Pikatwig: Sorry for the wait… just… well… you know.
KKD: Real life. It gets the best of us.
Pikatwig: Anyway… today is the debut of our Orange Star Defender Ranger. Welp… given his motif, this song is fitting. *snaps fingers and the song 'Toxic' began to play* ...it's catchy.
KKD: Ok… I'll take your word for it. I'm sure looking forward to this one.
Pikatwig: Something pretty dang odd… I remember how I discovered that song. A Powerpuff Girls AMV I found when I first learned what YouTube was. So that was like… 07...
KKD: Oh.
Pikatwig: I rediscovered the song thanks to Taiko: Drum Master. ...the only Taiko no Tatsujin game we Westerners got.
KKD: Oh… wow…
Pikatwig: I'm dumb, I know. Anyhow… anything else you wanna mention before we get this going?
KKD: Uh… no, not that I can think of.
Pikatwig: Also, before I forget, I want to give a massive thank you to Bili15Chaser on the Power Rangers Fanon Wiki. He made us a Power Rangers Star Defenders logo and it is awesome looking!
KKD: Looks very official, too. I like it.
Pikatwig: It's so cool and I'm very grateful for him taking the time to make it. He gave me permission to post it on DA, so expect to see it there real soon. Alrighty then. Let's begin.
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.
On a desert planet one day, a figure in an all black cloak wandered the sands. He simply minded his business before something approached him.
"Halt! I need to see some identification!" an Advanced Invaker with a purple mask and garments ordered the man in question. This resulted in the Advanced Invaker getting struck by a spear made from parts of the blade and handle parts of the Star Weapon Builder, with the rapier blade out to form the long staff-piece, "Oh no… a… Power…"
"That's my identification…" the figure stated before he simply continued on his way.
(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 06: Don't You Know That You're Toxic
"Well… looks like the NUAE added a bounty to your head, Iolana…" Connie commented as she looked at a newspaper, "'Pink Star Defender Ranger, Dead or Alive- 10,000 Nunits'."
"In Earth money that's how much?" Iolana checked.
"In American money… hardly ten bucks," Connie stated, "Inflation across the galaxy can be weird. In comparison, the bounty on my head is like 100,000. Just narrowly reaches $100."
"What about the others?"
"Well…" Connie began as she skimmed the paper, "Bullbot is 200,000… Mako's also 200,000… Doggie is the same as me… the idiot is 50,000…"
"Seriously?" Iolana blinked.
"No joke. They think the Red Ranger is hardly worth fifty American bucks…" Connie commented, "...uh… Bala and Vul are both 30,000… and the Orange Ranger is 500,000. All together that makes us 1,220,000 Nunits, or $1,220. That's cheap… no wonder nobody's bothered to hunt us down…"
Iolana nodded before she realized something that Connie mentioned, "Uh… you mentioned an Orange Ranger…"
Connie blinked for a bit before she realized what she had said, looked again, and saw the picture of a Star Defender Ranger in an orange suit with a scorpion motif and tail.
-We've been looking for the final Star Sphere for a few days and now we learn it's already bonded to a person that they racked up a bounty of 500,000…- Theta commented as she paced in circles at the bridge of the ship.
"Must be pretty dang proactive…" Hoku commented.
"So… what do we do now?" Vul inquired.
"Perhaps we can go and add this spice to our soup?" Mako figured.
"...in non-food metaphors, please…" Iolana requested.
"It's his thing, you gotta just listen to him enough to figure out what he's saying…" Connie informed, "More or less… he's saying let's go find this guy and bring him into the team."
"Let's," Mako smiled.
Hokulele then raised his hand.
-Yes?- Theta responded.
"How exactly are we going to find him?"
-Our systems have trackers for Star Sphere energies. I'll begin scanning the KR System for any signs of that Ranger and then expand. In the meantime, you guys prepare for a mission.-
"...KR System?" Doggie blinked.
-The Star System with Miranoi and Eltar.-
-Why is it called KR?- Bala inquired.
-Nobody knows.-
"Well, no matter. We need to find that Ranger…" Hoku reminded.
