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The war with Rita and Zedd had been going on for the past two years. Even with their new ninjetti powers, the two sorcerers were formidable foes to be reckoned with. Sometimes, Kim feared that they would be attacked in their homes and killed in their sleep. However thanks to the forcefields around their houses, she had one less thing to be frightened of. Her life was a mess ever since Zordon selected her to be his pink ranger. Yet she wouldn't change a single moment of it. Her experiences made her a better person. Her powers helped her save so many innocent lives. Kimberly Hart was content with her life, and accepted the craziness that came with it.

If only other people in the planet were as open minded to the stuff that was taking the world by storm, as she was. Alas, people tended to fear what they didn't understand... something their enemies took full advantage of.

Zedd had leaked the whereabouts of the Command Center to a rogue xenophobic faction of an organisation called A.P.E.X , the same institution responsible for detaining aliens in Area 51.

A missle directly headed for the giant structure located in the desert in the outskirts of Angel Grove. The crane Zord flew over one, caught it with it's talons, and manoeuvred the missle back at the army tank, which had launched it.

Kim saw a soldier being teleported away from the tank just before it exploded into smithereens.

The falcon zord redirected a missle towards the skies, and the bear zord destroyed several tanks by stomping on them.

The red, black and the blue rangers stood infront of the people who had tried to destroy their base of operations. They should have been killed when the zords had retaliated. But killing was against their code. Besides that was exactly what Zedd wanted ... the death of humans at the hands of rangers to spark an anti-ranger campaign.

" Why ?" Rocky, the red ranger asked.

" You know why. You rangers brought your galactic war to us. Zedd has promised to leave us alone if we take care of you freaks." The leader spat. All of them were covered from head to toe in black.

Billy sighed, taking off his helmet, revealing his face to them. " We're humans, just like you. Zedd started this war, not us."

"Lies." He snarled, getting up and charging at the blue ranger with a dagger." How dare you steal human faces !"

"That's enough, Agent Todd." A strong authoritative female voice echoed across the desert. The man stopped in his tracks and turned around to face a 30 year old brunette in a green military jacket.

"Commander Sheers." He said surprised.

" Seriously you thought with the attack on Promethea, I wouldn't notice you five teleporting away with military gear. You wasted our resources and allied with alien invaders. Do you have anything to say for yourself ?"

" We did the things you didn't have the guts to do." He replied cooly.

Melanie Sheers grimaced. " All of you were exceptionally talented. It would be a loss for A.P.E.X, but I suppose it'd be for the greater good."

" What ?"

Billy put his helmet back on. Melanie put on a pair of sunglasses, and took out a silver pen. She opened the cap, and a bright light flooded the entire place.

The rogue agents fell unconscious on the ground.

" Neuralyzer - always works! These people won't remember anything about you people. Tell Zordon I've taken care of the matter. " She informed, before she and the former agents disappeared in a flash of white light.

" Wow." Adam demorphed, and sighed, after checking his watch. " It's 6.18 already. So, are you guys ready for class ?"

" No. I lost my beauty sleep. I am so going to make Zedd pay for this!" Kim's voice was heard through the communicator.

Billy chuckled. "We better go home now, before our parents discover we're missing. Oh, remember our class projects today."

"Ofcourse we do. It's not a test. Just something for fun. Brainiac. " Aisha mock scolded. All them nodded, teleporting away in streaks of coloured lights.

Later that day, all of them were seated in their classroom, trying to stiffle their yawns, while Mrs Appleby taught them a poem based on childhood.

"Class, so did you bring what I asked you too ?" She asked sweetly. " A photograph from your childhood, which is close to your heart."

There was an unanimous "Yes", even from Bulk and Skull.

" Fine. Kim, why don't you go first ?"

"Um. Okay." Kim smiled widely, getting up and walking excitedly beside Mrs Appleby. She held up a photograph, and faced the entire class.

"As you can see, this is my first gymnastics competition. I didn't win. I was a bit bummed out, but you know what ? It taught me to be a good sport. We participate in games and competitions, not to win but to enhance ourselves, learn from our mistakes and have fun." She said happily.

"Excellent, Kim. Adam, why don't you go next ?"

"Sure." Adam walked up to her, with a photo of his own.

Unknown to the rangers, their activities were being observed by a devious evil.

Rita banged her fists upon the railings of her balcony, her eyes still fixated to the eyepiece of her Repsula-scope.

"Stupid kids with stupid lives." She sneered, before letting go of her telescope, and leaving the veranda.

As she left, a human boy appeared out of thin air, deactivating his cloaking spell. He held a miniature version of the Z staff. He peered into the Repsula-scope, highly interested in the events taking place in Mrs Appleby's classroom.

He watched as Adam spoke about spending time with his father, Rocky about learning responsibility by taking care of his dog Buster, Tommy about his karate competition, Billy about inculcating determination by fixing his mom's vacuum cleaner and Aisha about her happiness on performing a dance routine infront of her ailing grandmother.

He continued to listen as the other students rambled on about conquering their fears of darkness, animals and heights, and celebrating happy moments of their lives.

Unlike him, these humans were able to enjoy their childhood. He was born in a time of war. Within months, his growth was accelerated in order to give him the powers to protect himself from those who seeked to hurt him... Beings who were far older and powerful than himself. He desired to enjoy his childhood, and anyone who prevented him from doing so, would be punished.

The boy snapped his fingers, and a spell book appeared in his hands. And that's when everything changed.

He started to speak in a forgotten tongue, and purple smoke poured out from the book and enveloped everything.

Kim's eyes snapped open. She saw statues all around her. Statues which resembled her classmates. Where was she ?

The sky was purple and lightning crackled all around her.

"Kimberly !" She turned around to see her teammates running towards her. She smiled widely, enveloping Tommy in a bear hug.

" Thank god, you guys are okay !"

" Oh no... Principal Caplan...Miss Appleby !" Aisha murmured, seeing two statues holding hands together, their eyes still wide with fear. "What happened to everyone?"

They were in a desert landscape, with their classmates and teachers turned into stone.

"Must be Rita and Zedd." Rocky surmised.

"We can't reach Zordon. Nor can we morph." Billy informed.

" Are we in another dimension ?" Aisha asked. "Sure feels like it."

" All of us are trapped here." A steely voice echoed.

"Zedd !" Tommy growled, turning around to face the skinless monster and his generals- Rita, Goldar and Mordant.

" Yes, white ranger. But we are not the ones responsible for this situation." He stated coldly." The one responsible for our current situation is my son, Thrax."

"What ?" Aisha raised her eyebrows, pointing her fingers at Rita and Zedd. "You two have a kid ?"

" Save the theatrics for later, yellow..." Rita scoffed. "He used forbidden magic from my spellbook to do this. He has sent everyone older than himself to this Shadow dimension. As you can see, any normal person would be petrified. Our powers protected us from suffering the same fate. But we are still trapped here."

"Why would he do something like this ?" Tommy asked.

"We rapidly aged him to a 12 year old soon after he was born. And he might have grown jealous after spying on you wretched punks giving speeches on the importance of childhood." Rita said nonchalantly.

"You spy on us !" Kim gawked.

" Focus on the bigger picture, human." Goldar growled. "We need your help to escape."

"How ?" Billy asked, furrowing his eyebrows. "The spell restricts everyone older than Thrax from being in our reality ..."

He looked up, eyes wide open." No ! You can't mean -"

Rita smirked." I have a spell to make you relive your childhood. "

"Why would we trust you ?" Tommy snarled. " Why can't you use the spell on yourself ?"

"We are immortals, and thus immune to these spells." Zedd supplied. " We need you to save us all, power rangers."

The teens exchanged wary glances.

"The spell ... Is it reversible ?" Adam asked. " Can we use our powers as kids ?"

"You are ninjetti. Didn't Dulcea teach you kids anything ?" Rita shook her forehead.

" Wait, you know Dulcea ?" Aisha asked.

" Know her ? I see, there's a lot your mentors didnt tell you. We were friends once, before the Great War. For the ninjetti, anything is possible. Well, almost anything." The empress stated." You can reverse the enchantment, any moment you want. Just wait till you reverse Thrax's spell."

"How do we do that ?" Kim asked bluntly.

"You'll know when you open the book." She said mysteriously. "Just remember he's my son, not a monster. A living breathing person. Don't kill him please."

"We don't kill." Tommy stated coldly. "Unlike you... We're ready."

Rita waved her staff, sending a green fog at the rangers. As the smoke enveloped them, they disappeared from their veiw.

EARTH

COMMAND CENTRE

"Aie aie aie..." Alpha -5 muttered frantically. " Zordon ? 75% of the world's population has vanished, including the rangers."

"IT IS TROUBLING INDEED. I SENSE THAT ZEDD AND RITA'S MAGIC AT WORK, YET I DONOT FEEL THEIR PRESENCE ON THIS REALM. ALPHA, SCAN THOSE PEOPLE. DETECT IF THE VANISHING IS RANDOM OR PARTICULAR TO A SELECT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS."

"Aie aie aie, Zordon. Everyone above 14 years of age have vanished. And a elusive figure has appeared in Angel Grove park. I will put up the image in the viewing globe."

The viewing globe came into action, showing a young boy dressed in white with a crown on his head, carrying a Zstaff, walking placidly amongst a crowd of confused youngsters. He raised the staff, sending an energy wave up into the sky. Instantly, everyone there looked up at him with blank faces and red eyes.

"Stupid people of Earth, I am King Thrax. Bow down and accept your positions as my subjects."

Without asking anything, they stooped to their knees.

"Zordon, he is using mind-control over those kids. How can we stop them without the rangers ?"

" ALPHA, INITIATE PROJECT SUPERSO-" Zordon broke off, his lips forming a smile. " ALPHA, THEY ARE BACK. TELEPORT THE RANGERS BACK HERE."

"Affirmative, Zordon." The robot nodded, pressing some consoles.

ANGEL GROVE

Tommy opened his eyes. He felt himself smaller. He looked at his fingers, clenching his fists.

Kim touched her face, and clutched her short hair, as she got up beside Tommy.

"We made it back." It was Rocky. Like Tommy, he had a ponytail.

Kim stifled her laughter. "You look wierd, Rocko."

"Man, I hated this -" He whined, running his hands through his hair.

"Don't sweat it, Rocky. I think you look cute." Adam punched his arm, getting up.

"Aw... You look great too-"

"You guys are adorable! But as much as I love seeing you too making lovey dovey eyes at each other, we have a planet to save." Aisha rolled her eyes, as Rocky and Adam turned red. "Billy, do you think Zordon and Alpha are still here ?"

" They should be..." Billy adjusted his glasses. "Since Zordon is an interdimensional being trapped in a time warp, and Alpha 5 is a robot, I postulate that contact with them is possible. Yet we should attempt to do so, in order to affirm-"

" Great!" Kim shouted." No matter is my hair miserable, Billy has regressed to technobabble again."

Exactly at that moment, all six kids appeared in the Command Centre.

"RANGERS, I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. HOW YOU REVERSE -"

" Rita did it. Her son cast a spell to banish everyone older than him to a Shadow Dimension. We need to reverse this." Billy informed.

"I SEE..." The eltarian sage mused. "CAN YOU MORPH ?"

They summoned their morphers, yet they couldn't transform.

"I THOUGHT SO." He nodded. " EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T MORPH, YOU ARE STILL NINJETTI. TRY TO CHANNEL YOUR ANIMAL SPIRITS."

Tommy closed his eyes and concentrated on his spirit animal. Winged lord of justice, he thought. White energy enveloped him, empowering him. He opened his eyes, but instead of finding himself in normal ninjetti gi, he found himself a white version of Superman's costume.

He looked around to see Kimberly as Sailor Moon, Aisha as Wonder Woman, Billy in an Ironman costume, Rocky as Thor and Adam as Batman.

"What..." Rocky said, lifting his red cape with one hand, and his hammer in the other.

"YOUR NINJETTI ARMOUR GAINS POWER FROM YOUR SOUL. IT APPEARS LIKE THIS BECAUSE AS KIDS, THESE HEROES WERE YOUR INSPIRATIONS. AND THUS YOUR NINJETTI ARMOUR RESEMBLES THEIRS.:" Zordon explained.

"Okay. I got that, but these are not suits of heroes or anything. These costumes are not from actual superheroes, not like us, anyways. These are just some characters from comics and tv shows." Adam said, while checking out tue various gadgets in his utility belt.

" THEY ARE MORE THAN THAT." Zordon chuckled." THERE IS MUCH YOU DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT'S A STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY. NOW, YOU MUST DEFEAT THRAX AND REVERSE THE SPELL."

"How ?" Billy asked." Thrax used a spellbook to cast this spell. We need that book to reverse this mess. For all we know, it is still on the moon. "

" NO. IT MUST STILL BE WITH THRAX. IT'S THE ONLY WAY HE'S ABLE TO CONTROL THR THE MINDS OF THOSE CHILDREN. YOU MUST RECOVER THE BOOK, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE COUNTER SPELL FROM IT."

"All right." Tommy shouted. "Back to Action!"

In jets of coloured lights, they teleported to the Angel Grove, Infront of the building which used to be the Youth Centre. Now, in it's place, stood a giant castle from the stone ages.

"Who are you ?" A voice boomed. They looked up to see Thrax hovering over them.

"We are here to fix your mess. Return everything to normal, and there's no conflict." Tommy ordered.

"Wait...You are the power rangers. It matters not how you are here, but there's no stopping me. Attack my soldiers!"

From all sides, kids dressed as knights, advanced at them, swinging swords.

"You are powerless kids. No ranger armour to defend you and no ninjetti magic to hide you. You are outnumbered, rangers! Your early Halloween costumes can't save you!"

Kim bit her lips. It was true. Their powers were gone. But then, how could she still feel strength flowing through her entire body. Then it hit her. She had powers...Her 'costume' wasn't a mere representation of the 'hero' who inspired her. It gave her the abilities of Sailor Moon. Their strength came from their imagination. And somehow, that was going to be the key to restoring the world to normal, and saving all those people trapped in the Shadow World, including their friends and families.

She smirked. Even though she was supposed to be Sailor Moon, she felt more like Sailor Chibiusa (because she was currently a child). Even though she would never admit it openly, she was a huge fan of manga and anime. And now, all those translated manga and dubbed anime would be of use... Too bad, nobody would remember this. She really wanted to brag to her mother about it.

"Moon Prism Power !"

Kim shot orbs of silver light from her tiara, disarming some kids.

"What ?" Rocky gawked.

