//------------------------------// // Episode 10: Down in Freezing Flames // Story: Power Rangers SUPER Starfleet (Starfleet Humans) // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// EPISODE TEN The Last day of school had arrived, and some students didn’t even bother showing up that day. What was the point? There was nothing much left to do. Other students were looking at big board posted at the front of the school to see who made graduation! The rangers all made it. They passed their exams and everything! “Awesome!” cried Rainbow. “We’ve graduated High-School!” added Buddy, and they slapped each other a high-five. Fluttershy was in tears of relief, “Thank goodness! Oh, my, gosh!” she panted. Rhymey comforted her to calm her, “I knew you could do it, There was nothing to it.” Sunset was pleased to see that she made it as well. It was a sign that she had really improved since her old ways. Of course, it still meant that they would no longer have to stay at school. No place to hang out most of the time. “What’s going to happen to us now?” Even Twilight felt concerned, “We still haven’t thought about that.” All the rangers began to worry about that, and their worries turned to sadness as they saw many students hugging one another… saying goodbyes for the summer, or long goodbyes as they prepared to head off to college or were moving away. It broke out into an emotional song as people began to sing while saying their goodbyes… Lots of sad and teary faces, the rangers felt just down… (Que Intro) The minions were all put hard to work, cleaning the tower from top to bottom, feeding and tending to the prisoners, cleaning the equipment, all under Nacluv’s orders. “And do a good job…!” Nacluv thundered from the top floor “If you can’t even beat the rangers, then at least do your chores right!” And he left the grumbling minions to their work on the lower floor. “Ugh, this is insane!” whined Marla “I just had my nails done!” Keto and Bronc were more fed up with her whining, but they too were just as disturbed by Nacluv’s treating them. Ever since he had hatched he acted like a self-absorbed control-freak child. Despite the fact he WAS a child in body that was no excuse. “At least when Vulcan was in charge, he didn’t treat us this cruelly.” grumbled Keto “Well… okay, maybe he did, but not this much.” Much as Bronc hated to admit it, “You’re right; he is no master. He has squandered his position. Something will have to be done.” As Marla continued to sweep the floors, she noticed a small note peeking out from under the large sealed door from the solitary-confinement cell next to Vulcan’s empty cell. The note read: “We can still help you get rid of Nacluv, all we require is a big boost of power. Trust us!” Marla figured it must have been those three ladies they spoke with through the vent the other day, but who were they? They didn’t tell their names or even leave a signature on the note. She showed the note to her comrades. “How do we know we can even trust them?” Marla asked, “And how do we know they actually stand up to Nacluv?” “We don’t…” said Bronc “The decision is still ours to make.” They all pondered for a while, and suddenly Nacluv called down to them, “I don’t hear any chores being done…! Maybe I should lock you all up again until you remember whose master here!” This helped them make up their mind, “…He’s history!” Keto whispered. His comrades agreed, and Bronc came with an idea to make the mutiny go more smoothly, but first they would need to find a monster to assist them. “I know just the one…” he hissed. Nacluv was in the top room of the tower going over the monster profiles and data on the computer. “Those three dummies couldn’t beat the rangers if they were blindfolded and handcuffed. I guess it’s time I acted, but who should I send out with me?” “Ahem! Pardon me, master.” Bronc said as he entered. “I thought I told you to get to work?” sneered Nacluv. “Begging your pardon, sir, but I just had one idea how to finally get the rangers.” He brought in a monster that was two toned beast. Half of him was fiery red, the other half of hi was icy blue. He had large fangs, flames for hair on side and icicle like spikes on the other half, and his claws were long and sharp. The right side claw was scorching hot; the other side was frigid cold. “Frost-Fire, at your service.” he hissed Nacluv seemed far from impressed, “I