Elsewhere, back with the scientific group...

Jenny went to come along since she had an interest in science after she met Tech for the first time. And speaking of Tech, he and Elaris were monitoring the mission together, and making unflattering impressions of the other 3 Galactic Rangers (minus Ratchet).

"Um, excuse me?" Jenny spoke up which made them look at her. "Mind if I join you for a bit?"

"Jenny... Sure..." Tech smiled to the young rich girl. "Come on in."

And so Jenny came inside. Tech smiled to her and let her come in.

"Hi, Elaris." Jenny smiled.

"Oh, hello there." Elaris greeted.

"Hope you don't mind an extra guest for our monitor duty." Tech smiled.

"That's all right," Elaris said. "You two close?"

"Probably not as much as Akito, Estelle, Felicity, and Vincent, but Tech helped me out with some Science Classes in my school," Jenny smiled to her. "Thanks to him though I was able to pass my classes. I was struggling a bit until I came to see him and the other Loonatics when Vincent invited me over."

"Aw, shucks." Tech beamed sheepishly.

"You must be very smart." Elaris smiled to Tech, admiring what Jenny had told her.

Tech blushed. "Well, I was a college professor before I got into the hero biz..." he replied.

"That explains it," Jenny smiled. "No wonder you're so brilliant."

"Yes, he certainly seems to be," Elaris smiled back in agreement. "I'm sorry... What was your name?"

"My name is Jenny Foxworth," Jenny replied. "Heiress to the Foxworth fortune."

"Nice to meet you." Elaris smiled.

"Same here." Jenny replied.

"So, we're watching the mission go on." Elaris told Jenny as she let the girl watch with them.

"Yeah, and it's going as badly as I said." Tech replied.

"They never listen." Elaris sighed.

Jenny frowned as that sounded like a major bummer.

"Their loss." Tech shrugged.

"Hmm... Yes, I suppose," Elaris replied. "Sometimes I wonder if I ended up leaving, would they even notice. But where would I go?"

"Well... You could always come to Acmetropolis... With me..." Tech replied.

"You sure there's enough room?" Elaris asked bashfully.

"Hey, sure!" Tech replied.

Elaris gave a small smile to that.

"I think Tech likes Elaris." Jenny whispered to Clank.

"Really? I had not noticed." Clank replied.

"Well, you are a robot." Jenny then remarked to that.

"I was being sarcastic." Clank replied.

"Oh, uh, sorry." Jenny then said bashfully.

"It is fine." Clank replied.

"Look on the bright side, they made it to their mission." Tech commented as he looked at the screen.

"So far, so good." Ace commented.

"More or less." Lexi rolled her lime-green eyes as she watched Captain Qwark.

"Calling it now, the mission fails." Rev spoke.

"D- for adventure." Jenny giggled as she made a little joke.

And as they watched, the GR's learned that Drek's next target was a populated planet called Novalis.

"Novalis..." Jenny repeated. "Sounds like a book world or something."

Black Velvet appeared to be helping out with Drek as she was shown to be back after seeing the others with the Loonatics not too long ago. However, unknown to the Rangers, Qwark made a deal with Drek: if he sabotaged the next mission, he would have his PR team make Qwark look like a hero/victim to make him look good.

"DUMB BUTT!" Jenny cried out, shaking her fist like she was stamping Captain Qwark's forehead. "DUMB BUTT! DUMB BUTT! DUMB BUTT! How much of a DUMB BUTT ARE YOU?!"

The others looked shocked to see Jenny angry like that since she hardly ever got mad.

"Whoo, kitty's got claws." Duck commented.

"I saw THAT coming." LJ added.

"He makes an interesting offer." Black Velvet commented.

"Well... Alright." Qwark replied, shaking Drek's hand.

Jenny soon hit her head on the desk with a groan.

"I knew it," LJ remarked. "But the others don't."

"This world is just doomed, I just know it." Jenny groaned to herself.

"Novalis, maybe." LJ replied.

"Hmm... I guess so..." Jenny sighed.

"We have to do something," Vincent said. "There must be something we can do."

"We can discuss this later," LJ replied. "The Rangers are back!"

"Fine..." Jenny said. "Let's go and see them... As if they'll even listen to us anyway."

"Aw, come on, Jenny, I'm sure we can manage something." Lee said to her.

"If we're lucky." Duck replied.

"I guess..." Jenny sighed. "I just feel so frustrated by that Captain Qwark guy."

