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Author's Notes: My first tribute episode for Super Megaforce. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1: Troy's Dilemma

"Mr. Burrows, slow down!" Mr. Burley gasped as Troy accidentally bumped the car into the curb.

Today, Troy was taking his driver's test to get his license for the second time. Unfortunately, he wasn't doing any better than his first attempt. So far, he had done the following: failed to yield to a pedestrian, knocked several caution cones, and failed to check his rearview mirror while merging. And now he was trying to park the car.

"Sorry!" Troy shouted, while he tried to maneuver the vehicle. He tried parking the car, but in the process he ran it up into the sidewalk.

"I'm sorry; Mr. Burrows, but you have failed your driving test again." Mr. Burley said as he caught his breath, as he marked an X on the clipboard he was holding. "You have one more chance in the next few weeks. Now, please step out of the car."

Troy complied, getting out of the car and letting Mr. Burley drive the car back to the school.

"Great, now I have only one last chance." Troy thought as he walked down the sidewalk.

Meanwhile, at Ernie's Brainfreeze, Noah, Gia, and Emma were enjoying the smoothies that Orion served them. As usual, Noah was on his laptop, going over the Power Ranger database he downloaded from Gosei's database.

"So Noah, you find anything that might help us?" Emma asked as she slurped her smoothie.

Noah shook his head. "Nope, there's nothing in here can help us find out what happened to Gosei. I'm looking up on the Legendary Rangers powers."

"Noah, don't you think we should be focusing on finding a way to defeat this Zilas guy?" Gia pointed out as she finished her smoothie. "We barely made it out of our last battle, remember?"

"I know, but I think it's because we haven't really tapped into our Legendary Ranger keys' potential." Noah replied, looking up at his friends. "You know what they say, 'In order to learn our future, we must first understand our past.'"

"You get that off a fortune cookie?" Gia teased.

Emma laughed lightly.

"I'm serious, girls." Noah went on, his tone becoming a little sterner. "So far we've just been randomly using our Legendary powers without knowing their capabilities first. If we better understand their uses, it will make our fight against the Armada much easier."

"Okay, Okay, just tell us what you learned so far." Gia relented.

"Alright, let's see." Noah said as he typed the keys on his computers. "The first Power Rangers ever recorded on Earth were the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. They were chosen by the wise intergalactic being Zordon to fight against the evil space sorceress Rita Repulsa in the year of 1993.

"Zordon?" Emma pondered. "Wait, wasn't he the guy who mentored Gosei?"

"Yeah, she's right." Gia confirmed. "Maybe he can help us. Is he still around?"

"I'm afraid not." Noah replied as he kept skimming down the information on the computer. "It says here he was an interdimensional being trapped in a time-warp, via energy tube. In order to purge and purify the United Alliance of Evil, he had the Red Space Ranger shatter his energy tube, causing a powerful wave of goodness to extended throughout the entire galaxy. This wave purified long time villains such as Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, and Divatox, and turned other evil factions such as the Machine Empire into dust.

"Wow, that's amazing." Emma cooed. "He sacrificed himself to save the galaxy."

"So, if Zordon's energy wave wiped out all the evil forces, how come they came keep coming to attack the Earth?" Gia inquired before she slurped on her smoothie.

"Guys, he wiped out the evil forces, not evil itself." Noah pointed out. "Future Power Ranger enemies that emerged from space, like the Armada, were probably too far away to be hit by the wave. Others were villains were either locked away, which protected from the wave, or became evil after the wave."

"Wow, that is very interesting." Gia shrugged.

"What else did you learn about, Noah?" Emma asked.

"Well, let's see." Noah answered, clicking several keys on his keyboard. "Ah-hah! Here's something for you, Orion. It says here that ever since the appearance of Zordon's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, there has been a total of sixteen ranger sixth rangers joining a Power Ranger team."

"Wait, sixteen?" Orion repeated, joining the conversation.

