Power Rangers Cyber #27 the search for the chosen one chapter 4: the prophecy part 1
Previously on Power rangers…
"The barrier keeps out a group of invincible beings known as the first ones. They once ruled this galaxy.
Until a group of life forms rose up to cosmic ascent and drove them up. They then formed the great barrier
to keep the first ones out." Auros says.
-- Power Rangers Force: aftermath --
A group of beings known to some as the fates are watching over the explorer ship.
"The prophecy is about to come true." One of the fates says.
"Which one is that?" Another fate asks.
"A prophecy says that a stranger to this galaxy among other non strangers would end up against invincible
enemies. One possible outcome is the complete destruction of the stranger and his ship. The other
outcome is that they survive but inadvertently become trojan horses to the invincible ones to cross into the
strangers' home galaxy. That would bring the end of his galaxy as he knows it." The first fate answers.
"But those outcomes are both bad. Isn't there any good ones?" The other fate asks.
"Yes. I gave the outcomes that are likely. The good outcome is highly unlikely. But anything is possible."
The first fate responds.
And now for episode 27…
Zhane is sitting in his quarters looking at the key.
"What do I do with this? What does this have to do with the chosen one?" Zhane wonders.
The key suddenly flies out of his hands and flies through the air. Zhane watches startled. A picture
appears out of nowhere. A picture of an ark. The picture disappears and the key falls to the ground. Zhane
picks it up and looks at is some more before putting it away again.
"More questions and no answers." Zhane says.
Zhane goes to the bridge to find out what is happening.
"Have you figured anything out with the key?" Rio asks Zhane.
"No. Just a vision of something." Zhane responds.
"Sir we are being contacted." The communication officer says.
"By a ship or planet?" Rio asks.
"That's just it sir. There is no planet or ship nearby. The signal appears to be coming from nowhere." The
officer responds.
"Well put it on screen so we can find out what is going on." Rio says.
A humanoid face appears onscreen.
"Welcome travelers. What brings you to our part of this galaxy?" The man asks.
"We are just explorers. We are searching for something." Rio responds.
"I have a key and I am searching for someone called the chosen one. But this key has only brought out
more questions." Zhane says.
"Hmmm, the chosen one. That sounds a bit familiar. Maybe we can help you find this person." The man
says.
"We?" Rio asks.
Three other faces appear next to the original.
"We are known as the old ones." Another man says.
"What are you?" Rio asks.
"We are a couple of beings almost as old as this galaxy itself. We roam this galaxy and others looking for
people to help." The man responds.
"And you can help us find the chosen one?" Rio asks.
"Yes. I believe I know whom you are talking about. There is one man that is searching for something or
someone in this galaxy. We met him briefly before. He seemed special and had a destiny all his own."
Another man says.
"Did he say what his name was?" Rio asks.
"Yeah I believe it was Zanek." The man responds.
"He's one of the ones that killed our captain." An officer says angrily.
"Remember he was only protecting his home galaxy. I only wish I had the strength to do the same." Rio
says waving the officer away.
"He was looking for something and gave us this map. He was hoping we could figure it out but we were
not able. Your technology seems to be sophisticated compared to his. Perhaps you can figure this out."
The man says holding up a data pad.
"Yeah we can try. Can you send it to us?" Rio asks.
The padd disappears and reappears in Zhane's hand.
"Quickly scan to make sure it's safe." Rio says.
An officer runs over and scans the device then nods his head.
"Sorry for that. Just safety precautions." Rio says to the men on screen.
"We take no offense in the fact that you want to keep your people safe." The man says.
"We'd like to take some time to study this and get back to you." Rio says.
"Fine. We will give you 2 hours of your time and we will contact you." The man says.
The screen goes blank.
"Okay hook it up and first scan for what kind of data is on it." Rio says.
An officer nods and takes the padd. He hooks it up to the console and does some stuff to it.
"Comments on these 'old ones'." Rio says.