-Understood. I'll work on it now. Please don't disturb,- Theta responded as she began to work at the scan.
At that moment, Sagittarrow and a squad of Invakers and Advanced Invakers roamed the desert planet.
"Boss… why are we here again?" an Advanced Invaker asked.
"The Guardi Advanced Invaker learned of a Power Ranger on this planet! And he's going to be the latest on my list of killed Rangers!" Sagittarrow smirked, "Find that Ranger! Go GO GO!"
The troops saluted before they stormed off and armed themselves for the battle to come...
"An Orange Ranger…" Karone commented as she looked over the paper, "...has there ever been an Orange colored Ranger before?"
"I don't think so…" Hoku responded, "I've heard of a purple ranger at least twice, but never orange."
Karone gave a nod to her son as they thought a bit, while Doggie, Connie, Iolana and Bala all looked over the two.
"She mentioned her husband is a Power Ranger…" Connie commented.
"Really?" Doggie blinked.
"And she mentioned that he was a team-mate…" Connie added.
-And considering she's lying about being a Space Ranger… think it might be the Red Galaxy Ranger?- Bala pondered.
"Why are we even talking about this?" Iolana grumbeled.
"Small talk, I guess…" Doggie shrugged
The group simply nodded.
"I think a prototype of one of the alternate dimension Rangers had an Orange Ranger…" Karone commented.
"Hold on… 'alternate dimension'?" Doggie blinked.
"You know about the theory of a multiverse, right?"
"Yeah…" Doggie nodded.
"For those who don't, essentially every action and inaction supposedly creates another version of the universe…" Karone informed, "We know of at least one alternate dimension with two Power Ranger teams."
-Wow… that's cool,- Bala admitted.
"I'll say it is… but it does mean meeting them will be a giant pain…" Hoku commented, "I want to meet a Ranger from every known team at some point in my life…"
"Why?" Iolana asked.
"It's a personal dream…"
"Well, to that, I say… good luck…" Doggie smiled as he gave Hoku a thumbs up.
Hoku nodded in response before the girls proceeded to head outside, "So… um… now what?"
"I think the three of the were planning on training a bit. Why don't we train as well?" Doggie considered.
"...hopefully they won't try and turn me into their training target…" Hoku uttered as he and Doggie walked outside as well.
Outside, the five Rangers morphed and all looked to trees with some targets. The five all stood ready and began to blast the targets a bit with blasts from their morphers.
"Alright… time for some weapon finishers…" Red figured.
"You're not the boss, Star Boy," Green responded.
"...who is our leader?" Blue proceeded to inquire.
-Let's worry about that once we get that Orange Ranger on our team, ok?- Gold figured, -But, Red's got a point about the weapon finishers. If we don't practice them, they won't be very useful in a battle…-
Green and Pink both nodded a bit as they all prepared their personal weapons.
"Here I go…" Red smiled as he took his Star Sphere out of his Morpher.
"Maybe don't make your finisher a rain of meteors… just a thought…" Blue responded, "You almost hit me with that…"
"Right…" Red nodded, "Here I go!"
=GALAXY!=
"Regulus…." he began as his blade charged up with red energy, "Slash!"
He quickly slashed forward, sending out a crescent wave of red energy, and the slash landed on the tree… slightly above the target. Both Blue and Gold clapped a bit while Green and Pink both rolled their eyes a little.
"Let me," Green sighed as she walked forward with her Star Rapier as she loaded the Star Sphere in.
=GALAXY!=
"Alpha Chameleontis… Whiplash!" She cracked her whip and then rapidly struck the trees with several whip strikes. However, she had only narrowly hit the target with her whip strikes.
"Could work on your aim a bit..." Blue commented as he walked forward with the Star Claw, "I guess it's my turn."
=GALAXY!=
"Alpha Lupi..." he growled as he crouched a bit, moving the claw to a position on his hand where a claw would typically be, "Claw!"
With that, Blue slashed a three wave crescent slash, shredding the target into pieces.
-Not bad, puppy,- Gold commented as she prepared her crossbow, -Allow me to have a… shot!-
"...I use the 'Star Shooter'..." Pink blinked.
Gold shrugged a bit as she set her Star Sphere in.
