To all my readers, if you don't like the way I write SPD, then you don't have to read it and this goes for all of my Power Ranger fanfics, both current and future ones. I'm not gonna force you to read them.

A word of warning, to those of you who like to announce the next chapter (i.e. episode) title of the fanfic, don't ever do that. It's extremely annoying to me and I don't like it. If you continue to do it again for all of my Power Rangers fanfics, you will be blocked until I have posted more than enough Power Rangers stories in order for me to trust you again. You know who you are because it's not a joke and I'm not playing around. As always, no negativity and Happy Reading!

I DO NOT OWN CHARACTERS OF POWER RANGERS SPD! I ONLY OWN THE OC!

Shoutouts:

In the command center, Commander Cruger was sitting in his chair asleep, dreaming about what happened on his home planet.

[Dream]

Cruger was fighting an army of Krybots on a pile of rubble. Gruumm was standing on what seems to be a platform. "Victory is ours!" Gruumm shouted. "Take him down!"

"No!" growled Cruger as he fights off the Krybots. An alien can be heard laughing at Cruger.

A woman's voice can be heard in the distance. "Doggie! Doggie, help!" said the woman's voice.

"No!" he shouted.

[Dream ends]

Cruger wakes up from the dream, breathing heavily. "No…" he said to himself. He then turns around to face the sword that was hanging up on the wall. A hand is on his shoulder, belonging to Kat.

"You had the dream again." said Kat.

"Yes." said Cruger reluctantly. In the city, Jack and Syd were fighting an orange head robot. "Give up yet?" the robot asked.

"No way." Jack tells him.

"You think we should call for some backup?" asked Syd.

"Nah, we've got this one." he tells her. They go at the robot again. "How about now?" asked Syd.

"Nah. He's falling right into my trap." said Jack. They tried once again until Jack realizes that they needed backup. "Rangers, we could use some back up." said Syd.

"No can do, Syd. We have our hands full. As a matter of fact, we're gonna ask you for Syd's help." said Sky.

"No problem!" said Jack and sends Syd on her way to help the others while he fights the orange head alone. Everyone was gathered around the monster that was holding a bus full of people. "Pink reporting in!" said Syd. "Now, let's debug this city."

Soon after Jack had dealt with the orange head and the rangers defeated the monster, in space, Gruumm was angry. "No!" he screamed.

"You are evil and invincible! And monsters do not cry!" Gruumm shouted through the screen at the monster who was shedding its tears.

"I see someone's upset." said Mora, walking in.

"Silence!" said Gruumm.

"And didn't brush his teeth either." she said, smelling his breath.

"Your foolish monster lost to the power rangers."

"They…are…not…foolish!" said Mora, angrily. "They're creations from my imagination. They're horribly evil."

"Ha. Your horribly evil monster cried." he tells her.

"He's sensitive. Something you might take a lesson from."

"Huh? I am the emperor of the Troobian Military Force, which has conquered three galaxies, two-star systems, and over one hundred planets!"

"And apparently, a wee bit sensitive." Mora added.

"Huh?" he said, confused.

"Do you want to know how to defeat the power rangers?" she asked.

"Yes."

"First, you have to say please." she said, smugly.

"Listen, you pint-sized…whiny…intolerant little brat…either you tell me how to defeat the power rangers, or you will find yourself back exactly the way I found you." threatened Gruumm.

"Not fair. And also not fair." said Mora before giving in. "Okay, fine. If you want to defeat the power rangers, defeat their leader."

"Excellent, Mora. Excellent…" he said, turning away from her. As he was thinking how to defeat Cruger, she made faces behind his back before he returned to face her and smiled innocently when he did. In the command center, Leah stood next to Kat, studying from a Felisan culture book that was on cuisine while her fellow cadets were laughing.

"This is such an interesting book." said Leah as she goes through it. "I swear I want to make some of these."

"Hahaha. I never seen anything like that. That big old monster crying." said Z.

"Maybe it was his birthday and no one remembered." said Bridge. The older rangers continued to laugh as Cruger walked in and boy he did not look happy. "Are you laughing at me?" he asked the rangers. Kat looks away from the monitor as Leah looks up at the scene.

"No, sir, we were just…" said Syd.

"May I remind you that you are in an S.P.D. control room?" he asked. "And I expect you to act accordingly."

"Sir, we meant no disrespect. We were just…" Sky started to explain but was cut off by the commander.

"If you cannot comply with my request, then I suggest you take your childish behavior elsewhere!" said the commander, raising his voice and Leah started shrinking towards the ground.

