A/N: Muahaha! More Crack! Its a shorter chapter, but its still ridiculous. I think I need mental help. Hehe..

Triangle

The monster met them head on, it twisted and turned and swung its arms forwards and backwards. The team had a bit of trouble getting close, but once they did all bets were off. In a combination of kicks, punches, and elbows the rangers were actually doing pretty well. At one point, McNab the black ranger, managed to pull off an impressive low kick, as he came back up he was pulling back to deliver another punch before the monster hooked him with an arm and sent him flying back. McNab hit the ground about ten feet away.

"McNab!" The Chief noticed and turned her head just slightly towards her fallen comrade, but as soon as her guard dropped a little, the monster's arms came swinging, connecting with her gut. The Chief fell as pink sparks flew off her body, she dropped to the ground near McNab, the two were struggling to stand up.

Juliet paid little attention to her team mates falling behind her, the yellow ranger surged forward. The monster swung for her, but she lifted her hand forming her shield, blocking the hit. Once the arm was lowered she was in the air, landing the monster's face with her foot. The monster fell back, and grunted. But its recovery time was fast, it was back up, and arm swinging.

"Juliet!" Gus was in motion, his plan was to stop time briefly, grab Jules and move, but he was a little slower then he cared to be. He got to Juliet only to be knocked to the ground.

"Gus!" The distraction was enough that the monster swung down, its arm flinging Juliet down near Gus.

"Hey!" Lassiter called for the monsters attention, the monster turned to the red ranger, and swung its arms, Lassiter dodged and shot his hands out grabbing the arm and crushing it with its hands. The monster howled and tried to pull away, but Lassiter pulled and the monster's arm ripped out completely. The metal in Lassiter's hand shifting, turning back into the door of the SUV. The monster however was still active, and turning its body, swung its other arm right for Lassiter's head.

"Lassie!" Shawn was up, he went for the arm to grab it, but all he managed to do was draw the monster's attention to him. The monster's face turned into an odd grin, and it latched its arm around Shawn's neck pulling him close. "This can't be good..." Shawn struggled, his feet kicking at the monster trying to gain leverage. "Let go you big ugly rust heap!"

"Put him down!" Lassiter's voice boomed – seeing Shawn get picked up by the thing? Not cool. He was sure he'd react the same if it had been anybody else, but as if now, it was Shawn in danger. The monster didn't listen, it just pulled Shawn closer.

Shawn was starting to lose breath, the monster was squeezing his neck really tight, if he didn't think of something soon – he'd be dead meat. His eyes started darting, looking for a weak spot. He was so focused that he didn't notice a click in his neck. He didn't realize that the monster had planted a chip on him. A chip that proceeded to eat through his suit and bury itself under the skin of Shawn's neck. All evidence of the chip then vanishing. Shawn barely noticed. Eventually he found a weak spot, folded metal where Lassiter had punched the SUV earlier that day. Shawn struck downward, the blow being enough that he freed himself. The monster released and Shawn fell to the ground gasping for air.

"Shawn." Lassiter was at his side helping him up. "You alright?"

"Yeah." Shawn was up. "Let's finish this."

"Alright." By now the others recovered and they were standing in formation. "How?"

"I have an idea." Lassiter said. "Does everyone have a weapon?"

"I got my gun." Juliet mentioned.

"I got my – bow and arrow?" The chief held out her hands where a pink bow and arrow appeared. "What the hell am I supposed to do with this?"

"Use it." Shawn held out his own hand, a green lined dagger appearing in his.

Gus followed suit, a blue lance materializing in his palms. "..How exactly?"

"Half of these weapons are illegal." Lassiter pointed out. His own hand held out, and a sword appeared in his. "Sunuva..."

"It could be worse boss." The black ranger was holding a battle axe. "Much worse."

Shawn suppressed the urge to laugh. This was quite possibly the funniest moment of his life. He looked over to Jules who had yellow daggers to match his. "Like twins!"

"I – guess?" Juliet looked at her daggers in confusion. "Seriously what the hell are we supposed to do with these?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Shawn stood ready. "Like I said before, use them." Shawn demonstrated, at this point the monster had finally recovered fully and was charging. Shawn ran meeting it head on with his dagger. The monster swung its remaining arm, and Shawn turned his body swinging his dagger, the small blade with a wave of green energy sliced into the monster's arm. It wasn't long enough to sever the arm, but the arm was now holding by a limb, and the monster was on its knees howling.

