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<CENTER> </CENTER>Disclaimer: Power
Rangers and all familiar characters within this story are
property of Haim Saban The Morphin Warrior concept
belongs to Ellen Brand and are taken from an offshoot of
her Personality Concepts universe. In the Lost Galaxy
series I’d say this takes place immediately after
Mike comes back. <P align="center">Cloak and Quasar Sabers
<p>A multi-colored flash of light
heralded the Morphin Warriors arrival in a new reality.
Jason and Kim immediately began searching for Tommy who
had been separated from the others before the last jump.
Trini checked on Billy who had been significantly
weakened by the previous reality’s lack of a Morphin
Grid. Zack’s attention was drawn by some very
familiar noises over the crest of a hill. </p>
<p>“Why’d you wander
off?” Jason asked as Tommy emerged from a group of
trees. </p>
<p>“I had to talk to Kat. She and
I have quite a few things in common and for the Gem
Warriors to survive and save that Earth Kat needed her
head on straight. I hope I talked some sense into
her.” </p>
<p>“Billy are you all
right?” </p>
<p>“I’m much better now.
Thanks for your concern, Trini. This reality obviously
has a Morphin Grid that my Ninjetti connection can draw
from. Hopefully that will be the case in most of the
realities we encounter until whatever is shifting us from
universe to universe decides to send us home.” </p>
<p>“You sound fairly certain that
this isn’t natural. And really we could be home
right now.” </p>
<p>“If we’d ended up in
another reality then found our way home I could believe
it was natural. But so far we’ve been shifted to two
different realities that most definitely needed Ranger
help and as soon as we finished we were transported to
the next reality. Granted it is a bit early to form a
hypothesis and I could be proven wrong eventually. As for
being home, we’ve been gone long enough that
we’d have a welcoming committee.” </p>
<p>“That’s true but we can
always hope. So I’ll tell you what I’ll be the
optimist, and you can be the realist.” </p>
<p>“Sounds like a truly excellent
idea considering I’m the only one of us with
experience dealing with cross-reality travel and realize
how much luck was involved with getting home.” </p>
<p>“Guys! Get over here
now!” Zack called as he lay on the ground, peering
over the crest of the hill. “”You need to see
this.” </p>
<p>The rest of the team gathered
around him and saw a Ranger battle occurring. A group of
six, five in Spandex that seemed to include Charlie Brown
shirts and one who wore armor with a cape were fighting a
monster. </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>The Galaxy Rangers and the Magna
Defender were battling Scorpius’ latest monster
Cloak. It was tall and lean possessing all of the typical
monster powers, shooting lasers, incredible strength and
it carried a powerful sword to parry the blows of the
Quasar Sabers. But the most important part of this
monster was it’s cloak. </p>
<p>Cloak was capable of wrapping the
cloak around himself and disappearing into it’s
pocket dimension to teleport himself. The team had
inadvertently hit each other several times because of
that trick. He was also capable of pulling others into
it. When Leo and Mike had led the charge against it Cloak
had flipped his namesake out to wrap around them and then
pulled them in. When Maya demanded them back she got
them. The monster flung them both out, slamming them into
their teammates. Mike was quick to regain his composure.
As soon as he was back on his feet he converted his sword
into the Magna Blaster and flattened their enemy with
half-a-dozen shots. </p>
<p>“Quasar Launchers!” Leo
ordered and the bazooka-like weapons appeared. The five
superheroes were ready to fire before the monster
regained his feet. </p>
<p>Cloak brought his cloak around
himself when the Galaxy Rangers fired. When the energized
weapons reached him he threw open the cloak and the
Rangers stared in shock. It’s body was GONE. All
that remained was it’s head floating above it and
it’s hands holding the cloak apart. The Quasar
Sabers vanished within and Cloak closed it. “Now
Rangers you are powerless without your weapons.” </p>
<p>“We’ve been separated
from the Sabers before Cloak,” Damon declared. As he
did so he felt an unfamiliar weakening sensation. He and
the others involuntarily powered down leaving only Mike
still morphed. </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>The six dimensionally displaced
Power Rangers were immediately on the move. </p>
<p>“What do you think
happened?” Kimberly asked. </p>
<p>“I don’t know, but were
not going to make that last Ranger fight alone,”
Tommy declared. </p>
<p>“It’s morphin time! That
last reality really made me appreciate being able to say
that again.” </p>
<p>“Dragonzord.” </p>
<p>“Mastodon.” </p>
<p>“Pterodactyl.” </p>
<p>“Triceratops.” </p>
<p>“Saber-toothed Tiger.” </p>
<p>“Tyrannosaurus.” </p>
<p><hr>
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</p>
<p>Magna Defender was battling Cloak
attempting to give the others time to get away. Suddenly
he was wrapped inside his opponents namesake and primary
weapon and flung into a nearby tree. Unexpected help
prevented Cloak from finishing him off, arriving in the
form of six unfamiliar people in various uniforms. The
fact that one of them took a sword strike and rather than
be cut in half suggested they were Rangers of some sort.