"Wait a minute! I don't care who you are." said Jack, standing his ground. "You can't talk to us like that."

"Standing up for your squad, Jack?" asked Cruger.

"Yeah."

"It's about time you took on your leadership role. Now why don't you leader your team out of my sight?" growled the Sirian. When they didn't say anything, he shouted, "Out!"

"Yes, sir." muttered Jack as he motioned for Leah.

"And not a word from you either." he said to Kat, who was stunned as she left the command center.

"Okay, is it just me, or did Cruger just totally come uncorked?" asked Z as they entered the rec room.

"He's been cranky all week." said Syd. "I think it's too much stress."

"Look, I'm not agreeing with the way he handled it, but technically the control room is for…" Sky said, but the others gave him crazy looks. "You're right. It was a little uncalled for." he added.

"It could be fleas. I remember my bulldog had fleas. He was grumpy for weeks." said Bridge and made his face to look like a bulldog.

"All bulldogs look like that." said Z.

"Your face is going to permanently stay like that if you don't stop making that face." said Leah as she and Kat walked in. "Plus I don't think he has fleas this month."

"Oh yeah, your shampoo." said Bridge.

"Sorry, guys." said Kat.

"Kat, what's going on?" asked Sky.

"Years ago, the Troobian forces invaded Sirius. Commander Cruger…he lost everything." explained Kat, knowing personally what really happened. "That's not an excuse for his behavior, I just wanted to let you all know."

Digging through some trash, Piggy was scavenging around while a man can be heard on a passing stereo. "This lottery ticket is for 10 million bucks. Again, the numbers are: 5, 10, 15, 20 and 21." said the man. Piggy then repeated the numbers to himself before saying, "10 million bucks? Imagine all the valuable garbage I could buy with that."

"Huh? What is that?" he asked aloud, finding something that peaked his interest. He runs over to it and picks it up. "Good as new!" he exclaims as he picks up an old smelly sock. He then puts it on. "Fits like a glove. Must be my lucky day." Piggy was then grabbed from behind and tossed into bags of trash by Broodwing.

"You owe me $500." said Broodwing. "The information I bought was bad."

"Who me sell bad information?" asked Piggy, pointing to himself. "Perhaps you are mistaken."

"I'm not. Return the $500, or I'll turn you inside out"

"Oh, that happened to me once. Very painful." said Piggy, remembering the experience.

"You have three hours." said Broodwing, tossing Piggy aside with his cape. Piggy ends up face down in the trash with a lottery ticket stuck to his forehead. "How am I going to get $500?" he asked himself. He then looks at his forehead and takes off the lottery ticket.

"Huh. 5, 10, 15, 20 and 21." Piggy said, reading the lottery ticket before tossing it aside. He then walks away before he realizes that he had the winning ticket. Piggy runs back for it and shouts, "I'm rich!"

Night fell into the city and a guy was walking to his car after picking up a knocked over trash can. An explosion occurs and Emperor Gruumm steps out of the smoke. The man by the car is terrified, backing up away from him. "You are under my command." said Gruumm. The man continues to back away until he hits the ground.

"Excellent." said Gruumm. "Your likeness will do."

He then steps behind a pole, transforming himself into the guy knocked out on the ground. In an underpass, there were aliens sitting at tables that crowded a trailer called "Piggy's café".

"Piggy's new café is great!" one alien said. Piggy comes out of the café with money in his hands and starts giving it to Broodwing. "$300, $400…$500. Here's an extra $1,000 to get that, uh…fishbowl of yours winterized." Piggy said to Broodwing.

"You may be a millionaire, but you're still the same disgusting, filthy, wretched piece of worthless garbage to me." Broodwing said.

"Thank you. It's nice to know that money hasn't changed me." Piggy said, taking the insult as a compliment. Suddenly there was a loss in power and the crowd began murmuring about it. The lights went out, showing a set of red eyes and power came back to the café.

"Emperor…is that you?" asked Piggy.

"Broodwing, we need to talk." said Gruumm, answering Piggy's question.

"I am honored by your presence on my…uh…opening night." said Piggy. "Next time, call for reservations." Gruumm then grabs the two nearest aliens from their table and out of their chairs. "Heheheh! There's been a cancelation." said Gruumm, then motions to the chair. "Sit."

"Emperor, all you have to do is summon me, and like always, I would have come to you." said Broodwing.

"It was time I came down to see this planet I'm about to conquer." explained Gruumm. "I'm sending one of my top generals to see you. I want you to give him everything he needs."

