Last time found Regina and Maleficent locked in a titanic battle of will's in which Maleficent wound up vanquished, but not destroyed. While the two villainesses were trying to destroy each other, Gai and Team Silver rescued Captain Marvelous and the others. Meanwhile, Sephiroth and the other villains sabotaged the shield generator, allowing Karlaz to call in reinforcements from the Zangyack armada in orbit. Just when it seemed that all hope was lost, hope was restored by the arrival of a fleet of gummy warships from Zumakalis. Additional help came when the combined powers of the magic users allowed the arrival of an additional hero, Bouken Silver from GoGo Sentai Boukenger. Outraged to new heights of fury, Karlaz ordered an all out attack on the town. 'Nuff said, on with the show!

Chapter 9: We Are Super Sentai!

"Well, would you look at that," said Captain Marvelous as he, Joe, Luka, Doc, Ahim, Gai, Akashi, Ran, Hanto, Ryunouske, Eri and Eiji, stood at the edge of the town, looking out at the crystal wastes, where a horde of Gormin, Sugormin, Combatant Karths, Rinsis, Ugatz, Nanashi and Bibi Soldiers, were marching towards them.

"What an eclectic collection of cannon fodder," said Captain Marvelous.

"Man, when Zangyack pulls out all the stops, they really pull them out," said Doc.

"I just want to go on the record and say that this is the most insane thing I've ever done," said Ryunouske, "we're outnumbered and outgunned, there's still thousands of Zangyack warships in orbit and who knows how many Karlaz has in reserve back in our universe? This is insane, and considering what we all do for a living, that's saying something."

"You want to back down and go home?" Eri asked.

"Not on your life!" said Ryunouske in an overly dramatic manner, "this hopeless situation is exactly what a samurai dreams of. What honor we shall earn in this battle, and what a cause to risk our lives for."

"Just for the record, I don't plan on dying here," said Ran.

"Me neither," said Hanto, "none of us are."

"And for the record," said Akashi, "this has been one fantastic adventure."

"I just got here, but darn right," said Eiji.

"No matter what," said Eri, "I'm glad we're all here and wouldn't change a thing."

"It's a dirty job, taking a stand against the darkness," said Joe, "but someone has to do it."

"So long as the actual clean up is done by someone else," said Luka, "I mean," she indicated the wreckage inflicted upon the town and castle, "look at this mess! Who's gonna clean it up?"

"Would it kill you to pick up some trash?" Joe asked.

"First thing's first," said Captain Marvelous, "take care of a different kind of trash, then we'll worry about cleaning up the big mess."

"Truer words have never been spoken, captain," said Doc.

"We'll be sure to polish this world until it shines, Marvelous-san," said Ahim.

"Assuming we survive," said Joe, "which we will."

"I know one person who isn't," said Captain Marvelous.

At that moment, Karlaz, her inner circle, the five Action Commanders and Bosco, along with Regina, Xehanort, Sephiroth, Lady Tremaine, Dio Brando, Insano and Gaston, were within sight of the twelve Senshi.

"I think we've struck a nerve with her, Marvelous," said Luka as everyone saw how irate Karlaz was.

"If she gets any madder, she'll give herself a stroke," said Ran.

"The other goons don't look too happy either," said Eri.

"They have the right," said Akashi, "we've ruined their boss's plan for universal domination."

"What's that that's near Bosco?" Luka asked. She pointed to Bosco, whom was walking next to a pair of Gormin carrying a black case.

"That black case?" Ryunouske asked, "if I were to venture a guess, I'd say that's where she's keeping the stolen powers."

"Then that's our primary target," said Akashi, "for those powers are more precious than any Precious."

"You got that right," said Doc, while Ahim, Luka, Ran and Hanto nodded in agreement.

The Zangyack forces and villains stopped fifty feet from Captain Marvelous and the others. It was a tense moment as the two forces glared at each other.

Finally Karlaz spoke, "Well, Marvelous," said the would-be empress in a nonchalant tone, "how are you this fine day?"

"I've been better," said Captain Marvelous, "but there's nothing like crushing the forces of evil to raise one's spirits."

"I could say the same about crushing the forces of good," said Karlaz.

"Why don't we cut out the banter and get to the point?" Regina asked in an impatient tone.

"Silence, infidel!" Vokarn shouted.

"If Lady Karlaz wishes to banter with a hated enemy, she will," said Janicia.

"No, the dark royal one has merit," said Karlaz, "enough small talk."

"So talk turkey already," said Captain Marvelous.

"Very well," said Karlaz, "as impossible as it may seem, despite all your defiance and obstinacies, I still find you desirable, Marvelous."

"Oh, not this again," muttered an annoyed Regina as she placed her hand on her forehead, as if a headache was coming on. At the same time, Lady Tremaine, Sephiroth, Dio Brando and Gaston also made sounds of annoyance.

"You can't be serious, Karlaz-chan!" said an outraged Bosco, "you'd pick Marvy-chan over me? After all I've done for you!"

"And just what did you do for me!?" Karlaz demanded, "all you've done is play that tin horn of yours! If you weren't the only one who could take the powers of the Princesses of Heart, I would have taken your head long ago!"

"And yet you still keep me around!" said Bosco, "without me, your plan would be for nothing. One would think that I would have earned something by now." He then grabbed the case from the two Gormin and held it up, "in here is six of the keys to your dominion over Zangyack! Without these, your plans to become a Princess of Dark would fail!"

"No!" said Violet shouted as she became visible, "you can't do that! Snow White and the others need those powers or they'll die!"

Just then Sara appeared from a hiding place, "you dummy! You've ruined everything!"

"I couldn't stay silent a moment longer," said Violet, "I'm sorry."

"But she speaks the truth," said Karlaz, "the deaths of Snow White and the others will pave the way to my ascension to a Princess of Dark."

"A bit of a demotion from Empress of Zangyack, wouldn't you say?" Regina asked.

"But infinitely more powerful," said Karlaz, "I was inspired by Columbina, a very strange woman, to say the least. Yet she was inspiring, oh yes, very inspiring. She told me that if I were to take the powers of the Princesses of Heart and make them my own, I would become a being more powerful than any empire. I would surpass my father and all the sovereigns of Zangyack!"

"Of course, power," said Violet in a disgusted tone, "it's always about power."

