Hiccup and the others, along with Stoick, Rangar and Toothless were listening to Fishlegs, as he might have found the location of one of the Morphers.

"I managed to translate this piece of text," said Fishlegs gesturing to the tax that was now on the screen. "Roughly translated it says, 'The power of shadows lies within the planet of night and can only be located by the guiding star.'"

"What does that mean?" Snotlout asked.

"My best guess is that it basically saying that we should be looking planet that is always in night," said Fishlegs. "However, I don't know what it means by the guiding star."

"It could be reference into some kind of monument," said Toothless.

"But how can planet be an eternal night?" Heather asked.

"Thick cloud cover, all the habitable part of the planet is always facing away against the sun," Hiccup suggested.

"A fixed access?" said Astrid dubiously. "That's impossible."

"Actually it might not," said Ragnar. "The planet might just have a longer day cycle, it could be years or months. The person who landed on the planet would have assumed that there was no daytime."

"Either way it sounds as if we have a promising lead," said Stoick. "Do you know the location of this planet?"

"There are some coordinates and with Toothless help we might have located it," said Fishlegs.

"Then you had better get geared up, we need a hurry in order to prevent Drago from reaching this planet first," said Stoick. "He has much more resources than we do so but we won't take them long to decipher the text."

Stoick wasn't wrong, because Drago was already on his way towards the planet in question.

"Ryker, I am counting on you to find the Shadow Morpher," said Drago as he looked at Ryker.

"I am honoured my lord," said Ryker bowing.

"Should I not go instead?" Krogan asked.

"I have made my decision!" Drago growled.

"I mean no disrespect," said Krogan respectfully. "I just mean do you believe that Ryker is capable of finding the Morpher?"

"Not on his own, but he will have," said Drago.

Then walking into the room was an alien, who had a stunning resemblance of that of a cowboy. He was wearing a Stetson on his head and attached to his waist was a whip.

"Exploretron will be assisting you Ryker," said Drago.

"Just put your faith in me and we will find that Morpher before you could say Bob's your uncle," said Exploretron.

"Just remember who's in charge here," Ryker growled glaring at him.

Explorertron merely smiled courtly. "Who I know exactly who is in charge here."

"Find that Morpher and bring it to me," Drago ordered. "And if the Ranges do show show them no mercy."

"It shall be done, my lord," Ryker bowed.

Krogan just watch with gritted teeth, thanks to the Ranges he had been sidelined emphatically every single mission. He knew that he had to get back in Drago's good graces somehow or else he was done for.

At Berk Hiccup and the others were in their range of forms and were riding on their Dragon Cycles. Accompanying them were Ragnar and Toothless as the two of them were needed for this mission.

"When setting the coordinates now," said Gobber from the monitoring room. "Good luck out there."

"We'll need it," said Fishlegs.

The portal then immediately opened in front of them and without hesitation the immediately drove into it. Seconds later they found themselves on a planet which was completely dark and even with their powerful headlights could only see a few feet in front of them.

Judging from their surroundings it appeared that they were in some kind of forest judging from all the trees around them. However, there was a have right in front of them and it looked man-made or alien made the case may be.

"So what is planet called?" Astrid asked looking at Toothless.

"Daghag," said Toothless. "It has a very short planetary access, we won't be seeing the sun for several months."

"I can't see any stars," said Heather as she looked above them.

"Thick cloud cover, it's another reason why this planet gets very little daylight," Toothless explained.

"Which means were possibly in the right place, the text did say that the Morpher was located on the plans of eternal night and I say this fits the bill," said Ragnar.

"But what about this guiding star?" Astrid asked.

"It could registers of some kind of beacon," Hiccup offered.

"Exactly what I was thinking," said Ragnar looked at Toothless. "Is anything else you know about this planet?"

"Some of my people did venture here centuries ago," said Toothless. "They described an ancient temple located in the middle of a forest. They wondered around for days, but they then suddenly saw this bright light and followed it which led them to the temple."

"Then we're definitely in the right place," said Fishlegs.

"We might be on the wrong part of the planet though," said Hiccup.

"So what we just drive around aimlessly until we see a bright light?" Snotlout asked.