"Me too," Tech replied. "Heck, Duck might be a glory hound, but even he wouldn't stoop that low."

"Is that an insult or a compliment?" Duck asked them.

"Let's just say it's a little of both." Rev replied.

"Well, thanks, I guess." Duck replied, not sure how to take that.

A little later, Qwark snuck into the control room and disabled the ship's weapons systems while downloading files onto a flash drive of his.

"Ah, hello there." Akito greeted dully.

"Getting some filing done...Captain?" LJ asked in an equally-dull tone.

"YAAAAAAH!" Qwark screamed before taking a deep breath. "Oh... You spooked me there, kids."

"Mm-hmm..." Akito and Estelle replied in unison, crossing their arms dully.

"When were there three of you... Never mind," Qwark shrugged. "Things are about to improve for ol' Qwark! Now, I'd best be off to patrol!"

Akito and Estelle narrowed their eyes.

"Pardon my language, but... Horse Apples." Estelle muttered.

LJ blinked, confused. "I was thinking something more like... Bull. Crap. But that works too... Somehow."

"That's basically the Equestrian version," Estelle said to him. "I've heard Aunt Rainbow Dash say it sometimes."

"Ohhhh..." LJ replied.

"Yeah..." Felicity said. "We better keep an eye on Captain Jerk."

The group nodded. "Right!"

"Of course," Felicity said. "Don't let anything distract you."

"Okay, Sis." LJ and Zofia nodded.

"Sis... I like that." Felicity smiled to them.

Chip smiled because Felicity was happy.

"Well, you ARE our sister." LJ replied.

"Yes... And do you not forget it... Or I will hunt you," Felicity smirked playfully. "Like Rudolph, the little vampire, not the red-nosed reindeer."

"I haven't seen that movie..." LJ stated with a gulp. "So wait...if Mom is part vampire, would that mean we're all like 1/4th vampire too?"

"That, I am unsure about, but perhaps you will learn at a certain age," Felicity said. "I did not know until I was around age eight."

"Well, can't be any weirder than when we and the rest of the family went to Hotel Transylvania those couple of times." LJ shrugged.

"At least Mother had fun then," Felicity smiled. "I don't think I've seen her more happy than we came to that place for the first time."

"Yeah. And Dad was super happy that SHE was so happy." LJ replied.

The Fudo siblings looked curious, but didn't say anything as they had to worry about Captain Qwark right now.

"Oh. Well...anyways, we should get back to keeping an eye on Qwark..." LJ replied.

"Come on then, let's go." Vincent said.

The kids nodded and headed off. Felicity took the lead as she narrowed her eyes in determination. Shortly afterwards, the people of Novalis were alerted and evacuated from the planet while the Rangers headed back into action.

"So what's the plan, Captain?" Cora asked.

"You guys stay back," Qwark explained. "I shall board the ship to try and reason with Drek."

"Shouldn't someone go with you so you don't do anything stupid?" Akito muttered to himself.

"And to answer any further questions, I'll be fine." Qwark replied.

Akito just rolled his sapphire eyes. And so, a few minutes after, Novalis was blown to chunks...and Ratchet learned the hard way that Qwark had gone traitor. Akito and the others sweat-dropped to that.

"You called it." Zofia sighed to Akito.

And due to believing it was his fault the mission failed, Ratchet took off and headed back to Veldin in disgrace. The others looked to Ratchet as he came over. Ratchet didn't say anything to them as he was clearly down in the dumps right now.

"Aw, jeez, Ratchet..." LJ sighed.

"...I kinda feel bad for him," Akito soon said. "This must've been how Ace felt around Deuce."

"Deuce?" LJ snickered at that name. "Boy, his parents must've hated HIM."

Akito put his hand to his head with a small sigh.

"Deuce?" Zofia asked.

"General Deuce was a former general of Planet Freleng," Felicity informed. "He wanted to control a whole planet, but Zadavia refused."

"Oh..." LJ nodded.

"He became a great enemy in later adventures with the Loonatics," Felicity said. "Even worse than Optimatus when he and Zadavia still hated each other."

"Oh, okay, I get it now," LJ replied. "Thanks for the fill-in. I guess this is what they mean when they say to never meet your heroes."

"Yeah..." Akito replied. "I feel a little bad for Ratchet... What can we do though?"

"We can at least try to help him get his confidence back." LJ replied.

"It's worth a shot, what have we got to lose?" Zofia nodded to her brother.

