Disclaimer: You should know this by now. Amber, Amy, Cora, and the Wizard are mine, as is the White Space Ranger Powers and essence concept. Alexis Darling belongs to Rachael West and is used with her permission, without impacting her "Streaks of Purple" series. Everything else belongs to Saban.

Karone had been waiting at the park for several minutes now. She had no idea when her friends would arrive, but she hoped it would be soon. She knew the Wizard would strike against the Essence and Space Rangers soon and knew she had to hurry up.

She turned around when Tommy, Kat, Cassie, and Jason approached her and sat down, Jason handing her the hot chocolate she had wanted. "Thanks." She said.

"No problem." Jason responded.

"How much longer before your friends show up?" Tommy asked her.

Karone shrugged. "Beats me. Sometime soon I'm sure. I just hope it's before the Wizard decides to strike." She said.

"And if your friend doesn't have any information?" Kat asked as Tommy put his arm around her. She leaned against his chest.

"Then we're back at square one. If we ever left in the first place." Karone responded.

She took a sip of her hot chocolate and closed her eyes for a minute. She had thought she had been denied a lot when Darkconda abducted her and had her trained to become Astronema. Cassie and Ashley had introduced her to hot chocolate shortly after they had stopped the Countdown to Destruction, and she had found it to her liking.

When she heard someone call out, "Hey, Karone." She opened her eyes and smiled when she saw who had greeted her.

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The Wizard has tracked the five rangers to their latest destination, thinking they were after one thing. Information on him.

To his knowledge, no one had information on him that they could use. He was fully aware that Dark Specter, and through them, Astronema and his minions, had no idea who he was. He was also fully aware that some villains did not work with Dark Specter when he had did what he could to conquer the universe.

But he had five rangers away from their base of operations and had no intention of passing up this opportunity to destroy the five rangers. But he intended to do it in a sense that would cause some small amount of problem. And using his Cube of illusions, he would make sure they would fail.

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"Guys, it's so nice to see you again." Karone said as she got up and ran towards her friends.

Leo Corbett hugged her firmly, and then released her so she could greet Maya, who seemed just as happy to see her. Then he turned to see her friends approaching them, whom she had told them all about. Tommy the Green Essence Ranger, Jason the Red Essence Ranger, Kat the Pink Essence Ranger, and of course Cassie the Pink Space Ranger, who had helped them fight the Psycho Rangers when they attacked Terra Venture.

"I'm glad to see you found a new home." Cassie said and then smiled at Maya. "Or in your case, saved your old home."

Maya smiled in return. "It's great to be back home. Even though I had looked at my time aboard Terra Venture as my home after what happened. Until Terra Venture was destroyed by Trakeena." She responded.

Leo nodded. "It's been great. We even got to return the Quasar Sabers to their stones. We have no need for them here." He said.

Maya looked at Karone. "But you didn't come here just to check up on us, did you?" she asked her friend.

Karone's smile faded. "No, you're right. We didn't. I was hoping you knew someone who could tell us about an entity known as The Wizard." She told them all.

Leo just shrugged. "I've never heard of him." He told her.

Maya on the other hand reacted differently. "I've heard of him. He's supposed to be a powerful entity. He's also malevolent. He's known to destroy entire galaxies, for really no reason but amusement. He uses the power in the chosen galaxy, and then failing that he uses his own power, which has always been stronger than anything I've ever heard of. It's rumored that he's even stronger than the Power Rangers." She explained gravely.

Jason shook his head. "I wouldn't say he's stronger than the Power Rangers." He told her.

"We're fighting him now. He stole the astral powers. He nearly destroyed us be trying to shatter one of our friends confidence. And we know he isn't going to give up. But we wanted to know what we were up against if at all possible." Karone told her friends. "Are mind games part of his arsenal?" Tommy asked Maya.

She nodded. "It can be. From all I've heard about him, the only race he's gone against that he hasn't conquered are the aliens known as the Borg."