But he’d never seen any Rangers that didn’t
wear helmets. And as far as he knew the Galaxy Rangers
were the only group of Rangers around. They were the only
group needed since the purity wave. </p>
<p><hr>
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</p>
<p>Billy had been the first one in and
the one to take the hit. It made perfect sense since his
Ninjetti powers made him the most powerful of the Morphin
Warriors. When dealing with unknowns he was the best
choice to take the lead. After he got up he watched
annoyed as the others battled the monster. Even Kim, with
just her bow was parrying the monster’s sword. This
wasn’t the first time he had wished he had more than
just the freeze laser holstered at his side. </p>
<p>‘Still I have to make do with
what I have.’ “Everyone get clear,” he
ordered. The other Warriors dove for cover but Cloak
proved smarter than most monsters when it teleported away
from the ice beam. </p>
<p>He reappeared a few feet away.
“I have accomplished my primary mission and can deal
with the Magna Defender later. As for you strangers, you
will regret interfering where you do not belong.” </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>Mike gasped behind his helmet as
the six powered down. After evil had been (briefly)
defeated and the Astro Ranger had revealed themselves the
other former Rangers had come forward. These were the
first six. But none of them were supposed to be on Terra
Venture. Everyone of them had been offered a place on the
space colony but none had accepted, preferring to stay on
Earth. </p>
<p>“Are you all right?”
Trini asked. </p>
<p>“I’m fine. Thank you for
your help. I wish I wasn’t down the entire time, it
would’ve been an honor to fight alongside you.”
He demorphed. “I’m Mike Corbett. Welcome to
Terra Venture.” </p>
<p>“Terra what?” </p>
<p>Mike gave Zack a perplexed look.
“Terra Venture. Earth’s first manned journey
beyond the solar system. How can you not have heard of
it? You were invited on it.” </p>
<p>“That’s a long story,
Mike,” Tommy told him, placing a hand on his
shoulder. “Look why don’t you tell us what
exactly happened to you friends’ powers since that
seems to be the biggest problem right now.” </p>
<p>“I’m not really sure. I
haven’t been on the team that long and Kendrix is
the brains of the team.” </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>The Warriors were a little
staggered by the apparent hero worship from four of the
Rangers. Only Maya wasn’t in awe of them though she
was impressed when she heard that these were the first
heroes of Earth, the planet responsible for the
destruction of Dark Spectre. Kai was strangely quiet. </p>
<p>“Our Quaser Sabers are our
power source. Cloak’s cloak is some sort of pocket
dimension. When he caught them in it we became unable to
access them,” Kendrix hypothesized. </p>
<p>“It sounds plausible,”
Billy agreed. </p>
<p>Finally Kai couldn’t contain
his suspicions anymore. “I want to know who you all
are. I’ve seen the records. You were all invited.