"Of course it's about power!" said Karlaz, "power is everything! Only those with power have the right to rule! Power is life! Power is…"

But before Karlaz could continue in her rant, she was struck by a high-energy bolt and knocked down.

"NO!" shouted Janicia as she rushed over to her fallen mistress.

"Assassin!" Vokarn shouted as he and the others in Karlaz's inner circle drew their weapons.

"Show your self!" Uad'kexk shouted.

"Well shoot," said Irvine in a disappointed tone as he emerged from cover atop one of the town buildings, "I missed."

"You didn't miss, human scum!" shouted Karlaz as she shoved her retainers away and stood up, glaring hatefully at Irvine, "that popgun of yours damaged my armor!" She then pressed a hidden button on her right gauntlet and a reddish aura surrounded her, "and let that be a reminder to keep my own body shields up."

"My lady, it's only a prototype," said Huvnario Yr, "Xoauiuzzj m'Eossikavo said it would only last ten or fifteen minutes."

"Ten minutes?" Karlaz asked, "or fifteen? Get that bug-eyed braniac up her so he can tell me straight how long the shield will last."

"You took his head off," said Janicia.

"Did I?" Karlaz asked innocently, "oh, well, that's different," she then looked at Huvnario Yr, "make a note to hire a new scientific advisor."

"Yes, Lady Karlaz," said the cyborg majordomo in a drawn yet still loyal tone.

"In the meantime," said Karlaz, "we can move my plan to become a Princess of Dark forward. Bosco? Play that funky music of yours."

"Gladly, Karlaz-chan," said Bosco as he brought up his Rapparatta to his lips, aimed it at Sara and Violet and prepared to blow a vile wavering note that would steal their powers.

But then the ground beneath Bosco shook and cracked as Nessie burst up and delivered a rising uppercut to Bosco's jaw, knocking the vile privateer onto his back. Nessie then grabbed the Rapparatta and broke it in half.

"Sorry to be so abrupt," said Nessie as she tossed the two halves of the trumpet onto Bosco with enough force to bruise skin, "and sorry I took so long getting here. It takes a while to dig a tunnel, even for a half vampire."

"Accio case!" shouted Victoire as she emerged from hiding, her wand aimed a the black case with the stolen powers. The case leapt from the hands of the Gormin guards and Victoire caught it. Nessie, Sara and Violet then stood with Victoire.

"We'll make sure this gets to Ansem," said Violet, "he, Merlin and the other big brains will know what to do."

"You insufferable cows!" snapped Karlaz, "give that back!"

"No!" said Victoire as she protectively clutched the black case, "these powers belong to Snow White and the others and we're going to give them back where they belong!"

"Then you will die!" shouted Karlaz. She then looked at her horde of minions, "kill those wenches!"

"Screw you, bitch!" shouted Nessie. She then grabbed Violet and slung her onto her back. Acting on instinct, Violet threw her arms around Nessie's neck, while at the same time, Nessie grabbed Sara with her right hand and Victoire with her left hand, then ran so fast the was little more than a blur.

"NO! I WILL NOT BE DENIED!" shouted Karlaz, she then looked at her followers, "after them!"

"Sorry, Karlaz, but we're your opponents!" said Captain Marvelous as he, Joe, Luka, Doc and Ahim readied their Ranger Keys and Mobalites, while Gai pulled out his silver Ranger Key and Gokai Cellular. At the same time, Akashi pulled out his Accellular, Ran readied her Geki Changers, Hanto prepared his Shift Changer and Change Soul, Ryunouske pulled out his Shodo Phone, Eri her Tensounder and Change Card and Eiji his GoGo Changer.

"Get out of my way, you fools!" shouted Karlaz, "or you'll be smashed to pieces!"

"The only one getting smashed is you!" said Gai. He then looked at his fellow Senshi, "Alright, everyone…let's do it!"

"Right!" shouted them all and they each initiated their respective transformation.

"Boukenger! Start Up!"

"Tageri! Power of the beast! Beast On!"

"Change Soul! Set! Let's Go-On!"

"Shodo Phone! Ippitsu Sōjō!"

"Change Card!"

"Gattcha!"

"Tensou!"

"Change! Goseiger!"

"GoGo Changer! Start Up!"

"Gokai Change!"

GOKAIGER!

With a flash of multi-colored light, the twelve Senshi were transformed. Karlaz and her forces, as well as Regina, Xehanort and their cabal, were momentarily stunned into silence as the warriors of justice gave their introductions.

"The fiery adventurer! Boken Red!"

"Diligence day by day, refining my heart. 'Honest Heart,' Geki Yellow!"

"Dokidoki Delight! Go-On Green!"

"Shiken Blue! Ikeanmi Ryunosuke!"

"The Skick Power of Breeze! Gosei Pink!"

"The dazzling adventurer! Bouken Silver!"

"Gokai Red!"

"Gokai Blue!"

"Gokai Yellow!"

"Gokai Green!"

"Gokai Pink!"

"Gokai Silver!"

"Kaizoku Sentai…

"Gokaiger!"

Gokai Red then said, "We Are…"

And all twelve warriors shouted as one, accompanied by a fanfare of red, blue, yellow, green, pink and silver explosions, "SUPER SENTAI!"

"CRUSH THEM!" Karlaz shouted. At that her horde of minions and the five Action commanders rushed forward.

"Let's put on a show!" said Gokai Red, at which the others shouted in agreement and charged at the oncoming enemy. They met with a clash of weapons, punches and kicks as the mooks began dropping like flies.

As they destroyed the Gormin, Combatant Karths, Rinsis, Ugatz, Nanashi and Bibi soldiers, Gokai Red and the others eventually found themselves facing the Action Commanders again, with Gokai Red and Bouken Red fighting Akyrot, Gokai Blue and Shinken Blue facing Yadokarikeiri, Gokai Yellow and Geki Yellow against Devapioret, Gokai Green and GoOn Green facing Dakkolaim, Gokai Pink and Gosei Pink against Sasogon, while Gokai Silver and Bouken Silver fought more of the various mooks.

"You can win, Bouken Red!" shouted Akyrot as he attached a clawed gauntlet to his severed limb and slashed at the red adventurer, "you're going to die here! You and all your pathetic friends!"

