INT. NOVA BASE – MAIN CHAMBER – NIGHT
The glow of the Nova Cradle's crystal core filled the chamber with a low, pulsing light. The future and present Sentinels stood around the main console as Zevor scanned the strange, unlit Nova Shard in Future Red's gauntlet.
FUTURE REDZevor… in our time, you said you might have found a way to cleanse the shard. To wake it.
ZEVOR(turning to the group)Yes. The shard is not dead — it is… dormant, locked by residual corruption from Karnex's earliest conquests. In this timeline, the corruption is weaker. I can attempt to purify it.
PRESENT KAEL(curious)What happens if it works?
FUTURE ZAYNThen our Red will finally have the power he should've had all along. And maybe… maybe our future won't be as broken.
Zevor connected the shard to a swirling column of Nova energy. The chamber dimmed, the crystal core shifting to a deep gold hue.
Meanwhile, at the side of the room —
PRESENT DAIKI(elbowing Future Daiki)Okay… seriously. Who are those two?
FUTURE DAIKI(grinning)They're the newest additions to the team in our time. Red and Pink joined years after your crew.
PRESENT LYRA(raising an eyebrow)So what happened to me?
FUTURE DAIKI(hesitating, smirking again)You and Kael are distracting karnex . But I'm not spoiling everything.
PRESENT JETTAw, come on — just tell us if I survive.
FUTURE JETT(smiling faintly)Let's just say… you get even more annoying.
The present rangers exchanged glances, realizing that every question might reveal too much about their own fates.
RAYNAThen maybe we shouldn't ask.
ZEVOR(focused)The purification will take time. Future Red — remain within the Nova energy field. The rest of you… prepare yourselves. Karnex will not ignore such a surge of power.