*Pikatwig was seen simply laying on the couch with a hand-drawn picture of a gecko sitting on a table nearby.*
Pikatwig: Today was quite a day… *looks to a small paper of with a title of 'Plans for Labor Day' and simply tucked it away*
KKD: *comes out* Hey Pika. Sorry I'm late. What's up?
Pikatwig: Not much… had to draw a picture of an animal for a class. Chose a gecko because one somehow got into my room and it inspired me…
KKD: Cool.
Pikatwig: But for now… more Star Defenders. Last time, Hoku's Zord crash landed on a planet in the Aquila Constellation and he met a local of a planet populated by winged-female women. While Connie and Bala eventually got to the planet to get the Zord off, they were seen and the winged-female who helped Hoku got banished.
KKD: This is quite the problem to say the least. So what's gonna happen now?
Pikatwig: Let's see… but a few things to bring up. I'm sorry these chapters have been getting shorter and shorter. The first chapter was about 10,000 words and the last one was about 2,000.
KKD: Well, that is a good point. We need to try and expand these as much as we can, and yet last time was the shortest chapter of the story yet.
Pikatwig: We'll try and keep these at a decent length, but I don't know how well that'll go with me in college and having homework about everyday… then again, you managed it somehow.
KKD: I managed to find time away from the work of school and slip away to the net often back then. It's just that stuff kept getting more and more difficult. I'm sure you'll be able to handle it.
Pikatwig: Thanks. And to mention some other stuff… Build aired and… I'm not to sure what to think.
KKD: TB and I will be sure to look it over later and we'll give you our thoughts.
Pikatwig: Seriously, how did that giant wall appear TEN YEARS AGO and NOBODY notice? Sure, ten years ago was the time-travel season…
KKD: Really weird when you think about it.
Pikatwig: Speaking of Den-O, something funny I recently learned. Remember how in SCJ that you and GT made the Taros afraid of the Doctor?
KKD: Yeah…
Pikatwig: Well, Momotaros' VA… did the Japanese dub voice of the Tenth Doctor.
KKD: O0O…
Pikatwig: Ain't that hilarious?
KKD: Yea… just… wow…
Pikatwig: Think we may ever see a fan art of an M-Tenth Doctor? Cause that'd be funny. Like… 'Ore… sanjou… allonsy!' or something.
KKD: That'd be pretty crazy to see, honestly.
Momotaros: Yeah, it would.
*The two authors turned to see Momotaros there*
Momotaros: What?
Urataros: Admit that we're lost, Sempai.
Momotaros: Never!
Pikatwig: If you guys are looking for the room for the Chou Taisen Remake short filming, third door from the left.
*The two Taros then left*
KKD: Well… that was a thing.
Pikatwig: Yep. ...be sure to keep an eye out for when that comes out, bud.
KKD: Noted.
Pikatwig: Anyway… let's begin already.
Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig nor KKD Silver own the rights to anything used in here except for any original content within. The rest belong to Saban Brands, Toei, NamcoBandai, and their respective owners.
"Iolana… you know it's taboo on our world to associate with men… I have no choice but to banish you from our world!" the leader yelled.
Iolana and the three Rangers all gasped in horror at this news.
"Leave our world and never return."
The people of Iolana's world then walked away and Iolana simply stood there staring in disbelief.
"Uh… sorry…" Hoku apologized, "Uh… we can help you find a new home."
Iolana was silent in response before the Gold Star Defender Ranger pushed the winged-woman onto the Leo Star Zord before it got tugged out of orbit.
Unknown to them, a monster watched as the Zords flew off. There sat a chubby pink and blue monster with a long croc/tapir like nose, sharp teeth, and almost looking like something out of a dream.
(Theme Song: Go, Fly, Win, by Ron Wasserman)
When you need a hero to protect the place you live
Fighting Monsters all around who try to get within
Awesome power, no surrender, Rangers never fall.
Look to the sky as they arrive, when you hear this ca~ll~...
Go! Power Ranger!
Fly! Power Ranger!
Win! Power Ranger
Here we go!
Go! Power Ranger!
Fly! Power Ranger!
Win! Power Ranger!