"Not this year!" said Bouken Red as he jabbed his Bouken Bo at Akyrot, scoring a hit that knocked the reptilian back, while Gokai Red scored more damage with a pistol blast. But then the two red Senshi were knocked back by a blast of dark magic.

"Oh darn," said Regina in a mock disappointed tone as her hand crackled with more dark magic, "I missed."

"Now you're helping me!?" an exasperated Akyrot demanded.

"I'd give Karlaz a full body massage if it'll get myself and my own out of this discombobulated situation," said Regina. She then shot more dark magic blasts at Gokai Red and Bouken Red.

At the same time, Dio Brando helped Devapioret fight Gokai Yellow and Geki Yellow, while Lady Tremaine helped Dakkolaim fight Gokai Green and GoOn Green, Sephiroth helped Yadokarikeiri fight Gokai Blue and Shinken Blue, while Gaston helped Sasogon fight Gokai Pink and Gosei Pink.

"Things aren't turning out as planned," said Akashi as he dodged a claw swipe from Akyrot, then ducked a dark magic blast.

"It never does," said Goaki Red as he deflected a dark magic blast with his saber, then shot a pistol blast at Regina, whom deflected it with a shield spell.

Just then Karlaz could be seen giving an order to Vokarn, whom then shouted as loud as he could, "you! Destruction boy and torment girl!"

"You mean me?!" Gaston asked as he shot his destruction beam at Gokai Pink but missed, while Lady Tremaine shot her torment beam at Gokai Green and also missed.

"Lady Karlaz wishes for you to accompany Bosco, Uad'kexk and myself to the castle, where we shall recover the captured powers before those meddling brats restore them to their former vessels!" shouted Vokarn, while off to the side, Bosco was with the reptilian spy.

"Do it!" Regina shouted, "the sooner Karlaz has her precious powers, the sooner we can leave!"

"On that, we agree," said Lady Tremaine, whom then broke off her fight with Gokai Green, while Gaston broke off his fight with Gokai Pink.

"Hey, get back here!" Gokai Green shouted, "we're not done yet!" he was then forced to duck an attack from an Ugatz, then forced it to trip over two more, while Gokai Pink fought against two Bibi Soldiers.

"Bosco!" shouted Gokai Red, "if you hurt any of those people, I'll keelhaul you through a black hole!"

"Not this year, Marvy-chan!" said Bosco in a cheerful tone, "and as soon as I get a new Rapparatta , I'll be back to steal the powers of the other Princesses of Heart!" with that he, Vokarn, Uad'kexk, Gaston and Lady Tremaine, ran towards the castle.

"We'll stop them, Marvelous!" shouted Gokai Silver after bashing a Gormin in the head, while Bouken Silver threw a Combatant Karth over his shoulder. With that the two silver Senshi chased after the villains.

"If anyone can stop those maniacs," said Gokai Blue as he dueled two Nanashi, "it's Gai and Eiji!"

"I believe you!" said Shinken Blue as he dueled Yadokarikeiri, "just as I believe we shall vanquish these fiends!" But then he was forced to dodge a Teleport Slash from Sephiroth.

"Hey!" shouted Yadokarikeiri as he coiled the chain of his flying guillotine for another attack, "I'm fighting him! Get your own opponent!"

"How about me?" Gokai Blue asked, "we do have a score to settle."

"You should know your place," said Sephiroth as he hefted Masamune into a fighting stance, "but yes, we do have unfinished business! Prepare for oblivion!" with that he rushed at Gokai Blue. The two sword masters met in a clash of sparks, then exchanged further blows that produced more sparks. But then Gokai Blue got his blade underneath Sephiroth's and cut the one winged angle on the arm, causing Sephiroth to gasp in shock and pain and jump back a few paces.

"Looks like you're not as invincible as you think," said Gokai Blue.

"You'll pay for that!" shouted Sephiroth as he jumped away from Gokai Blue and landed atop a crystal outcropping, and raised his right hand, "Sin Harvest!" his hand then began glowing with dark energy.

"Somebody bash him!" shouted Gokai Blue as he tried to rush at Sephiroth, only to have hit path barred by Gormin and Nanashi.

But then a pulse of dark energy shot out from Sephiroth's hand, hitting Gokai Red and the other Senshi, sapping them of their energy and knocking them all to the ground, forcing them back into their respective normal attire and leaving them weak as kittens.

"Oh man!" exclaimed Hanto as he and Doc tried to get back up but couldn't, "that sucked!"

"I feel worse than when Alata, myself and the others fought Brajia for the first time in his real form," said Eri as she and Ahim tried to get up but couldn't.

"I just feel awful!" said Ran as she and Luka tried to get up but couldn't.

"Me too!" said Ryunouske in an overly dramatic tone as he and Joe tried to get back up but couldn't. "this can't be the end! Not like this!"

"I hate giving up just as much as the next guy," said Akashi as he tried to get up but couldn't, "but things don't look that good from here."

"It's about to get worse," said Captain Marvelous as the various minions and Action Commanders closed in.

"Well, how do you like that," said Karlaz as she, Janicia and Huvnario Yr walked closer, "all that bluster and fluster and you fall with a single attack."

"I'm impressed as well," said Regina to Sephiroth as the one winged angel leapt off of the crystal outcropping.

"Yes, quite commendable," said Xehanort as he walked over, his gloved hands clasped behind his back, "now," he then looked at Karlaz, "finish them."

Karlaz ignored him as she approached Captain Marvelous, "you've fought valiantly, there's no denying that. History shall remember your struggles against me. I can just see the stories that will be penned, the songs, hell, someone might write an opera about this whole campaign, you fought so well. But you lost, Marvelous, you and your friends, and now you're going to die, unless…"

Captain Marvelous then managed to sit up as he glared defiantly at Karlaz, "unless what?"

"Unless you pledge undying loyalty to me," said Karlaz, "you've more than proven your worth. Just imagine it, Marvelous, together we can restore Zangyack to its former glory and surpass it to new heights! All I ask is that you and your crew show loyalty and obedience."

Karlaz then held out her hand , "this is the last time I will make this offer, Marvelous. Take my hand, signifying your pledge to me and you and your crew shall live, as well as the rest of your friends."

Captain Marvelous then got to his feet, breathing heavily at the exertion and spat into Karlaz's palm, "go to hell!"

"That's right!" said Luka as she and Joe struggled to their feet, "go to hell, you ugly bitch!"