don’t recall my telling you to free a monster!” “Oh, don’t mind him, I asked to be let out.” said Frost-Fire “I’ve always wanted to fight alongside the mighty Nacluv.” “Mighty… Nacluv…?” Nacluv asked. “Oh, yeah… I just knew that if I fought alongside you, then no one could stop us, not even the rangers.” Nacluv’s interest was starting to peak. “Hmm… And just what sort of powers do you possess?” The monster demonstrated on two of the Lingos, with his right claw he burned one Lingo into ashes, and with his left claw, he froze the other Lingo in a block of ice. Nacluv snickered. He especially loved the fire bit seeing as his own powers were fire. “This could be quite interesting after all.” And he decided “All right then… we have work to do. The rangers will never be able to stop us this time.” As the due headed off, Frost-Fire turned back and winked at Bronc, as he was in on this little plan the whole time. Keto and Marla entered the room, “Um… someone run me by this again?” Keto asked. Marla klunked him on the head and explained, “Nacluv may be an element of fire, but he won’t be able to stand up to the ice power. So, when he least expects it, Frost-Fire will hit him with all the ice power he’s got, and that’ll weaken him so we can overthrow him.” “Oh…” remarked Keto, “But what about those other three in the cell?” “We’ll help them…” replied Bronc “Just have to set up a few things first. After all, trust can be quite an issue.” Meanwhile, since classes were pretty much inoperative due to the start of summer break, the students were free to come and go as they pleased. Surprisingly however, most students stayed, just to hang out with friends until the final bell. Clubs were holding meetings to discuss summer schedules, and the athletics teams were all practicing their games. The rangers were also keeping up with their training, while at the same time trying to figure out where to hang out now than they’d be graduating. The jumped over large walls, swerved around large cones, and even did some sparking with one-another. “We could all hang out at Starcamp like we did before.” Sunset suggested, but Buddy pointed out, “No good, we have jobs now. We’d have to work. I don’t think we could take all that pressure.” “We could try hanging in the park.” said Fluttershy, “I mean… if anyone thinks that’s a good idea.” Much as Rhymey hated to disagree with her, he said, “Except if it’s a rainy day. Then we couldn’t go anyway.” Fluttershy sighed. “Well at least it’s one place we can try,” said Rainbow “But, even still, the bad guys are still out there. I don’t think this’ll be an easy summer for any of us.” The others couldn’t disagree with that. Even Krysta and Spike felt as annoyed with all the monsters and bad guys ruining perfect days. “If only we could find out where their prison tower is.” said Spike, “Then we could put them out of commission for good.” Twilight shook her head, “We’ve tried that before, Spike, but that tower comes from an alien world. It’s made of materials we don’t have here on Earth, and all that power inside it renders it even more undetectable. To be honest, I don’t know how we’ll ever be able to find it.” “Well, I think I may know a way.” said Lightning, and he explained how during his travels, as a world adventurer, he was in The Congo of Africa. “I was chasing some thieving drug-smugglers into the jungle, but I got bitten by a poisonous snake.” “I remember that too well…” said Krysta “You passed out, and I had no idea what to do. I thought you were a goner.” Lightning patted her on the head softly, and continued explaining how he awoke to find he was in the care of some African witch doctor. “Her name was Zecora. She found me and nursed me back to health. Once I was back on my feet, I wanted to resume my chasing those bad men, but I hadn’t the slightest where to start looking. That’s when Zecora helped me again. Apparently she was gifted in in such arts that allowed her to spirit-read. Thanks to her, I tracked down the bad men and their operations were busted. I wanted to run back and thank her, but… she mysteriously disappeared. Her hut was gone, and I never saw or heard from her again.” The rangers all thought that an exciting story. “So, you think this Zecora person can help us find the enemy’s tower?” asked Sunset. “It’s worth a shot…” replied Lightning, but then he fell silent, and everyone