One day shortly after setting up their secret base inside the residential corridor of the Ultimatron Karone and Sue were in the main city. Sue had to work at her day job at Colonial Security and Karone wanted to get some fresh air since the air circulators at their base weren't working. At one point she was sitting at a table when a male in a Blue uniform set a plate of food down.

"Excuse me but I didn't order this," Karone said.

"Why worry about it it's on me," the cook said as he set his chefs hat down on the table.

"Oh Kai. Didn't expect it to be you," Karone said.

"I figured as much. Don't worry Karone I didn't cook this. Corey did," Kai said referring to the Assistant Chef of Chez Kai.

"Corey is a much better cook then you are anyway," Karone said.

"Thanks Karone," Corey said as he walked by.

At that moment Karone's eyes started to close and undergo a mischievous look. Before the two restaurateurs knew what was up Karone was heading toward a man with a cape on nearby.

"Well Well what brings you where you aren't wanted Lord Wieskoph?" Karone asked the enemy agent.

"Ah I hear the sounds of a traitor to all that is evil," he muttered.

"Your reign of tyranny is over Lord Wieskoph," Karone said. "Supercharge."

A beam of light then started to steer around Karone slowly forming her new uniform from the Top down. Her helmet had just formed into place when Lord Wieskoph fired a beam at Karone before her suit could even begin to form. Karone then vanished.

"Corey, call Hannah in and take over. I better find a back-up unit," Kai said.

A short time later Sue was sitting at her desk talking to Officer Hargan.

"Colonial Security Office This is Sue."

"Sue, this Kai Chen at Chez Kai we have a problem."

"Define Problem Kai," Sue said.

"Someone just captured Karone," Kai said.

"Kai correct me if I'm wrong but did you just say that Karone has been captured?" Sue asked as her right hand hovered over a red button marked with a P.

"Sue, I wish I hadn't but I did," Kai admitted.

Sue was left speechless but one finger pressed the button. Within seconds she was in another room this one full of Computers.

"Something wrong Sue?" Ultimatron asked.

"Karone has been captured," Sue said.

"Sue, you will need the Saber bearers for this one I fear," Ultimatron said.

"Ultimatron, Karone besides being part of the Ultima Force is a Saber Bearer if I properly interpret your reference to Saber Bearers to be the Galaxy Rangers," Sue said.

"We'll have to do our best though," Ultimatron informed her boss.

"Ultimatron, summon my back-up crew," Sue said.

Two minutes later Sue's boss at Colonial Security Mike Corbett along with the teenager who one day would give birth to Sue teleported in.

"Sue, what is up. Hargan said you got a disturbing call from Kai then suddenly vanished."

"I teleported here. Since you spoke with Hargan apparently you obviously know what is up. Where is Grandpa hiding?" Sue asked referring to the other member of the main crew.

"He is out of time," Stephanie said "and I don't mean he ran out of time."

"He is visiting Capsilon IX again isn't he?" Sue asked.

Stephanie nodded.

"That he is," Stephanie said. "Why I don't know but he is."

"With me here he doesn't really have to go there even if he apparently still does," Sue said.

"I have a feeling we will need your grandfather. According to my stepmother though he didn't take his tricorder. This means Sven can't send a time delay e-mail to him," Stephanie said.

"Sue, we may have to take the battle into space," Mike said.

"Mike, Lord Weiskoph's ship is 4 au's from the planet. That translates out to over 372,000,000 miles from here That would if Mirinoi was the Earth place Lord Wieskoph's ship somewhere between Mars and Jupiter probably amongst the asteroid field there," Sue pointed out having had the Ultimatron run the calculations previously.

"OK what is our next move then?" Mike asked.

"Ultimatron thinks we should summon the saber bearers. This would mean with Kendrix dead and Karone captured that we would be limited to Leo, Kai, Damon, and Maya," Sue informed her crew.

"How many of them are even cleared for this facility?" Stephanie asked.

"Leo has limited clearance and Damon has full clearance. I haven't seen any reason to clear Kai or Maya yet," Sue informed her future mother.

"Sue, message coming in for Karone," Ultimatron broke in.

"I probably should take it then," Sue said. A small screen then lot up to reveal the shoulders and head of a Blond haired Caucasian Male wearing a White looking shirt and black jacket.