"I want in on this." The Chief was up next, her bow and arrow ready. She took perfect aim, the pink ranger's arrow firing off in a wave of pink, the light blasting right into the monster's chest. Pink sparks flew off of it, and the monster's screams grew weaker.

"Now Lassie!" Shawn called for Shawn to finish it. Lassiter took cue, and took off in a run, in his last few steps he leaped into the air his sword swinging, red energy spread out from his entire body. The sword came downward slicing diagonally into the monster. The monster exploded into dust. Lassiter landed on his feet the sword poised over his shoulder. There was a moment where Lassiter stood, proud at his accomplishment. He then slacked in his posture and looked to where the monster had been moments before.

"Holy hell – I did that?"

"Lassie!" Shawn was laughing as he ran over to Lassiter; the green ranger faded and vanished with a sparkle, leaving just Shawn in his casual clothes. "That was amazing!"

"You think so?" Lassiter turned to face Shawn, the red ranger gear disappearing as well. "I mean – you and the Chief got in good hits too."

"Those weapons were so cool!" Shawn was so happy. "I'm almost excited for our next battle!"

"I'm not." Gus was coming up, his gear having been gone awhile now. "That was absolutely brutal. We need more training."

"We'll get it." Shawn said. He turned to the Chief. "Right?"

"That's an expense I can't justify." The Chief explained. "We'll have to do it on our own time."

"So – gym memberships?" Juliet tried.

"I already have one." McNab seemed proud.

"There will be no need." Caleb appeared from nowhere and joined them. "I will take care of everything, just give me a couple of days and I will contact all of you."

"We get a secret base?" Shawn asked.

"Like special agents?" Lassiter started to show his inner dork. "Special entry and everything?"

"Oh!" Shawn raised his hand. "Secret handshake to get in?"

"Not quite." Caleb then gave a cocky smile and winked at Shawn. "Entry will be cooler than that."

Shawn was giddy. "Yay!" Then of course he felt dizzy and had to stop. "Whoa."

"You alright?" Lassiter stepped forward. "The monster had you for a second back there."

"I'm still tired from my vision earlier." Shawn was ashamed to admit. "It threw me off in that battle."

"No shit." Caleb reached out and touched Shawn's neck gently, tilting his head back, a violent red mark showing on his skin. "I saw that choke hold, it looked brutal."

Shawn closed his eyes, Caleb's touch was warm and gentle, Caleb's fingers felt nice on his bruise. The bruise he was sure he obtained from being choked. "It felt pretty bad."

"How does it feel now?" Lassiter took another step closer to Shawn, he couldn't help it. He shot Caleb a warning look.

"Still a bit sore." Shawn shrugged. "I'm okay."

"Man." Juliet spoke up. "You guys and the Chief did so well, Gus, McNab and I barely got any action."

"Your time will come Juliet." Caleb sounded sure. "That monster wasn't the last, everyone will be different. They will each have strengths and weaknesses; eventually you will encounter one whose weakness compliments your strength. You will all get your moment."

"Another question!" Shawn raised his hand. "Who is sending these monsters?"

"I will explain everything once we get back to the station." Caleb answered. "Let's go going."

They all departed from the station, none of them realizing they were being watched. From far off between two buildings the truck driver was watching intently. His face and his clothes started to change, revealing a younger man with blonde hair, he had piercing silver eyes and he was dressed completely in black and silver. When the rangers were gone he held his wrist to his arm and spoke into it. "Medora was defeated."

There was a few seconds of silence before a muffled voice responded; it came directly from the man's wrist. "Did he succeed?"

"Yes."

"Good. Which one?"

"Green."

"Good, his psychic abilities will prove useful to us. This pleases me."

"What are my orders?"

"Return to me for now. We'll continue to attack the city. The more the green ranger uses his powers, the more they'll darken and turn. We won't have to do a thing; he'll eventually come to us."

"Perfect." The younger man grinned, and vanished in a puff of smoke.

