The steel door of a spaceship opened, revealing a young Caucasian male in a suit. His hair was black, long, and sleek, with part of it in the front covering his right eye. His eyes were blue and intense as he walked down the long, silver tunnel connecting his ship to the port. As he did, he pressed down on a tiny black headpiece hooked up to his right ear.
"Hold my calls." he said in his sophisticated, suave voice. "I'm going to become a Power Ranger."
With a confident smirk on his face, he continued walking through the tunnel.
Meanwhile, Jason, Reika, and the scientist they met earlier were standing outside
the Astro Megaship in the EPA port. Across from them, the Astro Rangers were
boarding their ship.
"Are you guys sure you'll be okay without us?" Andros asked. "We could stay longer if you really wanted us to, Dr. Corneras."
"There's no need, Andros, now that the Evorian Rangers are...." he said, pausing to clear his throat and glare at Reika. "....reactivated."
Reika just smiled at him.
"What's wrong, Andros, don't you trust Earth's first Red Ranger to protect this planet?" Jason asked him with a grin.
"Well, of course I do." Andros said nervously, rubbing the back of his head. "It's just, err.....you don't even have a full team yet. I mean, isn't there supposed to be a Blue Ranger?"
"That will be taken care of today." Dr. Corneras said, adjusting his glasses proudly.
"What? You've got one arriving today?" Reika asked him with disbelief. "Honestly. So much for team chemistry. Unless it's Dae- please say it's Dae!"
"Who?" Jason whispered to her.
"The last Blue Evorian Ranger." she whispered in reply.
"No no, Reika, Dae is still busy doing research." Dr. Corneras replied. "It's someone new."
"Well, thanks for telling us." Reika said sarcastically, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'm telling you now!" Dr. Corneras said, rubbing his glasses out of agitation now.
"Whoa, enough you two." Jason interrupted. "You're ruining a farewell here."
Both of them looked a bit disappointed as they turned back towards the Astro Megaship.
"Anyway." Jason began. "Don't worry about it, Andros. The new Evorain Rangers have this planet covered."
"I can tell." T.J. remarked, moving his head towards Reika and Dr. Corneras.
"Well, I'm not saying some people can't work on a few things...." Jason replied, prompting dirty looks from both of his new associates. "But you guys just worry about snuffing out the Zarset Empire and finding out what they're up to. We'll find out the identity of the White Evorian Ranger and stop whatever they're planning."
"I rust you, Jason." Andros nodded. "Good luck."
"Same to you." Jason replied, extending his hand for a handshake. Andros grinned and seemed a bit overzealous to partake in the Earth ritual, which caused Ashley to roll her eyes and whisper something to him.
"Hey!" he said, turning to her, and she giggled.
Jason decided not to ask what was said, knowing how weird the Astro Rangers were, and instead everyone said their final goodbyes. He watched as the Astro Rangers finally retreated into their Megaship, which then retracted its landing gear and flew away from the base. He stared at where it had sat just moments ago before turning to Reika and Dr. Corneras, standing silently behind him.
"Well." Jason said, clasping his hands together. "Let's go meet egghead's Blue Ranger."
Jason walked past them to the exit of the docking bay.
"Egghead?" Dr. Corneras whispered to Reika as they followed him.
"Earthian insult." Reika replied.
"Oh." Dr. Corneras said, adjusting his glasses once again.
Meanwhile, the White Evorian Ranger stood in the almost pitch-black room of
its Evorian Starcruiser, an LED display slowly lowering from the roof of the
unit to fit over the Ranger's helmet.
"I don't see why this is so difficult." the White Evorian Ranger said in its cold, mechanical voice. "Asoth, explain to me why these weapons are so concealed, even the Evorian Rangers cannot find them!"
"The Evorian Ranger powers are not purely technological." came a higher-pitched, but strikingly male, and surprisingly pleasant voice. "The strange elemental powers are directly linked to Evoria's formation as a planet. They tapped in to a great deal of the planet's power to create the weapons in particular. After the powers went inactive, the weapons somehow became part of the elements again, and no one has any idea where- or when- the weapons will reappear in physical form."
"And I need them in order to get my sword?"
"Yes. The working theory by the EPA scientists is that if all three weapons are brought to the same location as the Evorian Power Gem that you use for your powers, they will create the Evorian Power Sword."
"Fine, fine, Asoth, I get it." it said. "By the way, the treatment you gave me is not having the desired effect."
"What do you mean?" Asoth's voice questioned. "Your voice is completely robotic and unrecognizable and you are stronger than you were before."
"Yes, that is all true, but when I try and remember, I can no longer feel any emotion towards my memories. I did not request such a thing!"
There was a moment of silence.
"You wish to fight good, then you cannot remain good yourself." Asoth finally replied, breaking the silence.
"I will NEVER become like you!" the White Evorian Ranger said, its voice raising in decibel. "In fact, I'm am terminating this connection immediately. You disgust me!"
Asoth did not have a reply as the White Ranger raised the display above its helmet, allowing it to retract back into the ceiling of the room.
"I must meditate." the White Evorian Ranger said, becoming completely still. "I must wash the evil away...."
"So....the new Blue Evorian Ranger is a business man?" Jason questioned."A
rather wealthy one, in fact." Dr. Corneras remarked as the three allies
moved down to the core of the EPA base in the metallic elevator. "He's
an intergalactic trader, owning a very large company."
"So why would he want to become an Evorian Ranger?" Jason asked him. "He doesn't even live on Evoria!"
"Oh my God." Reika said suddenly.
"What is it?" Jason asked her, turning to her.
"I know who the 'new' Blue Evorian Ranger is." Reika said suddenly, her expression very serious and un-Reika-like.
"Who is it?" Jason asked her.
She didn't respond. Instead, she just glared at Dr. Corneras....then reached back and punched him on his right cheek!
"Owww!" Dr. Corneras said as he held the side of his face in pain, turning away.
"Reika!" Jason yelled at her. "What the hell was that for?!?"
"For what this bastard's done." Reika said, turning to him suddenly. "The new Blue Evorian Ranger is the brother of Aleck Caliko!"
"You mean Aleck Caliko as in...."
"Yes! Aleck Caliko as in the Red Evorian Ranger who died in battle!"
Seth Caliko grinned as he turned heads in his red suit, walking into
the core of the EPA base. When he walked up to the center console, however,
the expression on his face changed, from a grin....to a look of rage.
"The Red Evorian Morpher.....is gone." Seth said in an angry whisper. "Someone else has taken my brother's morpher."
Next Episode: Perfect Blue, Part 2;
With Seth obviously not happy at Jason taking over his brother's legacy, will
the group be able to function when they have to try and stop the White Evorian
Ranger from getting to Seth's Evorian Aqua Axe before they can? You'll find
out on the next episode of Evorian Rangers!
