Disclaimer: I still do not own Power Rangers. I do still own Garthon and Rissai. And, for the record, I do not own the Beetleborgs either (shut up, I was young, I liked the show and still retain fond feelings towards it, probably because I haven't seen it since). I do not own Prince Dex.

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When It Rains…

Chapter 2 - Departures

The meeting with all of those involved in the recent reality-changing crisis had to be held in a mansion just outside of Charterville to accommodate some of the Beetleborgs' more – colorful friends. And even then, the number of people involved was so great that the Astro Rangers had to stand in front of the orange grove and speak to a grouping of Rangers, alien princes, monsters, and a communication device meant to transmit the proceedings to Aquitar and Triforia.

"And I smashed the tube like Zordon asked," Andros finished. "Any questions?"

A hand appeared from one of the house's upper windows.

"Any questions that don't involve eating people?" Drew, the Gold Beetleborg asked without even seeing the hand, which promptly disappeared.

"I believe we understand the basics of what happened," Prince Dex said.

"Good," Carlos muttered, "because that was a long story."

"Yeah," Cassie said, "can we go back to normal life now?"

"'Normal,' right," Rocky chuckled from the porch.

Everyone had a good laugh at that but no one left right away, they all stayed behind, swapping stories of incompetent bad guys and saving the world.

For the next few weeks there were rumors that some sort of cult or clandestine organization was meeting at Hillhurst and the Beetleborgs had trouble getting back. But other than that life did go back to normal. The retired Rangers, those who attended the meeting, went back to college or whatever it was they were doing with their lives, and the Astro Rangers went back to defending the galaxy.

Unfortunately, Dark Specter knew what was hidden on Vega 3, so he remembered the other two versions of reality as well as the Rangers did. He quickly disowned Astronema and destroyed the Dark Fortress, just to be safe. Astronema moved onto the MegaShip and Ecliptor, ever loyal, followed. Zhane woke up, and began telling Andros about his "crazy dream" but was cut off when Ashley and Karone walked into the Medical Bay. Jeff finished off his semester in college then went back, if that is in fact the proper term, to cruising around the galaxy as a lone Ranger. The war against Dark Specter continued much as it had before and life seemed to reach a content medium.


'Just a little farther,' Garthon thought to himself.

He had managed to punch a hole in the dimensional barrier several light years from his original position and was now trying to squeeze through. Fortunately, Garthon had been the one to seal himself back in this dimension, so he was free to leave it whenever he wished. And luckily, it wasn't as hard to punch the hole as most people thought. If there was a significant enough amount of power on the other side of the point at which you wanted to cross and that power was not being set to the task of creating a barrier of some sort any being of sufficient power could break through dimensions. Unfortunately though, the power Garthon was using was being guarded by another power, so he was having a harder time than he would have liked.

Luckily though, being metamorphic goo made it possible to fit through even the tiniest hole.

Garthon landed in all his gooey glory on the dirt floor of a rather large, pitch black hole. Garthon quickly turned into an Aquillian cave beast because of its sonar abilities. He "looked" up and saw the stone ceiling above.

"Right, I forgot," he muttered, jumping up and squeezing between the cracks in stones, "you have to make the floor fall to wake her up."

Several minutes later, after Garthon had tripped the trap that made the floor fall the thirty feet into the hole, Rissai appeared.

"I am Ri-" the woman began in her lilting and slightly provocative voice, but stopped dead when she laid eyes on the man before her. "Garthon? Is that you?"

"In the metamorphic flesh," Garthon smirked.

"So you finally escaped from that pocket dimension."

"Eh, not exactly. I did, but was defeated by a young man who mentioned alternate realities. I assume that you had something to do with that."

"Oh, that," Rissai lounged against the wall. "The Rangers found me. One of them made some stupid wish to get his sister back and- oh, it's a long story."

"No, no!" Garthon insisted. "I have a wish Rissai, you know all my power's stuck on that blasted mountain."

"So, you want it back?"

"Not just that, I want to hurt that insolent Infinity Ranger. I want to rip his world apart. And if you want, I'll torture your enemies on the way to him, so long as you don't mess up my wish."

