Cat: Hey all! This chapter is a lot more emotional then the chapters that you've seen before. We start to see that Trent is actually managing to do some damage—he's a real threat to them. There is a bunch more humor, and I personally love the contrast between scenes.

Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers. However, I have decided that the plot of this fic is good enough to take credit for, so I will. I own the plot. I also own Greg, but you can borrow him if you ask nicely.

Kimberly, Maya, and TJ pulled themselves from the ship. TJ had said it was built for two but could hold three in a pinch. Maya hadn't realized just how much of a pinch it would be. She also didn't realize what TJ had when they'd taken that ship. It was big enough for three, but no more. They didn't expect to be picking up anyone. If Maya had known that she might have felt slightly apprehensive as she stepped out onto her homeworld.

Instead she briefly considered making some complaint about the close quarters, then decided against it. They were her to save her friends after all. Now that she thought about it, she didn't think that Kim had ever met the other Lost Galaxy Rangers, but she'd come along anyway. The brief glow of happiness that this thought accompanied was quickly extinguished as she saw the planet around her.

This area was a forest, or at least, it had been. For miles around there was nothing but charred stumps and smoldering grass. She felt a rush of anger at the person who had set fire to her home. "Who could do something like this?" Kim asked quietly.

"Apparently Trent Fernandez." TJ said dryly then he glanced at Maya. "Are you gonna be okay?"

She took a few halting steps forward without replying then, "Trent's got a lot to answer for. But first we have to find the others." She started off, calling. "Leo? Karone? Kendrix? Damon?"

A hand shot up out of no where and clasped itself over her mouth. She was pulled downward and Kim and TJ gasped as she disappeared into the ground. Maya struggled wildly, blind in the sudden darkness of the underground cavern that she found herself in. Then, with just barely a pause in her struggles to escape, she bit down on the hand that muffled her cries. Much to her surprise the hand let go and her captor jumped back with a cry that sounded a lot like it came from, "Damon?"

"Who else were you expecting?" He asked, nursing his injured hand. Maya hide a smile, then glanced up. There was a small hole that exposed the entrance to the cave and Kim and TJ were gazing into it.

"It's all right. Come on in." Maya said and Kim and TJ exchanged a glance before jumping in. Maya took in her surroundings. They were in a relatively small cave; it held them comfortably enough but probably couldn't shelter too many more. Leo sat on a rock in one corner, staring at the ground, but that was the only other Galaxy Ranger present.

"Where is everybody?" Maya asked. Damon placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Maya," He said slowly. "This is everybody." Maya's eyes widened, and she stood there for a moment, trembling. Then she launched herself at Damon and hugged him hard, sobbing.

"No."

"Oh, Maya. I'm so sorry." Kimberly said. Maya turned around and hugged her too.

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"Doesn't this thing go any faster?" Conner asked grumpily.

"I don't know how much fuel we've got left. We stay at this speed." Greg replied. Then he raised an eyebrow. "Unless of course you want to float aimless through space for all eternity."

"This speed is fine." Alyssa said quickly and pushed Conner down into one of the black leather swiveling chairs. "Just relax. We'll be there in no time." Conner promptly stood back up.

"How am I supposed to relax when Trent is still out there somewhere?" He motioned towards the window, which showed an awesome view of space.

"The Dracozord can't fly in space. There's no way he can get us here." Taylor, who had been listening in, said. She stopped pouring over the map of the Rangers, which had been dragged onto the bridge earlier, to look at him.

"That didn't stop him from getting at the Lost Galaxy Rangers, did it?" He asked pointedly.

"We don't know for a fact that they died. Until we do, we continue under the assumption that they didn't." She replied firmly. "But if you feel like you have to do something, you can babysit."

"No thanks, I have a little sister and that's enough for me."

"Than stop complaining so much." Alyssa said kindly.

"Lunchtime." Shayla announced as she entered the bridge along with Kira, Max, and Danny. They had decided to take lunch in two shifts, that way half of them could eat and the other half could watch the ship and the kids.

