After a spat with Galvanax, Princess Viera returned to Earth to clear her mind. She was still baffled by the events from earlier. She couldn't understand why a friend of the Rangers would help her.

Despite her title, Viera didn't have an easy life. Her people were ruthless and she had been raised as such by her father. Any who opposed her would be met with certain doom. Drillion, her bodyguard had been assigned to her as a child for her protection, though Viera didn't often need him for such. In her mind, the universe was against her, and as her father said, it was better to throw the first punch and catch them off guard, then to be sucker-punched.

She had no friends as a result. She had subjects, and any who tried to defy her, even to tell her they didn't quite agree with her opinion would feel her wrath. The only person she felt she could trust was Drillion, and only because her father paid him well.

So when she heard of the Power Rangers through Galvanax's show, she knew she had work to do. Though they weren't opposing her now, Viera didn't want to take the risk. She settled on an alliance with the big brute and claimed she would be able to bring in all the viewers and the fame he wanted by appearing on his show, if he allowed her to exert her strength and defeat the Rangers. Galvanax was only to happy to oblige, as it no longer mattered to him who defeated the Rangers so long as they were gone and he had their Power Stars.

Viera took Drillion to Earth and attacked close to where Galvanax said the Rangers were often found. Drillion drew all six Rangers out of hiding quickly and battled them with ease while she watched on. However, a blast got away from Drillion and when the Rangers deflected it, it knocked her off the truck she had been standing on and brought her to the ground. Her fall hadn't been far, but it had been hard. She needed a moment to compose herself.

Unfortunately, it was a moment she didn't have. Another blast was deflected her way and a stranger – a friend to the Rangers who she was trying to kill – pulled her out of danger and kept her safe. Viera left the battle with only a couple scrapes, knowing she could have been far more injured.

Viera wasn't used to such kindness. Except for Drillion, no one had ever protected her. And even then, Drillion had threatened many time to leave Viera if he didn't get the pay raise he expected. He didn't care about her well-being. He only wanted the money. He could easily turn against her, given the right price.

The human who had saved her had done it without payment.

"Have I been wrong all this time?" she asked herself.

She had shed her armour to blend in. If she was going to get close to the Rangers and get the answers she was looking for, she didn't want to give them a reason to fight. She just wanted to talk.

-Ninja-Steel-

RedBot finished his scans, but it wasn't good news. He turned to the Rangers who were waiting for the results and he shook his head.

"I'm afraid she won't wake up," he said. "It's worse – far worse."

"But… she sat up," Preston said. "I had her and… she was a little dizzy but…"

"It was a seizure," RedBot told him. "After that blast, she had another seizure and two more since my scans. It's too much for her brain and…"

"What about the recovery thing?" Levi said and pointed to the machine. RedBot shook his head.

"It suffered too much damage," he said, then looked to Mick, "I can keep her body alive until her mother comes. I'm afraid that's all I can do."

"I'll give her a call," Mick muttered, then sat in his chair and stared at his communicator. How the hell was he going to do this? Just yesterday he had promised Jenny that if she let Sarah come to the base and hang out with the Rangers, he would take care of her. He promised everything would be fine.

He promised Sarah's father he would take care of her.

Clearly, he had no idea what he was doing. With a sigh, he stepped out of the base, leaving the Rangers with their grief.

-Ninja-Steel-

Just outside the Ranger base, Viera was looking around at the battle site, trying to see where her saviour had come from in hopes she could find the base. Her eyes drifted over to a tall fence and she thought maybe it was best to start there. She walked around to the gate, finding it was open and seeing behind the fence were stacks of tires, shelves and old car parts.

"What a strange hiding place," she said to herself and then looked around. The garage seemed to be attached to a school, but Viera couldn't imagine the Rangers would have their base inside the school. There had to be another way in.

She checked the shelf, pulling off tools and gadgets, hoping that might open a secret door, but nothing happened. She lifted a couple tire stacks, but it was only ground underneath them. Her gaze then drifted over to a big stack of tires, which was piled up higher than most humans were tall.

