The Powers That Be: EJourney

by Dragon Kaiju Prince

Lord Zedd and Emperor Gruumm have reformed the United Alliance of Evil when they have ressurrected nearly every evil villain and monster the Rangers have fought and have stolen much of the Morphing Grid's Power. It is up to the now Power-less Rangers and their new ally, Eric, to regain their lost Ranger Powers, prevent the revival of Dark Specter and stop the UAE once and for all!

2. Chapter 2: Ranger Civil War

Powers That Be Chapter 2: Ranger Civil War

Several of the villains had gathered on the Planet Nemesis, otherwise known as the Cimmerian Planet. Lord Zedd, Emperor Gruumm and several other villains had gathered here to prepare for their own invasion plans. Mesogog turned to Lord Zedd and asked, "Where is your minion, Finster? I thought he was going to help us rebuild our armies?"

"He said he was out of supplies so he returned to his home planet, Claydoious, to gather what he needed," Lord Zedd answered. Mesogog recalled the first time he met Finster.

*Flash Back*

Mesogog was back in his old laboratory, "Finster, I'm glad you could make it," the dinosaur-hybrid turned his attention to the smaller alien creature in his presence. Finster was a short alien creature that looked like a Scottish terrier. He wore a blue smock and bandana and wore a pair of spectacles.

"Lord Zedd commanded me to help you, how may I be of service?" asked Finster in a soft, gentle voice.

"I'm aware you are skilled at creating monsters, did you bring the ones I requested?" Mesogog asked.

Finster nodded, "Yes your saltiness," Finster then presented Mesogog with two small clay sculptures of twin monsters. The two monsters had slim, smooth metallic bodies and blades for arms. "These were the last two monsters I created before I ran out of clay and I personally believe they are my greatest work yet, these are the blade brothers, Slice and Dice. But unfortunately my Monster-Matic is out of order since the Machine Empire ransacked Rita and Zedd's palace."

"Not to worry," Mesogog waved his hand to his Geno-Randomizer, "with my Geno-Randomizer we can finish creating them, now place them inside." Finster did as he was instructed and placed the two monster sculptures inside the machine. Next Mesogog typed in the necessary commands. The Geno-Randomizer filled with mist and energy, signaling that the creation process was underway. When it as done the tube's doors opened and out came two monsters. They resembled their sculpted form but were metallic in appearance. One wore silver knight-like armor, this was the younger brother Slice, the other looked identical but had gold armor; this was the older brother, Dice. Both had large, sinister grins on their faces.

"Slice and Dice at your service!" both monsters said enthusiastically in silly sounding voices.

Mesogog grinned, "I've programmed the Geno-Randomizer to enhance these two monsters' DNA, allowing them to be more adaptable, combining their DNA with the DNA of various different monster types."

*End of Flash Back*

Mesogog nodded, "Very well, I must see to it that our animal army is ready for battle." With that Mesogog departed.

Lord Zedd used his telescopic sight to view the Earth from many billions of miles away. "The Earth is rife with objects and creatures to recreate new monsters with." Lord Zedd pointed his Z-Staff in the direction of Earth and fired a beam that transformed many different animals, plants and inanimate objects into monsters. The experience left Lord Zedd drained. Since he had traveled through time so much and had used a great amount of energy creating monsters he had used up so much of his strength and needed to recharge.

"Zedd, it may be unwise to focus so much of our attention on Earth," Emperor Gruumm said, "as much as I want vengeance against Krueger and his Ranger allies, our armies are disorganized and unequipped, it may be best to regroup and better prepare ourselves," Gruumm suggested.

"Nonsense," Zedd replied, "We will have Earth and all of its people and resources will be under our control." Lord Zedd staggered a bit, "My energy is low, and I must go into my sleep of rejuvenation to recharge my strength." Zedd turned one last glance towards the Emperor of the Troobian Empire, "Remember this, Gruumm, I'm the one in charge here, proceed with our plans to take over the Earth," with that Zedd also departed for his moon base where he would sleep.

Gruumm ground his teeth angrily, "Be careful, Zedd," he whispered to himself, "I am the Emperor of a great Empire and will not be ordered around like some peasant, or else I may take your throne as well…"

Nearby the robotic scientist Frax was completing his latest work. Frax was once a human scientist from the future named Dr. Ferricks, who was once a philanthropist with both humans and mutants. However when he extended a helping hand to the mutant criminal lord Ransik he was betrayed and nearly killed. Ferricks was forced to rebuild his body as a robot transforming him into Frax, the experience embittering him for life and turning him into a merciless killer who only sought dominion of the world for robots such as himself. In the end, however, his humanity was restored to him when Ransik's daughter, Nadira, persuaded him to forgive and let go of his hate, only to have his personality wiped clean to become a mindless robot slave and to be destroyed by the Time Force Power Rangers.

After Broodwing had retrieved his remains in Silver Hills Frax was rebuilt, once again an emotionless robot, and was commissioned to rebuild the Machine Empire, which he succeeded in a short amount of time with the help of his own robotic allies. Now Frax was finishing up on his newest project, rebuilding the robotic body of Venjix. Venjix had been a self-aware, intelligent and aggressive computer virus created by Dr. K. It was originally designed to help her escape from her captivity but Venjix's influence grew stronger and he was able to take over all of Earth's computer systems. With these systems at its command Venjix took over the Earth, polluting and conquering much of its surface while building thousands of robotic soldiers and was even able to build robotic bodies for himself. Venjix, however, was stopped and nearly deleted when Dr. K created her own team of Power Rangers to counter Venjix's forces. In the final battle Venjix's last body was nearly destroyed when a spire crushed it. With the help of Venjix's surviving General, Crunch, Frax was able to retrieve his broken body and rebuild 's current body resembled a robust robotic man with a beard that was covered in black and gold alloy and had pipes coming out of his head and gears coming out of his back and carried a large club-like weapon.

Nearby King Mondo, the emperor of the Machine Empire, supervised. Mondo resembled an overweight robotic man in silver alloy and wore blue royal clothes and had a rotating gear-like crown. "So you believe you can have him up and running soon, doctor?" asked Mondo.

"I'm adding the finishing touches," Frax replied, "and there," with that Frax activated Venjix's body and he came alive with a loud growl.

"I live again!" Venjix cried out victoriously.

"So this is the famous Venjix that I've heard about, I must admit he is quite impressive even though he was made by a human," King Mondo said inspecting Venjix.

"And I have heard of you as well, King Mondo, the Machine King, I am honored to meet a machine of your magnitude, but now I must concentrate on rebuilding my forces by retrieving them from the Sanzu River," Venjix stated. "Crunch!" From nearby General Crunch arrived, he was a silly-looking robot made from white and green alloys, had smoke stacks coming out of him and had a silly grin on his face. "Take me back to my base, I must rebuild our forces and find a way to open a path into the Sanzu River, many of our fallen comrades were sent there when they were destroyed."

"You've got it boss!" Crunch replied as the two of them departed.

"I must be going as well," King Mondo said, "I will have my revenge of the Gold Ranger from Triforia for his interfering with my goal to take over the Earth!" With that only Frax remained.

"Soon, with the three of us working together, robots will rule all!" Frax said cackling revealing his insane face underneath his gold plated head.

Back on Earth the Dino Thunder Rangers, Haley, Nick and Eric all set off to their separate destinations. In Blue Bay Harbor the Dino Thunder Rangers were able to free their companions the Ninja Storm Rangers from the influence of evil and were making their way to Reef side where they heard that their Dino Zords would be waiting. Haley proceeded to get in touch with previous Ranger teams that were spared from evil's grasp while Eric went with Nick on his motorcycle and headed to Briarwood, the home of the Mystic Force Rangers.

When they arrived they found a massive troll monster wrecking up the place. The creature had appeared out of a magic portal from the underworld. Evil magic users within the Underworld's forces have been known to delve into dark magic and one spell that is often used is the transportation of monsters to the surface. The magician would chant their spell and a magical rune would appear on the surface where the monster would emerge. The rune would take on the image of a square with circles at each angle encased in a larger ring. This troll had emerged from one such portal. The Troll was an enormous creature that was the size of a two story house, much larger than most monsters summoned by the UAE but was not as large as a Megazord. It had a grayish purple, muscular hide with large equally muscular arms and wearing a ragged black leotard. Nick was astonished, because he knew he and his fellow Mystic Force Rangers had destroyed this particular monster twice. The Red Mystic Ranger immediately withdrew his phone and called his friends to meet them in town to help fight the Troll. Afterwards Nick turned to Eric, "My friends are on their way, but we're going to need to buy them time till they get here," Nick explained.

Eric nodded, "All right." The Troll beat its enormous fists ferociously and bellowed a feral growl. Nearby Nick saw a stray soccer ball someone had dropped while fleeing the area. Nick grabbed the soccer ball and hurled it at the Troll to get its attention. The Troll easily batted away the ball and started chasing the pair. They had to lure the beast into a more open area to better fight it. The Troll chased them through a neighborhood and grabbed a nearby car and chucked it at them, fortunately the Troll's motor skills left much to be desired and the car missed. Eric drew out his Thunder Max blaster and shot the Troll with some lasers but they did little to effect the Troll except making him angrier. Nick and Eric continued running and luring the Troll into a more open area.

They were able to finally draw it out into a plaza. The Troll pounded its fists angrily. "Nick, we're coming!" Nick and Eric turned to see the other four main Mystic Force Rangers. There was Xander Bly the Green Ranger, a tall, somewhat athletic young man from Australia who preferred to talk out of a bad situation then relying on violence. Next there was Charlie "Chip" Thorn the Yellow Ranger, young man with reddish hair with enthusiastic interests in the supernatural world and the ways of the warrior. Then there was Madison Rocca the Blue Ranger, she was a pretty young lady with dark hair and had a fascination with film so much that she would often film her friends in every day life. Finally there was Vida, Madison's younger sister, who had short, jelled hair that Vida would dye different colors depending on her mood. Vida had a zealous interest in music and would practice being a DJ in her free time, especially since she worked in a store that sold music memorabilia. All five of the core Mystic Force Rangers wore leather tunics that matched their Ranger color.