realized why. “Lightning…?” peeped Fluttershy, “Are you saying…?” Lightning nodded, “I’ll have to go find her.” No one said a thing, all feeling rather concerned about this. If Lightning left, they’d be short one ranger. How would they get on without him? Suddenly, their morphers went off followed by Celesto calling them from the base, “Rangers, signs of alien activity detected in the city park.” Sunset responded, “We’re on our way!” All the rangers dashed off, and Lightning and the pets headed for the base, via a jump-tube. Soon, the rangers, all morphed arrived on the scene, and found the park looking a bit upside-down! “The trees…! The Grass…! The Flowers…!” Buddy cried. Some of the plants were all charred and burned; others were frozen in blocks of ice. “Oh, my…!” Fluttershy cried. Seeing all this broke her heart as well as Buddy’s. “Whoever did this has gone way over the line.” grumbled Rainbow. “I wouldn’t say that, Rangers.” shouted a voice. The team turned round just in time as Frost-Fire unleashed a blast of flames at them making large explosions that knocked the rangers all over. “What, too hot for you?” the creature taunted, “Maybe you should cool down!” and from his left claw he unleashed a freezing breeze. “Look out!” shouted Sunset, and the rangers all rolled out the way. The blast, instead, hit the park gazeebo behind them, freezing it instantly. “Whoa! He turned it into a solid iceberg!” cried Lightning. “And the same I’ll do to you as well!” thundered Frost-Fire “Or maybe I should just roast you instead…?” With that he fired more flames, which the rangers dodged, and then he unleashed more ice, and both Rhymey and Fluttershy got their legs encased in ice blocks! “I can’t move my legs!” cried Fluttershy. Rhymey shivered hard, “S-S-So cold this ice! This d-d-d-doesn’t feel n-n-nice…!” “Hang on guys!” Lightning called, and he planned to blast the ice off of them with his comet –powers, when suddenly he got bombarded by another fire blast, and he fell over. “Nacluv!” shouted Sunset. Nacluv laughed, “The one and only.” and thanks to his distraction, Frost-Fire blasted all the rangers with his freezing powers, encasing them up to their necks in ice. “He’s got us!” cried Rainbow. “Man this is brisk!” Buddy chattered. Nacluv chuckled as he admired his new Power Rangers Popsicles. “Well done, Frost-Fire. Together, we do make an unstoppable team.” “We sure do…” agreed the creature, but then he secretly thought “Too bad you’re about to join them soon.” Twilight observed the rangers being frozen on the monitors, and Spike began to panic, “This is so not good! How are they going to get out of this one?” Twilight calculated possible plans, “If anyone of them can somehow activate their Able Boost mode, they can bust right out of the ice and free the others.” “Yeah, um… how are they going to do that when they can’t move their arms?” Krysta asked. “I think I know a way.” said Celesto, and he sat himself down at the controls and began to work, “I just hope the morphers aren’t frozen solid.” but unfortunately for him, they were as the signal he was trying to send couldn’t get through. “Blast! If the morphers weren’t frozen I could send a signal to activate them. This way it could melt the ice just enough for the rangers to break free.” Twilight pounded the ground angrily, “What are we going to do?” Nacluv and Frost-Fire had lined all the rangers up in a neat little row. The poor heroes were beginning to lose consciousness as their nervous systems began to shut down due to the ice! “I’ve waited for this for a long time!” Nacluv hissed as he prepared to blast the rangers to bits “Never again will you interfere with my plans! Goodbye, Rangers!” Suddenly, Frost-Bite blasted him with his ice-waves, “A’RGH!! Hey! What are you doing?!” and before long, he too was encased in a huge ice block. Unlike the rangers, Frost-Bite got him completely from head-to-toe, and he laughed at him. “You’ve just been burned… freezer-burned!” Back at the prison tower, the minions were preparing the next part of their plan. Bronc had run a special set of power lines from the stored electro-energy absorbed from the computer heist. Running the lines along the tower and into the solitary cell… “Okay…!” Bronc called through the door, “Are you three ready in there? You better not betray us. We had a deal!” “Take a chill.” One of the ladies