"I don't know. This is a fairly unknown galaxy to us. There are people out there that wish us harm. Even
some that wish our destruction." An officer says.
"Yeah but which one do these guys fall in?" Rio ponders.
"Well we can only hope that they don't fall in the harm or destruction category." Another officer says.
Meanwhile the four old ones are gathered around talking.
"They are the perfect patsy for our plan." One man says.
"Yeah we need to take over their ship and crew so we can pass through the barrier." Another man says.
"It's time we take back what was ours." The third man says.
"They will go on that wild goose chase which will incapacitate them while we take over their ship and
abandon them." The fourth says laughing.
Meanwhile back on the ship they have decoded the data partially.
"It seems to refer to a temple in the dark spotted sky." An officer says.
"Dark and spotted? Could that be some ancient civilization's way of describing the night sky? Space?"
Zhane wonders.
"But which sky?" Rio asks.
"Does it contain any kind of sky charts. Even crude?" Zhane asks.
"Not yet but I haven't completely translated it yet." The officer responds.
"Okay stay at it." Rio says.
Zhane sits down and ponders on what he will find in this 'space temple'. He nods off and finds himself
wandering through the halls of a mysterious temple.
"Where am I?" Zhane asks himself.
No matter where he goes, the halls seem to stretch out to an eternity. No matter how far he goes the end
never shows up. Finally he gives up and sits down to think.
"What do I do now?" Zhane wonders.
The key in his pocket lights up and he takes it out. The light of the key reveals that one of the walls are
fake. Zhane hesitantly reaches his hand out and it passes through the wall. So Zhane walks through the
wall and finds himself in some sort of round room. The key flies out of Zhane's hand and slides in a slot
on the side of the altar.
"You have found the temple of the chosen ones." A voice says.
Zhane wakes up with a start. Rio is looking over the shoulder of the officer that is translating the data.
"I've got a crude star drawing of the night sky. I am now entering it into our known database of the star
positions in this galaxy." The officer says.
On the main screen hundreds of star charts flash across the screen with the crude drawing on the side as the
computer searches for a match. After a minute the screen stops with no match.
"Darn it. The drawing must be too crude for a good match." The officer says.
The key starts glowing and flies out of Zhane's pocket. It latches onto the console and the screen comes to
life again. Suddenly the crude drawing becomes very clear and the computer soon comes up with a match.
"I don't know what that object did but we have got a match. The star configuration matches a system not
far from here." The officer says.
"We don't know how old this drawing is. It could be a lot different from the planet side now." Zhane says.
"Yeah but it's a start. We should be able to pick up any space stations in the area of the system." Rio says.
The ship jumps into light speed and quickly reaches the target system.
"Scanning for any stations in the area." The officer says.
Zhane waits barely hiding his excitement.
"I'm picking up something. But it's not a space station. It seems to be some kind of an ark like object. I
don't know how but the inside is properly air tight and has a breathable atmosphere." The officer says
frowning.
"Let's beam on over but with enviro suits on just in case." Rio says.
"Should I go too?" Zhane asks.
"Yes. You have gotten us this far and you have the key that got us here." Rio responds.
Zhane and a few officers head for the transporter room and beam on over to the ark. Immediately one of
the officers scans.
"He was right. I am reading a breathable atmosphere." The officer says.
He does some more scanning and suddenly frowns.
"That's strange. I am picking up trace elements of another atmosphere that existed here only mere minutes
ago. It's as if it changed just as we came in contact with it." The officer says.
"You think it changed it's interior to suit our kind?" Zhane asks.
"That's what is seems like. I say we keep the suits on just in case it changes again." The officer says.
"Couldn't we keep the helmets off and put them back on at the first sign of change?" Zhane asks.
"No. According to the trace readings, the last atmosphere would kill us instantly." The officer responds.
"Okay well let's start exploring this strange vessel." Zhane says.
They look around the room but do not find any kind of access. An officer puts his scanner on the console
and tries to access it.
"That's strange. According to this scanner this console does not exist. In fact none of this exists." The
officer says frowning.