A wicked glint came into Rissai's eye. "My only enemies are Rangers, more precisely the ones who most recently visited me. And, if you're going to hurt Infinity, you can hurt them at the same time. I'll tell you everything you need to know about the Infinity Ranger, about all those other timelines, and when you make your wish… we'll both have our revenge."


"Dark Specter has moved out of the galaxy," Airek said, gently pulling back Cassie's hair. The couple was sitting in the grass in Angel Grove Park, enjoying the sunshine.

"I know, but we can't be too careful," Cassie said sadly. "What if he left because there was something else here? Of what if he's pulled back only to come back stronger than before?"

"I know," Airek said, sorrow evident in his voice. "He still has Zordon." Airek let the statement hang for a moment before going on. "I need to go after him."

"What!" Cassie whirled around to look up into the face she had loved before ever seeing.

"I have to, Cassie. It is my duty. I-"

"Let me come."

"What?" It was Airek's turn to be shocked. "You cannot. You have your team…."

"The team can survive without me. They've got Zhane, Karone, and Ecliptor now, not to mention the Infinity Ranger. That's more than a basic Ranger team."

"But I am a lone Ranger."

"Even lone Rangers need companions sometimes. Don't think I've forgotten how you and Jeff used to hang out together. Plus, did you really think that this whole 'lone Ranger' thing was going to last after we… found each other?"

"I never thought," Airek muttered, averting his eyes.

"You never thought about what things would be like?"

"No. I never dared to dream that you felt the way I did- the way I do."

Cassie smiled. "Well, I do." She pulled his face back toward her. "And I am going to go tell the others that I am leaving in…?"

"Two days."

"Two days. Sounds good."

Cassie bounded a few feet before stopping, looking around, and opening her morpher. "First thing's first," she said mischievously. "DECA? This is a priority order. Do not allow Phantom Ranger's ship to leave without my okay."

Airek could hear DECA's verification of the order. He sighed as Cassie hurried off to find her friends. "It's a good thing my ship's bigger on the inside than on the outside."


"I'm gonna miss you," Ashley said, hugging Cassie close. The Rangers had thrown a going away party for their departing friends and were now saying their last goodbyes.

"I'm gonna miss you too," Cassie said, giving a final squeeze and pulling away. "Karone," Cassie turned to the reformed princess. "You help Ash keep these boys in line, will you?"

"Of course," Karone said, giving Cassie a tentative but loving hug.

"Bye Cassie," Carlos said, stepping forward. "Remember, you have to write down the exact time that you finally get this guy to laugh."

"I will," Cassie agreed, silently adding, 'as soon as I remember when it was.'

"Stay safe," T.J. said, hugging Cassie and giving Phantom a look that plainly said the former lone Ranger was expected to make sure she did.

"I always do," Cassie protested, laughing. "Andros."

The Karovian extended his hand. "Goodbye, and good luck."

"Thanks, keep the ship in one piece, will you?"

"DECA will," Andros smiled.

"And I'll make sure Andros is kept in one piece, I owe him that much," Zhane laughed, giving Cassie a bear hug.

"Good, I know someone who will appreciate that," the Pink Ranger whispered in his ear.

"Goodbye Alpha," she hugged the android. "Goodbye to you too DECA," Cassie smiled up at the camera. "I think I may miss you the most. And tell Ecliptor I said bye too."

"Of course. Goodbye Cassie," the ship answered.

Everyone waved and shouted their goodbyes as Cassie and Phantom boarded their ship.

"I'm going to miss them all," Cassie sighed as they pulled out of the hanger bay.

"It's not too late, you can still go back."

"Yeah right," Cassie said, kicking the back of the pilot's seat. "I can hear it in your voice, you'd miss me too much."

"Really, because I was just trying to contain my hope that I'd get your Galaxy Glider out of my engine room."

"It is not my fault that there is a serious lacking of space on this ship. I was lucky you had an extra bedroom for me."

"Yes, you were," Phantom said, a deeper meaning evident in his tone.

"What kind of woman do you take me for?"

"You are no woman Cassie Chan you are an experience, the like of which most men can only dream of."

Cassie sighed. "You do know how to end an argument, don't you?"

"I did spend time with people once Cassie."

"Mmhmm."

"Have a nice nap."

"I will."