Billy Cranston was part of the contingent from Aquitar
who helped Earth build this place.” </p>
<p>“Kai don’t be
suspicious.” </p>
<p>“Look, we are who we say we
are. But we don’t belong here,” Trini
explained. “We’re from an alternate
timeline,” Billy told them. </p>
<p>“Yeah right.” </p>
<p>“Do you have any security
measures?” </p>
<p>Mike had started looking a little
more suspicious after hearing that. He turned his eyes on
Trini now. “Yes, we do,” he responded curtly. </p>
<p>“Then you’ll have our
arrival recorded most likely. That will show you what
happened when we got here.” The others all smiled at
Trini’s ever present practicality. </p>
<p><hr>
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</p>
<p>With three members of the Rangers
being crew and a fourth being their most skilled mechanic
on board they had no problem getting to the records. </p>
<p>“So they teleported in, that
could just prove they work for Scorpius.” </p>
<p>“I doubt it Kai. The energy we
recorded was similar to what NASADA recorded from
Zordon’s energy wave.” </p>
<p>“It is?” Billy had been
stunned to hear about Zordon’s death as the others
but to find out that whatever was transporting from
universe to universe was similar his energy was very
surprising. </p>
<p>“What’s NASADA?” Kim
asked. </p>
<p>“National Aeronautics and
Space Assault Defense Administration, created from NASA
when the aliens first began attacking.” </p>
<p>“Man, I wish we had something
like that,” Zack stated. “Outside of the Freak
Zone, as people call it, hardly anyone believes in the
monsters. Even though there were major attacks on Florida
and New York a few months ago.” That fact astonished
the Galaxy Rangers. Angel Grove had been the only place
attacked on their Earth. </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>“Why did you retreat,
Cloak?” Scorpius demanded. </p>
<p>“Forgive me my lord. I was
prepared to deal with only Magna Defender at the time. I
thought discretion was best rather than be defeated and
allow the Rangers to reclaim their powers.” </p>
<p>“Very true Cloak. I do wish to
learn what your new opponents are capable of.” He
gestured with a claw and the battle replayed before him.
Another gesture and it froze. All six of the travelers
began to glow in there colors. “Only the one in blue
possesses the full power of a Power Ranger. The one in
green possesses a half-strength power as the other four
do and a separate power that seems to be fading. You
should be able to destroy them easily even with the Magna
Defender’s aide.” </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>Mike’s morpher</p>
<p>communicator bleeped. “What is
it, Alpha?” </p>
<p>“Cloak has returned and
he’s tearing up the main biodome! Oh, ay-yi-yi this
is so bad.” </p>
<p>“Be careful Mike. You’ve
never fought alone before and I’d hate to have to
explain you dying again to Commander Stanton.” </p>
<p>“I haven’t fought alone
but Magna Defender has and I can draw on his
memories.” </p>
<p>“He’s not going to be
alone,” Tommy declared in his variation of the
leader voice. </p>
<p>“We’re here. We’ll
help,” Jason agreed. The newer Rangers didn’t
have the guts to say no the veiled orders given by the
two. The other Warriors grinned at how the two could
simply take charge of any situation. </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>After the seven heroes morphed and
teleported away the five currently powerless Rangers
stood still unsure of what to do. </p>
<p>Maya was the first to come up with
an idea. “I’ve always been able to hear the
Galactabeasts unmorphed. Maybe I can still communicate
with them powerless. So they’ll be able to help when
Cloak grows.” </p>
<p>“That’s a good idea, and
it gives me an idea. Come on Kendrix. You’re better
with theory than Iam.” </p>
<p>“What’re you planning on
doing?” </p>
<p>“We’re going to get the
Astro Megazord up and running again.” </p>
<p>“That just leaves the two of
us. Can you get us into the weapons dome, Kai?” </p>
<p>“Yes I can. But I’m the
only one who can check out weapons.” </p>
<p>“No problem. You just have to
get us inside we’re not going to check them
out.” </p>
<p>“There are security cameras,
Leo.” </p>
<p>“I’m sure Alpha will be
able to come up with a way to shut them down for us for a
few minutes.” </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>Maya set in a traditional
meditation position reaching out to the Galactabeasts.
She had heard them call her unmorphed but only after she
had gained her powers. Of course they had never been
called when they were powerless. </p>
<p>Her eyes were closed but she was
sure she’d be able to hear the approach of an animal
as gigantic as them. So she was surprised when she felt a
gust of hot breath on her face followed by a low growl.