Zhane remembers his vision about the wall not really being there. He takes out his key and points it around
but nothing happens. He puts the key down on the console and suddenly it comes to life. The light of the
key reveals a hidden passageway.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Zhane asks.
They all file through the corridor and when they pass the invisible threshold, everything behind them
disappears and nothing but blackness is left. The officers look back in confusion.
They keep on heading down the corridor until they reach a branch. An officer scans around and looks
confused.
"I am not picking up anything. Not the corridors or the branch, nothing." The officer says.
"I have a feeling this is all an illusion. The corridors we are seeing. The atmosphere we are detecting.
Everything." Zhane says.
"It was waiting for us." An officer says.
He looks confused as if he didn't know where he came up with that.
Zhane takes out his key again and points it at the walls but nothing happens. They all start walking down a
corridor and just like in his vision, there is no end. Zhane keeps on waving the key around but still nothing
happens.
"This isn't like my vision." Zhane says to himself.
The others look at him strangely but keep on walking forward.
"Only you can find the way. The key is a guide but you must help it." A voice says in Zhane's head.
Zhane shuts his eyes and focuses his energy on the walls and the key. The key glows in his hand and
another hidden corridor appears.
"Are you okay?" An officer asks Zhane.
"Yeah I'm okay. Let's go." Zhane responds after opening his eyes.
They walk down the side tunnel and Zhane once again finds himself in front of the ark. He takes out the
key and puts it in the slot.
"What are you doing?" An officer asks.
"Finding out the answers at last." Zhane responds.
A beam of energy shoots outs and starts sweeping the circular temple.
"What's going on now?" An officer asks.
"Now we find out who the chosen one is." Zhane responds.
The beam stops of Zhane and focuses on him.
"I'm the chosen one?" Zhane asks confused.
To be continued…
Next week is the final chapter in the chosen one mini series.
A prophecy is about to be fulfilled but which that outcome will happen. And role does the chosen one play
in this all. Plus the return of an ex ranger. All this and more next week.
Previously on Power rangers…
"The barrier keeps out a group of invincible beings known as the first ones. They once ruled this galaxy.
Until a group of life forms rose up to cosmic ascent and drove them up. They then formed the great barrier
to keep the first ones out." Auros says.
-- Power Rangers Force: aftermath --
A group of beings known to some as the fates are watching over the explorer ship.
"The prophecy is about to come true." One of the fates says.
"Which one is that?" Another fate asks.
"A prophecy says that a stranger to this galaxy among other non strangers would end up against invincible
enemies. One possible outcome is the complete destruction of the stranger and his ship. The other
outcome is that they survive but inadvertently become trojan horses to the invincible ones to cross into the
strangers' home galaxy. That would bring the end of his galaxy as he knows it." The first fate answers.
"But those outcomes are both bad. Isn't there any good ones?" The other fate asks.
"Yes. I gave the outcomes that are likely. The good outcome is highly unlikely. But anything is possible."
The first fate responds.
And now for episode 27…
Zhane is sitting in his quarters looking at the key.
"What do I do with this? What does this have to do with the chosen one?" Zhane wonders.
The key suddenly flies out of his hands and flies through the air. Zhane watches startled. A picture
appears out of nowhere. A picture of an ark. The picture disappears and the key falls to the ground. Zhane
picks it up and looks at is some more before putting it away again.
"More questions and no answers." Zhane says.
Zhane goes to the bridge to find out what is happening.
"Have you figured anything out with the key?" Rio asks Zhane.
"No. Just a vision of something." Zhane responds.
"Sir we are being contacted." The communication officer says.
"By a ship or planet?" Rio asks.
"That's just it sir. There is no planet or ship nearby. The signal appears to be coming from nowhere." The
officer responds.
"Well put it on screen so we can find out what is going on." Rio says.
A humanoid face appears onscreen.
"Welcome travelers. What brings you to our part of this galaxy?" The man asks.
