This Second Chapter takes place sometime in a month or so after heading down to earth to help the Lightspeed rescue power rangers defeat Diabolico's new monster and Trakeena herself, who had mutated into a monster.

Chapter two

Mariner Bay, South California

After the defeat of Trakeena in the city of Mariner Bay, Karone had decided to stick around on Earth whilst the Galaxy Rangers had taken their mega ship and then returned to Mirinoi to continue their duties as part of the Terra community. She spent over a month on Earth staying out of trouble whilst the Lightspeed rescue power rangers continued their duties to protect the people.
It was a long month in November as each monster including Diabolico was defeated by the power rangers but even after the battle with the Queen of demons known as Bansheera where she was defeated, Mariner Bay still needed the Rangers in emergency situations.

But on November 21st, that one particular day became something special, Karone was spending Friday morning sitting at a table inside a local café as she was reading a new book she bought at the local library. The book she read was a story of the snow queen and how a young girl journeyed through the three seasons to find the boy she loved and defeat the wicked powers of Lady winter.
As she was almost at the third of the book, something caught her eye that she didn't expect.
A Lightspeed rescue power ranger approached the café and came inside.
This ranger wore a Lightspeed rescue Jacket with a silver band on it, he went to the counter and ordered a cappuccino to go.
Whilst he waited for his cappuccino he looked around the café which was busy with couple and groups having tea, treats and coffee.
It was at that moment when he saw Karone sitting at a table in the Café. When the coffee staff member who was female had come back to the counter with the cappuccino in a plastic cup ready to go, he alerted Ryan, who turned and realised that his drink arrived.
Ryan turned back to the register and he paid off the staff member who gave Ryan some change before Ryan took his cup from the counter.
As the staff member wiped the counter with a cloth, Ryan was about to turn and walk when he stopped in front of Karone who was about to walk to the back, she looked up and saw him standing at the counter, she looked so speechless.

It was a short while before Ryan said the first words. "Say, Do I know you from somewhere?"

"Um, no of course not. but might I ask if I know you from somewhere, I mean I've just heard about Light speed Rescue from a few old friends who helped them fight off a wicked monster named Trakeena. I didn't know anything about a sixth ranger being part of the team." said Karone.

"Well the Lightspeed rescue had more important things to do other than talk of private things. Anyways allow me to introduce myself miss, My name is Ryan Mitchell, the older brother of Dana Mitchell who is the pink ranger of the Lightspeed Rescue division. Its nice to meet you miss..." said Ryan.

"My name is Karone , Karone Phoebus." said Karone.
"Karone?" said Ryan, frowning at Karone who drew a small grin and then she explained herself to Ryan.
"Yes, I'm a citizen from a planet called KO-35 and sister of Andros Phoebus."

"You mean you're the sister of Andros, the red Astro power ranger? Oh yeah I remember a rumour that you once joined the Galaxy rangers."

"Yeah that part was true." said Karone.

"So do you mind If I could sit down with you? we can talk about your past." asked Ryan.

"Umm, ok sure. from what I've heard you seem to have a dark past yourself." Karone said, turning around to her table at a short before heading back there with Ryan at her side, carrying his cappuccino there before he sat down and answered.
"Actually it is true, I have a dark past."

"Ok, well then why don't you tell me about your past?" asked Karone, sitting down on her chair whilst Ryan sat back and relaxed, thinking of where to start and the began explaining the story of his life.
"When I was 10 years old I was involved in a car accident with my dad and sister, Dana. When all three of us were suspended over a cliff, my dad had a good grip on my sister but I ended up hanging on by my father's shoe. It seemed like the worst fate of my life when a demonic spirit known as Diabolico appeared and he offered a bargain to my dad; in exchange for saving my life I was to be raised under the care of Diabolico himself, after that I was taken away from my father and sister."

"I guess that's something we have in common, we were both taken by monsters to be raised as their protégé and to become pawns in their dark schemes. A monster named Darkonda took me and raised me as his daughter, brainwashing me for years to be the princess Astronema."

Ryan took sometime to think about the news of this princess when he found that Karone was the former princess before she was changed back by her brother. "Hmm, you were the former princess of Darkness. I'm sorry to hear about your horrible past Karone, you seem to have had such a bad childhood as I did when I was young. Well I guess we can not dwell on the past."