=GALAXY=
-Quad Librae...- Gold began as she took aim, and then pressed the trigger, -Barrage!-
Four arrows shot in the air before they came down in a rain of arrows on the trees holding the targets. One blast even managed to split a tree right down the middle with the force of lightning.
"Whoa! That was awesome!" Pink gawked, "Maybe you and I could get some alone time and hang out together?"
-Ok… uh… I'll think about it. Your turn, Pinkie.-
"Oq," she responded.
"...Huh?- the others blinked.
Pink turned back to her team, "It's a response my people have.."
She then placed her Star Sphere into her shot.
=GALAXY!=
"Altair… Shot!" she declared as she fired a blast of energy that turned into a pink holographic image of her Zord that was sent flying at her target and blew them apart, "Nice, huh?"
"...That's an understatement…" they all responded.
Meanwhile, Mako, Vul and Bullbot were working on fishing, Mako in particular failing to get anything.
-So Mako… you're from a tribe of fishermen, right?- Bullbot asked.
"Well, yea, but… uh... we usually do our hunting under the water. And... I must confess, I'm not used to these tools of the trade. Yeah…"
"Are you lying?" Vul asked with a look that tried to convey confusion.
Mako was silent as he tried to fish something up, but only got a rock and a piece of kelp, "Well… uh… flavor enhancer and stuff to make fire."
"Which is which?" Vul inquired.
"What do you think?"
Vul stared for a bit before he simply pulled back his rod and pulled out a large teal colored fish, "...huh. That was easy."
"...do you have some button to press to make things easier…?" an annoyed Mako responded.
-I had one. Had to get uninstalled because I would've been thrown out as a cheater for things I did in the past...- Bullbot commented as he took out a silver colored fish he caught that was about as big, if not bigger, than Vul's.
"That's MASSIVE!" Vul reacted with fear and tears.
-...how is it that I, a robot, understand emotions better than a living organism?- Bullbot muttered.
"It's his race, Bullbot. They don't GET emotions because… of some reason…" Mako responded.
-It was a rhetorical statement…-
Back over on the desert planet, a saloon-style juice bar was in its happy hour, customers coming in and out, chatting, ordering all sorts of drinks when the figure in the cloak walked in and sat down at a bar.
He was approached by a Quantron. The Quantron spoke it's alien language, basically asking for an order, to which the cloaked figure pointed to a glass of orange juice. The figure was given it and the figure just held it for a moment as he saw Invakers and Advanced Invakers walk forward with scanners in tow.
"The NUAE…" a monster nervously muttered as they saw the Invakers walk over, "Everybody, act natural or not natural!"
The Invakers knocked the doors open and walked on in, making way for the Advanced Invakers, before they approached the Quantron at the bar.
"Oi. Have you seen a Power Ranger anywhere?" an Advanced Invaker demanded to know.
The Quantron took a moment to bonk the back of its head, cleared its 'throat', and then spoke in English, -You know as well as anybody that Rangers aren't welcomed on Onyx.-
"The Advanced Invaker known as Guardi was attacked by a Ranger and we have managed to track their energy signature to this place. Tell us what you know!"
-I know nothing.-
The cloaked figure just sipped a bit of the orange juice with the implication that he was bored based on the way his cloak looked.
"Also, why isn't the NUAE News on? It's the law it must be playing at all times in public locations!"
-We don't have TV or radio. Plus, this planet has awful signal reception.-
"The Conquest Bot should be sending the signal all over the planet, regardless of reception."
-When was there one on this planet?-
The Advanced Invaker was about to respond, but needed to think for a few minutes. He then turned to the Invakers to ask them about it and his face paled upon getting his response.
"What do you mean that efforts in putting it up were stopped by a scorpion robot?!"
The Invakers just spouted off their explanations and this led to the Advanced Invaker running off to try and figure out what happened. The cloaked figure simply gave a small chuckle at this as he set down his glass and watched as another Advanced Invaker and a squad of Invakers walked over to him.
"You... you have a strange energy signature… come outside so we can ask some questions."
