[Aussie Rider]

“This place is…amazing,” Karone said, looking around. After her return from Miranoi, her brother, Andros and her boyfriend, Zhane, had decided to take a holiday, just the three of them, to Japan.

“It’s something alright,” Zahne said, looking through a toy window. “Hey, it’s us!”

“Aw, toy Andros is so cute,” Karone teased.

“Ha ha,” her brother muttered.” Come on, let’s get some…” the Red Space Ranger was cut off by a nearby scream. The three looked at each other and ran towards the scream, just in time to see an insectoid creature approaching a teenaged girl.

“Karone get her out of here,” Andros ordered. Karone nodded as her brother and her boyfriend stepped forward. On Andros’s wrist was an odd rectangular device, in Zhane’s hand, what looked like a cell phone.

“Let’s Rocket!”

‘335!’

‘M-E-G-A! MEGA!’

A flash of light surrounded the two as they transformed into the Red and Silver Space Rangers.

“Think it’s one of Dregon’s Insectovores?” Zhane asked. Andros shook his head.

“Dex took care of those,” Andros said. “What ever it is, let’s take care of it!”
“Right with ya!”


“Come on,” Karone said, leading the girl away. “Are you alright?” The girl answered in Japanese. Karone managed not to grimace, pointing away from the fight. “Go that way,” the girl nodded and ran. The former Princess of Evil watched a moment before heading back to help the guys. Part way there, however, she was intercepted by men in black, with strange guns and helmets. The men started talking to her in Japanese, pointing away. “I don’t know what you’re saying, but my family’s through there,” she said, trying to push through. The men stood firm, pointing their guns at her. Karone glared angrily, a part of her pushing to call forth the powers she had left behind when she had left her life as Astronema behind. Instead (and with great restraint) she turned, walkng around a corner and bringing the communicator Andros had given her to her mouth. “DECA, I need to get passed those soldier guys. Can you…?”

‘Teleporting now, Karone,’ DECA, main computer aboard the Astro Megaship Mark 2, answered. There was a beam of white light and Karone was moved into an alley past the quarantine zone. She hugged a wall behind a dumpster when she heard men marching towards her, peeking out to see more of the black guys, one without a helmet. He began giving orders as a small…thing flew into his hand. He connected it to his wrist twisting slightly. When he moved his hand, Karone could see it was some sort of mechanical bee.

“Henshin!”

“HENSHIN!” The man was covered in very insect based armour in moments and moved off as his soldiers surrounded the area. Karone moved to the edge of the alley, watching around the corner as he moved towards the fight at the centre of the street, where Andros and Zhane were getting their butts kicked. At first, Karone thought the new guys were there to help, till the soldiers nearest to her started firing on the two Rangers.

“Hey!” she called, grabbing one. “What are you doing? The soldier pushed her back and continued firing. “Hey... wait…” her anger built as her eyes flashed purple for the first time in a long time. “STAND DOWN!” The soldiers stopped. The guy in the bee suit stopped. Her brother and her boyfriend stopped. Even the bug guy stopped. “Now, would somebody like to explain what the hell is going on here?” the bee guy looked at her, gave an order and went back on the attack. The soldiers went back to firing while two turned, extending blades from their guns and approaching her. She was about two seconds from summoning the Wraith Staff and showing these jerks what power was.

Then it got weird.

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TheBee was getting tired of this. Each time it found someone it thought would do well, they turned and proved it wrong. Yagaruma had shown so much promise, but had become too fixated on Kabuto. Kagami…well, that had been promising yet disheartening at the same time. Now he had Kagayama, who was such a yes man it truly made it sick. Would it never find The One?
And then the girl had spoken up. With such power and authority in her voice that even those that couldn’t understand her had stopped. When Kagayama had ordered her contained, TheBee knew what it needed to do.
It abandoned Kagayama, mid battle, as it had to Yagaruma. The Worm knocked the former Rider back, knocking the bracer off his wrist…

…And right in front of Karone.

Slowly, the girl picked it up, putting it on her wrist. Kagayama reached for it. “You can have it back when you learn to play nice,” she said nastily. TheBee flew into her hand. This time, the right choice had been made. “Or not. You’re buggy friend likes me,” Karone said, fitting it into position on the bracer, twisting slightly.

“HENSHIN!” Karone strode forward, now decked out in the armour Kageyama had previously been wearing. She clenched her fists, moving in, following what she could only guess were instructions from her new ‘partner’.

“CAST OFF! CHANGE WASP!” Without hesitation she began wailing in on the insect creature, her brother and boyfriend looking on in awe.

“Did you know she could do that?” Zhane asked. Andros shook his head as Karone hit the button on the wrist device, the spike glowing with power.

“RIDER STING!” A rather large explosion later, Karone looked back at the stunned troops in black, the former Rider and the two men that meant the most in her life.

“So…what now?”