Hey guys! So, this chapter will contain references to New Zealand culture and slang, and, as I'm not from there, I got most of my references on the internet. I apologize for any mistakes I made, and feel free to let me know if I did anything wrong.

By the way, all slang will be translated at the bottom.

Gaia Johnson (Luca's mother) is portrayed by Kate Winslet

Eliza is portrayed by Elena Satine

Late at night, a young man and woman were out on a boat in the ocean. The boat was quite nice, and was big enough to fit more people.

"Are you sure we won't get in trouble for this?" She asked, looking at be about 17. She had long, auburn hair, green eyes, and lightly tanned skin. "Liam, I really don't want to get caught."

Liam gave her a smirk. He was almost 19. "We'll be fine, Eliza," He assured her. "My dad's not gonna find out. He's too busy with his girlfriend to realize his boat's gone."

Eliza had a shy smile, "I've never done anything like this before. I'm kinda nervous."

He nudged her. "You'll do great, I promise," Liam touched her waist. "I mean, with a body like this, how could you not do good?"

"Okay," She grabbed the hem of her shirt and slowly pulled it off. He did the same with his shirt. She touched the button on her jeans. "This next, right?"

Liam nodded. "Yeah. You know what to do."

She unbuttoned her jeans and pulled them down, him doing the same again. They were both in their underwear now, looking each other over.

"I like what I'm seeing," Liam traced his hand over her bare body lightly. "I think I should see more, though."

Eliza put her arms around her body. "I don't know, Liam. This is weird to me. I'm uncomfortable."

"Come on. You always said you wanted your first time to be special, right? I know you've always had a crush on me, so let's just get to it." Liam said, seeming a bit angry.

"Okay," She said after a moment, ducking her head down in shame as she reached back to unhook her bra.

Suddenly, the boat rocked. Since the water was calm at the moment, both teens looked around, a bit startled. "What was that?" Eliza asked fearfully. "I thought no one else was out here."

"No one is supposed to be," Liam looked over the side of the boat.

Just then, a giant creature launched itself out of the water and grabbed Liam in it's toothless mouth, crushing him and pulling him underwater with it, also destroying part of the boat in the process.

Eliza screamed in horror and ran down into the inside of the boat, looking around for some kind of weapon to defend herself. She discovered a fire extinguisher and grabbed it as she ran back out onto the deck.

"Come at me, you monster," She growled, holding the nozzle of fire extinguisher out after pulling the clip off.

The creature launched back out of the water, it's mouth covered in blood. Eliza shot the monster back with the liquid from the device. It held it back for a moment before she threw it at the monster.

Eliza put her hands out at the water, and suddenly, water began to rise in tendrils out of the ocean. She then quickly moved her hands towards the creature, making the water shoot towards it, knocking it back hard.

She ran up to the steering wheel of the boat and started it back up. She grabbed the radio near by. "SOS, SOS!" She called. "This is Eliza James on William Swift's boat. We've been attacked by a... creature of some sort. William is gone; I'm coming back to the coast."

- Cue Opening -

Luca sat down at the table with a sigh. He was alone today since Alice was out sick, but at least he could still hang out with the rangers, whom he had come to consider as friends over the time they had known each other.

"What's wrong with you?" Mari nudged him. "You look sad."

He shook his head. "No, the only thing that's bothering me is that Alice isn't here. Besides that, I'm great."

Aiden smirked. "Great, huh?" He asked. "What's so great?"

"My cousin Quinn is coming to town to visit," Luca smiled.

"Ooh, is she hot?" Aiden questioned.

"He," Luca emphasized, making Aiden make a face and Mari laugh at him. "Is not your type. Anyways, this is the first time he's ever been to the states, and I'm pretty excited."

October and Ryder sat down at the table, the former holding a newspaper in hand along with her lunch. "Hopefully he's not coming by boat," She put her lunch down and smacked the newspaper on the table, pointing to the article. "A 'sea monster' attacked two people on a boat in the ocean the other day. One of the them, William Swift, was crushed by it's jaws before being dragged underwater and swallowed."

"What about the other person?" Aiden asked, looking over the article.

Ryder vaguely gestured behind them. "Over there,"

Mari looked past him at her. The girl was pretty, and wore a casual blue skater dress with brown sandals. "Who is that?"