"Marvelous-san will never join you!" said Ahim as she and Doc got to their feet.

"He'll resist you to the end!" said Doc.

"Just like the rest of us!" said Joe.

"And us!" said Akashi as he, Ran, Hanto, Ryunouske and Eri got back up, "and every other Super Sentai, and everyone else whom fights against the darkness, everyone who fights for the light!"

"So take your empire and go to hell!" said Captain Marvelous.

"So be it," said Karlaz in a disappointed tone. She then walked back to her forces, while a firing squad of Gormin and Sugormin lined up against the ten Senshi, "prepare for execution!" Karlaz shouted.

"Well, we tried," said Captain Marvelous.

"We had a good run," said Joe.

"And what an adventure," said Akashi.

"Karlaz was right about one thing," said Ryunouske, "this will make a story to end all stories. I just hope that when they turn it into an opera, they cast the right actor to play my part."

"Hey, our parts weren't chopped liver either," said Hanto.

"Oh, look," said Luka as she gazed upward at the sky which had darkened to night, "it's gotten so late and we didn't notice, we've been so busy. I can see the first star."

Further conversation was cut short as a Sugormin in charge of the firing squad shouted to its comrades, "Ready!"

The line of Gormin and Sugormin prepped their weapons.

"Aim!" shouted the squad leader as the Gormin and Sugormin pointed their weapons at Captain Marvelous and the others, whom were standing tall and defiant against their eminent deaths.

"FIRE!"

…The Castle…not too long ago…

"Okay, we've got the powers back," said Nessie as she, Violet and Victoire, stood with Sara, Ranma, Teddy, Jacob, Yuffie, Selphie, Quistis, Leon and Ansem outside the infirmary.

"But how do we put them back where they belong?" Sara asked as Violet opened the case, revealing the stolen powers.

"And how do we know which one goes with which Princess?" Violet asked.

"That's a good question," said Jacob in a concerned tone.

"For all we know," said Teddy, "we might end up putting Snow White's power into Aurora and her power into Belle, or Aurora's power into Jasmine and her power into Cinderella. And Alice…"

"Don't start on Alice!" said Victoire, "she's suffered enough as it is."

"She and the others will feel much better after we figure out how to get their powers back into them," said Selphie.

"Hopefully without more disasters landing at our feet," said Yuffie.

"After all that's happened," said Ranma, "I don't see how it'll get worse. Trust me, it's all down hill from here."

Just then another explosion could he heard from downstairs.

"You just had to tempt fate, didn't you!?" an irate Violet asked.

"Quistis!" shouted Yuna as she, Rikku and Paine flew towards the group, "we've got big trouble!"

"That maniac Gaston is using his beam things to destroy the castle foundations!" said Rikku, "and that other maniac with the beams is torturing some of the castle staff!"

"That overdressed privateer was with them but we lost sight of him," said Paine, "there were also two aliens with him, we don't know where they are either."

"I am seriously getting sick of the castle defenses being breached today!" said Quistis, "Nessie, you take one group and go to the castle foundations and rip Gaston's head off! Victoire, you take another group and rip Lady Tremaine's head off. Me," she then uncoiled her chain whip then held it at arm's length, "I'm going to strangle that son of a bitch Bosco!"

"Is it me or is Quistis starting to lose it?" Nessie asked as she, Jacob, Ranma and Sara formed one group, while Victoire, Teddy, Selphie and Yuffie formed another.

"Give her a break," said Ranam, "she's had a long day."

It didn't take Nessie, Jacob, Ranma and Sara long to find Hayner, Pence and Olette, then not much longer to reach the castle foundations, where Gaston was blasting away at the masonry with his destruction beam.

"He's going to bring the whole castle down at this rate!" said Hayner.

"And his comrades with it," said Jacob, "he can't be that stupid, can he?"

"Unless it's part of a greater plan," said Nessie, "he's down here, that torture witch is up in the castle and the other jerks are unaccounted for. This whole thing was meant to divide the castle defenders."

"We'll worry about that later," said Sara, "right now we've got to stop that demolition-happy goon from destroying the castle."

"Leave that to me," said Ranma. He then walked towards the maniac.

"Hey! Jerkface!" shouted Ranma.

This grabbed Gaston's attention and he ceased his attack on the foundations. "Are you talking to me?" he asked.

"Damn right I am!" said Ranma, "what the hell is your friggin' problem, man?"

"My problem?" Gaston asked.

"Yeah, why are you blasting away at the castle?" Ranma asked, "trying out to be 'Demoman' in TF2? Or do you have a fetish for destroying things?"

"For your information, I destroy things because I need to," said Gaston irately, "just like I'll render you asunder!" he then shot his destruction beam at Ranma but the pigtailed martial artist easily dodged the deadly ray, while Nessie, Jacob, Sara, Hayner Pence and Olette took cover.

"Is that the best you got?" Ranma asked, "man, you've got worse aim than a blind marksman!" he then dodged another destruction blast and jumped back a few paces.

"I was the greatest hunter in my home town!" Gaston shouted as he walked ahead a few paces to keep Ranma in range of his destruction beam, "I never missed my mark!"

"You're certainly not doing so well right now!" Ranma shouted as he dodged another blast, "why don't you try your fists? See if they works?"

"Insufferable child!" shouted Gaston as he rushed at Ranma, swinging his fists, "I'll pound you into powder!" he then threw a punch at Ranma but Ranma dodged it as if it were nothing.

"Come on, you can do better than that!" said Ranma as he jumped back, leading Gaston away from the castle, "I've seen better punches from my old man, and he's a panda most of the time!"

"DIE!" raged Gaston as he continued to chase after Ranma.

"Okay, everyone take cover!" said Sara to Nessie, Jacob, Hayner, Pence and Olette.

"He's not going to do that attack again, is he?" Jacob asked as they all took cover behind a large rock. They peeked above it to see that Ranma was leading Gaston down a spiral path.

"Yep," said Sara, "he's doing that attack," said Sara.

"This attack is so cool and creepy at the same time," said Pence. By now, Ranma had lead Gaston almost to the center of the spiral, the brute's rage was so great he failed to even consider that he was rushing headlong into a world of hurt.

"And with that, we should duck and cover," said Hayner. He and the others then ducked behind the rock again.