"Unless you have a better idea, I suggest we start driving," said Hiccup.

Snotlout grumbled to himself, but sadly he had no better idea.

So with that said they immediately began driving down the footpath in front of them and looked around in all different directions for any sign of a bright light that my guide them to the temple.

Toothless looked at Hiccup curiously. "You seem to have eyes on the lieutenant."

Hiccup was now grateful that he was wearing a helmet as no one could see him blush. "She's a striking young woman."

"Yet I don't see you making a move on her."

"Maybe because I don't want to be landed in the hospital? Every time Snotlout approaches her, she ends up twisting his arm or punching him hard in the face."

"Fair point, but you won't get anywhere if you don't become more forthcoming," said Toothless.

Hiccup groaned. "Is this really the time to discuss my love life?"

"Just making conversation."

Heather was having her own conversation with Astrid as she drove up next to her.

"You seem to be getting on well with Hiccup," she noted.

"He has proven himself to be a capable leader," she admitted. "Though I still believe that he lacks the proper discipline."

"I had a little rumour that he studied a certain martial art, mostly hand-to-hand combat, I would think that you would find that interesting."

"Mind explaining how he is able to hold his own in battle," Astrid admitted as she looked at Hiccup. "Though I am not going to pry in his personal life."

"He's kinda cute," said Heather with a small smile.

Astrid blush beneath her helmet. "I guess, if you like that unassuming, heroic, Power Ranger type."

"And do you?"

"What about you?" said Astrid looking towards her. "I noticed that you been spending quite a bit of time with a certain scientist, who shall I remain nameless."

"Okay, another boy talk," said Heather holding her hand out with a small laugh.

"You're the one who started the conversation."

"And I'm the one who's going to finish it."

They kept on riding for what seemed like hours, it was hard to tell considering who was constantly night. So far they had not seen any signs of any kind of beacon and Snotlout was starting to get annoyed.

"This is getting us nowhere!" Snotlout roared.

"Not true, we are going forwards," said Ragnar.

"You know what I mean," Snotlout snapped and looked at Hiccup. "Don't you think that were wasting our time?"

Hiccup looked at him. "And what would you suggest we do? We have no means to find the beacon or the temple for that matter and every second that goes by is one second closer for Drago to retrieve the Morpher."

"Perhaps we should set up camp," Fishlegs suggested.

"Now that's the first sensible idea anyone has had," said Snotlout.

Astrid looked at Hiccup. "I hate to agree with him, but we have a riding for hours."

Hiccup sighed. "Fine, we'll rest. However, we can't stay long, we need to keep moving."

Eventually the found a suitable campsite and immediately got a fire going. Hiccup began to cook them dinner and everyone was quite surprised that he was able to cook.

"I had no idea you could cook," said Astrid as she took the plates of food Hiccup gave her.

Hiccup chuckled. "It's one of the first skills I learned when I was on my own."

Astrid looked at him curiously. "Not to pry, but when you go after you left Berk?"

Hiccup looked at her. "Well, as you might imagine it wasn't easy. Firstly I had to get myself a job so I worked part-time in this pizza restaurant. I did for a few months and that's when I met my master, who taught me hand-to-hand combat."

"Who is this master? And why would he suddenly appearing a pizza restaurant?" Astrid asked curiously.

"You won't believe me if I told you," Hiccup chuckled. "I scarcely believe it myself. Anyway I trained under him for a few years and he suggested that I should go out on my own. A few months later Ragnar appeared informing me of what had transpired with my mother and here we are."

They began eating Hiccup's meal and it was quite appetising, even Snotlout found it delicious, though he did his best to hide it.

Ragnar then placed his plate down. "I think we should discuss our next plan of action."

Hiccup nodded. "I suppose you're right. Any idea what we can find this beacon?"

"The problem areas with it been so dark, it will be impossible to find any landmark that might assist us to plotted location," said Toothless.

"I've been going over the text over and over again," said Fishlegs as he looked through his notes. "There are references that mention that the original Rangers managed to find one another even in the darkest night."

"How did they accomplish that?" Heather asked.