called. “Yeah, we get it already.” “Now throw the switch so we can bust out of here!” Bronc sighed, and then he nodded at Keto telling him to do it! “Here goes…” Keto said as he threw the switch, transferring the energy along the lines and into the cell. Soon there was a big glow emitting from the cracks in the door, followed by the sounds of beautiful singing. The doors opened wide, and there stood three human girls: Adagio Dazzle… Aria Blaze…and Sonata Dusk also known as “The Sirens!” Together they sang… “And we’re… Back…!” Keto couldn’t help but feel bedazzled by their beautiful looks and their voices. They sounded like really hot pop-singers, while Marla was hardly impressed, “Show offs.” Adagio stretched her arms up, “Whoa! It feels so cool to be out of that cell!” and her comrades agreed, but then Bronc cleared his throat, “Sorry to interrupt, but I believe we had a deal…” “Yeah, yeah, we remember.” said Aria, “But… once we overthrow Nacluv, we’re in charge.” added Sonata. “You got that?” “WHAT?!” the three minions shouted. “That wasn’t part of the deal.” whined Marla. “Well, too bad. It is now.” sneered Adagio. “Of course, now that we have all our power back, we could just split and leave you guys to face Nacluv.” added Aria. Sonata nodded, “And after he finds out that you three betrayed him I don’t think he’s going to be too happy. Do you?” The minions knew they had been duped, and fearing worse for when Nacluv would find out, and that this was their only hopes in getting rid of him, they were forced to comply with their new masters. The three girls snickered sinisterly. Meanwhile, Nacluv and the rangers were still frozen, and Frost-Fire was laughing hysterically at the seven ice blocks. “I wonder which one I should destroy first…” then he eyed at Sunset “Of course! What better way to start than by taking out the lead ranger. He was about to deliver the finishing blow, when suddenly Nacluv’s ice began to glow brightly from within. “What the…?” In a bright flaring blast, Nacluv burst free from his ice block, and you can bet he was outraged! “YOU!!” he bellowed, “You tried to destroy me as well?!!” He unleashed a furious wave of flames, striking the monster hard and sent him rolling along the ground, “Oh, yeah? Well take this!” Frost-Fire shouted, and he unleashed more ice at him. The two villains began to brawl hard, and though Nacluv was shorter than his opponent, he proved to be just as slick and strong and Vulcan was. He sprinted around, and slashed at the creature with his claws making sparks fly, and blasted him hard sending him skidding along the road. “Any last words, Traitor…?” Nacluv sneered as he stomped forth, and he fired a blast which the monster dodged causing Sunset’s ice block to break slightly, exposing her morpher to the open air. “You missed me!” Frost-Fire mocked, and he shot a combination of fire and ice and him, making a huge explosion blast hitting Nacluv hard and knocking him so hard against a tree, snapping the trunk! The tree fell over with a huge crash. He got up, literally, blazing with outrage. The two monsters continued to brawl… …and the team at the base viewed everything. “I can’t believe this!” cried Spike “Two monsters fighting each other. This is one for the books!” Celesto was more concerned with Sunset’s morpher now being exposed. “Maybe it’ll work now!” he hoped, and he typed in the enabling codes. “Come on…! Come on…!” Back at the park, the two monsters leapt at one another and both hit each other in the face hard. The two fell to the ground with a hard thud, unaware that Sunset’s morpher was activating. “Able-Boost Mode… Engage!” Sunset’s suit began to glow, warming her up to regain consciousness, and her extra strength allowed her to break free from the rest of the ice. “Whew! That’s much better.” she said to herself, and then she proceeded to punch, chop, and kick at the ice-blocks holding the other rangers, just as her Able Boost ran out. With the alien ice gone, the rangers regained their senses and consciousness at once. “I see We’re free!” cried Rhymey. “But how?” asked Fluttershy Sunset stood before her team and gave them all a high thumb, “Welcome back, team.” The rangers were delighted, and then turned their attention to the brawling villains. It was almost unbelievable for them to see with their eyes. “I will destroy you!” thundered Nacluv! “Not if I beat you