"We are who we appear to be. We have their powers !" Kim shouted, as a silver staff appeared in her hands.

Adam nodded, sending batarangs at those attacking them, slicing their weapons to half.

" Prodigious ! This is most morphenomenal. " Billy said excitedly, as the Blue Ironman suit completely formed around him. He shot lasers from his arms and the orb in his chestplate at Thrax, which he easily deflected.

"Less babbling. More fighting, Billy!" Tommy reminded, whilst glaring at Thrax. "Let's see if I can do this. Up, up and Away !"

He raised his hands, and flew up in the sky. He smiled, as he headed directly for the scion of darkness, carefully dodging the red energy blasts thrown by Thrax's Zstaff.

He punched the boy, watching him fall to the ground. Thrax momentarily regained his balance, just before a hammer slammed against him, from behind.

He groaned as he fell head-first to the dirt, letting go of his staff. " I always wanted to use a magic hammer!" Rocky said gleefully.

" It's my turn." Aisha stated calmly, walking up to the son of their greatest enemies, and wrapping her golden lasso around his neck.

" Give us your book." She commanded.

" Never!" He roared.

"Well. Let me rephrase it. Where is the book ?"

"You'll never find it, even if you destroy me." He swore."The world will remain this way forever! It's in another dimension."

" How can we get it ?"

" Using my staff." Thrax blurted." Why am I saying all these-"

"Because the lasso of Hestia compels you to sspeak the truth." Aisha smiled. "You underestimated our imagination. Now, you pay for your sins."

Adam took hold of the staff, and tossed it to Tommy, who snapped it into two. A book popped into his hands, while the staff disintegrated to silver dust.

"Zordon, we got the book. Prepare for teleportation." Tommy stated.

Within seconds, they stood within the Command Centre, Thrax contained in an energy field.

The book floated in the air, directly infront Zordon's eyes, it's pages rapidly being flipped till it reached the last page. It fell to the metallic floor with a thud.

Zordon looked at them ominously.

"RANGERS, THE SPELL IS IRREVERSIBLE. IT'S TIED TO THRAX'S OWN LIFELINE. THE ONLY WAY TO BRING THEM BACK IS TO EITHER KILL THE CASTER OF THE SPELL OR MAKE HIM OLDER THAN EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSE, BUT THAT MEANS -"

" Robbing him of his childhood, youth and everything else. He would be an old man who hasn't yet lived his life. Surely, there must be another way." Kim insisted.

" This us a war, Kim. In real life, actions have concequences. He won't die -"

Kim cut Tommy off with a glare. "Isn't this more cruel than death ?"

"Kim, if we don't do this, all of our friends and family would be gone forever." Aisha said quietly. "You know I don't want this anymore than you do, but this is the only way."

" Billy, what do you think ?"

" I ..." The blue ranger stumbled before looking down.

" Adam, Rocky ..." Kim turned around to see them having the same conflicted looks in their eyes.

"KIMBERLY, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY-"

"Do it, but it just doesn't feel right." Kim sighed, chewing her lips.

"I UNDERSTAND, MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW, KIMBERLY." Zordon replied, as he bagan to chant in an ancient tongue. Thrax shouted in pain, and a purple fog began to flow out of his mouth, engulfing everything.

" Is it done..." The fog disappeared.

They found themselves back as adults, in their civilian attire. Their superhero costumes were gone.

"Aie aie aie. You did it. The world population is back to normal."

Kim gasped, looking at Thrax. He was no longer a child. He looked barely human. His flesh had been ripped out, and twisted asymmetrical horns erupted from his head.

"What have you done to me ?" He rasped.

The veiwing globe buzzed into life, showing the faces of Rita and Zedd.

"Congratulations, rangers. You broke a spell from the Book of Darkness. We are impressed. But now, we need our son and our book back." Zedd cackled.

"YOUR BOOK WILL BE CONFISCATED, BUT YOUR SON...YOU NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING -"

"We know, Zordon." Rita said grimly. "Perhaps, this will teach my son not to play with powers beyond his comprehension."

"Aren't you a little bit worried, Rita ? This is your son! He can never be a child again. He will never have a normal life !"

"I appreciate your concern, Kimberly. But our kind donot share your human sentiments. Our son lives, and that is all that matters. Now, send him back before we send an army of monsters to retrieve him. I doubt the Command Centre could withstand that." Rita scoffed.

" VERY WELL. ALPHA."

"Aie aie aie." Alpha-5 nodded.

Thrax disappeared in streaks of silver light.

The viewing globe showed Thrax appearing between his parents.

"Thank you." Rita said, before the Viewing Globe became blank again.

"So ... that was a little bit odd !" Rocky said." But I don't understand how we became those those superheroes ."

"THE GREAT POWER WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. CHILDREN ARE SYMBOLS OF UNLIMITED IMAGINATION. MAYBE THAT INFLUENCED THE WAY YOU HARNESS THE MORPHIN GRID, BY MAKING YOU THE HEROES YOU IMAGINED YOURSELVES TO BE WHEN YOU WERE CHILDREN."

"Okay ..." Rocky said slowly. "That makes sense, somewhat."

"What do we do now ? Anyone up for a smoothie? Treat's on me!" Tommy announced, putting his arm around Kim. "I know you're bummed out, beautiful. But it's okay. We did the right thing."

"I know..." Kim said softly, as all of them teleported out of the Command Centre.

Chapter Text

Kim rested her head on Tommy's shoulders as they sat together in a bench, overlooking the lake, witnessing the beautiful sunset. The sky was pinkish red, and the sun was slowly disappearing behind the clouds.

Then, suddenly, a star shooted down from the sky, heading straight towards them.

They jumped backwards, instantly morphing into their ninjetti forms, and not a second too late, because the 'star' crashed just Infront of them, completely destroying the bench.

It was not a star or a comet, but a small space pod. It was silver and apparently had no doors. Without any warning, the front of the pod reeled back, as if it was a liquid of sorts, and a woman in golden armour staggered out... Someone they knew all too well.

"Scorpina !" Tommy snarled, taking a defensive position.

"No, wait. Look. She's injured." Kim said alarmed, noticing that the edenite assassin was severely bleeding, from various parts of her body. Bruises and cuts covered her entire body, and her lips were swollen. She had a black eye, and a nasty scar across her left cheek, marring her beautiful face.

"Rangers, please..." She gasped. "I need help. They're coming."

"Who ?"

Scorpina fell to her knees, unable to walk. She crawled towards them, desperately. The two rangers watched her, unconvinced of what to do. This could very well be a trick to capture or hurt them.

"Dark Spectre." She gasped, before losing consciousness.

"Zordon, we got a situation." Kim said, raising her communicator. "We are bringing a prisoner to the Command Centre. Keep a forcefield ready."

Within seconds, all the rangers gathered together in the Command Centre.

"Zordon, why is she here ?" Aisha asked, her eyes fixated on Scorpina, who was sealed in one of the healing pods. "And why are we trying to help her, after all the horrible things she did... "

"Because that's what we do, irrespective of whether we like it or not." Billy said disgruntled." Besides she might have information we need."

" Well, atleast she isn't going on any more dates with you." Rocky said jovially, putting his arm around Adam.

"Yeah. That's for sure." The black ranger quipped." Zordon, who is this Dark Spectre ?"

"Dark Spectre is the leader of the United Alliance of Evil, his sole purpose being the utter destruction of all worlds." Zordon said gravely.

"Zordon, what makes him different all the other creeps we have beaten?" Kim asked.

"He has infinite soldiers to do his bidding and his powers would make Rita look like a petty dabbler in the dark arts. He was never interested in Earth till recently."

"What changed ?" Kim quirked her eyebrows.

"You six unlocked the Great Power, and thus, became the biggest threat to his reign of tyranny. It is not just myth what Dulcea told you... With the great power, truly anything is possible, including the defeat of Dark Spectre."

" When will he be here ? And why would Scorpina want to warn us ? Isn't she a part of the UAE?" Kim asked suspiciously.

"Because I remember." Scorpina spoke, as the healing pod opened. "I remember who I was. My real name is Sabrina of Edenoi, the former Masked Rider. I did some questionable things to protect my people, and I landed up in a coma. Somehow, I was revived by Dark Spectre and brainwashed into becoming one of his minions."

"How did you break free of his spell ?" Zordon narrowed his eyes.

"An old friend helped. Dimitria of Inquiris encountered me on Rashon and purged me of evil. For months, I have been masquerading as Dark Spectre's pawn. But I was discovered as a spy. I barely escaped."

"Dimitria is alive! I thought she died in the Great Battle."

"She is not exactly alive. She is like a phantasm. A spirit, but still able to walk in the mortal plane. I don't know the specifics. We only talked for a couple of hours before I left for Edenoi. I met my brother and decided to spy on the UAE shortly after. Lexian didn't want me to go, but I had to. After all the horrors I've been forced to commit, the least I could do was provide intel."

" How do we know you're not making this up ?" The leader of the rangers crossed his arms. "

"We can trust her, Tommy. I donot sense any traces of evil energies on her. And it is true what she said. She is Princess Sabrina, sister of King Lexian. We believed she was lost forever to the darkness but it appears we were mistaken." Zordon smiled. "Welcome back, Sabrina."

" Thank you, Zordon. But we don't have any time to spare. The United Alliance will be here soon. We only have a few days before he assembles his army. We need to be prepared. You know what we need to get, don't you?"

"The Zeo Crystal." Zordon sighed. "It's a crystallised shard of the Great Power. Years ago, the Order of Meledon hid it to protect it's powers from falling into the wrong hands. With every passing year, it's power increases ten fold. You can even say that it is the most powerful object in the galaxy, capable of breaking through any enchantment, including the curse forcing me to remain within this time warp. With it's power, we can create more rangers and increase our chances of victory."

"Okay. But where is this crystal ?" Adam asked.

"The Moon." He replied curtly. "Only a ranger, a chosen warrior of the light can remove the Zeo Crystal from it's pedestal. It's hidden in the Caves of Deception underneath the Lunar Castle."

"Great ! We are going to enemy turf to look for a mystical object. " Adam said dryly.

" Tommy, Adam and Aisha will head to the Caves of Deception tomorrow, while the others will protect Angel Grove. We must hurry, rangers. This is going to be the toughest battle you've ever faced. "

"So, we leave tommorow. Kim, you'll be in charge." Tommy said, turning his back on Zordon. "We've been through worse, guys."

Time flew quickly and it felt like mere seconds had passed since Scorpina's ship crashed into the park and ruined her date. Kim just bid farewell to Tommy and his team as they teleported to the moon.

Almost immediately, the alarms started blaring.

"Aie aie aie... Rita has sent a rat monster to attack Angel Grove Park." Alpha-5 wailed his arms around, as the image of a rat monster appeared in the Veiwing Globe.

"Well, no rest for the wicked. You know what time it is..." Billy asked. "Kim ?"

"IT'S MORPHIN TIME - PTERADACTYL!"

"TYRANNOSAURUS!"

"TRICERATOPS!"

With flashes of coloured lights, they teleported out.

Tommy led Adam and Aisha through the tunnels beneath the lunar castle.

"According to the energy map Alpha uploaded to our systems, the Cave of Deception is right -"

"Here !" Their morphs vanished as a familiar foe appeared before them, grinning at them.

The purple demon flashed his yellow teeth at them. "Ivan Ooze at your service!"

"You are just a illusion." Tommy glared.

"Am I ?" He smirked, as he lunged at them.

They easily dodged him. He snarled, his arms twisting into octopus like tentacles, which slammed them against the wall.

"How ?" Adam gasped.

"Our powers... guys. What is going on ?" Aisha asked, squirming to free herself from the purple ooze which slowly solidified around her.

"How can our powers be gone? And how can this thing be real ? We know Ooze is dead." Tommy mused. "Guys, this is the magic of the cave. If we believe that these are real, they will become real."

"What do you mean ?" Aisha quirked her eyebrows.

"Call your weapons." Tommy stated, before closing his eyes tight and concentrating. "Saba !"

He opened his eyes to see his white sabre floating infront of him. "Care to help ?"

The dagger gave an affirmative nod, sending twin red laser beams at the ooze, incinerating it and freeing them.

They looked at Ooze, who began to fade.

"Well, that's anticlimactic. Anyways, the worst is yet to come..."

Their armour materialised around them, as the purple monster vanished.

"This way, guys." They took another turn and they found a crystal stuck on a pedestal.

"Well, that was easy." Adam said, before wincing. "I jinxed it, didn't I ?"

"You did." It was Tommy's voice, but it came from behind them.

"Damn!" Tommy cursed, turning around to face the green ranger.

The pink, red and blue rangers landed admist the chaos to see a rat humanoid dressed in a red suit and sporting an elaborate black hat chasing some children.

"Stop !" Kim yelled.

The monster stopped and turned towards them. "My name is Mad Ratter. And you'll all pay for defying my empress."

"Three years in her resume and Rita still can't name her monsters properly..." Kim sighed. "Let's finish this quickly. Pteradactyl Thunderwhip !"

With a pink flash of light, a whip appeared in her hand. She ran towards the monster, hitting him with it, electrocuting him.

"Putties!" He screamed and grey golems teleported and surrounded them.

"Power Lance !"

"Power Sword !"

The red and blue rangers made quick work of the footsoldiers, while the pink ranger threw the monster to the ground with a flurry of kicks.

"Power Bow!" With her bow, she threw arrows at him, instantly destroying him with a small explosion.

"Well, that's that." She smiled, turning towards Billy. "Now, is there anything you want to tell us, Blue ?"

Billy groaned, as they teleported to the Youth Center.

Matthew 'Matt' Cook was there from the start. He grew up in Angel Grove with Jason, Trini, Billy, Kim and Zack. He was Kimberly's boyfriend for three years. All that changed when Rita attacked and unbeknownst to him, his friends were chosen to be the power rangers and kept him in the dark about it.

Rita took advantage of that, sending a sentient shapeshifting putty to abduct and replace him. He was held for weeks in the moon base, eventually being freed by the rangers, who revealed their identities to him shortly. He was a bit annoyed that his friends kept this part of their lives from him, but more than that, he was stoked to have actual superheroes as his best friends!

When Rita's green ranger attacked the Command Centre with an army of Finister's fiercest monsters, Trini sacrificed herself to save them and unleashed the full power of the Grid, vaporising Rita's other generals and freeing Tommy from her control. She fell unconscious in the battlefield and Rita escaped with her power coin.