Fishlegs shrugged. "I don't know, it just as they looked inside themselves."

Hiccup pondered for a moment and got an idea. "Give me a moment."

They then all watched as Hiccup sat there in a meditative state and entered into a deep trance.

"What's he doing?" Snotlout asked.

"He seems to be meditating," said Astrid.

"And what good is that going to do?"

Hiccup ignored everything around him and concentrated on his surroundings. After the others had vanished from his mind along with the trees and the animals, in fact he was sitting in complete darkness. He then saw a light in the distance, it was faint, but it shone through the darkness like the sun.

Hiccup then opened his eyes and looked at the others. "I know where we need to go."

"Come again?" Snotlout asked.

"I think you do owe us an explanation," said Astrid.

Hiccup looked at them. "It's easy to forget that the Morphers are not only technology, but also have a magical essence inside of them. I meditated and focused on that essence and I think it's guiding me to the Morpher."

"Yeah, and I'm the Queen of England," Snotlout snorted.

"Give him a chance, it's not like any of us have any better suggestions," said Ragnar.

"You actually believe all this rubbish?"

"I may be a man of science, but that doesn't mean I'm going to rule out any mystical or magical phenomenon," said Ragnar folding his arms. "Even the greatest advancements of science happen only by accident. What's the say this is any different?"

"Because it's completely insane."

"Not as if we have much choice," Heather piped up.

Soon they packed up their camp and began following Hiccup deeper into the forest, it was hard to follow with it been so dark. Hiccup knew that he couldn't go too fast or they might lose in completely and nor could he go too slowly, but they managed to keep up the pace.

"This has to be the craziest thing we've ever done," said Snotlout.

"I wouldn't be too sure, more crazy stuff might come our way in this job," said Ragnar.

"Don't you think you're been a bit unfair on him?" Heather asked.

"Am I the only one who thinks that this is crazy," Snotlout grunted.

"We never said it wasn't crazy," Astrid pointed out.

"So why are we doing it?"

"Because we have no better idea so shut up and focus on the road ahead," Astrid snapped.

"Hey, I think I see something ahead of us," Fishlegs pointed.

Everyone immediately followed his finger and indeed there was something in the distance. It was a bright light, it was faint, but in the midst of this darkness could be easily mistaken as the sun.

"That must be the beacon," said Toothless.

"Guess we made the right choice following Hiccup," Ragnar smirked.

"Shut up, Ragnar," Snotlout grumbled.

Once they got closer they found that the beacon was placed on top of a mighty temple. The life on the beacon was so bright that they could see the temple in all its glory, there were statues of dragons mounted in every direction. They had never seen anything of the like and it was hard to put it into words.

"Magnificent," said Fishlegs as he stared at the architecture. "I saw photos of the temple that Valka at expedition found, but to see it in person."

"Should we be concerned that we might get bombarded from above?" Snotlout asked looking at the sky.

"Doubt they'll be able to get a precise lock, not with this darkness and the cloud cover," said Astrid.

"Should we go inside?" Toothless asked.

They began making their way up the steps towards the temple and that's when they found a group of Drakenoids were already inside.

"Drakenoids!" Hiccup yelled.

Without hesitation they immediately went into engage Hiccup dealt a few powerful blows in the chest of one and then performed a back kick in knocking one side that try to attack from behind. Astrid elbowed another in the face and then quickly performed a spinning jump kick knocking 2 to the ground.

Fishlegs blocks the blows from one and then used his strength to toss it over his shoulder, he then performed a spinning back fist which struck the head of another. Snotlout got in low and dealt a powerful uppercut to another and then quickly spun around and jabbed another in the chest. Heather struck one the chest with a front kick and then ducked in order to avoid the claw from another and then performed a leg sweep.

Ragnar wasn't standing around idle either, he blocked the attack, using his forearm, and use the momentum in order to push it back. He then quickly performed a back kick, striking another from behind. Toothless was using his enhanced strength and hard scales to his advantage, he blocked any attack coming which damaged his foe and then dealt a powerful blow taking them down.

Soon the entire entrance to the temple was clear, but the presence of the Drakenoid confirmed what they feared the most.