First the five rangers dialed 1,2 and 3 on their Morphers and shouted "Magical Source Mystic Force!" A disembodied voice shouted the spell, "Galwit Mysto Ranger!" This transformed the five teens into their Ranger forms. They each wore suits that were themed after their individual colors and their own mystical animal: Nick as a red phoenix, Xander as a green Minotaur, Chip as a yellow garuda, and Madison as a blue mermaid and Vida as a pink fairy. All of the Rangers were armed with wands and wore capes matching their suits. The Troll growled and swiped at them with one of its enormous arms, which the Rangers easily leapt over like a jump rope. "Mystic Force Kick!" while in midair the Rangers kicked the Troll, sending it flying several dozen meters away, killing it and causing it to explode. The five teens cheered in victory.

"Beating a Troll in one hit? That is an impressive feat," a deep voice interrupted their gloating. The teens turned to see a dark figure walking through the smoking remains of the Troll. It was their old nemesis, Koragg the Knight Wolf. "I would challenge you myself to test your prowess but I am required elsewhere, so instead I will leave you with a lesser challenge," Koragg stated holding out his hand. In his hand was a glowing orb of light that flashed with the Mystic Force symbols.

"Our combining powers!" Xander shouted. Koragg then threw the orb onto the remains of the Troll. Another dark magic rune appeared beneath the Troll and somehow caused the pieces of the monster to reconfigure itself into a full being again. In the Troll's hands the glowing orb of light appeared before being absorbed into the Troll's body. Afterwards the Troll began to mutate, its muscular purple skin transformed into hard, craggy stone and a horn sprouted from its head and a large stone club formed in its right hand. The Troll, now a Stone Troll, used a finger to straighten its stone cap in a mock imitation of the Titan Megazord.

"Is he imitating the Titan Megazord?" Madison said angrily.

"Now that's just insulting!" Chip exclaimed.

"We beat this thing the last time when Catastros and I formed the Centaurus Phoenix Megazord, but Catastros is under Koragg's control again so I won't be able to combine with him," Nick said.

Eric scratched his chin, "I think I have a weapon that can smash that Troll, do you think you can get me high enough and close enough to that thing?" Eric asked.

"I think we can take care of that," Xander answered.

"You ready guys?" Nick asked.

"Ready!"

First the Rangers dialed another spell into their phones dialing 1,2 and 5 and then 1,2 and 6, this caused the disembodied voice shouted, "Galwit Mysto Prifior!" The spell caused magical runes to appear above their head and scan over their bodies and as it scanned them it transformed them into their Zord form. Nick was transformed into the Mystic Phoenix, a giant humanoid robotic being in red armor and carried a short sword. Xander was transformed into an enormous green robotic Minotaur wielding an axe, Madison transformed into a blue, robotic mermaid, Vida into a pink fairy and Chip into a yellow garuda, a giant thunderbird from Japanese mythology.

Next all the Rangers, excluding Nick, shouted together, "Mystic Titans Dragon Formation!" Within their Mystic bodies Chip, Xander, Vida and Madison dialed 1, 0 and 6 on their Morphers and the Mystical voiced shouted out, "Galwit Neramax Unios!" The four Mystic warriors were all engulfed in light and taken into the sky. While in the air they began to form the Mystic Dragon. First the Mystic Minotaur formed the Dragon's strong, four-legged body, next the Mystic Mermaid formed the Dragon's tail, then the Mystic Garuda formed the Dragon's splendorous wings and finally the Mystic Fairy formed the Dragon's head and neck. The Mystic Dragon was complete and roared.

Nick, as the Mystic Phoenix turned to Eric and said, "Come on, it's time to take this guy down," and picked up the now much smaller dragon and then leapt onto the Dragon's back. The Mystic Dragon roared in challenge at the Stone Troll. The Troll growled and traced the image of a circle on the ground around it, creating another magical rune. This rune summoned a flurry of boulders to appear around the Stone Troll, "Magical Showtime! Boulder Blast!" The Stone Troll then pointed his club at the Rangers. The boulders were magically flung at the Mystic Phoenix and Mystic Dragon. The Dragon flapped its mighty wings and flew into the air, dodging the rocks. The Dragon retaliated by spitting a fireball at the Stone Troll, causing it to stagger backwards.

Eric was hanging for dear life in the Mystic Phoenix's hand. Suddenly remembering his mission, reached inside his Adventure Pouch and drew out his Earth Flail, an extremely powerful Ball and Chain weapon imbued with Earth Elemental energy. "Channel your energies into my Ball and Chain and I should be able to

The Stone Troll growled angrily and drew a circle in front of him with the tip of his club, creating yet another magical rune. The Stone Troll's club began to glow with magical energy. With that the Mystic Phoenix hurled Eric forward and the Mystic Dragon exhaled a massive fireball that collided with the ball of Eric's Earth Flail, imbuing it with their magical energy. A split second later the Stone Troll slashed the Mystic Phoenix and Dragon, causing them to crash, only to be smashed in the face when Eric hurtled towards it while swinging the Earth Flail into the Stone Troll, shattering its rock body.

Eric cried out as he began falling after destroying the Troll, fortunately he was caught in midair by a most uncommon savior. Eric felt a carpet underneath him and glanced down to see a Persian-style rug beneath him, it didn't take him long to realize that the carpet was flying in mid air like in the stories of Aladdin. "Are you all right, Dragon Prince?" Eric glanced up to the owner of both the voice and the carpet to see a knight-like warrior wearing golden armor and wearing a blue cape. Eric immediately recognized his rescuer as Daggeron, the Solaris Knight Ranger and mentor of the Mystic Force Rangers. Eric answered Daggeron with a simple nod before turning around to see another circular rune appear in the air above where the Stone Troll once stood, this circle encompassed five smaller circles, each with the symbols of the five core Mystic Force Rangers. The symbols then glowed and went to each of the Mystic Force Rangers, restoring their "combining power".

After the battle the Mystic Force Rangers took Eric to their headquarters in Root Core. They explained to Eric that the Master of the Underworld had decided to use Leanbow, Nick's father, to be his new host, causing him to transform into Koragg, Eric concluded this must have happened after he and the Dino Thunder Rangers had freed Nick from the Master's influence not to long ago. Eric was also saddened to hear that Udonna, wife of Leanbow and mother of Nick, had passed away. While the five teens readied themselves for their future battles Daggeron revealed to Eric that he had a special task for him. Daggeron transported himself and Eric to Magitopia, the home of the Ancient Mystics, also known as the Heavenly Saints, magical beings that were once human but mastered various forms of holy magic that caused them to become angelic beings based around their area of magic. To Eric Magitopia resembled what most people would think Heaven would look like, a realm that was situated on and above the clouds with architecture that resembled that found in ancient Greece and Rome. Daggeron lead Eric to a rather elegant building. After some walking the two came before the throne of the Mystic Mother, who was once the evil space queen and sorceress Rita Repulsa. Compared to Eric and Daggeron, Rita was a giant.

The queen of Good Magic inspected her visitors, "Daggeron, thank you for bringing the Dragon Prince here," Daggeron bowed in respect. "Eric, I'm sure you are aware of the events that have been going on, but I think I should bring you up to speed." Rita then muttered a spell that created a magical window, a projection of events going on around the universe. The projections showed the UAE's forces gathering and growing stronger and preparing for an all out war. The projections also showed how many of the Power Rangers had not yet restored their powers or have had their powers stolen by the UAE. "I'm sure you know Zeddy has been busy spreading evil throughout the galaxy," Rita explained, using her husband's pet name. "We need your help to combat the UAE and to restore the powers of the Morphing Grid." In his heart Eric was very reluctant about the whole situation; the idea of fighting legions upon legions of evil beings unnerved him. Despite this, however, Eric replied with nervous nods.

The screen shifted to a scene in Reef Side City, the hometown of the Dino Thunder Rangers. There Eric saw that Zeltrax was attacking the city with the Aerial Assault Craft and controlling the three primary Dino Zords: The Red Tyranno Zord, the Blue Tricera Zord and the Yellow Ptera Zord. Fortunately Connor, Ethan and Kira had managed to free their friends, the Ninja Storm Rangers from under the control of the UAE and now had headed to Reef Side to reclaim their Zords. With their Zords back under their control the Dino Thunder Rangers decided to form the Thundersaurus Megazord. The Red Tyranno Zord roared and charged forward. While its legs continued to move its upper body twisted in place, causing its large drill-like tail to form a left arm and its head to turn onto its chest. The Tricera Zord leapt into the air and attached itself to where the Tyranno Zord's head, forming the arm of the Megazord, this in turn caused to Megazord's head to emerge from the top. At last the Megazord leapt into the air while the Ptera Zord flew in front of it, the Ptera Zord formed the chest armor of the Megazord while its legs created a helmet for it. At last the Thundersaurus Megazord was complete, the Tyranno Zord's head roared while the Megazord's limbs bashed together and it extended its drill in challenge. The events that unfolded reminded Eric of the events when Mesogog first attacked Reef Side, where the Rangers managed to tame the Dino Zords once again and destroyed Zeltrax's Aerial Assault Craft in the process.