"Good idea!" LJ replied.

They soon went off after Ratchet who was having a downer of a day with a dark cloud hanging over his head. Ratchet was soon back home and he began to pack up his Galactic Rangers memorabilia. He took it and threw it in the garbage can. The others soon came to see Ratchet as he was going through a bit of a depressing mood.

"Hey guys..." Ratchet sighed as he laid in his bed.

"If you truly wish to make things right, you will try to do better next time," Clank explained. "There's a difference between taking responsibility and blaming yourself."

"Don't you get it? There won't be a next time." Ratchet sulked.

"Oh... I wouldn't say THAT..." LJ smirked.

Ratchet just sighed and turned over as he felt quite clearly depressed. Suddenly, a loud rumbling was heard from outside. It was the Rangers' ship. Cora, Brax, and Elaris stepped out, the first two having guilty expressions on their faces. Ratchet just glanced over.

"What're you guys doing here?" Lee asked the Galactic Rangers with a slight hint of anger in his voice.

"We... Realized that you were right..." Brax replied.

"And let's be honest: we're not as great as we seem," Cora replied. "Exhibit A: my cadet photo."

The others looked to each other before coming to take a look. Estelle cupped her mouth as she couldn't resist a small giggle. LJ snorted with laughter, and so did Brax and Ratchet.

"Oh, really? That's how we're playing?" Cora smirked to Brax before she showed his to the others which looked even funnier and goofier.

"Dude... That HAIR. No. Just... No." Chip snickered.

"Okay, everyone, chill out!" Brax announced. "We have a job to do, and I need to start shooting at something immediately."

"Well, before we just go off and start shooting at things, I was thinking that-" Elaris began only for them to take out their guns and she then sighed in defeat as she was being ignored yet again. "Forget it. Why can't you guys just listen to me like Tech?"

"No, wait," Ratchet replied. "Elaris... Go ahead and explain your plan. This time, we promise to listen. ALL of us."

"Aw..." Elaris smiled to that before she soon said something rather urgent. "Well, while we can't move a planet out of the way; I was thinking, what if we could move the weapon targeting that planet?" she then suggested to the team.

"Move the Deplanetizer?" Cora asked.

"That's... That's BRILLIANT!" Tech exclaimed.

Elaris smiled bashfully from what Tech said and even seemed to blush.

"And just how are we gonna do THAT?" Cora asked.

"Knock it off course." Elaris stated.

"Okay. Awesome," Cora nodded to that. "And just how are we going to do that?"

"Not sure yet," Elaris rubbed her arm shyly. "But I'm working on it."

"Hey. I'm still willing to help." Tech smiled at her.

Elaris smiled back to that as she looked appreciative.

"Hmm..." Ratchet paused as he took a look around. "I might have an idea."

"Alright, let's hear it," Ace replied.

Ratchet soon huddled together with all of them as he went over a plan with them.

Meanwhile...

"So after you pick up my dry cleaning, you need to polish the Segway, and after that-" Drek was speaking with someone.

Black Velvet was sitting nearby, looking impatient.

"Drek, I want to talk to you," Captain Qwark spoke up to the villain. "You tried to kill my Rangers! You said you'd leave them alone!"

"Oh, so now you care about them?" Black Velvet smirked.

"What do you mean?" Qwark asked. "I told Drek I'd follow through if he left them alone!"

"And I meant it at the time!" Drek smiled innocently while trying to get Captain Qwark out of the room. "I detest bloodshed as much as any Blarg, but sometimes, sacrifices are necessary for the greater good."

"I know you're working with Nefarious." Qwark replied.

"Isn't it great? We're all part of one big dream team," Drek grinned. "We should get T-shirts!"

"You're making a big mistake," Captain Qwark told him. "You have no idea the kinds of evil he's capable of."

"Oh, but we do," Black Velvet said, taking out some sort of tablet. It's all right here on his résumé. Special skills: Horrendous evil. Unspeakable evil. Diabolical evil. He's very well-rounded, and apparently, he can juggle."

"Oh-oh! Do I feel my ears burning?" Dr. Nefarious grinned as he soon entered.

"Right on schedule." Black Velvet smirked.

"You died in a prison escape," Captain Qwark said as he felt baffled as Dr. Nefarious was alive. "There were witnesses."