"We are just explorers. We are searching for something." Rio responds.
"I have a key and I am searching for someone called the chosen one. But this key has only brought out
more questions." Zhane says.
"Hmmm, the chosen one. That sounds a bit familiar. Maybe we can help you find this person." The man
says.
"We?" Rio asks.
Three other faces appear next to the original.
"We are known as the old ones." Another man says.
"What are you?" Rio asks.
"We are a couple of beings almost as old as this galaxy itself. We roam this galaxy and others looking for
people to help." The man responds.
"And you can help us find the chosen one?" Rio asks.
"Yes. I believe I know whom you are talking about. There is one man that is searching for something or
someone in this galaxy. We met him briefly before. He seemed special and had a destiny all his own."
Another man says.
"Did he say what his name was?" Rio asks.
"Yeah I believe it was Zanek." The man responds.
"He's one of the ones that killed our captain." An officer says angrily.
"Remember he was only protecting his home galaxy. I only wish I had the strength to do the same." Rio
says waving the officer away.
"He was looking for something and gave us this map. He was hoping we could figure it out but we were
not able. Your technology seems to be sophisticated compared to his. Perhaps you can figure this out."
The man says holding up a data pad.
"Yeah we can try. Can you send it to us?" Rio asks.
The padd disappears and reappears in Zhane's hand.
"Quickly scan to make sure it's safe." Rio says.
An officer runs over and scans the device then nods his head.
"Sorry for that. Just safety precautions." Rio says to the men on screen.
"We take no offense in the fact that you want to keep your people safe." The man says.
"We'd like to take some time to study this and get back to you." Rio says.
"Fine. We will give you 2 hours of your time and we will contact you." The man says.
The screen goes blank.
"Okay hook it up and first scan for what kind of data is on it." Rio says.
An officer nods and takes the padd. He hooks it up to the console and does some stuff to it.
"Comments on these 'old ones'." Rio says.
"I don't know. This is a fairly unknown galaxy to us. There are people out there that wish us harm. Even
some that wish our destruction." An officer says.
"Yeah but which one do these guys fall in?" Rio ponders.
"Well we can only hope that they don't fall in the harm or destruction category." Another officer says.
Meanwhile the four old ones are gathered around talking.
"They are the perfect patsy for our plan." One man says.
"Yeah we need to take over their ship and crew so we can pass through the barrier." Another man says.
"It's time we take back what was ours." The third man says.
"They will go on that wild goose chase which will incapacitate them while we take over their ship and
abandon them." The fourth says laughing.
Meanwhile back on the ship they have decoded the data partially.
"It seems to refer to a temple in the dark spotted sky." An officer says.
"Dark and spotted? Could that be some ancient civilization's way of describing the night sky? Space?"
Zhane wonders.
"But which sky?" Rio asks.
"Does it contain any kind of sky charts. Even crude?" Zhane asks.
"Not yet but I haven't completely translated it yet." The officer responds.
"Okay stay at it." Rio says.
Zhane sits down and ponders on what he will find in this 'space temple'. He nods off and finds himself
wandering through the halls of a mysterious temple.
"Where am I?" Zhane asks himself.
No matter where he goes, the halls seem to stretch out to an eternity. No matter how far he goes the end
never shows up. Finally he gives up and sits down to think.
"What do I do now?" Zhane wonders.
The key in his pocket lights up and he takes it out. The light of the key reveals that one of the walls are
fake. Zhane hesitantly reaches his hand out and it passes through the wall. So Zhane walks through the
wall and finds himself in some sort of round room. The key flies out of Zhane's hand and slides in a slot
on the side of the altar.
"You have found the temple of the chosen ones." A voice says.
Zhane wakes up with a start. Rio is looking over the shoulder of the officer that is translating the data.
"I've got a crude star drawing of the night sky. I am now entering it into our known database of the star
positions in this galaxy." The officer says.
On the main screen hundreds of star charts flash across the screen with the crude drawing on the side as the
computer searches for a match. After a minute the screen stops with no match.
