedly only ready to answer one of it's own kinds questions.
"Go on my people and get ready to relocate." The being says.
The being disappears and the control room is once again in view.
"We have got to tell everybody what is gonna happen." Jartok says.
They all rush out and start telling everybody. Some people don't believe but some do.
"I think we better get out of here or we might get transported with them. I don't think that would be too
good. Who knows how far away they will be taken." Janus says.
They say their good-byes and head for the ship. When they reach space, Joshua scans the planet.
"It's done. I am not picking up any life readings at all." Joshua says.
"Good luck." Janus says.
Meanwhile a light year away the people have reappeared on another planet. One even more beautiful than
their old one. Jartok looks up at the now night sky and thinks about how about a year from now they will
see the destruction of their planet and realize how close they came to the end.
To be continued…
Next week is the final trial. Who will it be? I'm not telling. It's a surprise.