"Not hungry." Greg said immediately.

"Oh no you don't." Taylor replied and grabbed his wrist. She attempted to pull him out of the room but Greg grabbed onto the control panel with his other hand and held on tightly. "You have to eat to keep your strength up." Taylor said, not giving in.

"My strength is up. Look." Greg attempted, but Taylor refused to relent.

"You might as well give up and eat something man." Max advised. "Taylor's so stubborn. Once she gets an idea into her head, there's no stopping her."

"I might be stubborn," Taylor said, addressing Max, "But I'm stubborn and right."

"She does have a point Greg." Kira said.

"You traitor." Greg huffed, causing the girls to break into giggles.

"Oh just come on all ready." Taylor said, though Greg just hugged the panel closer. "Alyssa, give me a hand will you?" Alyssa obliged and together they managed to drag him to the door. Greg looked at Kira, eyes narrowed with a good-natured humor.

"I'll get you for this." He promised.

"Don't forget to eat your green vegetables!" Kira called after them and Taylor and Alyssa continued to haul Greg into the cafeteria, inspiring laughter from everyone they passed.

"Uh, Princess!" The uncertain call came from the nursery. She hurried over towards the source of the distress. Kira paused only long enough to tell Max and Danny to watch the control, but not to touch anything, before following.

They burst into the room to behold a scene of complete and utter chaos. Ethan was cradling Sam as far away from his body as possible while also attempting to sooth a crying Hannah. Cole wasn't doing much better. He was trying to keep Beth and Kerri an arm's length away from each other while they were trying to beat each other to a fine powder.

"Oh my." Shayla said and put a hand over her mouth. It was a sad attempt to hide the fact that she was laughing.

"'Oh my' is right." Kira laughed openly, privately glad that only Greg had been there to see her freak out earlier.

Shalya grabbed Sam, neither she nor Kira wasting any time in fixing the situation.

"Diapers, diapers, where are the—Ah ha!" She pulled one out from under the pile of blocks and tossed it Ethan. Barking a command at him he awkwardly got to work.

Then Kira turned to the twins and took one, whether it was Beth or Kerri she wasn't sure, and sat her firmly in her lap.

"Now be good." She grumbled to the struggling girl while Cole tried and failed at a similar task. Eventually the girl in Kira's lap went limp. "Can you be a good girl now?" The child nodded and Kira put her on the floor next to the blocks and turned to Hannah.

"Hey. What's the matter?"

"I'm bored." Hannah whined. "There's no one to play with. They're no fun." She motioned to Cole and Ethan.

"Oh, they can be lots of fun." Kira assured the girl. "They just need you to tell them what to play because they aren't very smart."

"Hey!" Both boys said in unison. Kira looked up at them innocently.

"What? If you were smart things wouldn't have gotten so bad that we had to come rescue you."

"It's not our fault." Ethan protested. "This is a girl's job anyway."

"A 'girl's job'?" Kira repeated, in disbelief. Shayla joined in staring at the computer geek too, not that he noticed.

"Yeah, girl's are better at this sort of thing, and boys are better at..."

"Fighting." Cole supplied.

"Yeah."

"Oh no. You did not just say that." Kira said and Ethan looked surprised, and mildly frightened. The twins were playing with the blocks, taking turns knocking over each other's towers. Kira stood up. "You two had better watch your backs, because I'll prove to you that girls can fight just as well as guys can." Kira threatened and now Ethan looked truly frightened. Even though Cole had never seen Kira fight, the look on his friend's face was enough to warn him that he might be in some serious trouble.

Beth and Kerri had gotten mad at each other again and were chucking the blocks at each other's heads, and Shayla's eyes light up. "Come on now Kira. Be nice. They're just guys after all. We have to make allowances for their intelligence levels." Both boys gaped at the peaceful princess who'd just insulted them as she bent down next to Hannah and spoke to her. "You know Hannah, I think Ethan wants to play horsey, you wanna play with him?"

"Yeah!" Hannah said excitedly.

