On the same day, several hours later, on a planet close to the current location of Terra Venture, the Strato Ranger walked. He walked on the sandy terrain, slowly yet tranquilly. He kept walking, he was supposed to meet someone there. He could've never expected the thing that came next.
His keen hearing allowed him to jump out of the way, right before a blast of dark red energy hit right next to him. Then, out of the sands, rose the Centaur Ranger, holding a big blaster. The Strato Ranger quickly took out his weapon, a blue boomerang. The Centaur Ranger shot a second blast. The Strato Ranger leaped out of the way, and tossed his boomerang at his rival. The Centaur Ranger dodged it and the boomerang returned to its owner. The two then dropped their weapons, and unsheathed their Trio Sabers. They stormed at each other, slashing, parrying and blocking. The two were equal. Finally they stood, sword-to-sword, visor-to-visor.
"Why didn't you finish them off?" asked the Centaur Ranger with his deep voice.
"I don't know who sent that monster, but I had to save them. They can't be destroyed yet!" replied the Strato Ranger. His deep voice revealed something- it was a feminine voice; the Strato Ranger was a woman.
"Now, now kids, stop fighting!" said a metallic voice, as Deviot stepped closer from a sand dune he stood on, while watching the fight. The two Rangers quickly took a step back, and sheathed their Trio Sabers.
"Don't forget your place Deviot, you're not the boss around here!" said the Strato Ranger.
"Maybe not, and you two can probably destroy me with no effort. But, we all knew you won't, you still need me to complete your obligation." Replied Deviot, satisfied.
"As long as you don't get greedy, we have our deal, and we'll follow it!" said the Centaur Ranger.
"Of course, you know what you need to do, right?" asked Deviot.
Somewhere in space, the crack grew bigger.
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Four days later, they stroke again.
The day began when Mike was working on calculating ship trajectories, taking over Kai's post while he was on a "medical leave". At some point, Seline Milought approached him. She asked him: "Sir, do you know where Chief Navigator Chen is in the past two days?"
Mike nodded, and replied: "Yes, he said he doesn't feel very well and has taken a medical leave for a few days, I'm filling for him until the replacement arrives."
She thanked him, and walked away back to her post.
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"You know, the guys will be so thrilled when we're done!" said Maya to Kendrix, as the two were walking in the park carrying bags. They bought several groceries, and they planned on making a meal for the guys for overcoming those treatments. Kai and Damon were nearly strapped to the bed for four days after sustaining those injuries, and they were still pretty hurt.
"They sure will!" replied Kendrix, and the two laughed.
The guys might have been surprised, but not as much as the girls were when all of a sudden a bunch of Stingwingers materialized around them. They surrounded the girls. Then, before the girls could try to morph or escape, they caught them- one Stingwingers for each arm. Then, another Stingwinger approached them with a tiny glass bottle, and opened it right under the girls' noses. The sweet scent that came out of the bottle made the girls drowsy, and they quickly fell into deep sleep. The Stingwingers held the unconscious girls and teleported with them.
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A few hours later, Leo looked at his watch. He was onboard the Megaship along with Mike, whose ship ended an hour ago. "The girls should've been here long ago, you think something might have happened to them?"
Mike looked at his younger brother, and sighed, "I don't know, it's been a while since we last heard of those Rangers."
Suddenly, the Megaship's motion censors went crazy, indicating an intruder onboard, going somewhere around the Medical Deck. "It's after them!" yelled Leo.
Mike and Leo ran to the Medical Deck, only to find a single Stingwinger holding a small metal ball. It didn't attack them, nor did it try to assault the injured Kai and Damon right next to it. It just dropped the metal ball to the ground, and teleported away.
"How did it get onboard the Megaship?" asked Leo, but Mike just grabbed the metal ball, trying to examine it. The ball then began spinning, as it flew away from Mike's hands and landed on the floor. It kept spinning as a hologram formed above it. The hologram showed the unconscious girls strapped to a rock pillar, and right next to them stood the Centaur Ranger. He looked right at the Rangers and said: "If you wish to see the Pink and Yellow Rangers again, go back to the planet Orcha Planet, and fight for them!" the hologram then disappeared, and the ball crumbled into dust.
"It's a trap!" said Mike right after the end of the message.
"We have no choice, if we don't go the girls are gone!" replied Leo.