The figure simply stood up and prepared a spear and proceeded to use the back end of it to trip an Invaker, knocking it to the ground before aiming the tip of his spear at the Advanced Invaker. The Advanced Invaker growled as he aimed his Clubzooka at the figure, but the figure kicked the Advanced Invaker in the face. He then managed to knock them all out with a powerful kick before he sat down and sipped on his glass of orange juice.
"You…"
"Bye…" he responded as he quickly paid the Quantron and made a run for it.
Back over on Miranoi, the group of Rangers were looking over a star chart of the known universe and were examining it.
"It's still hard to believe they rule almost all of it…" Iolana admitted
"We will save them…" Hoku stated with a confident look, "And we'll make those stars smile…"
The other seven all began to stare at him and simply gave him confused look. Before Hoku could explain himself, their Morphers chimed a bit.
-Rangers, I have successfully located the planet that the Orange Ranger is on.-
"We're on our way to the ship," Hoku responded.
And so the team teleported up to the ship and saw the coordinates for the location of the Orange Ranger's Star Sphere on a map on the main computer.
"Oh… Onyx…" Doggie gulped.
-What's that planet?- Bullbot inquired.
-Planet Onyx is a planet that is under the code of anarchy due to the death of the leader from many centuries ago. Evil has managed to get a tight grip on it, but it is a semi-natural place to find monsters. However, because of that, 'good guys' aren't really allowed,- Theta explained, -And I detected an enemy vessel near the planet. It's all too likely they know the Orange Ranger is there.-
"Then I guess we'll have to get to him before they do…" Vul commented.
-I believe that we will need to keep one Ranger in orbit to fight off enemy vessels, while the other seven head down to the planet.-
"I'm up for it," Iolana shrugged.
"You sure?" Mako asked.
"My Zord is the fastest, isn't it?"
-Correct.-
"So if push comes to shove, I can simply zip away and guide them away from the planet."
"We got a plan," Connie smiled, "Alright then, team. Let's go and defend some stars."
Theta gave a thumbs up as she got their ship moving before the Rangers soon got into their Zords. After a quick warp drive over to Onyx, all of the Rangers prepared their Zords for launch.
-System, all green. Launch!- Theta declared.
The Leo Star Zord quickly took off, zooming right past any NUAE ships that hovered above the planet, followed by the Aquila Star Zord providing cover fire for the other six Zords to zoom down onto the planet's surface.
Back on the planet's surface, the cloaked figure noticed the arrival of the seven Zords and simply smirked a little bit.
The group found an area to hide the Zords and began to look around for any sign of the Orange Ranger.
"So… why do you think the Orange Ranger came to a place like this?" Hoku pondered.
-Maybe he's evil?- Bala shrugged.
"I doubt an evil person would get picked by a Star Sphere…" Mako responded.
The group continued to walk towards the nearby town, only for Invaker fire to hault their progress. The group turned to see some Invakers and two Advanced Invakers ready for battle.
"Welp… it's go time," Hoku told the others.
"Star Spin!-
=LEO/LUPUS/LIBRA/TAURUS/OPHIUCHUS/CHAMAELEON/DORADO STAR SPHERE!=
The Invakers continued their fire, but the group managed to evade and readied their Morphers.
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defenders…- they started, posing a bit, while still managing to dodge enemy fire, "Awaken!"
They blasted their morphers and quickly transformed.
"Red… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Blue… Star Defender Ranger!"
-Gold… Star Defender Ranger!-
-Black… Star Defender Ranger!-
"Silver… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Green… Star Defender Ranger!"
"Yellow… Star Defender Ranger!"
"We have lift off and we're gonna save the universe! Power Rangers…"
"Star Defenders!-
"Get those rebels!" the Advanced Invakers yelled in anger.
With that, the Rangers charged over and began to punch and kick the Invakers. The Advanced Invakers exchanged glances, but were yanked away by what appeared to be a mechanical scorpion tail. Without the higher members, the Invakers were soon taken out and the group turned to see the owner of the mechanical appendage.
"So… the Power Rangers finally decide to show their stupid heads, huh?" he scoffed.
"Who're you?" Red asked.