Back at the Chief's office, Caleb finished explaining about the power coins. "They were created by my ancestors. At one point in time, there was an entire colony with the same powers you now possess as rangers. All of us worked together to keep the universe safe. Then one day, a dark army showed up at our door, over powering us. Thousands were slaughtered. The last remaining members of the colony couldn't let the powers die. They were the only thing keeping the universe from being destroyed. We created the coins, then placed them into hiding. We take them to different planets every few years. This is the first time the army has ever managed to track them down."

"So basically." Lassiter said. "They wouldn't even be here, if you hadn't come here."

"Don't start." Caleb said. "It wouldn't matter where I was, they would've tracked me down eventually. I actually count myself lucky I was found on earth. There are other planets out there, weaker than yours. Here. We have a chance."

"Caleb." Shawn said. "Are you the last of your kind?"

"No." Caleb said. "There are a few more, I just don't know where they're hiding. We spread out. Went into hiding on different planets. We contact each other when it's time to move the coins, but that's it."

"What was the name of your planet?" Juliet asked. "Neptune? Jupiter?"

Caleb grinned a bit. "Not from this galaxy. I'm from a planet called Yomar."

"Never heard of it." Gus said.

"And you never will again." Caleb said.

"Who is leading this army?" The Chief asked. "That's my biggest concern."

"Her name is Veltrix, but her minions call her Queen."

"Of course they do." Lassiter didn't sound surprised. "So basically we have a bitch from space attacking our planet, to get the power coins so she can take over the universe."

"That is exactly what I'm saying." Caleb nodded.

"I hate every second of this." Lassiter said. "Every. Second."

"Lassie." Shawn smiled. "No worries, we got this. We have awesome powers now! It'll be just like regular crime fighting, only with – you know...powers and stuff."

Lassiter sighed and looked to the others. Gus, O'Hara and the Chief looked just as unsure as him, McNab on the other hand was grinning ear to ear like he agreed with everything Shawn said. "You've got to be kidding me."

"So." Juliet cut Lassiter off turning to Caleb off. "What do we do now?"

Caleb shrugged. "Return to your normal lives. As the attacks come you'll be needed, but during the in-between times, you still have images to uphold as police officers and..." He looked to Shawn with a cheeky grin. "And Psychic Detectives."

Shawn scratched the back of his head with a tiny laugh.

"Well." Caleb turned to the rest of them. "I'm off now, rangers. I will see you when I see you."

Within that second, Caleb vanished. The spot he was standing in was completely empty. Shawn tilted his head and poked the empty spot. All he felt was air. "I need to learn how to do that."

"Oh for fu..." Lassiter shook his head and left the room. He hated that Shawn seemed to be so entranced by everything Caleb said. It was half the reason he hated this whole situation.

"Hey wait up!" Juliet ran out of the office after her partner. McNab shrugged and soon followed suit. The Chief sat in her chair and gave Shawn and Gus a look over.

"I have paper work to do, we'll discuss this more later." She shooed them out. Shawn and Gus left the station altogether but as soon as they were in Gus' car they were talking.

"That was amazing." Gus admitted. "Though I'm worried. One of us can get seriously hurt, or worse."

"How is that any different then what we were doing before?" Shawn asked. "It's just...better."

"Are you saying that because you actually like this whole situation, or because you think Caleb is good looking?"

"Whoa – what?" Shawn brushed him off. "Caleb is just Caleb, we barely know him."

"But you seem to like each other." Gus insisted. "He smiles at you, a lot."

"Can we please remember that not even twenty minutes ago he admitted to not even being human, how would that even work? We probably don't even have the same...parts."

Gus laughed. "Well if he does, I bet you have half a chance. Next time you see him, ask him out."

"Hmmm..." Shawn thought about it. "Maybe."

"Only maybe, Shawn you've been single for the longest time, Caleb seems to like you, and despite everything, I think you like him too. What could possibly be stopping you from seeing where things go?"

Shawn didn't answer Gus, instead his phone went off and he glanced to it checking his texts. "Huh, a text from Lassie, he wants us all to meet him at his house later."

"All of us?" Gus quirked a brow.

"All of us." Shawn confirmed, he showed Gus his phone. "See?"

"Huh...He's never done that before." Gus said.

"I know." Shawn answered. "Well lets grab something to eat, then we'll go see what he wants."

"Sounds good to me."

As Gus spoke he put his car into drive and left the station, when they hit the road they started to argue over which burger joint to hit up for a late lunch.