"Eliza James," October responded. "She said she found a fire extinguisher and used it to make the monster retreat. When the monster attacked, they were about to have sex on his father's boat,"

Aiden raised an eyebrow. "Really? I remember Liam, he used to be on the football team before he graduated last year. A few girls said he forced them into having sex by either yelling at them or making them feel bad for not doing it."

October nodded. "I know, and I also know Eliza. She's not the type to do stuff like that. She's a really nice person, on the swim team, good grades - a pretty straight forward goody-two-shoes. I'm pretty sure she's a virgin, too."

"Hey, she might've wanted it," Mari suggested. "You never know."

As the group looked back at her, they saw her sky away from one of her guy friends trying to hug her. "Probably not," Ryder rolled his eyes.

"Well, good thing my cousin isn't coming on a boat," Luca muttered. "He's coming in on a plane today. My mom's picking me up after school to go get him from the airport."

"What's he like?" October asked, turning back to him for a lighter conversation.

Luca smiled. "He's great. Back in NZ we basically grew up together. We used to play rugby and ride our horses. He was my best mate."

Mari frowned. "What's rugby? Is that some kind of Australian thing?"

He gave her a look. "It's a kind of.. football, and no it isn't. By the way, you know I'm from New Zealand, not Australia, right?"

"What's the difference?"

Luca rolled his eyes. "Well, for starters, there are no deserts or snakes in New Zealand. Besides that, the culture is just different."

Mari raised her eyebrows. "There are no snakes there? Oh my god, I need to move there. I hate snakes. They're all slimy and gross."

"Okay," Luca nodded slowly. "Anyways, I haven't seen him in almost 2 years, so this is great. I really can't wait."

- PRGG -

Saturn sat in his throne room, his arms crossed as he tapped his foot impatiently on the ground. He looked around the room, and sighed.

"Polus," He called, causing the hunchbacked monster to look up. "Do you have a creature for me to send at the rangers yet?"

Polus stopped typing on his typewriter. "Actually, master, a creature is already out in the open. Your wife left me the information."

Saturn raised one eyebrow lazily. "Oh? What creature?"

"From the definition I got, it seems to be a Skolopendra," He pursed his gray lips. "This could be bad, sir."

Saturn nodded. "I know," He growled, sitting up straighter. "The Skolopendra is reckless and on the side of nobody. It can and will cause trouble."

"What should we do about it, master?"

"Let's wait and see if the rangers can handle it," Saturn decided. "If not, we'll send Iapetus to destroy it, and give those pesky rangers a warning to stay out of it,"

Polus was about to go back to typing when he sighed. "I doubt they'll give the warning much heed. Demigods tend to be annoying, and, if history repeats itself, they will continue to fight until they're stopped."

Saturn stood up angrily and slammed his fist on his chair. "History will NOT repeat itself!" He yelled, shaking with fury. Polus cowered from the angry god and continued to type as Saturn sat back down heavily and called for Iapetus.

"Yes, master?" Iapetus asked, coming into the room.

"When the rangers go to fight the Skolopendra, and I know they will, I want you to go and destroy it with them once they have trouble, which I also know they will," Saturn said.

Iapetus frowned. "Master, why would we help the Power Rangers?"

"Because, you're going to make them understand that they have no business in meddling in our affairs. Whether they listen or not, we're going to keep doing what we can to take over, and we will kill them in the process," Saturn growled.

The general bowed his head at Saturn. "As you request, my liege."

- PRGG -

Luca was waiting outside of the airport with his mother, Gaia, for his cousin to arrive. Gaia Johnson was Luca's single mother who had moved them to the states for better opportunities and a new life. She looked very much like her son, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. She was a bit shorter than him, standing at about 5'7.

"Do you think he's late?" Luca asked. "I hope he's not late."

Gaia chuckled and put a hand on her son's shoulder. "Luca, he'll be here. The plane landed 15 minutes ago. Let him get his bags and things."

Luca smiled. "I'm just really excited."

"I know," Gaia nodded. "He's here. He'll see to us soon."

"Sooner than you think," A voice said from behind them, startling them both. Behind them was Quinn, a tall male with handsome features, brown hair, hazel eyes, and tan skin. Luca immediately turned around and rushed forwards to hug his cousin, who hugged him back tightly. "Nice to see you again, mate."