"What, is it, Orion?" Gia asked as the alien examined Noah's computer.

Orion looked around the restaurant, making sure no one else was there and that Ernie was distracted. He then took out his Silver morpher and handed it to Noah.

"Look, my silver Morpher only has fifteen rangers illustrated on it." Orion informed. "And their keys are the only ones I have."

"That is strange." Noah agreed as he examined the morpher carefully.

"Do you think there's another sixth ranger out there?" Emma asked.

"I don't know." Noah sighed, handing the morpher back to Orion. "I'll do some research on it later, but it might just be a miscalculation in the computer."

At that moment Troy walked in. Emma spotted him first and waved him over.

"Troy!" Emma exclaimed. "Over here!"

Troy had hoped to avoid his friends for a while, but he was now trapped. Accepting defeat, he walked over to his friends and took a seat at their table. The others noticed his glum face.

"Failed the test, again?" Orion asked as he brought over Troy's favorite smoothie.

"Yeah, this is my second time." Troy moaned as he handed the money to Orion. "I just can't get the hang of it, guys."

"It's probably because you're used to driving the Skyship." Noah pointed out, closing his laptop so he could talk with the Red Ranger. "That's a lot different than driving a car."

"Don't feel bad, Troy." Emma told Troy as she placed her hand on his shoulder. "Not everyone gets it on their first try."

"Thanks, Emma." Troy smiled.

No matter how down Troy felt, all he had to hear was the positive words coming from Emma's sweet mouth to cheer him up.

Emma smiled back, but both teens realized what they were doing, and turned their attentions back to their friends.

At that moment, the gang saw Jake racing over to them.

"Guys, you won't believe it!" Jake panted as he reached the table.

"What, Jake?" Gia asked in an annoyed tone.

"I passed my driver's test!" Jake exclaimed as he held up his card.

"You passed." Troy gasped in shock.

The others dropped their jaws in awe.

"Yeah, it was easy." Jake told them. "I even got a perfect score. Now if I can only convince my dad to buy me a car."

"Good luck with that." Noah laughed.

The others joined in on the joke.

"So Troy, how'd you do?" Jake asked as he bent down to face the Ranger.

Troy looked up at the jock Ranger. "Good, good, Jake. Mr. Burley and I went driving…went around the block a few times…..and…and I didn't pass."

"Oh." Jake gapped. "This is awkward!"

"Don't worry about it, Jake." Troy assured him. "Hey, congratulations!"

"Thanks, Troy." Jake smiled. "And don't worry, you'll get yours next time.

Emma looked at her watch. "Well, it's getting late. I think I'm going to head home."

"I'll go with you." Troy blurted out, rising to his feet.

"Thanks, Troy, but I think I can manage." Emma smiled.

"She's right; besides I think we should all head home, too." Gia pointed out as she got up and grabbed her backpack.

"I heard that. I've got to have a talk with my dad about my new car." Jake smiled deviously.

"Alright, see you guys tomorrow." Emma waved as she turned to leave, almost bumping into someone.

"Whoops, sorry, Jordan." Emma apologized as he almost ran into said person.

"It's no problem." Jordan assured her.

"Let's go, guys." Emma urged her friends.

The rangers then left Ernie's and went their separate ways.

Jordan smiled evilly as he watched his sworn enemies leave.

"Interesting." He smiled as he rubbed his hand across his chin.

Armada Warship

"So the red ranger is having trouble operating a land vehicle?" Vrak repeated.

"Yes, sire." Zilas confirmed.

Zilas had returned to the Armada Megaship to report about what he had overheard.

"Hm, interesting." Vrak pondered as he walked around the command room.

"My prince, perhaps we should use the Red Ranger's depression to our advantage." Damaras recommended.

"I think I may have something just right for this mission, my prince." Levira joined in. "After analyzing the keys of the Sky Force Rangers, I have managed to create an exact replica of their prized vehicle."

