AN.-The alien creature is the same species as Lerigot, 'cept he can speak English.

Episode 2: The Simple Life, Part 2

Joey peeked into his sister's room, and sure enough, she was asleep. Smirking, he left the apartment, silently opening, closing, and locking the door. He ran down to his car, and once in it, started it up and drove to the park. When he got there, he saw that there was already a girl looking around. Weird… he thought, and parked his car. He walked out and over to the girl. "Hey, do you need any help?"

"No," the girl answered rather angrily.

"Hey…don't I know you?" Joey asked. The girl shrugged, and turned around. Joey grunted, and tried to think where he recognized the girl. "Wait…aren't you that Carmen girl? We're in the same history class," Joey said.

"Yeah, I'm Carmen," she answered quickly, and looked behind Joey. Joey turned around and saw a boy dressed in all green. He looked up and walked over to them.

"Hi, I'm Tim. You here to find the alien too?" he asked, laughing. Surprisingly, Joey nodded, and so did Carmen a few seconds later. "Wow, I'm surprised I'm not the only one who believed it."

"I don't really believe it," Joey answered. "I just want to prove it's not." Tim shrugged, and looked over Joey's shoulders. His eyes widened. "What?" Joey asked.

"The alien!" Tim answered, running past the other two. "Hey there, little guy." Tim said, putting his hand on the alien's shoulder. "You lost?"

The alien looked at Tim. "I'm fine... And please don't talk to me as if I were a child," it answered.

"Woops! Sorry, I didn't know…" Tim started

"It is okay." The alien paused. " Oh! I am sorry. I have not introduced myself. My name is Temari. I have studied your "Earth" for many years. I have made many trips to your planet in secret. But this time… I seem to have failed in my mission of secrecy. I was chased her by an evil being. He wanted the powers that I created from your Earth's old knowledge of magic." He held out his hand, and opened his palm. "Any one of these gems could power an entire armada of ships. And he wanted them to destroy our planet."

"Who is this evil guy you're talking about?" Joey asked. Tim had never even seen him walk up.

"His name is Dostamyre. He is a horribly evil space pirate. His only desire is to crush any and all that stand in his way of riches and power. And our planet had foiled his plot of sapping our natural resources. Now he wants my gems to destroy us."

"That's horrible…" Tim said.

"Is there anything we can do?" Carmen asked, surprising them both.

Temari looked at the gems. "Not as you currently are, no. But perhaps with the help of these gems, you can stop Dostamyre on this planet. If you wish to, that is. These gems not only power up ships but they can give people amazing powers as well. So long as they are combined with these." Temari pulled out three metal buckles that had an opening that fit the circular gems perfectly. "They are yours, if you would wish to help."
"I know I can't stand to sit by while someone like that is walking around. I'm in," Carmen said.

"Me too," Tim answered.

"Same goes for me," Joey said, taking a buckle. "Now how do you use these things?" he asked, looking it over.

"You must take a gem," Temari said, handing a buckle to Tim and Carmen. He pulled the gems back out, and gave the white one to Joey, the purple one to Carmen, and the green one to Tim. "Once you put the gem inside of it, hold out the buckle in front of you and call out "Mythic Lightning, Strike!" and you will become the Mythic Lightning Power Rangers!"

"Woah woah woah. Back up a second there. Power Rangers?" Tim asked. "Like the ones that were in Angel Grove and stuff?"

"The history of Power Rangers goes beyond just those fellows…but…yes…" Temari said. Tim took in a deep breath and stood up. He looked at the other two that had received gems.

"This is hard to believe…" Joey said, "But if it helps people, then I guess I better believe it soon, eh?" Tim grinned a little at the comment, and nodded.

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In Dostamyre's fallen ship, he and his general had been watching the three teenagers and Temari via a small flying camera. "So that little gnome has given young humans the power…" Dostamyre pressed a button on a panel in front of him. "Grahl! Have you finished getting the Metadrones ready?"

"Yes, m'lord!" the bumbling blue servant answered.

"Excellent. Send them out." Dostamyre closed the link and made a disgusted expression. "Such a bumbling fool. It's disgusting…But it doesn't matter right now. Let's just hope his creations can destroy those children before they learn to use the power."

Back at the park, the Metadrones appeared behind the teens and Temari. "Look out!" The small alien yelled, as the 'Drones ran at them.

"Protect Temari!" Joey yelled, running into the fray with a spinning kick. He started twirling, ducking, blocking and punching a group of them as if he had always known how to fight. One grabbed him by the arm, but Joey leaned forward and flipped him over his back, and sent him to the ground with a kick. The 'Drones began pulling out weapons. "Crap…" He mumbled, ducking under a swinging club, and kicking the 'Drone in the chin, sending it into the air, and into two others.

Tim ran next to Joey, and tackled his way into battle, sending a 'Drone to the ground. The two rolled, and Tim came out on top. He jumped to his feet, and slammed a foot into the nearest enemy. But it didn't knock him over. The drone grabbed his foot, but Tim wasn't ready to lose. He lifted his other foot and kicked the 'Drone in the head. The two fell to the ground, but only Tim got up. He sent a roundhouse kicked into two of the nearest Metadrones. He backflipped, and sent his elbow into the face of two others. "Dang. I never learned that in class…"

Carmen on the other hand stood and waited for them to come to her. When they did, she tripped one, and kicked another. She punched one in the face, and elbowed another in the stomach. "Not even a challenge…" She mumbled, before getting hit in the stomach. She fell onto her back, and rolled back onto her feet. Carmen kicked another Metadrone in the stomach, sending it into another one. "Heh. Easy."