first!” shouted Frost-Fire! As the two monsters charged at one another, the rangers fired at them both, blowing them both down. “Sorry to break up this little spat, but we’ve got a score to settle with the both of you!” snarled Sunset. The monsters were livid, “Hey! How did you escape that ice?” “Never mind that!” snapped Rainbow “You two won’t escape; not where you’re going!” “Why you arrogant pests!” snarled Nacluv, and he raised his arms to fire a blast, but all he managed to fire was a few small sparks! “What?! Oh, no…!” His power was getting weak from being encased in the ice and for battle with Frost-Fire for so long. “Too bad…! I still have plenty of juice left.” hissed Frost-Fire, “But just to be safe-- Lingos, attack!” With that, a gang of Lingos popped up and attacked the rangers. “Let’s go!” shouted Sunset, and she and the rangers lunged forth with their weapons ready. “Have a nice trip!” Buddy hollered as he lassoed a Lingo’s leg and flipped it into two more. Rainbow blasted all the Lingos in her way with her cannon, “And a-one! And a-two…! And stay down!” Rhymey and Fluttershy were surrounded, but they nodded at one another. With his sword and her shield armed, they stood back-to-back and began to spin in circle. As the Lingos attacked, Fluttershy blocked them with her shield, and Rhymey came along and slashed them to bits with his sword! Sunset had already beaten the Lingos around her and was now attacking the monster, while Lightning went after the weakened Nacluv! “You’re going down!” Lightning shouted. “I know you are, but what I!” protested Nacluv. He managed to slash at Lightning twice, making sparks fly, but he was getting more and more exhausted, which gave Lightning his advantage. They met up in a struggled, “What? Feeling tired?” Lightning mocked, “Well take a rest…!” and he kicked him hard in the chest, sending him rolling along the ground. “I will not stand for this!” growled Nacluv. Frost-Fire unleashed a waved of flames, but Sunset leapt right up and over missing the blast. Then Frost-Fire tried his ice attack. “Not this time…!” snapped Sunset, and she charged up her weapon! “Star Scepter… Engage!” “FIRE…!” Sunset shouted, and she fired a blast of mighty magic from her scepter, cutting through the frigid winds and hitting the monster hard with big explosions and sent him crashing hard into Nacluv. “Get off me!” The rangers all grouped together, “You two have had it!” said Sunset “Bring it together guys!” The other agreed and joined their weapons… “Weapons Combine!” “Star Slammer, Ready!” “My turn!” shouted Lightning, and he powered up his gauntlets, “Comet Gauntlets, Engage!” “Uh, oh…!” cried Frost-Fire, “This can’t be good!” Nacluv only growled irritably, and the rangers launched their attacks! “STAR-SLAMMER… ULTRA-STRIKE!!” “Comet Trail… FIRE!!” The attacks came right for them, and in act of desperation, Nacluv grabbed Frost-Fire and threw him right in the past of the attacks, sparing himself from harm! “THE WAS COLD!!” the monster shouted as he flared up, “I’VE BEEN BURNED!!” and he exploded in midair and was imprisoned. Much as the rangers were glad the monster was caught, Nacluv was still loose. Not only could they not try and capture him again until their powers were recharged for another attack, but they were all pretty livid with what he just done to spare himself. “I can’t believe he’d stoop that low!” growled Rainbow. Nacluv snickered, “Count your blessings while you can, Rangers! I’ll gather my strength again, and when I do… rest assured… I… WILL BE THE VICTOR…!!” With that, he activated his teleporter and vanished, leaving the rangers completely outraged. “I can’t believe we were this close to actually getting him!” wailed Buddy. Lightning clenched his fists. This helped him make up his mind about his decision more than ever. “Well, at least we got you…” Sunset said as she scooped up the sphere with the monster in it. “Monster Captured! Mission Complete!” When Nacluv got back to the tower, he still felt exhausted from his ordeal and decided to recharge himself by using the computerized energy he had stored. “I’ve got to restore my powers.” He groaned as she made his way to the chamber where the energy was stored, only to find much to his horrors, “…It’s gone!” He looked all around, but the energy he had harnessed was nowhere to be seen. “Lose something?” Bronc said from behind. Nacluv