Their victory was short lived however when the ground shook. Nearby a crevice opened up in the ground and emerged a roaring robotic Tyrannosaurus Rex, it was the Red Tyrannosaurus Zord, the personal Zord of the Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. Next the trumpet of what sounded like an elephant's call sounded in another direction as the Mighty Morphin Black Mastodon Zord stomped into the area. They were joined by three more Zords that came from the mountainous regions to the North. One was a blue tank-like creature that was stylized in the shape of a Triceratops, it was the main Zord of the Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. The second was the personal Zord of the Yellow Mighty Morphin Ranger, a Saber-Toothed Tiger Zord. The last emerged from a volcano, it was avian in appearance but had a massive red chest-plate to protect itself, this was the Pteradactyl Zord for the Pink Mighty Morphin Ranger.

The Tyrannosaurus was the first to attack, it roared and exhaled a sonic boom into the ground that caused an earthquake. As the sonic boom went forward it caused the ground to crack and detritus to be tossed into the air. The Dino Thunder Rangers realized with dread that the sonic boom was coming towards them. When it hit them, the Thundersaurus Megazord became unstable and it caused the Zords to disengage and shatter into their basic forms and forcing the Rangers out of their cockpit. The Rangers groggily got back on their feet. Nearby they heard evil laughter and they turned to see three monsters approaching them. One was a humanoid piranha monster that Eric recognized as Pirantishead, another was a demonic humanoid monster with gray skin, vampire-like fangs and what resembled Native American garb, the Hate Master, and the third was a humanoid mole monster, Dramole. "You just can't be the originals," Pirantishead said in its gurgling voice while Dramole grunted in reply. "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Dino Zords will always trump the Dino Thunder Power Rangers' Dino Zords, while the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will trump the Dino Thunder Power Rangers." The three monsters stepped aside to reveal, to the amazement of the Dino Thunder Rangers, the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The first to step forward was Jason Lee Scott, the Red Ranger, his Ranger suit's motif was designed after his Red Tyrannosaurus Zord. Next came Zack Taylor, the Black Ranger, whose suit was modeled after a Black Mastodon, then Billy Cranston, the Blue Ranger and finally Kimberly Hart the Pink Ranger. The Yellow and Green Rangers were absent from their group. It was then that Connor, Ethan and Kira noticed that Hate Master laughed maniacally and began waving his hands in the air, releasing orange spores. The Hate Master had the power to invoke evil feelings like hate in its prey using a special dust that it produced, making it a potent threat. To make matters worse Dramole was releasing a toxic gas from the glands all over its bodies that also had the ability to brainwash those that were exposed to it. "All right, Rangers, let's put them in danger!" The Hate Master grinned, pointing at the Dino Thunder Rangers. Without question the Mighty Morphin Rangers drew their weapons and charged with the Dino Thunder Rangers doing likewise. Connor fought against Jason, Ethan against Zack and Billy and Kira against Kimberly. Although the Dino Thunder Rangers were strong they were still being outclassed by the predecessors.

"It looks like your friends need some help," Rita suddenly spoke, snapping Eric out of his trance-like state from viewing the projection. "Before you begin your quest I have a personal task for you," the projection's screen showed more images, this time it showed Lord Zedd and the monsters that he created, as well as the monsters that he and Finster created. "I want you to capture Zeddy and all of the monsters in our forces," Rita asked.

Eric gave her a confused look, "But don't you want to destroy all the monsters?" he asked.

A somber look appeared on Rita face. The images in the projection changed, this time it showed many moments from Rita and Zedd's life, such as them at their wedding and dancing around their base. The projection also showed Rita and Zedd's son, Thrax. "Even though they are evil, Zedd is still my husband and I love him and Thrax is my son, I couldn't bear the thought of destroying them," Rita replied. The images changed again, this time it showed other various moments from during the time of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, showing Rita and Zedd's friends and followers. The image showed images of Rita's brother, the skeleton warrior Rito Revolto, and her demonic father, Master Vile. "The same thing goes for my brother and my father," Rita continued. The image in the projection changed again, showing images of Goldar and Finster and their other minions such as Goldar's wife, the human/scorpion hybrid Scorpion, the blue hobgoblin creature known as Squatt and his partner, the vampire/monkey hybrid named Baboo. It continued to show images of their foot soldiers like the clay warriors called Putties and the human-sized birds, the Tengas, as well as many other monsters that served them.

After seeing all the happy times the mischievous villains had spent with each other Eric was, in a strange way, touched by the display. "All right, I see your point, but how do I capture them? I'm not a magician, at least not yet."

Rita then motioned to behind her throne. Out from behind her throne emerged a funny-looking troll like creature with pink skin, pointy ears and a dopey expression on his face and wore a peddler's clothes. Eric recognized him as Mr. Ticklesneezer, a friendly troll/fairy creature that was created from Trini's, the Yellow Mighty Morphin Power Rangers', troll doll. The troll made his way forward carrying a cylindrical stone object. Eric raised an eyebrow while Mr. Ticklesneezer smiled and handed him the object. The object was made of brown stone with a lid on top with a red gem in its center. "This is a Space Dumpster, the very same kind of magical device that was used to capture me and my forces over ten thousand years ago," Rita explained, "all you have to do is open the Space Dumpster's lid at one of our minions and they will be sucked in.

Eric smirked, "Cool, I'll be capturing monsters, sounds like fun."

At that remark Rita and Daggeron chuckled, "So, you like capturing monsters, huh? Well then I have an additional gift for you," Rita then motioned to Mr. Ticklesneezer.

Ticklesneezer drew from his brown pouch several small glass tubes that reminded Eric of the test tubes that were used in laboratories. "Take some of my special jars," Mr. Ticklesneezer explained; "I used these to add things to my collection," the troll smiled. Eric immediately understood what he was implying and a sly grin spread across his face.

"Thank you, I'm going to have fun with these," Eric declared.

"Good, now before you go to rejoin your friends, I must test your prowess," Rita then waved her hand over the projection and the image of a city appeared in the window. The scene showed many different monsters attacking the citizens of a city and explosions going on. "Some evil force is attacking Stone Canyon, the neighboring city of Angel Grove! Fortunately whatever fiend is attacking is only using foot soldiers as their army, I think you might be able to stop them, now go!" Rita waved her wand and teleported Eric away before he could protest.

Daggeron gave the Mystic Mother a quizzical look, "Your highness, don't you think it's a bit reckless to send him on such a hasty mission so spontaneously?"

An impish grin formed on the sorceress' face, "I like to have a little fun with my subjects."

Eric rematerialized in another location and observed his surroundings. All around town Eric could see chaos as people were fleeing from various different monstrous creatures. There were the Putty Patrollers, golem-like soldiers created by Finster in his Monster-Matic. They resembled bald humans with smooth, gray clay-like skin, rock-like hands and face with stupid expressions. The Putty Patrollers were dumbly chasing citizens while flailing their arms; the Putties were among the dumbest of the foot soldiers. The basic Putties were being commanded by the "Z-Putties," Lord Zedd's own variation of the Putty Patrollers. The Z-Putties resembled their counterparts except they wore white, skintight armor with a large Z-emblem on their chests, which was also their weak spot. Eric heard a repulsive cawing coming from above, when he looked up he saw Tenga warriors flying, blotting out the sun with the black, feathered wings. The Tengas resembled human-sized crows with hooked beaks and wore purple tunics; they were slightly smarter than the Putties in that they were able to speak whereas the Putties made garbled noises. The Tengas mainly kept to the air but would occasionally descend when they would see a pedestrian and would squawk and peck at the unlucky person. Suddenly the air was filled with a strange electronic buzzing. Eric turned to see a pack of Piranhatrons and Quantrons chasing more people out of alleyways. The Piranhatrons resembled robotic fish warriors with bronze armor and some had a silver stripe on their head while the Quantrons looked, to Eric, like something out of Battle Star Galactica. The Quantrons were silver-colored robot warriors that carried blade weapons. To Eric, among all the foot soldiers attacking the city, the Quantrons looked the most menacing. The Piranhatrons and Quantrons were being lead into battle by the Shadow Chromite, a strange alien creature wearing gray spandex and a gasmask. Along with them were creatures called Sting Wingers. The Sting Wingers were among the ugliest of the foot soldiers. They were green and black insect/human hybrids with no clear, distinguishable face and sickles for arms and insect wings. The Sting Wingers buzzed around in the air and were clinging to the sides of buildings searching for prey. Along with the Sting Wingers there was another group of insect-like foot soldiers, the Kelzak Furies. The Kelzaks were the ninja foot soldiers of the Evil Space Ninja Army. The Kelzaks wore skintight suits and masks that obscured their face with the image of a red centipede. Unlike normal Kelzaks, which wore black, the Kelzak Furies wore red and were stronger. Finally there were the Tyrannodrones, Eric's personal favorite. The Tyrannodrones were human/dinosaur hybrids, they resembled the Sting Wingers in that they wore black, skintight suits and carried sickle weapons, but the Tyrannodrones had no distinguishable faces that were covered in green and black scales and with small horns and small prickly spikes sprouting from their head and faces. Eric realized that all of the monsters present were only foot soldiers; there weren't any stronger, higher-ranked monsters among them.

From high above one of the buildings Eric heard evil laugher. He turned to see the commander of the small army of foot soldiers attacking. "Go my minions, spread evil and anarchy wherever you may go!" The commander resembled a middle-aged man with tentacles for hair and a goatee. He wore a purple and black robe and his skin was purple and slimy. Eric easily recognized the fiend as Ivan Ooze.

Without alerting Ivan Ooze to his presence Eric pointed his Thunder Max Blaster at him and fired, shooting several lasers at the evil, alien warlord. The blasts sparked off Ivan's hide but did little to him than sting and irritate him. "Who dares attack my magnificence?" shouted Ivan in an over the top manner that reminded Eric of Christopher Lloyd. Ivan glanced down at Eric, "Well, what do you know, we have a guest among us today." Suddenly all of the foot soldiers in the city stopped what they were doing and turned towards Ivan Ooze and Eric and began circling around Eric. "I hate it when people spoil my fun, come on boys, get him!" At Ivan's command all the foot soldiers charged.