"I can Agree with you Ryan. So have you ever had any therapy after that?" asked Karone.

"Well my father had me go through psychiatric rehabilitation for weeks when I was off duty from my ranger duties. it was hard but after that I've learnt to live as a normal person." said Ryan.
For an hour and a half in the afternoon, Ryan and Karone talked together over coffee which then changed into a few cups of tea until Karone decided to finish this little meeting and then head up the road. Before she went she gave him her phone number.
When she was walking away she turned her head to look at him around, she told him that she hopes to see him again. Then she turned her head forward with a smile and she walked off, leaving him at the table for a short while before leaving for home.

Two Weeks later.

It was on the month of December and Christmas was getting near to the time as it was only 20 days until Christmas day, Karone and Ryan had arranged for a little get together for lunch at the local café in Silver Hills.
Ryan had his black shirt and grey trousers over a silver like jacket whilst Karone went with her casual look, a pair of black trousers and a gold vest which Ryan thought looked so stylish when he saw her come through the door and came to Ryan's table.
As they enjoyed lunch together, Karone talked to Ryan about the planet KO-35 which sounded like a modern Utopian society with its population possessing psychic and telekinetic abilities that no other human had ever attempted to use before which had made the conversation between them the most interesting as the season of Christmas didn't exist on her planet.
So Ryan spoke to her about it, teaching her about the joys and the woes of the tradition which was about family and love.
They spent the lunch time together at the local café which had lasted for over an hour and a half, and they had such a good time together until Ryan had received a call to duty. Before he left, he gave Karone his number and as a first Christmas present to her, he promised to personally show her around the new aqua base which was under reconstruction for the next six months. their plan was to add in a new training facility for future trainees to volunteer as junior rangers to carry on the duties and responsibilities of the power rangers some day.

Mariner bay's new Junior training facility.

Soon after the battle with Trakeena had been won by both galaxy and Lightspeed rescue last month, a new training facility was set up within the shelters of a large warehouse on the outskirts of the Mariner Bay city so that the children of Mariner bay can be safe.
It was put to good use to train a group of young children into becoming Junior rescue technicians and Junior rangers so that someday, the children can can take their place as professional adults of Lightspeed Rescue as well as become part of various rescue teams all across the world.
Among the group of new Juniors who were in training was Matthew Dunne, the boy who was onboard Terra Venture in deep space.
He had received a medal for his courage and bravery in stopping Furio from taking over the control tower before he received a trip back to earth from the Galaxy Rangers, once he had returned to earth he received a warm welcome from his parents and his friends in Angel Grove.
There was another junior Ranger among the group that Matthew was in. it was Heather Russo the Junior Ranger.
Recruited to help the Lightspeed rescue power rangers, she was sent into evacuate the building which her parents were held captive inside.
Since that day when she pulled the fire alarm, helping the Lightspeed Rescue power rangers go in and save her parents, she became a popular star due to her new status as a junior ranger. Soon after she enlisted into a special school for Junior rangers, She went on to joining the new Junior ranger course, where she was selected as part of a new team of Junior Rangers. Making a few friends who helped her pass each test that was presented by each of their instructors.
Their team leader named Lawrence Phillips Strider was one of her friends along with Matthew Dunne who became her training partner.
Lawrence Strider was a tough kid as well as a well committed cadet and military brat having transferred from Washington military school to Mariner Bay.
Undergoing a series of training courses provided by the team of the Lightspeed rescue operation, she progressed in helping the wounded and making sure they're comfortable and performing rescue tasks in special tests. Whilst others progressed in operating computers and testing new power rangers equipment. Hoping that she'll qualify for becoming the next power ranger, she had so far done well in the months that followed.

