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Will hell freeze over?  Titan-Cyborg Arctic attacks the city of angeles to get
the attention of the Astrorangers.  Meanwhile, a horrible alien beast attacked
Ginara, interrupting her search for the Solar Sphere.  Now it's JupiterAstro's
problem!  Can VenusAstro stop her?  Will JupiterAstro get the sphere?  Will it
be up to EarthRobo to stop Titan-Cyborg Arctic?  Read this...

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Artist Bros. Enterprises presents . . .

                        GALAXY TASK FORCE ASTRO RANGER
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Starring...

         Sheratan Kasei, a.k.a., Dave Marcello.  MarsAstro!

         Australis Mokusei, a.k.a., Will Richards.  JupiterAstro!

         Nashiran Dosei, a.k.a., Tom Nevison.  SaturnAstro!

         Messuta Suisei, a.k.a., Ron Michaeli.  MercuryAstro!

         Lotia Kinsei, a.k.a., Amy Leven.  VenusAstro!

         Beverly Tenmei.  EarthAstro!

  and... Commander Leto, a.k.a., Dr. Aaron Hanson.

  Featuring...

         Detective Frank Mahoney and Detective Kathy Sanchez.

 with... Captain Tony Fleishman.



  ACT I:

Last time on Astroranger:
    Taking one last peck off of his bottom lip, Amy looked closely into his
  eyes. "I love you."  Dave looked back into her eyes with great
  seriousness; already missing the feeling, he put his arms around Amy and
  started to kiss her again.

Meanwhile in the seventh dimension of Neptune, Ginara began her search for the
planet's Solar Sphere as Cyborg Arctic overtook SaturnAstro.
    Cyborg Arctic began a stream of liquid nitrogen that began to cover the
  black Astroranger in freezing liquid.  "Gotta--get loose!!  Need to call
  for help!"  His legs were frozen as the jet stream continued further up
  his body.  Arctic sprayed from side to side and stopped to withdraw its
  chain link.
   It was done.  Here stood SaturnAstro, completely frozen solid like a statue.

MarsAstro and VenusAstro were called by EarthAstro to bring SaturnAstro back to
the SpaceBase.
    EarthAstro took the back panel of her PortaSensor off and gave it
  Messuta.  "Upload this data into the computer--it's a scan of his body.
  Maybe you can find out a way to unthaw him."
    "I'm going to need to do so quickly," Messuta agreed.  "According to
  your scan, he's not already dead because of the AstroSuit."
...
    "I'm going to take the CommandShuttle to Neptune and make sure Ginara's
  occupied until Messuta can unthaw Nashiran," said JupiterAstro.
    "I'm going with you," VenusAstro said.  "In case that cyborg shows up, I
  want to be able to pull you out of there in case you get into trouble."  

Ginara maintained her search for the Solar Sphere in the bizarre dimension of
Neptune while JupiterAstro dueled with the strange alien.
       Ginara was already close to the bottom of the ravine.  "Hehe, that
  thing is probably munching on those Astrorangers right now.  Good thing I
  ran into that ridiculous monster."  Reaching the bottom, sparks blasted
  her backwards onto her back.  "What the hell?"  VenusAstro put her weapon
  away and ran through the ravine towards Ginara where she stood again.
    "I'm getting sick of you and your friends," Ginara complained.
  VenusAstro stopped to assume her battle position.  "Get used to it.  We'll
  be around until you give up."
    "Tortan and I will never give up!" Ginara announced.  "Now, fall!  And
  stay fallen!"  Ginara ran after VenusAstro and so did she.
       Both attempting to knock each other down with each others ankles
  in a walkover, they miss but Ginara turned around and front kicked at
  VenusAstro; the pink Astroranger blocked Ginara's foot with her hands.

Adol's amazement with Cyborg Arctic leads him to alter his plans.
  "...take Arctic to Earth and energize it into a titan," Adol stood up and
  looked at his crystal ball.  "It will freeze AstroMan and dismember it
  with the Astrorangers inside."

  Ginara pushed out the lightning ball with her wrists together.
    A mighty explosion blew VenusAstro off her feet--hitting the wall, she
  dropped to the ground and rolled onto her back.


                                  Episode 31:
                         "Team Spirit, Is It Platonic?"                       