The battle was on. As the battle started Eric could here the song Tenga Bye Bye playing in the background because of the Musical Badge he wore, this in turn gave Eric the confidence and enthusiasm to fight. Several Putties of both varieties charged at Eric but the dragon was able to trip a couple of the weaker putties off their feet and managed to vanquish several more by punching them straight in the Z-Emblem.

They've got a feathered face, they've got a funny beak, IQ of under 10, they're loud and noisy!

"Here we come!" Eric turned to see several Tengas flying at him. The Tengas scratched, clawed and pecked at Eric with their talons and beaks but the young dragon was able to dodge and parry some of their attacks.

They smell like spoiled fish on a hot, hot summer's day, cross-eyed and crazy nuts who fly above us!

"Lets get them, boys!" Next a school of Piranhatrons joined the brawl. The fish-like warriors rode in on motorcycles with laser guns mounted to them and fired them at Eric. Fortunately the Piranhatrons were bad shots and missed him but Eric blasted the motorcycles with the Thunder Max blaster, causing them to explode and sending their riders flying through the air. Some of the defeated Piranhatrons melted into brown goo when defeated.

Ugly, ugly birdies in the sky, Rangers gonna get you, watch the Tenga watch the Tenga watch the Tenga, Tenga Bye Bye!

Then a cadre of Quantrons approached. The robots proved to be more efficient fighters than their forbearers and slashed at Eric with their blade weapons, forcing Eric to use the Thunder Max Saber. Three Quantrons came at Eric. He was able to dodge a swipe from one of the Quantrons and blocked another's blade weapon with his own. Another rushed at him but he managed to kick it in the chest and send it spiraling back before shoving the one he was parrying. Another Quantron came at Eric but he was able to slash the grunt with his blade, and then pointed the blaster at another Quantron, blasting it.

Bird brain, don't mess with me, cause you ain't got a chance, we're gonna send you back to the bird sanctuary!

Next a swarm of Sting Wingers came at Eric, the buzzing of their wings irritating him. The Sting Wingers clawed at Eric with their sickle arms but the dragon managed to repulse them back with his fiery breath.

Where you will spend your days learning to basket weave, don't know you better run? Why don't you just fly away?

The swarm of Sting Wingers was quickly replaced by a swarm of Kelzak Furies. The centipede-like aliens came at Eric with their own sickle weapons and ninjato. The Kelzak Furies were a little smarter than the Putties, Tengas and Piranhatrons, but they possessed the strength of the Quantrons; they were somewhat difficult to defeat. Eric had no choice but to repel them with lasers from the Thunder Max Blaster and gouts of fire from his mouth.

Ugly, ugly birdies in the sky, Rangers gonna get you, Watch the Tenga, Watch the Tenga, Watch the Tenga, Tenga Bye Bye!

Finally the Tyrannodrones joined the battle, the saurian monsters snarled and growled as they charged at Eric. The young dragon swiveled and parried the strikes from the Tyrannodrones. Eric swung his tail and knocked a drone off its feet and smashed another with his tail in the chest. Eric turned as three more Tyrannodrones charged at him but he shot them in the torso with his blaster, knocking the dinosaurs off their feet. Another two Tyrannodrones came at Eric but the dragon punched them in the chest before they could land a blow from their sickle weapons. The Kelzak Furies rejoined the fight to aid the Tyrannodrones. Eric was able to push some back with punches and kicks and managed to defeat a couple of each with slashes from the Thunder Max Saber.

1, 2, 3, 4,

Suddenly four Sting Wingers flew at Eric and spontaneously exploded sending Eric and any nearby foot soldiers flying from the force of the explosion. Eric had the wind knocked out of him when he smashed against a wall and groaned as he groggily got back to his feet. "Ooh! That's gonna leave a mark!" Ivan Ooze giggled from watching the battle. It was then that Eric remembered that in their last invasion the Sting Wingers had been used as suicide bombers and realized that the Sting Wingers he was fighting had bomb packs strapped to themselves and so were designed to self destruct if they so chose.

Lord Zedd, he ain't gonna help you, Old Rito ain't gonna help you, No, Goldar ain't gonna help you, we will make you fly away!

That's when Eric was hounded by a new group of enemies. They resembled human gang members with long dread locks and leather outfits but they had purple slimy skin. Eric recognized them as Ooze Men, Ivan Ooze's own personal foot soldiers. Eric attempted to breathe fire but because the wind was knocked out of him the result was only a small puff of flames. The flames melted some of the skin off of some of the Ooze Men but did little else to deter them. Some of the Ooze Men flung balls of sludge at him. The sludge bound Eric's mouth together as well as his legs. The Ooze Men grabbed Eric as some Kelzak Furies and Sting Wingers began to get ready to hack and slash into him. Before the villains could strike a feminine voice shouted over the din: "Not so fast!"

So you'd better learn a lesson, Thing about with whom you're messin' Turn around, run the other direction listen here to what I say!

That was when a petite, young woman dressed in a yellow ninja robe appeared and kicked away the Sting Wingers and punched away the Kelzak Furies and the Ooze Men. She then shouted: "Power Dagger!" and two yellow daggers materialized in her hands. She used the daggers to cut the ooze that bound Eric freeing him. The young dragon coughed and caught his breath. "Thanks, Aisha," Eric wheezed, recognizing his rescuer. The girl was surprised that he recognized him. They were then assaulted by Putties, Tengas, Piranhatrons and Quantrons. With the two of them fighting them off, however, they were easily able to best their assaulters. A small group of Sting Wingers and Tyrannodrones then charged at them but Eric was able to best them with a coordinated set of punches and kicks.

Ugly, ugly birdies in the sky, Rangers gonna get you Watch the Tenga, Watch the Tenga, Watch the Tenga, Tenga Bye Bye!

Ivan Ooze frowned, "Leave it to teenagers to ruin my fun, well I've got a fun idea!" Ivan then pointed his hands at all the foot soldiers and purple lightening came from his hands and struck them. The foot soldiers were transformed into purple energy and merged together to form a single being. When the purple light faded a single large creature stood in front of Eric and Aisha. The creature was basically one of each of the foot soldiers: Putty Patroller, Z-Putty, Tenga, Ooze Man, Shadow Chromite, Piranhatron, Quantron, Sting Winger, Kelzak Fury and Tyrannodrone, all squeezed together in one mass and retaining the wings of the Tengas and the Sting Wingers. "Behold! My newest creation: the Combined Foot Soldier!" The creature growled in anger and charged at Eric and Aisha. The creature delivered a punch at Aisha and a kick to Eric, sending the two of them hurtling. The Combined Foot Soldier possessed the strength of ten men and so each punch and kick was enhanced by this strength.

Ugly, ugly birdies in the sky, Rangers gonna get you Watch the Tenga, Watch the Tenga, Watch the Tenga, Tenga Bye Bye!

Eric growled in anger, he was getting tired of this battle. If this creature was going to use strong attacks against him he was going to use them right back. He withdrew his Earth Flail against and continually pounded the monster with it, sending it flying backwards. The Combined Foot Soldier got back on its feet then leapt into the air and attempted a flying kick but Aisha leapt into the air first and delivered a kick to the monster's torso sending it tumbling back to earth.

1, 2, 3, 4,

The Combined Foot Soldier growled angrily and swiped at Eric and Aisha who were able to deliver punches and kicks to it. "That's strange, at first it was able to pummel us, but now it looks like he's getting careless?" Eric observed.

"Since he's a mix of all those different monsters its as strong as all of them," Aisha panted while she explained, "but it also must be as stupid as all of those foot soldiers combined too so all of its pea-brains can work together making it clumsy and reckless." The explanation made sense to Eric who nodded in agreement. "I think it's time we finished this guy off!" Aisha declared and Eric nodded in agreement. Aisha leapt at the monster and did a double slash with her Power Daggers while Eric smashed the monster with his Earth Flail at the same time. The Combined Foot Soldier Monster growled in pain as energy sparked off it but it still wasn't destroyed.

Ugly, ugly birdies in the sky, Rangers gonna get you Watch the Tenga, Watch the Tenga, Watch the Tenga, Tenga Bye Bye!

That's when Eric spotted a black device strapped to the monster's back. It was one of the bomb packs that the Sting Wingers used and it gave Eric an idea. "Aisha, hold him, I have an idea!" Eric shouted. Aisha nodded in reply and leapt at the monster and grappled with the monster to distract and restrain it. "Hurry, I can't hold on much longer!" she shouted. Eric then ran behind the monster and pulled the strap on the bomb pack, activating it. "RUN!" Eric then shouted and both the Yellow Ranger and the Dragon ran as fast as they could from the monster. The Combined Foot Soldier howled one last time before it self destructed.

Ivan Ooze gritted his teeth in frustration, "Now you've gone and made me upset, Yellow Ranger," Ivan declared.

"You shouldn't have come back at all, Ivan Ooze, you should have stayed in your hyper lock chamber where you belong!" With that Aisha drew out her Power Morpher, a buckler that had a coin with the image of a Saber-Toothed Tiger on it. "Yellow Ranger Power!" With that Aisha transformed into the Yellow Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. She then summoned the Power Cannon, a huge bazooka that the Mighty Morphin Rangers used on several occasions and pointed it at Ivan Ooze with Eric's help. "Power Cannon, FIRE!" An enormous blast came from the bazooka and hit Ivan Ooze who frowned when he saw the blast come at him. The blast caused Ivan Ooze to explode into a slimy mess as gobs of purple ooze splattered all over the place. "That should take care of him for a while," Aisha sighed before de-morphing, presenting Eric with her true form. Aisha Campbell was a petite African American woman who was the second Yellow Mighty Morphin Ranger. She had been living in Africa to tend to sick animals there before the Zeo Rangers were formed. Aisha explained that she had come back to California to visit her hometown but had heard about the attacks in Stone Canyon and decided to check it out before finding Eric fighting the foot soldiers. Eric in turn explained his situation with Aisha and told her about the fighting between the Mighty Morphin and Dino Thunder Power Rangers. Aisha replied that she had something that might help them free the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from the grip of evil. With Aisha's help the two of them were able to teleport to Reef Side where the battle was taking place.