In time, her training had paid off when she and her team was given the task to save some people in a fire which broke out during the last battle with Bansheera.
The fire itself threatened to spread along the floors of the boiler room, Heather went inside with Matthew and another of her teammates to stop the fire from spreading to a couple of gas cans in the building. Using a still unused fire extinguishers, Matthew risked his life to douse the fire out.
But he managed to stop the flames before the cans could get caught by the flames and then blow up destroying the whole building and Matthew in the explosion.
Within the next few months after the reconstruction of the Aquabase went underway soon after the final battle, Ryan and Karone had started seeing one another from time to time, their steady relationship together had blossomed as much as the relationship between Heather Russo and Matthew Dunne since she saw him rescue a girl in the fire. From then on, she began to see Matthew as a true hero for his brave efforts.

Even the team leader Lawrence Strider had come to respect Matthew as a new team member, and had decided to name him as his second in command.
It was around the beginning of December when Matthew had decided to ask Heather out for a Christmas date.
Heather was doing some extra reading in the cafeteria when Matthew the stowaway turned junior ranger had come up to her table.
Asking if he could sit with her, Heather looked up at Matthew and nodded. As soon as Matthew sat down, the two young kids had a little chat together about their progress and how they'll probably go to different training areas when Lawrence had entered through the automatic doorway to see Matthew and Heather sitting together. Seeing that she was happy to chat with Matthew, Lawrence went off passing Heather's table to head for the cafeteria stalls to order food.

Within a while into their long talk, Matthew had found himself approaching the idea of going out.
So he asked if she wanted to go out for a smoothie this weekend for a first Christmas date between them.
Hearing that Matthew was asking her out on a date, Heather was a little unsure about going out with him for a short moment so she told him that she'd think about it.

It was a couple of days, having received some encouraging advice from her team leader Lawrence Strider, Heather had decided to go out with Matthew.
Heather called him on the phone to say that she'd be happy to go out with him to get to know him as a person, keeping things steady.

The city streets of Mariner bay.

It was on a sunny day as Heather was strolling about in town, after hearing that she and the others had the day off.
She was passing into the next turn on the streets to meet with her mother to do a little Christmas shopping when she bumped into Karone on the street.
They saw one another. Seeing her she spoke. "Sorry about that, I didn't mean to bump into you. I was just a little distracted when I bumped into you and." Heather was silent when she saw the morpher on her wrist and she looked up at Karone.

"You're a power ranger?" she asked Karone, who looked down at her morpher and then she spoke.
"I was a former ranger, I was part of the Galaxy rangers of the Terra venture space station after the previous pink ranger named Kendrix Morgan gave her life up in a battle against a Psycho Ranger to save the Astro Ranger Cassie Chan. After the final battle against Trakeena, Kendrix was brought back to life as if by the magic of the Quasar sabres on Mirinoi."

"Wow, I think I've heard about you. um, what's your name?"

"Its Karone." Karone said to Heather, who stood with surprise on hearing Karone's name.
She looked at Karone with a small look of admiration before she spoke her mind. "Wait a minute, you're Andros' sister Karone? I've heard a lot of things about you. you use to be the princess of Darkness Astronema, who tried to destroy the earth."

Karone looked down on the ground for a moment before she answered the girl Heather.
"It was a dark part of my history yes, but fortunately I was saved by my brother Andros and the Astro power rangers."

"Oh, that's very interesting to know I mean its been said that you've had such a horrible child hood. Anyways I'm sorry if I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Heather Russo, I'm a junior ranger of Lightspeed rescue. its nice to meet you Karone." said Heather.

Karone smiled before she replied. "Its nice to meet you too Heather Russo Junior Ranger."
After the introduction, the two girls decided to hang out for the rest of the day getting to know each other over a soda at the local juice bar nearby.
They spoke for over a couple of hours about themselves, Heather's training and all.
After their meeting, Heather had to return to base for her next training session with her team.
Soon after their meeting, things start to look up for Heather during her time in the training academy.
Heather was moving up the ranks to becoming a contender to becoming a new Lightspeed Rescue Ranger whilst Matthew had also moved up the ranks in training to become the next Squad leader for a new rescue unit for overseas operations. As new morphers and colours were being brought up, she hoped to get a colour which suits her so she may serve as one of the finest power rangers.
Hearing the news of this, her friend Lawrence couldn't be more proud of her and his other friend Matthew Dunne who was up for Squad leader.
When asked about his ambitions, Lawrence explained to his friends that he was thinking of becoming an Operations manager like Captain Mitchell himself.

