Power Rangers: Defender

Chapter 1

"So we don't know what they may be searching for in the cavern systems," Kendall spoke as she looked over a viewing screen in the base, its connection to Zenowing as the bird looked through something on his own screen. Apparently she had called him at a strange time where he was waiting for someone to arrive from a planet over a different matter, but Zenowing had spoken that they were fine with waiting a bit longer. "Could they be after the Energems?"

"No, with the change in time there should be no reason for any record of them to be on earth unless Keeper is there," Zenowing responded, looking over what they had on their screen. Then, his gaze seemed to turn troubled as he looked over things. "Even the history of Earth hasn't changed all too much in terms of its interactions with space, but I'll look through the databanks on anything that may have happened just in case. I'll also contact Keeper to have him see if he knows anything."

"Thank you Zenowing," was all Kendall had responded before the connection ended. She then looked over the scans of the area as she tried to find something that could explain what the monster was doing here, but nothing seemed to show up at the mountain. It was more than likely due to the magnetic field there, Kendall's mind going back to the time when both Koda and Chase had been kept there by Slammer. "What are they doing over there, though..."

-Outside of Amber Beach Zoo-

"Nathan, I found the trail for the monster in the caves," came Zika's voice as the armored warrior stood on a building overlooking the zoo, his gaze on the car that Kendall and the others had returned in that was now parked at the front of the building. "It's as you were afraid of, they found the location of where the seal is."

"It was only a matter of time once they found out the location, Zika," Nathan responded as he knelt down towards the edge, his gaze overlooking the area. "What it holds has its own power that it emanates, so it was foolish for me to even think that placing it under the earth would seal it well enough. What about the other seal further in the mountain?"

"The area's undiscovered save for one Stingwinger that I had chased and destroyed at the entrance, and I don't even think they knew it was here from how they reacted," Zika responded, soon following silence as Nathan's gaze moved to the street. "Do you think the Guardian's prophecy is coming true?"

"Probably, but that's only if they manage to break the seal. We're not out of hope yet."

"Then we have some time to stop them," came Zika's voice as Nathan noticed a beam of light coming down from the sky, a familiar tug hitting his stomach as he instinctively gripped the hilt of his weapon. "This feels like the calm before the battle on Magnus three thousand years ago."

"Here's to hoping that it's only a feeling then," Nathan's gaze then looked over to where the beam was moving towards, the end of the light looking to hit the area he knew the center of town was. "Keep searching for the monster, I'll be busy dealing with some guests in the city."

-Kendall-

As Kendall looked through an article on an asteroid landing in the area a week back, her thoughts were interrupted by a light going off on her monitor, signaling multiple alien life forms appearing within the city. Almost immediately, she turned on an intercom that was connected to the transmitters for the other rangers. "Guys, I just got multiple signs of alien DNA within the city plaza," Kendall spoke as she looked over the map of the area, her hands moving to have a camera to the plaza turn on as she looked over the numbers that were appearing on the screen. "Is anyone close by to have a look at it outside of us at the zoo?"

"I'm actually over here right now," came a voice in response, making Kendall sigh in relief as she turned on the camera. As she did, her gaze soon saw what looked to be a swarm of humanoid insects with some kind of stinger for hands. Past them, however, hiding behind one of the walls, was Tyler's father James, his arm raised to speak to the group. "Have you guys seen anything like this before?"