Here we go!
Power Rangers Star Defenders
Episode 05: The Pink Queen (Part 2)
"Who's the girl?" Mako asked.
-Hello hottie!- Bullbot said with a wide grin.
"Uh… this is Iolana…" Hoku began, "She helped me when my Zord crash-landed on her planet… but it accidentally got her banished from her planet."
"...I… lost everything…" Iolana mumbled as she was still in shock.
"She going to be ok?" Doggie asked.
"Hopefully…" Hoku nodded as he walked in front of her, "...uh… I'm really so-"
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Iolana yelled as she grabbed Hoku by his neck with her hand and pinned him up against a wall, "AND YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS!"
Hoku attempted to get free, but Iolana's grip was as hard as steel. His face slowly started to turn blue from the lack of oxygen.
"She's… she's trying to kill him!" Doggie yelled in horror.
The other members of the team were about to move over, but somebody beat them to the punch. Karone walked over and grabbed Iolana's other arm.
"Wait your turn to get payback on this g-AH!" Iolana began before Karone twisted the winged-woman's arm in a way it clearly wasn't supposed to be twisted, "OWOWOWOWOWOWOW!"
"Let go of my son if you know what's good for you…" Karone threatened with an intense glare.
Iolana eventually dropped Hoku due to the pain she was experiencing from her arm, struggling to make her remove the tight grasp. Hoku took a long gasp of air, having a hard time at first before Mako and Doggie rushed over and quickly unzipped part of his jacket to help him breath. Hoku panted as he was finally able to breath again, but looked to Iolana as she was finally freed from Karone's grip.
"...uh… I'm s-"
"I don't want to live on this planet!" Iolana yelled as she stormed out of the cabin.
"...somebody should go make sure she doesn't rat us out…" Mako stated.
"I'll do it…" Connie said as she tailed after Iolana.
"The Power Rangers were sighted on the Pinket?" Sagittarrow gasped, "So much for our neutrality agreement."
-What should I do, sir?- a nasally voice asked.
"Wait until I arrive. I will handle this planning and show how good a general I am."
Iolana sat by a river as she tossed a rock into it and the rock sunk into the water. She then saw somebody toss a rock and cause it to skip across the water, "Oh joy… well, if it's that red idiot I can hurt him with no pr-"
The winged-woman was stunned silent as she got a good look at the unmorphed Connie. She looked a little flustered at first, but quickly gained a calm look and got into a slightly flirty pose, "Hello there. How're you doing on this fine afternoon, gorgeous?"
"...great… I thought it was bad enough that dumbot kept flirting with me now I gotta deal with another person flirting…" Connie sighed as she buried her face into her palms, mumbling in a muffled tone in her hands, "Doesn't help that I don't swing that way…"
Iolana, having not heard Connie, simply scooted closer, "Let's say you and I-"
"I heard you say you don't want to live on this planet…" Connie interrupted, "I know somewhere you can stay. And I can fly us off to my homeworld and you can live there. Sound good?"
Iolana looked flustered, blushing brightly again, as she hugged Connie tightly as a way to say 'yes'.
Connie landed her Zord on Earth's surface before she hid it behind a large bush, "Welcome to Earth."
"...Earth?" Iolana blinked, "Never heard of it."
"It's in the Milky Way Galaxy on the Alicorn Constellation."
"...I heard every planet on that Constellation was way behind on the times and insignificant."
"You'd be surprised how big of an impact a small unknown rock like this can make," Connie responded, leaping out as Iolana stepped out, but saw that while the forests were practically untouched for the most part, the nearby city was occupied with many NUAE grunts, buildings were leveled, and whatever humans were left in the open were living in some form of poverty with looks of fear, "This planet was home to most of the known Power Ranger teams."
"...really?" Iolana blinked.
"No kidding. Sure, the Power Rangers started on Eltar, but Earth has a long history of Rangers," Connie smiled, "There are so many that were from here it's hard to count, which naturally made it a big target for the NUAE."
Iolana nodded as Connie guided her deeper into the forest and out to what looked to be a very fancy looking house, "Wow."