"But of course." said Broodwing. Meanwhile at the academy, the rangers were in the command center when Bridge let out a sneeze. "Ah-Choo!" sneezed Bridge, looks and then starts apologizing to everyone.

"Bless you, Bridge." said Leah, giving him a small smile.

"Thanks Leah." he said.

"Commander, I think you'll want to see this." said Kat and Cruger walks over to her. "I was doing a scan of the last 24 hours energy levels in the city. All looked normal. Then…I took off the gamma field, which registers any energy cloaking activity. I found one."

"Maybe it's a malfunction." said Cruger.

"Not a chance. I designed that program myself. Whatever's out there…it is big and it is dangerous." she tells him. He then turns to the rangers. "Rangers, investigate those coordinates." he said.

"Yes sir!" they answered and left the command center. When Cruger turns to face Kat again, he said, "They're acting oddly. I wonder what it is."

"You are the 'It'." said Kat and the commander growls at her. Somewhere in the city, a general was walking. "He comes. Heheheheh!" said Broodwing. "Ahh, the infamous General Benaag. I have been sent here to help you."

"I need no help, especially from the likes of you!" said General Benaag. Broodwing chose his wording carefully with what he said next. "I beg to differ. S.P.D. is a worthy opponent led by a great commander." he tells him.

"Doggie Cruger. Ha!" he said. "I have defeated him before. I have taken everything from him! And I would do it again." He then shoots at something random.

"I like your style." said Broodwing, laughing evilly. At Piggy's café, the customers were just relaxing when they suddenly looked up. They then scattered, all but one were running, causing Piggy to look out the window. "Hey…where is everyone going?" he asked, then he steps out. "Come back." When he saw who was walking up, Piggy starts groaning. "It's S.P.D."

The one patron that was left behind looked up and left. "What's going on, big man? We heard about your good fortune." said Jack.

"Yes and uh…thanks for dropping by." said Piggy, trying to get rid of them.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what's the rush, Piggy?" asked Sky.

"I can't believe it. Are you trying to shoo us away?" asked Leah.

"The rush? If you didn't notice, you're S.P.D. Not exactly who my patrons want to dine with." explained Piggy.

"Dine? This place is a roach infested germ farm." said Syd.

"Well, thanks. I've done my best." said Piggy, feeling proud of himself.

"Listen, just tell us what we want to know, and we'll get out of this dump." said Z.

"Come on, Piggy." said Leah.

"Flattery won't work on me." Piggy tells them.

"Looking for…me?" asked General Benaag, standing up with a cloak covering his face a bit. He takes off the cloak and turns over a table. "Looks like Piggy's place has a little rat infestation."

"I hate rats!" exclaimed Leah, Z and Syd.

"I am Benaag, Prime General of the Troobian force." Benaag introduced himself to the rangers.

"Let's suit up." said Sky.

"Don't bother. Just get this to Commander Cruger." he said, tossing an object to Jack. At the command center, the object was an interactive hologram and Benaag popped up. "I hope you enjoyed your last sunrise, Doggie Cruger. I have navigated three galaxies to find you. We meet this afternoon for your final battle." said Benaag.

"You have traveled in vain. I do not battle anymore." said Cruger. Without thinking, Kat wraps her arms protectively around Leah. Benaag starts laughing, saying, "I will see that you do battle. I can promise you that." It then turns off and Sky asks, "What do you mean you won't fight sir?"

"Don't you get it, Sky?" asked Jack. "It's deception, it's gotta be."

"Who is he, Commander?" asked Z.

"And how do you know him?" asked Syd.

"Yeah, you've gotta tell us something, sir." said Bridge. The five teenagers then looked at Leah. "Do I look like I know everything? I'm just as confused as you are." said Leah, turning away and scratching her head. Kat walks up pushing Leah in front of her, telling him, "They have a right to know the truth, Commander."

"My home of Sirius was invaded by Gruumm. Sirius had assembled an elite squad of galactic defenders…Space Patrol Delta. The first S.P.D." explained Cruger. He closed his eyes, remembering what happened. He then continued, "We battled for months without sleep. Though our men fought valiantly… we were no match for the endless army of Troobians. While we fought their soldiers, Gruumm turned his robots loose on defenseless cities. General Benaag led those troops against us. We were overrun. We were defeated. When I awoke, I was alone. My people were gone. I was the last of my squad….the last of my kind."

He opened his eyes and looked at the rangers. "I failed my planet, my squad, my…" Cruger said, trailing off. "I vowed to never pick up my sword again. That is my story."

