Mathais:  *sigh*

Loup and Kurai:  *snuggles up to Mathais*

Mathais:  *cracks a smile*

Justin:  *petting Ruby* With our gifts, time is never wasted.

Jace:  *flying on Mizuryu in the ever-expandable Author's Lounge* Whee!  *giggles*

Alex:  *nurturing Reynard* How's my cute little cub?

Lina:  *smiles* I like lions!

Jace:  *shouts* Lowe is nothing but a big kitty-kat!

Lina:  *sticks her tongue out*

Adriana:  *giggles happily as she flies on Kaze*

Cassy:  I love you Kuma.  *pats Kuma on the head affectionately*

Mathais:  Day of hell is finally over.

*all six Elementalist Rangers look at him as Jace and Adriana come down*

Justin:  We are so lucky not to be you.

Mathais:  *in typing position* I could make you kiss Ms. Mitchell you know.

Justin:  *shuts up pretty quickly*

Alex:  But-

Mathais:  *sternly* I ain't writing shounen-ai in this fic.  I've done enough of those for now.

Alex:  *throws hands up in defense* All right!

Justin:  Mathais doesn't own the Power Rangers of any season, except for these Elemental Powers and these Rangers except for me of course!

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Dear Journal,

            I really wonder if you're as wiped as I am.  This whole war has me at the edge of my nerves.  I mean, we've been at this at months with the evil Elementalist Rangers working as generals.  Not once have we even glimpsed at the boss behind all this.  I really just want to rip my hair out.  The only gracious thing is that our identities are a secret to the enemy.  Otherwise we'd be in trouble.  I'm suddenly getting a headache...  See ya.

~Justin

In the dim light of his bedroom, thirteen-year-old Justin Stewart rubbed the back of his head.  He froze.  Last time something happened back there was with...  But...  Whatever happened to those two after the battle?  Justin shook his head, but the mild void where a link lay dead kept bothering him.  A flash of light flittered through the window and Justin placed his journal away slowly.

"Who's there?"  He shouted.

A honking noise answered him.

"Hmmm?"  Justin cautiously approached the window as something sprang to life at the back of his mind.

A blue car was flashing its headlights to the window.  There was a rather interesting symbol on its doors also.

"Storm Blaster."  Justin gasped as the itching sensation in the back of his head overwhelmed him.

Storm Blaster honked and Justin received a feeling of happiness.

"I thought you were gone after the final battle!"  Justin cried out in glee.

Storm Blaster honked and flashed its headlights.

"What's the matter?"  Storm Blaster only flashed its lights in reply.  "You want me to get in you?"  Storm Blaster eagerly flashed its lights.

Justin?  Five voices flashed through his head through a mental connection.  After the Elemental Powers had been harnessed and the magic learned, the six had been connected mentally.  This allowed thoughts to be said through minds and private conversations easier.

What?  Justin sent back mentally.

You're really worried, aren't you?  Jace's voice filtered into his mind.

Yeah.  I'm meeting an old friend.  Justin replied.  It's a sentient car named Storm Blaster, but I always get the feeling that Storm Blaster's a male.

Alex came next.  Anything we should worry about?  And just call Storm Blaster a he if you feel like he's male.

Hold on.  Justin replied as he climbed out of his window via tree.  "Is anything wrong?"

Storm Blaster flashed his headlights and honked his horn urgently.  Justin hopped in and a front compartment opened up.

"This is..."  Justin caressed the device in his hands.   "I can feel it."  A key was also sitting next to it.  "The Mountain Blaster Turbo Morpher and Key."  If a chance to revive his Blue Turbo Power was being offered to him, then this was serious.  However, with his Fire Elementalist Power, Justin wasn't sure whether they would interact well.

"I can't."  Justin shook his head and Storm Blaster was both extremely confused and slightly offended.

He needs my help!   Justin mentally screamed through his link.  Storm Blaster even offered me my old powers back!

You didn't accept, did you?  Adriana's voice conveyed worry.

Lina's voice was threatening.  If you did, I'm going to punch your genius brain in.

We won't even be sure if you'd live.  Cassy added.  Mixing powers might not bode well.

I didn't.  But if he's that desperate, then can you guys come?  Justin pleaded.

Teleporting...  Now.  Five flashes appeared inside Storm Blaster.

"Whoa.  Cool!"  Jace squealed.

Storm Blaster honked his horn.

"They're friends."  Justin smiled.

"Now or later?"  Alex raised an eyebrow.

"Better now."  Justin nodded.

"Element Morph!"