The person in the cloak simply scoffed as he used his tail to begin to strangle the Gold Star Defender Ranger. Gold struggled against him at first before the tail stabbed her in the chest which caused her to demorph. As Bala collided with the ground, her Morpher and Star Sphere fell. While her Star Sphere landed near her, the morpher landed near the cloaked attacker. The other Rangers rushed over to Bala's side before the person in the cloak removed the cloak part to reveal an older face, clearly stressed and aged, with hair that was brown, had a bit of white, and at least an orange streak in it.
"What'd you do that for, old guy?!" Green yelled.
"I wouldn't be saying stuff like that to your elder Ranger, missy…" the person stated as he raised his arm and revealed an orange Star Sphere.
"No way! HE has the Star Sphere?!" Yellow gasped.
The person picked up Bala's morpher, placed it on, and then muttered out 'Star Spin' before he loaded the Star Sphere into place.
=SCORPIUS STAR SPHERE!=
"I'm takin' you all out…" he began before he shifted the Star Sphere.
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"With a boom…" he said as he aimed the morpher's gun at the group, "Star Defender awaken…"
He blasted his morpher, causing the Scorpius constellation to appear and form his suit. The orange aura surrounded him and he morphed, revealing the orange suit from the newspaper.
-Somebody get Bala outta here, we'll give cover!- Black yelled.
"We can't just run…" Silver blinked.
Orange simply rolled his eyes as he ran over and began to attack the group. Red and Blue attempted to charge, but Orange effortlessly tossed Blue away with his mechanical tail. Orange then stung Green with it. He then got blasted and saw the Silver Star Defender Ranger using the Star Crossbow.
"Think going at a range will give you an advantage? Oh please…" Orange scoffed as he took out a Star Sphere that was pale blue but had a white swan image.
"Wait, what?!" Yellow gasped.
"Star Spin," Orange stated as he spun the Star Sphere and loaded it into his Morpher.
=CYGNUS STAR SPHERE!=
Orange tilted the sphere back.
=SAY THE ATTACK!=
He aimed the shot at the ground and then gained a pair of energy wings. With the wings, he took to the air and then summoned his weapon.
=STAR SPEAR!=
He quickly soared on down and slammed his spear into Silver with enough force to make him demorph.
"Doggie, back me up!" Yellow requested.
Orange landed on the ground and then took out another Star Sphere. This one was more of a cyan/sky blue color as he slammed it in place and bounced it backwards.
=HERCULES STAR SPHERE! SAY THE ATTACK!=
"He's got two other Star Spheres?!" Red gasped.
-Move!- Black yelled, shoving Red out of the way before Blue and Yellow got punched by Orange. The force of the impact got enhanced by the Star Sphere, sending the two flying into the air before they both were forced to demorph, -Stop hurting my friend!-
"Star Spin," Orange scoffed, showing a dark gray Star Sphere showing the image of a person in chains.
=ANDROMEDA STAR SPHERE!=
"Look out!" Red yelled as he ran forward.
=SAY THE ATTACK!=
The blast manifested into chains that wrapped around the two and left them chained up.
"Shoot…" Red gulped.
"This just leaves your pinkie…" Orange muttered as he saw the Zord zip down.
He was about to deal with her when Black broke free of the chains and loaded in the Bootes Star Sphere.
=BOOTES STAR SPHERE! SAY THE ATTACK!=
Black sped over and tackled Orange to the ground. Black then quickly grabbed Bala and held her before he activated communications with ship, -Theta, get us outta here!-
The seven were then teleported back up to the ship, leaving Orange to just glare out and sigh before he walked off.
"Uh… guys…? I'm kinda stuck here…" Red informed as he hopped over.
-Hang on, Hoku…- Bullbot sighed as he took out his axe and then sliced the chains off of him.
"Thanks," Red responded before he changed back to normal, "So… Orange Ranger…"
-Where is he?- Theta inquired.
-He's back on the planet. Turns out he's some old guy with a mechanical tail and he hates us for some reason. He beat us all up and knocked Bala unconscious…- Bullbot informed, allowing Theta to see Bala was knocked out and missing her Morpher, -And he stole Bala's Morpher.