     The Nazitan Underground Outpost--Pluto.  Pleadia walked up the stone steps
into the primary chamber where Adol paced back and forth waiting.  He stopped
when Pleadia stood in the center of the dome-ceiling topped room.  "Report."
  "Cyborg Arctic is in sector G8 and is ready to be energized, Adol the Great."
Adol walked up to the crystal ball atop the marble-like pedestal before his
throne and saw the cyborg by Stone Canyon Reservoir.  "The time has come for
their eradication."  Adol waved his pinwheel wand and waved it over the ball.
  "By the power invested in me by Lord Vahora of Procyon III, I, Adol the
Great say GROW, Cyborg Arctic!"  The pinwheel on his wand began to spin faster
and faster.  "Multiply your size one hundred fold; make your strength one
thousand fold and augment your powers ten thousand fold!  Grow, cyborg warrior!
Grow!!" he commanded; purple bits of energy streamed into the gray sphere.
     On Earth, by the Santa Monica Mountains in southern California stood
Cyborg Arctic by the Stone Canyon Reservoir.  Energy poured into its body as
its arms started pulsating.  Its legs started growing; it's chest was vibrating
from growth as well.
  Over the crest of the 1,900 foot mountain, Titan-Cyborg Arctic stomped toward
the Hollywood Mountains.  Using the tubes on both arms, it shot white fog into
the sky.  The clouds began to freeze and drop snow and hail on the city.
  In the city--electrical cables started sparking when hail pounded the lines
connected to towers. People walking down Santa Monica Boulevard stopped to look
up while commenting on how strange it was to see snow in Beverly Hills.  That
amazement turned to screams of terror when they saw the 150-foot tall
Titan-Cyborg Arctic head their way holding its Glacier Sword and shield.

     Orbiting Earth's moon, the Astroranger SpaceBase stayed within the lunar
body's shadow to remain unseen--onboard, Commander Leto was at the terminal for
CommandShuttle.  He managed to obtain visual data from JupiterAstro's star ship
on Neptune.  "Sheratan, come look at this!"
  Sheratan walked up to the station beside Leto and looked at the overhead view
of an enormous alien creature of reptile skin with a scorpion's body and
vulture's neck and head attacking JupiterAstro.  "What in the hell is that?"
  "I don't know but I don't think it's a cyborg unless they've lost control of
their own monstrosity," Commander Leto said. "I got this data from enabling the
signal boosters to..."
  "Something's wrong," he interrupted. "VenusAstro isn't there and she should
be.  I have to ChangeForm!"  Sheratan brought up his right fist as his ruby
GeneGem ring shined.  "AstroCharge!" he shouted forcing forth his fist.  When
the ring flash brilliantly, Dave's face appeared before a black on red-grid
background as the shape of his head became a rainbow silhouette.
  His entire body a black silhouette, a white bar of light scrolled from left
to right; when returning to the left, Dave was in the red AstroSuit.  Bright
light flashed again and MarsAstro was riding a chair through a segment lit tube
transporting him to the shuttles.
  In the zero-gravity take-off bay at the bottom of the SpaceBase, MarsAstro's
seat descended into the cockpit of his red AstroShuttle as the lights came on.
  "CombatShuttle manned," MarsAstro announced, "Two seconds to blast off."
Moments later, the afterburners of CombatShuttle let out a stream of yellow
light when suddenly the rockets burst into a full blast of thrust.
  In outer space, the red AstroShuttle swung around the south side of the moon
and moved into position above the lunar body.  "High Velocity Engines engaged."
CombatShuttle instantly took off leaving behind a red beam of light that
followed it.
  "Hang in there, Lotia," MarsAstro said to himself in the cockpit.  "I'm not
gonna let anything happen to you; especially now."  The CombatShuttle already
passed Jupiter.

