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Summary: This story is an alternative version of Power Rangers in Space that starts at the end of Turbo with the fight against Goldgoyle so please enjoy the story and also please review it with any opinions you may have since they much appreciated.
AN: thanks to DragonKing19 and Son of Whitebeard for their reviews.
Power Rangers in Space 2.0
Chapter 3
Back on the Astro Megaship, the Rangers were testing the new weapons and powers that came with their Astro Morphers on the ship's simulator as Alpha 5 watches them cut through the simulated enemy's.
"Very impressive Rangers and it looks like you have mastered you new weapons" said Alpha 5.
"Thanks Alpha but they were a bit too easy" said TJ.
"Well maybe Decca could make them stronger?"
"Good idea Alpha. Decca can you increase the strength of the simulated enemies?"
"Ok TJ the strength of the enemies has been increased" said Decca.
"Thanks Decca now let's run the simulation again" said TJ.
Ten minutes later and the simulation was ended again with the Rangers Victorious again.
"That was fantastic" said Alpha.
"Yeah these weapons are far more powerful that our old ones" said TJ.
"Well now that we have mastered our new weapons, what do we do next Alpha?" asked Ashley.
"Next we have to try and relocate Divatox" said Alpha.
"Right!" said TJ "Let's head into deep space Rangers." said TJ.
"Wait a minute, can't we just stop by Angel Grove first?" asked Justin.
"Good idea we can get some supplies while we are down their" said Carlos.
"I would usually pick TJ's plan but I pick Carlos's." said Cassie.
"Very well Rangers traveling will have to wait." Alpha 5 says
"Decca set course for Earth" said TJ
"Yes TJ, by the way you do realise there is a food replicator on board?" asked Decca
"No I never knew that Decca, but it doesn't matter food isn't the only thing we're going back for"
"Course set and we are on our way" said Decca as the ship flew back to Earth.
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A few hours later Decca arrived in Earth Orbit.
"We're home Rangers." said Alpha.
"Cool lets head down and stock up and then we can go after Divatox" said TJ.
The Rangers walk into the city to find everything quiet while they were away along the way they notice the Surf Spot.
"Let's go in and see what changes have been made to Ernie's since it had the name change" said Ashley.
"Right" the Rangers agree.
The five Rangers enter the Surf Spot and see Surf boards hanging on the walls and the whole place feels like a beach resort.
"The dance floor is gone, the juice bar is gone, the fitness machines are gone and classes and sports gear are gone." Ashley said disappointed.
"Well at least 2 things never change" said Carlos pointing to a table.
"And those are?" asked Cassie.
"Bulk and Skull" said Justin.
"That's weird they appear to be out of work right now." said TJ.
Bulk and Skull sit on a table ordering food from Adelle.
"Yeah I wonder where Jerome stone is" said TJ.
"We better go ask the guys." said Justin.
"Also, I'm getting hungry." said Carlos.
"Me too" said Cassie.
TJ grabbed a menu from a table while they walked over towards Bulk and Skull.
"Hey TJ, where have you guys been over the past few days." said Bulk.
"We've been helping Carlos and Justin decorate Justin's Room since he's staying with Carlos for the year while his dad sorts everything out at their new place in LA" said TJ.
"Well Bulkie and I have been out of work for a few weeks now since Lt. Stone left for Mariner Bay, we thought we could defend Angel Grove while the Power Rangers are away." said Skull.
"But how you don't have any weapons?" asked Justin.
"You guys may have helped the Power Rangers once but I bet you don't have the guts to fight and that does not prove anything." Carlos said.
"Well we don't have weapons." said Bulk.
"But if we don't then who will?" said Skull.
"Well that is for you guys to decide and plus Justin told me you guys were once cops." said TJ.
"Yeah we were but since Jerome took over here we haven't gone back their" said Bulk.
"Then join back up." said Justin.
"Nah, the Angel Grove Police Department does not need guys like us." said Bulk.
"Yeah don't need us." said Skull and replied with his trademark laugh.
"How long has the juice bar looked like this?" asked Cassie.
"A few days ago." said Bulk.
"Wow the contactors who did the work must have professionals" said TJ.
"I know it's crazy and pretty sad." said Bulk.
"Let me give you a piece of advice boys, now that you guys are out work and wanting to protect the city, you are going to need extra support and not just from us." said TJ.
"We know that, we are just waiting for the first chance we get to help" said Bulk.
"Hey Bulky how do we know something isn't happening right now?" asked Skull.
"Because it would be reported on the TV numbskull" said Bulk.
"Oh Yeah I didn't think of that" said Skull.
"You guys should form a group and not work alone." said Carlos.
"That's a good idea maybe we could put an ad in the newspaper" said Bulk.