Ranma then reached the center of the spiral, his cold attitude mixing with Gaston's bloodlust to peak potency. Ranma reached back for an uppercut, "Hiryu Shoten Ha!" he shouted as he delivered the uppercut, creating a gusting vortex with the force of a dragon ascending to heaven, carrying Gaston with it into the stratosphere.

"Who wants to bet that he'll achieve orbit?" Ranma asked.

"He'll make it to the ozone layer, at least," said Olette.

"No, he's coming down!" said Nessie as she looked up, "he's still alive, and boy, is he mad."

"Man, those vampire eyes of yours are slick," said Hayner.

Seconds later, Gaston crashed to the ground, producing a large cloud of dust that left Hayner, Pence, Olette, Sara and Ranma momentarily disoriented as they tried not to breathe in the dust and clear their eyes, while Nessie and Jacob were only mildly discomforted.

But then Gaston leapt back to his feet, rushed at Ranma and before the pigtailed martial artist could react, grabbed broke his right arm, punched him several times in the torso, delivered a jab to the right side of his head, grabbed him by the left arm and threw him to the ground. "No one makes fun of me like that!" shouted Gaston as he picked Ranma back up and threw him against the castle wall with enough force to pulverize him, "no one!"

But Ranma was caught by Crystal Star before he hit the wall and brought over to Sara, set him down and then delivered a bone-shattering kick to Gaston's chest, slamming him against the castle wall.

"I told you that you were going to die, bully!" shouted Sara. She then knelt down and cradled Ranma in her arms, "Ranma! Say something!"

"Something," mumbled Ranma, "just help me up, Sara, I can still fight!"

"No you can't!" said Nessie as she, Jacob, Hayner, pence and Olette rushed over, "you've got a shattered radius and ulna in your right arm, a dislocated left shoulder, multiple broken ribs, a fractured skull, probably a dozy of a concussion and I don't even want to know what kind of internal injuries you've got. I'm no doctor, but I know enough about medicine to say that if you so much as throw a shadow punch, you'll be crippled for life."

"Who put you on the planet?" Ranma asked in an annoyed tone.

"My mom and dad," said Nessie smugly.

Just then Gaston got up again, his wounds healing before our heroes' eyes, "is that the best you got? I'm not impressed."

"Okay, new plan," said Sara irately, "Jacob, Nessie, I'll need your help dismantling this bullying brute. Hayner, you, Pence and Olette make sure that Ranma doesn't move. We'll worry about healing him afterwards."

"I'm fine!" Ranma insisted as he tried to get up, but Hayner, Pence and Olette gently but firmly held him down, "seriously, I can take this creep!"

At that Sara sighed, "Ranma, you know I love you, despite your horrific past and I'm totally cool with your curse. I totally support your dream of your own dojo and when we're both ready, we'll get married and have lots of kids who'll grow up to be great martial artists and defenders of Dream Valley against the forces of darkness, but sometimes you can be a real bull of a knucklehead!" she then looked at Hayner, pence and Olette, "sit on him if you have to."

"Just be careful of his ribs," said Nessie.

"Rodger!" said Olette, while Pence gave the thumbs up.

"Sorry, man," said Hayner to Ranma, "but you heard the angry Princesses of Heart."

"Hey, I've been dealing with angry girls for a long time," said Ranma, "but this time, I'll be a good boy," he then looked at Sara, "just kick his ass!"

"Sorry to disappoint you, boy," said Gaston, "but the only one in for a beating is your friends." He then smiled wickedly, "I just realized something. Now that the shield is down, I can call in support, and I'm not talking about anything from Zangyack."

"What are you…wait…oh no!" said Sara, "you don't mean…!"

"Oh yes!" said Gaston maliciously. He then raised his hand up and a dozen Neo Shadows were summoned, followed by more as the dark creatures attacked Sara, Nessie and Jacob.

"I completely forgot about The Heartless!" said Jacob as he, Nessie and Sara tore apart the oncoming Neo Shadows, but more and more were teleporting in. A handful had gotten past the three of them, and rushed at Ranma, but Hayner, Pence and Olette fended them off.

"Just let me get up!" Ranma insisted, "I can still fight, damn it!"

"If you don't shut up and stay still, I will sit on you!" said Pence as he bashed a Neo Shadow in the head.

"If it's any consolation," said Jacob, "we'll let you go first in the next Heartless battle when you're all healed up." He then ducked as Gaston fired his destruction beam at him, but then was distracted by five Neo Shadows. He destroyed them just as Gaston fired his destruction beam.

"NOOOOOO!" shouted Nessie. In the blink of an eye she got in front of Jacob and raised her sword to deflect the beam. It vaporized half of her blade and proceeded to burn a hole three inches wide in her chest. Nessie gave a gasp of shock, looked down at the hole and collapsed but Jacob caught her before she hit the ground.

"Nessie!" shouted Jacob as he held her in his arms, "Nessie! Nessie!"

"Jacob," said Nessie in a voice barely above a whisper, "I…I don't feel so good."

"She needs blood and fast!" said Olette as she blasted a Neo Shadow.

"I think we're all a little busy to go hunting," said Pence.

"And too busy to let Nessie have some of our blood too!" said Hayner.

"Oh, what a shame," said Gaston with mock pity, "and here I thought she'd die. I guess little half breed abominations like her are tougher than they look."

"You son of a bitch!" exclaimed Sara, "I'm going to end you!"

"No, I've only just begun," said Gaston.

Elsewhere in the castle found Victoire, Teddy, Lyra, Will, their respective Daemons, Tidus, Selphie and Wakka, rushing into a room where Lady Tremaine was torturing a dozen staff persons with her torment beams.

"Yes!" said the insidious former stepmother of Cinderella as the helpless men and women screamed and writhed in agony, "yes, suffer! I can feel the sweet lamentations resonating from your tortured hearts!"

"Bitch!" shouted a wrathful Victoire as she whipped her wand out, "have a taste of your own poison!" she aimed her wand at Lady Tremaine and shouted, "CRUCIO!" causing Lady Tremaine to scream in pain and fall to the floor, twitching in agony for several seconds until Victoire lowered her wand, her hand shaking slightly as her rage still burned within her.

"Are you alright?" Teddy asked as Lyra, Will, Tidus, Selphie and Wakka helped the now pain-relieved servants.