"How… impractical," she said and went over to examine it. None of the Rangers were especially tall – at least, not compared to her species. This stack of tires was much taller than her, and couldn't have been any shorter than any of the Rangers.

So Viera climbed up and looked inside. Instead of ground, she saw a light, "I don't know who is more foolish," she said. "The Rangers for having such an obvious base, or Galvanax for never having found it."

With that, Viera hopped inside and the tires too her down into a little room, with a fan that had stopped spinning. She stepped through the blades and was immediately met with six blasters pointed at her.

"Who are you?" the red Ranger shouted and Viera held up her hand.

"I mean you no harm, Rangers," she said. "I am simply here to speak."

"Who are you?" Brody asked again. "How did you find us?"

"Humans were never the smartest species," Viera commented. "I am Princess Viera of the Lion Galaxy."

"Princess? Like princess who just attacked us, Princess?" Hayley frowned. "That monster was yours, wasn't it?"

"You killed Sarah!" Kelly shouted and lunged for the intruder, but Levi caught her and held her back. The Ranger base was already trashed. They didn't need a second fight to happen inside. "If she knew you were evil, it'd be you who was dead!"

"Dead?" Viera asked then looked past the Rangers to see the woman who had saved her lying lifeless on the table. "She's… dead?"

"You'll be too in a few seconds if you don't leave," Calvin growled and put his finger on the trigger. He didn't care for the base. Viera wouldn't get away with what she did.

"I assure you all, I wish you no harm."

"Tell that to Sarah," Kelly said.

"I don't get it," Viera frowned. "She wasn't in the blast. If she had been hit, I could understand her passing but…"

"She was sick. She never should have been out there," Preston said, then looked over his shoulder, "She knew that."

"She was sick?" Viera asked. "So, she knew the dangers and still she… she helped me?"

"Get out now," Calvin growled. Viera shook her head, put her hands up to show she was unarmed and then pointed to Sarah.

"She is breathing. How is she dead?"

"It's called a coma," RedBot said. "A state of deep sleep where the person cannot be awakened. A limbo of sorts, between life and death. Machines are breathing for her, preserving her body."

"So, her brain is dead, but her body is not?"

"What's it to you?" Calvin asked.

"I can help," Viera said and removed the gloves from her hand. "My people, we have certain gifts."

"And why do you want to help?" Brody asked.

"No one has ever rescued me before," Viera told him. "Never mind sacrificed themselves for me – a stranger. Despite the way of my people, I feel it's only right I repay her."

"Your people?" Hayley frowned.

"The people of the Lion Galaxy."

"I've heard of them," Brody said. "They're the get them before they can get you type. They think everyone is out to get them."

"I've always had a feeling that wasn't the case," Viera said. "I didn't want to believe it, but a part of me always thought it couldn't be possible that everyone would oppose me. I had to have allies… somewhere. Please, let me help."

"How?" Kelly asked, intrigued. As much as she hated Viera for what she had done, Sarah was already as good as dead. If Viera claimed she could change that, Kelly had to take a chance. After all, the worst had already happened.

"The gift I mentioned," Viera said. "As a Princess, I can give life. But it comes at a cost."

"What kind of cost?" Levi asked.

"I can do it only once," Viera said. "I reserved this for myself for many years, believing that, should I be bested in combat, I could grant myself a second chance. Considering your friend is the reason I didn't need to use my gift today, I feel I should use it on her."

"So what's the catch?" Kelly asked. "Because right now, all I'm hearing is you can fix Sarah and you'll be paying the cost."

"Precisely."

"But you're evil."

"No more," Viera shook her head.

"And we're just supposed to trust you?" Preston said. "Because you say so?"

Viera couldn't argue his point, so instead reached into her pocket and produced what appeared to be a lion shaped badge. She placed it in Brody's hand.

"I give you my greatest weapon," she said and once it was in Brody's palm, the shape shifted into a Power Star. Brody and the other Rangers looked to it in awe. "With that, you can call forth a powerful armour that will shield you from even the strongest attacks, as well as my ship. I believe you Rangers call them Zords."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Levi frowned. "You're just… giving us a Zord? You're going to bring Sarah back to life, pay the price for your own… voodoo, and you're giving us armour and a Zord?"