"No!" Ethan mouthed in horror.

"And Beth, Kerri?" They looked up just as Kerri was about to bring a block crashing down on Beth's head. "Do you want to play blocks with Cole? I'm sure he'd love it."

"No way." Cole said aloud but Beth and Kerri had already dragged him to the floor.

"But," Ethan tried desperately to save himself. Hannah was already trying to get on his back. "If we're both playing, who's going to look after him?" He pointed at Sam.

"I'm sure we can handle it," Kira said casually, "after all, that's what girls are good at, right?" Shalya swept towards the door, where Kira was already waiting. Kira held out a hand, palm up, and Shayla swept her own hand across it. Their fingers briefly caught in a sign that was both congratulations and pride, and the two left with huge, disgusting, grins plastered to their faces.

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"I don't get why all the Rangers are getting attacked but us." Tori admitted.

"Maybe it's because Trent can't find the school. He knows where it is, but not where it is." Dustin suggested and the others all stared at him. "It was just a thought."

"No, it's not that it's…" Tori trailed off.

"I think that's the most intelligent thing I've ever heard you say." Shane said bluntly.

"I'll take that as a complement."

"Cam, are you all right?" Sensei asked, bringing attention to the fact that Cam had been staring intently at his computer screen for the past two or three hours.

"Something about Trent's transmission is bothering me." He admitted.

"You mean besides the horrifyingly awful and cruel parts of it?" Tori asked, the Rangers walking over.

"Yeah." He said absently. "Here." Cam pointed. He had the text of Trent's speech pulled up on the screen. "Why did he say 'I will destroy the legacy of the Power Rangers'?"

"Dude," Dustin said, "That's one of those horrifying bits that Tori was talking about. It was kinda supposed top bother you.." He spoke as though Cam were being very slow.

"Well, I know that." Cam said loudly. "I just don't get why he didn't say that he would destroy the Rangers, why 'the legacy'?"

"It sounds bigger somehow. Like it includes more." Shane mused.

"But how can it include more?"

"Maybe there are little baby Rangers running around." Dustin suggested. It was meant as a joke but Cam's eyes widened.

"Ohmigod."

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"What's that sound?" Kimberly asked suddenly, the rumble was growing louder by the second.

"I'll go check it out." TJ offered and carefully poked his head up to the surface. The sight awaiting him was more then welcome. He waved his arms over his head in an attempt to flag down the AstroMegaship. "Come on up guys. It's okay." He called down into the cave and slowly the Rangers emerged just as the ship shuddered to a halt.

The ramp extended and the door slid open and TJ, Maya, Kimberly, Leo, and Damon ran for safety. They didn't see anyone around, but that didn't mean that there wasn't anyone. The door slid shut comfortingly and the five received their welcome.

"Maya! Kimberly!" Kira hugged them both and Maya managed a small smile.

"TJ. What's up?" Greg asked and he and TJ bumped fists. Cole poked his head out of the nursery. There was a bruise forming under his eye, and several large bumps on his forehead.

"Leo?" The Red Ranger stepped forward dejectedly. "Thank God!" Ethan's joyous shout could be heard by all and Shayla and Kira burst into laughter and Beth and Kerri were dragged out into the hall. Kira had the suspicion that they had been dragged off of Ethan, but didn't say anything. Leo's eyes lit up and he hurried forward, embracing both of his children tightly.

"Awwww." The girls said in unison and several of the guys rolled their eyes.

"Daddy?" One of the twins said. Kira was pretty sure that this one was Beth, unless of course that it was Kerri. "Where's Mommy?" Maya inhaled sharply and buried her face in Kimberly's shoulder, giving the other Rangers a very bad feeling. Leo paused, seemingly to compose himself.

"Mommy's in a very pretty place in the sky." He said finally.

"When is she coming back?" Kerri asked. Leo hugged his girls once more and Shayla ushered everyone out of earshot.

Cat: Review if that last part made you feel sad. It made me feel sad and I'm the one who wrote it.