turned and saw his three minions standing at the door way with sinister smirks on their faces. “I was hoping Frost-Bite would have finished you off, but it doesn’t matter anyway.” said Marla. Nacluv grunted, “You three set me up?!” “Wow, someone has their thinking cap on today.” mocked Keto. He then decided to let it out, “We’re done with you, so take a hike!” Nacluv never felt such anger building inside him, “You… how dare you…! I AM YOU MASTER!!” he thundered. “Not anymore.” snuffed Bronc “We have new leaders…” The Sirens then made their entrance through the door. He could tell by the way they looked so fresh and strong that they were given all the computer power, converted into the three rubies they wore around their necks. This only further infuriated Nacluv. He wasn’t going to stand for this mutiny. “When I’m done… blowing you all… TO ASHES!!” he thundered, and he tried to blast them all in a blaze, but forgot that he was still weak form his ordeal, and he still hardly had enough power to even roast a meatball. “I think you need to chill,” said Adagio, “Ladies…!” The other two snapped their fingers in a pop-style rhythm, and the three of them began to sing to magical music that filled the air. “Ooh… I love it when they sing.” murmured Keto, [Adagio] You wanna conquer, but you blew it, [Aria] So now this is your honourable dismal. [Sonata] You call yourself a master, but if you knew it [All Three] You’d see that you’re just plain abysmal! THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT Take a hike, it’s no psych You’ve lost the fight THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT Get it straight, no debate Get outta’ sight THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT You can’t choose, you just lose You know we’re right! …OUT!! The song was very catchy, the minions and the Lingos couldn’t help but move to the beat. As for Nacluv; as the Sirens continued to sing, he suddenly felt himself being magically lifted off the ground. “Hey! What’s happening?” he groaned. The Sirens smirked at one another, and took hold of him, dragging him along the tower as they kept singing. [Adagio] You disappoint the team, so you’re time has come [Aria] A unanimous decision is easy, [Sonata] You’ll never play again at bat and then some, [All Three] So pack you’re thing, ‘Cause you’re history! THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT Take a hike, it’s no psych You’ve lost the fight THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT Get it straight, no debate Get outta’ sight THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT You can’t choose, you just lose You know we’re right! …OUT!! As the Sirens sang a humming solo, everyone came out on the roof of the tower, and the girls aimed Nacluv far out to sea. Nacluv struggled and fuss about, but he couldn’t break free of the magic that bound him. “You’ll all pay dearly for this!” he thundered. “Yeah, yeah… now don’t come back.” Marla taunted. “It’s been fun while it lasted.” Bronc added as he removed the teleporter pack form Nacluv’s belt, and Keto even took a moment to bash him upside the head with his staff, and the Sirens sang the chorus one final time. THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT Take a hike, it’s no psych You’ve lost the fight THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT Get it straight, no debate Get outta’ sight THREE STRIKES AND YOU’RE OUT You can’t choose, you just lose You know we’re right! …OUT!! As the song ended, The Sirens gave Nacluv a huge blast, sending him flying out over the sea like a rocket, far, far away, and he crashed in the waters. Never had he felt so humiliated! “I’LL GET YOU ALL FOR THAT!!” he screamed out over the vast distance, but all he managed to do was attract a group sharks that came at him, forcing him to swim off in extreme panic. The villains on the other hand cheered for joy that Nacluv was gone. “QUIET!!” The Sirens shouted, and everyone silenced themselves. “You think we’re going to celebrate, just like that?” sneered Adagio, “Well we so are not…!” added Aria. Sonata nodded and them smiled cheekily and said “…Not without snacks!” Everyone cheered and began to party to celebrate a new era of their plans to conquer Earth. Meanwhile, the rangers, unaware of the villains’ mutiny were very relieved to have captured at least Frost-Fire, and dropped him