Maya opened her eyes to see both the Wolf and Lion
Galactabeasts. </p>
<p>“You came,” she stated
smiling. “Thank you. We made need your help soon but
our powers have been stolen. Will you be there to help
us.?” </p>
<p>Another growl in response and
Maya’s smile grew. “Always under any
circumstances. Thank you.” </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>“All you do is teleport in. I
can jam the security cameras from here. Put these disks
on whatever you want so I can teleport them out without
having to bring you back yourselves each time you want
something.” </p>
<p>“Thanks, Alpha.” </p>
<p>“I don’t see why
we’re doing this. There are procedures to
follow.” </p>
<p>“Kai, do you want to explain
why one officer and a civilian are taking enough weapons
to fight an army? And we don’t want to start a panic
by having the defense forces mobilized.” </p>
<p>“That’s…. a good
point.” </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>“From what I can tell just
about everything in the Megaship is ready for the
transformation,” Kendrix told Damon as they scanned
the schematics. </p>
<p>“But the shuttle is basically
shut down. So are the controls for the Power Sword. Those
two are problems plus the connector circuits for the
shuttle to become the head of the Megazord.” </p>
<p>“Let’s get to work.”
</p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>“Welcome back Magna Defender.
I see you brought your new friends to play.” </p>
<p>“Play? If this is a game
you’re certainly going to hate it.” </p>
<p>“Although it’s one of our
all time favorites.” </p>
<p>“It’s called trash the
monster of the day.” </p>
<p>“Big talk from a bunch of
wannabe half-powered Rangers.” </p>
<p>“You’ll see what we can
do yet.” </p>
<p>“Oh, I assure you I’m
very eager to find that out. So enough talk,” with
that statement lightning shot out of the monster’s
eyes scattering the team. Before they could regroup he
summoned a group of Stingwingers to keep them apart. </p>
<p>Cloak summoned his sword and
focused on the one Ranger who had absolutely no chance of
parrying his blows. Billy cursed silently as he was once
again targeted by the Galaxy Ranger’s enemy. He was
totally on the defensive. ‘What I wouldn’t give
to have my old Power Lance.’ </p>
<p>He was startled when blue light
flared in his hands leaving the weapon in his hands. The
Blue Warrior hastily jerked it up to deflect Cloak’s
downward strike. </p>
<p><hr>
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</p>
<p>Though the Morphin Warriors had
dealt with more powerful enemies the Stingwingers were
posing problems for everyone but Kim. The insectoid
soldiers had released their wings and were continuously
dive-bombing the heroes. The only other opponents they
had faced that flew were the Tengas and since their wings
were their arms they mostly used them for transportation.
While the others were finding the Stingwingers nearly
impossible to hit with the weapons the Pink Warrior
calmly notched arrow after arrow in her bowstring and hit
most of her targets. </p>
<p>Magna Defender saw how successful
that strategy was and had switched his sword to the Magna
Blaster t and began doing likewise. </p>
<p>Within five minutes half of the
foot soldiers had been eliminated and the other half had
had their wings clipped. That allowed the other four to
deal with the grounded insects. Kim and Mike helped draw
Cloak’s attention from Billy by shooting it in the
back. </p>
<p>“I thought you Rangers
didn’t do things like that.” </p>
<p>Kim smirked. “We’ve got
three rules and we follow them. The rest of the fight is
anything goes.” </p>
<p>It made no response to that, simply
wrapping itself on it’s cloak and vanishing. </p>
<p>“Where’d he go.” </p>
<p>“Right behind you. I’ve
always believed turnabout is fair play.” They were
both slammed forward by an energy blast and rolled
towards Billy. </p>
<p>Their teammates ran to protect
them. Zack and Trini leapt at Cloak, weapons ready to
strike. He spread the garment showing that his body was
once again gone, leaving only open space which took them
in. </p>
<p>“Hand them over,” Jason
demanded </p>
<p>“Not likely Ranger.” It
spread the cloak and multi-colored energy beams shot out
of it, knocking the five remaining Rangers off of their
feet. Tommy and Jason were the first two to stand up. The
ends of the Cloak shot out and wrapped around the friends
necks pulling them to the ground at Cloak’s feet,
choking them. </p>
<p>Kim fired, only to have her arrow
deflected by his sword. Tommy, who was struggling at the
at the creatures feet, finally managed to clear his head
enough to summon his katana. The Green Warrior swung
wildly until it hit the mark cutting through the tendril
holding him and making Cloak scream. Jason was flung and
Tommy was kicked away from the monster as the severed
fabric knitted itself back together. </p>
<p>“Are you all right?” Kim
asked kneeling beside her two friends. </p>
<p>“We’ll be fine.” </p>
<p>“I’ve changed my mind.