"It would seem as if Drago got here first," said Hiccup.

"Hooray his commanding as expedition left of this group here to deal with any unwanted visitors," Astrid concluded. "No doubt they would ahead to find the Morpher."

"The problem is is which way they went," said Heather.

Heather was right, because this temple had three different corridors going in different directions. There were symbols on top of each one of the entrances and they were marks of different dragons.

"So which way do we go?" Snotlout asked.

Hiccup looked at Fishlegs. "This is your department."

Fishlegs then immediately brought out his notes and began looking through them. "Let's see. There appears to be some kind of riddle, I think if we are able to solve it it will lead us down the correct path."

"So what's the riddle?" Heather asked.

"'I am both weak and strong, I carry my armour around me as I eat and sleep. I look for sturdy bone to strengthen me and to sneak around my enemy is unheard. Once complete my roar becomes the stuff of legends.'

"That has to be the worst riddle I've ever heard," said Snotlout.

"It was written by my people and we don't have complex riddles such as you do," said Toothless.

"It's clearly referencing about a dragon," said Hiccup as he looked at the symbols.

"From what I can tell in ancient times the dragons were given classes in order to better understand means of defending oneself and how to fight them," said Fishlegs as he looked to the three doorways. "The first symbol here are Strike, they were considered the fastest and intelligent of dragons. The next symbol is Stoker, fiery hot headed dragons that were known for their strength. The last one is that of Mystery, dragons with unusual abilities that sets them apart."

"Then I say we go with Stoker," said Snotlout pointing at the Stoker symbol. "The riddle mentioned that they were strong."

"But it also said it was weak," Hiccup reminded.

"It said that it was able to sneak past its foe," said Heather as she looked at the Strike symbol. "It could possibly reference the Strike Class."

Hiccup shook his head again. "But said that its roar is something of reaction once it's fully complete, hardly a dragon you would class as stealthy. No, I think it was reference into the Mystery Class."

Ragnar nodded. "I agree, it is the safest of all the symbols and is the one that makes the perfect amount of sense."

"We can't afford to dillydallying," said Astrid as she made her way to the entrance bearing the Mystery Class symbol. "I trust Hiccup, now let's go."

They began making their way through the corridor and so far they had not yet ran into any traps, indicating that they chose the right entrance.

"So far so good," said Hiccup.

"Let's not jinx it," Ragnar suggested.

Eventually they entered into a new chamber and in the centre it was a statue of a dragon. This dragon looked pretty unusual, it was actually wearing armour and judging from its shape it was made from bones.

"What kind of strange dragon is that?" said Snotlout.

"I believe it's called the Boneknapper, it's a dragon that is able to make its own suit of armour using the bones of deceased dragons," said Fishlegs looking for his notes. "There's also references that it does not contain a roar and is only able to acquire if its arm is complete."

"That's one unusual dragon," said Heather.

"I don't see an entrance here," said Hiccup as he looked around and saw only inscriptions.

"So we did came the wrong way," Snotlout smirked.

"All this is the chamber where the Morpher is kept," Astrid offered. "Let's not forget that our Morphers weren't exactly out in the open either."

"What does these inscriptions say," said Heather as she studied the text.

Toothless examined the inscriptions. "My ancient Dragkon is a little rusty, but if I'm not mistaken it's describing a great battle that the original Dragon Spirit Rangers fought. According to this they won the battle, but it cost them their powers. Knowing that there Morphers would be needed again they created temples and hit them inside of them waiting for someone chosen to show up."

"I wonder what they were fighting against," Astrid pondered.

"Who knows, back in those days there was a lot more evil in the galaxy," said Hiccup. "It wasn't until after Zordon sacrificed himself that a good majority of it had been crushed."

"How come he was unable to wipe out all evil in the galaxy?" Snotlout asked.

"Galaxy is a big place and he might have had limited range," Hiccup offered. "Let's not forget at the time there was a massive galactic war, he might have just focused his powers on the attacking forces."

"Makes sense," said Astrid.

"I think I found something!" Fishlegs cried.

"What is it?" Hiccup asked as he and the others approached him.