"Remember when Harry told us about Bellatrix Lestrange?" Victoire asked in a still angry but remorseful tone, as if she was ashamed of what she just did, "they were right. The torture curse doesn't work unless you want them to suffer."

Teddy said nothing as he pulled Victoire into a comforting embrace, which she returned with much needed love.

But then Lady Tremaine got back to her feet, turning her neck to the slide, causing her neck bones to crack slightly, "that…" she said as she looked at Victoire, "was sloppy and undisciplined. If you truly wished for me to suffer, you should have made it last longer."

"Well excuse me, I've never used an Unforgivable Curse before," said Victoire irately as she and Teddy broke from their hug, the both of them aiming their wands at the insidious woman, "but since I've already used one, I might as well try out the Killing Curse!"

"I'd be more than willing to sample your deadly magic," said Lady Tremaine in a mockingly sweet tone, then spoke with deadly seriousness, "but I have other objectives. You fools think you can defeat me. You may, but then you'll realize your folly too late!"

"I don't think so," said Lyra as she, Will and their Daemons, as well as Tidus, Wakka and Selphie, helped the servants out of the room, "I know how you and your foul comrades planned to divide us so you can steal the powers all over again!" she then smiled, "and I didn't even need the Alethiometer to figure that out."

"Well, aren't you the intelligent little child," said Lady Tremaine in another mockingly sweet tone. She then shouted furiously, "children should be seen and not herd!" she then raised her hand and summoned a dozen Neo Shadows, then a dozen more as the dark creatures rushed towards the defenders.

"I forgot, no shield means they can bring in Heartless!" said Tidus as he slashed at and destroyed a Neo Shadow.

"Man, I don't know how Sora, Riku and Kairi dealt with it all!" said Wakka as he threw his Blitz Ball at the head of a Neo Shadow, which bounced onto another head and another, destroying all three before the ball returned to his hand.

"You think Heartless are bad enough?" Selphie asked as she bashed a Neo Shadow in the head with her nunchaku, "you should have seen some of the weirdo critters Squall, myself and the others had to fight back on the old world."

"Why do you keep calling Leon Squall?" Will asked as he and Lyra fought back to back, "it clearly bothers him, so why do it?"

"Unless you enjoy teasing him," said Lyra.

"Mostly that," said Selphie, "but also because it's his name, Squall Leonhart."

"As the Bard would say, 'what's in a name?'" Victoire asked. She and Teddy then cast a double 'Expeccto Pratronum!' spell, sending two enormous wolves made out of pure light and happiness from their wands that vanquished all the remaining Neo Shadows in the area.

"ENOUGH!" shouted Lady Tremaine. She then raised both hands and sent out a wave of tormenting energy that hit Victoire, Teddy, Will, Lyra, Tidus, Wakka and Selphie, causing them all to scream in agony and collapse to the floor.

"Well, that was something new," said an impressed and smug Lady Tremaine as she watched the fallen heroes twitch and spasm as the pain lingered in their bodies, "I admit, it was a spur of the moment to use my power in that manner, but the results were a complete success, far surpassing what I expected. Now," she then pulled out a knife, "whom shall die first?"

"There's still no sign of Bosco and the other two," said Quistis as she, Leon, Yuffie, King Mickey, Donald, Goofy and The Gullwings, hurried through the castle corridors.

"This stinks of a trap!" said Yuffie.

"I agree," said Leon, "those other two villains were just distractions meant to divide us."

"We know that know," said King Mickey, "but what are they up to?"

Just then Queen Minnie ran up to them, looking like she had extremely bad news to tell, "Mickey! Oh, Mickey! It's terrible! Just terrible!"

"Minnie, for goodness sake!" said The King as The Queen reached them. He placed his hands on her arms in a comforting manner, "just calm down. What happened? What's terrible?"

"Those horrible, horrible aliens!" said Queen Minnie, "they're in one of the storage rooms near the infirmary with a hostage. They'll kill her if we don't give them the case with the stolen powers!"

"Those bastards!" said Quistis wrathfully.

"Who did they take hostage?" Leon asked.

"Melody," said Queen Minnie, "they're going to kill her in five minutes if we don't give them the case."

"What are we going to do, your majesty?" Goofy asked.

"We can't give them the case!" said Donald.

"But we can't let them kill Melody," said Yuffie.

"No, we can't," said the King. He then smiled as an idea occurred to him, "so, we'll give them what they want, more or less."

A few minutes later found King Mickey, Queen Minnie, Leon, Quisits, Yuffie, Donald and Goofy hurrying towards the storage room where the enemy had taken Melody Hostage. Outside the room was Violet, Ansem, whom were reassuring Ariel, Eric and Sebastian, with Ariel looking as if she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

"My daughter is in there!" said Ariel to King Mickey, "and those horrible things are doing who knows what to her!"

"Just calm down, Ariel," said Sebastian, "we'll get Melody out of there."

"They'll have to give Melody back if they want the case," said The King, while Donald and Goofy held said case between them.

"Just save her," said Eric.

"We will," said Quistis. She then walked up to the door of the storage room and knocked loudly, "Bosco! Bosco Ta Jolokia! We have the case!"

"And we have the little princess," said Bosco from the other side of the door, "I'll open the door, you give me the case and you can have the girl back."

"How do we know you haven't killed Melody by now?" Leon asked.

"I'm afraid you'll have to trust me," said Bosco, "but if you need some convincing, then…"

There was the sound of a short scuffling on the other side of the door, then Melody spoke, "Mom? Dad? Are you there?"

"Melody!" exclaimed Ariel as she rushed for the door but was held back by Eric, Yuffie and The King.

"How do we know that's really Melody?" Quistis asked, "we want to see her for ourselves."

"You're in no position to dictate terms, human!" shouted Uad'kexk, "I've got my blaster aimed right at the waif. If you want her back without any additional holes in her, you'd better do as we say."

"Or the good general can crush her into a pulp," said Bosco, "that would do the job just as well."

"It'd be easy," said Vokarn, "like turning grapes into wine," there then came the sound of Melody crying out in discomfort.

"If you hurt her, I'll rip you apart!" shouted Ariel as she struggled against Eric, Yuffie and King Mickey.

"She may not do it, but I will if you don't let us see her!" said Quistis, "and you'll never get the case!"