"Same," Luca pulled away and picked up one of Quinn's bags for him. "Here, I'll put it in the back for you,"

Gaia watched Luca put Quinn's bags in the back as her nephew came up to give her a hug. "Gidday, Aunt Gaia." He said.

"Gidday," She responded with a smile as they pulled away. "It's nice to here someone use our slang around here,"

Quinn frowned. "Eh? You have Luca around,"

Gaia shrugged. "Luca speaks like an American with our accent. Not that I have a problem with that, considering I've been doing the same thing."

"You don't have a problem with that?" Quinn crossed his arms. "That's our heritage," He shook his head. "What's next? Are we gonna have fish and chips for dinner?" He rolled his eyes.

Gaia looked at him sheepishly, making Quinn sigh in exasperation. "Great."

- PRGG -

"So, are we gonna interview her? See what she knows?" Ryder asked as he, Aiden, October, and Mari watched Eliza reading in the library. "I think we should."

October held him back. "I think Mari and I should go. She seems a bit uncomfortable with guys right now."

Aiden and Ryder frowned. "Really?" Aiden asked.

"Yeah," October shoved them away. "Go sit over by the front. We'll be back."

The two guys went to sit on a bench near the entrance to the library while October and Mari approached and sat down at Eliza's table, which was empty besides her. Eliza looked up and chuckled.

"Hello, who are you?" Eliza looked over both of them.

October smiled. "I'm October, and this is Marissa. We were wondering about what happened to you last night. You seem pretty calm about it," Mari looked her over and noticed a watery-looking aura surrounding her. October noticed it as well.

"What's that around you?" Mari asked.

Eliza narrowed her eyes at the two. "You're demigods, right? You have to be if you can see the aura me."

Mari and October exchanged looks before looking back at her. "What are you talking about?" October chuckled, trying not to be obvious.

Eliza rolled her eyes. "I can see it around you too." She gestured to October. "You have a pink, glittery aura. You're the daughter of Venus. You," She then gestured to Mari. "Have a fiery aura, and it kind of reminds you of warmth and home. You're the daughter of Vesta."

"How do you know that?" October asked, keeping her voice low.

"Because, I'm a demigod too," Eliza responded, smiling. "It's really nice to finally meet you two. I've heard about you before. You guys are legends on Olympus, and have been for years."

Mari frowned. "Years? We've only been rangers for a month or so."

Eliza nodded. "Yeah, everyone knows that. What I mean is that you five have been told to be the demigods that are fighting to defeat Saturn once and for all. We basically all train to hopefully be like you guys." Eliza pursed her lips. "Actually, not all of you, and not just the ones that are already rangers."

"Wait," October put her hand up to stop her from talking. "What are you talking about? There are no more rangers than just us. Are we gonna get more? And what do you mean by 'not all of us?'"

Eliza gave her a confused look. "You don't know?" She looked between the two, before looking at Mari specifically. "Well, I can't say. I've overstepped my bounds a bit, unfortunately." She shook her head a bit. "Either way, the creature that attack us on the boat was a Skolopendra."

"A what?"

"Skolopendra," Eliza repeated, a bit slower this time. "A giant sea monster. It doesn't have any weapons besides it's large size, but it will crush you with it's toothless mouth and eat you. I used the water against it, but I don't think that helped much besides getting to leave me alone for the moment."

October frowned. "How did you use the water against it?"

"I guess I forgot to fully introduce myself. I'm the daughter of Neptune, the sea god." Eliza said.

Mari raised her eyebrows in surprise. "That's Luca's father."

October nodded. "You're his half-sister."

"I guess so," Eliza smiled. "Now, here's how you destroy the Skolopendra,"

- PRGG -

Luca, Quinn, and Gaia sat at the dinner table, eating their dinner in an awkward atmosphere.

"So, Luca," Quinn started. "How's college for you?"

The blue ranger gave him a confused look. "High school is good," He said, emphasizing the words 'high school.' "You're the one in college."

Quinn frowned. "Eh? Are you talking about the varsity?"

"Yeah," Luca nodded slowly. "You didn't know that?"

Quinn gritted his teeth a bit angrily and gestured to the table. "Can you pass me the tomato sauce?" He pointed at the ketchup. Luca passed it to him. "Ta. At least this doesn't have a new name."

"It's technically called ketchup, you know," Luca pointed out.