A flash later, six Rangers were sitting in the car.

Storm Blaster beeped his horn in surprise.

"Don't worry.  I'll explain later."  Justin whispered from the driver's seat.  "Let's go!"

Storm Blaster honked his horn enthusiastically and lifted off.

"What a rush!"  Adriana smiled from the side seat.

"Yeah, and we're squished."  Lina retorted sarcastically.  The four other Rangers were squeezed in the back area of the car.

"Sorry!"  Justin shouted over the wind.  "This car was only meant for three people, four at most!"

"And we can't risk de-morphing."  Adriana added.

"We'll live."  Alex grumbled.

"Where are we going?"  Justin asked.

Storm Blaster honked his horn and Justin grimaced.

"Translation?"

"We had two sentient cars back with the Turbo Team.  One was Storm Blaster.  The other was Lightning Cruiser.  They were captured by Divatox and we're going to save Lightning Cruiser."

"Cool!"  Cassy shouted.

"We're going to save your friend now."  Justin whispered lovingly and Storm Blaster replied with a honk in the same tone.

However, before the conversation could last any longer, lasers were fired upon them.

"What are those?"  Lina shouted.

"Velocifighters!"  Justin shouted back after being informed.  "I don't know who they are, but they're after Storm Blaster!  They chased him all the way here, but he managed to shake them in time to find me!"

"Well, here goes nothing."  The five Rangers drew their Blasters as Justin helped Storm Blaster steer.

Blasts of earth, wind, water, lightning, and ice flew through the air, but they only took down some enemies and more were on their way along with fish-like creatures on flying bikes.

"Piranhatrons!"  Justin replied before anyone could ask.  "Plan B!"  Storm Blaster banked to the right to avoid a volley of lasers and to the left to dodged another group of shots.

"Silver Air Bow!"  "Brown Earth Cannon!"  "Aqua Liquid Discs!"  "Purple Ice Boomerang!"  "Gold Spark Laser!"

Soon, volleys of wind arrows and blasts of earth energy joined the fight.  The boomerang and discs were seen slicing through enemies and machines alike while the laser caused many bikes and Velocifighters to short out in mid-air.  After the massacre, the weapons returned to sub-space and all the scraps were vaporized.

"Wow..."  Lina was practically grinning.  "Never had that much fun against spirits."

All six Rangers laughed heartily as Storm Blaster took them into space.

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The laughter had died down by the time the group had reached a desert planet with trees here and there.

"So...  How should we go about this?"  Cassy piped up.

"How about we go in stealth?"  Alex put in.

"Storm Blaster...  We'll call you down when we need help."  Justin whispered and Storm Blaster replied with an affirmative.

All six tapped their wrists and they landed on the barren planet in a vast plain with clumps of trees every once in awhile.

"Whoa...  Hot."  Jace pretended to wipe his forehead.

"What's that?"  All six froze and the sound of burbling reached their ears, augmented by the Elementalist Powers.

"Piranhatrons!"  Justin hissed and all six jumped into the nearest clump of trees.  Adriana bit her lip as the Piranhatrons stopped and waved her hand through the air.

What are you doing?  Alex asked.

Stilling the air so that any sound we make will not make any noise!  Adriana retorted.

They're gone.  Justin observed.  Quit the spell and let's get moving.

Right.

Adriana quit the stilling spell and all six landed on the ground with grace.  They then went at a fast enough speed to keep up with the Piranhatrons, but still enough distance to remain hidden.

This is supposed to help us find, what was it again?  Lightning Cruiser, right?  Lina asked.

Probably lead us to Divatox herself.  Justin replied.  All I want to do is free Lightning Cruiser.  To get back at Divatox would be nice also.

This is as much of a revenge mission as a rescue mission, isn't it?  Adriana wanted to know.

The rescue mission is more important.  Justin said after a long pause.  I won't be blinded by revenge.  But it was her that caused me grief, her that took away the closest group of people before you were there.  Granted, Divatox brought me into this life, but it's something that I just need to get off my chest.

The other Rangers nodded and they complemented this before Justin signaled them to stop.

This is bad.  Justin bit his lip.  Dodge around and circle.

Ahead of them was a mass gathering of Piranhatrons.  They were forcing Lightning Cruiser to work and drag stones with Divatox shouted all the time.