"Oh Sorry I was looking for Karone," he said.

"Are you a friend of hers?" Sue asked.

"Yes I am I'm Zhane."

"She has mentioned you. Zhane there is a problem. Karone is a prisoner of evil," Sue said.

"No not again," Zhane said. "Who has her?"

"Lord Wieskoph," Sue said.

"Not good. Where should we meet up?" Zhane asked.

"Meet me at the Mirinoi Planetary Defense Base," Sue said.

"Why there?" Mike asked.

"I'm not sure I want to clear Zhane and Andros for this installation. If Zhane is coming then you can bet that Andros will be with him. Andros after all is Karone's brother. Chief Corbett, I want you on hand for my meeting with Zhane and Andros. Mom, I think it would be best of you skipped this meeting. I also think Kai should be on hand," Sue said.

"Hargan interviewed Kai and handed in a report already," Mike said.

"Still I want Kai on hand. It took two interviews with Mr. Samoto to learn who had kidnapped his daughter back when my powers were still unstable," Sue said. "I failed that little girl but I'm not going to fail Karone."

"I don't blame you. Here you fought Lord Wieskoph in your own time then you go back in time and end up having to fight him over again. Not a good combination," Stephanie pointed out.

"I won't fight him nearly as long as Kelly will. Besides Kelly won't have to fight Haradomous and I will," Sue pointed out using the future tense.

"Still you best be careful," Mike pointed out.

"I always try to be Chief," Sue indicated.

The meeting then broke up with Sue teleporting to her grandmothers to grab her motorcycle.

"Sue, your grandfather isn't here at all," Connie informed her.

"I know my mom told me," Sue responded. "I have to go over to his office though as something came up."

Sue then hopped on her bike and kicked the starter. Twenty minutes later she hit the brakes just as Mike pulled up in a security car.

"I took the time to leave word where we could be reached," Mike said.

"Good thinking, my bike doesn't have a radio so I couldn't report in," Sue informed him. "Also my communicator doesn't have the colonial security or planetary defense frequencies."

"See if Alpha or the Ultimatron can modify your communicator to include those frequencies."

"I probably should but our first priority Chief is to get Karone back," Sue reminded him.

"I agree," Mike said.

They spent the entire rest of the day and most of the next day at the Defense Base waiting for the Red and Silver Astro Rangers.

"Sue, how long is your grandfather going to be gone?" Sven asked. "It has already been two weeks."

"Sven I just found out yesterday that he was even gone. When I'm in the city these days it's mainly to work," Sue said.

"How did you find out he was gone?" Sven asked.

"When Karone was captured by Lord Wieskoph I was notified and After I went to my base I looked over the situation and had my back-up crew summoned. Generally when I require my back-up crew he responds. This time he didn't just Security Chief Corbett and Stephanie," Sue informed him.

"Which means you are down two members Karone and your grandfather," Sven said.

"Yes I am. It also means if we need to bring the Galaxy Rangers out of retirement that we will be short a ranger. I hope that when Karone's friends arrive that they can help out somehow."

The next morning Sue was leaning against her bike when two gliders showed up. One glider had a silvery look the other looked red. Sue looked at the morphed figures. The one in Silver looked over in her direction.

"Hi, we spoke on the comm a few days ago," he said.

"I take it you are Zhane. I'm Sue Collington. I'm Karone's teammate."

"I half figured you were a ranger of some type," Zhane said before powering down. By this time his red suited companion had Powered down to reveal a Stripe haired Male in a Red Shirt and Grey pants and jacket.

"Let me guess you are Andros," Sue said.

"That I am. How did you guess?" Andros asked.

"I knew you were Karone's brother and when Zhane mentioned he was coming I figured you would be nearby," Sue responded.

"Sue, what is Plastica's take on the situation?"

"I didn't get a chance to consult with my grandfather because he hasn't been around," Sue said forgetting that her companions didn't know her story. Of course Both Zhane and Andros ended up with their mouths hanging open when Mike walked up.

"Andros, trust me you don't want to know where I got my special assistant from," Mike said.

"You sure Mr. 2^nd in Command?" Andros asked.