It was a couple of months after Christmas and new years day, in training before the end of year day on January 24th 2001, Heather had received a congratulations letter from her teachers. The letter itself had stated that she will soon be a candidate to receive the yellow Lightspeed rescue morpher.
She felt surprised that she'll become a power ranger working under the supervision of the next new base Operations commander.
And soon enough, she learned from Lawrence that her boyfriend Matthew would be next to be selected in becoming a new Red Lightspeed rescue power ranger, along with three more kids who have qualified for the pink, Blue and green power rangers.
When each of them will come of age in the next eight to ten years, the chosen juniors will become the new line of power rangers in Lightspeed Rescue.
Even one of them being Heather's best friend named Casey Robin would be the next in line to become the green ranger as her simulated skills in flying various aircraft would soon come to use in the service as part of Lightspeed Rescue.
On the few long weeks into February that that passed by Heather took up further studies in school to sustain her goal to become a Lightspeed rescue power ranger, she took time learning from Kelsey the former power ranger who became her instructor and more about the responsibilities that followed.

On that time whilst his girlfriend was taking some time with Kelsey the Yellow Lightspeed Rescue power ranger, Matthew was taking his studies into learning the principles of leadership whilst working as a Junior rescue technician with Ryan Mitchell and his new teammates.
Each task Matthew took up was done under the supervision of Captain Mitchell and his protege Junior Lieutenant Lawrence Strider.
During the time in Mariner bay when she was not taking lessons from Kelsey, Heather had taken up work alongside her boyfriend Matthew Dunne in performing a series of small missions in the town of Angel grove, Ocean park and the City of Silver hills as well as the town of Turtle Cove.
When not in the office, Lawrence would take up active duty as the Silver Lightspeed Rescue junior ranger to help the team out in their tasks.
And then it was on a sunny day in April, that Heather and the Junior Rangers had found out some news about a new series of power rangers known as the Time Force Power rangers who had appeared from out of nowhere and this new team had taken up service to defend the town Silver hills against an army of monsters calling themselves Mutants, who had appeared before the Time force Rangers had arrived.

Karone herself knew that it wasn't her fight anymore when she heard about these Time force Power Rangers, so she decided to stay off on the side lines for the time being. Living outside Silver hills and nearby Mariner Bay, Karone started working as an assistant at a local store to make a living for herself.
On the sidelines during her stay around, she spent most of her free time when not at work with Ryan, going on dates with him.
And as promised to her before the Christmas time, Ryan took Karone on a tour of the Aquabase where he now works and how the training facility would be fully ready for a new batch of young and eager students training to be Junior Rangers of Operation: Lightspeed Rescue.

As things were going on smoothly over the time that the power rangers Time force were in the first month in fighting their battles in Silver hills whilst Lightspeed rescue was working as a rescue unit, Ryan felt that it was the best time to ask Karone to marry him.
One evening when Ryan and Karone were out for a walk on the park, Ryan stopped her at one of the benches in the middle of the park where they sat down together. Looking at her face, he expressed his love for her.
"Karone, I know that we've been going out together for what seems to be less than a year. But in the time that I've come to know you I have found that you are an amazing woman on this side of the galaxy, I know that we'll have tough times ahead but I'd rather face them with you for the rest of our lives." said Ryan.
"Of course Ryan, and truth be told I could think of no one else to be with than you Ryan Mitchell. you're the most bravest and most unique human that I have ever known on this earth." After she expressed her love for him back, Ryan pulled out his box with an engagement ring. "So I would like to ask you one thing." Ryan said, whilst he showed her the small box and opened it up for her to see. She was so surprised to see the ring as he looked upon her, before he could ask she answered.
"I will Ryan. whatever the question is, I will if you would ask me?"
Ryan drew a smile before he asked. "Then I would ask you, would you marry me Karone?"

Karone sat there on her place on the bench wide eyed as she looked at the ring for a short moment before she looked up to Ryan.
She drew a smile, followed by a nod. Ecstatic with glee, she accepted Ryan's proposal on that moment before she moved in and gave her a hug.
They spent the whole of the night together, talking about the wedding to come as they stood up from their seat and walked across the park to the end. Later that night, Karone and Ryan went back to her apartment where they spent the night together.