The evil space pirate barked out more orders.  "I want you to find out where Storm Blaster went!  Yes, you, bumbling idiots!"  Divatox screamed in frustration.  After that one glorious moment when she actually destroyed the Power Chamber and defeated the Earth's Power Rangers after five long years, her Piranhatrons had quickly descended to idiots.  They were the only group to ever defeat the Power Rangers in battle like she did, but they were still idiots.  "Send a squadron for all I care!  JUST BRING ME STORM BLASTER!"

"Not so fast!"  Divatox growled and wondered who dared to defy her.

"Who the hell are you?"  The space pirate swung around to see an orange figure holding two cannons out at her in a familiar way.

"We've come to answer an SOS."  Divatox turned to see an aqua-colored male holding two very sharp discs.

"We'd like you to release that car."  A silver figure holding a bow appeared.

"If you know what's good for you."  A gold figure in another section of the plain held a laser out pointing at her troops.

"You'd do what we say."  A brown figure holding a cannon much like what she used to face appeared behind her, ready to fire.

"'Cause we're the Power Rangers Elementalists of Earth!"  A purple boomerang-wielding girl appeared on the other side,  all six forming a circle around Divatox and her troops.

"Not possible!  I destroyed Earth's Rangers!"  Divatox gritted.

"Perhaps you didn't look hard enough."  Justin said off-handedly.  "Orange Fire Ranger, burning mind!"  Two beams of orange energy vaporized two Piranhatrons.

"Aqua Water Ranger, flowing soul!"  Two discs immediately destroyed several of her troops.

"Silver Wind Ranger, blowing mind!"  Hordes of arrows took out more of Divatox's Piranhatrons.

"Gold Thunder Ranger, zapping body!"   Laser shots annihilated several more troops.

"Brown Earth Ranger, hardening body!"  Torrents of beams entered the fray.

"Purple Ice Ranger, freezing soul!"  The large boomerang joined the battle.

"Power Rangers Elementalists!"  All six entered battle, fighting the Piranhatrons.

Justin dodged a kick to his shoulder and retaliated with several shots of energy.  Ducking under a punch, he tried to take some more shots, but was kicked back.  Piranhatrons quickly swarmed him, preventing him from attacking.  The same happened for the rest of the Rangers.

"Ha!  Some Rangers you are."  Divatox sneered.

"Fiery Wind!"  "Windy Fire!"  Justin and Adriana yelled at the same time.  Justin's blasters disappeared from his hands to reappear attached to Adriana's bow.  All three weapons quickly formed a way out for Adriana as Justin received another weapon.  His sword appeared as another blade for the end of Adriana's spear.  With his new weapon, Justin thrusts and slashed his way to Lightning Cruiser.

"Earthy Thunder!"  "Thundery Earth!"  Alex's cannon flew out of his hands to reappear as a huge attachment to Lina's laser.  With the combination of the two weapons, she managed to escape the circle of foot troops.  Meanwhile, Alex's axe appeared with the rings on the sides in a slicing position.  He managed to carve a path to Lightning Cruiser with his new weapon.

"Watery Ice!"  "Icy Water!"  Jace's discs faded to appear on Cassy's boomerang.  With this new weapon, Cassy's attack grew more powerful as she made her way to Lightning Cruiser with her improved weaponry.  Cassy's daggers screwed themselves to the ends of Jace's staff, allowing the staff to have blades.  Invigorated with a new chance, Jace forced his way to the sentient car.

"Are you all right Lightning Cruiser?"  Justin asked.

Lightning Cruiser beeped his horn in a yes.

"Can't say we can stay."  Cassy grinned.

"Sayonara!"  Jace waved as all six Rangers and Lightning Cruiser were surrounded in sparkling light.

"Get some better clothing!"  Alex shouted to Divatox.

"Perhaps you should return to stealing candy from babies!"  Lina shouted.

"Don't mess with us!"  Adrian followed up.

"Nice seeing ya again Divatox."  Justin remarked sarcastically as they finally teleported.

"Oh those STUPID Power Punks!"  Divatox fumed.  "I want a full scan on where they are going now!"  She looked around to find her whole troop either destroyed or lying unconscious on the ground.  "Simpletons!"  She screamed as she teleported back to her Space Base.

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Back inside Storm Blaster's self-contained environment, Justin asked Lighting Cruiser a question.

"Do you think you could let a couple of my friends stay in you?"

Lightning Cruiser honked an affirmative.

"Alex, Lina?"  Justin asked.  The two teleported into Lightning Cruiser, freeing up space.

"Oh crap!"  Jace had demorphed to relieve tension and had found his watch.  "We've got 30 minutes to get into bed before sunrise!"

Justin grimaced.  "You'd better morph again Jace."