"Actually I head up Colonial Security now in addition to my secondary job with the Ultimaforce," Mike informed him. I don't really work with Lt. Gov. Stanton."

"I wonder if Stanton remembers what happened last time we visited?"

"By this are you referring to Kendrix Morgan's death or what Andros did to Robert in the City Dome?" Mike asked referring to when Andros had slipped up behind him and placed his arms on Robert's shoulders causing Robert to jump real high and Power up. "Heck I remember what happened. Andros, your sister was a fairly good replacement though."

"Now though another evil villain has her. Let's face it I am to get her back," Andros said.

"Andros, Karone isn't his only prisoner. A few weeks ago a four year old Japanese girl was kidnapped by Lord Wieskoph. We have no idea where the little girl is now," Sue informed him.

Right then a company of Lizardtrons showed up.

"This is Not good, Not good at all," Sue commented. "Ninja Ranger Power."

"Magna Power."

"Let's Rocket," Andros and Zhane called out.

The Morphing was soon completed. Sue immediately grabbed her stars and started taking on the Lizardtrons. Zhane meanwhile held his left arm out and called out one simple thing.

"Super Silverizer," He summoned. Between the four of them they managed to knock out all of the Lizardtrons even those from the other two companies that Showed up. AS they were finishing up one Lizardtron ended up growing.

"Ultimazord Roll out," Sue called out even though she was still in Ninja mode. The massive Battlezord then left it's home at the Ultimaforces secret base and headed for the Battlescene. Soon as it arrived Sue teleported into it.

"Ultimazord Warrior Mode."

"Andros, you and Zhane might want to stand back," Mike Cautioned as Sue's zord started to undergo the series of moves needed to form the Megazord.

"That zord is the Ultimate," Zhane said.

"You said it," Andros said as Sue called for the Ultima Blaster. "Mike what ever happened to your zord?"

"Oh Torozord he's long gone. I lost him in a battle five years ago shortly before the colony arrived on Mirinoi. It wasn't pretty."

"Was this before or after you guys blew up the Megaship?" Andros asked in an accusatory tone.

"Before. I lost Torozord when we were escaping the Lost Galaxy. The Megaship was lost when the Colony crashed on Mirinoi's moon and we had to take Trakeena out one final time," Mike said.

"If your brother and his friends hadn't blown up the Megaship we could use it to locate Lord Wieskoph and rescue Karone," Andros said.

"How did you two get here without a ship?" Mike inquired.

"WE used our Galaxy Gliders," Andros said.

Zhane then looked at Andros and got an idea.

"Galaxy Gliders Hang Ten," Andros and Zhane called out. They were soon aboard their surfboard like Aerial platforms trying to keep the giant lizard busy long enough for Sue to take him out. Unfortunately with their maneuvering around she couldn't get a decent shot.

"Andros, you and Zhane will have to fall back. I can't use the Megazord's weaponry without risking hurting you two," Sue broadcasted over the Ranger frequency.

They immediately fell back and Sue took the massive saber and cut the Lizardtron down to size. Soon after that they regrouped at the Planetary Defense Office in a conference Room. The Flitter was on Hand for this meeting.

"OK here is our problem, We are here on Mirinoi. Lord Wieskoph is here on a ship 4 aus from here. Also aboard this ship is at least one prisoner. What we need to do is figure out a way to raid the Ship without violating the Ranger Code. It won't be easy," Sue pointed out.

"If you ask me it will be neard****d impossible. After all any attempt we use to rescue the prisoners could be construed as using our powers for personal gain," Zhane said. "Besides it could end up escalating the battle."

"I hate to say it but Zhane has a point," Andros said.

Meanwhile Karone was resting as comfortably as she could in her cell. Since every surface was of hard materials this meant she was in reality resting rather uncomfortably.

At that moment Lord Wieskoph stopped by.

"Enjoying yourself aren't you. Well pretty soon you won't be enjoying yourself. A couple new rangers were on hand during todays battle. Somehow they looked familiar," Lord Wieskoph said.

Andros and Zhane possibly. Could Sue have contacted them,

"It won't be too long before you are once again on the proper side of the battlefield Superranger," Wieskoph threatened. "You aren't so powerful without your morpher are you?"