"Is it, now?" Quinn asked, putting it back on the table. "I've always called it tomato sauce, and so did you."

Luca frowned, noticing his cousin getting a bit angry. "What's wrong, Quinn?"

"Well, it just seems that everything is different now," Quinn crossed his arms. Gaia sighed and put her food down to listen to Quinn. "You're just a simple American now. You don't care about your roots. In less than two years, you've changed completely! I don't even know you anymore! I reckon if you would've stayed in NZ, you would've been a completely different person now." He stood up angrily and gestured to Gaia. "This is your fault. You moved him here, and now he's a total prick who forgot everything!"

Quinn threw his napkin down and stormed off to the guest room, leaving Luca and Gaia in shock. "What was that about?" Luca asked as his mother sighed and began to clean up the table.

"Quinn's angry that everything has changed since we've moved," Gaia explained, not looking up at her son.

"We haven't changed," Luca crossed his arms. "He's changed!"

Gaia sighed. "Actually, Luca, he's right. We have changed. We don't do anything like we used to."

Luca stood up and shook his head. He grabbed his jacket from the back of his chair. "I'm leaving."

"Luca," Gaia tried to stop him but he shrugged her off and stormed out of his house.

The blue ranger walked away from his house angrily, not noticing that the ground where he walked was beginning to get wet. Luca walked all the way down to the pier and sat on the edge, looking off into the ocean with a sigh.

The ocean tended to calm him down when he was upset. He thought that this was probably because of his parentage, and looked up at the sky.

"You brought me here for a reason, didn't you?" He whispered. "You brought me here to fight for the world, and I can't tell anybody about it. People are just gonna hate me for it, huh?"

"People will hate you for a lot of reasons," A voice said from behind him. It was Eliza, who walked up and sat next to him on the end of the pier, their feet dangling above the water.

Luca frowned at her sudden appearance. "Eliza? What are you doing here?"

Eliza smiled. "I figured you could use a pep talk. Dad told me you were upset, and I figured you'd be here."

"Dad?" Luca stared at her in shock for a moment. "Who are you talking about?"

Eliza chuckled. "Neptune. Our father. You know, just because you're a legend and I'm not doesn't mean that there aren't any others."

Luca looked her over. "Wait a minute, you're my half-sister?"

She nodded. "Yep. Pretty crazy, huh? Either way, what's going on? It doesn't take a god to notice that something's wrong."

"My cousin, Quinn, came to town and he's furious. He's claiming I've changed," Luca shook his head. "I can't believe it. I've been waiting two years to see him and now he hates me."

Eliza put a hand on his shoulder. "He probably doesn't hate you. He just needs to get used to it. Anybody moving thousands upon thousands of miles away would be different, and, anybody doing what you're doing would be different. Do you think you've changed?"

He sighed. "Maybe. I don't know, honestly. A lot has happened since I was in New Zealand. Sometimes I find myself even forgetting everything I had back there. I had friends, a ranch, all of my family, and it's my home. I mean, I love it here, but it's different."

"Different isn't a bad thing. And, guess what? You have friends, a ranch, a home, and you have family here. You have your mom, and you have me. Not only that, but you have the other rangers. Even if everyone in your family turns on you, we'll be there for you." Eliza told him.

Luca smiled at her. "That means a lot, thank you." The two embraced as the water began to get disturbed. They both stood up and looked off of the pier. "What is that?" He asked, seeing a shadow under the water.

Eliza put a hand on his chest and began to push him back with her. "That's the Skolopendra. We need to run. Now."

The two turned around and began to sprint back as the Skolopendra launched itself out of the water and slammed down on the pier, making it collapse under their feet. Eliza and Luca tried to jump out of the way but were knocked in the water with it.

"Luca!" The other rangers ran to the scene, having heard from Liela that the Skolopendra was spotted in the water again.

Aiden and Ryder held October and Mari back. "We'll get him, you watch our backs," Aiden ordered, letting them go as the two dived into the water.

"Ready?" October asked.

"Ready," Mari nodded.

"Guardians, Rise Up!"

"Pink Guardian!"

"Yellow Guardian!"

The girls pulled out their blasters and pointed it at the water, making sure to watch carefully in case something happened. Suddenly, however, they were surrounded by Titans.