Powers That Be Chapter 3 Ranger Civil War Part 2

By this time the battle had escalated to the point where the two teams were using their Zords. The Mighty Morphin Zords began to form their tank mode. The Triceratops and Saber-Toothed Tiger Zords rushed in first, folding their tails over their backs and the Tyrannosaurus kneeled forward and inserted its knees into the two former Zords' backsides. The Mastodon Zord then form a pair of arms around the Tyrannosaurus and transformed into a pair of turrets while the Mastodon's head rested against the Tyrannosaurus' chest and the Pteradactyl perched on the Tyrannosaurus' shoulders. The giant Zord tank rushed at the Dino Thunder Zords and shot blasts from its turrets, knocking back the Bio Dino Zords. Next the Mighty Morphin called for the formation of the Megazord and a robotic voice within the Megazord's cockpit announced, "Megazord Sequence has been initiated. The Triceratops and Saber-Toothed Tiger Zords folded forward, forming the Megazord's legs. The Pteradactyl flew off the Tyrannosaurus' shoulders and flew around and connected with the Tyrannosaurus' chest just after the Tyrannosaurus' head folded forward revealing its Megazord head beneath. Finally the Megazord's horns folded forward, completing the sequence and the robotic voice announced: "Megazord Activated!" The Mighty Megazord poised for battle. Likewise the other Dino Zords came together and formed the Thundersaurus Megazord.

In Eric's mind he could hear the song "I will win" playing in the background as the two Megazords jousted. The Megazord punched the Thundersaurus Megazord in the face causing it to stagger back. The Thundersaurus retaliated by swinging its tail drill at the Megazord, which blocked the attack with its left arm.

I know the deal, I know their sound, I know their feel, Well I know the end

The Thundersaurus' Tyranno Zord head roared and spit a blast of fire from its mouth, smashing into the Megazord's chest plate, causing it to stumble backwards. Next the Megazord's horns began to cackle with electricity and it fired a beam from its forehead, blasting the Thundersaurus. The Thundersaurus again breathed fire, this time however the Megazord summoned its Mastodon Shield, a shield that the Megazord used formed from the Mastodon Zord's head, to block the flames.

And all I say is all I ever have to say, I know the sign

Pirantishead laughed mischievously, "Looks like this is the end for you, Dino Thunder Rangers!"

"We have to stop them!" Aisha declared.

Eric nodded in agreement, "How do we do that?"

Aisha scanned the Mighty Morphin Megazord with her eyes, "There should be a panel in one of the Megazord's legs that we can use to get inside."

"Not so fast!"

So I am right and I am real, I know exactly how it feels

Without warning two swift enemies appeared and assaulted Aisha and Eric like a pair of ninjas, leaping back and forth and over them, slashing them with sharp blades. The two attackers were too fast for the naked eye could see, being reduced to colorful blurs, one silver and the other gold. When the two attackers finally ceased attacking they came to a stop in front of Aisha and Eric as they painfully clutched the cuts and bruises inflicted upon them. The two attackers kneeled in front of the pair before slowly raising their heads and got to their feet. The two figures were identical in every way except color. The attackers were a pair of monsters with metallic, armored bodies, clawed feet, blades for arms and had evil, maniacal grins on their faces. One of the monsters was silver in color while the other was gold. For once Eric did not recognize the two monsters as they have never before been employed by the UAE, forcing him to ask: "Who are you?"

The two monsters snickered, "We are the Twin Blade Masters…"

"…Slice!" shouted the Silver monster.

"…and Dice!" continued the Gold monster, the two poised for battle, "And we're not letting you through."

I will win, I won't stop until I get them, I will win

"It's Morphing Time! Yellow Ranger Power!" Aisha quickly morphed to take on the two monsters while Eric drew out his Thunder Max Saber. Aisha fought Dice using her Power Daggers to parry the monster's blows while Eric clashed blades with Slice. Despite their skills Aisha and Eric could not match their skills against the Twin Blade Masters.

Here we go!

From within the Megazord's cockpit Jason shouted, "Power Sword!" This verbal command summoned the Mighty Morphin Megazord its Power Sword. From the sky an enormous silver sword descended blade first. The sword's blade impacted with the ground with a mighty clang as it cackled with electricity. The Megazord reached out with its left hand and attempted to pull the sword out of the ground but could not pull out at first, then switched to its right hand and was finally able to pull the sword out of the ground. Aisha became worried seeing the Power Sword. "Oh no! Eric, they've summoned the Power Sword, the Dino Thunder Rangers don't stand a chance!"

Eric shoved Slice away from him. "You go, you're faster, get in the cockpit!" he shouted just as Slice came back at him with another strike. Aisha nodded and headed for the Megazord and found the hatch in one of its legs and entered.

I know the thrill, I know their feel, I know the call, Well I know the time.

The Thundersaurus swung its tail drill at the Megazord but the Megazord repelled the attack with its sword. The Dino Thunder Rangers were getting desperate, they knew they needed to give it their all to beat the Megazord. The Thundersaurus raised its drill arm, activating the drill and powering up for its finisher. In the cockpit Connor yelled, "Dino Drill, Engage!" In response the Megazord's eyes began to flash and it raised its sword into the air as lightning struck the blade, this was the indicator that the Megazord was charging up for its finishing move. The Thundersaurus lunged at the Megazord while at the same time the Megazord slashed its sword from right to left. There was a huge surge of power as the two finishing moves collided with each other, causing a massive explosion. The explosion caused the Megazord to fall backward while the Thundersaurus suffered greater damage. The explosion hurled the much lighter Thundersaurus Megazord backwards, what's worse is that the Megazord's Power Sword severed the Thundersaurus' Dino Drill, revealing its hand beneath. The Megazord got back to its feet and strolled towards the fallen Thundersaurus and lashed out its sword again. The Thundersaurus desperately tried to block the attack by raising its right arm but the Megazord's Power Sword severed the Tricera Zord's head, revealing the Thundersaurus' other hand.

And all I have to do is all I ever do. Well I know the game!

Aisha climbed up the inner workings of the Megazord as quickly as she could. She finally arrived at the cockpit to find her friends at the controls. "Leave my friends alone, you creeps!" Aisha shouted.

"You better back off, Yellow Ranger, because by gum you're in danger," the Hate Master replied while Dramole grunted. The Rangers paid Aisha no heed as they were busy concentrating on fighting.

Dramole gurgled and began releasing toxic gas from its glands in an attempt to brainwash Aisha. "That won't work on me, dirt bag!" From out of her pocket Aisha withdrew a lovely necklace, it was the same necklace that her grandmother had given her and had been passed down in Aisha's family for generations. As a result the necklace was filled with the love that her family shared. The sheer positive feelings the necklace housed repulsed the two monsters. Aisha used this to her advantage and fought the monsters. She performed a kick that tossed Dramole out of the cockpit and to the ground below.

'Cause I am right and I am real I know exactly how it feels!

Eric noticed Dramole falling nearby and summoned his Earth Flail Ball and Chain. "Time to hit this ball out of the park," Eric said to himself and with one mighty swing smashed it into Dramole, sending the monster flying far away over the horizon. Eric nodded in satisfaction just before Dice lashed at him with his blade. Eric attempted to smash both Slice and Dice with the Earth Flail but the monsters were quick on their feet and therefore hard to attack. After one such attack Slice rushed at Eric, a cocky grin plastered on his face. In a desperate move Eric swung the chain to the right, hitting Slice and causing him to stumble. Then, grabbing the ball portion of the weapon, Eric slammed the weapon down on Slice. In desperation Slice attempted to block the attack with his two blades but the ball snapped one of the silver monster's blades right off its hilt. Dice, showing concern for his brother, rushed at the two fighters. Eric then focused his power on the Ball and Chain and activated its true power, converting the weapon into pure Earth-Elemental Energy and absorbed it into his body, therefore making it easier and faster to manipulate but more strenuous. Just as Dice got too close Eric launched a series of punches at Dice, the Earth Flail coming out of his fists and rapidly pounding Dice. After about five or six blows the amount of energy Eric used up exhausted him but also managed to weaken Dice, both the monster and the dragon collapsed.

' Cause I will win! I won't stop until I get them. I will win!

The Megazord stood motionless as Aisha distracted its pilots. The Thundersaurus, taking advantage of this distraction, struggled to get back on its feet. Pretty soon Aisha forced the Hate Master out of the cockpit, throwing him out of the cockpit. Aisha removed her helmet and one by one went to her comrades. "Guys! Can you hear me? Snap out of it!" Now that both mind-controlling monsters were gone the Rangers were slowly regaining their thoughts.

Fight!

"It's no use, Yellow Ranger," Pirantishead gurgled, "even if you've freed them from Hate Master and Dramole's influence I still have control over their Zords!" With that Pirantishead blew another stream of cold air onto the Megazord, regaining control. The Megazord raised its Power Sword again but the Thundersaurus was able to leap out of the way just before the Megazord brought its blade down on it. As it slid out of the way the Thundersaurus grabbed the Tricera Zord's head in its left hand and the severed Tyranno Zord's Dino Drill in its right, forming the Thundersaurus Megazord Sword and Shield Mode.