   In a "K-9" police car driving down Olympic Boulevard--Officer Beverly Tenmei
drove westbound.  "Is that SNOW?"  Confused, she started to look around--King,
the police dog and her pet started barking nervously in the seat beside
herself.  "What is it, King?"  The Siberian Husky was too nervous to sit still.
"Come on, boy, point.  Point, King."  King lifted his paw to the mirror.
Officer Tenmei looked at her rear view mirror while crawling in a traffic jam
she suddenly encountered.  "Oh my God," she said with terror; this is the first
time she'd ever seen Titan-Cyborg Arctic as this thing started making it's way
south.  "I've got to get out of this jam!"  She snapped on her siren and strobe
lights.  Beverly drove the car out of traffic and down a residential street and
turned off her siren.  Making another sharp turn, she rolled down a bumpy
alley.  The car jerked to a stop before reaching a main roadway again.  "Okay,
you be good, King." she said unbuckling her seat belt and taking off her hat.
"ChangeForm!" Beverly shouted pulling up her right fist.  The jade ring shined
as she pushed her fist forth shouting, "AstroCharge!"
       Beverly's face was before a black background as it had dissolved into a
black silhouette; Beverly's body, a black silhouette before a red grid, a white
bar of light scrolled across her form from left to right.  When the light
returned to the left, she was in her yellow Astroranger uniform and helmet.
  Standing on the sidewalk, she looked up and called out, "Galaxy Task Force
Command: yellow AirShuttle!"
  The floating AirShuttle, anchored beside the Astroranger SpaceBase, orbiting
the moon in space had detached it's chain link to the space station and engaged
its engines.  The jet plane-like space craft blasted off to Earth.
     Titan-Cyborg Arctic's legs took shots from brave or insane citizens of the
city shooting personal firearms at the massive cyborg.  It kicked back knocking
them, cars, trucks and small buildings backwards leaving a big mess of debris
in the intersection.  Sirens rang out when fire engines and ambulances had rode
to the scene.
  Arctic took another step but before its foot could hit the ground, its chest
burst with several explosions.  AirShuttle's jet propelled itself to the enemy.
Inside of the cockpit, EarthAstro took a deep breath.  "Okay, this is getting
easier.  I can only hope I can do this on my own until the others can help me."
  Titan-Cyborg Arctic took a deep breath and exhaled out of its mouth.  The jet
encountered a blizzard of wind; inside of the cockpit--EarthAstro encountered
turbulence as she struggled to maintain control.  "Sidewinder Missiles!" the
yellow Astroranger called out.  She pushed a green glowing button that became
red.
A rocket dropped off the massive yellow jet's wing and shot ahead.
Titan-Cyborg Arctic's chest erupted into a huge fountain of sparks.
  "Okay!  That worked," EarthAstro said in her cockpit.  "Machine Guns!"
A thin barrel on the nose started firing with a revolver rotating behind it.
Titan Cyborg-Arctic used its shield to hold off the sparks while it pointed its
sword causing ice shards to shoot at the AirShuttle.  Sparks exploded
everywhere around the jet craft.
Inside of the cockpit, sparks thundered in front of EarthAstro which rocked Her
in her seat.  "Uh oh!  Shields down by twenty percent!  Bombs away!"  She
pushed a yellow button that turned red.
AirShuttle flew by Titan-Cyborg Arctic and dropped two bombs from its wings
that exploded on contact; on the ground, the giant tumbled back over into the
canyon where it came from.  AirShuttle flew back around to circle the cyborg.
  "Now, let's see if it stays down," EarthAstro said.  "This is like trying to
kill a giant bug."  Titan-Cyborg Arctic got up on one knee and fired two thin
red lasers into the air.  In the sky, the jet's invisible shield glowed blue
when taking the hit.  Inside of the cockpit, EarthAstro was rocked by the hit.

     Stars and moons were in the backlit sky resembling the cosmos on Neptune's
seventh dimension; on the dirt surface of the desert.  JupiterAstro held his
ThunderBow in place.  "Celestial Weapon fire!"  Letting go of the bowstring, a
LightArrow zipped ahead.  It was shot and fell over the side of a cliff.
  Meanwhile in the ravine down the hill from the canyon; VenusAstro layed in
the gully and Ginara, assuming she was dead, had started to climb out of the
gorge.
  Reaching the top of the cliff, Ginara jumped up and landed on the sandy dirt
on the ground and stood up.  "I wonder where that beast is?" she asked herself.
Ginara started to run when sparks blew out of her neck after a boomerang struck
her down.  Tumbling over, Ginara came up and saw the pink Astroranger, standing
by the valley.
  "Damn you!" Ginara condemned.  "What will it take for you to die!"
  VenusAstro was about to take a step forward when suddenly the Alien Beast had
climbed up out of the canyon it fell into before and started yelling and
screaming even more.
  "I'm getting sick of this thing!" Ginara yelled.  "I want _out_ of here!!"
JupiterAstro ran up the side of the hill towards VenusAstro and stopped when he
saw it was still alive.  "Oh no!  It's not dead!"
  VenusAstro put her hand over her helmet and shook her head.  "I can see that,
Australis!"  This monster stomped closer as all three were cornered.  Behind
themselves was another steep cliff.
  Out of the sky, the red FireSword sliced down the alien creature's shoulder
causing sparks to blast out of its reptile skin.  MarsAstro landed on his feet
and turned around to cut across it's neck causing another explosion in its body
leaving two black scars smoking away on its already abused body.
  "Lotia!  Australis!  What is this thing!?" MarsAstro asked.
  "I don't know!  But it's very angry for some reason!" JupiterAstro answered.
"We need more power!"  Ginara started running away. ``I'm gonna retreat and let
that thing mangle them instead.  Apparently we will need a new way to get the
Neptunian Solar Sphere.''
  VenusAstro looked at MarsAstro join them.  "I saw a crushed egg back there. 
Maybe Ginara killed one of its babies by accident."  MarsAstro nodded.
  "That would definitely piss this thing off," JupiterAstro noted.  "The
question is, how are we gonna get away from this thing!"
  "Did you find the Solar Sphere yet?" MarsAstro asked.
  "I think I did, it was right there in that gorge to the right," VenusAstro
answered.  "Hey, what happened to Ginara?"
  "Good question," MarsAstro relied.  "But we don't have time to answer it
because that thing is coming to!"  The beast's wounds already healed!  It stood
up and began to return to lurching over to the Astrorangers, snapping its claw,
its tail started buzzing with electricity.
  "We gotta take it down to get the Solar Sphere!" reminded JupiterAstro.