Unlike the green power coin, the yellow coin was linked to the other four power coin. There was a reason Zordon chose five friends instead of random strangers to be his rangers. Only a team could access the power coins as a whole. The yellow coin was useless to her. Zordon was still incapacitated and even though she'd lost Tommy, she'd gained a new pawn.

Trini slipped into a coma and Rita magically severed her link to the coin. As an unintentional side effect, Trini lost memories of her time as a ranger when she recovered. Her family decided to move to Washington after their daughter almost died. The rangers decided to not tell Trini of the past few months so as to allow her to live a normal life. If she knew, she'd have never gone with her family. She'd saved all of them once and done more than her share as a ranger.

Rita sent Scorpina to kidnap Matt from his home. Since he was a dear friend to the rangers, he was the only person who could access the coin's powers. She put him under a spell and made him her evil yellow ranger. It didn't last long. When Zordon returned, they learned his identity and saved him.

Rita was joined by Zedd shortly. Together, they freed the high demon Lokar from the prison dimension of Talos. It was a hard battle but the rangers defeated the demon, following which Matt, Zack and Jason retired from active ranger duty and passed their powers to Aisha, Adam and Rocky.

The three of them went to the Youth Peace Conference, a global initiative to allow people from different parts of the world to better know each other and integrate themselves as global citizens.

Matt thought that his ranger days were over but when a glowing spectre arrived in the middle of their dormitory asking for help, they couldn't refuse.

Honestly, part of him wanted to ignore the calling, but his friends needed his help and his home was in danger of being destroyed. He wouldn't be able to live with the guilt if something bad happened and knowing he may have been able to stop it. So he agreed, even though it meant he'd have to meet Kim again.

Oh yeah, their perfect relationship had ended. He saw how Kim and Tommy looked at each other, and he couldn't say he was surprised when Kim teleported to his dormitory one day to tell him that she wasn't cut out for a long distance relationship.

They had chosen to remain as friends and Matt had stopped talking to her promptly. He couldn't help but feel guilty. Rita had messed up their lives, big time. If it weren't for her, Tommy wouldn't have been in his picture and Kim would still be his.

He respected her decision even though he couldn't help but feel bitter.

Now wasn't the time for that. He wouldn't let his feelings get in the way of what he needed to do.

It was time to be a superhero again.

The edenite came out from her quarters and walked into the main chamber of the Command Centre.

Sabrina pursed her lips, looking at Zordon. She had since discarded her armour for a plain green shirt and black trousers.

"I'm sorry I failed you all those years ago." She bowed her head, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT, SABRINA." Zordon replied, his calm voice echoing through out the command centre.

"You warned me, but inspite of everything, I gave in -"

"WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. WHAT MATTERS MOST IS WHAT WE DO AFTER WE REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE DONE."

"Zordon, we were a team. All five of us, and I destroyed everything. The first team of power rangers fell because I betrayed you guys. All because I thought I knew what I was doing." She looked up at the eltarian's face in the plasma tube, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Aie aie aie..." Alpha made her way to her, pulling out a handkerchief from the sunthesizer. "Don't cry, Sabrina. You are here now."

Alpha wiped her tears with it. "You are back with us, princess."

"ALPHA IS RIGHT. WE MAY HAVE FAILED THEN, BUT NOW WE WON'T. YOU ARE BACK AND SOON, MY RANGERS WILL RETURN WITH THE ZEO CRYSTAL ENABLING ME AND DIMITRIA TO FIGHT AGAIN."

"You are right." Sabrina sniffed.

"Never expected you to be a crybaby, Scorpina." A familiar voice said, and she whirled around to see three people teleport in the Command Centre.

"JASON, ZACK, MATTHEW... WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ?" Zordon asked perplexed.

"I brought them here to help." A voice echoed as a woman in white, her face covered by a white veil appeared, hovering in the air like a ghost, her entire form translucent.

"DIMITRIA, YOU ARE ALIVE." Zordon's eyes widened seeing his old friend.

"We can catch up later, old friend. But time is of the essence. Dark Spectre is on his way here and the might of a single ranger team will not be enough to fight him. It's time to find the Omega Stones." She said, her voice calm and contained just like he remembered.

"Omega stones ?" Jason asked. "I thought you said we need to be rangers again."

He nodded to the edenite. "So it's true. You were under a spell."

"It's not Scorpina anymore. My name is Princess Sabrina of Edenoi. And even though I am deeply sorry for all the pain I put you and your team through, if you ever call me a crybaby again, I'll not be sorry for kicking your butt."

"Fair enough." Jason smiled, extending his hand.

Sabrina shook his hand, before turning towards Matt.

"Matthew, I'm sorry for -"

"It's okay. You were under a spell yourself, and take it from someone who knows how hard it can be to recover from being mind controlled, you can't blame yourself. You were not a villain but a victim... a survivor."

Sabrina nodded.

"Yeah, don't sweat it. We forgive you and we trust you now." Zack said.

"Thank you, all of you." The edenite smiled.

"Let's not divert our attention, rangers. We need to find the Omega Stones. They are artifacts of great power created by the Emissaries of the Grid themselves. There are five stones, each granting it's user to channel a particular element." Dimitria informed. "You four will have to go on a quest to recover the stones and harness it's powers to be rangers again."

"Okay. We're ready. But where exactly-" Matt was cut off by Zordon.

"THE DESERT OF DESPAIR. LEGENDS SAY THE STONES ARE GUARDED BY AN ANCIENT WARRIOR CALLED NINJOR, THE ONE WHO MADE THE POWER COINS YOU USED BEFORE."

"When do we leave ?" Sabrina asked.

"Now." Dimitria said. "I wish there was more time to prepare you but we can't waste time. We need to be ready."

"ALPHA, SET THE COORDINATES. I'M CERTAIN YOU WILL PREVAIL. MAY THE POWER PROTECT YOU."

"We're ready, Alpha. Wish us luck." Jason said.

"Aie aie aie..." Alpha pressed the consoles, watching the four disappear in streams of white energy.

The rangers of Earth were not the only ones to know about the shift in power. Somewhere in the city of Mariner Bay, two telepaths felt the evil energies of Dark Spectre nearing closer to Earth.

"You felt it too, right ?" A blond girl asked her brother, as they walked hand in hand, admist the crowd in a narrow street. "Dark Spectre is coming."

"And so is he, Karone." Andros replied. "Are you ready to face him ?"

"You know I am. No matter what face he wears, Darkonda will die by my hands." Karone swore. "We've hidden long enough. It's time to contact Zordon again."

Astronema smirked, leading an army of quantrons and monsters into the capital city of Kerovia. Thousands of quadrafighters fired from above, burning down buildings and burrying several people under the rubble.

"How desperate are you ? Acting like worms to just... survive ?" She taunted, watching a group of people trying to run away, only to be blocked by a quantron.

She raised her Wrath Staff, sending purple energy bolts at them, watching them writhe in pain.

"Stop !" She turned around with a knowing smile, facing the six rangers, who were quickly approaching her, making their way through the horde of monsters.

"Astro Rangers ? You are too late. Your planet falls today !" She sneered.

"You are wrong." Astoria, the pink ranger stated, destroying quantrons with her satellite stunner. "We won't stop till we defeat you."

"Then, I guess, you'll die trying." With that, the princess of evil charged at her enemies, determined to end them once and for all.

Karone woke up with a scream. It was a long time ago, before she knew who she really was.

A short while after that attack, she and Andros discovered that they were siblings. She turned against Dark Spectre and joined the Astro rangers as their seventh member. She fell in love with Zhane the Silver ranger and was reunited with her parents. For a while, she was truly happy but it did not last.

She and Andros were the last surviving rangers and KO35 was not nothing but a deserted planet crawling with Barillian Bugs, it's people scattered across the stars.

They dealt Dark Spectre a heavy blow, costing him majority of his fleet but they had to flee.

Along with majority of the Kerovians, they sought asylum in Earth under the protection of Zordon.

And now Dark Spectre was back. They knew this day would come but didn't expect it to come so soon.

Their brief reprieve was over.

She rolled over to the other side of her bed clutching her necklace tightly, willing herself to fall back to her slumber. She needed all the rest she could get.

The universe was full of people who somehow discovered ways to tap into the Morphin Grid, gaining extraordinary abilities, but more often than not, these happened due to accidents. Rather than seeing these abilities as gifts, people came to resent them as curses... which made them different from others, rendering them incapable of living a normal life ever. And with resentment came rage, which eventually led to anarchy.

The Haven was a pocket dimension created by the Emissaries to provide shelter to these individuals, a place where their powers can't harm anyone including themselves... To some, it was home, where they can truly be themselves and learn to control and better understand their powers. To others, it was a prison from which they could never escape.

Universe-0 was the first in the multiverse where the Morphin Grid took dominance. Though it existed in other dimensions, it was known by different names and it's powers regulated by different rules. In this universe however, it became sentient.

The Morphin Grid was life itself, a current of bio-energy circulating throughout the universe. When it's power grew, it spread to other universes, quickly creating a multiverse of it's own, where it's powers were infinite. To protect it's powers from being misused, it chose beings from across the multiverse to be it's champions - the Morphin Masters. The Morphin Masters ensured order across reality but soon, it proved to be tedious to enforce order across multiple planets in different dimensions. So these masters chose their own champions to guard life and take care of the more mundane aspects of their jobs. They won't be responsible for maintaining order across the universe or balancing chaps and order... The power rangers would be heroes standing for justice and doing what's right, instead of what's necessary. And to ensure that the interests of the Morphin Masters never conflict with that of the Power Rangers, the Emissaries were created by the Masters using the power of the Grid. They were powerful energy beings, able to channel the forms of the Power Rangers, their own sentience and emotions stemming from the collective experiences of all rangers from the multiverse, but having the wisdom of the Morphin Masters. They were the bridge between the Masters and the Rangers, representing all the colours of the Grid... Red, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Green, Purple, Pink,.Black, White, Gold, Silver and Grey.

Residing within the Grid, the Emissaries watched as the Morphin Grid spread across infinite worlds, creating so many variations of living creatures, and granting the power to so many individuals to be so much more than what they are... To be heroes and villains... Rangers and Riders... Gods and Monsters. The possibilities were endless.

Slowly the Grid began to 'withdraw' from the universe it first arised, being connected to it very loosely, resulting in that universe having an altered timeline from the others. The prototype universe (Universe 0 ) was previously the home of the Emissaries, for they thought that this world would have the strongest connection to the Grid. Initially perplexed, they discovered that the Grid was no longer just energy connecting worlds... It had become a dimension of it's own, a world between worlds... the reason Universe-0 was no longer connected strongly to it.

The Emissaries decided to leave Universe-0 and take abode in the Grid itself, but the Pink Emissary found himself/herself unable to leave the home she'd known for so long. So, she stayed back in Universe-0, continuing to carry on the work they'd started.

With her robotic ally, Tensou, she helped the universe grow from the sidelines, only intervening in times of great crisis, by granting five warriors the power to be the Omega Rangers.

The Omega Stones existed in all the dimensions, created from the power of that specific universe, having the ability to control the elements. While other rangers like the Samurai and the Ninjas have gained mastery of the elements, the Omega Rangers surpassed them all in brute strength and raw power.

But it had occasionally attracted unwarranted attention to the sanctuary of the Pink Emissary, forcing her to seal her home and her stones in another dimension - the Haven, where only good can enter. One day, a noble warrior calling himself Ninjor came to her dimension, asking for help. She had known other versions of this warrior through the Grid, but this Ninjor was unlike any she'd known before. He had created eight power coins, but two had fallen to wrong hands and another had been destroyed. In order to prevent his remaining five coins from corruption, he wanted to link them together, so that only people who cared about each other as friends could use them, reducing chances of a traitor or a spy within the team.

The Pink Emissary obliged and helped Ninjor, but over the years they worked together, she felt an emotion she didn't know she had the capacity to feel... Love - a feeling which Ninjor shared.

So, Ninjor left the war after perfecting the power coins and handing them over to his disciples, ready to spend eternity with the Pink Emissary, rescuing those born with a natural affinity for harnessing the Morphin Grid without morphers, helping them to understand their gifts and eventually when the time's ready, letting them go back to their homes so that they could live their lives in harmony and when needed, could rise up to protect the universe as it's Guardians.

But some refused to go back to their former lives, and made the Haven their home, starting their own families here. Eventually the Haven became a place bustling with life. It had towns, villages and forests, where everybody lived in harmony.

Ninjor connected his erstwhile Temple of Power in the Desert of Despair to Haven, a way for those looking for help to find him.

For centuries, no one had tried to enlist his help till now..

Jason Scott didn't know what to expect next. Though he'd been on his fair share of adventures, he'd never been to outer space to search for an erstwhile ninja master.

"Hey, where are we ?" Zack asked, inspecting his surroundings. They were standing in a desert Infront of an old temple.

"In the Desert of Despair. We will find Ninjor inside the temple " Sabrina noted, moving towards the entrance of the temple.

Then suddenly a bolt of lightning hit her, throwing her back. The others ran towards her, helping her up.

"Did you really think it'd be that easy ?" A familiar voice said.

"It can't be." Jason looked up to see two figures walking towards them. One was a female in golden armour with a menacing smile.

"Hello again, Sabrina." Scorpina smirked. "What did you expect... I'm your greatest fear."

The other was a yellow Morphin ranger with a cracked helmet.

"It can't be .. Trini ?" Matt asked.

"It's not her, guys. Just illusions. " Sabrina warned, taking a fight stance as Scorpina launched herself towards her with her Stinger. She barely dodged the blow only to be met by a powerful kick to her side, which sent her stumbling into Zack, making them both fall.

"Can illusions do this ?" Scorpina laughed.

Meanwhile, Matt and Jason found themselves facing Trini.

"You forgot about me. You never came to visit. And you took away my memories so that I wouldn't even know what I'm missing." The yellow ranger snarled.

"You are living a great life in Washington, with new friends. You have a good life." Matt said. "We do keep tabs on you. You may not remember us but we'll always care about you. "

"Cut the crap. Why not visit then? Face the truth. You left me." The yellow ranger ran at them, slashing madly with her daggers.

On the moon, Tommy dodged yet another energy orb from the green ranger.

"You had to say that, didn't you ?" He shouted at Adam.

"I said sorry !" The black ranger replied, charging at the green ranger with his axe.

"You think you can stop me !" The green ranger laughed, blocking the axe with the Sword of Darkness.

"Yeah. We do." Aisha said, blasting him from behind. Saba flew out of Tommy's grasp and shot lasers from his eyes at the evil ranger, forcing him to dissipate.