-What?!-
"Well… uh… what do we do about this guy?" Hoku asked.
-We beat him up is what we do!- Bullbot yelled.
"You sure that's a good idea?"
-Of course it is! He messed with the ladies! You don't do that and get away with it!- Bullbot yelled.
Hoku just sighed as Bullbot walked off in a huff.
"Why is he like this?"
-I wish I knew that answer…- Theta admitted, -I just know that Connie and Mako found him on some worker planet.-
"Come again?"
-It's a hard thing for him to talk about, but he did tell us he got duped into being taken to some New United Alliance of Evil worker planet to be put into the mines and we happened to be on a search and rescue mission for whoever had the Taurus Star Sphere. When they arrived, they saw him being experimented on and the Taurus Star Sphere spawned in after Connie and Mako freed him. He doesn't remember how he got there, other than it involving some 'attractive lady'.-
"Huh…"
-And I couldn't tell you how that happened or why he got duped. But… as long as I've known him, he's always been girl crazy… and, as you know, me and Connie get the most amount of flirting from him…- Theta sighed, -It gets tiring.-
"I'll take your word for it. But… he seemed very upset about that guy hurting Bala…" Hoku noted.
-I highly doubt he'd fall for any singular woman…- Theta responded.
Bullbot looked at Bala's unconscious body, looking concerned as she didn't seem to show any signs of regaining consciousness anytime soon. He then looked over at Connie, who was being tended to by Iolana, sighing as he simply clenched his fist.
The Yellow and Green Star Defender Rangers blasted at numerous Invakers and were quickly getting outnumbered as nearby, Bullbot looked to the Taurus Star Sphere and at the Morpher he was given by Green. He watched as she got knocked back and forced to demoprh. Bullbot let out a very cow-like roar as he loaded in the Star Sphere and morphed into the Black Star Defender Ranger.
-Nobody hurts my ladies and gets away with it… nobody…- Bullbot angrily growled as he headed out of the med-bay.
The man with the Scorpius Star Sphere sat in the sand and was staring at a Star Sphere. The sphere in question was a sort of greyish-purple color with the image of a unicorn's head, and the number 27 on it. He muttered something before he loaded it into the morpher.
=MONOCEROS STAR SPHERE!=
He was about to pull it back, but got zapped by a large amount of purple energy. He grunted in pain, trying to push through it, but then he was forced to pull the sphere out to keep himself from getting hurt any further.
"Why can't I use this?" he muttered, "It's my ticket to getting enough power to stop the New United Alliance of Evil…"
-Hey! You!- Bullbot yelled as he walked forward, -Fork over the Star Spheres and the Morpher and we can avoid a fight!-
"...what do you want?" he scoffed.
-I'm here to finish you off before things get worse!-
"...Toxin."
-What?-
"My name is Toxin. Remember it. It's the name of the man who terminated you…-
-I won't be defeated that easily! Star Spin!-
"Tch… your funeral. Star Spin."
They both loaded in their Star Spheres into the morphers.
=SCORPIUS/TAURUS STAR SPHERE!=
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defender awaken!- they both yelled as the fired the energy stars and morphed.
-Hoku, Iolana, heads up!- Theta yelled, -Bullbot's back down on the planet and engaging the Orange Star Defender Ranger in combat. Help him out!-
"Gotcha," Hoku nodded.
"Oq," Iolana responded.
Black and Orange clashed their weapons rapidly. Black easily had the upper hand due to superior strength, but Orange used his mechanical tail to cause black to fall over and then struck with his spear.
-Cheap shot!- Black yelled.
"If you wanna beat the New United Alliance of Evil, you gotta be willing to do anything. Even if it means a few bots need to get terminated!" Orange countered as he rushed in and attempted to strike, but Black managed to defend with his axe.
-I'm gonna make you pay for hurting my ladies and my teammates!- Black yelled.
"Do you even know who the gold robot even is?" Orange yelled before he got blasted by shots from a Comet Morpher, "What?"
Hoku stood there, having aimed his morpher alongside Iolana flew down to join him.
-I don't remember asking for back-up!- Black responded.
"Men are all such idiots…" Iolana sighed.