Karone understood the meaning to that all to well, but elicited confusion from her friends and she felt the need to explain when they heard screaming from behind them and found Quantrons coming toward the,.

"What? How is that possible?" Cassie wondered as she took her fighting stance.

Tommy looked at Maya and Leo. "Get your friends. You might want to get your Quasar Sabers too. We may need your help." He told them all and then looked at his friends. "It's Morphin Time." "Let's Rocket!"

"Green Ranger Power!" "Pink Ranger Power!" "Red Ranger Power!" Cassie and Karone morphed too.

Several of the Quantrons drew their Q-Blades after the teens had morphed and they surrounded them.

"I thought Zordon wiped these things out." Cassie said.

"So did I." Karone assured her.

They began to attack, and swift kicks from Jason and Tommy managed to clear a gap from the circle to allow the five rangers to escape the circle and put themselves in a better position.

"Alright, let's do it." Jason said as he pulled out his Power Sword. Tommy pulled out his Power Dagger and they ran to intercept the Quantrons.

Kat pulled out her Power Bow and Cassie her Satellite Stunner. Karone took out her astral blaster and formed it into her crossbow, and the three girls fired at the Quantrons. Despite Jason and Tommy's skills, many of the Quantrons got past the guys and headed toward the girls. That was when Karone replaced her crossbow/astral blaster with her sword and went to try to stop them from advancing any further.

All the ranger were busy trying to keep the Quantrons at bay, they all reacted with surprise when Karone and Jason were struck from behind. They turned to see who was responsible for it, and were shocked.

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Standing in front of the stone, Maya pulled out the Yellow Saber, Damon pulled out the Green Saber, Leo pulled out the Red Saber, Kai pulled out the Blue Saber, and Kendrix pulled out the Pink Saber. Then they all called out: "Go Galactic!"

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Elgar had been the one to strike down Jason. They all thought he was dead.

And the one who struck Karone down was a double shock. Not only was he supposed to be dead, but it was also the creature that had been her adviser and trusted friend. Ecliptor.

"They're supposed to be dead." Cassie gasped in shock.

Tommy ran to Jason as Kat and Cassie battled their way to check on Karone. Cassie heard Karone whisper, "Ecliptor."

"This is your end, Rangers." Ecliptor said as the Quantrons joined the two monsters and raised their blasters. Ecliptor began to power up his sword and aimed it at the Rangers as the guys joined the girls. Karone was still stunned.

"We're not going down." Jason told him simply.

"That's what you think." He told them. They were about to fire at the five Rangers.

Five large blast stopped them, sending them back. The four rangers turned to see the five Galaxy Rangers running toward them, lowering their Quasar Launchers.

"Is she okay?" Leo asked as he looked at Karone.

"She's in shock." Kat told them all. "Not like I blame her."

Kai looked at the monsters, which were now getting up. "How is that possible? Karone told us that Zordon had defeated them during his last stand." He said, looking at Cassie.

Cassie shook her head. "I'm not sure, but the Wizard brought back Darkconda, so maybe he bought them back." She guessed.

"Who?" Damon asked.

"Doesn't matter." Said Leo as he stepped forward and looked at the monsters. "We need to stop these things now."

"We're ready, Rangers." Ecliptor told them as they ran toward them all. "We need our the Transdaggers." Leo said. He then took his Transdagger and made it into Magna Talon, leaving it in his left hand while holding his Quasar Saber in his right hand.

Kai made his Transdagger into the Cosma Claw, leaving it in his right hand while keeping his Quasar Saber in his left hand.

Damon made his Transdagger into the Transblaster, and then left it in his right hand, while keeping his Quasar Saber in his right hand.

Maya made her Trasndagger into the Delta Daggers.

Kendrix made her Transdagger into the Beta Bow, keeping it in her right hand while keeping her Quasar Saber in her left hand.