"That was -" Adam was cut off by Aisha who punched his arm.

"Adam, I don't need anymore illusions." She snapped.

"I don't think we'll be getting anymore of them." Tommy said as a pedestal with the crystal on it appeared before them.

Several villains stood together, looking up at their huge overlord who'd summoned them to the Cimmerian Planet - the Dark Spectre.

"RITA AND ZEDD HAVE FAILED US FOR YEARS. EARTH REMAINS OUT OF OUR REACH AND ZORDON STILL LIVES. IT'S TIME WE TAKE MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS AND FINISH THAT OLD FOOL AND HIS PESKY BRATS."

"Certainly, my lord." His right hand man, Darkonda said stepping out of the crowd and bowing down. "I have always wanted to visit Earth. My intelligenve reports say Astronema is hiding in that planet."

"THAT GIRL WILL PAY FOR BETRAYING ME."

"Of course she will." Darkonda smirked, his feline monster form disappearing to reveal a human appearance. He was now a fair skinned blond man in a silver outfit and a morpher across his wrist.

Zhane of KO-35 bowed down to Dark Spectre, his eyes flashing in dark energy, his mind and soul having merged with that of Darkonda for the last 2 years. He was a casualty of the war of KO-35, left in a coma, before Darkonda merged with him. For months, he'd been a spy before finally betraying his ranger team and leading to the downfall of the Resistance.

"I can't wait to meet dear old Karone again. I wonder if she'll run away again. I'll kill her brother before her eyes and make her watch as I destroy her new home. Oh, the irony- the very person who showed her the goodness in her heart will now kill her !"

"Isn't this cute ?" He whirled around to see a blue skinned alien walking towards them."You are still fixated on your petty squabbles with Astronema."

"Mind your own business, Vrak." Darkonda retorted.

"I would love to, if you stop messing things up for the rest of us." The prince of the Armada looked directly at Dark Spectre. "My leige, the fleets are ready. Father has sent his regards."

"GOOD." The demon nodded. "AND THE OTHER PROJECT ?"

"You mean this ?" Vrak snapped his fingers and six cards appeared in his hands. "They are perfectly ready. The rangers of Earth won't know what hit them. I just need to find the right subjects."

"That won't be a problem. I have plenty of meatbags in my ship." Darkonda informed, his eyes gleaming. "I was wondering if this morpher could get an upgrade too ?"

"I will see to that." Vrak nodded.

"What are those ?" Divatox, the pirate queen asked.

Vrak's lips twisted to a sinister smile. "Something Psycho..."

Tommy's hand hovered over the crystal, before he touched it. For a second, he relived memories of the horrible things he was forced to do under Rita's spell. Then memories of the last year flooded his mind... all the good he did as the white ranger.

He lifted the crystal and smiled.

"You did it." Adam said to him as he came down to them, securing the crystal in his hatchet.

"No. We did it." Tommy replied. "The zeo crystal is ours now."

"And we'll be able to free Zordon now." Aisha stated. "I feel so happy for him. After everything he's done for us, we'll finally be able to return the favour."

"Yeah. Let's get out of here first." Tommy said, as they headed for the exit of the caves.

Sabrina lunged at her evil counterpart, a rapier appearing in her hand. It clashed with Scorpina's stinger, sending them both back.

"You can't win." Scorpina laughed haughtily. "You are nothing but my lesser half."

Zack yelled a battle cry before launching a flurry of kicks at the villainess, baffling her momentarily. She laughed, throwing a bolt of gold energy at him, knocking him out.

"No !" Sabrina screamed, as Scorpina pulled him up and held her stinger against his throat.

"Surrender or he dies."

Sabrina snarled, throwing away her rapier.

Scorpina's eyes widened. "You really fell for that. I suppose there is still some humanity left in you."

The villainess vanished and Zack dropped to the floor.

Jason sneaked up from behind and grabbed the yellow ranger.

"Let me go, Jason." The voice of Trini shouted.

Matt charged at her from the front, only for 'Trini' to suddenly jump backwards and throw Jason towards him.

"I guess I'm more powerful than you, Red." She cackled, summoning her power daggers.

"You don't fool us. You're not Trini." Matt shouted, getting up.

"Yeah. Who the heck are you ?" Jason said beside him, balling his fists.

"An apparition, meant to check your resilience. After all Ninjor doesn't just let anyone into his temple." 'Trini' snorted, throwing a dagger at Matt.

He dodged it and Jason jumped forwards, catching the dagger.

Jason leapt at her, daggers clashing while Matt kicked her from behind, forcing her to let go of the other dagger. Matt picked it up and tossed it to Jason.

The former red ranger plunged both the daggers into her and stepped back as she fell down and was consumed in an energy blast.

"So, that was that." Matt smirked, as they regrouped with Sabrina and Zack.

"Now what ?"

Just then, a portal appeared infront of them.

"I think that's the way to Ninjor." Sabrina stepped through it, followed by the trio of former rangers.

They found themselves in a garden of sorts though statues of animals, gargoyles, masked warriors, armoured knights and rangers were present all around them, radiating a strange form of power.

"Welcome, power rangers." A female voice greeted them as two cloaked figures appeared in front of them... one in pink and the other in blue.

The pink emissary lowered her hood to show the familiar helmet of the armoured pink ranger. Though it shifted to the form of a different pink ranger with a white shield almost immediately.

And the blue cloaked figure revealed himself to be a warrior resembling the samurai of feudal Japan, who Sabrina recognised from ancient legends -Ninjor.

"I'm the Pink Emissary and this is my husband, Ninjor. We know why you're here and since you've passed our tests, the Grid has deemed you worthy of the Power of the Omega stones." The pink ranger said, now sporting the appearance of the original MMPR Pink suit.

Ninjor raised his hands, and five gems hovered over them.

"It is time to complete the circle of the Grid. The Omega ranger powers are more than any other powers. They have an ancient and primal connection to the Grid. For millenia, no one in this universe has harnessed these powers. However it's imperative you wield them to stop the darkness that's about to invade your world."

Jason, Zack and Matt were enveloped in red, black and yellow energies respectively, as they morphed into their new suits, which resembled the white ranger suit than their original suits. Their helmets were accented in gold with a symbol above their visors. They had golden diamonds on their chests and shoulder plates trimmed in gold.

"Jason Scott, dauntless and resourceful, you are the Red omega ranger with the power to control fire. Zack Taylor, gregarious and bold, you are the black omega ranger with the element of air. Matthew Cook, determined and powerful, you are the yellow omega ranger and your element is earth." Ninjor said.

" Sabrina, resilient and fierce, you are now the Green ranger." A flash of green light enveloped her and she found herself in a new ranger suit similar to Mmpr green. While she had a gold dragon shield, her helmet was different, sporting a triangle on top her visor. Twin black capes hung down from her waist reaching till her calves. "You will harness the power of the stars themselves."

The fifth gem disappeared in blue light.

"Where is the fifth gem ?" Sabrina asked.

"It has gone to it's wielder. When the time comes, the blue omega ranger will come to your aid."

"Thank you." Jason said. "Earth owes you a great debt."

"It's the least we can do." Ninjor said, walking up to the red ranger, and giving him a small sac. "Give this to Zordon. He'll know what to do with this when the time comes."

"You must go now, rangers. Your weapons and zords will reveal themselves to you when you need them. May the power protect you." The pink emissary said, as the four vanished in teleportation beams.

Tommy, Aisha and Adam teleported in the Command Centre and demorphed.

"Tommy !" Kim smiled, hugging him.

Adam kissed Rocky quickly, while Aisha was the first to notice the spectre of Dimitria.

"Who are you ?" She asked.

"Dimitria of Inquiris. I'm an old friend of Zordon." She stated.

"Apparently she showed up with Jason, Zack and Matt soon after you guys left. They went with Sabrina to get some new powers." Billy explained.

"Tommy, were you able to get the crystal ?" Zordon asked.

"Yes." The teen held up the crystal.

Dimitria smiled as she floated above the crystal and started to speak in a language they couldn't understand. The crystal left Tommy's arm and hovered in the air near Dimitria. Strands of energy shot out of the crystal and hit Dimitria and Zordon.

In a blinding flash of light, the time warp cracked and a slightly thin young man with messy brown hair in a white suit stepped out, smiling.

"You look different." Adam noted.

"No offense. But we totally expected you to look like a bald blue alien." Kim quipped. "But you look almost human."

"Thank you. It's good to back again." Zordon smiled, adjusting his bow tie.

Dimitria got up from the ground, no longer incorporeal. She smiled, touching the floor, feeling the cold through her fingertips.

The crystal still hovered in the air, before shooting one last strand of energy which Zordon caught in his arm.

He spoke in eltarian and a wormhole appeared before him. The wormhole wavered for a minute before a woman in a green ninjetti suit stepped out of it.

The master warrior smiled widely, enveloping both Zordon and Dimitria in a hug.

"All of you are free." Kim smiled.

"Yes, my dear. But this is far from a time of celebration. I sense the Dark Spectre is on his way here." Zordon said as a staff appeared in his hands.

Then, four teleportation beams appeared in front of them. The Omega rangers took off their helmets and smiled seeing their old friends and mentors.

"Zordon ?" Jason asked.

"It's me. I'm so proud of you four. You got through the trials and came back with new powers." The eltarian said.

"Dulcea." Sabrina hugged the phaedosian. "I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault. I'm free now and so are you. It's time for us to fight back." The master warrior said.

Jason, Zack and Matt looked at their old teammates. Kim bit her lips, and walked towards Matt.

"How are you ?" She asked.

"I'm fine. You ?"

"Great." She replied, both of them hugging each other awkwardly.

Jason and Tommy clasped hands. "It's great to have you back, man. We've missed you."

"Same." Jason replied.

Zordon picked up the zeo crystal, and handed it to Alpha. "Keep it in the archives. Though the spells nearly drained it's power, in time, it'll regain it's powers."

The droid nodded, before scurrying away.

Jason walked up to the eltarian and shook his hands. He handed the sac to him. Zordon's eyes widened as he felt the power hidden inside it.

"Ninjor told me to give it to you. Something about knowing what to do with it when the time is right."

"What is it?" Adam asked.

"Something to fall back upon should things go awry though I hope we don't need to use this." Zordon replied. The sac dematerialised as he put it in his own pocket dimension.

The rangers nodded.

"Let's go to the Youth Centre. Ernie's gonna freak on seeing you guys." Kim smiled.

The other rangers from Earth nodded teleporting away leaving the Order of Meledon in the Command Center.

Mariner Bay was just like any other city to most people. Very few knew that half of it's population was made up of aliens. The kerovians had struck a deal with the US military forces, helping them with the illusive 'Project Lightspeed' in return for staying in the city. The government forged new identities for all of the refugees, making them citizens of the country and the planet. Thanks to telepathic powers, the citizens of Mariner Bay didn't suspect anything out of the ordinary when they suddenly got a rapid influx of people moving into the city at the same time. To anyone else aside from those involved in Lightspeed, they'd always been there.

Andros woke up from his quarters in the Aquabase, the underwater headquarters of Project Lightspeed as he heard Karone's screams from the adjacent room.

He telepathically reached out to her, reassuring her that her nightmares weren't real.

If only, there was a way to escape this war. Even on Earth, they felt the presence of UAE.

He yawned, getting up from bed and after a quick shower, he left his room and headed for the command room, where he found Captain Mitchell already waiting.

"They're coming. We need to talk to Zordon." Andros said to him. "Is the team ready?"

"The morphers are compatible. They have been trained but we need to conduct more simulations before we send them out to face monsters." The elder man replied.

"There is no time, Captain. We felt his presence. Zordon must have too. His rangers can't face what's coming on their own." The kerovian stated grimly. "I don't want what happened to my planet repeat itself. We have to act now!"

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Serpenterra lashed out with it's tail, destroying the ships firing on it in explosions. It reared it's giant head and unleashed a beam of destructive energy that all but consumed the massive armada that had confronted them.

"I thought they were supposed to be one of the most powerful forces in the universe." Zedd mused smugly.

Just then, another squadron of ships appeared before them.

The overlord laughed as his zord blasted these new vessels to smithereens.

"Onward! We will raze Sentai Six to the ground and depart with all it's treasures!" He gloated. "Goldar, land it on the planet."

He turned around to see all his putties lying destroyed on the floor and his generals held hostage by hooded warriors in arcane robes.

Goldar was knocked unconscious and a winged warrior in silver regal armour stood over him. She looked like a young human girl with brown skin and green eyes, except for the deer like antlers rising from her head and her pointed elf ears.

"Lord Zedd, is it?" She asked. "You're just like any other close minded arrogant fool who thinks they can attack us."

"How?" Zedd stuttered, stepping back and aiming his staff at the intruders. "I destroyed your ships."

"Did you?" She laughed. "Those ships were just illusions. While you were busy blasting illusions, we infiltrated your zord."

"Who are you people?" He seethed.

"We are the Mystic Force, defenders of Sentai Six and the realms of magic." She replied. "You will be judged before the Light and punished accordingly. Now drop your staff."

"As you wish." He said, letting go of his Z staff. As soon as it hit the floor, it turned into a crimson viper and jumped towards the warrior, baring it's fangs.

A sword with a silver hilt appeared in her hands. She swung it in a wide arc, decapitating the snake, which transformed back to the staff. The broken pieces of the staff clattered on the floor.

"Nice try, wizard." She snarled, pointing her sword at him.

Zedd started to cackle. "You underestimate me if you think that parlor trick is the best I can do."

Lightning flickered in his fingertips and green energy swirled around him, as he took out the green power coin.

"He is a ranger. Attack him now!" She shouted charging at him. Other warriors joined her, all of them heading for the warlord, swords drawn and shields raised.

"Green Dragon!" Zedd shouted, releasing a shockwave of dark power that threw all of them back.

He felt the power transform him but at the same time, poison him. The armour of the green ranger enveloped him, but were twisted to accomodate the 'Z' antenna, the tubes scattered all over his body and his red visor. Claws of silver steel clamped on his arms. The gold circular breastplate from the Dragonzord attached itself on his chest. A sweeping cloak seemingly woven with leaves attached itself to his back.

"Your illusions were impressive, but let me show you real power!"

The eight knights who'd entered Serpenterra regrouped and faced the emperor.

"As you wish." Arella, the silver knight said coldly, taking out a silver wand with a crescent moon emblem on it. Her companions did the same, though their wands were of different colours and represented different symbols. They rotated their wands before raising them to the air. "Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

A burst of golden energy enveloped the entire cockpit, blinding Zedd momentarily.