"That's the spirit" said Justin.
"Maybe we can call Tommy Kat Tanya and Adam." said Skull.
"Skull, the guys left for college four months ago remember?" said Bulk.
"Kat works at Angel Groove high she was there to help me through the first few semesters before I got moved up a grade" said Justin.
"Justin did she leave to London to study ballet?" said Cassie.
"I don't know unless she left after the school year ended"
"Justin" said an Australian voice from behind them.
"Kat?" said Justin and the others turn around to see a familiar blonde girl and went and hugged her as the rest of the Space Rangers followed him over to Kat.
"Hey Justin, hey everyone wow this place has really changed"
"Hey Kat yeah it really has changed"
"So how's the new team of Rangers?" said Kat "Carlos you are not wearing green anymore."
"No we had to update our powers, we now have new Morphers and Zord's" said Carlos.
"We're doing great despite a few defeats! Being Power Rangers is harder than I thought." said TJ.
"Yeah it really is and I'm not ashamed to admit I miss it sometimes, but I have to move on as well. I'm moving to London in a week's time to work at the royal ballet but I wanted to say goodbye and check on you after you lost both Turbo Megazords" said Kat.
"How did you find out?" said Justin.
"I read it in the papers a few weeks ago and I've been really surprised at your teamwork the last four months since your battles across the city made headlines." said Kat.
"Well I guess we just work well together" said Cassie.
"Kat Thank you for making sure we were ok" said Justin.
"Whenever you guys need me. I'll be there! Once A Ranger,"
"Always A Ranger!" said Justin.
Kat smiled and waved as she left happy knowing the Rangers were fine.
"So what does everyone want to eat?" asked TJ.
"Anything just not Pizza" said Justin causing the Rangers to laugh.
"Well Pizza is on the menu but I'm not in the mood for pepperoni mushroom after that Mad Mike monster." said Carlos.
"First let's get back to Bulk & Skull" said Justin.
"Sorry about that guys we were talking about you two looking to find help to protect the earth since the Rangers left" said Cassie.
"So again an ad may be a great idea to put in the newspaper." said TJ.
"Yeah and on the notice board here and maybe Adelle will let you have meetings here as well" suggest Justin.
"Thanks Justin we will get started here." said Bulk.
"Ok guys it's lunch time." said TJ.
"Right" the other Rangers said.
They all ordered Burger and Fries and ate them before heading off into down town Angel Grove to buy supplies for their time in Space.
"OK guys where to start for supplies?" asked TJ.
"Well I suggest food" said Justin.
"Extra Clothing for if we land on a hot planet or a cold one" said Ashley.
"And first aid kits" said Cassie
"Good Thinking" said TJ.
"Let's split up and find all that and everything else we may need across downtown." said Justin
"Right we'll met back up here in two hours" said TJ.
"If we have to look all over the city so be it." said Justin.
The Rangers split up and went to find the item's they would need.
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TJ and Cassie head to the super market to get food.
"How much food should we get?" asked Cassie.
"Well I don't know exactly but that thing Alpha showed us on the Megaship is not programmed to make anything you want or that the machine is unfamiliar with?" said TJ.
"Well we have to wing it." said Cassie.
"Yeah or we could ask Justin if he could find a way to program it with things we actually like" suggested TJ.
"Like I said let's wing it." said Cassie.
"Do you know anything Justin likes?" asked TJ.
"Well other than Pizza after that Mad Mike incident, I had enough peperoni mushrooms for a while like Carlos." said Cassie.
"I'm with you. I so like to mess with Justin's head." said TJ both laugh.
"Does Decca even have a cold storage area?" asked Cassie as they were looking at the frozen food section.
"I'll ask Alpha when we get back on the ship." said TJ.
"Well if we check first we can stock up on Ice Cream" said Cassie.
"Good idea" TJ looked around to see if he was being watched and when he was sure he wasn't he activated his Communicator. "Decca its TJ is there a Cold Storage area on the Ship that we can put Ice Cream in?" asked TJ.
"Affirmative TJ"
"Thanks Decca" said TJ before turning to Cassie and saying "Ok Cassie but make sure It's fat free because when the final battle is over and we succeed in stopping Divatox and rescuing Zordon, I'm finally going to do baseball training with my uncle." said TJ.
"Ok TJ we'll get fat free" said Cassie.
"Or low fat for that matter please." said TJ.
"Great" said Cassie as she put one tub of ice cream in the trolley for every flavor they had in stock.
"I'll ask Justin and Carlos if they want low fat too." said TJ.
TJ looked round to see if anyone was looking and once he saw no one was looking he activated his wrist communicator and called Justin and Carlos. "TJ to Justin and Carlos" he said.
"Justin to Teej. I'm here."