'Cause I am right and I am real, I know exactly how it feels! 'Cause I will win! I won't stop until I get them I will win!

The Thundersaurus still struggled while on its feet, barely able to hold up its weapons. "Dino Rangers!" Eric struggled to get back on his feet, but all the fighting he had been doing the past day really exhausted his strength. "Don't give up! The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are counting on you, you're the only ones who can save them now, and you can do it!"

"Guys, Eric's right, we can do this," Connor panted, "if we can't save our friends, what hope do we have to save the world?"

"I'm with you, Connor," Kira replied.

"Me too," said Ethan.

The Thundersaurus roared in challenge at the Megazord. Pirantishead commanded the Megazord to move forward and the two Megazords ran at each other. The Megazord swiped at the Thundersaurus with its Power Sword, but the Thundersaurus parried with its own tail drill and viciously smashed into the Megazord with the weapon. When not using their swords they would smack each other with their shields. Finally the Megazord raised its sword and prepared for its finisher while the Thundersaurus mimicked the Megazord and they both performed a finishing slash, severely wounding each other.

I will win! I won't stop until I get them! I will win!

With its last bit of strength the Thundersaurus focused on targeting Pirantishead, who was still perched atop the Megazords head. The Thundersaurus aimed its tail blade like a harpoon and hurled it and with pinpoint accuracy was able to hit Pirantishead, knocking the monster off its perch and therefore relinquishing control over the Megazord. With its last amount of energy spent the Thundersaurus collapsed to the ground. Now completely free of the monsters' control the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and their Zords were now coming to their senses. The Megazord groggily got back on its feet. The Mighty Morphin Rangers saw their fellow Rangers, the Dino Thunder Rangers, on the ground and in an act of friendship the Megazord extended a helping hand to the Thundersaurus, which gladly took it and was helped back to its feet.

The Hate Master got back to his feet, "You think things are going to be fine but don't celebrate yet because you are mine!" The Hate Master raised his arms into the air, "I summon the lightning of despair and hatred's thunder so that we might be able to put these Rangers six feet under!" Suddenly the sky filled with dark clouds created from human suffering and blue lightning struck the Hate Master, Pirantishead, Slice, and Dice and even hit the remains of the Combined Foot Soldier all the way in Stone Canyon and Zeltrax, who had been hiding nearby. All six monsters converged on the two Megazords. The Megazord was the first to strike, it charged up its sword and performed an upper right, down left cut, destroying the Hate Master, next the Thundersaurus performed its Dino Drill attack and defeated Pirantishead, turning the monster back into a normal, unharmed piranha and sending it back where it came from, then the Megazord performed two more slash attack, this time it performed a lower right to upper left slash that defeated Dice and a left to right horizontal slash that defeated Slice, both monsters fell down and exploded.

Nearby everyone could hear the sound of a flute playing and the water in Reef Side harbor began to churn and bubble. From out of the ocean emerged a new Zord, this one was a bipedal dragon with green, silver and black armor. Its chest was composed of a generator like device that had five red lights on its chest in a star-like formation, had gold shoulder pads and had a crest on its head and, like the Dino Thunder Rangers' Tyranno Zord, had a drill for a tail. The Zord resembled a mechanical version of Godzilla wearing samurai armor. Eric recognized the Zord as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Dragon Zord. The Dragon Zord lumbered its way into the city towards the fighting. The sound of the flute that summoned the Dragon Zord was coming from the top of one of the buildings. There stood another Ranger, this one wearing a green and white suit, having gold chest armor and had a helmet stylized after a dragon's head. It was Dr. Oliver as the Green Mighty Morphin Power Ranger! "Prepare to meet your doom you pathetic multi-colored losers!" Tommy laughed evilly.

"Tommy! What are you doing? We're you're friends! What's happened to you?" Jason the Red Ranger shouted in disbelief.

"He got an upgrade," a deep, menacing voice replied as a loud, shrill cry filled the air. Just then a large, white object jetted through the air and swiped into the two Megazords. When the flying object slowed down it was revealed to be a giant, white mechanical Quetzalcoatl, a species of pterosaur, this was the Coatl Zord, formerly known as the Drago Zord. The menacing voice came from within the cockpit of the Coatl Zord. "…as have I."

"Trent?" Kira asked in confusion. Within the Coatl Zord's cockpit was Trent as the White Dino Thunder Power Ranger. The White Ranger wore a white suit with black stripes, had a red crisscrossed visor and even wore his own set of chest armor that matched the rest of his suit.

Another roar was heard over the din and another Dino Zord appeared, it was a magenta-colored Stegosaurus, the Stego Zord, the other Zord of the White Dino Thunder Ranger. "Now it's go time!" With that the White Ranger prepared to form his own Megazord: the Dino Stegazord. First the Coatl Zord picked up the part of the Coatl Zord that was formed from its head, neck and body. The Dino Stegazord spun around and pointed its spear, ready for battle.

The Dragon Zord and the Dino Stegazord stood side by side and opposed the Thundersaurus Megazord and Mighty Morphin' Megazord. The four Zords charged at each other. "This is just like old times!" Zack the Black Mighty Morphin' Ranger shouted within his cockpit.

"Tell me about it," replied Ethan the Blue Dino Thunder Ranger. The Dragon Zord fought against the Mighty Morphin' Megazord while the Thundersaurus fought the Dino Stegazord. There were clashes of metallic claws and fists, the roaring of dinosaurs and the grinding of metal.

Suddenly the Combined Foot Soldier latched onto the Thundersaurus. "Guys, look out, that monster can self destruct itself!" As it turned out, the Combined Foot Soldier's bomb pack was also restored when it was revived by the lightning and it activated the device, causing it to self destruct. The close-proximity explosion caused all of the Dino Zords to shut down and shatter into their individual components and flinging their pilots to be flung out of their cockpits.

"Dino Stega Laser!" Shouted Trent, preparing the Dino Stegazord's ultimate attack. The Dino Stegazord roared and focused its gaze on the ground in front of it. A pair of powerful blue beams shot from the Dino Stegazord's eyes, smashing into the ground before it slowly raised its head and aiming the beams at the Megazord. The attack was devastating: sparks flew off the Megazord's frame and its pilots were also flung from it and the Megazord was reduced to its original components. Afterwards a crevice opened up in the ground and the Mighty Morphin' Zords were sucked into it.

"No! Our Zords!" Jason shouted in despair as he and his teammates groggily got back to their feet. In response the Zords roared and cried out in agony from the pain they endured from the Dino Stega Laser.

"Hurry, Morphin' Rangers, you can still summon the Thunder Zords if you use the energy from your old Zords to summon them!" Eric suggested and the Rangers nodded in agreement.

"Mastodon Lion Thunder Zord Power!" shouted Zack. Just as the Mastodon Zord sank into the ground some of its energy left its body and formed a black cloud of energy which then transformed into the black, green and gold Lion Zord. This Lion Zord was low slung to the ground with green and gold face.

"Pteradactyl Fire Bird Thunder Zord Power!" shouted Kimberly. Like with the Mastodon the Pteradactyl Zord released magenta energy that then transformed into the Fire Bird Zord. The Fire Bird was slightly larger and thinner than the Pteradactyl Zord and had a reddish hued hide.

"Triceratops Unicorn Pegasus Thunder Zord Power!" Billy shouted. Blue energy streamed from the Triceratops and formed the Unicorn/Pegasus Zord. This Zord had a train-car shaped body and a blue equine head.

"Saber-Toothed Tiger Griffin Qilin Thunder Zord Power!" Aisha shouted and yellow energy from the Saber-Toothed Tiger became the Griffin/Qulin Zord. This Zord was identical in appearance to Billy's Zord but was yellow instead of Blue.

"Tyrannosaurus Red Dragon Thunder Zord Power!" Jason shouted and his Zord's energy was used to summon the Red Dragon Zord. This Dragon Zord resembled the Chinese interpretation of a dragon: it had a sinuous, segmented red body, metallic red scales and small stag antlers.

Zeltrax laughed evilly, "Excellent, this will allow me to capture the Dino Thunder Rangers." In front of Zeltrax appeared two green portals that sucked in the Tricera and Ptera Zords along with Kira and Ethan.

"Let them go, Zeltrax!" Connor shouted.

"I think not, Red Ranger," Zeltrax replied, "your friends have been taken to the Prison Dimension and with the help of the Terrorsaurus I was able to capture several of the other Dino Zords as well! And now you will be joining them!" Before Zeltrax could make his move, however, he was pelted by elemental energy from the Thunder Zords. The Lion Zord generated a mist that obscured Zeltrax's vision while the Pegasus Zord manipulated the gravity around it and flung boulders at Zeltrax and the Qilin Zord spat fireballs and the Fire Bird fired lasers at him and blew whirlwinds at him.

The Dragon Zord roared and began charging at the other Zords but was then ensnared by the Red Dragon Zord, which coiled its body around the Dragon Zord like an enormous python. The other Thunder Zords were successful in driving Zeltrax away, who fled in an Invisi-portal. The Thunder Zords and the Tyranno Zord then focused their attention on the Dino Stegazord. While this was happening Dr. Oliver fought against the other Mighty Morphin Rangers. Eric, being too exhausted to fight watched as everything was going on around him.