"From the Pinket, I assume?" Orange guessed, "No matter."
He used his mechanical tail to attack the two, but Black managed to defend against it. Orange simply scoffed as he struck Black's shoulder before he knocked the Taurus Star Sphere out of Bullbot's morpher.
"Cause you Rangers clearly don't have what it takes to win this war."
"And you think you do?!" Hoku responded, "The stars won't be able to smile if a jerk like you rescues them!"
Orange simply tilted his head in confusion to that remark, Bullbot used the moment to grab his Star Sphere, and Iolana simply facepalmed.
"Do you have any idea how childish you sound?" Iolana groaned.
"And he's your leader?" Orange scoffed.
"You have no idea what it takes to be a Ranger!" Hoku yelled as he readies his Star Sphere, "Star Spin!"
Orange rolled his eyes as he crouched down and attempted to strike Hoku with his mechanical tail.
=LEO STAR SPHERE! SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defender awaken!" Hoku yelled as he jumped into the air, quickly transforming and kicking Orange aside, "Iolana, take Bullbot and get outta here!"
"Are you seriously expecting me to carry that robot out of here?!" Iolana yelled in responded.
"Wow… you call yourselves a team when you can't even focus on getting an injured member away?" Orange snarked, "The universe is truly doomed."
"Shut up!" Red responded as he summoned the Star Sword and slashed at Orange, "We will save the universe and the stars will smile again!"
Two cannon blasts nearly hit the dueling Rangers, but missed by quite a bit.
"Has nobody taught either of you how to aim?!" Guardi yelled.
"They're in movement! We were anticipating they'd move to where the shots would hit!" an Advanced Invaker growled in response.
The two Rangers turned towards the two Advanced Invakers and Guardi.
"How dare you interrupt a duel of fates! For that… you'll pay!" Orange yelled as he charged towards Guardi.
"I'll deal with this walking pumpkin. You two deal with their leader!"
"Uh… Iolana, mind helpin' me?
"I can't! Trying to get the bot back to my Zord!" Iolana yelled.
"Theta, are any of the others well enough to help?" Red asked into his morpher.
-Not yet. But… I do have a Star Sphere that can help even the odds. Sending it down.-
Red smiled as he took out a Star Sphere from his belt buckle that was green with the image of two people in it. He quickly dodged an attack from the two Advanced Invakers and readied his Morpher, "Star Spin!"
He then quickly loaded in the Star Sphere.
=GEMINI STAR SPHERE!=
"Gemini?" he muttered before pulling back on the Star Sphere.
=SAY THE ATTACK!=
Red then got punched by one of the Advanced Invakers and this caused Red to accidentally blast the energy from his morpher at himself. As Red glowed a green color, a sudden burst of energy launched out, tackling the Advanced Invaker, the energy turning into a perfect clone of the Red Star Defender Ranger.
"Awesome!" the first one gawked.
"Great… now there's two of him…" Iolana groaned.
The two Red Star Defender Rangers quickly got into action and teamed up to attack the Advanced Invakers. Orange, meanwhile, knocked Guardi back a bit and the member of the New United Alliance of Evil quickly turned his attention to the two Reds.
"Let's end this!" the Reds smirked as thei loaded their Star Spheres into the Star Swords.
=GALAXY!=
Guardi looked set to launch a surprise attack, but was unaware of Orange jumping into the air to launch his own surprise attack. Orange quickly loaded his Star Sphere into his weapon and smirked.
=GALAXY!=
"Uh oh…" Guardi muttered.
"Regulus… Slash!" the two Reds yelled as they slashed at the Advanced Invakers.
"Antares… Stab!" Orange yelled as he fell down and stabbed Guardi.
The three enemies then blew into a large explosion while the Rangers all stood and watched as they blew up. The Reds then recombined into one while Orange rolled his eyes a bit.
"You got lucky with that one. Now, we must finish our d-" Orange began before he was stabbed by what looked to be a purple dagger. Red turned to see the cause of this was SiniSting. Orange then turned as well to see the general of the NUAE standing there, "...you…"
"I was aiming for Red, but you'll do just fine…" SiniSting smirked as he used his own tail to yank a now demoprhed Toxin away, "Sagittarrow. Cover."
