Disclaimer: Concept is Haim Saban’s but the Characters belong to us. At least one of us have to give permission before they are used. This Fanfic is part of the Battle for Minosian Liberation Subseries but will for the most part take place on the Planet Diatles.

Journey to Diatles
By Robert Gutheim

It was quiet two days after the battle in New Haven when Andrea was reading in her quarters. The communications system then beeped.

"Andrea here."

"There is a call coming in for you on a priority Channel from Diatles. It’s your brother," the Communications officer informed her.

"Put it through and have Michelle and Robert join me in my quarters," she responded since she wanted her boss and their most trusted ally on hand.

"Anne, the situation is getting worse. How soon do you think you can get away and come here?" Kevin asked his voice sounding extremely stressed. Just as he finished his sentence Michelle walked in with Robert Gutheim their Powereon Ally behind her.

"She can be on her way in a couple minutes," Michelle said as she tugged on the bottom of the jacket for her Utilities.

"How long will it take you to arrive?" Kevin asked.

"I’m not sure I will get back to you with an ETA," Andrea said.

"You do that Anne," Kevin said.

"Well I was hoping I wouldn’t have to go but looks like I better see about getting reservations on a ship bound for Diatles," Andrea said.

"Andrea, meet me in the Fortress Courtyard in Five minutes I have a plan up my sleeves," Robert said.

"Couldn’t be too much of a plan," Andrea joked since Robert had a Short sleeved shirt on that looked like a native of Minosia would wear.

"It’s a good enough plan though," Robert hinted.

A couple minutes later Andrea walked out into the Palace Courtyard.

"Whoa this is about the only place where it isn’t filled with magnificent crystals. It almost looks like Siatro Park on Diatles," Andrea said.

"You’ve been talking about Diatles quite a bit since I met you Andrea," Robert commented as he formed his right hand into a fist and moved it very little to summon a small goldish colored ring with a bluish stone in the center with the words Chittenango High around it in the same goldish color. Dark areas were below the ring.

"Ring of Power, I call upon your power. Open me a Portal to Diatles," Robert called.

A Portal then Formed in the Air in Front of them. Andrea immediately walked through and Robert took the time to follow her. Chiviusa had been walking by right then and noticed them walk through the portal.

When Andrea and Robert exited the portal they were in a Fairly Open Tree Skirted area. It took Andrea a few seconds to realize where they were.

"We’re in Siatro Park. My Parents house is only a couple miles from here," Andrea announced a hint of excitement in by eyes.

"IS this where you were born?" Robert asked.

"Actually I was born in Angel Grove on Earth but then when I was three my dad entered the Diplomatic Corps and we spent the time from when I was three until I was Fourteen moving from Place to place. I’m probably familiar with almost every colony out there. Dad promised the family when we moved to Diatles when I was fourteen that it would be the last place we moved to. Then I moved to Triforia on my own to attend the Academy and from there I moved to Capsilon IX. Now I’m forced to return home," Andrea said.

During all this they had passed many shops full of goods. A hover car stopped next to them suddenly.

"Anne, This is certainly a surprise. I didn’t think you would be here this quick," Kevin said.

"I took the Concorde," Andrea joked.

"You must have," He said. "When do you want to go to the hospital to see mom?"

"I probably should go now but I’m not sure I’m ready," Andrea said.

"Is a person ever truly ready to see a loved one in a condition he or she can’t control?" Robert asked. "It can be difficult. I remember when my first wife died. It was quick and probably painless."

"How do you figure her death was quick?" Kevin asked.

"It was during a battle and she was killed when her ship blew up," Robert said.

Robert then climbed into the backseat by jumping over the hull while Andrea walked around and got in next to her brother. They then headed for the nearest hospital where Mrs. Oliver was trying to heal.

"I’m not sure I really want to go in," Andrea said.

"Andrea, it would probably prove easier if you did go in. After all if you didn’t and your mom died you would wonder why you didn’t visit her in her time of need," Robert said.

"Your right of course," Andrea said.

Kevin and Robert accompanied Andrea inside while she went up to her Mother’s room. When she entered the Private Room all she saw was a human shaped pile of gauze with tubes running into various parts of the body and wires tied into several slightly advanced medical monitors which monitored her heart rate, respiration, brain wave activity, even her blood itself. When Andrea checked her mother’s heart rate she was glad to see the spikes that showed her heart was continuing to operate.