"My parents are rich and they got this summer home… even though we live in this town… but they let me have the keys. I'm sure they wouldn't mind you living here," Connie figured as she opened up the door, Iolana stepping inside to find it was filled with very plush carpets, high ceilings, luxurious furniture, and very spacious layouts for two floors, "This is it."
"Wow…" Iolana gawked as she flew up a bit in amazement.
"Where'd Iolana go?" Hoku asked.
-She left the planet with Connie not to long ago,- Bala informed.
"Why do you want to see her? She tried to kill you…" Doggie pointed out.
"...I want to apologize for making her get banished…"
"She might not be in the best mood to talk right now, Hoku," Mako countered, trying to fish from the nearby river, but looking like a rookie.
He gave a slight nod but simply tossed a rock into the water, causing all the fish to scatter.
"Hey!"
"You ruined our fishing a few days ago," Hoku responded before running off.
"That was… funny…" Vul stated as he gave a sad look.
-That's… not the look of humor, Vul, but good try,- Bala responded, as Mako sighed, reeling in his bait, showing a Star Sphere on the hook, -How'd that get out of the box?-
"I don't know…" Mako responded as he saw it was the Telescopium Star Sphere.
Iolana flew around the house without a care in the world, smiling as she got higher up while Connie was watching her fly around while laying on a couch. Iolana noticed this and give a sight smile, "You enjoying seeing me fly?"
The girl in green simply turned to her side in response.
"Oh, don't be so cold, girl. Loosen up a bit," Iolana smiled as she flew down to her side, "I can help you with that if you want…"
"...you're nice, but honestly I'm just not into you."
"...why?"
"...number one, I just met you today. Number two, I'm not that type of girl. Number three, you tried to kill one of my teammates. And number four… I've… uh… already got feelings for someone else."
"Oh…" Iolana blinked, "...I can respect that. Just… well… know that if I hit on you at all in the future, it's just because of me being from a planet that's nothing but women."
"I getcha," Connie nodded as she walked into the kitchen to get something to eat.
"...this place really is beautiful…" Iolana smiled before she saw a picture of a much younger Connie with her parents, "What do your parents do for a living?"
"They're both rich… like… really rich…" Connie stated, "I don't get to see them very much. It's as if they don't know I exist or something…"
Iolana walked over to Connie and simply looked at her for a moment.
"...and not many people really liked me because I'm a rich girl…" Connie added, "So… I've never had any friends before I became a Ranger. And that kinda came with its own issues."
"...you don't need to tell me these things…" Iolana stated as she leaned closer, "Besides, why tell me?"
"I dunno… I guess… there's hardly any girls to talk to on the ship aside from Theta, so I just felt like venting now that I have a human like girl fri-... er… gal pal."
Iolana giggled a bit before she hugged Connie and the latter blushed before slowly hugging back.
-So… you guys think those cuties will bond?- Bullbot asked as he poured himself and Bala some oil cans.
"It's possible… but Connie is really a person who locks herself up tighter than a maximum security jail cell…" Mako commented as he looked at the empty bucket of fish.
-So much for person from master fisher race…- Bala giggled, Mako growling before he refreshed his water headphones to calm himself, -You gonna blame Hoku for you not catching anything?-
"...maybe."
Doggie then blinked and looked around a bit, "Where is Hoku anyway?"
"He said he had to go back to the ship," Vul informed.
"So… what should I do to apologize to her?" Hoku asked Theta.
-I would suggest you go apologize in person for one. Then try and do something to make them happy.-
"Thanks Theta, you rock," Hoku smiled as he gave the robot a hug.
-...please let me go.-
Connie and Iolana were still relaxing before they were talking about whatever came to mind.
"So… what's it like to have wings?"
"How do I put this… very fun and stressful. You gotta pluck out wings when they're still little stubs, do stretches everyday, make sure you don't fly to close to the sun... seriously it's easy to lose track of how high you fly at times, and most importantly, you need to be very careful if you're bringing somebody with you…" Iolana responded before giving a smile, "But the feeling of flying around… it's amazing, feeling the wind in your face as you fly at high speeds…"
"Can you take me flying sometime?"