Not wanting to argue, Jace did so.  "Aqua Water Power!"

"Storm Blaster, Lightning Cruiser, Shift into Turbo!"  Justin commanded.  The two cars immediately put on a burst of speed that send everyone flying to the back of their seats.

"What a rush!"  Adriana shouted.

"You shoulda seen me the first time I tried this!"  Justin grinned.

In practically no time, the six Rangers and two cars reached Earth.  They teleported to the Control Base.

"Rangers?  What is the meaning of this?"  Kamion's face appeared in the area that held the six crystals that were the source of the Zords.

"Two cars from my past Kamion."  All six Rangers climbed out of the cars.  "Meet Storm Blaster and Lightning Cruiser."

"Hmmmm..."  Kamion appeared to be thinking.  "Do you want to stay?"

Storm Blaster honked his horn enthusiastically, but Lightning Cruiser regretfully flashed his lights.

"Lightning Cruiser wants to search for TJ."  Justin instinctively knew.  "He bonded with him."

Storm Blaster honked his horn and flashed his lights and Lightning Cruiser answered.

"At least stay the night."  Justin pleaded.

Lightning Cruiser honked his horn.

"He says yes."

"That reminds me!"  Jace shouted.  "We have to get home!"

"That's right!"  Alex said and all six teleported out frantically.

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"Justin?"  Dean entered Justin's room to find his boy sleeping.  "Justin?"

Justin stirred, rubbing his eye.  "Yeah dad?"

"I'm going to work now."

"Alright."  Justin looked slightly disheartened, but covered it up.  "Bye."

"Bye."  Dean left the house, heart slightly heavy.  I'm sorry we have to miss the fishing trip.  On his way to the car, however, the father caught sight of a father and son being together happily.  I'm sure they could get along without me.  But...  To hell with work right now!  I need to make up for lost time with Justin!  Dean marched back into the house where Justin was sitting sadly at the table.

"Justin?"  Dean tested the waters

"I thought you were going to work."  Justin's tone had a thinly veiled bitter edge to it and Dean had to wince.

"I've decided that you're more important than some stupid work."  Dean smiled.

"Really?"  Justin's eyes turned to him, filled with youth innocence that was rarely seen in him anymore.

"Really."

"Thanks dad!"  Justin hugged his dad with a vigor that made him choke.

"Anything for you."  Dean sighed as he wrapped his arms around his son.

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In a dark chamber, deep inside a magical nexus, six figures teleported into the room.

"Thank you for coming."  Aqua Ranger smiled a fake smile that couldn't be seen.

"What is it that you need our help for?"  The red figure asked.

"We need your help in defeating our dark counterparts."  Gold Ranger whirled around on a chair.

"I thought there weren't any Power Rangers on Earth."  The pink newcomer said.

"Guess you didn't look hard enough pinky."  Silver Ranger smirked.

The group of six didn't notice the black mist creeping around them.

"How come you can't defeat these dark counterparts?  They should be easy."  The male clothed in black asked.

"Because they know our attacks and are, as much as I hate to admit it, stronger both physically, mentally, magically, and spiritually.  Not a common package."  Purple Ranger commented.

"We thought twelve rangers could overwhelm them."  Brown Ranger added.

As much as the yellow girl wanted to help them, something about these six rubbed her the wrong way.  "We still have to search for Zordon."

"But we can't just leave them alone."  The blue figure remarked.

"We always help those in need."  The silver one said.

The yellow figure suddenly gasped as her hand headed for her wrist.  "I can see it now!  You guys are-"

She was too late, however, as the dark mist grasped them, filling their minds with lies.  They were bound to serve the Dark Elementalist Rangers now, even if they didn't know it.

"Welcome to the team...  Astro Rangers."  Orange Ranger smirked.

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Mathais:  Ooh!  Interesting development!

Jace:  That was fun!

Justin:  Storm Blaster!  ^_^

Lina:  Piranhatrons are strangely fun to fight.

Alex:  Not to mention the air battle!

Adriana:  But we haven't had a Zord battle yet.

Cassy:  Oh don't worry.

Mathais:  ^_^  Review responses.

pyrogirl123:  Nah.  The Rangers are the Astro Rangers.  It's fairly simple when you think of the time frame in which this happens.

Ranger Bros. Inc:  Can't tell what I'm going to do yet.  ^_^

Jyazen:  How'd ya know?  It was from when Kim was using her Pterodactyl Thunder Whip during the MMPR Movie.  You get a cookie of your choice via teleportation technology.

Justin:  We had a blast!

All:  See ya!