In a park, people were going their own way, minding their own business when Gruumm was passing by flowers that suddenly just decayed. He then started talking to himself. "Why? Why battle for such a tiny meaningless planet? I do not understand. There can only be one out come for them. Always, only one outcome. Time to begin." he said, then exits the park.

There was a loud explosion and a large spike came out of the ground. "What is this? An earthquake?" asked Cruger as the base started shaking.

"No, energy tremors." said Kat.

"Rangers, suit up!" ordered the commander. The older rangers pulled out their morphers.

"Ready!"

"S.P.D. EMERGENCEY!"

They went down to their zords while Leah stayed behind. Kat thought it would be best if she stayed behind to work more on her Felisan language. "They're up against an enemy they don't know. You do." said Kat.

"What's your point, Dr. Manx? And why didn't you send Leah out there?" asked Cruger.

"I…accidentally mispronounce a word in Felisan, sir." Leah piped up.

"You know Benaag, yet you send a squad of heroic yet inexperienced kids up against him? I'm glad Leah isn't out there. You should be out there with them." said Kat.

"No! It is not my place anymore." said Cruger.

"Doggie, I know this brings up a lot of memories for you, but running away from them won't…" began Kat.

"I am not running from them!" Cruger said in anger.

"Then why didn't you tell the rangers everything? You withheld the most important part of your story." said Kat.

"What part? Commander, what is she talking about?" asked Leah, not understanding what Kat was saying.

"This is my business, not theirs." said Cruger.

"Well, I think it is their business. You're a team, you shouldn't be keeping secrets." said Kat. She then gets a small case out of her pocket and hands it to Cruger. "Here. I made you something."

Cruger opens the case and sees what's inside. Closing it, he then said to Kat, "This is bordering on insubordination. I suggest you both leave my sight will you still can."

"Stubborn old dog! Resisting what you fear can only bring it into existence!" said Kat.

"OUT!" he shouted. She takes the case from the commander and guides Leah out of the command center.

"But I didn't do anything." Leah protested to Kat.

In the city, a giant robot that's controlled by a blue head pops out of the ground next to the spike. Taking the spike, he then changes it and plants it to where the point is in the ground. He does the same thing for other ones that pop all over the city. By the time the rangers got there, some of the roads were blocked. They were trying to get him but he just disappeared.

Sky was about to pull up one of the spikes when Cruger said, "Stop! Leave the spikes in and return to base immediately."

"But sir, I can…" said Sky.

"This is an order." said Cruger.

At the base, the rangers and Cruger were regrouping. "Look, I could've pulled those spikes out of the ground." said Sky.

"Yes you could have. But you don't know what they are or what they might do. We don't do anything until we find those things out." said Cruger. "Kat? Where's Kat? Kat!"

"We should be out in the city patrolling, not sitting here waiting for something to happen." said Jack.

"You do not know this enemy. You have not come up against anything like him before. I have. We wait."

"Don't you mean, 'we' wait? By the way, has anyone seen Leah?" asked Z.

"Last I know, she was with Kat." said Cruger. All of a sudden, Boom runs in. "Sir!" said Boom. "Kat hasn't returned to her post and Leah isn't in her room. Neither of them haven't been answering their communicator either. Something's not right." Then suddenly R.I.C. starts barking and races out of the command center.

In the city, Kat and Leah were just walking around. "Is he usually like that when he gets angry towards you?" asked Leah.

"No, he really isn't. Come on, try saying it again." said Kat. Both of them didn't realize that they were being followed by Krybots dressed in plain clothes.

"Kujijua mwenyewe ni mwanzo wa hekima yote." recited Leah.

"Very good." said Kat, then she heard something from behind her. She turns around to see that there was no one following them. "What's wrong?" asked Leah.

"I thought I heard…it was probably nothing." said Kat, wrapping around her daughter's arm through hers. They turned around and a few seconds later, both of them were attacked by Krybots. In a blink of an eye, Kat and Leah were then rescued by R.I.C.

"R.I.C., thank you." said Kat, patting his head.

"Good boy." said Leah, hugging him as she laughs. Just then, out of nowhere General Benaag came out of his hiding place. "Here, puppy." said Benaag, laughing evilly. R.I.C barked at him, giving him a warning.

"No R.I.C." commanded Kat.

"No boy." said Leah. Ignoring their warning, R.I.C. then runs towards Benaag, attacking him.

"No!" screamed Kat and Leah.

Translations:

Kujijua mwenyewe ni mwanzo wa hekima yote-Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom