Ian walked around the warehouse connecting wires and flipping switches on the computers, and monitors lining the walls. As he did this Q finished uploading all the files stored on his hard drive to the computers.

"Mr. Alban I have successfully transferred all files too the system." Q chirped as he removed a cord connecting himself and the main computer. He walked over to Ian who appeared to be not listening to him. "Mr. Alban?" Q asked putting his hand Ian's shoulder.

"Huh?" Ian replied as he turned around to face Q.

"I was saying the files have been successfully transferred." Q stated. "Is everything alright you seem to be upset, is it because Dr. Kinlear is dead?" Q asked

"Q it's a lot more than that." Ian sighed, running his fingers through his hair. "How are we supposed to find three more rangers?" Ian asked rhetorically. "We expose the operation to three outsiders if we do that!" He proclaimed.

"Maybe Dr. Kinlear had potential candidates for the other rangers." Q suggested

"I've already thought of that there's no files on anybody that he was considering to be rangers, I guess he took that information to the grave." Ian replied. Suddenly an alarm rang throughout the building and a video feed appeared on the monitor. Slivern and Chataria marched through the streets of Auburn Heights, with a horde of Weedriks following them. Citizens ran in a panic away from the monsters.

"People of Earth, we are the Gundalian pirates and we claim your planet as our next conquest!" Shouted Slivern; as he slashed at a parking meter cutting it in two.

"Q I have to go!" Ian proclaimed as he morphed running out the door.

"Please do be careful...Ian." Q murmured as he watched him leave

Slivern began a downward slash at a fallen civilian but was intercepted by a blade. Ian pushed his sword back against Slivern's. "Why did you come here!" Ian shouted as he continued to push his sword against Slivern's, allowing the civilian a chance to get up and run away from the situation. Ian pulled his sword away, and leapt over Slivern as he landed he slashed down several Weedriks. He rushed at Slivern but was stopped as several sound blasts struck him, knocking him down. Ian groaned as Chataria stood over him.

"Simple we're going to take the power of the cosmic star, and conquer Earth!" Chataria squaked. She attempted to send her talons down, but Ian rolled out of the way and got back up on his feet. He swung at Chataria with his sword and came down right on she shoulder. "Ahhhh!" She cried out in agony. This caught the attention of Slivern who ran over to assist his crew mate.

"You little brat!" he grunted as he swung his sword at Ian; Ian intercepted the swing with his own blade and pushed Slivern back. "Chataria return to the ship with the Weedriks this punk is mine!" He roared. Chataria teleported away with the weedriks, leaving Slivern and Ian standing in the street alone, as the civilians had gone into hiding.

They began circling around each other, sizing each other up, each fighter waiting for the other to make the first move. Slivern decided to take the first strike. He jabbed at Ian's chest pushing him back, and causing him to wince in pain. "Pathetic." Slivern snarled.

"Who are you calling pathetic you overgrown lizard!" Ian yelled as he charged at Slivern, and swept at his right arm attempting to knock his blade out of his hand. Noticing this Slivern did a quick turn and took the blow on his chest instead keeping control of his blade.

"Nice try." He scoffed as he barely reacted to the blow. Slivern and Ian began to exchange swings back, and forth going blow for blow. As they backed away from each other Slivern attempted to run at Ian again Ian braced himself for the attack. However, when Slivern was about half way he was tackled to the by an olive skinned man around 5'6" in height with curly brown hair. This attack caught Slivern off guard and he tumbled to the ground.

"That's for messing up my mural!" The man shouted as he began punching Slivern, too no effect. Slivern threw the man off of him and sent him flying into a wall.

"Ahhhh!" the man screeched out in pain. Ian rushed over to the man and looked him over.

"Are you okay?" he questioned as the man laid there breathing shallowly. Ian brought his head close to the man's mouth, barely hearing a breath. As he stood he aimed his sword at Slivern. "You're going to pay for injuring that man!" Ian shouted as he rushed at Slivern again. Slivern ran to meet Ian; their swords clashed against each other. Ian spun backwards creating enough torque to send Slivern backwards.

"I may have underestimated you human." Slivern Scoffed. "I won't make the mistake again." With a flash he teleported away.