     Above Beverly Hills, Titan-Cyborg Arctic had a chain link tied around the
tail fin of AirShuttle.  The massive jet ship stayed in the sky because of its
jets boosting upward but it was held back.  Inside of the cockpit, EarthAstro
struggled with the controls.  "I need to find a cutting tool that will cut me
loose."  Looking around she grabbed a joystick, pulled it back and hit a red
button on top.
  A thin yellow beam cut the chain wrapped around AirShuttle and the jet shot
off into the sky.  In the cockpit--EarthAstro's head was pressed up against her
headboard.
  Titan-Cyborg Arctic looked around at the jet as it flew around.
  "All right, I can't keep doing this in jet mode," EarthAstro said.  "I need
to be in robot mode!"  Pulling back the lever on the right wall, her altitude
climbed dramatically.    The afterburners became robot legs as the wings turned
upside down.  The main body of the jet unfolded to become robot arms.  The nose
of the jet craft came down to form the chest as the head ascended where the
cockpit was.  EarthRobo landed feet first on the ground and assumed the "T"
battle position.  Above the molded metal lips on its silver face, its two eyes
glowed yellow.  EarthAstro took a deep breath.  "Okay, here I go."
     Titan-Cyborg Arctic stepped forth and swung its sword ahead.
  EarthRobo's fist knocked its blade upwards and double punched its chest with
no effect.  Arctic sliced down and sparks exploded from its tubular chest.
EarthAstro was jolted in the cockpit.  "Super Robo Punch!" she shouted.
EarthAstro pulled its fist back and punched ahead.
  Using the IceGlass shield, Titan-Cyborg Arctic blocked its punch and
sliced across making sparks break out of the giant yellow robot.
     Trading positions, Arctic swung down again but EarthRobo kicked its
Glacier Sword back up.  The cyborg sliced across the armor sparking off
its blade which knocked the robot down.
  "Oogh!" EarthAstro shouted as it hit the ground.  "I need weapons!"
EarthRobo stood up again holding the giant LightningDaggers and
positioned itself.
     Titan-Cyborg Arctic swung its Glacier Sword horizontally into
EarthRobo's left dagger.
  Arctic then struck high and the tall yellow robot blocked with its
right dagger and pushed its sword down.
  With the right dagger under the Glacier Sword's blade, EarthRobo used
the left dagger to chop down snapping the blade off the guard of the sword.
  On the ground, the ice shard fell to the ground and Titan-Cyborg Arctic
stepped back defensively.  EarthRobo stood still.
  Arctic took its shield and threw it at EarthRobo.  The giant yellow
robot used its dagger to chop the huge block of ice.
  Both halves hit the ground as well and EarthRobo stepped forth.
Titan-Cyborg Arctic brought up its arms and pointed them at the mighty robot.
Suddenly chunks of hail started shooting out of its arm cannons.  EarthRobo
tried knocking them away with the daggers but its chassis kept bursting of
sparks.  EarthAstro was faced with a blast of sparks exploding in front of her.
  Lights changed on the side panel of Arctic's arm cannons as a jet stream of
liquid nitrogen hosed down EarthRobo's feet.
In the cockpit--EarthRobo read the control panel.  "What is this stuff??"
Ice formed over the yellow segments of its lower body, keeping it from walking.
  "Oh no!!  I can't move!" EarthAstro cried.  "I'm trapped!"  EarthAstro was
being frozen solid by the water-like jet spray.


 ACT II:

     The SpaceBase, the opal sphere that orbited the moon remained cloaked from
Earth's view was the Astroranger space station.  Onboard--Messuta paced back
and forth in the primary chamber while Leto watched.  "What's going on?  What's
happening with Nashiran?"
  "His body is being steamed at 100 degrees fahrenheit so that he doesn't die
from dehydration while being warmed up," Messuta answered.  "A thermostat will
slow heating and reduce the temperature as his inner and outer body temperature
returns to normal."
  Commander Leto nodded.  "Where is he?"
  "In the laboratory's rehydration tube (you know, actually, I'm surprised I
got him to fit in that thing.)  It's a slow process but in case something goes
wrong, I'll be alerted," Messuta explained.  "Don't you worry about it."  The
Rescue/AirShuttle remote terminal sounded an alarm as red bars surrounding
the display flashed.  Commander Leto walked over to the terminal and switched
to AirShuttle mode.
  "AirShuttle is in EarthRobo mode," Commander Leto reported, "and it seems to
be disabled."
  As if Messuta didn't have enough to worry about.  "What's the problem?"
  Leto shook his head.  "I don't know, I'm paging down through the system logs
now."
  Messuta sighed heavily while looking at the main screen.  "Hey, look at
that!"  The screen showed Titan-Cyborg Arctic showering EarthRobo with liquid
nitrogen.  "Oh no!" Messuta cried.  "Beverly is in there and it's doing the
same thing it did to Nash!"
  Leto was worried. "The effects of almost absolute 0 degrees on AirShuttle are
unknown."
  "Leto, I've got to help her!" Messuta demanded.  "Beverly is a sitting duck!"
  Commander Leto looked at him sternly.  "There is nothing you can do!  Without
AstroMan, you wont be able to defeat this titan cyborg alone."  Messuta paused
trying to think of an alternative solution.
  "We've got to get Nash and save the others so we can get on Earth and try to
get rid of this thing," Leto added.
  Messuta sighed hard and frowned while wondering around.  "Damn it!"

     Inside of the Nazitan's Outpost--Ginara walked into the primary chamber
and looked at Adol stand up to greet her.  "Ah, Ginara!  Back so soon?  Pleadia
did not inform me that you gave him the Neptune Solar Sphere!"
  "That's because he doesn't have it," Ginara replied.
  "Why not?" Adol asked.  "Didn't you find it?"
  "No, but there's no reason why anything will be able to.  There's this
horrible alien that got in my way which is either guarding it or--I don't know
what," Ginara answered.  "I had to get out of there before it . . . "
  "You abandoned your mission?!  Ginara!  I am surprised at your cowardly
behavior," Adol scolded.  "There should be no reason we do not have the second
Solar Sphere!"
  "Adol, my liege, I _did_ use that alien to attack the Astrorangers that came
to stop me which was not included your plan!"
  "I don't care!  You deliberately disobeyed my orders, Ginara; I DO take a dim
view of this.  Now--get out of my sight, you incompetent fool," Adol ordered.

     Onboard the SpaceBase--Nashiran stood looking at the struggle on Neptune's
seventh dimension with Sheratan, Australis and Lotia in uniform fighting the
mad alien creature.  "What is that?  Where are they?"
  "That's on Neptune," Messuta said.  "Ginara must have released or brought
that thing out when Australis and Lotia went back to get the Solar Sphere after
you were frozen by that cyborg."
  Nashiran looked at Messuta.  "Where is that thing anyway?  I'd like to..."
  "It's on Earth and it froze Beverly's AstroShuttle," Messuta answered.  "I've
got to hurry and get to Neptune and get the others to Earth and help Beverly."
  "No way, I've got to help," Nashiran insisted.  "That gigantic thing won't go
down without the Cosmic Missile."
  "Are you sure you're up to it, Nash?" Leto asked.  "You were frozen solid for
25, maybe 45 minutes.  You must rest and be ready to form AstroMan."
  "No, I've got a job to do," Nashiran replied.  "And there is nothing so wrong
with me that I can't do it and help.  I'm ready."
  "All right then," Commander Leto shrugged respecting his conviction.  "Good
luck."
  Nashiran nodded.  "Thanks.  Let's go, Messuta."
  "ChangeForm!" Messuta said; both bringing up their right fists--they pushed
them forth shouting, "AstroCharge!"  Within a flash of light; both rockets, the
white TurboShuttle and black SolarShuttle boosted into deep space.

