Preston knew his magic wouldn't be enough but he kept trying. He couldn't live with himself if he didn't. Sarah was already fighting Drex with everything she had. Preston refused to let her fight alone.

"Don't touch her," he would shout and he noticed more and more that his shouting was becoming a distraction. Drex already had enough to do just trying to hold Sarah still. Though his armour made him stronger, it didn't completely stop her wriggling and stop her using every advantage she could get, however small. Anytime he tried to shift his weight or reposition her, Sarah would fight. Hearing Preston's voice on top of all that was irritating. Through Drex didn't mind the audience, he always preferred when they were silent and he preferred when they were women.

Preston was neither.

"Oh shut up!" he shouted and turned to the blue Ranger for just a moment. His grip on Sarah loosened, just a bit. The Pink Ranger took advantage. Drex had already begun to shed his armour, so he had a few weak points she knew she could hit. Her hands were still restrained so she lifted her head and hit him hard in his midsection. She heard a gasp from Drex and knew she hit him in the diaphragm, knocking the wind out of him. It gave her just enough time to headbutt him once again in the chin. This caused him to release her arms, allowing Sarah to hit him once more with a powerful punch. Drex fell from on top of her but Sarah wasn't done.

"Sarah!" Preston called out when he saw something fall from Drex's body. He looked a little closer and noticed it appeared to be a Power Star, just like one of theirs. "Sarah, take it! That must be his armour!"

Sarah punched him in the face once more, then picked up the Power Star and rose to her feet. She rushed to Preston and freed him from his restraints. He quickly returned the favour, unlocking her cuffs, then he grabbed her arm.

"We've got to go," he said as Drex started to rise. He was without his powers now, but Preston didn't want to fight. They needed to leave the ship.

-Ninja-Steel-

The Rangers returned to their base tired, defeated, but still alive. Calvin kicked a stool as he entered, knocking it over."

"Cal…"

"Sorry," he said to Hayley, then turned to Mick, "But we just had to give up all our Power Stars!"

"You're alive, aren't you?" Mick pointed out.

"How is that at all important?" Calvin shouted. He tried to approach Mick, but Hayley grabbed his arm. "We have no Power Stars, we've lost two of our friends. What does it matter if we're alive!"

"Calvin, calm down," Hayley begged him.

"We have a chance," Mick said. "You're all still Rangers. You can still fight."

"Because we're going to do a lot better without our powers," Calvin frowned. "We got our asses handed to us by an overpowered pimp! We're going to be the laughing stock of the Ranger world!"

"You're alive," Mick said, raising his voice. "Your Power Stars didn't choose you because of the power it had. You were chosen because of the powers you already had. Your strength, your perseverance, your…"

"Fine, I want to stop Drex. I want to save my friends," Calvin shouted. "But none of that means anything if we don't have enough powers to do anything! Drex has armour, we don't. Drex has six Power Stars. We don't. Drex has Madam Oedius and we have you."

"Calvin, take it easy," Brody said, but Calvin shook his head.

"No! He told us to give up our Power Stars!"

"Calvin, we're alive."

"Barely!" Calvin growled. "And we're not going to survive another fight. We're not going to survive a rescue mission and we have nothing to offer Madam Oedius and Drex for a trade."

"So we have nothing to lose," Kelly stated. "Madam Oedius has all the power. It's only a matter of time before she gives the Power Stars to Galvanax and then we're all dead anyways, right? If we storm his ship, we might die, but at least we might catch everyone off guard first."

"What are you saying?" Levi asked.

"We do the last thing anyone would expect from us," Kelly said. "We're down two Rangers, we have absolutely no powers, so it doesn't make sense for us to take the fight to them, where they literally have all the power."

"So why would we do it?" Hayley asked.

"Element of surprise?" Kelly shrugged. "Look, I get this is real life but… in every story, the villains always celebrate their win. They think they've crushed us, they think it'll be smooth sailing. They're not going to see us coming. If we get Preston and Sarah back, and maybe even a Power Star or two, we throw them off their game. They have to recalculate. It at least buys us a little more time before… you know, they destroy the world."