Ian rushed over to the man, and began to examine him. "Sir are you okay?" Ian asked. There was no response. "Q can this suit run diagnostic scans of people?" Ian said into his morpher.

"Yes it can Mr. Alban simply point your morpher at the subject and hit the fifth button." Q responded through the morpher. Ian pointed his morpher at the man and hit the button. A light blue ray ran over the man's body, and then dispersed.

"Vital readings at 7%, subject will die in 10 minutes." a voice from the morpher spoke.

"Crap the nearest hospital isn't close enough." Ian exclaimed as he picked the man up in his arms. "Q teleport us to the base now!" Ian shouted.

"Yes Mr. Alban" Q chirped back. In the base Q hit a few buttons and Ian and the man were instantly transported to the base. When they landed in the base Ian immediately demorphed and rushed the man to a medical pod.

"Q how good are these things with life threatening injuries?" Ian asked as he put the man in the pod and activated it. "Q I need an answer dammit!" He shouted

"They are 97.6% successful on handling life threatening injuries." Q responded walking over to Ian and the man. "Mr. Alban who is this man?" Q questioned. "I'm running through my files of known associates of Dr. Kinlear, and those associated with Star Squadron; there's no one in here who resembles him."

"I don't know Q he was some civilian who decided he would attack that overgrown lizard." Ian said exasperated; he sat down and began to look at the man worriedly. "I should have saved him. He tackled Slivern and tried fighting him. He didn't have the skills or equipment to put up a fight but I just stood there in awe of his bravery." Ian stood up and threw his chair. "How can I be a good ranger if I can't protect one person!" Ian shouted

"Mr. Alban calm down if my calculations are correct this man will make a full recovery." Q said walking over to Ian. Ian just looked at the man lying there in the pod listening to the ekg hoping it would pick up.

Meanwhile on Captain Baras' ship.

"You fools!" Captain Baras shouted standing up from his chair and walking towards Chataria, and Slivern. "You decided to teleport away instead of finishing that pathetic human! I should strike you both down where you stand." He roared.

"Captain, Slivern told me to return to the ship it's not my fault." Chataria squaked falling to her knees pleading for her life.

"Is this true?" Baras asked unsheathing his sword; brining it up to Slivern's throat.

"Yes captain but you have to understand that pathetic human is mine to kill and I don't need distractions when I do it." Slivern gulped as he closed his eyes expecting the worst to occur. Baras moved his blade away from his throat and put it back in it's sheath. He walked back to his chair and sat down. He brought his hand to his head.

"Your ego will be your downfall Slivern." Baras chuckled. "The human can be yours but we have to secure the powers of the cosmic star first." Baras proclaimed. "To make sure you two do not fail me we will have another crew member join you on your next expedition to earth is that understood." Baras announced.

"Yes Captain!" Chataria, and Slivern called back. "Who will you be sending with us?" Chataria asked.

"I will be sending MantaRazor with you." Baras said with a gleam in his eyes.

Back on Earth.

The man started to come too in the medical pod, and started to freak out when he saw what he was in.

"Shit I've been captured!" the man shouted. He began punching and kicking the glass of the medical pod. "Let me out you monster!" he shouted. Hearing this Q and Ian ran over to the pod and hit the release button allowing the lid to open. "Alright now which one of you was the one who put me in that thing?" The man asked sitting up, clearly agitated.

"I did but it was to save your life." Ian replied stepping closer to the man. "You were dying and I had to do something."

"Huh if you were with that thing I fought you would have just let me die...but the only other person in the area was that power ranger. No way you're a power ranger?!" The man exclaimed standing up and walking towards Ian. "Thank you for saving my life man."

"No problem but what's your name?" Ian asked

"Oh yeah my name it's Roland." Roland stated. "Umm like I said thanks for saving me whatever your name is but I gotta get going." He said as he started to walk away.

"My name is Ian; I saw how brave you were out there; you attacked an alien with no weapons, no armor, and no real game plan." Ian recalled. "I think with some training you could be a great asset to my team, so what do you say?" Ian asked Roland extending his hand.

"No thanks it's not for me." Roland replied continuing to walk away. "I'm not really a team player."