You can have them back.” Cloak launched the Black
and Yellow Warriors back out at high speeds. The Morphin
Warriors and Magna Defender didn’t have time to
move. </p>
<p>“Ohhh…. I can finally
move again,” Zack said as he pulled himself up. </p>
<p>“That dimension drains energy.
We saw the Quasar Sabers while we were in there, but we
were to weak to move to get them. I don’t think that
we would’ve had enough energy to breathe if not for
our powers.” </p>
<p>“You saw them? Then I’ve
got an idea.” </p>
<p>“Tommy what are you
doing?” </p>
<p>He energized his katana with his
magical energy and was charging Cloak at a full run.
Cloak was proving that like most monsters he
couldn’t hit a fast moving target by kicking up
large clouds of dirt near him. Tommy leapt, Cloak spread
his cloak and Tommy disappeared into it. </p>
<p>“Your friends not to bright is
he?” the monster chuckled. </p>
<p>“I don’t know about that.
He didn’t just give you access to weapons he had
stolen.” </p>
<p>“My pocket dimension drains
energy. He’ll be weak as those two were.” </p>
<p>“Tommy’s a lot more
powerful than us,” Zack warned him. </p>
<p>“He’s got more power
sources, too,” Trini added. </p>
<p>“Wha…?” the question
was cut off as a fountain of green fire plumed forth,
with Tommy, carrying the Quasar Sabers leaping out. </p>
<p>“Man, how’d you keep
going?” </p>
<p>“My magic and the Zeo Crystal
provided all the extra energy I needed. “ </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>The Galaxy Rangers were meeting on
the bridge of the Astro Megaship when their morphers
suddenly lit up. </p>
<p>“It looks like all our
planning was for nothing,” Kai observed. </p>
<p>“That’s a good thing Kai.
The Astro Megazord wouldn’t have been at full power
without a Ranger power source and we have no idea how
effective the colony’s weapons would be against
monsters. These were just efforts to keep from being
overwhelmed.” </p>
<p>“But don’t send them back
yet, Alpha, just in case. Go Galactic.” Leo and the
other four all morphed. </p>
<p><hr>
<hr>
</p>
<p>Cloak was groaning in pain after
the blast and staggering around weakly. </p>
<p>“Enough games. This guy is to
dangerous for us not to finish off when we have the
chance.” </p>
<p>“I think it’s time to try
out my latest experiment. Ready to test the Warrior
Blaster?” </p>
<p>“Let’s give it a
shot.” </p>
<p>“The what?” Tommy asked. </p>
<p>“Watch and see.” </p>
<p>Tommy watched as the other five
Morphin Warrior began assembling a weapon. It was more
along the lines of how the Mutant Rangers had assembled
their Power Blaster than the long process the Power
Rangers’ Power Blaster took. Billy placed his freeze
laser under Zack’s ax, sliding the gun into the
Black Warrior’s weapon, merging them. The handle of
the ax took on the appearance of a gun barrel like the
Cosmic Cannon mode of the Power Ax. Jason’s sword
was placed on top of them, though it’s blade had
shortened greatly. Kim’s bow went on top of that and
the bowstring pulled itself back, notching itself in
place with some unseen force. Trini’s daggers went
on either side of the bow, handles facing forward. </p>
<p>“Tommy put your katana in
Kim’s bowstring. That’s normally where
Skull’s saber would go.” </p>
<p>He did as Billy told him, then Kim,
the Warrior’s best shot, took the weapon and fired.
Yellow light flowed from the daggers, red from the sword,
a blue-black mix from the barrel of the gun and the
katana was fired as though from a crossbow bolt, colored
a mixture of pink and green. </p>
<p>Cloak was slammed backwards and as
he once again pulled himself up Magna Defender charged
forward using a move he had seen on footage of the Silver
Ranger. Cloak was struck by repeated shots from the Magna
Blaster, then Mike switched it back to the sword and cut
through Cloak. </p>
<p>Looking at the remains of the
monster he thanked the Warriors for their help. When he
turned his jaw dropped beneath his helmet. They were
gone. The Sabers were left lying on the ground. </p>
<p>His five teammates came running up
in their usual stances. “Mike, what happened? Where
did the Morphin Warriors go?” </p>
<p>“I don’t know. They were
just there a second ago, now they’re gone. They just
vanished.” </p>
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Cloak and Quasar Sabers By Jason Barnett