"I'd be happy to. You just have to be careful," Iolana smiled, "Now then… can you tell me about this person you got a crush on?"
"...I'd rather not…" Connie said quickly.
"Oh come on, I gotta know who to say is so lucky to have you liking them…"
"I don't wanna talk about it."
"Come on…"
"No…"
"Pl-"
"I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!" Connie angrily yelled.
Silence quickly got a grip on the two before both sighed.
"...I'm sorry for yelling…" Connie responded.
"...It's… it's ok. I'm used to not knowing things…" Iolana admitted, "A lot of info isn't told."
"...huh?"
"Our leader holds information back because our deity doesn't want that info known," Iolana explained, "Info is held back so it doesn't hurt us."
"...I see…" Connie nodded, "It sounds a like you don't know very much."
"Our planet breeds these monsters that are there for the sole purpose of eating up thoughts."
Connie gave a small nod in response.
"...but my world was peaceful and happy…" Iolana stated, "Why would anyone want to ruin it?"
"The NUAE would find some way…"
"Or your dumb leader."
"...I hate to defend the idiot, but what he did was an accident.."
"...What? He ruins my life by getting me banished from my home… that's no accident. Spilling milk is an accident. Animals doing business where they shouldn't is an accident. Forgetting to take out the trash is an accident. Making me do something that is totally taboo in my culture while trying to keep it a secret only for me to get EXILED and BANISHED from my OWN HOME PLANET is NOT an accident!"
The girl in green simply looked at the winged-woman for a moment before a thought struck her, "Tell me this. Why did you help him then?"
"...what?"
"If you know you would get in trouble if you got found out, why help the idiot in the first place?"
Iolana was actually at a loss for words in response. She thought for a bit before a surprised expression coming to her face as she realized she couldn't come up with anything.
"...Honestly… I don't know…" the winged-woman admitted, "I helped him… but… I don't get why…"
"Sometimes you do things because it's the right thing to do regardless of the consequences to yourself. I remember reading this story in the paper about this guy becoming a fugitive because he had a gut feeling that this guy accused of murder was innocent."
"Oh my…"
"Kind of a similar case with you helping the idiot," Connie stated, "You helped him out in spite of the consequences. Him getting you banished was an accident, but it was a risk you were clearly subconsciously willing to take."
"...you're smart…"
"Thanks."
She sighed, surprised by how Connie was able to turn the conversation around, but simply teared up a bit, "...still… I lost everything. I… I lost my family…"
"...don't know what to say there since I don't know my parents real well…" Connie admitted.
"...do you think I should apologize for nearly killing the guy?"
"No duh," Connie responded, "Though… you don't need to like the guy."
"So… I can forgive him, but still not like him… that'll work…" Iolana figured before she smiled, "You rock Connie. Thanks for the talk."
"No problem."
"So… what did you need to discuss?" the leader of Iolana's people asked of the monster that was observing the Zords earlier.
"I have gotten bad news… our planet is going to be attacked."
"What?!" the leader gasped as she quickly turned her back.
"Perfect…" it smiled as it deeply inhaled, causing thought bubbles to be dragged away from the leader's head, slurping up thoughts of a warning from the NUAE and the neutrality agreement…
Soon, the NUAE ships appeared above the planet's orbit and began to attack the surface.
-Guys? I've detected movement of the enemy to the world where the Leo Star Zord crashed- Theta informed as she saw the enemy ship's energy signature around the planet, -Hokulele, Doggie, Bullbot, Mako, Connie, get back to the ship and we'll deploy for the planet. Vul, Bala, stay back just in case.-
"Well… I gotta get going…" Connie told Iolana.
"...I'm going with you."
"Uh… why?"
"Maybe if I can help you guys save the planet… I can be welcomed back."
"...alright…" Connie shrugged as she and Iolana headed for the Chameleon Star Zord.
The Star Zords zoomed back towards Iolana's home and began to attack the enemy ships that were in orbit.
"Wow… there's a lot of guys that look like you…" Sagittarrow commented as he met up with the monster, "How do I know it's you, Thought-Eater?"
"I'm not running…" the monster, Thought-Eater, stated.
"Fair enough," the general figured, with a minor shrug before spotting the locals trying to fight back, "Know your place!"
Sagittarow then blasted some with his bow and knocked their weapons away a bit. They all continued to try as the five Rangers leapt down from the Zords and onto the surface of the planet.
"What's going on here?" Yellow wondered.
-Yea…- Black nodded before seeing only women and turning over to Red, -You're so lucky!-
"...huh?" Red questioned confusingly.
-You got stuck on a planet with just women! You gotta be the luckiest man alive."
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, BLACK!" Yellow snapped, "Wasn't this planet supposed to have a neutral agreement? Why is the NUAE attacking them?"
"They broke the neutrality agreement by harboring you Rangers here. Now you hand over the Rangers and surrender your planet, or else it'll be blown up like Eltar!" Sagitarrow yelled as the civilians turned their weapons to the Rangers.
"Uh oh…" Red blinked.
"INCOMING!" Green shouted.
"Star Spin!" Yellow yelled as he took out the Scutum Star Sphere and quickly activated it.
=SCUTUM STAR SPHERE!=
=SAY THE ATTACK!=
Yellow generated a giant shield that deflected the blasts as Black rushed over and punched the guns into bits.
-Ladies… how you doing? I was hoping we could-...-
The civilians punched Black on his upper chest region, knocking him to the ground as Sagittarrow grabbed him and tossed him into Blue and Yellow.
"Five Power Rangers? I killed many Rangers in the past… many sharing your colors. I can easily kick all of your butts with one hand behind my back."
"...I need to go find my mother and make sure she's ok…" Iolana whispered to Green and Red.
"Think you can handle this?" Red asked the others.
"No,- Black, Yellow and Blue responded.
"Come on then," Green said as she headed off with Red and Iolana.
"HEY!-
"Three Rangers? May not be as fun, but I'm willing to be flexible…" Sagittarrow smirked as he charged forward to fight them.
The Rangers rushed around, attacking Sagittarrow, the focus going from Blue's POV as he leaped around and attempted to tackle the general so that Black and Yellow could use their morphers to shoot at the general.
"This is for the people of Sirius!" Blue yelled.
"See what?"
Blue just howled, pouncing on Sagittarrow who grappled before tossing him off, soon managing to effortlessly block the shots from Black and Yellow.
"My mom's not here…" Iolana gulped as she exited her home, "...I'm scared…"
"We'll find her," Green assured.
Red nodded as they ran around the village on the skyscraper to try and locate Iolana's mom. The group eventually reached a crossroad and split up to cover more ground.
"Mom? Mom? Mom?!" Iolana called out as she ran around, trying to find her, but still had no luck, "...mom?"
"Young girl lost?" the evil Thought-Eater asked.
"...weren't you the one with that general?"
"Weren't you the one who got banished for keeping a Ranger here and led to this invasion?"
The winged-woman blinked a bit in response, shocked that the creature would know that, and looking ready to cry.
"Well… pinkie…" the monster began as it looked at Iolana's mainly pink attire, "How about I cut you a deal? You help in the surrender of this planet and I'll wipe any thought of you doing that from everybody's memory. Deal?"
Iolana looked confused, yet shocked by this offer. She attempted to think about what the consequences would be, but she couldn't completely do that due to the enemy ships continuing to rain down lazers on the planet.
"Come on… where is she…?" Green muttered as she and Red met back up, "Any luck?"
"Nope."
"Where could she be?! It's not like we're looking for a needle in a haystack or something! It's a woman with wings!"
"...on a planet filled with them…"
"Butt up!" Green yelled as she saw Red tilt his head, "It's another way to say 'shut up', genius."
Red simply blinked a bit before he saw somebody flying around and helping get some animals to safety, "...think that could be her?"
"Uh… maybe?" Green blinked as she turned upwards, "Hey! Do you know Iolana?"
The woman gasped as she flew down to them, "Where's my daughter?"
"She's alright. She's with us and I promise we'll get you someplace safe," Green told the older winged-woman, "Just follow us."
"Alright."
Iolana simply stared at the Thought-Eater for a bit, yet still didn't have an answer. She slowly walked away to try and think before she bumped into an Invaker. The Invaker quickly aimed its saber at her, but it was blasted away by Green thanks to her Comet Morpher.
"Hey!" Green yelled.
"Iolana!" the elder winged-woman gasped as she flew over, but got blasted at her wings by another Invaker, "AGH!"
"Mom!" Iolana yelled.
Red quickly leapt over and grabbed Iolana's injured mother. The two ended up hanging on to the side of the edge of a skyscraper structure within Iolana's reach. The winged-woman, without thinking, reached down and pulled them both up.
"Thanks…" Red smiled.
"Iolana!" the elder winged-woman said with joy as she hugged her, "I was so worried about you!"
A bright pink glow then began to shimmer nearby Iolana before it revealed itself as a pink Star Sphere with the image of an eagle representing the Aquila constellation. She took the Star Sphere in her hands in amazement, gawking at how it just appeared and saw a Comet Morpher teleport onto her arm.
"This rocks…" Green smiled.
"You're a Star Defender Ranger now!" Red added as Iolana smirked.
"You… you better hand over that Star Sphere if you know what's good for you!" the Thought-Eater yelled.
"Not happening… Star Spin!" Iolana yelled as she spun the Star Sphere and loaded it into her Comet Morpher.
=AQUILA STAR SPHERE!=
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defender…" she began as she posed dynamically, "Awaken!"
She fired the Morpher at the ground, causing the Aquila constellation to form in front of her before it collided with her and formed the Star Defender suit in pin with her wings on the back in pink, and her visor in the shape of an eagle taking flight.
"Nice!" Red and Green gawked.
"Wow…" Yellow, Black and Blue added as they arrived.
"When'd you guys get here?" Red asked.
"That general got called away…" Yellow informed, "Still, this is incredible to see we found the eighth Star Defender…"
Pink then jumped into the air, flying up to find see that she can used her wings naturally, and pulled out the grip for the Star Defender weapons and held it like a blaster, the tip on the front acting as the barrel.
=STAR SHOOTER!=
"Nice!" Pink gawked, twirling the blaster before she rapidly began to shoot at the Thought-Eater, only for him to duck behind some Advanced Invakers, who took their Clubzookas and launched missiles at her, the heat seekers chasing her through some buildings, "Try and hit me! I dare you!"
She zipped around and dodged the incoming attacks before leaping into the air and firing back at the missiles, making them explode in midair.
"D-Did they hit her?" the Thought-Eater panicked as Pink pulled out the Telescopium Star Sphere high above the NUAE forces before spinning it and setting it into her morpher.
=TELESCOPIUM STAR SPHERE!=
=SAY THE ATTACK!=
With that, Pink gained a sniping view of the Thought-Eater and the Advanced Invakers. She blasted them all with ease, managing to hit Thought-Eater first, forcing the thoughts he devoured to be released.
"A long ranged sniper…" Yellow commented, "Just the spice this soup needs."
-And this soup of yours is getting hot in all the right ways…- Black gawked in amazement.
"Did I mention I don't swing that way?" Pink asked as she landed by the other Rangers.
"Oh… we gotta do something now that you're with us…" Red realized.
The six all nodded as they all posed a bit.
"Red… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Blue… Star Defender Ranger!"
-Black… Star Defender Ranger!-
"Green… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Pink… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Yellow… Star Defender Ranger!"
"We have lift off and we're gonna save the universe! Power Rangers…"
"Star Defenders!-
The Thought-Eater groaned a bit in pain as he struggled up, but the Rangers all prepared their Comet Morphers for the finisher.
=GALAXY!=
"Supernova… Blast!" they all yelled as they fired six energy shots forward at the Thought-Eater, who tried to block the blast with the Advanced Invakers, but the blast caused him to blow up with the two.
"This is getting infuriating. Invaker!" Sagitarrow shouted, making an Invaker approach him before he tapped something onto its chest, causing the Invaker to convulse a bit before its body morphed and grew into the Advanced Invaker form, "You're in charge of taking out the Rangers. Take the Conquest Bot."
"At once, sir!" the new Advanced Invaker saluted before jumping into a Conquest Drone and converting it to the Conquest Bot.
"Conquest Bot… seriously?" Green groaned.
"Leave it to me," Pink responded as she titled her Star Sphere leftward.
=SAY THE SUMMONING!=
She quickly fired her morpher, causing her to be engulfed into her cockpit before a gray and pink eagle flew out of nowhere. The cockpit flew up to the Zord and got into position.
=AQUILA STAR ZORD!=
The Star Zord quickly started to fly in and blast at the Conquest Bot. The Conquest Bot attempted to hit the Star Zord, but it was simply too quick and the Zord managed to slash it with its wing. The Advanced Invaker just growled before trying to shoot the Star Zord down.
"GAH! Ok, I think I need some backup!"
-Back-up on its way, cutie!- Black said via the communicator as the Leo, Taurus, Lupus and Dorado Star Zords flew over, the Taurus Star Zord taking the lead by charging at the Conquest Bot's legs before the Dorado Star Zord slashed off an arm.
"Let's do this together. Star Defender Megazord, defend the stars!" Red declared as they pulled the Star Spheres to the right.
=SAY THE COMBINATION!=
With that, the Leo Star Zord prepared for a combination as the Dorado, Taurus and Lupus Star Zords assumed their normal spots before the Aquila Star Zord docked into the spot normally used by the Chameleon Star Zord.
=STAR DEFENDER MEGAZORD!=
The Megazord posed, ready to strike the Conquest Bot.
"Pink is a really nice color for a Megazord…" Red commented.
"Uh… thanks?" Pink said in confusion.
"Let's turn this thing into sashimi!" Yellow smirked.
"For once, I get your food analogy…" Red admitted.
Black and Blue both blinked a bit.
Yellow sighed in response before he explained, "For the record, sashimi is sushi without the rice or nori."
"Ah…" they nodded.
"Sashimi time! Serve it up, chef," Red smirked.
"Aye, captain!" Yellow saluted as the Megazord swung the Dorado Star Zord's sword. Pink, thinking quickly, did the same with the wings of her Zord, slashing rapidly at the Conquest Bot. Yellow gawked in amazement as they managed to synch up their attacks, creating a massive dent in the enemy robot, "Nice flavor, Pink!"
"...food metaphor, I hope…" Pink blinked.
"It is," Yellow assured.
"Now let's finish him!" Red declared.
"Ok!"
=SUPER GALAXY!=
"Star Defender Aquila Arrow!"
The Megazord posed with the Dorado blade held against the Aquila Star Zord like they were an arrow against a bow. The Megazord fired an energy arrow towards the Conquest Bot, making it spark before it fell to the ground.
"NO~! And just when I got promoted, too~!" the Advanced Invaker screamed before the Conquest Bot exploded.
"And now I can go home!" Pink cheered as she bonked her head against the top of her cockpit, "...ow…"
"Iolana… your courage in defending our home is admirable…" the leader began, "However, in order to accomplish this, you associated with men. I am still regretful to say… you are still banished."
Iolana sighed as she was feeling ashamed.
"Still? When did she get banished?" Iolana's mother inquired.
"She harbored a male on our planet while secretly trying to help get him off."
"That would be me." Hoku said quickly.
Iolana's mother stared for a bit before she spoke, "You do realize that she still worked with a fellow female to help protect our home, right? She saved us from being enslaved by the New United Alliance of Evil a-"
"It matters not. You know our traditions and laws, Kazu, and by defending your daughter, you are now also banished!"
Connie rolled her eyes a bit before stepping up, "These laws are really outdated. Don't you realize the NUAE took advantage of your laws to trick you so they could invade to begin with?! Tradition or not, this girl AND these men saved your lives!"
"Kill that wingless-woman now. She needs to shut up."
However, many of the native women looked at each other, pondering her words. Some of the more loyal ones shrugged it off and tried to approach, but Iolana stepped in between them, stopping the loyal women.
"Stop it right now!" Iolana snapped, the women loyal to the leader about to shoved her aside before others actually pushed them back.
"Let's get off this planet…" Doggie sighed, "We're not welcomed and it's clear they won't listen to us…"
-Welcome back, Rangers.- Theta greeted as she looked to Iolana, -And welcome to our Pink Ranger.-
Iolana just nodded, looking around the ship, taking the chance to admire it this time, before turning to Theta and began to admire her.
-Why are you staring at me?-
"I don't know… I guess you're very cute…"
-You know… I would've assumed Theta would've been the Pink Star Defender Ranger,- Bala commented in admittance as the android stared in confusion, -You're mostly pink.-
-This makes four hot women on this ship! Talk about lucky!- Bullbot yelled in joy before he got a roundhouse kick to the back of the head by Connie, -Ow…-
"'Talk about lucky'... that sounds so stupid…" Connie groaned.
"Yea, remind me not to say that," Hoku added.
"Hey, Star-Boy," Iolana began as she walked over.
"It's Hoku…"
"Whatever. Listen… I'm willing to let things slide…" Iolana informed, "But don't think I won't still be angry at you."
"...ok…" Hoku gulped.
Connie couldn't help but snicker a tiny bit at this.
Pikatwig: Surprise! Theta isn't the Pink Star Defender Ranger! Heck, we didn't even know if we were gonna include a PR counterpart for Raptor until we got started with the first chapter…
KKD: It was hard to figure out at first, but we ended up making her suit the model of a line of Alpha-like bots, just… better. But we always intended this for the Pink Ranger.
Pikatwig: Nothing against Raptor, she's my personal favorite of the 12, but I just wanted something different for the Pink Star Defender Ranger.
KKD: I can understand that. You don't always want to be that close to the source; mix it up a bit.
Pikatwig: And yeah, the bit where Connie kicked Bullbot in the head for the 'Talk about lucky' bit was meant as a nod to the general fan opinion of Lucky's catchphrase.
KKD: I knew fans were pretty irked by it, but not that much. I was at least able to tolerate it.
Pikatwig: I hold no opinion on the quality of the line. Anyway… Iolana and her mom are going to be living on Earth instead of Mirinoi. Surprising twist, huh?
KKD: I figured Iolana would be since she's part of the team, not so much her mom.
Pikatwig: Family is important.
KKD: Fair.
Pikatwig: Also, important announcement… I won't be able to keep a weekly update for this story anymore. College homework is getting a bit much… I had to go back to campus on my day with no classes to finish something for my 3D class since it's due Monday and not next Wednesday. We will try and update this when possible, but it won't be every Saturday.
KKD: I kinda ended up doing the same thing, updating when I can, when life started getting in the way so much. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find time to squeeze it in.
Pikatwig: I will try and update things when possible, but I don't know how often it'll be. So… uh… overall thoughts on this chapter?
KKD: Honestly, it was very fun. Much longer than the last chapter, giving us more time to develop some of the characters, and in the end it was fun to see how we're taking this compared to Kyuuranger.
Pikatwig: True. Also, my favorite part has to be the debut of the Pink Star Defender Ranger and the Aquila Star Zord joining up with the Megazord.
KKD: That was very cool, even in the original. That has to be my favorite part, too. So… anything else?
Pikatwig: Uh… I dunno. *hears a loud slam* Oh… that must've been Abridged Emu locking up Lucky in a basement.
KKD: …The heck?
Pikatwig: Watching this livestream recording of Marcosatsu and the Ex-Aid Abridged Cast playing some card game. We got this funny scene from it.
*clip*
Abridged Dan: Ex-Aid Abridged sounds really dumb!
Abridged Taiga: Yeah…
Abridged Dan: The Game Master would never work on something so ridiculous.
*end clip*
Pikatwig: Yep.
KKD: Again… the heck?
Pikatwig: I haven't watched it yet, though Sean has, and he said approach with caution. Also, I heard that, at one point, Abridged Taiga said he knew a Rider 'who transformed with Famicom Cartridges'.
KKD: FAMIKAMEN RIDER! YATTA~! *faints*
Pikatwig: Uh… are you ok?
*KKD just had a smile and swirly eyes on the ground*
Pikatwig: Uh… hopefully he'll get his next Spyro thing done in time… uh… Just Live More… *simply waves KKD's arm around*