"Then it appears we have a standoff," said Bosco, "oh, what a pity."

"Oh, just open the door, petaQ!" said Uad'kexk.

"You keep using that word," said Bosco, "I don't think it means what you think it means."

"But she speaks the truth," said Vokarn, "the sooner we recover the case, the less likely that Lady Karlaz will cut our heads off."

"And such fine heads we three have," said Bosco, "very well," he then unlocked the door and opened it, revealing himself at the doorway, "you can come in," he said to Quistis, "but only you, and bring the case. Anyone else and the girl gets squished to death."

"No," said Ariel, but The King, Eric and Yuffie wouldn't let go of her.

"Alright," said Quistis as she walked over to Donald and Goofy.

"And drop that fantastic whip of yours," said Bosco, "wouldn't want you to try anything, now would we?"

"Of course," said Quistis. She then handed her chain whip to Donald and took the case. She then walked into the storage room. Bosco then closed and locked the door right behind her.

"Just in case the others were thinking of pulling a fast one," said Bosco as he locked additional locks on the door.

"Well, you certainly have ever angle of this covered," said Quistis. She then looked around the storage room and saw at the far end of the spacious room Vokarn, gripping Melody by the arms, while Uad'kexk had one of her blasters aimed at Melody's heart.

"Okay, you've seen the little brat," said the reptilian spy, "now give us the case!"

"No! don't do it!" shouted Melody as she struggled against Vokarn, "don't let them take the Princesses' powers!" she then cried out in pain as Vokarn twisted her arms almost to the breaking point.

"Any more malarkey from you, child, and you'll be limbless!" said Vokarn.

"That's not necessary," said Quistis, "I'll give you the case. But is it alright if I ask you one thing before I do?"

"You just asked a question," said Bosco.

"There's still something I want to know," said Quistis, "why are you so blindly loyal to a lunatic like Karlaz? Does she have some kind of hold over you? Are you brainwashed? Or are you all just as insane as she is?"

"Insolent human!" snapped Vokarn, "how dare you disrespect Lady Karlaz in such a way?!"

"You wouldn't understand what loyalty in Zangyack, true loyalty, is," said Uad'kexk.

"Enlighten me then," said Quistis.

"It's a simple matter of honor, respect and principal," said the reptilian spy, "something I doubt you'd even be able to grasp with that primitive human brain of yours."

"I happen to know a lot about honor, respect and principal," said Quistis, "and I find it hard to believe that anyone as despicable as Zangyack would even know those words."

"Yes, the life of evil is a complicated one," said Bosco, "and I'm a free agent."

"Enough of this useless banter!" exclaimed Vokarn, "give us the case or the girl dies!" he then grabbed Melody by the neck and threatened to strangle her.

"Alright! I'll do it!" said Quistis, "just don't hurt her."

"Like I always say," Bosco remarked, "if you want something, you have to throw something else away first. Give us the case and we'll give you the girl."

"Let Melody girl, then I'll give you the case," said Quistis, "or we can skip the arguing and make it a simultaneous trade."

"Works for me," said Uad'kexk as she holstered one blaster and walked towards Quistis, keeping her other blaster and one eye on Melody, "on three, you hand over the case and we'll let the girl go."

"Agreed," said Quistis, "one…"

"Two…" said the reptilian spy, "three!"

Quistis handed the case to Bosco just as Vokarn released Melody, whom ran to Quistis.

"Why? Why did you do it?" Melody asked, "Snow White and the others are finished now!"

"I wouldn't be so sure about that," said Quistis. She then looked at Bosco, Vokarn and Uad'kexk, "I have another question; what's your exit plan? Because if you think you're going to simply walk out, then…"

"We're going to blast our way out," said Bosco confidently, "on the way in, we rigged several corridors with explosives that'll carve a nice path to the outside for us that will eventually destabilize the castle from within, assuming Gaston hasn't finished wrecking the foundations yet."

"Thanks for the tip!" said Quistis as she tapped her glasses, whom Melody just noticed were slightly different from her usual prescription, "this whole exchange was uplinked to Tron's computer. By now he's located the explosives and jammed the signals for the remote detonators, while demo teams are on their way to disarm the bombs!"

"Touché, Ms. Trepe," said Vokarn, whom then unsheathed his sword, while Uad'kexk drew her second blaster, "but it matters not. We'll eviscerate anyone whom attempts to impede our escape."

Quistis then pulled out a concealed chain whip and bade Melody to stand behind her, "you'll have to get through me first. And any second now, my friends will have that door unlocked and be in here as well." She then smiled mischievously, "or we can let my two flashy friends take you down first!"

Just then the case popped open and from it emerged a shrunken Gokai Silver and Bouken Silver, the two Senshi rapidly returning to their normal size as they landed on the floor and aimed their pole arm weapons at the startled alien villains.

"About time," said Bouken Silver, "it was getting a little cramped in that case."

"What?! How! HOW!" exclaimed Vokarn.

"The powers!?" shouted Uad'kexk as she looked into the empty case, "where are they!"

Just then the door burst open. King Mickey, Donald and Goofy all tried to rush in but got jammed in the doorway.

"Hey! Spread out!" exclaimed Donald as he, Goofy and The King shoved against each other.

"Go!" Gokai Silver shouted to Quistis and Melody, "we can handle these idiots!"

"I think not," said Bosco maliciously. With a flash of dark energy he morphed into his alien form and drew his saber.

Quistis grabbed Melody and shoved The King, Donald and Goofy out of the doorway just as Gokai Silver and Bouken Silver rushed at the three enemy aliens.

"Melody!" Ariel shouted as she grabbed her daughter into a loving embrace, "never again! I'll never let anything happen to you again!"

"Mom! Seriously, I'm alright," said Melody.

"There's no need to smother her, Ariel," said Sebastian.

"I'm still going to protect her," said Ariel stubbornly. "As soon as we get home, we'll never leave our world again!"

"Oh that's not fair, mom!" said Melody.

"Can we have this conversation later?" Eric asked, "not when we're still in mortal danger?"

"Dad's right, Mom," said Melody. She then broke away from Ariel and looked at Quistis, "would you please now explain what just happened in there?" she pointed at the storage room, where the sounds of combat rang loudly.

"It's simple and brilliant at the same time," said Quistis as she swapped the modified glasses for her normal pair, then cleaned them, "before coming here, I asked Merlin to shrink Gai and Eiji so they could pop out of the case at the right moment."