"You really think I find you much of threat with the cell door between us," Karone said. "How about coming in here and threatening me?"

"Not a bad idea," Lord Wieskoph said unlocking the door to Karone's cell. Soon as he entered Karone outsmarted him and ran out locking the powerful lord in his own dungeon. She then started to release the other prisoners. Among the other prisoners was a ranger from Alpha Centauri. Together the two rangers searched out their morphers. Karone found them in the Dark Lord's private quarters.

"This will come in Handy," Ronak the Centaurian Ranger said.

"I agree," Karone said. "Supercharge."

"Centaurian Ranger Extreme," Ronak said.

Once again Karone's purple and Pink Ranger Uniform started to appear. Her helmet closely resembled a morphing ranger helmet but in a purple color the chest and arms were similar to the Pink Zero Rangers, and the legs were once again purple. The gloves looked they came off Karone's old Galaxy Uniform and the boots were more like Cassie's astro boots. A flash of light revealed a familiar weapon to Karone: Her quasar saber.

Meanwhile Ronak's suit was Red with a yellow constellation on the chest. Karone recognized the constellation as the one that Alpha Centauri was in. His gloves were white with the same constellation on it. They extended up so far that it almost looked as if his elbows were inside the gloves. His boots extended halfway up his legs and were a grayish color.

"God what kind of ranger wears that kind of outfit?" Ronak asked looking at Karone's bicolor uniform.

"My uniform is unique to my powers. Had I been given a chance I would have been the Purple Astro Ranger and I was for a while the Pink Galaxy Ranger. Therefore I had aspects of two different colors in my body. That probably explains my uniform," Karone said. "Now that the prisoners are free and Lord Wieskoph is locked up how do we get out of here?"

"Easy my friend. I happen to have a shuttle with me," Ronak said.

Fairly soon Ronak and Karone were aboard his shuttle it looked similar to the old National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Defense Agency shuttle that the Astro Megaship had been equipped. Son as they were aboard and clear of the ship Karone headed for communications.

"Ronak, set course for Mirinoi while I try to establish contact with Ultimaforce HQ," Karone ordered.

"You got it. Oh and your first name please. I hate referring to Rangers by color and yours is confusing," Ronak said.

"Karone but long ago for a while I was known as Astronema," Karone said. "Ultimaforce HQ this is Karone come in."

Ten minutes later Karone managed to tap into the frequency.

"Karone, you all right?" Sue asked since she was still meeting with Senior Planetary Defense Officials and the Ultimatron had transferred Karone's call to her.

"I'm better then I was Sue now that I'm free of Lord Wieskoph's dungeon. If you can contact the ranger base on Alpha Centauri and let them know that the Red Centaurian Ranger is alive and well," Karone said. "Sue for the record Ronak and I freed the other prisoners and the little girl was not amongst them."

"Thanks Karone," Sue said. "I have a couple people here who look glad to know you are safe. Rendevous at my grandfather's."

"You got it Sue," Karone said.

Six hours later they landed at a space port near the Gutheim's house. Karone then summoned her battlebike and Ronak hopped aboard the sidecar. Another ten minutes brought them to the house. Soon as they arrived they saw Sue standing to one side alongside Stephanie. Mike and Leo were also in the room. Karone though looked right at the Blond haired Silver Ranger.

"Zhane, it's been a long time," Karone said.

"I know Karone, you never were good about writing or calling," Zhane said as Andros reached out to give his sister a hug. Karone after she pried herself loose of her brother's iron grip introduced Ronak to the assembled Gatherers.

"I'd introduce you to the last member of out back-up force except he isn't around. Sue where is your grandfather hiding?"

"He is off on one of his trips. Where exactly I'm not sure I think he went to my old home only he managed to work it so we can't contact him at all," Sue said. "Ronak, the computer system at my base is working on finding your team's base but so far we haven't had any luck. We're even working to contact the Ranger Council. Unfortunately I have no idea who the current leaders of the council are since the head of the council in my time isn't even on the council in this time."

"Miss Collington, until such time as I can contact my teammates I have no problem working with the Ultimaforce," Ronak said.

"Please Ronak call me Sue."

"I will try," Ronak said.

"Mike remind me to arrange access for him at HQ," Sue said.

To Be Continued