    In the seventh dimension of Neptune--VenusAstro ran in after the 12-ft.
alien creature with scorpion/vulture/reptile features as her waist encountered
its massive arm which flipped her upside down onto her back.
  "Lotia!  Uhn!" JupiterAstro called out while he had to tumble under its tail
that swung over him.  MarsAstro jumped in and grabbed its arm but it just
pushed MarsAstro into the air.
  On the ground, the red Astroranger fell and rolled over.
  "Sheratan!" JupiterAstro also noticed as he came in and ran after the beast.
He punched away its tree-trunk arms but they came back and the claws held the
green Astroranger's shoulders.
  It picked him up and threw JupiterAstro into the air; his body hit the side
of a boulder and dropped to the ground.
  "Hang on, Aus!" MarsAstro said while he drew his FireSword.  The red
Astroranger jumped into the air.  In mid-air, MarsAstro flipped over and tried
to strike down.  The creature pushed his body passed itself causing the red
Astroranger to tumble over.
  VenusAstro came running in as well.  "Sonic Boomerang!" VenusAstro shouted
while jumping into the air.  In the sky, she tossed it while coasting through
the air.  The alien beast turned around and used its tail to knock it away.
The creature pushed VenusAstro's body over its head as crashed onto the ground
next to the other two.
  "We're getting nowhere and fast," MarsAstro said.  "Let's try our Moleculatom
Blasters at full power!  Combined, we should at least do some damage."
  "Let us pray," JupiterAstro remarked.  "Moleculatom Weapons!"  All three
stood up with their weapons held up by their shoulders as they shouted, "Fire!"
Holding them out, three streams of electric blue fired from their hand held
devices.  The electricity sparked off of alien's chest but when the smoke
cleared, nothing happened.  The alien built up an immunity to electrocution!
MarsAstro jumped back in shock.
  "Oh no!" VenusAstro moaned.  The alien creature pulled up its tail and claws
and returned three even more powerful arcs of chaotic electricity.  Huge dust
clouds and exploded, blasting the Astrorangers off their feet.
  The alien beast started to crawl on its eight legs towards the three who were
on the ground trying to get up.
  Suddenly overhead, white then black Astrorangers somersault out of sight in
an upward X-formation.
  Two white gloved fists jabbed its face and two white boots kicked its chest
back.  Both of them somersaulting backwards onto their feet, they turn to see
the others and run after them.
  MercuryAstro got there first and helped MarsAstro to stand.  "Are you guys
all right?  We got here as soon as we could!"
  "Barely," MarsAstro replied.  "That thing is tough!"
  SaturnAstro stepped ahead popping his knuckles while facing the alien.  "Well
I don't think it can take all of us.  Cosmic Missile!"
All of them stood up and brought up their right fists and nodded affirmatively.
  In a smokey black background, the circle and right arrow symbol of Mars
shined as a bonfire was seen behind MarsAstro.  He took his sword upside-down
into his left hand and ran his gloved hand the length of the blade causing a
red beam of light to follow his fingers.  "Red FireSword!" MarsAstro shouts as
he horizontally strikes out causing the energy to leave the sword and fly.
"Blaze!"  A flaming light soared in the sky. 
Lightning cracked and clouds rolled rapidly upward while JupiterAstro put out
his ThunderBow.  "Celestial ThunderBow!"  JupiterAstro pointed his fist into
the air.  "Cosmic Arrow!" JupiterAstro shouted when a green beam of light
materialized into a glowing arrow.  He loaded the arrow into his bow, pulled
back and let go of the bowstring shooting the arrow.
  The flaming light soaring through the sky was joined by the LightArrow.
The crescent, circle and cross symbol of Mercury painted themselves onto the
backdrop of outer space while the planet Mercury itself faded into view.
The white Astroranger rose up holding his staff and held it up.  "Celestial
Weapon!"  MercuryAstro twirled his Power Staff in his hands and then lifted it
to the sky as clouds gathered and formed lightning.  The PowerStaff became
brilliant with electricity as he aimed it for his target.
  "Power Staff Electro-Charge!" MercuryAstro shouted as he thrust the weapon
ahead of himself as the electricity jumped off the tip of his long weapon.
  The flaming arrow in the sky was electrified causing it to gain speed,
leaving a trail of light behind.
  The pink circle and cross insignia of Venus was large and bright as it spun
around.  It flew backwards while spinning when it eventually reached the top of
VenusAstro's pink helmet above her visor.
  VenusAstro held up the end of her boomerang.  "Celestial Weapon!"  She pushed
her fingers the length of the weapon causing it to become a pink arc of light.
  "Sonic Boomerang Thunder Blow!" she called out as she flung it into the air.
  The flaming arrow with the electric blue trail of speeding light was joined
by the boomerang's arc increasing its size.
The peculiar symbol of Saturn appeared as the cosmic backdrop revealed a shot
of the beautiful planet.
Rising from below, the black Astroranger took his battle pose while holding his
Celestial Weapon.  "Saturn Ring BattleScythe Strike!" SaturnAstro called out as
he had cast his scythe to the sky.
  In the sky, the flaming boomerang and arrow leaving a trail of light from its
speed was struck by the glowing, spinning BattleScythe which caused it to flash
brilliantly.  The combination of all Celestial Weapons' powers formed the
rainbow colored Cosmic Missile that left the scenery.
  The alien beast stepped back when finding itself directly in the path of the
swirling rainbow.  The rainbow colored rocket blasted straight through the
creature's body and out of its back again causing it to burst apart into a
thunderous explosion.
  While SaturnAstro completed the missile, VenusAstro was in the ravine to the
right retrieving the Solar Sphere.  She returned and looked to see the flaming
carcass and sighed.  "I wish we didn't have to do that."  JupiterAstro nodded.
  "We need to leave right away," MercuryAstro urged.  "EarthAstro is in serious
danger!"  JupiterAstro held the pretty blue crystal orb while preparing to go.
  "What happened?" VenusAstro asked.  Suddenly a loud noise was heard echoing
through the air.  The other four looked up and around; it sounded like they
alien they just destroyed except many more of them.
  "What do you suppose that was?" MarsAstro asked.
  SaturnAstro looked around some more but then jerked in shock.  "Oh no!"
Crawling down a distance mountain were at least a half dozen more of the alien
creatures that Ginara encountered.
  VenusAstro shook her head with annoyance.  "These creatures have a thing
about avenging the dead."
  "This area or maybe even this planet has a whole race of those things!"
JupiterAstro said.  "Everybody to the shuttles, quick!"
  "I just hope we make it in time to save Beverly," MercuryAstro said.  "When
we form AstroMan, we've got to use the VisorRay's heat to free EarthRobo."
  MarsAstro nodded.  "You got it--come on!"  The five of them started running.

