An Argument, a Ranger, and a General

An Argument, a Ranger, and a General is the third episode of PRaAK.

Major Events

 * Jax morphs for the first time.

Episode
Luke, Kiana, Niaki, Zariel, Dawn, Spark, and Iron Heart are shocked by Luke’s Astral KeyTector suddenly lighting up and making noises. However, even after Spark, Dawn and Zariel pull an all-nighter analyzing it, they are unable to tell what the strange signal means. Iron Heart guesses that the KeyTector is signalling the location of the Exarite deities, so Luke enthusiastically runs away to search. Spark, Zariel and Dawn are upset because the analysis isn’t finished yet, but they, Iron Heart, Kiana, Niaki and Nova go to chase after Luke.

Spark, Dawn and Zariel catch up to Luke, and Spark says that they shouldn’t go to search until the data analysis is fully complete. Using the triangular button on his bracelet, Spark asks the ship’s AI for an update, and it says that although its data may be inaccurate, its conclusion is that the Astral KeyTector likely has a radar function. Spark says that the analysis may not be complete for a few days or even a month, and Luke gets impatient and spins around. As he does, the Astral KeyTector makes another noise. Luke is convinced that by searching now, they can find the Exarite deities faster, while Spark says that they need to find more data. The two get into a heated argument about which method is faster. Luke refuses to go back to the rocket and listen to more analysis, and eventually, Spark grudgingly gives in.

Niaki is then panicked to find that they’re in a place with many people, and Spark chides Luke for not being more careful that they don’t get found out. Then, Luke notices some children holding octopus-shaped balloons, so Iron Heart generates a balloon in order to fit in. Several children suddenly stop to ask whise Spark got his balloon, and Spark points them in a random direction. After the kids run off, Spark realizes that he understood humans, though he didn’t the day before. The AI explains that Spark’s universal translator device is enabling him to speak with the people of Earth.

Luke and Spark are then dismayed to find that Kiana is buying donuts when they’re supposed to be shopping. Nova excitedly shouts that there are donuts, and when the donut vendor asks where Nova’s voice came from, Kiana pretends it was her saying it. Spark comes by to say that Kiana’s wasting time by buying donuts. Then, the donut vendor says that there was a recent UFO sighting. Spark, Dawn, Niaki, Iron Heart and Zariel panic that the Naavik was spotted and the vendor is confused as to why Luke is shocked instead of excited. The vendor then goes on to tell Kiana about a giant firefly. As Kiana gets excited, Luke and the others walk off.

The AI updates Spark by saying that the Deities’ powers may be related to the Power Rangers’ arsenal. Then, Luke runs over and enthusiastically tells Spark about the vendor’s story about the giant firefly. Spark is upset that Luke is going on about something so irrelevant, and the two get into a big argument about things from the firefly’s relevance to their mission to be quiet around humans to whether they should use full names or not when referring to each other.

The argument is eventually stopped by a Terran holding a flower. Luke is shocked to see that it’s his popular classmate, the sun of Coastal View High School: Nate Reyes-Hernandez. Nate asks what the two are arguing about. Luke starts to tell Elena about their search for the Exarite deities, but Spark cuts him off. Nate says that his siblings fight a lot, too, so he always tells them to first listen to what the other person has to say. He then notices that his flower shop has a customer, so he tells them, “See ‘ya later!”. Luke is elated to have talked with Nate himself, but when he notices Spark standing next to him, he gets upset again.

Meanwhile, Thrash is replenishing his water supply by standing under a waterfall. He and his Darkdrones are then visited by a UFO. Out of the UFO comes several new Darkdrones and another Notraider: Valkera. Valkera says that Garuouga has ordered that Thrash returns from Earth immediately. Thrash refuses to do so, as he wants himself and not Valkera to get Nova. Valkera says that he came not for Nova’s power, but for the power of the Exarite deities.

After this happens, the Ranger Gang and Nova search for the giant firefly, as Luke thinks it may have something to do with the Exarite deities. Spark believes that Luke is just doing this for fun, and Luke says he isn’t and that he never asked Spark to come with him. Spark says that he’s coming to collect data on the Exarite deities. During the argument, Dawn continually urges the two to calm down, but to no avail.