The Dragon Zord was able to entangle itself from the Red Dragon and flung it away. The Red Dragon hissed and spewed fire from its mouth at the Dragon Zord, causing it to back up. Then the Red Dragon began to transform into its warrior mode. First its head disconnected with its body and a humanoid head sprouted from the back of the dragon head. Next the Red Dragon's limbs folded and connected together, forming a pair of arms while the dragon's serpentine body folded into two parts and formed the legs of the warrior mode. Finally the dragon/humanoid head connected with the main body, the Red Dragon Zord was now in warrior mode! The Red Dragon spun around and raised its arms, poised for battle. In the Red Warrior's right hand a bo staff appeared and then it charged at the Dragon Zord. The Dragon Zord roared and aimed its hands at the Red Dragon Warrior and at that moment missiles were loaded into its fingers and began firing them at the Red Dragon Warrior. The Red Dragon used its bo staff to deflect the missiles and proceeded to smack the Dragon Zord with it.

Meanwhile on the ground Dr. Oliver was getting the better of his former teammates, easily taking them down with a series of punches and kicks. Once all five of the Mighty Morphin' Rangers were down, the Green Ranger formed a ball of energy in his hands and hurled it at them, severely injuring them. Dr. Oliver laughed wickedly and strolled towards Jason. "It's time to put an end to you, my friend!" Dr. Oliver said in a mocking, sarcastic tone as he raised the Sword of Darkness, ready to strike. Suddenly Tommy was seized by intense pain and muscle spasms. Green sparks flew off his suit as he fell to his knees. "What's happening? It feels like my muscles have completely tensed up!"

"Tommy! Are you all right?" Jason asked.

"Tommy!" Kimberly added.

Dr. Tommy Oliver held a hand out, "Stay away from me!"

At that moment another monster appeared nearby. This creature was the hideous Octo Phantom, an orange humanoid octopus monster with an elephant-like trunk. "It looks like I got here just in time," Octo Phantom gurgled.

"What do you want, ink face?" Zack taunted the monster.

"I was sent to capture your Power, Rangers," Octo Phantom said, revealing that he was carrying an urn and opened the urn's top towards the Rangers.

"Guys, look out!" Billy shouted as he and Jason rolled out of the way. A vacuum-like force came from the urn and sucked away Zack, Aisha and Kimberly's Ranger powers, turning them back to their civilian forms.

Next Octo Phantom waddled over to Tommy, "Hmm…I think Lord Thrax was right when he said that you were suffering from an overload of power from the Morphing Grid," Octo Phantom explained to Tommy, "I can't say I'm surprised, you have at least four different Ranger Powers housed within you, maybe I can help with your problem." Next Octo Phantom opened his urn in front of Tommy, sucking in his Green Mighty Morphin Ranger power as well as the Dragon Dagger and the Sword of Darkness. This caused Tommy to revert back to his civilian form and now no longer suffering from pain or muscle spasms. With the Green Ranger no longer controlling it the Dragon Zord's body went limp and fainted where it stood. "There, doesn't that feel better? Now hold still as I take away the rest of your Ranger Powers," Octo Phantom said.

"Stop right there, ugly!" Jason leapt at Octo Phantom and slashed the monster with his Power Sword while nearby Eric used the Thunder Max Blaster to blast him. The monster stumbled backwards and accidentally let go of the urn, causing it to go flying.

Before the urn could hit the ground, however, it was caught in midair by a golden pair of hands. Dice, while covered in scorch marks, scratches and bruises, had survived the battle with the Megazords as well as his brother Slice who was dragging the unconscious body of the Combined Foot Soldier. "Stop fooling around with this thing, if you drop it the Ranger Powers will be lost forever!" Dice chastised Octo Phantom.

In his free hand Slice held the broken piece of his blade, "I need to get this thing fixed," the silver monster said with exasperation, "come on, let's regroup and get out of here!" Octo Phantom nodded in agreement and with that Octo Phantom, Slice, Dice and the Combined Foot Soldier teleported away.

Eric, Connor and the Mighty Morphin Rangers went to Tommy's side. "The evil in Tommy is gone now that he isn't the Sword of Darkness," Kimberly stated. Even though he was no longer suffering from the muscle spasms Dr. Tommy Oliver still groaned in some pain.

"He might not be completely well yet, the overload really took a toll on him," Billy stated.

The sound of an explosion rocked the area and the group turned to see the Thunder Zords continuing their fight against the Dino Stegazord. "Billy, you get Tommy and everyone else to the Command Center, Connor and I will continue the fight on our own," Jason said.

Billy nodded, knowing there was no time to argue. Billy gathered everyone together and teleported them to the Command Center while Connor and Jason piloted the Thunder Zords and initiated their transformation into the Mega Thunderzord. First the Griffin Qilin and Pegasus Unicorn Zords folded upward, forming the new Megazord's legs while the Lion separated into several pieces. The Red Dragon Warrior then leapt down, its legs being inserted into the Yellow and Blue Zords, forming a pair of boots for the Red Dragon Warrior, while the Fire Bird embraced the Red Dragon Warrior's waist, forming a belt. Next the Lion Zord's pieces formed a pair of shoulder pads, chest armor and a helmet for the Red Dragon Warrior, completing the transformation into the Mega Thunderzord. The Red Dragon Warrior's staff and the Fire Bird's tail feathers combined together to form a lance weapon for the Mega Thunderzord. "Dino Stegazord Stinger!" Trent shouted within his cockpit. The Dino Stegazord held out its staff in midair and, by some unknown force, levitated above the ground in front of it. Then, using all of its physical strength, the Dino Stegazord struck its staff, sending it propelling towards the Mega Thunderzord, fortunately it was able to deflect away the attack with its own staff weapon. Then its eyes flashed and the Mega Thunderzord drew its katana from the scabbard on its hip. Lightning bolts struck the blade of the weapon, charging it up. Slowly the Mega Thunderzord drew the katana back then swiftly brought it back down, slashing the Dino Stegazord with its finishing move. The Dino Stegazord staggered as blue energy sparked off it. The Dino Stegazord then fell down and exploded, causing it to separate into the Coatl and Stego Zords again. "You may have one this time, Rangers, but I will return to finish the job," Trent said as he and his two Zords teleported away. With that Jason, Connor and their Zords returned to the Command Center.

The other Rangers arrived just in time in the Command Center to watch the final moments of the battle on the viewing globe. The Mega Thunderzord hit the Dino Stegazord with its staff. "Aiy aiy aiy aiy aiy aiy! Tommy! What happened to you?" Into the main chamber of the Command Center came Haley and a new friend, Alpha 5. Alpha was a robot the size of a child that had a bronze-colored head, arms, legs and a red colored body with a lightning bolt symbol, the symbol of the Power Rangers, on his chest. Alpha had no face, only a narrow red visor that served as his optical sensor.

"The monster said that Tommy was experiencing an overload of Power from the Morphing Grid," Aisha answered.

"It's true, this might be because Tommy has had gone through many different Ranger powers in the past and are now becoming too much for his body to handle," Haley concluded.

"Will Doctor O be okay?" Connor asked.

"If we can isolate his Ranger Powers and separate them from him we might spare him from the over load," Billy replied.

"So does that mean he won't be a Ranger ever again?" Kimberly asked.

"Not necessarily, he might still be able to keep one of his Ranger Powers and still be all right, right?" Zack asked.

"Possibly," Billy replied.

"We'll have to get a diagnostic right away," Alpha stated, guiding Tommy to another room in the Command Center.

"You should get some rest too, Eric," Aisha said, turning to the young dragon, "you've been through a lot today." Eric nodded in agreement. He wasn't about to argue since he was completely exhausted from the constant fighting he had been through that day.

"We have a lot of work to do," Haley announced. "You guys…" she motioned to the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, "while we get a read on where your Ranger Powers are located, we need you to get in contact with any other fellow Power Rangers that might be able to help us," Jason, Aisha, Zack and Kimberly nodded, "Connor, I remember Tommy saying that you, Kira and Ethan had a similar experience where Mesogog and Zeltrax captured them and the Dino Zords before?" Connor nodded, "I need you're help to gather the equipment we need to rescue them, including the Dinosaur DNA you acquired."

"On it, Haley, I'll head over to Dr. O's old lab," Connor replied.

"Billy, Alpha and I will stay here and access the Command Center's systems to treat Tommy and to hopefully get some more information on our enemies."

After some time Alpha, Billy and Haley were able to diagnose Tommy and discovered that he had only two Ranger Powers within him: his Zeo Ranger 5 Red Power and his White Mighty Morphin' Ranger power. They already knew that Octo Phantom had stolen his Green Mighty Morphin' Ranger power and concluded that the UAE had already taken his Black Dino Thunder Ranger power. Even with two Ranger Powers within Tommy it was decided that the best way to protect him from further overloads was to completely remove all Ranger Powers from him. With Alpha's help they were able to condense the Ranger Powers back into their Morphers until further notice.

Sometime later Billy and Haley came around an interesting data file in the Command Center's computer system. "Wow, I never knew about this before!" Haley said looking over the file.

"What is it?" Billy asked.

"According to this data file there have been many, many different Ranger teams, even some that were around before Zordon chose you guys to be the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers!"

Eric, who was lying on a cot nearby, perked his head in interest and Billy rushed to the computer. "Oh my goodness!" Billy exclaimed after looking over the data file, "Zordon had always made subtle references to our predecessors, but I never imagined that there were so many that came before us!"

"According to this," Haley stated, "there have been around…33 Power Ranger teams, and counting!"

"Ooh, I want to see!" Eric beamed.

"I'm forwarding the information to the viewing globe," Billy said as he rapidly tapped away on the one of the Command Center's panels. After a few seconds the Viewing Globe hummed to life and new images began to appear within it. Along with the images there was an audio feed that accompanied them.

"In the Beginning Saban created the Power Rangers universe and it was good."