"Darn it. The drawing must be too crude for a good match." The officer says.
The key starts glowing and flies out of Zhane's pocket. It latches onto the console and the screen comes to
life again. Suddenly the crude drawing becomes very clear and the computer soon comes up with a match.
"I don't know what that object did but we have got a match. The star configuration matches a system not
far from here." The officer says.
"We don't know how old this drawing is. It could be a lot different from the planet side now." Zhane says.
"Yeah but it's a start. We should be able to pick up any space stations in the area of the system." Rio says.
The ship jumps into light speed and quickly reaches the target system.
"Scanning for any stations in the area." The officer says.
Zhane waits barely hiding his excitement.
"I'm picking up something. But it's not a space station. It seems to be some kind of an ark like object. I
don't know how but the inside is properly air tight and has a breathable atmosphere." The officer says
frowning.
"Let's beam on over but with enviro suits on just in case." Rio says.
"Should I go too?" Zhane asks.
"Yes. You have gotten us this far and you have the key that got us here." Rio responds.
Zhane and a few officers head for the transporter room and beam on over to the ark. Immediately one of
the officers scans.
"He was right. I am reading a breathable atmosphere." The officer says.
He does some more scanning and suddenly frowns.
"That's strange. I am picking up trace elements of another atmosphere that existed here only mere minutes
ago. It's as if it changed just as we came in contact with it." The officer says.
"You think it changed it's interior to suit our kind?" Zhane asks.
"That's what is seems like. I say we keep the suits on just in case it changes again." The officer says.
"Couldn't we keep the helmets off and put them back on at the first sign of change?" Zhane asks.
"No. According to the trace readings, the last atmosphere would kill us instantly." The officer responds.
"Okay well let's start exploring this strange vessel." Zhane says.
They look around the room but do not find any kind of access. An officer puts his scanner on the console
and tries to access it.
"That's strange. According to this scanner this console does not exist. In fact none of this exists." The
officer says frowning.
Zhane remembers his vision about the wall not really being there. He takes out his key and points it around
but nothing happens. He puts the key down on the console and suddenly it comes to life. The light of the
key reveals a hidden passageway.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Zhane asks.
They all file through the corridor and when they pass the invisible threshold, everything behind them
disappears and nothing but blackness is left. The officers look back in confusion.
They keep on heading down the corridor until they reach a branch. An officer scans around and looks
confused.
"I am not picking up anything. Not the corridors or the branch, nothing." The officer says.
"I have a feeling this is all an illusion. The corridors we are seeing. The atmosphere we are detecting.
Everything." Zhane says.
"It was waiting for us." An officer says.
He looks confused as if he didn't know where he came up with that.
Zhane takes out his key again and points it at the walls but nothing happens. They all start walking down a
corridor and just like in his vision, there is no end. Zhane keeps on waving the key around but still nothing
happens.
"This isn't like my vision." Zhane says to himself.
The others look at him strangely but keep on walking forward.
"Only you can find the way. The key is a guide but you must help it." A voice says in Zhane's head.
Zhane shuts his eyes and focuses his energy on the walls and the key. The key glows in his hand and
another hidden corridor appears.
"Are you okay?" An officer asks Zhane.
"Yeah I'm okay. Let's go." Zhane responds after opening his eyes.
They walk down the side tunnel and Zhane once again finds himself in front of the ark. He takes out the
key and puts it in the slot.
"What are you doing?" An officer asks.
"Finding out the answers at last." Zhane responds.
A beam of energy shoots outs and starts sweeping the circular temple.
"What's going on now?" An officer asks.
"Now we find out who the chosen one is." Zhane responds.
The beam stops of Zhane and focuses on him.
"I'm the chosen one?" Zhane asks confused.
To be continued…
Next week is the final chapter in the chosen one mini series.
A prophecy is about to be fulfilled but which that outcome will happen. And role does the chosen one play
in this all. Plus the return of an ex ranger. All this and more next week.