"At least she is still alive," Andrea said.

"Unfortunately we don’t know how long she will remain that way," she heard. Andrea then Turned around to See a Tall Dark Haired Man with a beard on his face and a Long White Lab coat on his body. The coat was closed up so you couldn’t see what was underneath.

"Oh Dr. Reed, Glad your working on the case," Andrea said as she recognized the face.

"How could I refuse an old friend. I knew your father back on Earth before the Colony was formed. He was a good person," Dr. Reed said.

"I’m sure you did your best," Andrea informed him.

"Given the chance I would have but he was dead on arrival," Dr. Reed informed her. "Last I heard you were at the Triforian Academy for Rangering."

"I put in my time on Triforia and was posted to Capsilon IX. Prior to my getting selected to go to that planet I had considered a couple offers from classmates to join them in putting together a team for assignment to a planet that didn’t have any rangers. I almost think I was chosen for assignment to Capsilon IX before I even knew if I would make it past the first evaluation. OF course I didn’t know until right before graduation. Thankfully I took the usual team building classes at the Academy in case I did end up part of a team," Andrea said.

"I’m acquainted with some of the people who handle Ranger Assignments on Triforia. Who interviewed you for the Capsilon IX posting?" Robert asked thinking back to his time working with Trey during the Intervening years between when the Colony settled on Mirinoi and the Dark Lord attacked.

"Believe it or not my advisor Kelly Brennan assigned me to Capsilon IX. I didn’t even realize until then that she was a former Ranger. I thought Glendow had chosen her because she was a champion swimmer," Andrea said.

"I think Kelly is an alum of Triforia," Robert said.

"She is," Andrea said. "She’s from Earth though. Same place I am in fact."

"Whoa," Robert said. "I was an Easterner myself. Grew up in New York State. Made it out Angel Grove way a few times though. Official Business generally."

"Business for GSA?" Kevin asked.

"Oh no this was back in the Nineteen Ninety’s. I fought a Few battles of the War for Evil Domination. I kind of lucked out and managed to miss the Final battle of that war," Robert said.

"Whoa you fought for Zordon," Kevin said.

"Alongside Zordon but I wasn’t an actual ranger. Powereons are a little different from Rangers. For one thing Powereons have abilities a ranger could only dream of. I’ll explain more later," Robert said.

Robert then stepped out for a second. After about ten minutes Andrea and Kevin joined him. They then went the few blocks to the Oliver House. Andrea took the time to show him around the House even though she wasn’t in the mood.

"It bothers you that you lost your dad doesn’t it?" He asked later after Kevin cooked dinner and they ate. At that point they were sitting in lounge chairs on the deck behind the house.

"A little bit. It’s so hard to think one minute everything is fine and he is there yet he is gone now. Their going to hold a State Funeral for him. Thank god I don’t have that to worry about. You probably noticed how bare my old room was didn’t you?" Andrea queried.

"Yeah I did. What did you do take everything you owned to Triforia with you?"

"I didn’t figure I’d ever return here for an extended period so I figured I might as well take everything with me. In fact when we were preparing for the trip to Lunar Michelle told me to pack one piece of luggage so I packed Mainly Utilities and Fatigue’s along with two PT Uniforms. In other words I didn’t pack my dress uniform and for a funeral I would probably need my dress uniform," Andrea pointed out.

"You can’t plan for every possibility. One time my team and I were Assisting the Police in Chicago with a Terrorist Situation and Our Security Chief handled the Actual Arrests since he had nationwide jurisdiction only he only packed six pairs of handcuffs and we had ten or eleven prisoners. He had to borrow additional handcuffs from the Chicago Police."

"How difficult was it pulling that one off?"

"I carefully chose my team figuring the circumstances in so the right people were chosen. The approach though was the hardest because my partner and I had to approach from the ground and we were going to do the Take-down from the top down," Robert said.

"I bet that was a challenge. What did you do climb the building on ropes?" Andrea asked.

"Actually no the building was 110 stories high. Headset and I used Suction cups to climb up the Building. Once we got to the Roof the Team and I started climbing down. The rest of the team had to come from the base so they landed on the roof. It was a long climb," Robert said.