"Agreed, are you strong enough to fight Leo?" asked Mike, looking t his brother, who was hurt a week ago by the Centaur Ranger.
"I'm alright, we should get going." Answered Leo, and the two went towards the controls. They took off in the Megaship once again towards the Orcha planet. Once they reached the planet, they tried to land the Megaship on a hidden location- as much as you can hide a humongous spaceship. Mike and Leo were just about ready to leave the Megaship, when Kai and Damon stepped into the control bridge.
"If you're going to save the girls," said Kai.
"We're going with you!" said Damon.
Mike and Leo looked at each other. Kai and Damon were still very weak and inured from their battle with the monster several days ago. Neither of them was in a proper condition to fight.
Kai noticed their confusion, and continued: "Look, they're our friends as much as they're yours, that's not even a question, we're going!"
Mike and Leo, who recognized their teammates' determination, agreed.
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When Kendrix woke us, she was shocked to find herself along with Maya (who woke up earlier), strapped to a stone pillar. No one was around, not a single Stingwinger in sight. After a few minutes, in which both of them cried for help until their throat began aching, they heard a familiar sound. They turned their heads to see from afar three Astro Cycles racing towards them. The morphed Kai, Damon and Leo each dropped off their respective cycle, and Mike dropped off Leo's. All four of them ran to the girls, and quickly cut their ropes with their Quasar Sabers. The girls got up, and wiped the dirt off their bodies.
"Are you girls alright?" asked Leo, who was truly concerned.
"We're fine, how did you find us?" asked Maya, still a bit dizzy.
"That would be me!" said a voice from afar.
On the top of a hill, stood the Centaur Ranger, his Trio Saber was drawn and pointed towards the Rangers.
"Centaur Ranger!" mumbled Leo, loud enough for the others to hear.
"Don't forget me!" said another voice, and on the top of another hill stood the Strato Ranger, her weapon was also pointed at the Rangers.
"Strato Ranger!" said Damon.
The Rangers stared at the two enemies who looked so much like them. The due then jumped off the hills, and landed 100 feet in front of the Rangers. They both stood there, not doing anything.
"Alright, you wanted a fight, you got it!" exclaimed Leo, "You have defeated us before as individuals, let's see how you do against teamwork. Are you ready girls?"
The girls nodded, they both said: "Go, Galactic!" and pressed their Transmorphers. They quickly transformed into the Pink and Yellow Galaxy Rangers. All six then stood in a line, as the five Rangers cried: "Lights of Orion, activate!", The famous lights fused once again into them, giving them the Orion armor.
"It's time for you to go!" exclaimed Leo.
"You're not wanted!" said Damon.
"The time has come…" said Kai.
"To bring you down!" continued Maya.
"Because we are…" added Kendrix.
"Galaxy Rangers!" they all cried, and drew out their Orionized Quasar Sabers.
"Magna Defender!" said Mike, and drew out his Magna Blaster.
Both Rangers clapped their hands, and began laughing. "Very touching Rangers, but what can you possibly do to harm us?" asked the Strato Ranger, disrespectfully.
The five Rangers charged at them, and Leo's line "Power-Up Mode!" was heard right before all five of them transformed into a single fireball that launched towards the Strato and Centaur Rangers. Quickly, the due crossed their Trio Sabers, as the fireball hit them, and it all absorbed into their swords.
"Deviot, now!" yelled the Centaur Ranger, and the two pointed their sabers to the top of the stone pillar, on which Deviot stood right next to a crystal ball-like device. Deviot twisted a handle, as the two Rangers launched the unstable energy from their Trio Sabers towards the device, ejecting the Rangers in the process. The energy hit the crystal ball, causing the device to glow silver. Somewhere in space, the crack, which was big enough now, released a single beam of light that went straight to the device. The device was glowing so brightly, that Deviot actually had to shade his eyes from the light.
The device released another beam of energy that flew straight towards a third Trio Saber, which was stuck vertically in a rock. The energy didn't hit the sword though, it just began forming itself around it. First, a love that materialized around the handle of the Trio Saber, and it went on from there to form an entire body. The Rangers' fears came true, a third Ranger stood in front of them. The Ranger effortlessly pulled out the saber.
"Welcome back, Zenith Ranger!" said Deviot from the top of the pillar.
The Zenith Ranger began laughing evilly.
End of Episode 2