"Oh. People will say and do just about anything for the right price," Dr. Nefarious smirked. "What was yours, Qwark? What was your price for selling out your friends? Your face on another cereal box, perhaps?" he then mocked the boastful man. "Why don't you run along so the Chairman and I can get back to the business at hand?"

"Yes. Run along and enjoy your precious fame." Black Velvet smirked.

Captain Qwark began to feel hurt on the inside. "But... What am I supposed to do?"

"You can guard the Star Cracker water cooler," Drek suggested with a smirk as they shut him out. "Oh! But with fury! Mm-hmm."

Drek continued walking along. "Oh, and T-shirts WOULD be a good idea! What do YOU think, Neffy? Should we..." he started...

Suddenly, he was turned into a sheep.

"Sheepinator. One of my personal favorites," Dr. Nefarious smirked to that. "It's time for a change of management."

"Now that the moron is gone..." Black Velvet replied.

Drek continued to bleat in misfortune.

"I'm all yours," Black Velvet smirked to Dr. Nefarious, attempting to flirt with him. "I've lost my chance to take over Acmetropolis, but I think I have a chance for redemption with you."

"For the record, I'm only keeping you around because you're useful to me," Nefarious replied. "I only needed Drek so I could get the resources to make the Deplanetizer. Be lucky that I'm not using the Sheepinator on you."

"That's fair enough by me," Black Velvet replied. "I think you and I make a better team anyway."

"An interesting point." Nefarious nodded.

Back with the others, they were getting ready to go.

"Chip, it's nice to have you on the team," Akito smiled. "You're pretty helpful."

"Oh, thanks." Chip smiled back.

"Yeah. At this point in time, we're lucky to have all the help we can get." LJ added.

"I'm always happy to help out my friends," Chip smiled before blushing slightly. "Especially whenever Felicity invites me along."

"Yeah, we know. You two are great for each other." Zofia replied.

"You really think so?" Chip asked bashfully and shyly since he really liked Felicity.

"Sure we do!" LJ replied.

"Oh, well, thank you," Chip smiled. "I've liked Felicity for a long time. I mean... Her-I mean, your mother was a good friend of mine next to Belle."

"Really? Cool." Zofia replied.

Chip smiled as he continued to help the others get ready.

"Okay, let's do this!" Duck told the others as he took charge. "We only got so much time to get it all done. Use that, whatever that's called. That's good. Okay. Right. Over here."

"Do you even KNOW what you're doing?" Lexi asked.

"Of course I do, I'm in charge." Duck replied.

"Since when?!" Ace glared slightly.

"Since three minutes ago." Duck replied.

The others looked deadpan towards Duck.

"Keep bringing it on in, ratcheting it on up, electrifying everything," Duck soon continued as everyone else was working hard and he was just telling them what to do, being lazy as usual. "Make sure everything's got electricity running through it, at least a little bit. That's good, too. Whatever that is, you're doing great."

LJ rolled his eyes. They soon heard some feedback sounds which made them grimace from the unpleasant sound.

"Hey, everybody! Get in here now!" Elaris's voice demanded. "Uh, please."

Everyone ran inside to hear Elaris's message.

"You're not going to believe this," Elaris informed. "We finally decoded the Deplanetizer plans."

"We found his next target," Tech added onto that. "It's Umbris."

"Well, at least he picked an empty planet this time." Cora shrugged.

"Empty, sure, but it's volatile too," Tech explained. "If he blows that one up, it'll set off a chain reaction to destroy all the other planets as well."

"But why would Drek do that?" Ratchet soon asked. "I thought he was trying to build the perfect planet?"

"Unless Drek isn't the mastermind here." LJ replied.

"He isn't," Zed clarified. "Umbris wasn't Drek's idea. Duh!"

"Whatcha talking about, ro-butt?" LJ asked.

"It's Nefarious." Zed clarified.

"Dr. Nefarious?" Brax asked.

"No, Steve Nefarious," Zed deadpanned. "Of course it's Dr. Nefarious!"

"Of freakin' COURSE!" LJ growled. "Only Nefarious would be this determined to cause that kind of devastation."

"Oh, yeah, funny how you didn't mention that when I was dangling you over the edge of a building." Cora deadpanned to the robot.

"Well, you didn't ask, now did you?" Zed replied.

"Okay, that's it. I'm shooting him." Cora said, taking out her gun at him.

"Hold it," Clank replied. "I thought Nefarious was dead."

"Only on the inside," Zed explained. "Otherwise, he's very much... Alive!~"

"Okay, shoot him." Brax decided.