The Quantrons tried to fight the Galaxy Rangers, and while they were able to keep up with them bit by bit, there seemed to be no end to it.

"How is that possible?" Kat asked as she looked at Tommy.

He shook his head. "I'm not sure. It shouldn't be possible." He said.

"You're right." Karone said. "It's not. But I'm willing to bet this isn't real."

"It's not real?" Jason questioned as he looked over at her. "The attacks that Elgar put on me, and the one Ecliptor put on you, was definitely real."

"The simulations on the Simudeck aren't real either, but that doesn't meant the attacks aren't any less damaging." Cassie pointed out, and then shuddered slightly when she remembered the Craterites.

"So this is all a holographic simulation?" Kat asked.

"I'm willing to bet on it. But how is the Wizard doing this?" Karone wondered.

Cassie raised her voice so the Galaxy Rangers could hear her. "Somewhere around here is a device that is creating all of this. It must be some holographic simulation device The Wizard is using."

Leo looked at them all as he struck down another Quantron. "You heard her, guys. Let's keep an eye out for any indication of a strange device."

Ecliptor leapt out and tried to strike at Kat, but Tommy used his Dragon Dagger to block, and Cassie kicked him in the chest. Jason then raised his sword and slashed out at him to keep him distracted.

"I don't see anything." Kendrix yelled out.

"Neither do I." Kai said.

"It's got to be around here somewhere." Leo said as he slashed at another Quantron and kicked another one.

"It's not going to be out in plain sight." Maya pointed out as she took out two Quantrons.

Damon nodded. "She's right. Cover me, guys." He told them and headed toward the nearby forest. Elgar tried to intercept him but Leo leapt out and kicked him in the chest.

Damon ran into the forest, not sure what he was looking for. But it obvious almost immediately. It was a rotating black small cube. It didn't take much to figure out that it was the device responsible. He took his Transblaster and shot it, and with no shielding to protect it, it blew up.

The other Rangers were relieved to see all the monsters disappear. But Karone could not help the sadness that had taken over her at seeing Ecliptor again. Regardless of what he had done to the Rangers, he had been like the father she hadn't had. Even if he was pure evil. That is what Ecliptor had told her, but she even now doubted it. If he had been pure evil, he never would have loved her like the daughter he never had.

"You did it!" Kendrix yelled happily at Damon as he emerged from the forest. He rushed over to his friends, who congratulated him. They then ran over to check on their friends.

Maya was the first to notice Karone's expression. "Are you okay?" she asked her.

They all demorphed, giving Karone the time she needed to compose herself. "I'm fine. Just seeing them again caught me a little off guard."

"That had to have been this Wizard guy, right?" Leo asked.

Jason nodded. "Yeah, he probably did that to try to destroy us since we weren't with our friends. He didn't count on you."

Leo looked at his friends before looking at them all. "I think we're going to keep our powers now. The Wizard may come after us seeking revenge, not to mention if you guys need our help." He told them.

Tommy smiled. "It's great to know we have people to turn to should we need the help." He responded. "I wish we could stay longer, but we need to get going. The others need to know what Maya told us." "Be careful." Maya said, looking pointedly at Karone.

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The Wizard hadn't expected a whole new group of Power Rangers to interfere in his plans. But he knew that his plan had the desired effect, to put some uncertainty in Karone.

It would do well for the next part in his plan.

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Andros, Alexis, Zhane, Cora, Ashley, Kimberly, and Amy met the five rangers when they boarded the Megaship. None of them were even aware that Karone still had doubt on her mind from what had happened.

"What did you guys find out?" Alexis asked them.

"A lot." Jason told her, then looked at Andros. "We need to get the staff together. We have more to worry about than we thought."

What could the Wizard be planning? How effected is Karone by what happened? Will they need to turn to the Galaxy Rangers again? Who is the next to be targeted by the Wizards? And what happens when the Wizard unleashes his full power? Stay tuned.