"I can imagine," Andrea said. "Glad to know I’m not the only one who is absent minded. Who knows Amelia Cummings might have my dress uniform in her luggage."

"Why is that?" Robert inquired.

"Easy my home on record is Amelia’s house. When I moved to Capsilon IX I didn’t have a place to live other then the Bunker so when Amelia called home that day her dad invited Kelly and I to dinner and while there her mother invited me to live there. It’s made it convenient. In fact the Cummings’s almost treat me like family," Andrea said.

"Even if Amelia did bring your dress uniform it would be on Minosia with her luggage. I’m sure you will figure something out," Robert said. "In fact I think your luggage is also on Minosia."

"Yeah that is a factor since I had to move quick after you only gave me five minutes and no warning of what was up your sleeve," Andrea pointed out.

"Would you have been as quick if you knew we were going to port it to Diatles?" Robert asked.

"Probably not but I would have been appropriately packed," Andrea said.

Andrea managed the best she could that night with what she had available.

"I suppose I could go shopping for some clothes that I could ship back to Capsilon IX when I went to leave. One small problem though I left my credit cards on Capsilon IX," Andrea said.

"Well I’m not letting you borrow mine. You’d max it out in no time flat," Kevin said.

Andrea stuck her tongue out at him then she made an innocent glance at Robert.

"The last time I carried anything remotely close to a credit card was so far back it had an expiration date of 8/08," Robert said.

After everyone was showered and Andrea was back in her single Uniform Andrea and Robert went for a walk. After the first three miles a Medium Height girl with a Suntanned like Complexion walked up to them.

"Andrea, haven’t seen you around these parts in months," She said.

"Oh Hi Debbie. I came back here so fast I forgot to bring clothes or my credit cards so I can’t very well go shopping," Andrea said. "And I will need something appropriate for a funeral."

"Oh that’s right your dad was killed in an accident," Debbie said. "Couldn’t your friend help you."

"He doesn’t carry credit cards," Andrea said.

"Well you are in luck girl because I happen to be revved up for some serious shopping," Debbie said. "Credit Cards and everything."

As they headed for a mall Robert was scanning away when he noticed something.

"Andrea, my sensors don’t pick up any signs of pollutants in the atmosphere," he pointed out.

"Last I knew Space Case you needed pollution in order to generate pollutants and this is a pollution free world," Debbie said.

"Seems almost utopian. How big is the population?" he inquired.

"Diatles can support a lot more people before overpopulation is a problem. Now my house is another story. I’m the oldest of six kids," Debbie said.

"Whoa, Andrea, I’ll meet you and Debbie at the mall I have to check in with someone," Robert said.

Andrea and Debbie continued walking toward the mall while Robert looked for a good spot to use the ring of power.

"So how is everything between you and David?" Andrea asked.

"Couldn’t be better. Three months ago he asked me to marry him," Debbie said.

"You’ve got to be kidding. In High School everyone joked about you being Most Likely to become an old maid," Andrea said.

"So Everyone was wrong," Debbie said. "The Wedding is in nine Earth Months. What is up with Space Case."

"I’m not fully sure. My Team is helping a team on Minosia Right now and he suddenly showed up. HE is some kind of a Powereon. At least that is what he said," Andrea said.

"Whoa Andrea, There are two basic types of Advanced Soldiery. Rangers and Powereons. You girl chose the wrong field. Rangers are kind of basic in their powers and abilities. What abilities you have are based on what your powers give you. Powereons though are a kind of Collectors society. You can always add or remove abilities. Also Powereons are linked by the source of their powers. All Powereon Abilities come from Demona Prime. One of the Most Famous Powereons is Plastica," Debbie said.

Andrea couldn’t resist snorting right then will trying to suppress a laugh.

"Did I say something funny?" Debbie asked.

"Not really it’s just that the guy I was with is Plastica’s Alter Ego," Andrea whispered to her friend.

Just as they entered the Mall Robert called them over. In his hands was Andrea’s valv-pak that she had packed for the Minosia Trip.

"I should have known you would pull something like that," Andrea said. She then opened the pak up and looked it over.

"My Dress Uniform is even in here," Andrea said.

"Amelia did in fact pack it since Sereia had informed her that there was most likely going to be a couple formal affairs," Robert said.

"Well I guess I should head on home so I can change into a fresh set of Utilities," Andrea said.