Before him stood another team of rangers, wearing coloured versions of the dragon shield and the emblem of their wands now displayed on their helmets.

"Guardian of the Moon, Lunar Paladin!" Arella shouted. Her armour was silver. Instead of a cloak from her shoulders, twin blue capes with silver runes embroidered on them, hung down from her waist and her helmet resembled a knight's helmet with a crescent moon symbol over her visor.

"Fearsome as fire, Red Mystic Ranger!" Bowen shouted, raising his magi staff.

"Fluid as the sea, Blue Mystic Ranger!" Undine, a siren stated, welding her trident.

"Ever changing as the wind, Pink Mystic Ranger!" Runaan the fae shouted, his magi staff changing into a hammer.

"Fast as lightning, Yellow Mystic Ranger!" Zenowing the garuda shouted, his wings extending outwards and sizzling with yellow electricity.

"Strong as tree, Green Mystic Ranger!" Krista cried, holding her axe.

"Magic of the Frost, White Mystic Ranger!" Neil said, holding out his snow staff.

"Power of the Sun, Solaris Knight!" Daggeron shouted, clad in his gold ranger armour.

"We call forth the magic, Together as one, united for all time. Power Rangers Mystic Force!"

The rangers charged at Zedd.

The Dragon lord retaliated by summoning the Sword of Darkness and unleashing a wave of darkness at them.

"Fire Soul!" Bowen shouted, shooting a burst of fire from his staff that consumed the darkness.

Zedd stabbed the Sword of Darkness to the ground, and veins of dark energy creeped across the floor, running past the mystics and reaching his fallen generals, revitalising them.

Goldar growled as he flapped his wings. His eyes were totally black, and his armour melted and liquid gold enveloped his entire body. A black diamond appeared in his chest with a Z on it. He stabbed the floor with his sword, creating a shock wave that scattered the rangers.

Mordant laughed, for the first time feeling absolute power. Grey armour coated his body. Like his cousin, he sported Zedd's insignia on his chest. He carried a battle axe.

Other fallen generals joined them. Dischordia in pink, Nimrod in yellow, Pirantishead in white and the Dark Knight in black.

"Meet my Dark Rangers!" Zedd roared.

Pirantishead bent down and touched the floor, sending a burst of technokinetic energies to the zord. Everyone was knocked off balance as Serpenterra started to move again.

Zedd laughed evilly and teleported away. The evil rangers advanced towards the mystics.

"Bowen, you need to stop Zedd. Take your team and go!" Arella commanded. "Daggeron, you need to stop this zord from the outside!"

The Solaris Knight parried another blow from Goldar before shooting him point blank with his Laser Lamp. The titan hit the opposing wall before growling and getting up.

"What about these abominations?" He asked.

"We can't leave you here alone." Bowen insisted, kicking back the Dark Knight.

"We all know what he is after. It's our sacred duty to protect it." Arella said firmly, blocking Mordant's battle axe with her sword. "Don't worry about me. I've killed monsters from other worlds before."

Bowen nodded to his team, all six of them vanishing in coloured lights.

Daggeron hesitated for a bit before teleporting away.

Arella smirked seeing the six monsters converge on her with a predatory gleam in their eyes. She swung her sword, charging at them head-on.

"It's beautiful." These were the first words that came out of his mouth on stepping foot on Sentai Six. Words he never thought he'd ever utter, considering he was a merciless warlord and a harbinger of chaos and destruction.

He looked around at the azure blue sky and the lush green forest around him. He looked up. Over him, gryffins and magical creatures long thought to be extinct in the outside universe flew gracefully. Magic was everywhere here and he felt it enhance his senses.

Zedd felt a rush of euphoria, as he closed his eyes and concentrated. If he had lips, they would be twisted into a victorious smirk... He knew where it was - the most powerful artefact in the known universe. The Orb of Doom.

He raised his sword and became a jet of black light that jetted past the forest and various elven settlements till he reached an ancient temple seemingly unguarded.

He reverted back to his ranger form. With glimmers of coloured lights, six of the rangers he faced before appeared before him.

"Stand down. There is no way you can win against all of us." Bowen, the red ranger commanded.

"Fools! You underestimate the power of the Darkness!" He stabbed his sword to the ground and unleashed a wave of dark energy at them, scattering them. Wisps of black fog condensed around him, creating an army of terrifying creatures, whose form seemed to change every now and then, but seemed to be living shadows with a red visor resembling Zedd's own.

"Shadow Demons, attack!" He commanded, charging at the mystics. His ranger form started to crackle but the dark magic from the sword stabilised the morph, though not without a cost. There was a reason they rarely used the green ranger powers inspite of reacquiring them from Tommy Oliver two years ago. The power coins were sentient and had bonded itself to Tommy and by breaking that link with the Green Candle, they had made the powers unstable. While they empowered him, it also slowly poisoned him. But if he got the Orb, it would all be worth it.

"He's using dark magic unlike anything I have ever seen!" Undine gasped. "These are forbidden spells, punishable by banishment."

"We'll stop him." Bowen said angrily. "We always do."

Sentai Six was an utopia, where magic and science had met each other at crossroads. Spells have cured certain mortal diseases and technology have helped to control several magical afflictions like vampirism and werewolves. Together both scientists and magicians have elected the High Council of three leaders to represent them- the traditional council of the Sorceress Supreme, the Inventer and the Hybrid.

The Sorceress Supreme was the White Witch, Udonna also going by the moniker Mystic Mother. She was the embodiment of all good magic in the universe.

The Inventor was the leader of the Scientific Sects of Sentai Six. He went by the name, Keeper. He used the power of the primordial Energems to open portals to bridge Sentai Six to other magical dimensions and planets.

The Hybrid was the guardian of the Orb of Doom, also known as the Dark Energem. He was a mortal man sporting a steampunk look with blue streaks in his hair. He called himself Heckyl. Though on occasion, the demon residing within him called Snide could take control of his body.

The Three of them gathered in the Pocket Dimension called Tribunal of Magic by the locals.

"An invader is on his way here." The general of the realm and Udonna's husband, Leanbow informed them.

Several other knights stood along with him, looking at the three thrones in the centre of the room. The entire dimension was devoid of any colour except white.

"Very well." Udonna said, her red hair turning white as her eyes sizzled with pure magical energy. "Let them come. We are ready."

Arella smirked, looking at the dark rangers.

Goldar yelled charging at her head on with his sword. She raised her shield, blocking the sword. From the corner of her eyes, she saw the Dark Knight swing his sword at her. She swung her own sword in her other hand, parrying the blow and disarming him. She held her sword at his throat.

Dischordia lunged at her from behind, only to knocked back by a well placed heel kick.

"Well this has been fun." Arella quipped. "But I have bigger fish to fry."

She started glowing with silver energy as she took to the air with her wings. The spirit of the valkyrie appeared behind her, mimicking her movements. She swung her sword in a wide arc, sending a crescent wave of lunar energy at the monsters.

"Divine Justice of the Moon- Lunar Purge!"

The silver energy wave passed through them, turning all of them into statues. The spirit guardian vanished as Arella dropped to the floor, breathing heavily.

"Be gone, dark spirits!" She cried. The statues turned to dust accompanied by the ghostly wails of the monsters.

The knight smiled underneath her helmet before teleporting away.

Serpenterra loomed over Sentai Six. The Solaris Knight summoned his Solar Lamp and rubbed it's surface, calling on his genie- the king cat Jenji.

"Ready, Jenji?" He asked. The white humanoid cat with a cheshire grin plastered on his face nodded.

He took out his morpher and swiped a card through it.

"Solar Streak Megazord!"

The interdimensional train, in gold and blue with the sun crest engraved on it's smokebox burst through a portal and collided with Serpenterra, knocking it off it's trajectory before folding on itself to form a megazord.

Serpenterra opened it's mouth and let loose destructive energy at the megazord.

"Jenji, do you want to do the honours?" He asked his companion as they teleported into the cockpit.

"Might as well." He drawled, pulling a lever and putting some magical ore into a boiler at the end of the room.

"Furnace Blast!" Daggeron shouted, the smoke box on the centre of the megazord's torso opened up and shooted a torrent of golden energy, which met Serpenterra's own attack, resulting in a explosion which threw the warzord back.

"Remote Train Carts!" The front of it's legs opened up to release two miniature trains which ran along golden train tracks. It ran around the zord, before wrapping it up in golden shackles.

The warzord roared, twisting and turning, trying to break free.

A silver beam of light streaked out of Serpenterra towards the megazord. Arella floated in the air beside the megazord's head.

"It's time to finish this." She said, summoning a silver sceptre with a crescent moon on it's top. Daggeron nodded from the cockpit.

"Furnace Blast!" The Solar Streak unleashed it's most powerful attack yet again.

"Eclipse Oblivion!" Arella let loose a stream of interweaving black and silver energies, the resulting attack completely decimating the warzord. All that remained was a shower of sparks which rained down on the planet.

Zedd glared at the six mystic rangers. He raised his Sword of Darkness, which transformed to the Z staff, albeit now shrouded with black energy instead of clear silver.

"Charge!" He commanded, leading the shadow demons to battle.

His demons overwhelmed the rangers, lashing out with feral rage and paving a clear path for him to enter the temple.

"No!" It was the White Ranger. Unlike the other rangers who wore triangular vests resembling the dragon shield, he had a M shaped ornate chest plate and his helmet was more traditional than the other mystics with a normal heart shaped visor and a pointed snowflake on top of it.

"Frost Quake!" He stabbed his staff on the ground, freezing the nearby demons. He spun his staff wildly and took to the air, jumping straight at Zedd. He brought his snow staff which met with the Z staff in a metallic clang that reverberated across the battlefield.

Zedd roared, a wave of dark energy radiating from him and throwing the ranger back. He leapt towards him, angling his descent so that the spear end of his staff would pierce through the ranger's chest.

The ranger caught hold of the staff before it could strike through him, channeling his ice magic through the staff, freezing it and Zedd along with it.

He stood up and picked up his snow staff, satisfied with his work. The demons the other rangers were fighting melted away following the defeat of their master.

He turned around to face his friends, turning his back on the frozen foe.

He smiled underneath his helmet. They had protected Sentai Six once again.

Suddenly, he felt himself choking on his breath and incredible pain searing through his body, stopping him in his tracks. The screams of his friends filled his ears. He looked down to see the bladed end of a spear sticking out of his abdomen.

Chilling laughter echoed through the battlefield as Zedd removed his staff and the fallen white ranger slumped onto the ground, his armour fading away in sparkles of white light.

"Neil!" Undine shouted as the rangers rushed over to his side. Zenowing knelt next to him, cradling his beloved's body, his helmet dissipating to reveal tears streaming down the yellow ranger's face.

Undine touched Neil's forehead, her hand pulsating with healing energy.

"You monster!" Bowen charged at Zedd, his entire body enveloped in wings of fire. "Power of the Ancient Phoenix!"

The flames burnt through Zedd's armour, forcing him back. Krista and Runaan, the green and pink rangers leapt forwards with their own elemental attacks. Zedd's armour was battered by the force of a violent tornado. He raised his staff for protection, only for giant boulders to crash against him and thorns to emerge from the ground and cut through his armour.

He laughed despite it all.

"I am disappointed. And to think I genuinely feared the wrath of Sentai Six. All this magic and you squander it like fools!" He said, his body absorbing the ambient magic of the planet. He fired energy tentacles from his staff that wrapped around the red, pink and green rangers, hoisting them to the air and slamming them back to the ground. Lightning coursed through their bodies, making them writhe in pain.

The yellow ranger rose up and summoned his crossbow. Tears were fresh over his avian face. He snapped his beaks with fury as he charged at Zedd, firing arrows from his crossbow, cutting through the tentacles and freeing his comrades.

Zedd shot a bolt of lightning at him, which did nothing to harm him. The yellow ranger took to the air with hos wings. A swirl of dark clouds appeared over him. He brought his hands down and a lightning bolt struck Zedd, throwing him back.

"Fool..." The warlord snapped, stabbing the ground with his staff and summoning an army of tengas, some of them making their way towards the fallen white ranger and the blue ranger, who was trying to resuscitate him and the others flying at the garuda.

The yellow ranger narrowed his eyes as he was forced to redirect his lightning attacks.

Cackling with smug laughter, Zedd entered the temple.

They were prepared for him.

Leanbow morphed into the scarlet armour of the Wolf Warrior. Niella and Clare shifted to their identical ancient mystic modes, both prolific wielders of moon magic.

As soon as Zedd broke through the dimension, he was met with dual attacks of moon magic, which forced him back.

Leanbow lunged at him with his sword, which he blocked with his staff.

"I have heard tales of your conquest, Lord Zedd." Leanbow spat. "Sentai Six will not fall before you."

"I am not here for your planet though it will be a wonderful addition to my empire." He smirked. "I am here for the Orb of Doom. Give it to me and there shall be no further bloodshed."

"Never!" He said, pushing the warlord back with a blow from his shield.

"Wolf Attack!" He raised his shield, and red spectral wolves lunged at Zedd, tearing through his battered armour.

The Z staff pulsated with dark energy and reverted back to sword form as his morph finally failed. Zedd let loose an arc of lightning which Leanbow blocked with his shield.

"Interesting." Zedd mused. "The Sword of Darkness just gave me an interesting vision. There's more to you than I thought, warrior."

Niella and Clare let loose torrents of silver energies, pushing him back. Zedd laughed, swinging his sword and cancelling the attack. He raised his hand and a pulse of red chaos energy slammed against the two moon warriors, knocking them unconscious.

He turned towards the Wolf Warrior.

"You would fit in nicely amongst my ranks Leanbow." He sneered.

"How do you know my name?" The knight charged at Zedd with undisguised fury. Swords clashed and powerful magic collided with each other.

Leanbow launched another energy attack which Zedd countered with his own dark magic.

"The sword detects the conflict in your mind, Leanbow or is it, Koragg?" He smirked, seeing the knight falter. Taking advantage of the momentary stall, Zedd released bolts of dark energies which threw Leanbow back.

"Those days are far behind me, fiend!" The knight bellowed.

"No matter how much you try to contain it, darkness always wins!" Zedd replied, lunging at the warrior and stabbing him in the shoulder with the Sword of Darkness.

Purple energy convulsed through Leanbow's body as half his armour became purple. Purple and red energies glowed over him, clashing for control.