"What's the catch?" Kelly asked again.

Viera sighed deeply, "Without my armour, I am vulnerable. I fear Drillion may be turning on me after that last battle, and Galvanax is not happy with me. If I help your friend, I ask you use my weapons to stop Drillion and Galvanax."

"And what will you do?"

"After I give my second life to your friend, I'll be down to one. I guess, without a back-up, I'll need a new purpose."

"So, you're going to save Sarah, pay the price for it, give us armour and a Zord, which we can use just like we would have anyways, and you're just going to leave so we never have to see your face again," Kelly frowned. "Alright, seriously, what's the catch?"

"May I?" Viera asked as she pointed to Sarah. The Rangers, including Kelly, turned to Brody for the final word. Though they all had an opinion, Brody had already claimed to know of Princess Viera's people. He would be the best judge of whether they could trust her to do as she said.

"They're not sneaky," Brody shrugged. "From what I heard, if you met with someone from the Lion Galaxy, they wouldn't be shy about their intentions to hurt you."

"So…?" Levi asked. Brody stepped aside.

"What do we have to lose?"

Viera walked over to Sarah and examined her closely. She could feel the gaze of all her friends watching and she knew they were keeping an eye on her. They didn't trust her. She couldn't blame them.

Her people were mean and cruel, even to each other. Neighbours would tear each other apart at the slightest glance. It was eat or be eaten and everyone liked to strike first. As a result, her planet was in a constant state of battle, with the ruler being the person everyone feared most. Now, that was Viera's father, and she was next to take his place.

When her people travelled the galaxy, they never landed on another planet and hoped for peace. They always assumed that the people of the new planet would be threatened by them and would attempt to kill them. So upon arrival, and sometime even during landing, her people would attack, wiping out all the creatures who lived there, then they would take their resources and leave.

Viera remembered her first invasion. She remembered watching her father slaughter men, women, and even children, claiming if he didn't kill first that they would take his life. He always argued they would love to watch him die, so he was only doing the same in return. Viera remembered after the slaughter searching the planet for resources and finding no weapons.

"Could they have been a peaceful planet, father?" she asked her dad as they left and he nodded.

"Perhaps, but why take that chance?"

"Is it possible we claimed innocent lives?"

"Best not to think about it, my love," her father said. "There is no one in the galaxy who would spare our lives. We do what we can to survive."

She wanted to believe her father. He had never steered her wrong before, but she remember that day well, as it invoked in her a feeling of regret. While it was possible her father was right, Viera knew they had just invaded a planet with no weapons to speak of. Even if they wanted to, they didn't have the power to hold off her people. Their deaths, especially the deaths of the children, were senseless.

But Viera, trusting her father, lived her life in the same way. All were out to get her, so she needed to beat them first. This woman before her, Sarah, had opened her eyes. Without knowing who she was, Sarah had saved her life. She risked her own safety for a stranger and it cost her dearly.

Had Sarah not rescued Viera, the blast surely would have been fatal. Viera would have used her powers on herself to get a second chance. So where the princess was concerned, she was already down to one life.

She placed her hand on Sarah's head. The Rangers were watching her. They didn't trust her, but they didn't need to. Viera transferred over her life and then started to leave.

"Hey!" Kelly called after her when it appeared like nothing had happened. "Hey, wait a minute! You… you're not done!"

"I have done what I can."

"But she's… she's not alive! You said you could help her!"

"In time, Ranger."

"But…"

Viera didn't stop to explain and just left the base. The Rangers followed her out, but when they stepped outside, she was gone.

"Where did she go?" Preston asked. Suddenly, the ground shook and the Rangers could tell, by the sound of the drill, that Drillion was back.

"Round two," Brody said. "Come on Rangers, we'll test out our new toys."

He morphed, along with Preston, Calvin, Hayley and Levi. Kelly tried, but the Power Star failed. She looked to it, baffled, as her friends waited for her.

"I… I don't know what happened," she said. "Am I doing it wrong?"

The Rangers watched her try to morph then shook their heads. Kelly grumbled, "Stupid thing. You guys go. I'll catch up."