The Threesome took a hovertaxi to the Oliver Home. One the way Debbie updated Robert on what he had missed while planet hopping. When they arrived Andrea took a fresh shower while Debbie called home.

"Things going well at your house?" Andrea asked as she pulled her teal colored shirt on.

"My mom took the time to remind me of a doctor’s appointment I have this afternoon," Debbie said.

Debbie could see that her friend was a little confused.

"After I agreed to marry David we took our relationship an extra step. We both wanted it but I was a little more concerned about the potential results," Debbie informed her.

"So how far along are you?" Andrea inquired since she had an idea of what her best friend meant.

"Three months," Debbie answered to basically confirm Andrea’s suspicions.

"What was your parents reaction?" Andrea asked.

"My dad naturally hated the idea but my mom is excited as are Diane and Rudy," Debbie said. "My brothers are thankfully a little neutral about everything. Heck I was even a little concerned at first but let’s face it I’m looking forward to it at this point."

Meanwhile in a room at the hospital a machine flatlined.

"Oliver Residence this is Andrea," Andrea said after answering the phone.

"Andrea, this is Dr. Reed you might want to swing by the hospital."

"Give me a few minutes," Andrea said.

Andrea then grabbed the jacket for her utilities and threw it on but didn’t button it up.

"Something is up at the hospital. Who feels like joining me?" Andrea asked as she grabbed the keys to her mom’s hovercar.

"I’m right behind you," Robert said. Debbie also followed them. Soon as they reached the car Debbie hopped behind the wheel.

You might want to let me drive. It’s not like your mom will catch us," Debbie said.

Andrea after a brief hesitation handed her friend the keys. Debbie drove the car cautiously as they headed for the hospital. Soon as they arrived they headed for the elevator and Debbie hit the button for the sixth floor. Dr. Reed happened to be standing in the hall outside the elevator when the doors opened.

"Andrea, The news I have to you wasn’t something I wanted to inform you of over the phone but your mom passed away a few minutes before I called you," the doctor carefully informed her. "I’m sorry but we did everything we could."

"I’m sure you did Doctor but her injuries were probably too extensive for medicine to heal," Andrea said.

Robert meanwhile was standing motionless while he processed information his scanners were telling him.

Very interesting there is more to Debbie then meets the eye. But what? Whatever it is I should try to contact either Powermatic or Fucilla.

"You all right Space Case?" Debbie asked.

"I was concentrating on something. If anything both Andrea and Kevin will require both of us to help them out for a few days. In case you were wondering my name is Robert," Robert carefully informed Debbie.

"So what is it like being Plastica?" Debbie asked.

"It’s interesting. The day I first received my powers Becoming a super hero wasn’t on the plan. Yet a chemical explosion opened a portal to Demona Prime and Powermatic came out. Man I came up with a lot of powers. Very little changed from that day. A girl I knew in High School happened to show up after evacuating the hallway. I had Powermatic give her some powers. Not nearly as many as I requested for myself. That day Plastica and Headset were born. For a while it was just the two of us as far as Powereons went. Then during our travels I lost my powers and my powerband was almost totally destroyed. A few were found and reattached to my body but it wasn’t the same. In fact eventually I developed almost an allergic reaction. Unfortunately Jessica and I were helping the Galaxy Rangers fight Scorpius at the time. A trip to Demona Prime for some Assistance from Fucilla was my only hope. It was during that time that the new model powerband the Henderson Morgan design became the standard. Damon Henderson and Kendrix Morgan came up with it so I could get out of my Powereon Uniform into a normal GSA Uniform. That trip brought another Powereon into the group. You see Fucilla placed a third powerband in Jessica’s care until it’s owner could be found. The interesting thing is none of us Jessica, the Rangers, or even me knew just how young the owner was," Robert said.

"How young was the owner?" Debbie asked.

"A Mere child. Our child in fact. It was kind of luck because I forgot to secure the powerband while Kendrix and I were studying it to see if we could figure out who it went to. Then Stephanie got ahold of it for some reason and made use of it. God one day Stephanie and two other kids were kidnapped and we had no way of knowing she was the Flitter and we were trying to figure out why after the kidnapping we couldn’t contact the Flitter. Turns out in order to conceal her identity she only had the Powerband with her when she was actually using it," Robert said.

"That was a mistake. She almost gave away her identity because of it," Debbie said.