Just then the alarm went off again as Slivern, Chataria and dozens of weedriks were on the screen in the middle was a dark navy blue alien whose body was shaped like that of a stingray he had glowing orange eyes and at the ends of his arms were harpoon shaped weapons.

"Well I don't have time to argue with you but just stay here and think about it while I go fight those bastards." Ian proclaimed. "Star Squadron ascend!" He shouted his suit forming around him, as he rushed out the door.

"That guy is a real hero." Roland murmured under his breath.

"Indeed he is and you could be just like him." Q replied walking towards the monitors.

Ian rushed downtown to where Chataria, Slivern, and the alien were attacking. As he arrived he pulled out his side blaster and fired at the Weedriks destroying multiple. He ran towards the three larger aliens full speed summoning his sword, hacking down the Weedriks as they tried to stop him. As he grew closer to them Ian lept into the air and brought his blade down but the navy blue alien caught it with his arms and pushed Ian back. "You're new what do they call you?" Ian asked as he jabbed at the alien with his sword.

"I am MantaRazor of the Gundalian Pirates and I shall be the one to collect the cosmic star for Captain Baras!" MantaRazor roared dodging the jab and pushing Ian into Slivern.

"Long time no see worm!" Slivern growled as he spun Ian around and brought his two cutlasses down onto Ian's shoulders. Ian shouted out in pain but kept on fighting. He looked around surrounded by Chataria, Slivern, and MantaRazor. He then decided to attempt something he had only tried with the practice sword before back on the ship.

"Energy slash charge!" Ian shouted as he brought his sword across his body. The aliens rushed in; he knew he had to act now. "Energy slash release!" He exclaimed as a rip of red energy emanated from his blade striking all three aliens, but they still were standing. "That's my strongest attack!" Ian said. He then rushed at MantaRazor again, MantaRazor extended his arms and the harpoons on the end launched forward striking Ian causing him to fall down. Ian slowly stood back up and stared at MantaRazor head on. Suddenly from his right sound an awful screech resounded and he covered the sides of his helmet to protect himself from the onslaught, dropping his blade. Slivern took this opportunity and slashed Ian across his left side.

"Face it you can't beat us." MantaRazor taunted as the three monsters stood over Ian

As this was happening back in the base Roland, and Q watched the scene unfold.

"What are you doing you have to do something!" Roland shouted at Q

"I can't do anything i'm an analytical droid not properly fitted for combat situations." Q responded "However this is the perfect opportunity to be a hero Roland."

Roland looked around the building, down at the floor, and then up at Q. "I don't know this really isn't me I don't know if I can handle it." He stated

"Right now isn't a matter of handling it's a matter of doing." Q retorted gesturing to the screen. It displayed Ian constantly standing up only to get knocked down by a volley of harpoon strikes, screeches, and slashes. "Ian said he saw bravery but what i'm seeing is a yellow bellied coward."

"Alright I'll do it hand me one of those morphers." Roland said glaring up at Q. Q handed him a morpher.

"Now all you have to do to morph is." Q started saying

"I know what to say I heard Ian." Roland responded strapping the morpher onto his wrist. "Star Squadron Ascend!" Roland shouted.

Morphing sequence.

A yellow energy surrounded his body attaching itself to him a yellow suit formed on his body with white gloves and boots and a white and gold belt a white V appeared on his chest. His helmet formed around his head with a traditional rectangle design forming his vision system. "Star Squadron yellow ranger!" He shouted appearing fully morphed. "Q, Ian doesn't have time for me to run there teleport me in." Roland said.

"Yes sir." Q replied firing up the teleporter sending Roland to Ian's location.

To be continued.

A/N: I know another cliff hanger and it's been over a year since this story has been updated and people probably assumed I either died, or just gave up on it. The second part it sort of true. I fell into a really bad depression and couldn't find the spark to write anymore but now the spark is back and I will be updating this story more frequently. This being said we now have our yellow ranger Roland submitted by the lovely Michelletheeditor. What that means is there are two spots left on the team both female characters and the colors available are green, blue, white, black. You can submit in either a pm or a review whichever one you here is the template for submitting an oc.

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