"Give in, Koragg!" Zedd urged, withdrawing the sword. "You revel in battle and relish in the destruction of your enemies. Why shy away from the truth?"

"NO! NEVER AGAIN!" Leanbow yelled, expelling the dark energies from his body before falling to his knees.

The purple fumes gathered around Zedd as he tossed the dragon coin. The dark energy was sucked into the coin, which imploded on itself and created a new warrior. It looked like a knight with a similar aesthetic to Leanbow's armour, equipped with a shield and a sword but it's helmet was different resembling that of the Arthurian knights of Camelot with parallel black slits across silver faceplate instead of a visor shaped after some magical symbol or rune. Instead of red and gold, his armour was purple and silver.

"Leanbow, meet your match!" Zedd snared.

"Born from the darkness of Koragg and imbued with the might of the dragon coin, I am the Dragon Knight- Gaisoulg!" The purple knight announced, charging at Leanbow, who woke from his stupor and parried the attacks.

Zedd cackled, swinging the sword and tearing another dimensional barrier, finally entering the Tribunal of Magic.

"How dare you defile the mystic realm!" Keeper hollered, lashing out with his staff, made of silver with a yellow gem encrusted on it's top, sending a swirl of coloured energies towards the warlord.

"Keeper of the Energems, we meet again." He said, deflecting the attack. "Now I know where you disappeared off to. Even that pathetic Sledge wasn't able to track you down."

Zedd pulsated with dark energy and grew into a giant. His exposed cranium became darker and his visor became dark crimson. His veins and the blood flowing through his intubated body became pitch black.

He reached out towards Keeper, grabbing hold of him with his steely claws.

"Say goodbye, Keeper." He snorted. "Don't worry. I will care for the energems after your death."

The Keeper's red robes lit up in flames and Zedd tossed the burning body to the ground, watching in maniacal glee.

"Enough!" A wave of cold mist filled the room, dowsing the flames and saving the Keeper from burning to ashes.

The Mystic Mother floated before him, before growing to match his height. She glared at him and her braided hair unravelled to form strands of red fire.

She clapped her hands together, releasing a shockwave that sent Zedd tumbling.

"You will pay for the destruction you caused today." She swore, towering down at his fallen form.

Udonna snapped her fingers and bands of white light wrapped around him.

"Do not underestimate me, witch!" He snarled, cutting through the bands with his sword. "Where is the Orb of Doom!"

Just then, a burst of blue energy hit the sorceress, sending her smashing through a nearby pillar.

"Right here." Zedd looked down to see a warrior in grey armour holding a stopwatch looking at him. "But it comes with a price."

"Name it."

"Use the sword to free me from this body." Snide demanded. Normally Heckyl was more than capable of keeping him captive in their shared mind but the close proximity to the Sword of Darkness allowed him to take over.

"Done!" Zedd said, stabbing the ground with his sword, sending a wall of dark energy at Snide. As soon as he came in contact with it, a human body slumped forwards unconscious.

Snide laughed, raising his sword. "Finally, I'm free!"

"The Orb." Zedd demanded, shrinking down to face Snide.

"No, you don't know what you are doing!" Udonna pleaded, sending a bolt of white magic at them, only to be deflected by Zedd.

Snide handed over his pocketwatch to him, which turned into a silver orb. Zedd burst into a fit of manic laughter, feeling the dark energies course through his body.

"No!" The Keeper screamed, charging at them with his staff. Snide swung his sword, shattering the staff into two and threw the reptilian humanoid back with a pulse of dark energy.

Mystic Mother got up and shot a burst of white light from her palm.

Zedd slashed open a portal with his sword. He looked at Snide. "You coming?"

"Gladly." He replied, stepping through it. "I'm tired of slumming it here with narrow minded fools."

Zedd turned towards the defeated mystics. "Well it's been fun but I have got to go. Toodles!"

"No!" The Keeper ran at him.

With a final bout of maniac laughter, the portal swept over him. Lord Zedd was finally victorious.

M-51 GALAXY

MASTER VILE'S CASTLE

Rita Repulsa regretted many things in her life, but nothing more than ruining her son's life. At the moment, she and Zedd thought they were doing what was best for their son. Taking care of an infant was not something they could afford to do while leading an intergalactic conquest. They aged him up to an adolescent and turned him into a weapon.

Thrax, imbued with knowledge but deprived of childhood, became jealous and cast a spell that sent anyone older than him to another pocket dimension. Rita helped the rangers break the spell but as a consequence, Thrax was turned into the oldest entity in the universe. His immortality kept him from dying but his youth was forever lost. Like his father, his body was disfigured beyond recognition.

She wiped the tears from her eyes as she continued to watch Thrax training with his uncle.

"Hmm."

She turned around to see Master Vile smiling at her.

"Daddy." She hugged him. "I feel helpless."

"I know." He replied. He had been furious when he learned what Zedd and Rita had done to Thrax. He had been many things but he tried his best to be a good parent and be in his child's life. That was the reason he scoured the entire universe to find Rita after his wife fled with her from M-51 Galaxy.

Just then a portal opened before them and they immediately raised their staffs. Rito and Thrax stopped sparring and rushed to their sides.

A purple knight and a monster in grey armour stepped out of it, followed by Zedd.

"Zeddy!" Rita yelled happily, leaping into his arms. "You are okay!"

"I am." He replied. "And I bring a gift." He shot his hand forward and a bolt of white lightning struck Thrax, who convulsed before exploding and releasing an energy wave. Rita turned away her eyes. When she looked back at where Thrax stood, there was a cradle on the floor with a baby inside.

Rita gasped. "Is that-"

"Yes. That is our son, how he should be." Zedd smiled, scooping baby Thrax in his arms and passing him to Rita.

"You have the Orb of Doom." Vile surmised. "You defeated the Mystics of Sentai Six!"

"They were formidable foes but they underestimated the power of darkness." Zedd brandished the Sword of Darkness. "And now I have everything."

He raised his other arm and shot seven orbs of temporal energy which hit the floor and became seven warriors who had fallen in his name- Goldar, Mordant, Finister, Baboo, Squatt, Dischordia and Robogoat. Dark energies wrapped around their bodies, transforming them into Zedd's newest dark rangers.

"With the power of the Orb, I would conquer the universe. Both Zordon and Dark Spectre would pay dearly for underestimating me!"

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Zordon had lived for thousands of years. He was easily one of the oldest beings in the universe, the grid and powerful magic having stalled his ageing and then he was trapped in a time warp, his body kept in stasis. The Great Power had freed him and given him a new leash on life. No longer was he a helpless bystander sending teenagers and children to war, he could make a difference and help end this senseless war.

The moment they teleported out of the Command Centre, they found an army of X-borgs, piranhatrons, quantrons and putties heading towards them and led by five generals- Divatox, Eclipta, Trakeena, Vexacus and Damaras.

Dulcea leapt at the incoming soldiers, whirling her staff and bashing through several X-borgs. She broke the staff into twin batons and started swinging them, creating a powerful sonic wave from each of them, which tore through the metallic soldiers.

Eclipta lunged at her, though the sonic wave chipped away parts of her crystalline green armour. Dulcea saw her coming and recombined her staff just in time to deflect Eclipta's optic blast.

"Who are you?" Dulcea narrowed her eyes. "You remind me of a warrior I once knew, who fought for the side of evil but still had a code of honour."

"You must be speaking of my brother, Ecliptor. I am Eclipta, herald of the Dark Specter." She spat. "A mistake you won't make again. Just who the hell are you supposed to be anyway?"

"I am Dulcea, master warrior of Phaedos." The guardian brought her sword up to meet Eclipta's sword midway. A metallic clang rang through the battlefield.

"Never heard of you." The crystallian snorted, flipping over Dulcea and landed behind her. She sweeped her legs perpendicular to Dulcea's feet, knocking her off balance.

Before Dulcea could fall, she stabbed her staff to the ground and used it as a support to execute a pole fan kick, striking Eclipta's head, knocking her back.

"Nice. Clearly, I underestimated you." Eclipta said. "By the way, I know the galactic fashion trends are awful but a bikini in battle is so outdated. Unless it's a way to seduce and distract your opponents, which is pretty deceptive for someone who is supposed to fight for good."

Dulcea glared at her.

"What I wear or not is none of your concern."

She rushed at her with her wooden staff, both of them becoming twin blurs of green as they tried to outmatch the other.

Zordon relished the rush of adrenaline as he swung his staff in a wide arc, letting loose a crescent wave of arcane energy that obliterated an entire squad of quantrons.

"You are supposed to be the greatest force of good the universe has ever seen, yet you resort to such petty parlour tricks." A warrior in gold and red scoffed, charging at the eltarian, swinging his sword wildly. "Dark Spectre suspected you might be free so he sent me, Damaras the greatest warrior in the cosmos to bring him your head."

"A warrior who fights for evil is nothing more than a pawn in my eyes." Zordon said, blocking the sword with his staff, creating a shockwave, that completely blew away the sand around them.

"Big words for a man who hides and sends children to fight his battles." The general snarked, pushing forward with his sword and then jabbing Zordon in the ribs with his elbow, forcing him to drop his staff and throwing him back.

"Destroying you seems to be easier than I thought." Damaras gloated. "All these centuries in Earth has made you weak like the humans you protect."

Zordon raised his hand and the staff flew back to his hands.

"Do not underestimate me." He said simply, slamming the staff to the ground and creating a seismic wave that toppled the warrior.

"You wish to test my might. Then so be it." He raised his staff upwards and wind seemed to pick up at his feet before spiralling outwards and forming a cyclone that picked up Damaras as well as many foot soldiers with him and thrashed them against each other in the air before slamming them to the earth.

While the Quantrons and X-borgs were turned into scraps of metal, Damaras was still in one piece. He spat sand out of his mouth and cocked his head towards Zordon.

He swung his sword, sending an energy wave at Zordon, who created a forcefield with his staff but the attack shattered the shield and threw him back.

"Two can play this game, eltarian." He snarked. "I will kill you just like I killed your precious Gosei."

Zordon's eyes widened. A few centuries ago, his apprentice and former fiancé was killed while defending Mirinoi from the Armada.

His eyes flared. Rocks and boulders erupted from the ground and hovered in the air behind him before slamming down on Damaras, who managed to strike each projectile with his sword.

"Is that all you can do?" He snarked, only to see Zordon glowing in a serene blue energy. A wave of energy radiated from his body, incinerating any foot-soldier it touched. Damaras erected a forcefield to protect himself.

"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" The eltarian yelled, blue light washing over his body. A golden shield wrapped around his torso with it's edges resembling flames. He was enveloped in navy armour resembling that of his rangers. A regal golden cape flowed out from his shoulders and his arms were covered by golden gauntlets. His helmet seemed to be blue except for a white bird wrapping it's wings around his visor and it's tail projected outwards, forming a spike that extended to the back of his helmet. A glimmering diamond superimposed in the middle of his shield with a golden coin in it's centre. An image of a bird flying through flames was engraved on the power coin.

"BLAZING PHOENIX RANGER!" Zordon shouted. His staff was transformed to a metallic spear with rubies encrusted in it.

The phoenix ranger jumped at Damaras, his spear shattering the villain's sword and pinning him to the ground. He dug the spear though Damaras' shoulder and his entire body went up in flames.

"You have been avenged, Gosei." He whispered.

Fienna fought Trakeena and Villamax together. She dodged Trakeena's energy blast only to be struck down by her mercenary consort.

"Surrender and you'll stay in one piece. I'm sure Master Vile would pay a hhuge bounty to have back by his side." Trakeena smirked, poising her stinger.

The white-haired witch glared at them and started to glow in a golden light. She shot her hands forward and bolts of lightning slammed against the two, throwing them back by several meters.

"I'm never going back to that monster!" Fienna screamed as she was enveloped in white armour. Her helmet resembled the head of a dragon and her visor was golden matching the colour of her shield.

"WHITE DRAGON WARRIOR!" She announced, drawing forth the Sword of Power and charging at the villains. She swung her sword, sending a wave of white energy crashing against Trakeena.

"NO!" Villamax yelled, leaping at her. Fienna parried his blow and slashed her sword against his armour, causing tiny explosions across his entire body.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Trakeena shouted, assuming her insectoid form- a green alien resembling a mantis. She let loose a torrent of purple energy at Fienna, which she deflected with her sword.

Trakeena helped Villamax up and glared at the white ranger, who walked towards them slowly.

"Leave now and I won't destroy you. Unlike others in your alliance, you care for each other. There's still goodness in your hearts." She said gently.

"You're wrong." Trakeena snarled before looking at Villamax's wounded form. "We'll meet again, sorceress and you'll regret pitying us." The two villains teleported away in green light.

Fienna sighed before turning her attention to a squad of quantrons charging at her.

Dimitria clapped her hands together, creating a powerful airwave that tore through the robotic minions.

"Nice trick but that won't work on me." Divatox lunged at Dimitria with her sai, only for the inquirian to headbutt her. She twisted Dimitria's arm and put her other arm around her neck, placing her in a chokehold.

"Ready to give up now?" Divatox smirked.

Dimitria stepped on Divatox's foot and flipped her over.

"Why do you continue to deny your true identity, sister?" Dimitria asked her sister.

"Because I am not some weak inquirian brat- I am a queen. Viva la Diva!" The pirate yelled, conjuring a whip and flinging it at her sister. Dimitria sidestepped the attack and summoned her morpher.

"IT'S MORPHIN TIME- CRIMSON HAWK!" She yelled, a red light washing over her body and transforming her to the Crimson Morphin Ranger. Contrary to her colour designation, most of her armour was white save for a golden shield and red helmet. The eyes and beak of a bird adorned her helmet with a wing like design beside his visor.

"Really, Dimitria? I always knew you were weak. You need to morph to stand a chance against me. What about having a fair fight?"

"Are you not giving your all to this fight? If so, why should I hold back?" She summoned her weapon, the Soultaker Sword and the green blade of her weapon cut through Divatox's whip.

Divatox stepped back, seeing the green blade.

"Where did you get that?" She asked, her voice wavering.

"Does it really matter?" The ranger charged at the pirate, who fumbled for a second before taking out a blaster and firing at her. Dimitria dodged the lasers and sped at her sister. She swung her sword, cutting through the blaster and held it at Divatox's throat.

"You won't do it." The pirate gloated. "You will always love me, no matter what I do. So stop-"

Dimitria spassed the sword through Divatox's shoulder. "You are right. I won't ever hurt you but I will free you from whatever spell Dark Spectre has put on you."