"Actually it was because of that we figured out who she was. Alpha VI while scanning for the Flitter using info from previous battles discovered the tie between Stephanie and the Flitter. It did make it easier after that for her to power up since we knew her identity. In fact Jessica told her that she would be better off keeping the powerband with her at all times," Robert said. "Shortly after that Jessica died during a battle."

"That’s sad. Who received her powers?"

"Nobody Powereon Abilities are one time deals. In other words only one person can utilize them. Powermatic even had a plan on who would inherit them," Robert said.

It was at that moment that they noticed Andrea along with Dr. Reed standing next to them. They left shortly after that.

During all this they had been riding the elevator down. Just as they did a couple guys in a hovercar zoomed by and grabbed Debbie’s purse from her shoulder.

"Andrea, was that not your hovercar?" Debbie asked.

"I’m not sure it went so fast," Andrea said.

"It was. One thing is for sure it’s time for some action," Robert said as he grabbed his powerband and hit the P button. "Showtime Plastica Style."

A Multicolored Lightshow then took place but when the light faded Plastica was in place and by then crouching into a runners start. More light caused him to become a cheetah. He then zoomed out of the way.

"He is something else," Debbie said.

By this time Plastica had intercepted the hovercar. Soon as he did he returned to his usual form

"Nice try my friends," Plastica said.

One of the Three Police Officers in the city they were in Caught up right then with Debbie along with the Teal Ranger.

"That was one quick reaction," the officer said.

"Well it helps being quick," Plastica said.

"I noticed everything but my siren is broken so I couldn’t move traffic real fast," the officer said as he slapped the cuffs on the two thieves.

A Short time later they walked out of the Police Station and got back into the car. By this time Andrea had demorphed and Robert had also powered down. They then returned to the Oliver House.

"I saw a huge bag in your old room sis and it didn’t look like a shopping bag," Kevin said.

"My teammates sent it to me," Andrea said. "Mom passed away earlier."

"I know I stopped by the hospital after you had already left it," Kevin said. "You going back to Lunar at some point?"

"Depends on how long it takes the others to finish up on Lunar," Andrea said. "I might end up going right back to Capsilon IX."

"I’m just glad you could get away," Kevin said. That evening Robert made an interplanetary phone call to Fucilla.

"Your theory is possible. Some people are born as almost natural conduits of Powereon Abilities. Stephanie is a good example. People like that don’t always know it but Debbie is obviously a scholarly type since she is knowledgeable about Powereons. Christine and I think we figured out a way to increase the effectiveness of the Demona Rangers that are helping to once again defend Capsilon IX. It’s fairly classified though and not for mention over non secure lines," Fucilla said.

"Understandable Fucilla. I’ll keep either you or Powermatic posted on my findings," Robert said.

"You do that," Fucilla said as the call was ending.

"Who were you talking to?" Debbie asked as she walked into the room where Robert had borrowed the phone.

"I was talking to a Demona Fuser about something," Robert said. "There is normally only One fuser but right now the Present Fuser has an apprentice she is training. So there is a second fuser. This is good because it means her apprentice can concentrate on something while Fucilla handles normal duties. How are Andrea and Kevin doing?"

"They are doing ok I guess. It’s hard for them though losing both parents in such a short time period. Thankfully the Government is handling the funeral arrangements because of her parents status. Otherwise they would both be absolutely nervous wrecks. How long will you be here?" Debbie asked.

"Here as in on Diatles or as in this time period?" Robert asked.

"Either both. Whichever makes a difference," Debbie said.

"I’ll leave Diatles when Andrea feels she is ready to return to action but as for when I will leave this time period not until things have improved on Minosia. The Ultima Ranger and her special force can handle things OK in my absence," Robert said.

"I hope so," Debbie said. "You wouldn’t believe how peaceful things are on this planet. We seem almost isolated from the whole battle between good and evil."

"I doubt it will last," Robert said. "How serious a problem is Crime?"

"Not a real problem In fact there is so little crime that we don’t keep a lot of Police on the streets," Debbie said.

A Few days later Andrea, Kevin, Robert, and Debbie all stood by during the State Funeral for Andrea and Kevin’s Parents. Through some sort of luck Dr. and Mr. Cummings along with Patricia happened to be there. Amelia of course was unable to make it.

To Be Continued