"Excellent work, Levira." Vrak applauded. "May we see it?"

"Of course. Right this way, my prince." Levira said as she motioned her hand to the hallway. Vrak, Damaras, and Zilas walked out of the command room with her and went down to the ship's vehicles station strip.

The strip was filled with X-Borgs and Bruisers, all repairing their vehicles and weaponry after many previous battles. On the far right of the room, two Bruisers and an X-Borg were currently putting finishing touches on a land vehicle.

"And there it is, boys." Levira announced as she pointed to the vehicle. "This is the Sky Force Striker."

The henchmen backed away as their leaders made their approach. Vrak and Zilas carefully examined the car.

"As you notice, this is no ordinary vehicle." Levira explained. "It has the ability to reach 500 kilometers per hour and is armed with a state of the art bazooka that is able to clear any and all obstacles out of its its way."

"Excellent work, Levira." Vrak commended her. "This is just what we need to defeat those Rangers. We'll have Zilas race the Red Ranger for the remaining ranger keys, and when he loses, he'll have no choice but to surrender them to us. And without of their Legendary powers, nothing will stop us taking over this planet!"

"Thank you, Vrak." Levira squealed, clapping her hands in delight. "I knew you'd like it!"

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Zilas asked anxiously. "Let's take this baby out and destroy the rangers once and for all."

Zilas was about ready to jump in when Damaras grabbed him by the shoulder and held him back.

"What's up with you?" Zilas barked as he wretched free of Damaras' grip.

"Before we fight those rangers, we must have a plan." Damaras pointed out. "How can we force the Red Ranger to race Zilas?"

"Oh, don't worry about that." Levira spoke up. "I have something to take care of that."

"And with me behind this wheel, the Red Ranger will never be able to stop me." Zilas added proudly. "Finally, revenge will be mine."

The next day, the rangers were on their way to Ernie's when something fell from the sky and landed outside of town.

"Let's go, guys!" Troy commanded.

With that said, the Mega rangers raced to the quarry.

"See anything, guys!" Noah asked as they scanned the area.

"Oh, no, it's him!" Jake groaned pointing to the bay. And standing there was Zilas, in his Magna Ranger mode.

"Hello, rangers!" Zilas greeted as he approached them.

"Zilas!" Troy seethed, balling his hand into a fist.

"What do you want?" Noah demanded.

"Just to see you rangers crumble apart against me." Zilas answered, as he clenched his fist.

"Let's do it, guys!" Troy commanded as they summoned their morphers and Ranger keys.

"Super Mega Mode!"

"Ah, the Super Mega Mode again!" Zilas jeered. He then brought his hand to his mouth, and let out a fake, sarcastic yawn. "Can you rangers at least give me a challenge?"

"Alright, you asked for it!" Jake growled.

"Calm down, Jake!" Troy ordered. "We'll just use the keys Noah's been researching."

Noah nodded. "Alright, guys, brute force didn't stop this guy last time, so this time we should use speed."

"Then we use the RPM Mode." Troy surmised.

"Right!" Noah confirmed.

The Rangers summoned the RPM Ranger keys, and readied their morphers again.

"Legendary Ranger mode, RPM! Get in Gear."

The Rangers had morphed into the Ranger Operators.

"Emma, you're with me." Jake shouted.

"You got it!" Emma affirmed. "Rocket Blaster!"

"Turbo Axe!" Jake shouted as they both summoned their chief weapons.

"Combine, Turbo Plasma Launcher!" Jake and Emma announced as they combined their weapons.

"What's this?" Zilas gasped in fake shock.

Jake pulled out an Engine Cell. "Engine Cell, activate!" He inserted the cell into the Launcher.

"Fire!" Emma shouted as she and Jake fired their weapon's blast at Zilas.

Unprepared, Zilas was hit instantly and was engulfed in smoke.

"Yeah, that got him." Emma cheered.

"Huh?" Jake gapped as he noticed a shadowy figure walking in the smoke.