The next morning when the sun rose, Ryan and Karone were having a lazy morning wrapped amongst the covers of her bed together.
At that time it was a blissful moment when Karone woke up in Ryan's arms, she smiled and snuggled into his chest and planted a kiss there before she started to move his arm to get out of bed and get dressed for breakfast.

After a short while, Karone went into the kitchen to pick out some fresh fruit from the fruit bowl.
She took out a green apple from the bowl before she took a bite off it, chewing on the piece of apple, she moved to the cupboards at the corner of the kitchen to get some healthy cereal for breakfast.
Opening the cupboard she was about to take the box out from the shelf when she heard the wall phone ring. Closing the cupboard, she turned around and went over to the phone and then she answered it. "Hello?"

Within a second, she heard Carter Grayson's voice speak out, asking for Ryan.
"Ryan?" Karone asked. "yes." said Carter.
"Ok hold on a second, I'll see if I can wake him up." Karone said before she placed her hand on the speaker and then walked over to the bedroom to wake up Ryan.
When she got to the bedroom, Ryan was just coming up towards the doorway and Karone came to him before she spoke. "Ryan, its Carter. He needs to speak to you right away." When Karone gave the phone to Ryan, he spoke.
"Hello Carter, what's up?" Ryan listened whilst Carter gave him the full disclosure about plans to promote the new Aquabase and the graduation ceremony for the next generation of power rangers. "Alright then I'll see you within an hour or less. thanks Carter."
After hanging up Ryan turned to Karone who was looking at him curious.
"Well I've been called up for a meeting to set up a date for the ceremony of Heather's class who are taking the next step to becoming the new Lightspeed Rescue team. They're going to need all the help they can get from Veteran rangers."

Quickly understanding a ranger's duties to the Aquabase, Karone responded.
"Then you better get going. A ranger's duty is never ending, I hope that you'll come back. We've got a lot of planning to do together."
Ryan laughed with Karone before he spoke.
"I will come back Karone, you have my heart and my promise." said Ryan, coming close to her he looked upon her for a moment as she looked up at him and spoke. "You better Ryan Mitchell, I will start looking at some wedding dresses and seeing to the arrangements for our wedding, hopefully we'll set a date and take it from there. Hope there will be no emergencies to disrupt our plans."

"Thank you Karone, and I promise no disruptions." Ryan said, before he and Karone shared one last kiss before they withdrew.
Then Ryan turned to walk and get his jacket before he went out through the front door of the apartment, leaving Karone alone. Watching her beloved boyfriend head off on duty to oversee the plans for the graduation ceremony, Karone stood there for a moment and then turned away to get started on reading a magazine to look into wedding dresses.

A couple of days later.

On stepping outside after hearing from Ryan, Karone was in heartache of relief on seeing Ryan come through the hallway outside the doors.
Karone walked up to embrace him, which he returned to her in relief to see her again after today.
They held one another for almost an hour before they withdrew and then went inside the apartment to spend the day with each other without anymore distractions at all. Ryan and Karone talked about the plans for the ceremony next month
Whilst the other Lightspeed Rangers went on with preparations for the graduation ceremony, Ryan and Karone spend the week, getting a head start in making preparations for their wedding day, Ryan and Karone looked through all the magazines for a place to hold the ceremony. They looked at the landscape magazines and books for a good place to hold the wedding.
After looking at a few magazines, Karone was now beginning to find nothing that would make a good area for them to set the wedding and invite all their friends to the ceremonial event. Karone was about to lose hope when she found another magazine on the table and then picked it up.
When she looked through a few pages of the Magazine, she came across a page about a little area outside the town which made a good place to hold the wedding ceremony.
And it would be a good place to invite their friends even those who were apart of the power rangers team or better yet allies of the power rangers themselves.
Later when Ryan had a look at the page on the area for the ceremony, he thought it out for a moment in wonder before he decided that the area would be the best place encase an emergency comes up and he has to head into action.

That's all that I have to write on this chapter, I'm still working on some ideas for the next chapter so I hope that you'll stay tuned and hope that you'll enjoy reading this chapter. If anyone has any new ideas then please PM me.
Thank you all.