Spark says that he doesn’t understand how humans think. Insulted, Luke starts to shout that he hates Spark. She’s then interrupted when Nova starts to cry because the two are fighting. To make Nova happier, Luke and Spark follow Nate’s advice and listen to each other. Luke goes first. She tells Spark that when he was spinning around, his Astral KeyTector made another noise. She went to the donut shop, Star Donuts because there are a lot of rumours there and he thought that one might be a hint to whise the Exarite deities were. When he heard about a giant firefly that was spotted by the lake during the daytime, Luke thought that was a clue, so he went to search for it.

Spark then explains that the AI said that the Exarite deities’ power would likely manifest itself as a key. Iron Heart says that by putting the two theories together, the power would manifest as a key that shone like a firefly. Then, Spark asks the AI for instructions on how to use the Astral KeyTector’s radar function, and the AI says to hold it horizontally like a compass. Luke does so and rotates, and he is able to locate a shining object.

The two go towards the object and are excited to see a glowing key. Luke is about to grab it, but a Darkdrone gets it first and runs away. When Luke and Spark chase after it, they are led to Valkera, who is about to accept the key from the Darkdrone but is instead challenged by a young Terran Coastal View freshman named Jax Palmer, holding the Ursa Major key. The Rangers (and Jax, who says that the universe shall be free of tyranny) morph to fight Valkera.

Valkera organizes her Darkdrones in a formation that makes it so that the Rangers can’t run close to Valkera. Dawn/Pink Ranger soars over the Darkdrones, but this only makes her an easier target, allowing the Darkdrones to shoot her down from the sky. Luke/Red Ranger asks Spark/Blue Ranger what they should do, knowing that Spark/Blue Ranger is better at analysis. Spark/Blue Ranger comes up with a plan, and the Rangers enact it. Dawn and Iron Heart/Pink and Orange Rangers into the sky together. When the Darkdrones shoot, Iron Heart/Orange Ranger forms a shield blocking the projectiles. Then, Niaki/Purple Ranger summons a star-shaped platform, enabling her to launch Dawn and Iron Heart/Pink and Orange Rangers at Valkera. Kiana/Green Ranger uses Pavo Star Impact to blast the Darkdrones away, leaving Valkera unguarded and enabling Jax/Azure Ranger to attack her. The key tells Jax/Azure Ranger to use the power of the constellations. Jax inserts the new key into his Astral Knight Morpher, enabling him to perform a new attack: Ursa Major Star Impact. Valkera teleports away before it hits, and the attack creates a gigantic, cerulean explosion that hits nothing.

After the fight ends and the Rangers demorph, the Ursa Major key tells Luke to grant power to Nova. It summons nine stars from the Astral Codex and tells the Rangers to draw constellations with it. The Rangers taps the stars with their respective keys, creating constellations that each turn into a lion, a wolf, a scorpion, a peacock, an eagle, a fox, a bull, a bear cub, and an adult bear. The images unleash a power that turns Nova’s aura red, orange, green, azure, cerulean, blue, purple, pink and crimson. In this form, Nova transports everyone to Exarai and frees the nine respective Exarite deities from their key, returning them to their places on the pantheon. The deities thank them for restoring his power and says that they still have to rescue the other 79 (or 80) Exarite deities, lest the stars vanish. What’s more, since the deities used up their power in the battle, their power isn’t completely restored either. The Pavo Deity says that to return the Exarite deities' power, the Rangers must find the other Constellation Keys and entrust their power to Nova. With this, the Leo Deity sends them back to Earth.

Luke apologizes to Spark for his bad behavior, and Spark apologizes back. The two then agree to call each other by their first names only with no honorifics, solidifying their friendship. Luke, Kiana, Dawn, Niaki, Zariel, Jax, Spark, Iron Heart, and Nova celebrate their victory by eating donuts together. Niaki muses that the Power Rangers are much stronger when they work together, and even tougher with more Rangers on their side.