Temari grinned at the teenagers. They were worthy. As he was finally relaxing, Dostamyre's general appeared behind him, and picked him up by the collar. "Hahaha! You stupid little gnome. You're mine now! Metadrones, stand down!" The Metadrones stopped their attacks, and backed off. The three teens stood panting a bit, and turned around to see that Temari was in the grasp of what looked like a red knight. "Good children." Joey started to run, but Taka fired a blast that sent him flying in the air. "Tsk tsk. I wouldn't try that again. Because if you don't cooperate… I'll have to kill this little thing."

Tim helped Joey up, staring angrily at Temari. "What do we do?" He asked him.

"You're asking me…?" Joey said, clutching his stomach. Tim shrugged. "Well…I…don't know."

Taka laughed as the two conversed. "Tick tock. You have one minute to decide the fate of this creature." The three teens looked at each other, and swallowed.

Joey finally stood up, and took out his buckle. "You want this…?" He asked. "Well…then…here ya go! Mythic Lightning, Strike!" He yelled, and from a twisting white light he stepped out.

"So be it!" Taka yelled, and took out his sword. But before he could, Joey was in the air, falling right toward him. He slammed his foot into Taka's sword arm, and he fell backwards. The white ranger took Temari from Taka's hands.

"Magnificent…" Temari said as Joey put him down.

"Yeah…it is pretty cool…isn't it?" Joey smirked and folded his arms. "You still want this, dude?" Joey asked the general.

"I'll have all your heads! Metadrones, ATTACK!" The mindless drones ran forward, and Tim and Carmen began fighting them again. The two were getting overpowered quickly. Joey raced forward, and knocked down some creatures surrounding Carmen.

"I don't need your help!" She yelled, pushing Joey away, and fighting the Metadrones herself. Tim looked at Joe and shrugged.

"Carmen, I think we should morph too," Tim suggested, blocking a Metadrone's punch, and just barely dodging the club of another one.

"Fine…" she mumbled, and took out her buckle.

"Mythic Lightning, Strike!" The two yelled, and out of green and purple swirling light two Mythic Lightning Rangers walked.

"Rangers, call upon your power weapons!" Temari called.

"Right!" All three yelled together.

"Dragon Scythe!" Joey yelled as if he had always known the name of his weapon, and in a flash of white light, a scythe formed.

"Gryphon Dagger!" Tim yelled, and in a flash of green light, his dagger was in his hand.

"Phoenix Crossbow!" Carmen called, and in her hand a crossbow formed. Temari clapped his hands together. They were perfect! He just hoped the other three gems hadn't fallen into the wrong hands.

Each ranger ran to fight Metadrones, but Joey was blocked by Taka. "You think you can keep those powers? Hah! I'll kill you and take that gem for my master!" He swung his sword, but Joe lifted his scythe. The two weapons clashed over and over, as if both had been born with their weapons in hand.

Meanwhile, Tim and Carmen were busy with Metadrones. Tim was having trouble with his short range weapon, while Carmen was having an easy time blasting with her energy bolts. "Ugh!" Tim yelled, and threw his dagger at a Metadrone in anger, fully intending to running up and taking it. But, it flew back to him, slashing two others on the way back. "Sweet…" he said.

"Green ranger!" Temari called. "Use the Lightning Pistol, it can transform into a sword!"

Tim looked down at the holster in his side. "Okay…" He said, and pulled it out. Tim pressed a button, and it flipped into a sword form. "Awesome," He said simply, and charged in again, slashing with his sword and his dagger.

Carmen, on the other hand, took out her pistol and used it in conjunction with her crossbow. She blasted in each direction as she spun in a circle, and in minutes, all the Metadrones had fallen. Likewise, Joey had gotten the upper hand of Taka.

"Bah! We'll meet again, Rangers!" Taka yelled, and teleported away.

Joey took in a deep breath before powering down. The other two followed suit. He turned to the others. "You know…we never did have a proper introduction…. My name's Joey Anderson."

"I'm Tim Morris."

"Carmen Saunders."

"Excellent. We are all acquainted now!" Temari said.

"Yeah…that's great," Carmen said, beginning to walk off.

"Wait! We need somewhere to meet up…and to hide Temari," Tim said.

"Why does that matter to me?" She asked.

"Because, we need to be able to meet," Joey answered kind of annoyed. "What about that cave on the edge of town? No one goes there."

"Good idea," Tim said, "But what about keeping in touch?"

"Hmmm. I shall think of something. But for now if you are needed…I shall contact you mentally. Now. Where is this cave?"

"I'll take you there, Temari. Tim, Carmen, you two should go home and rest." Joey suggested.

"Good idea," Tim agreed. Carmen said nothing, and just walked to her 'cycle. "Ugh. So angry…" Tim mumbled, before going to his bike.

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Back at Dostamyre's ship, Taka was being chastised. "You fool! You can't even defeat a bunch of little human teenagers! You are as useless as Grahl!"

"I'm sorry m'lord. I did not expect them to know how to use the power."

"Excuses!" Dostamyre howled. Taka shivered a bit. The villain took in a deep breath. "You are lucky you are indespensible," Dostamyre said, pounding down the corridor.