"That's extremely risky," Brody said. "If it doesn't go according to plan…"

"Which it won't," Kelly pointed out. "Nothing ever goes according to plan but what is the alternative here? It's not like we really have that many options, right?"

"We storm the ship or we don't," Levi nodded.

"If we don't, Galvanax just takes over," Kelly said. "We're going to die, or worse, and it's all over anyways. At least if we storm the ship, we tried something. Even if we die, we fought until the very end. I mean, if this is all hopeless, I'd rather be sure it's hopeless."

"You all need to agree to this risk." Mick looked to each of this Rangers, just to be sure there was no doubt. "You have to understand that there is a huge chance none of you will come back alive."

"Are we ready?" Brody asked and his teammates all nodded. He smiled to Mick, "Well, wish us luck."

-Ninja-Steel-

Preston didn't know his way around Galvanax's ship at all. Every turn was a guess, but it brought him further and further away from Drex.

His biggest risk? He didn't know what he was getting closer to. His goal was an exit. He wanted to find the way out and leave. However, there were hundreds of monsters on this ship.

He stopped running and found a quiet corner when he felt Sarah couldn't keep up. It was unusual for him to be running in front of her, and to be pulling her along. She had always been faster than him.

"Are you okay?" he asked her and Sarah held her head. He started to worry, "Sarah?"

"I'm okay," she answered to his relief. "I'm just… dizzy."

"We'll get you checked out once we're out of here," he said. He couldn't say he approved of her smashing her head into Drex when he was on top of her, but he knew she had no other choice. He knew risking further injury to her head once again was better than whatever Drex had in mind. Still, it didn't mean Preston couldn't worry. "Just… try to keep up, alright?"

"The Power Stars," Sarah said. "We've got to find them. Bring them back."

"Sarah, we have to get back."

"What's the point?"

"Safety?" Preston frowned.

"Really?" Sarah argued. "Leaving Madam Oedius with six Power Stars guarantees us safety if we leave right now?"

"I…"

"Preston, we don't know what happened to the others," Sarah said. "All we know is Madam Oedius has their Power Stars and that's not good. We need to get them back. We need… some advantage."

Preston sighed but nodded his head, "So… where do you think we find them?"

Sarah shrugged her shoulders, then she and Preston heard a shriek.

"What do you mean, they got away?" it was Madam Oedius. The two Rangers pressed their backs into the wall, trying to hide since they knew she had to be close if they could hear her.

"The blue one wouldn't shut up," Drex argued. "I can't focus if there's some guy… talking."

"So drag her out of the room. Kill him. Don't let them get away!"

"I tried, but... they took my armour."

"They… what?"

"Is there anything else I can use?"

A loud smack echoed through the halls and Preston and Sarah heard Drex hit the ground.

"You incompetent fool!" Madam Galvanax shouted. "I told you your overconfidence will cost you!"

"But I…"

"If you don't find those Rangers then you can expect a punishment much, much worse than death," Madam Oedius said and then stomped off. Preston looked to Sarah.

"Well, we know where she is," he said. "And she's probably got the Power Stars."

"Follow me," Sarah said and grabbed Preston.

"Wait, but…"

"We can't take on Madam Oedius," she said. "But we can screw her over royally."

"What are you talking about."

"The echo, it's too loud," Sarah smirked and turned to Preston. "This is a huge ship. We're contained in a small part."

"But…"

"Madam Oedius wants to overthrow Galvanax. Do you think, if she was doing that, she'd be working somewhere he could just walk in?"

"I guess that wouldn't be smart, but…"

"Let's tell Galvanax exactly what Madam Oedius told us," Sarah smirked.

"Wait," Preston said and grabbed Sarah's arm as she started to leave. She stopped and turned to him. She frowned as he pulled his sweater off and then handed it to her. It was only then she remembered Drex had torn her shirt and she was running around in her bra.

"Thanks," she said and blushed a deep red as she covered herself up.

"Finding Galvanax," Preston reminded her and thought it was best her switch the topic of conversation quickly. Sarah nodded, then quickly took off.