     On Earth, in Los Angeles near the Hollywood Mountains--EarthRobo was then,
entirely covered in ice as Titan-Cyborg Arctic almost depleted its back-mounted
tank of liquid nitrogen. Inside of the cockpit--EarthAstro had her hands around
herself rubbing her arms.  "It's so cold!  I have to get out of here!"  Without
a sword, Arctic walked forth with the intent to crush the robot with its fists.
  From out of the sky, the gigantic multi-colored robot AstroMan free-fell into
the ground. While swinging forth through mid-air, AstroMan's legs kicked ahead;
sparks busted out of Titan-Cyborg Arctic's head as massive feet crashed against
its metal helmet.
  On the dirt, AstroMan's massive feet landed and the rest of the robot stepped
forth. Inside of the triple-tiered cockpit, the Astrorangers maintained control
of the 150-foot tall robot.  "VisorRay!" shouted MarsAstro.
AstroMan took its fists away from its face as the visor gleamed in the sunlight
then producing a wide beam of light that hit EarthRobo. Steam rose from the ice
that thickly held onto the 100-foot tall robot.  Eventually, it melted away and
the yellow robot's arms busted through the weakened ice and stepped forth.
  "Oh thank God you guys are here!" EarthRobo radioed.  On her screen, the
image of the entire Astroranger team faced her.  "What happens now?"
  "Push the lever on the right and pull back the lever on your left,"
MercuryAstro directed.  "It requires voice activation so on the count of three,
shout the phrase that is scrolling across your terminal now."
  "Ready!" she said.  EarthRobo jumped into the air--in the sky: the head
converted back into the nose of a jet as its arms folded inside, allowing the
wings to turn right-side up.  The legs folded pack into position to form the
afterburners returning the yellow robot to AirShuttle mode.
  Meanwhile, Titan-Cyborg Arctic came to and opened its chest.  Inside of the
freezer, an ice-cube tray ejected the cubes into the air.
Inside of the cockpit--MarsAstro shouted, "Delta Shield!"
  AstroMan pushed forth its left fist initiating arcs of lightning to
materialize the shield.  The ice bounced off the Delta Shield and
Titan-Cyborg Arctic jumped back in surprise.
In the cockpit--SaturnAstro looked at MarsAstro.  "Let's get rid of this shield
and finish him off."  JupiterAstro nodded in agreement.
  AstroMan stepped in an rammed its fist into the cyborg's chest.  That blast
of sparks was followed by another when AstroMan jabbed its right fist into the
same area.
  AstroMan then brought up both fists and crushed its chest in with another
powerful blast of sparks.
Inside of the AirShuttle cockpit--EarthAstro was counting down backwards from
three with her fingers. "(Now!)"  A split view of both EarthAstro and the other
five Astrorangers showed them all shouting, "Merge to form AstroRobo!"
The AirShuttle's console confirmed the jet switched over to auto-pilot mode as
the plane began to take a nose dive.
  AirShuttle flew in and stopped to hover over AstroMan; arcs of electricity
controlled the jet craft so that it perfectly landed on the shoulders of the
robot AstroMan.
In the cockpit of Airshuttle--doors opened behind EarthAstro as her seat on
tracks rolled backwards out of the cockpit.
  The nose of the yellow jet craft came down onto the chest of AstroMan showing
a new face on the, now, 175-foot tall robot: AstroRobo!
Inside of the cockpit, EarthAstro's seat came down from the ceiling against the
rear-wall where she was suspended above the five Astrorangers on the three
levels below.  "So this is what the cockpit looks like!"  EarthAstro said in
amazement.  "This is totally unbelievable!!"
  "Ready for the next move?" VenusAstro looked up at her and said.
  EarthAstro nodded.  "Ready as I'll ever be!"
  "Get the SunSabre for the Supernova strike, Sheratan," SaturnAstro said.
  JupiterAstro shook his head.  "No, Messuta has a new weapon for us!"
     Titan-Cyborg Arctic was out of liquid nitrogen, had no weapons or
shields and was severely injured when it looked up at the incredibly
powerful looking robot marching forth.  Arctic jumped back with fear and
tried to shield itself with only its hands.
  All shouting, "AstroRobo Solar Power--Flare!!" the gun tubes on the wings
of AirShuttle, mounted on the shoulders of AstroMan, started to glow yellow.
Inside of the barrels, spheres of light began to brighten, suddenly, they burst
forth into streams of pure cosmic rays.
  The solar energy penetrated the mechanical monster of enormous height but the
cracks in its shell began glowing with a pulse. Sending out rays of transparent
light, Titan-Cyborg Arctic fell into the ground and burst into an explosion of
fire with black smoke pushing up into the sky.  AstroRobo put down its fists
and returned to stand by mode while standing tall against the sun lit sky.