"I thought Liela said the Skolopendra wasn't controlled by Saturn!" Mari exclaimed as she ducked under an attack from a group surrounding her.

October kicked one down and shot another one behind her. "It's not," She called back to her, jumping back from a spear coming at her chest. "These Titans shouldn't be here!"

Iapetus watched them from afar as the girls fought against the Titans, but nothing was happening in the water.

Mari flipped over a few Titans and kicked them down in the process. She jumped up to avoid getting swept to the ground and blasted it away. She was hit from the side, but turned and punched the footsolider back.

"You guys aren't that hard," She commented, kicking one in the head to send it flying.

October grabbed a spear that launched out at her and pulled it forward, making the Titan flip over onto the ground. She took her dagger off of her belt and stabbed it into the chest of one coming at her. A Titan punched towards her, and she grabbed it's arm, using it as a weapon against the others around by knocking it into the group trying to surround her.

She smirked, blasting one that was running towards her. "Are you guys even trying?"

Suddenly, Aiden and Ryder were smacked out of the water and landed hard in the sand nearby.

"Aiden! Ryder!" October cried, running towards them while Eliza was also thrown out of the water, Mari running to go help her. Luca had yet to appear.

Eliza looked at Mari, who had knelt down next to her. "Luca's still in there!" She exclaimed.

October looked over, hearing what she said. She looked to Aiden and Ryder, who were coughing up water. "Is Luca okay?"

"We didn't get him," Aiden said hoarsely.

Meanwhile, Luca took in a deep breath and immediately tried to cough water out. He opened his eyes and looked around, realizing he was under water, and that he was breathing. He probably would've been dead if he wasn't his father's son.

Thank you dad, He thought as he looked around. It was dark but he could see the outlines of various figures around him, including the Skolopendra. It was swimming at him at a very high speed and Luca immediately swam to the side as it rushed past him, though this didn't stop the creature from grabbing him with it's millipede-like legs.

Luca struggled against the tough grasp of the Skolopendra, and ended up jamming his fist into the creature's gills, making it emit a loud screech and drop him. He held onto the flap of said gill, and whipped himself up to the top of the monster, grabbing ahold of the gill flap on the other side. He pulled back, making the Skolopendra's head lean back and stopped the creature from moving any further.

He looked up, seeing the surface of the water not too far away. He pulled the flaps back even harder, making the Skolopendra screech again and swim quickly towards the surface of the water.

The other rangers were looking out into the ocean, hoping to see some kind of life, when, out of nowhere, the Skolopendra flew out of the surface of the water. On top of the creature, was Luca, riding it like a horse.

"It's Luca!" Mari cried out, pointing at him.

"He's alive? How?" Aiden stared in shock.

Eliza smiled. "He's strong, that's how."

Luca steered the Skolopendra deep down towards the floor of the ocean. He began to feel lightheaded from the pressure and pulled a pocketknife out of his pocket. He shoved it deep into the gill of the Skolopendra, sending it rushing even faster towards the bottom of the ocean.

Luca had to let go, feeling the high pressure weighing down hard on his body, and saw the Skolopendra dive even deeper until he saw waves burst up extremely hard from the bottom of the ocean, where he saw through the waves that the Skolopendra had hit the floor and imploded from the pressure on it's body.

The waves came up fast, and carried Luca back to the surface. From the surface, he looked back towards the beach, where all of his friends were waiting for him and calling his name. He smiled and swam towards the beach.

When he got to the sand, Eliza ran over and took his hand to pull him out of the water completely. "You did it." She hugged him.

He chuckled. "It wasn't easy, but I remembered what you said. You and the others will always be here for me, and I knew that, if something happened, you come to help me."

"But you didn't need it," She smiled. "You were amazing."

Iapetus watched them in horror. He didn't know that a teenager could take out the Skolopendra. It was a being that was actually quite hard to defeat, yet this teenager had defeated it with little effort

The general jumped down from his position on the cliff above them, attracting their attention. "Another one?" October asked, crossing her arms. "Just because you're bigger than usual doesn't mean that we can't destroy you just as easily."

October pulled her sword out an ran at the monster, not hearing Eliza's warning shout in time as her sword was ripped out of her grasp and thrown to the side before she was lifted up by the throat and slammed against the wall of the cliff above.

"I'm not a normal Titan," He growled. "I am Iapetus, Titan general under the god Saturn."