off at the base to put him in storage with the many other monsters they had captured. After which, it was already late in the afternoon, and time for school to close, but all students, loyal and respectable, decided to stay for the final assembly as the staff all bid their goodbyes. The rangers and Twilight all had front-row seats. Principal Celestia had come as well, as she was part of the staff, and she brought the babies with her, and Principal Candace addressed the crowd of students. “Another school term has come to an end. I want you all to know, that it was an honor to be your principal for the short time I had, and now I’d like to wish you all good and happy summer, and for those of you who are graduating this year, I wish you all the best of luck in the long road of life ahead. However, I will let Uncle-- I mean, Mr. Grandruler deliver the closing speech.” The student snickered at how cute it was the way she quickly corrected herself as her uncle took the podium. “As I look out on all of you, I see not just students, not just well educated minds, but human beings with potential, courage, idealism; these are the tools that will help you progress through life. Remember, you are “You” and only you can decide what path you will take, where life will lead you. As I look upon you, to return next year for another term, I wish you all a happy summer, and to those of you completing your education with us and graduating… good luck… and god speed!” The crowds applauded, and with that… it was over; time to leave school for the summer. Students flooded out of the building cheering for joy as they headed on their way for a well-deserved summer, even the teachers were delighted to be out as well. Later on, at sundown though, the gang all had one other goodbye to say to; Lightning was already packed up, and Celesto arranged for one of his company choppers to take him over to the mainland, to the airport to catch his plane for Africa, and Krysta was going with him too. The group gave him all a big hug, and Fluttershy almost broke out crying, “I’m really going to miss you!” “I’m not going away forever…” Lightning reminded everyone, “Of course, I… don’t know how long I’ll be away either. Zecora could be anyway. She may not even be in the Congo anymore, but I have to find her.” Everyone understood, and Celesto approached him and shook his hand with honor, “I’m proud of you, Lightning, and I wish you the best of luck.” Lightning nodded thankfully. He then looked at Twilight, “You sure you did it okay?” Twilight nodded and replied, “I reprogramed some codes from your morpher. We’ll be able to call upon the Comet Striker when we need it. It’ll be operated by remote-control.” Lightning smiled almost lovingly at her, “You’ve grown up a lot, Twilight Sparkle.” She smiled at him, almost tearfully, and she hugged him again. He held her softly, never feeling this close to her before since their time at Crystal Prep Academy. Lightning decided to leave before everyone else got emotional. “I’ll keep in touch everyone. Farewell for now.” “Bye, everyone…” Krysta cried softly from in her small cage, “Bye, Spike.” “Take care, Krysta.” Spike whimpered, and he cried just like the little dog he was. “God Speed, Lightning Dawn…” sunset whispered as she and the others watched Lightning climb with his luggage into the chopper, and in almost no time, the chopper was off for the mainland. “Wave bye-bye kids…” Celestia said as she waved her kids little hands softly as the chopper flew further and further away. Cadance wiped her eyes with a hankie. “I think I better get home. Shining Armor will be worried.” “I’ll go with you.” said Twilight, and she went off with her sister-in-law carrying Spike with her. The other rangers decided to head home to supper, and to think about their long summer ahead of them. “Come…” Luna said “We should go home too…” Celestia and Celesto agreed, but they just couldn’t take their eyes off the chopper as it was still in plain sight over the sea, and a small fair wind blew through their hairs. “The gentle caress of the summer breeze…” Celestia murmured, and a small sad song began to play, as she, her husband and sister began to sing “The Summer Wind” (0:35) And in a montage, each ranger respectively adjourned home, and Lightning, waiting at the airport, and saying as he looked out towards the dusk skies and The Summer Wind.