     The weather returned to normal, but the night was still cool in Burbank;
William, Ron, Beverly and Tom walked to a movie theatre.  Beverly stared into
space thinking about the incredible events that has happened to her in the past
days; the amazing energy and strength she felt everytime she defended the world
she'd lived on for so long.
  Tom looked around and then at Will.  "Where's the sphere?"
  "At the base," he replied.  "Don't worry about it."  Tom nodded.
  Beverly sighed with a great smile.  "I can't believe that this is all real, I
still can't.  It's just too amazing that all this is really happening!"
  "You'll get used to it, I guess," Will said.  "I hope."  Ron chuckled.
  "Maybe--but it'll take a while.  It's just so amazing that there's really
life out there besides us, you know?"  Beverly smiled a little.  "Well, I guess
you do but for me, I've always had my doubts.  God--it's just too much."  She
was impressed beyond her wildest dreams.
  Ron paused a moment and they all stopped walking.  "There's something that
still bothers me."
  "What, Ron?" Will asked.  "Is it about what the Nazitans are doing with the
other Solar Sphere?"
  "Yeah, but I mean something else."  Ron stopped and looked at everyone.
"Aren't you all in the _slightest_ bit curious as to why Dave gave us all ten
dollars, EACH, to see a movie?"
  "What?  We have forty bucks??" Beverly asked.  "I wonder why he didn't count
the money?  Nobody just gives anybody that much cash to see the movies!"
  Will shrugged.  "Maybe he just wanted us to have popcorn, or was in a hurry."
  "A really big hurry to drop off that much cash," Ron replied.  "Food or not."
  "Well, as far as I'm concerned--free money is good money," Tom said.  "Let's
go."  Will shook his head and smiled while they continued to stroll on.

   In Los Feliz, below Griffith Park was where the Terranians' made their home.
Inside, upstairs in Amy's room, her finger with pink nail polish had pushed the
play button on the cassette deck.  Her portable stereo system began to play the
song Tom had composed that she sung with.  The room was illuminated by the lamp
on the nightstand and scented candles perfumed the air.  Amy walked over to the
bed where Dave layed.  She drawled onto the edge and sat on her ankles, looking
at him.
  "I never knew you could play a musical instrument," Dave said for small talk.
  Amy smiled.  "I talked Tom into helping me write that song."
  Dave gasped.  "How??"
  "I guess I just know how people function," Amy said slightly sliding further
up the bed.  "I did write those lyrics, Dave.  And..." she paused.  Amy kissed
him under his jaw bone.  "I meant _every_ word."  Amy took off her pumps and
dropped them on the carpet.  Dave sat up but Amy put her hands on his chest and
pushed him down again.
  Dave looked up into her eyes and Amy looked into his as she leaned down and
began kissing him deeply.  It lasted for some time as Dave began to comb her
hair with his fingers.  Ending the kiss, Amy looked back into Dave's eyes again
and kissed him one last time.  "So, Dave--what is your answer to my question?"
  Dave smiled and looked at her.  "Amy, I believe that this is the start of a
beautiful relationship."  Amy smiled and started to kiss him again when Dave
stopped her.  "And...  I love you too."  Amy gazed into his eyes and began to
look all over his upper body as she climbed on top of his torso and lightly sat
on his stomach to more comfortably kiss him. Dave returned Amy's kisses eagerly
as his arm reached over to the lamp and pulled the chain to turn it off. Alone,
the room was only illuminated by the full moon and the tiny candles in the four
corners of the room.  There, they both progressed further in their embrace. . .

                                                           TO BE CONTINUED    


Next week on Galaxy Task Force Astroranger. . .

Cyborg Saw attacks Saturn to reach its Solar Sphere but will the Astrorangers
care after they find out what has happened to Beverly?  Find out yourself with
them in in Episode 32, "EarthAstro!  Why Have You Betrayed Me?"

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