The other general quickly fired many arrows at the ground to cause sand to get it into the air. When the sand cleared, the two were gone.
"They got away with him…" Iolana blinked.
-Good riddance…- Bullbot groaned.
Red simply stared a bit before he noticed something shimmering at the ground. He then reached down to pick up the Hercules, Andromeda and Cygnus Star Spheres and simply clenched them tightly…
Pikatwig: Well… that was something.
KKD: I'll say. It was quite the sight to behold.
Pikatwig: So… Toxin is the only humanoid Ranger in the Star Defender roster to actually have an 'actor' envisioned. That being Kelson Henderson.
KKD: For those who don't know, that's the guy who played Boom back in SPD, a few voices of other characters in Ranger history, and most notably for this and for you modern Power Rangers fans, he was Mick Kanic from Ninja Steel.
Pikatwig: And Ninja Steel finally allowed him to become a Power Ranger. That was one of the only good things from Ninja Steel's finale… or… midterm finale. But… it does raise a question.
KKD: Being?
Pikatwig: So, back in Dino Thunder, after the White Dino Ranger got cloned, it was mentioned that it created a glitch in the Morphing Grid. And, back in Wild West Rangers, it was established the Grid couldn't take more energy of the same color for the same team. This begs the question… how is it possible for three Red Ninja Steel Rangers to be running around? Albeit, the powers were lost before the episode ended, so… who knows. Oh and before anybody says anything about continuity errors… we wrote the first chapter BEFORE that awful finale aired and it's very obvious the Ninja Steel Rangers will be getting their powers back… somehow. They still have a Super-half to get through.
KKD: Still stupid, but hopefully we'll get something. My best guess for how that is the case is like how in Time Force we had two Red Rangers with Wes and the Quantum Ranger. They both have the same color, but they're not entirely the same.
Pikatwig: I… guess that makes sense.
KKD: It's just my best guess. Only issue is that they're actively called Red Rangers, but maybe they'll be given different titles in the dumb Super-half, which Nick should just drop entirely and keep it a full Power Ranger season.
Pikatwig: We do have some ideas for the future of Star Defenders, but it won't include that nonsense. Heck, it might be longer than Kyuuranger. Keyword there is 'might'. I don't know yet.
KKD: Ok.
Pikatwig: So… another thing. The Cygnus Star Sphere does something different than its Kyuutama counterpart. The Kyuutama actually gave one the ability to fight in a crane-style of martial arts. I thought up what the Cygnus Star Sphere would do before it was revealed what the Kyuutama did.
KKD: Huh… cool.
Pikatwig: ...quick aside. Do you wanna know where I first heard about constellations?
KKD: Where?
Pikatwig: Megaman Star Force.
KKD: Oh.
Pikatwig: I forget if Omega-Xis is based on anything, but there was the Cygnus constellation, Taurus constellation, Lyra constellation, Gemini constellation, and Ophiuchus constellation represented in the game.
KKD: Huh… cool.
Pikatwig: Anyway… thoughts on the chapter?
KKD: It's very interesting, clearly like the original debut of SasoriOrange, but it's different in quite a few ways, too. And I'm glad we're taking the angle we are with our Orange Ranger.
Pikatwig: Yea. It certainly was interesting. So… favorite part?
KKD: That's a tough call for me, personally. Hmm… what about you?
Pikatwig: I liked the fight scenes between Orange and the Rangers. He had an advantage due to the Star Spheres he had on his person.
KKD: Oh yea, that was pretty cool to hear.
Pikatwig: Oh, and before anybody asks, yes, the title was inspired by the song Toxic. It's fitting.
KKD: Ok, fair enough.
Pikatwig: Well… next time… hopefully the heroes can rescue Toxin and convince him to join them.
KKD: Ooh, nice. Well, hope you'll stay tuned for that one.
Pikatwig: ...whenever it goes up. Hopefully soon, but finals are coming up so… no promises.
KKD: Fair enough. Since I have night classes, kinda the same thing is happening here, but we'll do our best. Jaa ne.
Pikatwig: Just Live More.