"Let her go," A growl was heard from behind him and he turned to see the other four rangers behind him, Eliza standing off a safe distance.

Iapetus laughed and shot a blast out of his hands at Mari and Luca, before turning on Ryder and Aiden.

Aiden jumped over a blast from him and punched him hard in the chest, only to have the general laugh at him. The general kicked Aiden away and threw October at him, who had demorphed and was nearly unconscious from the lack of air at this point.

Ryder stabbed his spear at Iapetus, who grabbed it behind the tip. Ryder tried to use his superhuman strength to pull it back when Iapetus took out his own sword with his free hand and hit him hard in the arm, sending him off to the side and losing his spear in the process. He had demorphed and hissed in pain and looked down at his inner arm to see he was bleeding heavily.

Mari got up from the ground and tried to run at him but Iapetus barely paid her any mind. "Oh please, yellow ranger, you're not worth my time." Iapetus smacked her away hard, sending her flying into the ocean near Eliza, who pulled her out after she demorphed.

Luca stood up and ran in front of Iapetus. He put his hands out towards the ocean and pulled water towards him. He suddenly shot it out at the general, who caught it in an ball in his hands, shocking Luca. The ball collected energy around it, and began to spark in his hands. He shot it back at the blue ranger, making him demorph from the energy sparks.

Aiden took a deep breath and stood in front of Iapetus, who looked him up and down. "Is it your turn, red ranger? Son of the king of the gods, Jupiter. How could he make such a disappointment?"

"Leave us alone!" Aiden demanded. "Leave them alone! Take what you want from me but leave my team alone!"

Iapetus chuckled. "All in due time, demigod. For now, I leave you with a warning," He walked forwards and blasted him into the ground, demorphing him. Iapetus went to stand over him and shook his head. "Stop fighting Saturn. You'll never win. If you keep this up, our army will personally see to your destruction."

The general backed away and disappeared into thin air. Aiden sat up painfully and looked around. Eliza had helped up Mari and Luca, the latter of which was still feeling the electric shock every few minutes or so. October had regained her bearings and crawled over to her brother, holding his wound tightly to stem the blood flow.

October met his gaze and gave him a sympathetic one in return. He sighed and forced himself up.

- PRGG -

Later, after he had gotten looked at by Mason, Aiden was sitting up on the roof of the command center, dangling his feet over the edge, and looked off towards the now calm ocean.

He heard a door open and close and heard footsteps stop behind him. "Hey," It was October. "Can I join you?"

Aiden nodded. "Yeah."

October sat down next to him, shoulders touching and feet right next to each other. "Are you okay?"

He shrugged. "I can't stop thinking about Iapetus."

"I know," October nodded. "He's powerful."

"Not just that," He looked to her, looking close to tears. "I don't know if we can win this anymore. He's right, you know? My father did make a disappointment. Me."

She put a hand on his shoulder, suddenly looking angry at him. "You're so, very wrong, Aiden. You're amazing. You know what you did today? You tried to sacrifice yourself to save us. You told that monster to leave us alone at the expense of yourself. The old Aiden never would've done that. I mean, I think you've changed so much, and I'm really happy you did."

"Really?" He asked, a small smile gracing his lips, even if he looked melancholy as well.

October nodded. "Of course. Never think that Jupiter made a mistake with you, because I know he made the right choice. There isn't a doubt in my mind about that."

Aiden took a deep breath and looked off at the ocean again. "That means the world to me, I hope you know that. You're one of the best things that has ever happened to me, honestly."

She turned to him quickly with a shocked look on her face. "No joke?"

"Never," Aiden shook his head.

October smiled brightly and leaned towards him for a hug. Aiden was a bit startled by this hug, but immediately wrapped his arm around her, the two of them staring in the distance.

She then pulled away and looked at him. "Why?" She asked.

"Why what?"

October shrugged. "What makes me so amazing to you?"

He smiled. "Everything about you. Your smile, your laugh, the way you handle things so strongly, the way care for others," He reached up and tucked a loose hair behind her ear, and she let him. "Everything I find out about you makes you even more beautiful than you already are."

"Then why haven't you...?" She was cut off when the door opened and Ryder poked his head out. "Yeah?" She asked.

"Uhh.. I was just gonna ask when we were going home?" Ryder looked between them uncomfortably. "Am I interrupting something?"