"This statue of the Boneknapper, it's incomplete," said Fishlegs pointing several areas of the statue.

Upon closer examination they found that Fishlegs was right, there was a missing piece in the armour. They immediately looked around and saw different pieces of the statue on four different pedestals that littered across the entire chamber.

"Seems as if we need to find the key to the lock," said Hiccup.

"We need to find the peace that matches perfectly with the armour," said Fishlegs.

"Look almost exactly the same," said Heather as she examined the pieces.

She wasn't wrong, the pieces looked immensely similar and they only had slight differences. It was extremely difficult to figure out which piece was the correct one.

"We could try trying them one at the time," Snotlout offered.

"I get the feeling that we've only got one shot," said Hiccup.

"It's never easy as it?" said Astrid folding her arms.

"So which piece is the right one?" Heather asked.

Ragnar examined each of the four pieces on the podium before he examined the missing piece on the statue. He then went to one of the podiums and grabbed one of the pieces.

"It's this one," he said.

"You sure?" Hiccup asked.

"Yes," Ragnar nodded.

Everyone then protest and watched as Ragnar inserted the piece with in the statue and then suddenly its mouth opened. Inside they could see a Morpher, but this one was completely covered in a dark grey colour.

"We found it," Fishlegs beamed.

"Now we just have to find someone with the right gene," said Hiccup.

"Which we can do once we get back to base," said Astrid.

"Can we open the portal here?" Heather asked.

Ragnar shook his head. "We need to be out in the open."

"Then let's head back."

"But what about Drago and his men?" Snotlout are scratching the top of his head. "I mean, they wanted this thing so badly how can we haven't run into them?"

"Maybe they chose the wrong entrance," Astrid offered.

"Or we could be just waiting for you gullible fools to do the hard work for us," said a voice behind them.

They quickly turned and found Krogan standing there and beside him was Explorertron.

"Told you that all a booby-trap needed is a bunch of boobies," Explorertron smirked.

"So you allow us to do all the hard work and then steal the glory, not original," said Hiccup.

"I don't really care about originality I only care about results," Krogan smiled.

"Now you handover that Morpher, we'll make sure that your ends are merciful," said Explorertron extending his hand.

"And here's our counteroffer," said Hiccup.

Then immediately Hiccup and the others swung their fists forwards. "Unleashed the dragon within!"

Immediately they transformed into their Ranger forms and they took up fighting stances.

Explorertron shrug as he pulled out his whip. "I wouldn't expect anything less from the five of you, but you soon wish that you took of my offer."

Immediately they charged Hiccup drew his sword and began to engage Krogan, who was holding a two handed battleaxe. The others engaged Explorertron, but it was clear that he was an expert in close quarters fighting.

Astrid came swinging in with a fist, but Explorertron blocked it with his whip and then used it to wrap around her wrist. He then immediately spun her around and so she crashed into Snotlout and then quickly raised his leg in order to block Fishlegs fist and then struck him with his other leg.

Heather had pulled out her own whip and was now circling around him which intrigued him.

"So, you wish to play with the big boys, do you?" Explorertron mocked.

"I do, but I think I'll settle with you," said Heather and immediately cracked her whip towards him.

He quickly spun around dodging the web and unleashed his own and Heather quickly ducked in time. Astrid then jumped into the air with her battleaxe in hand, trying to catch him while his guard was down, but his whip acted on its own and quickly blocked her attack and then he spun around and punched her in the chest sending her flying.

"You're going to have to do better than that," he said.

Hiccup was not faring any better with Krogan, who had just blocked his sword with the handle of his battleaxe and then kicked him in the chest. He then spun around and slammed his axe down towards Hiccup, who had barely enough time to block it with his sword. The impact of the blow forced him down on one knee and Krogan was now pushing all his weight down upon him.

"Where Ryker failed I will succeed," he said with a smirk.

Ragnar and Toothless could only watch as the Rangers were getting overwhelmed by Krogan and Explorertron.

"We have to do something," said Ragnar.

Toothless looked at him. "You could try and use the Morpher."

Ragnar looked at him. "We don't even know if I have the gene to operate it."