"Hey Guys we're getting Ice Cream and wondered if you guys wanted full fat or low fat ice cream and any favorite flavors you have?" asked TJ.
"Full fat thanks TJ otherwise it changes the taste and my favorite is Mint Chocolate Chip" said Justin.
"Yeah Full fat as well and my favorite is Fudge Surprise" said Carlos.
"Well you may need only a little fat before you choose to play soccer when our mission is over." said TJ.
"Nah we can work it off with all the sports equipment were getting" said Justin.
"That's great Justin. We will get back to the Megaship as soon as Cassie and I get done." said TJ.
"Cool any Sports equipment you two want us to get?" asked Carlos.
"Nothing specific Carlos." said TJ "Except baseball because I just told Cassie if we win the final battle, I'm going to be training with my Uncle."
"Hey no time cause for negativity it's when we win TJ" said Carlos.
"Well this mission is dangerous and not worth talking about over communicators." said TJ.
"Yeah" said Carlos.
"Ok we will talk when get back to the Megaship." said TJ
"You got it Teej." said Justin ending the communication.
"What are your plans for when this is over?" asked TJ to Cassie.
"Well I'm hoping to start on a musical career when we win too TJ." said Cassie "Maybe I will ask Vicky to be my partner.
"What would you call your band?"
"Something other than the Creeps because I did learn my lesson from when Divatox wrote that one song I cannot remember right now."
TJ repeated the word "Confusion, Confusion, Confusion, Confusion, Confusion."
"Don't be weird please Teej. Besides, I think we would be something else."
"How about Galaxy" said TJ.
"Why that name?" asked Cassie.
"Well we are traveling around the Galaxy trying to save Zordon and find out what happened to Dimitria" said TJ.
"Let's just see what happens" said Cassie as they headed to the Check out so they could return to the ship.
Power Rangers in Space 2.0
Justin and Carlos headed to a Sports shop and got several different types of Sports Equipment so the Rangers could have something do when they just wanted to have fun.
"So that's the Baseball stuff for TJ" said Carlos as they loaded the Baseball equipment into the trolley.
"Yeah next let's get the soccer equipment" said Justin as he went over to the soccer section and came back with a few soccer balls and goal keeping gloves.
"Hey Justin why don't we get the others a shirt each in their colour as well?"
"Yeah and have their name put on the back the only colour we may struggle for is Pink though" said Justin.
"Well let's go and have a look"
Carlos and Justin began searching through the MLS team Shirts first and found a Yellow Columbus Crew Shirt for Ashley, a Black Huston Dynamo Shirt for Carlos, a Red Real Salt Lake shirt for TJ, a Blue LA Galaxy Shirt for Justin and they managed to find a Pink New England Revolution Shirt for Cassie, and went and got their names added to the back.
"So we got Baseball and Soccer what's next?" asked Justin.
"Well I was thinking maybe some Basketball stuff, Ten Pin Bowling equipment and maybe some Hockey equipment" said Carlos.
"Sounds good to me then we have plenty of choices"
"Right you are"
Carlos and Justin finished loading everything they would need for their chosen sports and headed off to pay and then return to the ship.
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Ashley went to the outdoor mall and got clothes for everyone that would help keep them warm if they ended up on a Cold Planet and she got clothes for them to wear on hot planets and she also made sure they all had clothes in their own colour as she went to the check out and paid before heading back to the ship.
Power Rangers in Space 2.0
Meanwhile back at the Surf Spot, Adelle works on the ad while Bulk goes over a list of citizens to help.
"Well, with Mr. Caplan still around, Ms. Applebee as well, that now leads to 12 more possible friends. Jason, Zack, Trini, Billy, Kimberly, Tommy, Tanya, Rocky, Adam, Aisha, Justin and Kat. Followed by our new friends TJ, Cassie, Ashley and Carlos."
"Uhm Bulkie did Zack and Trini ever come back from Switzerland I think only Jason came, Billy has disappeared and no one has seen him, also is Kimberly back in Angel Grove I thought she was still in Florida?" asked Skull.
"I don't know Skull." said Bulk "Do you remember a few months ago when we were in that submarine with her and Jason and the Rangers saved us with those funny looking new suits and Megazord?"
"Yeah but Bulkie that Megazord was destroyed.
"I know that Numbskull!" said Bulk "I did hear Kimberly took home the Gold in the Pan Global Games in Flordia and that one time she came back to Angel Grove to help the youth shelter with Jason. There was no trace of Jason between when he left town and when we were on the submarine."
"Good point"
"However, rumor has it he was in Florida spending brother/sister time with Kim." said Bulk.
"Why are we even talking about this?"
"No idea let's get some food I'm Hungry" said Skull.
"OK" said Bulk.