Aiden looked over at her and sighed. "No," He looked down as she looked to him, a bit hurt.

She looked up at Ryder and stood. "We're going now," October looked back at Aiden and shook her head at him before following her brother through the door.

Aiden put his head in his hands. "Why am I so stupid?"

Meanwhile, October and Ryder walked downstairs, where Luca and Eliza were talking. "So, what now?" Luca asked.

"I'm not sure, honestly," Eliza shrugged. "My mother kicked me out this morning when she found out I was a demigod. She called a freak and I doubt she wants anything to do with me."

"You can stay with me and my mother," Luca offered. "She still has a thing for our father, and if I explain the situation, she might get it."

Eliza frowned. "Your mom knows?"

He shook his head. "No, but I can tell her something along the lines of what happened. You don't have to stay there all the time either. You're always welcome to come here, if you want."

"Encouraged, actually." Liela spoke up from behind them as Mari was the last to come out of the infirmary behind her after being looked over. "We're a bit short staffed, and it would be great to add a demigod to help us teach them what it's like. If you don't feel comfortable staying with Luca and his mother, you're always free to stay here."

Eliza nodded. "That would be nice," She looked back at Luca. "I think I'll stay here for now. You'll still see me, don't worry."

"Alright," Luca and Eliza embraced. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Same,"

Luca left after October and Ryder did, leaving only Mari and Aiden, who had slowly come down from the roof while they were talking, as the only rangers in the command center. Aiden, however, said his goodbyes to Mason, Liela, and Eliza before walking out.

Mari stopped Eliza before she went upstairs. "Hey, what did Iapetus mean when he said I wasn't worth his time?"

Eliza sighed, and pulled her to the side. "Mari, it's... probably nothing. Maybe he just wants one of you."

"Yeah, that makes sense," Mari smiled, relieved. "Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow."

Eliza watched her leave as Mason walked up to her, eyeing her with a shake of his head. "You're hiding something, aren't you?"

She sighed. "Yeah, I am. It'll devastate them." Eliza gestured upstairs. "Come on, I'll tell you."

- PRGG -

Luca got home to find Quinn standing in the living room waiting for him, his arms crossed. "Sup. Where have you been?" He asked.

"None of your business, Quinn." Luca shook his head. "None of anything going on here is your business."

Quinn rolled his eyes. "You're only saying that because you know it's true. You've changed."

"So what?! Why should that matter to you?!" Luca demanded, crossing his arms to mock his cousin. "Yeah, I have changed. I moved countries, Quinn! Obviously I would've changed! You shouldn't have even come here if you thought I would be the same! You should've expected this, and now I expect you to either except it or pack your bags go to hotel until you leave because I don't want you here, and I don't want you bothering my mother with your bullshit."

"Is that what you want?" Quinn asked.

Luca took a deep breath. "If you don't like it here, then leave."

Quinn nodded and walked back into the guest room. He emerged a few minutes later with his bags as Luca was in the kitchen trying to find something to eat. Luca turned around to see him place something on the table.

"I smuggled some lollies and L&P for you. I remembered they were your favorite." He gestured outside. "I called a cab, and I'm gonna go to the end of the driveway to meet it."

Luca watched him leave sadly. He wanted this experience to be just like it used to, but he realized that nothing would ever be like it used to. He sat down at the table, opening the soft drink and opening one of the candies.

He raised the bottle up. "Cheers to you, dad. Thanks for bringing me here. Really."

Next time on Power Rangers Guardians of the Galaxy: Mari's parents cut her off from her money after an argument.

Next chapter title: Spoiled Rotten

Sorry this took so long to get out, but I really hope you guys liked it! What did you guys think about the October and Aiden moment? More will be coming up! Also, what do you think Eliza is hiding? It might have something to do with what Iapetus said to Mari...

Slang Translation

Gidday - Greeting

Eh? - Pardon?

NZ - New Zealand

College - High School

Varsity - College

Ta - Thank you

Mate - Friend

Lollies - Candy

L&P - Fizzy, soft drink only sold in NZ

Again, keep in mind that I don't know anything personally about the slang, and just found this all on the internet. If I got something wrong, feel free to correct me.

Oh, and I just found out this is the longest chapter I've ever written without it being a clipshow!

Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed it and please review! It always makes me super happy to hear what you guys think!

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