She withdrew the sword and Divatox pressed her hand against the wound, as she was bathed in a white light. The wound closed and she fell to the ground, her pirate gear replaced by a simple white gown.

"Alpha, teleport my sister and put her in a statis pod." Dimitria instructed, watching her sister teleported by flickers of white light. She smiled underneath her helmet. After so long, she had finally freed her sister from evil.

The seemingly infinite army of footsoldiers had been completely vanquished. Eclipta, the last standing general was thrown backwards as Dulcea whacked her staff against her head. The other three regrouped at her side.

"You have been a strong opponent." Dulcea stated. "But the fight is over. You may surrender now or you will be destroyed."

"I will never-"

Just then, an energy bolt tore through Eclipta, completely obliterating her in a huge explosion.

"The Order of Meledon, reunited once again. Doesn't it feel like old times?" They looked up to see Master Vile walk towards them, with an entire army of tengas and putties behind him.

For a moment, Fienna stopped breathing when she saw the serpentine visage of her former husband sneering at her.

"Well hello, dear." Master Vile flashed his teeth at her.

"You!" Fienna snarled. Zordon put a protective arm around her.

"Still vying after my beautiful wife, eltarian." The sorcerer glared at them.

"I'm not your wife. Not anymore and never again." Fienna swore, summoning her dragon sword. "I chose to see the good in you and you destroyed my life in every way possible."

"Oh honey, I'm your life." Vile cackled, tentacles of black energy shooting out at the heroes.

Dulcea slammed her staff to the ground and a green dome shaped forcefield enveloped them, cutting through the tendrils of dark magic.

"Is it not time you morphed too?" Dimitria asked her friend, raising her eyebrows.

"Very well. It's Morphin Time- Tor!" A golden morpher appeared in her palm in a flash of green fire. She raised it to the skies, allowing the mystical energies of the grid to wash over her. A forest green version of the MMPR armour wrapped around her body. Her helmet was turtle themed and she still wielded her wooden staff. "Jade Turtle Ranger!"

"Just because you have your team back doesn't mean you stand a chance against me!" Vile yelled, charging at the forcefield and slamming his staff against it, cracking through it with dark energy.

"You will find the tables have turned, Vile." The Phoenix Ranger said, sending a wave of fire crashing against him.

"Oh I will make you wish you were back in your time warp, eltarian!" The dark sorcerer snapped his fingers and the tengas took to the air before descending on the rangers.

"Cut the crappy dialogue, will you?" Fienna said, lunging at him with a golden blade. Arcane energy swirled around her as her sword slammed against his staff.

"Come back to me. We can be a family again, dear."

"I distinctly remember your tengas being responsible for my death." She retorted, kicking him back.

"You tried to take my daughter away from me!"

"I wanted to give her a choice at a normal life. You turned her into a monster just like yourself!" She snarled, jabbing him with her sword.

Sabrina didn't believe it, even though she saw it with her own eyes.

"What the heck just happened?" Matt asked, as he tried to throw off a pair of giant golems from his zord.

"Zedd just killed Dark freaking Spectre and unleashed an army of giant aliens on us!" She snapped back. "There are multiple muranthians and to'kustars trying to kill us and we can't hold them off even with our zords!"

"Shit just got real! On that note, I hate alien politics!" Matt shouted.

"What about a megazord?" Jason asked, the Red Tiger Zord slashing it's claws through a cluster of nighloks.

"We are already spread thin. You think combining all our zords into one bulky target is a good idea?" She asked incredulously.

"You got a better idea, Scorpina?" Zack snided, as a Lovecraftian Cthulhu pounced at his zord. Octopus tentacles wrapped around the limbs of the Black Lion Zord, suspending it in air while another Cthulhu striked his omegazord with a trident. "We are in the middle of a monster nightmare here!"

Zack punched some consoles and a beam of white light burst out from the green gem in the middle of the chest armour of his zord, incinerating the monster.

His zord grabbed one of the tentacles restraining the zord and pulled it apart, slamming the cthulhu to the ground.

"My name is Sabrina! And as a matter of fact, I do." Sabrina said, the Starfire Dragonzord launching a volley of fireballs at the water demons. "Though I don't think Zordon is going to approve."

Sabrina closed her eyes and concentrated before another coin appeared in her palm, before turning into a dagger resembling the dragon dagger, though it was purple instead of green. "This is the reason I was corrupted in the first place but it may be our only hope of surviving the monsters."

She brought the dagger to her chest and gulped before extending it. She snapped her eyes open, feeling the full brunt of the ancient magic of the weapon. The dagger glowed and the visor of her helmet became tinted purple. "Arise, Wraith Zord!"

Meanwhile back in Angel Grove, the megazords had defeated the psycho rangers' monster forms but the battle was far from over.

"Aie aie aie, rangers! There is an army of giant monsters in the desert. Jason and his team are trying to hold them back but they need help. There are too many!" Alpha said frantically.

"Right. Let's go, team." Tommy said.

"Aie aie aie! That's not all. Goldar and some other monsters have appeared near the Youth Centre."

"Not all of us need to pilot the zords." Andros said over the comms. "We have rangers to spare."

"Right. I can pilot the megazord by my own. The rest of you can go." Damon said, turning towards Carter.

"The same with our megazord." Adam said, cracking his knuckles. "You guys go ahead."

"You sure?" Rocky asked.

"I'll be fine, Rocko. It will be like playing a videogame. I always wanted to pilot the megazord on my own." Adam reassured.

"Great!" Kim quipped. "Let's go guys!"

Sabrina watched with bated breath as a shadow devoured the entire battlefield, just before something shrouded in black fog tore through the monsters around them in lightning-fast speed.

"What's going on?" Matt yelped.

The shadows spiralled before expelling outwards and cutting through several monsters as they disintegrated to dust. The black fog dissipated to reveal a purple humanoid zord decked in jagged demonic armour, its visage resembling a gargoyle and rusty metallic wings extending from their back.

"What the heck is that?" Jason asked. "Why have you been holding out on us?"

"This is my old zord, the Wraith Zord." Sabrina said slowly. "While they are the most powerful zord in existence, I was not sure if they would come to my help."

The Wraith Zord nodded at the Dragon zord before taking to the skies and summoning a scythe. It dived back at the monsters, swinging their weapon and letting loose a torrent of dark energy that tore through several To'kustars.

"Wow!" Zack whooped as his zord took out several dragons.

"That's incredible but there are so many of them!" Matt informed, the Yellow Celestial Zord flying overhead firing lasers at the horde of demons.

"Dragon Fire!" Sabrina shouted, the Starfire Dragon Zord heeding her command and lashing out at the nearest squadron of nighlok moogers with their twin blades.

"Tiger Roar!" The tiger head on the chest plate of his zord unleashing a sonic wave that obliterated several leviathans.

Even with the help of the Wraith Zord, they were outnumbered as a Muranthian jumped on the Black Lion Zord from behind, pummelling it to the ground.

"Guys, a little help here?" He yelled through the coms.

"On my way." Sabrina responded as the Starfire Dragonzord turned towards the direction where several muranthians had ganged up on Zack's zord. Just then, the Ninja Falcon Megazord swooped in, firing missles from the tip of it's wings, taking care of the muranthians.

"Damn, I've never seen so many monsters together before." Adam's voice came in through the coms. "Glad I brought the cavalry."

Sabrina smiled as five other megazords joined the battle.

Kim sighed as they teleported near the Youth Centre. God, when will this day end? She'd already fought two zord battles and evil rangers, not to mention meeting new rangers!

Goldar and several monsters and footsoldiers were trying to break through the forcefield APEX had put around the Youth Centre to protect the civilians. Billy and another blue ranger were fighting putties alongside APEX and Promethea soldiers.

"Kiya!" Tommy leapt into the sea of monsters with his characteristic battle cry. Kim rolled her eyes before joining the fray. She fought alongside the Pink Lightspeed ranger as they shot down the putties with their blasters.

Rocky had teamed up with Carter as they fought Robogoat.

Ravi, Roxy and Aisha tore through putties and quantrons.

Tommy swung Saba in a wide arc, letting loose an arc of blinding white light that reduced the monsters surrounding Goldar to ash. As the white ranger, he was the vessel of the mysterious White Light, the embodiment of all good in the universe. As such, he had the ability of purge entities of evil energies though he rarely used that power since it drained his powers. He had only a few minutes left before he demorphed.

"Enough, Goldar!" Tommy growled.

"Impressive trick, human but that won't save you. Lord Zedd will conquer this pathetic planet and humanity will fall today."

"We'll see." The leader of the rangers swore as he charged at the titan. Saba fired his optic blasts as Goldar deflected it with his sword and flapped his wings, sending a powerful gust of air that slammed Tommy backwards. The white ranger grunted, stabbing Saba to the ground and creating a seismic wave that knocked Goldar off balance. Not giving the titan a chance to recuperate, he jumped at him and tackled the monster to the ground.

"Surrender and you'll live." He stated, tossing Goldar's sword.

"Never!" He seethed.

"We'll see about that." Tommy said, summoning a pair of energy cuffs just when his morph failed. "Damn!"

Goldar laughed as he threw Tommy off him and stood up. "That was anticlimactic! Your end awaits, Tommy."

"Not so soon. I have a couple of tricks left!" Tommy smirked, thrusting his fists forward as a white light enveloped him. "Ninjetti - The Falcon!"

The light subsided to revel him clad in his ninjetti robes. He pounced forward with a flying spin kick towards the general but Goldar ducked under the kick and caught him by his leg, and swung him around like a ragdoll before letting him go. Tommy crashed through the windows of Angel Grove High and skid down the abandoned hallway.

Tommy rubbed his forehead as he forced himself to stand. His vision was blurry for a few seconds before becoming normal.

Goldar flew through the windows, having recovered his sword. He swung his sword, sending bolts of red energy at the ranger, which he barely dodged.

"You can't win this, human. Die with honour." Goldar snarled, landing in front of him.

Tommy glared at him. "How many times have we defeated you and you still underestimate us!" He spat as he snapped into a fighting stance. He extended his arm, summoning Saba.

He pounced forwards, swinging his sword near Goldar's head. He sidestepped the blow and smashed a spin kick across Tommy's head.

"I have fought for thousands of years, human. You have no chance without your powers to protect you!" the titan gloated as Tommy dropped to the floor, his pristine white robes torn at various places and smeared with blood.

He raised his sword for the kill, only to deterred as Saba flew up from Tommy's grasp and fired red lasers from his eyes, sending him backwards.

"Stupid sword!" He snarled. He charged at Saba, only for the sword to teleport behind him and hit him with another laser attack. He roared, turning around and letting loose a torrent of crimson fire that blasted a hole through the walls.

Tommy smirked, taking advantage of his opponent's distraction and landing a kick on Goldar's back, sending him stumbling forwards.

"You're dead!" The titan hollered only to be hit by an array of energy arrows. He looked sideways to see Kim and the other rangers rushing at Tommy's side.

"It's over, Goldar. Your army is gone and Angel Grove is safe!" Billy announced.

The titan's eyes took in the ten rangers, armed and ready with their power weapons.

"This is not over, rangers!" He swore, teleporting away.

Kim hugged Tommy, helping him to his feet.

Sentai Six

Leanbow groaned as he regained consciousness. He opened his eyes to see Clare and Niella slumped against a pillar and a gaping hole in the dimensional barrier that led directly to the Mystic Mother's throne room… to Udonna.

While his wife was the supreme sorceress and a powerful warrior by her own right, his heart stilled with fear. These enemies were unlike anything they'd faced before. Lord Zedd wielded the Sword of Darkness, a weapon of infinite chaos energy. He'd somehow managed to summon the residual energies of Koragg and birthed a new general for his evil army… Gaisoulg, the Dark Knight.

If they were already facing Udonna, he had no time to lose. He rushed over to the fallen moon mystics. "Rennervum"

Red energies flared around his niece and sister-in-law, zapping them back to consciousness.

"We have to hurry." He said urgently, helping them up. "Zedd defeated me and made his way to Udonna."

They nodded as the three of them jumped through the portal and entered the Mystic Mother's personal pocket dimension, only to find it razed to the ground. Pillars and walls have crumbled to dust. White marble floors were cracked and Heckyl lay unconscious on the floor, badly bleeding. Clare ran to his side and placed her hands on his forehead, chanelling healing magic.

"We were too late." Niella gasped. "We need to find Udonna."

"I am here." They turned around to see the white witch limping towards them, supported by the Keeper.

"Thank Merlin, you are safe." Leanbow cried out, hugging his wife and pressing a kiss to her forehead.

"I am now but the universe is in grave danger. Zedd has the Orb of Doom." She sighed. "We need to go to Earth."

"Right but first, we must gather our forces, tend to their wounds and alert our allies." Keeper sighed. "We cannot defeat him alone."

Master Vile cackled as Fienna withdrew her sword and kicked him to the ground.

"You are done. Yield!" The former queen demanded, right before a bolt of red energy slammed into her from behind.

"Isn't this one big family reunion?" Rita Repulsa drawled, joining the battle.

"Stop this madness, daughter. It's not too late to come back from this." She implored, getting up. Nearby the other warriors came to and rushed to her side facing the two sorcerers.

"It's time to end this farce." Rita snapped. "My husband is the most powerful being of the entire universe. You brats stand no chance."

"We used to be friends Rita." Dulcea said quietly.

"Oh darling, that was before you found out who I really was. I believe you called for a public execution after Zordon captured me the first time."

"I didn't give you a chance to redeem yourself and that's on me but you are better than this." The ninjetti said. "This is your last chance."

"I'll pass." The witch scoffed, rotating her staff as a lightning bolt slammed into them from overhead. Thunder cracked and the skies became stormy.

"The Order of Meledon dies today." Vile smirked, charging at Zordon and DImitia. They nodded at each other before their weapons vanished and their fists glowed in red and blue energies.

Zordon shot a bolt of crimson energy which sailed past Vile's flying form as he lunged at him, grabbing him by the throat. A blue energy orb slammed into him, forcing him to let go.

"We need to summon the crystal." Dimitria said, helping him up.

The crimson and navy rangers stood side by side as they joined hands and their armour disappeared. They closed their eyes as the wind picked up around their feet and the zeo crystal hovered over them. They extended their hands at Vile, whose smile faltered.

"What are you brats think you're doing?" He croaked just before a wave of blinding white light slammed into him, eradicating him completely.

"Daddy!" Rita screamed as she was forced back by Dulcea's twin batons.

"Surrender." Fienna demanded.