"Eons ago there was a fierce war that waged between the forces of good and evil." The image on the screen showed dinosaurs still roaming the earth. The camera then zoomed away from the dinosaurs and upwards into the sky where it then proceeded into outer space. "In the beginning three evil beings came into existence, one was a deity-like being simply known as Lokar the Terrible," the image then showed the face of a blue-skinned man with spiky hair, "a being that has simply been known as the Master of the Underworld," next it showed an image of a red-skinned demon with an octopus-like head and tentacles with dragon heads at the ends, "and a space demon called Dark Specter," next the image of a dragon-like beast made out of molten rock appeared on the screen. "It is unknown where these beings came from, some speculate that Lokar and the Master were once angels that fell from grace and they created Dark Specter. Whatever their origin, these two god-like beings terrorized and spread evil through out the universe." The image shifted to showing Lokar breathing his toxic breath of doom on other planets and Dark Specter breathing fire. "They created and recruited other evil beings to their cause." Several more images appeared on the screen, including images of Master Vile and his family, including his daughter Rita Repulsa, his son Rito Revolto, his son in law Lord Zedd and many other evil beings including King Mondo and his Machine Empire, Flurious and his brother Moltor, the evil dragon spirit Dai Shi and his Army of Fear, Queen Bansheera and her kingdom of demons, Scorpius and his crew of pirates, Master Org and his empire of Orgs.

"The armies of evil were collectively known as The United Alliance of Evil and they worshipped Dark Specter as their patron." The scene shifted to show a desolate barren planet and hordes of monsters cheering with Dark Specter standing proudly over them. "But while evil in the universe grew, so too did the champions of good." The viewing globe then showed various new images, this time it showed the champions of good: First and foremost was a kindly, elderly wizard dressed in white and carried a staff, this was Zordon in his true form before being trapped in the space time vortex by Rita, a second image showed a ninja wearing blue, bulky armor, this was Ninjor, the creator of the Power Coins, the next image showed an enormous robotic man in black armor, this was Auric the Conqueror, then the viewing globe projected the image of a knight-like warrior wearing black armor and cape and had golden horns on his helmet, the Magna Defender and finally it showed the image of the Sentinel Knight.

The next scene showed these heroes and many others standing in a circle together in an intergalactic temple which they guessed would eventually become the Temple of Power and the Hall of Power. In the center of the circle was a large stone with smoke billowing from it. Billy, Haley and Eric recognized it as a physical piece of the Universal Morphing Grid, the same stone that spoke to Ethan and Kira after their final battle with Mesogog in 2004. "Together the champions of good prayed to God above to receive the means to combat the forces of evil and, with most holy magic and advanced technology, they were able to create the Universal Morphing Grid, an elaborate matrix of computer networks that acted as a repository for immense Power that could transform ordinary beings into mighty warriors known to all as Power Rangers!" As the heroes in the image prayed a golden beam of light emanated from the stone, similar to Zordon's energy wave. As the wave washed over some of the heroes they were transformed into various different Power Rangers. The wave of energy was shown to continue onward and was shown enveloping many of the evil beings in the universe, either destroying them outright or transforming them into more monstrous forms. "The Morphing Grid blessed the champions of good while at the same time cursing the United Alliance of Evil." The scene again shifted showing the newly powered up heroes fighting armies of monsters together.

"In addition to the Power Rangers the Morphing Grid created a unique type of life form." The golden wave was again shown, this time hitting various living creatures, first were shown to be exposed were dinosaurs, transforming them into the many different Dino Zords, next were shown various different mythological animals such as dragons, unicorns, phoenixes and other such creatures and finally showing more modern animals transforming them into the many different Power Animals such as the Wild Zords tamed by the Wild Force Rangers, the Galacta Beasts and the Animal Spirits. "The Morphing Grid's energy was exposed to many advanced animals creating a form of bio-mechanical life form that would later be called 'Zords', named after the most well-known founder of the Morphing Grid, Zordon." The scene shifted showing the early Power Rangers and their Zord partners fighting against giant monsters. "Together the Power Rangers and Zords formed a nearly unstoppable team, however since so few life forms were suitable to become Zords and the increase of evil forces more Zords were needed and so with every new generation there would be a new Ranger introduced to combat the forces of evil." Soon the viewing globe portrayed scenes of more mechanical Zords being produced and flashes of more and more Power Rangers teams. "Unfortunately when it was discovered that Zords could be mass-produced the United Alliance of Evil also began to construct their own war machines," Another scene appeared with various monsters building mecha, one of the overseers Eric noticed was a blue-faced monster with no mouth, golden eyes and wore a military uniform, he realized this was a younger version of General Havoc! Along with Havoc Eric also saw a very familiar samurai-looking robot and recognized him as Zurgain. There was yet another scene where it showed Broodwing consulting with General Havoc and Zurgain and buying the Zords they produced and realized that might have been how Broodwing acquired his merchandise.

"For many years the United Alliance of Evil and the Champions of Good fought and in the distant past Planet Earth became one of their biggest battlefields." The image in the Viewing Globe showed the planet earth and the forces of both the United Alliance of Evil and the Champions of Good converging upon it. "No one knows exactly the reason why Planet Earth was prized by both sides, some believe that it was because Earth was one of the few planets that was abundant with life. Another theory is that both factions sought Planet Earth because it was where the Sentinel Knight cast the broken pieces of the Corona Aurora. The Corona Aurora, also known as the Crown of the Gods, was a powerful artifact that was created using the energies of the Morphing Grid and could bestow upon its wearer the power of a god." The scene then showed a familiar scene showing a distant planet and two humanoid warriors running towards a pedestal, upon which sat a magnificent crown with five jewels, one was a crystal made from pearl, a second was a diamond, a third was a sapphire, one was a red gem and the last was a pink emerald. When the two warriors attempted to touch the crown energy came forth from the crown and zapped them, the older man transformed into Flurious while the younger transformed into Moltor. The Sentinel Knight then appeared and used magic to send Moltor and Flurious away to distant planets reflecting their elemental power and then breaking off the gems of the Corono Aurora and casting them away into space where they fell to Planet Earth in the distant past. "In any case Planet Earth was the planet most sought after by both the Alliance and the forces of good. Many battles were fought in the area that is now the State of California in the country of the United States, especially in the area that would later become the city known as Angel Grove." Several images flashed on the Viewing Globe, depicting an image of a battlefield where the forces of good and evil fought that then dissolved into an image of modern day Angel Grove. "The State of California was also where the forces of evil created a gateway into the Underworld known as the Abyss of Evil," Another image showing a group of villains and monsters performing a dark ritual in a field that caused the ground to split open, creating a crevice where toxic gases and evil spirits emerged. "Because of these reasons the forces of good established several bases here to maintain watch over the activities of the forces of evil it was for this reason the Command Center was built," the image on the screen then showed the image of several Alpha robots building the Command Center, "some of these headquarters eventually evolved into entire nations such as the land of Animaria where the martial art known as Pai Zhua was founded," next the image on the screen showed the ancient civilization of Animaria, a culture whose people lived in harmony with animals and nature.

"For several millennia and after many battles many of Alliance's commanders were destroyed, sealed away or forced into hiding in the darkest reaches of the universe." The scene then showed Lord Zedd, Master Vile and Rito Revolto fleeing from battle, Rita and her minions being sealed in the space dumpster by Zordon, Queen Bansheera and her children being sealed in the Tomb of Forever, the Orgs being sealed in the Nexus and Dai Shi's soul being sealed in a box.

Finally the narrator announced: "This is the story of the many Ranger teams that came before…" and with that said Billy, Haley and Eric's interests were piqued and they began to watch.

The moment was interrupted, however, when the sirens in the Command Center started blaring without warning. The video feed was interrupted with an image showing a city. Billy, Haley and Eric had trouble discerning it but it resembled a strange mix of Mariner Bay, New Tech City and the Domed City of Corinth all rolled into one. In the image of the Viewing Globe it showed the image of an enormous, silver theropod-type dinosaur Zord with a red jaw and laser cannon on each shoulder. The three immediately recognized it as the Quantasaurus Rex Zord, also known as the Q-Rex. The Q-Rex was rampaging through the city. Also in the image it depicted many different mutants and alien criminals using stolen Ranger technology and using it to commit crimes and generally causing trouble.

"Wait a minute…" Haley started, "isn't that…Mariner Bay? Or is it New Tech City? No…now it looks like Corinth? But those were all in different times!"

"Maybe it has to do with Lord Zedd using the time crystals," Billy said, "because of his interference with the Space Time Continuum it has caused all timelines to merge into one?"

"This is why I hate time travel stories…" muttered Eric.

The image in the viewing globe also showed the Light Speed Rescue, Time Force, SPD and RPM Ranger teams all fighting together against swarms of enemies. Even with all these Ranger teams, however, they still appeared out numbered. Not only that but in the background there loomed an ominous-looking mountain, and on its peak stood a castle with an enormous skull carved into it, it was the Skull Cavern, the lair of Queen Bansheera and her demons, the sight of which filled with them with dread.

The image then shifted to show the fly-like wizard Jinxer standing atop a building, who then threw several of his Monster Growth Cards on various places throughout Mariner Bay. With that Jinxer began to recite a spell, "Demons far and demons wide, rise again and do it with pride!" It was then that they realized the places were the cards landed were several places where the Light Speed Rangers had felled several monsters but had not been revived as giants. At each spot a large swarm of vampire bats swarmed towards the sky then in a flash of light each of swarms of bats transformed into a different monster.

"This doesn't look good, our allies out there look dreadfully outnumbered," Billy said.

"I think it's time I got moving and helped out," Eric said.

Billy and Haley nodded reluctantly, "We'll see if we can get in touch with more of our allies and send them your way," Haley stated. Eric nodded and Billy prepared the Command Center's systems to teleport Eric to the location.

To Be Continued…

And so our heroes begin their first major steps at regaining the stolen Ranger Powers. I'll admit that this isn't one of my better chapters but don't worry the excitement is just getting started. I hope you've enjoyed what you've read so far and continue to read.