"It's our only chance," said Toothless.

Ragnar knew that he was right, he had nothing left to lose in trying the Morpher and he immediately placed it on his wrist.

"Unleash the dragon within!" he yelled as he swung his fist forward.

Immediately the Morpher activated and dark grey flames immediately covered his body. Once the flames dispelled, he found himself in a dark grey uniform which bore the Dragon Spirit symbol and over his chest he was wearing some kind of armour that looked as if it was made of bone. The same dark grey flames then covered his face and soon he was wearing a dark grey helmet which was shaped like the Boneknapper's head.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Ragnar, who stood there. "Dragon Spirit Shadow Ranger!" he yelled.

"And now one!" Krogan roared and immediately knocked Hiccup aside. "One more won't make a difference!"

He then immediately charged at Ragnar and raised his axe and slammed it down towards him with all his strength. However, suddenly appearing in Ragnar's right hand was a shield which extended all the way across his forearm and bore the same colour as he did.

Ragnar quickly raised the shield and blocks Krogan's attack and stood his ground. Krogan had been taken completely by surprise as he tried to put as much weight it into the strike as possible, but found he was unable to move a muscle.

Ragnar then pushed back which left Krogan wide open and then slammed it right into his chest pushing him back. "How do you like my dragon shield?"

Explorertron we gain from his shock and immediately flung his whip towards Ragnar. "Have a taste of this!"

"I'm not hungry," said Ragnar immediately raised his shield blocking the attack and then he quickly charged in.

Explorertron was now panicking and kept on flinging his whip at Ragnar, but it kept on bouncing off his shield. Ragnar then slammed into him with so much force that he was sent crashing into the wall.

"I'm not done," he said as he rose to his feet.

"Actually you are," said Ragnar he immediately sidestepped.

Explorertron's eyes widened, because Hiccup and the others had regrouped and had summoned the Dragon Cannon which was aimed directly at him.

"Dragon Cannon, fire!" Hiccup yelled as he pulled the trigger.

The Dragon Cannon then fired a powerful burst of energy which slammed right into Explorertron and he exploded on impact.

"Thanks for the distraction," said Hiccup as he approached Ragnar.

"No problem, we're just lucky that I have the correct gene for this Morpher," said Ragnar.

"Looks like Krogan managed to sneak away in the chaos," said Astrid noticing that Krogan was missing.

"Doesn't matter, we completed our objective and that is all that matters," said Hiccup.

They soon returned back to Berk and gave the report to Stoick.

"Excellent news, son," Stoick smiled.

"It should be Ragnar who gets the congratulations," said Hiccup.

Stoick nodded and looked at Ragnar. "Indeed, you have certainly proven yourself to be the Shadow Ranger. Though I don't expect you to shirk from your duties."

"Wouldn't dream of it," said Ragnar.

"Welcome to the club," said Heather giving him a gentle elbow.

"Thanks, I hear it's very exclusive."

"Sir I imagine that Drago will be furious he failed to get the Morpher," said Astrid. "Chances are he might launch an attack."

Stoick nodded. "In which case we need to stand ready."

Drago was indeed furious, but mostly at Krogan as he was holding him by his throat.

"You've failed!" Drago roared. "Not only did you failed to retrieve the Shadow Morpher, but now we have another Ranger the content with!"

"Give me my lord," Drago winced trying to breathe.

Johann immediately stepped forward. "My Lord, perhaps it would be wise for you to release him."

Drago looked at him. "Mercy from you Johann?"

"Not mercy, Krogan still has his uses, even if they are dwindling and we should not waste such resources," said Johann.

Drago looked at him for a moment then immediately released Krogan. "Be warned Krogan, your position is my second-in-command is being jeopardised. If you failed to prove yourself useful to me soon, I will lock you in the deepest dungeon and never see the light of day ever again."

"Of course my lord," said Krogan rubbing his throat.

Krogan was now in serious danger, his position was getting jeopardised by the day fence of the Power Rangers. Not only that, but Johann was possibly now in favour of gaining his old position, something which he despised most of all. He had to think of a way to prove that he was still capable of leading and quickly.