"Never!" The princess spat. "You all will pay!" Dark energies swirled around her, transforming her into a grotesque monster. Her hair cones became actual horns and her skin became grey and withered. Her staff cracked as she let loose tendrils of dark matter.

Fienna and Dulcea moved quickly to dodge the barrage of attacks. Zordon and Dimitria morphed again. The crystal pierced through the darkness before shattering into four shards that merged with each of their armour, charging their ranger forms with zeo energies.

"You had enough chances to rectify, daughter. I'm sorry for what comes next." Fienna sighed, the four of them charging at her.

"Power Shelter!" Dulcea shouted as a green shield covered each of them, protecting them from the thorns of darkness.

"Phoenix Purge!" Zordon yelled, raising his staff and summoning a wave of blue fire that burned through Rita's dark magic and sent her stumbling backwards.

"Dragon Sword!"

"Soultaker!"

Fienna and Dimitria crossed their swords, sending a torrent of light energy that tore through Rita's monster form. She collapsed against a nearby boulder back in her humanoid form, breathing heavily as her body began to disintegrate.

"I'm truly sorry." Fienna knelt next to her as she demorphed, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Save it!" Rita spat as she faded away to nothing. Zordon put his hand on her shoulder. "We gave her every chance to turn away from evil till the very end. There was no other way."

"I know." Fienna said, morphing back into the White Dragon Warrior. "It's time to end this once and for all."

Zedd growled as he marched towards the Command Centre, flanked by Gaisoulg and Snide.

"Stop!" A barrier of ice grew in the middle of the desert, stopping him in his tracks.

"You again…" He sneered at the white mystic ranger as he and the other mystics appeared behind them, curtsy of a spell seal.

"This is your last chance. Give up the Orb or be destroyed." Bowen demanded.

"That's funny. I bested you pathetic wizards when I was running out of allies and resources. Now with Dark Spectre all but defeated, I am the most powerful being in all of reality. You stand no chance! Get them, you two."

Snide and Gaisoulg charged at the mystic warriors while Zedd cut through the ice with his staff and sent a lightning bolt at the Command Center, tearing through it's forcefield.

"Aie aie aie!" Alpha flailed his arms. "Rangers, are you there?"

"Yeah. Just sent Goldar packing." Kim replied over the coms flippantly.

"Head back to the Command Center immediately. Zedd has breached through the defences." He shrieked as the building shook again and the forcefield was taken down and the transmission was cut.

Dex and Kat nodded to each other before transforming.

Alpha gulped before he noticed the small leather pouch Ninjor had gifted the rangers. It somehow called to him. He opened it to find three power coins.

"Convenient much?" Kat snarked, taking one. Dex took the other. The two looked at Alpha expectantly.

"Take it. Obviously, it's meant for you." Dex said.

"Me as a ranger. Aie aie aie! What are you saying, my prince?"

"My grandfather built the first Alpha unit to be a warrior. It's your legacy."

"Alright." He nodded, taking out the last coin just as the doors were blasted open.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Rita's former pet, a bug and a heap of scrap." He scorned. "The rangers are fools to leave this place defenceless. And now, Earth will be mine!"

"Fat chance, Ed." Kat smirked, raising the coin. "It's Morphin Time!"

"Imperial Dragon!" Dex shouted as a dragon shield and armbands appeared on top of his masked rider armour. His antennae and visor got a golden highlight and a broadsword appeared in his hands. "POWER RIDER!"

"Pink Wildcat!" Her warrior form was replaced by pink armour which resembled that of the morphin rangers with a white diamond in it's centre and her power coin in it's middle. Her helmet had a curved visor with fangs bordering it and the head of a wildcat over it with glowing yellow eyes. "PINK WILDCAT RANGER!"

"Cyber Power!" Alpha's armour was like a bulked-up version of his normal form with the lightning bolt in his vest glowing brightly. "ALPHA RANGER!"

Zedd cocked his head before bursting out laughing. "How the mighty have fallen!"

"Do not underestimate us, fiend!" Dex challenged as they took fighting stances.

"I will not sully my hands fighting you idiots." He mocked, slamming his staff and summoned an army of demons, each of them resembling Dark Spectre's muranthian form. "Kill them!"

As the monsters apprehended them, he raised his staff and reached out with his magic to Earth's ley lines. The Command Centre was built on top of a ley line nexus, protecting it from tampering by evil forces. Now that he has access to it, he can cut off the planet's access to the morphin grid and ascertain his victory.

Just as Zedd was about to slam his staff and end this farce of a resistance, a jet of white light hit his staff, shattering it into half.

"WHO DARES?" He snarled, his visor glowering red, only to see Zordon and his teammates. "Oh, it's you. Finally got your head out of the tube, eh?"

"It ends now, Zedd. Rita and Vile are destroyed. There is nowhere for you to run." The eltarian announced while his friends charged at the muranthians.

"Do you really think after centuries of war, you'd defeat us so easily?" He cackled, summoning the Orb of Doom and unleashing a bolt of dark energy at the eltarian.

"Impossible!" Zordon gasped, creating a forcefield with his staff and nullifying the attack.

"It really isn't." He gloated. "As you can see, I have already won. This object far surpasses the meagre abilities of the zeo crystal your pesky brats were able to recover from the catacombs under my castle. You really have no chance!"

The mystics had ascended to titan mode to help the megazords finish off the vast armada of mindless monsters leaving behind the Keeper, Mystic Mother and Heckyl to face Snide.

"What chance do you have of defeating me?" Snide sneered at Heckyl and Keeper, batting off an energy attack by Udonna.

"Wait and watch." The man smirked, taking out a purple gem while Keeper raised his staff, the yellow gem embedded in it glowing brightly. "IT'S MORPHIN TIME! UNLEASH THE POWER!"

With a flash of white light, they were transformed into rangers.

"TALON RANGER!" Heckyl announced, clad in an indigo armour, accented with gold. He swung a rapier as lightning cackled around him.

"AMBER RANGER!" Keeper found himself clad in a yellow ranger suit and armed with his familiar staff.

"POWER RANGERS DINO CHARGE!"

"Impressive. But fancy armour or not, you'll still fall." The villain pounced at them, only to be smacked in the face by Keeper's staff. As he sailed in the air, Heckyl took to the air, slashing his counterpart with his rapier, sending sparks cackling through Snide's armour.

Mystic Mother dealt the finishing blow. A single bolt of white magic that caused him to explode into smithereens.

Leanbow and Bowen fought side by side against Gaisoulg.

"You were born from a part of me. My darkness. But even when I was fighting under the thrall of Octomus, I was never truly evil. My honour prevented me from crossing lines." Leanbow gritted his teeth, blocking Gaisoulg's sword with his shield.

"I am not you. I am not Korrag. And I'm not the embodiment of the dragon coin. I'm the vessel of darkness, the Void Knight, Gaisoulg!" He seethed, unleashing a wave of dark energy from his sword that threw his attackers back. "I have no weakness!"

"Very well, if you have chosen your fate, I will have no qualms about destroying you!" Leanbow swore, jumping at him and pointing his shield at the purple knight. The silver centrepiece in the shield opened up to reveal a crimson eye that launched a pack of red spectral wolves at the knight. "Wolf Attack!"

The wolves pounced at the knight, forcing him back several steps until he swung his sabre, destroying them. Almost instantly, he was hit by a fiery phoenix, that picked him up and flew high up before letting go of him. He yelled as he pummelled to the ground.

"ENOUGH!" he grunted, willing his dark energies to cushion his fall. "I am done with your parlour tricks!"

"I agree." Bowen the red mystic smirked, snapping his fingers as a portal opened over them and a dragon flew out, roaring at him. It landed behind the wizard and with a flash of blinding light, it merged with him, empowering him. His cloak was replaced by a pair of majestic dragon wings and his armour gained golden and blue highlights. "Red Dragon Fire Ranger!"

He swung his twin batons at the knight, the force of the attack sending him back staggering into a sand dune.

"UNISION RAID!" Bowen and Leanbow shouted, pointing their weapons and a torrent of destructive crimson energy hit him, obliterating him completely, leaving behind only a pile of golden dust.

Tommy took in the destruction that had ravaged the Command Center as they teleported in to see a bunch of new rangers battling volcanic monsters while a navy ranger fought against Zedd. He shook his head. If anyone had told him even a day ago that there could be so many rangers, he would have laughed in their faces but honestly, they had been a godsend.

"You guys help these guys. I'll help that guy who is fighting Zedd." He said, summoning Saba and leaping at Zedd, hitting him with Saba's optic lasers.

"Tommy." It was Zordon's voice.

"Zordon, you are a ranger?" He asked incredulously.

Zedd cackled as the Sword of Darkness materialised in his hands. "A ranger? Seriously have you told your charges nothing about yourself, eltarian whelp!"

"It matters not. They know enough." Zordon said, brandishing his staff and sending a wave of fire at the conqueror, who dispelled it with his sword.

"I have wasted enough time battling. It's time for all of you to pay!" He slammed the Orb of Doom to his chest, cackling madly as his body devolved into black mist that swirled and rose to the skies, tearing through the roof of the Command Centre.

They looked up to see a gigantic dragon tower over them.

"What do we do?" Kim asked as she and Kat slayed the last muranthian.

"There are no zords left to fight this thing. All of them are still protecting Angel Grove!" Rocky shouted.

"We don't need the zords. We are standing in the nexus of Earth's ley lines. All of us have the Great Power flowing through us. This is where we are strongest. While Zedd is strong, there are no limits to what the Morphin Grid can achieve at this specific place." Dulcea stated. "Any other place you wouldn't have been able to restore Zordon to life when Ooze killed him. The power of your planet added with the morphin grid helped you to revive him."

"So, what do we do?" Adam asked.

"Form a circle." The ninjetti master instructed, linking her arms with Dimitria and Kimberly. "All of us. Divert your power to the centre."

With a shrug, all of them including the Lightspeed rangers, the blue Omega ranger and the Meledon rangers joined hands and concentrated. Their armour left them and Kim gasped as she saw Trini smile at her when the blue omega armour faded away. A glowing ball of golden energy converged on top of them, before streaking towards Zedd.

He roared as the golden light became a web that entrapped him, the light burning through his body till nothing was left except a silver orb, which merged with the golden ranger energy to become a wave of blinding white light that spread through the entire desert, eradicating the demons the zords were fighting. The wave didn't stop there and encompassed the entire universe, destroying all demonic and evil forces.

Goldar, Vrak, Vile's lieutenants and the forces of the Machine Empire… all of them were destroyed.

Thrax giggled as his demoness babysitter was destroyed by the wave. The golden light swirled around him as he was teleported away.

"What was that?" Tommy breathed.

"That was the Great Power, Zeo Crystal, Terran energies interacting with the power of the Orb of Doom." Dulcea spoke, smiling. Tears came out from her eyes. "I can feel it. The war is finally over!"

"Aie aie aie!" Alpha 5 swung his arms. "There are no traces of evil energies left in this entire universe!"

At that moment, Sabrina and the other rangers who were fighting the zord battle teleported in front of them. "What happened?"

"We won!" Rocky whooped, hugging Adam. "Whatever we did destroyed all evil in the entire universe!"

"That's rather anticlimactic. If we could have done that by combining our powers, why didn't we do it before?" Kim asked.

"The Morphin Grid is all about balance. Zedd forced our hand and enabled us to use this power." Zordon explained, smiling as he linked his arm with Fienna. "But even I didn't think that our combined powers would be able to neutralise all evil."

"Trini!" Zack shouted. The other original morphin rangers and Matt noticed the blushing girl smiling at them all and rushed over to hug her.

"I remember guys." She smiled, tears streaming from her eyes. "I remember everything!"

As the rangers rejoiced, Zordon smiled. It was a wrong that was finally made right.

Then a golden light appeared near their feet, depositing a baby in a crib. Fienna's eyes widened, recognising the familiar energy signatures. It was Rita's child, Thrax. She took him to her arms. She might not have been able to save her own daughter from darkness, but fate had given her a second chance with her grandson. Zordon put his arms around her as he made wiggly eye brows at the baby. An unspoken agreement passed between them as she held the baby closer. They would raise him as their own.

Sabrina hugged her grand-nephew, Dex as Alpha started a communication with King Lexian. With all evil gone, so was his evil uncle Count Dregon and Edenoi was finally free.

Dimitria and Dulcea talked with the mystics as they made plans to include Sentai Six in the Order of Meledon and reintroduce them to the wider galaxy.

The Lightspeed rangers smiled as Andros and Karone introduced them to Zhane.

Evil was finally vanquished after centuries of senseless war. Sure, Zedd wasn't defeated in single combat by either Tommy, Jason or Zordon. The last battle that secured their victory was not fought by any one of them, but by all of them. Their combined powers, their dedication to save innocent lives wiped all evil, ushering in a golden age for the entire universe.

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Zordon finally married his true love, Fienna and settled on the planet he'd protected for thousands of years, becoming it's official ambassador to the Council of Worlds. He raised Thrax, renamed Zayto as his own son. He and Fienna had two beautiful daughters, Zelya and Zelena. And he remained close with all of his rangers as the years went by.

To no one's surprise, Tommy and Kimberly married and had a daughter Jenna, who took after her mother as the Pink Ranger but she shared her father's interest in martial arts. Tommy and Kim took the initiative of creating Earth's first Ranger Academy.

Billy and Trini ended up together and after saying their vows, went on an intergalactic honeymoon to explore the universe they spent years protecting.

Jason took over Promethea and became charge of Earth's defence against hostile forces.

Sabrina returned to Edenoi and took over the throne while Dex remained on Earth with his adopted family. He eventually married Katherine and their child became Earth's first human Masked Rider.

Zack and Aisha had a joint wedding with Rocky and Adam.

Matt returned to Angel Grove and after a few years, developed a close friendship with Dulcea, which eventually turned to a love story for the ages.

Dimitria became the leader of the Council of Worlds and found a kindred spirit in Heckyl.

Zhane and Karone married. Andros and his husband Carter took reins of Operation Lightspeed, which was eventually rechristened New Tech City, a safe haven for all alien immigrants. Ravi and his wife Roxy retired from ranger duty and led a peaceful life in Silver Hills. Orion, Damon and Cassie became in charge of an intergalactic peace corps.

The rangers led significant lives even after the Final Battle. Being a ranger was a significant part of their lives and the lessons they learnt stayed with them their entire lives. They remained heroes even outside of the battlefield, influencing people to be the best versions of themselves, to make the right decision, even when it's not the easy one and always helping those in need.