A few days after their last encounter with Steven, the Rangers gathered in the garage at the back of Billy's place. The former blue ranger had been working tirelessly to access the morhpin grid but he wasn't having much success. Even though he had 'retired' from ranger business, he had offered to take a look at the grid. As the designer of the technology he was the best person to get it working again.
Occasionally his moprher would spark, raising the hopes of the rangers but still they refused to work. In the corner of Billy's garage was the Blue Senturion, or what was left of him. After Divatox's original attack his internal circuitry had been damaged, rendering him inoperable. Fortunately his CPU hadn't been affected so his personally could be easily restored.
The teens watched nervously from their perch on one of the workbenches. In the middle of the room, Billy took a soldering iron to the Morpher before sealing the back shut. He placed it on a long metal tube before saying, "Alright fingers crossed everyone". He began tapping something into his laptop to activate the localised morphing grid around the devices. For a few seconds everything looked hopeful until the morpher emitted a massive bang. Smoke poured from the device along with a large quantity of sparks. Billy quickly shut down the morphing sequence to prevent further damage.
Kelsey waived some smoke away from his face, "Well it's closer than we've gotten before", she choked.
Billy pulled off his safety goggles and tossed them onto the workbench, "It is but we're still a long way from getting them working again. The morphers aren't connecting with the universal morphing grid due to the damage caused at the Power Chamber. Until I get the stabilisers online we have no way tracking other rangers down"
The rangers glazed over at Billy's jargon filled explanation, "I'm going to pretend I understand what that meant", Tori replied.
"Put simply there's still several months of work needed to get them back online", Billy stated.
"Several months", Jessi exclaimed, "but Jark Matter is probably up in orbit ready to attack now".
"I realise that Jessi but it took several months to build the things the first time", Billy pulled the Morpher off the holding tube. "Effectively I'm starting again from scratch".
The rangers sighed, "I know you're doing your best Billy", the red ranger began, "it's just frustrating sitting around doing nothing".
"That's reminds me, why aren't you at school? I thought Angel Grove High reopened today", Billy asked.
"Yea ", Jessi replied, "but its kinda hard with SPD hunting us down why?. Are you trying to get rid of us?" she smiled.
"Not at all", Billy began, "but it would be quicker if you left me to work. It's distracting having you watching me all the time. Perhaps you can try and track down this Steven guy again".
"Alright, we'll catch you later Billy", Kelsey answered for everyone. They bid him farewell before leaving Billy alone in his garage.
Standing up Billy picked at a few loose wires that were poking out of the Blue Senturion, "Perhaps I'll try and get you working", he said to himself, "I'm more likely to have some success with that". He picked up a screwdriver and began to fiddle with the internal wiring.
-Angel Grove Youth Center-
The teens slowly made their way towards the Youth Center, they weren't really sure why as the place wasn't even open. It had taken the brunt of an attack and it was nothing but a burned out shell. Fortunately no one was injured in the attack but the building itself had been condemned by the city. They turned the corner just in time to see a wrecking ball smash its way through the side of the building. A few more blows later and the popular hangout for teenagers had been reduced to a pile of rubble. "Lot of people are sad to see the end of that", Jessi commented.
"I know what you mean", Tori added, "we weren't so attached to the youth centre as other were. But this place has been around for as long as I can remember". The teens then saw a familiar black haired woman sitting on a wall opposite the Youth Center. Shuffling over to her, the woman smiled at the teens.
"Hey guys", Amy began, "I was just taking one last look at the place".
"I suppose it's not every day you see your place of employment levelled by a wrecking ball", Kelsey commented.
Amy sighed, "It feels very final", a bulldozer began to clear away some of the rubble, "technically I've lost two jobs, this one and the one at the agency".
"What are you going to do now?" Jessi asked.
"I dunno", Amy replied, "the government is still going to send pay cheques my way for a while. They may offer me a place on Terra Venture, depends if they've liked my performance over the last few years".
Just then the teens saw someone walk around the corner with a large box in his arms. They almost didn't recognise him in a pair of baggy blue jeans and yellow t-shirt but the brown and blonde hair was a dead giveaway. Steven's eyes widened when he saw the teens and he immediately turned around and starting walking the other way.
"Hey Steven wait up", Kelsey called out. The teens ran to catch up with the yellow ranger who was moving quickly across the park. He tried to move through the trees but the teens split up and succeeded in boxing him in. Seeing that he had nowhere to go, he sighed and put his box down on the floor.
"Are you avoiding us now?" Jessi stated with annoyance.
"It's not that", Steven began, he rubbed the back of his neck and looked towards the ground, "I'm just a bit embarrassed, our last meeting didn't end well". He quickly looked over each of the rangers before continuing, "I've been in alone in space for the last couple of years, I'm not used to having people around".
"I get that", Kelsey replied, "but we need to help each other out. We have a ship and we need your help to protect the Earth", the other rangers nodded in agreement. Steven bit his lip as he thought about his response. He didn't get to deliver it though as several Quantron appeared in the park and surrounded the group.
"Man not these guys again", Jessi grumbled.
"Get out of here", Steven cried, "you don't know what you're dealing with".
"Oh trust me, we do", Kelsey replied as she prepared to fight.
"Yeah cause that worked out well last time", he shot back. He instantly regretted it, "I'm sorry, I just don't want you to get hurt".
"We can take care of ourselves", Tori stated before kicking a Quantron in the gut. She followed that up by jamming a stick into its chest, shorting out the robots circuits. The other rangers also jumped into battle against the Quantrons, using whatever they could find in the woods as a weapon.
Steven admired their bravery and resourcefulness as he decapitated a Quantron with a roundhouse kick. He leap off the trunk of a nearby tree and flipped over a pair of footsoldiers. Using the momentary confusion he grabbed a branch and smashed the robots in the chest, disabling them instantly. He turned around and saw that the powerless teens were beginning to struggle against the Quantrons. Flipping the top of his morpher open he called out, "Its Morphin Time", in a flash of yellow light he morphed and summoned his Galactic dagger.
Backed into a corner, the rangers were relieved when the yellow ranger came to their assistance. He moved quickly, slicing through Quantrons with his unusual looking weapon as he went, "Isn't he amazing", Tori sighed.
"We get it Tori you like him", Kelsey joked. Steven was now to their left, mostly with his back to the teens. Suddenly they saw three Quantrons sneaking up on the yellow ranger with their blades ready to strike. Instinctively Jessi morhped and slammed into its chest compartment and the robot collapsed to the ground. Kelsey leapt into the air and drop kicked the remaining two robots, knocking them to the ground permanently disabling them.
Steven glanced around and realised how close he had been to getting cut down. Stabbing the last Quantron in the stomach, he turned around to face the rangers, "Thank you, I owe you one", he said before powering down. Tori stared as a blue orb appeared in her hands and a morpher materialised on her wrist.
"Maybe we're not as helpless as you think", Jessi replied.
Steven sighed, "I want to apologise for my behaviour a few days ago and you're right I do need help."
" Are you free to come with me to the our ship?" Steven nodded and Jessi brought his morpher up to her mouth, "NAVI, four to teleport". In a flash of coloured light the group disappeared from the park.
-S.S Lawbreaker-
"Hang on a sec", Kelsey began, "Tori got an Orb?" Jessi nodded in confirmation, "That's right", Jessi replied.
"Yea a blue one with a Wolf on it i think its a wolf", Tori stated.
Jessi nodded, "If you're willing, also Steven would you like to join our team and join us here on the Lawbreaker?"