Deviot stood on a seemingly invisible floor, suspended in the dark sky; space was vast, Trakeena would never find him here

'We need to formulate a stronger plan' he told the gathered trio in his robotic tone

'You want three places conquering, and there are three of us' Darkonda responded

'So the simple thing to do would be to continue with the current plan and send one of us to each place' Dark Menace concluded

'It's not as simple as that anymore!' Deviot snapped 'Earth is protected by new rangers, the Space Rangers have their powers back and Terra Venture is still under the Galaxy Rangers watchful eye...I have a plan, but I'll need to raise an army. One powerful enough to overwhelm all three sets of rangers...Darkonda go to KO-35, Dark Menace to Terra Venture and Dark Spectre to Earth; let's have a real party...'

KO-35

'I'm in a difficult situation here Andros,' Zhane was saying; he and Andros had been talking about the situation with Micah and Karone. Andros was standing in the room, still angry at Zhane and the idea of his best friend hurting his sister 'I can't be expected to just know where to go from here'

'I don't want Karone getting hurt' Andros stated simply, slight anger in his voice

'Well what do you expect me to do?' Zhane retorted, getting off the sofa and moving closer to Andros 'when you found out Gia was alive you were quickly back together!'

'But for you it's different! You are with my sister!' Andros shouted, now a matter of centimetres from Zhane

'Well the only reason you weren't with anyone is because you messed things up with Ashley!' Zhane snapped

'How dare you!' Andros roared fiercely, before storming out the house and slamming the door behind him. But the force of the door was matched by Zhane as the Silver Ranger followed his friend, still shouting to him despite being several feet apart. The exchange between the warring rangers hadn't gone unnoticed by Darkonda, who was lurking in the trees

'So, the Red and Silver Rangers are arguing,' he announced to himself 'time to turn that anger into real hatred' he laughed before firing a dark surge of energy at the pair. Something changed. Both stopped still where they were standing, with Andros turning to face Zhane; fire blazed in each pair of eyes as the two fixed their angry gazes on one another. In one swift movement Morphers were raised, suits materialised, weapons were drawn and raised; the two were going to fight, there was no question of that. The real question was, what lengths would Darkonda's spell make them go to...

Earth

Alarms rang throughout the Power Chamber, triggered by the appearance of Dark Spectre. The hulking, molten rock form of the demon was already wreaking havoc in the city, and the rangers had to act fast

'What's the plan Tommy?' TJ asked quickly

'We need to mobilise all available Zords' Tommy spoke with the authority that had made him such a good leader three times over already. 'How many do we have Billy?'

'You each have an individual Zord to pilot. Two more are being developed but they're not ready yet, so you'll have to make do with your personal Zords' Billy replied as he flicked switches on the monitors, readying the Zords for dispatch.

'Rangers, we need to morph up and get to the Zord bay; the quicker we get out there, the quicker we can deal with Dark Spectre. Ready?' he motioned to his fellow rangers who'd joined him, including Andrew. They all nodded

'RPM! ACCELERATE!'

Terra Venture

Deviot banged his fists on the console in front of him; he had situated himself in a warehouse to keep his plans away from Trakeena's prying eyes.

'I can't do it! There's no way I can resurrect deceased monsters or simply take over an army for myself!'

Dark Menace thought for a moment 'Perhaps you could encourage Trakeena to launch a full scale attack on the rangers? That way they would be weakened and there would be less protecting the Scorpion Stinger'

'Dark Menace that's brilliant!' Deviot announced 'weaken the Galaxy Rangers without lifting a finger, its perfect! I will 'advise' Trakeena, you wait for my order' he told his ally, dismissing him into the shadows. Deviot's time would come soon, and he would grab it with both hands...

Earth

Tommy led the assault on Dark Spectre, his Eagle Racer heading the seven Zords as they charged the villain. TJ was launching various missiles from his Lion Hauler while Kim tore across the stretch in her customary Bear Crawler. Carlos was in the Tail Spinner, the Green Ranger Zord which was primed for close combat, while Adam was launching a bombardment of laser fire from the Wolf Cruiser. Both the Falcon Copter and Tiger Jet tore through the skies, supporting the Zords at ground level with laser fire of their own, but the efforts were barely making a dent in Dark Spectre's rocky form. Andrew was getting used to his new status; he had never flown a plane before but the principle seemed simple and Billy was instructing him regarding which buttons to press to launch his attacks

'We need a Megazord mode Billy' Tommy said hurriedly as he swerved out of the way of one of Dark Spectre's claws.

'Tommy's right, the singular attacks aren't strong enough' Adam added as he tried to knock their enemy off balance.

'You guys can enter High Octane Megazord mode,' Ashley began 'but the others don't have all the necessary Zords for configuration. However both sets of Zords can become the arms of the High Octane Megazord, so play around with the different modes and see if you can get anywhere'

'Alright guys, lets activate the Megazord mode' Tommy announced, prompting TJ and Kimberly to activate the change. The cockpits became one as the Zords changed and combined; the High Octane Megazord was ready for its second battle.

'Assume the first transformation.' Tommy ordered 'I want Adam and Carlos to join us'

The arms of the Megazord folded in, allowing the Tail Spinner and Wolf Cruiser to take their places. Cassie and Andrew resorted to firing from distance, while the Megazord was charged with engaging Dark Spectre in close combat. Shots were fired from the laser arm of the Wolf Cruiser, striking the demon in the chest to hold him back; the added laser fire from the two flying Zords sent their enemy flying as the Rangers seemed to gain the upper hand...

KO-35

The two rangers were already locked in battle by the time Micah arrived; she had wanted to see Zhane but, upon encountering the two rangers fighting, had called on the others to meet her there. She had been about to intervene, but Darkonda blocked her path

'Well Yellow Ranger, isn't this fun' he laughed

'What have you done to them!' Micah yelled

'I simply made them do what they wanted to do,' Darkonda replied simply 'without their hate i wouldn't have been able to turn them against each other'

Micah considered what Darkonda had said; they must have been arguing over her and Karone, and the situation Zhane was in following the discovery of the Space Rangers. She was snapped out of her thoughts by the arrival of the other three rangers, already morphed and ready for battle.

'You ready Micah?' Kareem asked; the Blue Ranger took temporary charge with Andros and Zhane fighting each other

'Yeah, sure,' the Yellow Ranger replied quickly, activating her Morpher and transforming into her ranger form 'we'll deal with Darkonda and then try and stop those two from fighting'

'Good luck with that!' Darkonda interjected, before summoning a group of Quantrons to aid him. The troops quickly raced towards the rangers, while Andros and Zhane continued to fight...

Scorpion Stinger

'Villamax tells me there was a warriors who interrupted his battle with the rangers,' Trakeena stated as she spoke with Deviot 'he must be found. We need to know what his business is on Terra Venture'

'Yes my queen,' Deviot replied, acting oblivious 'but we also need to consider the issue with the Galaxy Rangers' Trakeena's look prompted him to go on 'they are winning time after time; have you considered sending a bigger force to attack?'

Deviot's question was casual, yet it left Trakeena in deep thought

'Villamax!' she called to her general 'ready a large group of Stingwingers, and some monsters too' she smirked at the thought of her plan 'we're going to show those rangers who's in charge...'