"Or so you thought!" Zilas roared as he emerged from the smoke. Except this time he had the appearance of a bird-like warrior.

Before Emma or Jake could react, Zilas flew forward and slashed the two rangers with his sword. This caused the two to de-morph back to their Super mode.

"Never seen that before." Noah chimed, backing away slightly

Zilas turned his attention to the remaining rangers. Orion reacted first, racing to Zilas with his Cloud Hatchet ready to strike. The two opponents matched each other's strikes blow for blow, making it anyone's game. Finally, Zilas managed to knock Orion off his feet, and slashed his chest causing him to de-morph and fall to the ground.

"You three are next." Zilas snarled, raising his sword to Troy, Gia, and Noah.

"Want to try the Road Blaster?" Troy whispered as the three held up their weapons defensively.

The two nodded and ready their weapons.

"I don't think so!" Zilas yelled, using his wings to fly to the remaining rangers. He kicked Troy, pushing him several yards. With the Red Ranger out of the way, Zilas began fighting Noah and Gia.

"Turbo Cannon!" Noah shouted as he fired the cannon at Zilas.

"Nice try!" Zilas interjected as he dodged the cannon's blast, causing it to hit Gia and de-morph her.

"Gia, no!" Noah shouted.

Before Noah could react, he was slashed by Zilas, who had flown high into the sky and flew down to deliver the blow to defeat the Blue Ranger.

Troy finally recovered from Zilas kick, only to find his friends were now at the mercy of Zilas.

"Let them go!" Troy ordered, ready to charge at Zilas.

Zilas turned to face Troy. Although his mask had no facial expressions, Troy could tell that the general was enjoying inflicting harm on his friends.

"I'm afraid not, Red Ranger." Zilas sneered. "I think your friends will make great trophies."

"Trophies?" Troy repeated.

Zilas summoned a strange device and zapped the other rangers with it. When the smoke cleared, the others were shrunk into small round medals, each colored by Ranger.

"You see, these medals are the perfect trophies for defeating such great foes." Zilas laughed maniacally.

"You better change them back right now!" Troy growled.

"Or what?" Zilas scoffed. "You must admit Red Ranger, without your friends, there's no way you would even stand a chance against me."

Zilas began pacing around for several seconds before turning to face Troy once more.

"But I guess I could give you a chance to get them back." Zilas said in a rather devious tone.

"What are you talking about?" Troy asked, puzzled at what the villain was getting at.

"Here's the deal, Red Ranger, you and I are both going to take part in a little competition." Zilas explained. "If you win, I'll free your friends. But if I win, you have to surrender all your ranger keys to me."

"What that's crazy!" Troy retorted. "I won't do it!"

"Without your friends, this planet will be doomed." Zilas reminded him. "Not even you can defeat the Armada on your own."

"Oh yeah! Then why don't you just turn me into medal like the others?" Troy inquired. "Then you and the Armada could take over without resistance."

"Where's the fun in that?" Zilas answered. "And besides if I turn you into a medal now, I still won't be able to get your ranger powers. Only you can do that. So do we have a deal?"

Troy realized Zilas was right. Even if there was a slight chance of saving the others, he had to take it. He needs his friends just as much as they need him: Jake, Gia, Noah, Orion, ….and Emma.

"Alright, I'll do it." Troy finally relented. "But no cheating of any kind."

"Of course." Zilas agreed, nodding his head in agreement. "And now that you have accepted, I can tell you what the challenge will be: a three lap mile race around this city."

"A race!" Troy groaned in despair. "No!"

"I'll give 48 hours to get ready, not that it will matter." Zilas informed him. "And come alone."

With that, Zilas teleported away with Troy's friends.

"How am I going to defeat him?" Troy thought. "I don't even have a car."

End Notes: Looks like Troy's going to need some help. Perhaps a Legendary Ranger… Nope, sorry can't spoil it. You'll just have to wait to find out.

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