"But wait I'm getting a strange feeling!" said Skull.
"What's wrong?" asked Bulk.
"While you were making the list I made a chart of 11 of our old classmates and their disappearances and why it may not be possible to get them involved." said Skull.
"Skull what are you trying to say?"
"Just listen to me Bulkie!" Skull says as he shows Bulk the chart with all their friends listed in chronological order.
Bulk looked at the chart but still couldn't see anything. "What am I supposed to see?" asked Bulk.
"Just listen Bulk!" said Skull "First Kimberly left after Kat arrived from Australia with her family." Skull says as he points his finger at Kimberly's name "Then Aisha chose to stay in Africa to help the community's animals and Tanya came to our school. Jason returned home from the peace conference but he was not wearing red which we all know used to be his favorite colour."
"I do not get what you are saying." said Bulk.
"Look at Tommy he has worn three different colours of Clothing since we knew him" said Skull.
"And he left four months ago along with Tanya and Adam! For some strange reason, he's been into racing and I don't know why." said Bulk "It feels really strange when he switched his wardrobe from green to white and then red in the course of four years."
"Come on Bulkie put the pieces together and what do you get" said Skull.
"What do I get?" asked Bulk.
"Auuggh" groaned Skull.
"I don't get it." said Bulk.
"To continue, Rocky sustained an injury at Martial arts practice and Jason took his place after that submarine incident. Then Rocky and Jason both vanished again after our graduation. We were turned into chimps and the others were still around after Justin came to town." said Skull "Now showing this monster attack graph" Skull pauses after showing a graph of recent monster attacks in Angel Grove "For 7 months after those robots disappeared, Angel Grove has been quiet without a monster attack."
"Yeah because the Power Rangers defeated them but what do our friends have to do with that?" asked Bulk.
"Bulkie? You don't think this could be a strange coincidences don't you?" said Skull.
"What is it Numbskull?" asked Bulk.
"The recent disappearances? You don't think they could be the Power Rangers and we gave up looking for their identities two years ago." said Skull "But you suppose why things have been quiet around here for the past week? My point is what if TJ and Cassie did come to town and Tommy, Tanya and Adam left for college at the exact time we changed back from being chimps by that fish monster Elgar was his name?"
"One problem Skull Justin is too young to be a Power Ranger, plus none of them were in Angel Grove 2 years ago"
"Well something must have happened and I suspect this has something to do with why he have not seen Rocky around after graduation."
"Skull you need hard evidence at the moment you just have theories, Rocky probably went to a rehab center to help fix his back"
"Another theory I got is Rocky and Adam switched colors too."
"I never saw Rocky in Black or Green and I never saw Adam in Red or Blue clothes"
"And the only evidence I have left is the Rangers changed suits and voices."
"That still doesn't prove its our friends, and besides they changed Zords a lot as well so the Suit Changes probably had something to do with that"
"I guess the proof will come at a later time Bulkie. Our top priority now is looking for new people to defend the city while the new rangers are away."
"Yeah let's see who decided to help us"
"Hey Adelle do you want to help us keep the town safe while the Rangers are away?" asked Bulk.
"I have no objection against that as long as what you are up to is not for personal gain." said Adelle.
"No its not all we want to do is make sure that with the Rangers gone for as long as they need that we try to keep this town safe if anything try's to attack"
"Fair enough here is the ad just as you requested"
"Thanks Adelle"
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Bulk & Skull head out into the town's post office to deliver the ad.
"What do we do once the ad has been delivered?" asked Skull.
"We make ourselves a hotline!" said Bulk.
"Ok, what are we going to call the organization we create?"
"I have not really thought about it numbskull."
"Ok Bulkie" said Skull as he through his gum at a Bin as they walked by but missed and the gum landed on the floor before Bulk stood in it.
"Why is my foot sticky." said Bulk
"No idea Bulkie" lied Skull before letting out his trademark laugh.
"Care to explain this?" Bulk says as he shows the gum.
"Maybe you accidently stood in someone's discarded Gum"
"Very funny Skull next time please work on your aim where you spit your gum."
"Sure Bulkie"
"Now for the name"
"So have you thought of something?"
"I'm trying to NUMBSKULL!"
"Hey calm down Bulkie we can work out a name later"
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Back on the Astro Megaship.
"Right now we have everything we will need let's head out and try to find Zordon and Dimitria" said Justin.
"Right you are Justin, Decca seal the exits and lets head off into space and get this rescue mission under way" said TJ.
"Ok TJ what location do you want to go in?"
""Uhm" said TJ unsure where to head for.
"Decca set course for Inquiris" said Justin.
"Right Justin Destination set for Inquiris" said Decca as the Astro Megaship flew off to Inquiris.