"But if they were in the case," said Melody, "where are the powers?"

"Safe with Merlin, Yen Sid, Fairy Godmother, Sylvia and Lara," said King Mickey, "they're working on a spell that will return the powers to their rightful owners."

"Then Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Jasmine and Alice are going to be alright," said Melody in a relieved tone.

Just then Lara ran up to the group, a frantic look on her face, "uh…your majesty?" she said in a nervous tone to King Mickey, "Merlin, my grandma and the others told me to tell you that…"

"What is it?" King Mickey asked.

"We…have a problem," said Lara.

Just then a loud explosion occurred within the storage room, followed by Eiji and Gai, both forcibly powered down and suffering numerous cuts and bruises, were flung from the room, followed by Vokarn, Uad'kexk and Bosco, all three looking highly irate.

"Enough of this nonsense!" said Vokarn, "all of you are dead!"

"Anyone have a brilliant idea, now's the time," said Yuffie as The King, Leon and Quistis helped Eiji and Gai back up.

"I've got one!" said Lara. She then raised her hands and shouted a spell, producing a blinding flash of light that left the three alien villains disoriented for several seconds, allowing King Mickey and the others to escape.

"Nice work, Lara!" said the King as they ran through the corridor, "we can fall back and figure out how to counterattack."

"I'm already working on it," said Quistis.

"We've got a bigger problem than that," said Lara, "the powers, they're gone."

This caused everyone to stop in their tracks right in front of a large set of windows where the darkening sky could clearly be seen as day gave way to night, yet the majestic scenery was lost on King Mickey as he stared dumbfound at Lara, "what?" he asked.

"The powers of Snow White and the others, they're gone," said Lara.

"What the hell do you mean they're gone!?" Quistis asked as she rushed at and grabbed Lara, shaking her violently, "how can they be gone? What the hell happened?!"

"Just that, they're gone!" exclaimed Lara, "and if you let me go I'll explain!"

Quistis released Lara and took several calming breaths, "okay, what happened?"

"I was with my grandma, Merlin, Yen Sid and Fairy Godmother," said Lara, "testing out a spell to restore the powers to Snow White and the others. I was the one testing the incantation before we use it for real, when I sneezed. No one knows exactly what and how it went wrong, but my magic went wild and created six portals. The powers then flew into the portals and vanished. I know it sounds insane and don't ask me how it happened, just accept that it did."

"If that's the case," said Quistis, "then we're in even more trouble. Now not only is Snow White and the other Princesses are almost certainly doomed, but Karlaz will be mad enough to blast the planet into atoms."

"She's crazy enough to do that anyway," said Yuffie. She then frowned slightly, "what's Melody doing?"

Everyone looked and saw Melody kneeling in front of the window, her eyes closed, her head bowed and hands clasped together, her mouth moving in silent words, her whole appearance painting a picture of earnest and sincere concentration and faith.

"Is she praying?" Leon asked.

"Not that I wouldn't mind a little divine intervention," said Yuffie, "but is this really the time?'

"She's not praying," said Ariel as she smiled at her daughter, "she's making a wish."

"A wish?" Quistis asked, "we can't waste time on that! Any second now those maniacs are going to come after us. We've got to get to a more defendable position."

"No, give her a moment," said King Mickey. "She's been through something horrible just now and needs a moment."

"We've all been through something horrible," said Quistis.

"Well, indulge her," said Eiji.

"Haven't you ever wished upon a star?" Gai asked, "you know, like, when you were a kid."

"I spent my childhood either surviving or training to join SeeD," said Quistis.

Melody then opened her eyes and stood up, a satisfied smile on her face as she looked at her friends and family, "it's going to be okay now. Everything's going to be alright."

"What'd you wish for?" Goofy asked.

"You know I can't tell you that," said Melody in a slightly annoyed tone, "if I tell, my wish won't come true."

"I'm guessing that you wished that Karlaz would take her forces and go away, right?" King Mickey asked.

"I would have wished for Karlaz's head on a plate," said Yuffie.

"I didn't wish for anything gruesome," said Melody, "I can tell you that. But trust me, my wish is going to help everyone."

"Melody…I…" said Ariel in a serious yet compassionate tone, yet her words failed her.

"Not all wishes come true," said Eric, "some do, but not all."

"Well, they don't all come true on their own," said Queen Minnie, "some you need to work hard."

"And some are just impossible," said Donald.

"Don't say that," said Yuffie, "they say that every dream is a wish and if you believe in it and work hard, it will come true."

"Ah, baloney!" said Donald, "nobody believes that."

"I happen to have dreams that did come true, for your information!" said Yuffie, "I dreamed of being the best kunoichi in the realms and I dreamed that Radiant Garden would be restored."

"Did you dream that the world would be crushed by Zangyack?" Donald asked.

"That's more of a nightmare," said Yuffie.

"Can we not have this discussion when we're not about to all be murdered by crazy aliens!?" Sebastian asked.

"Look!" said Ariel as she pointed out the window, then opened it so that everyone could see without the glass in the way, "the star, it's getting brighter!"

"It is getting brighter," said King Mickey as everyone saw the star's illumination increase, "wait a second, that's no star."

"Then what is it?" Leon asked.

"That," said Queen Minnie, "is hope in a very special form."

Everyone then saw the star rapidly approaching them. But it indeed wasn't an ordinary star, for it was a very bright speck of blue light that rapidly reached the castle and stopped inside the corridor in front of the group. With a flash of blue light, the speck had become The Blue Fairy.

"Greetings, brave, noble and true defenders of light," said The Blue Fairy, "a young heart called to me in a time of great need, and here I am."

"We're honored that you've come," said King Mickey and Queen Minnie bowed. They were quickly followed by Donald, Goofy, then Yuffie, Leon and Quistis, then Gai, Eiji, Ariel, Eric, Melody and Sebastian.

The Blue Fairy then looked at Melody, "young lady of two worlds, it was your heart whom called to me with a wish of selfless need."

"Yes, uh, your honor," said Melody in a slightly nervous tone, "I did." She then smiled hopefully, "then…are you going to…"

"As much as I would like to," said The Blue Fairy, "as pure and selfless as your wish is, I fear that it is one wish that is beyond my power. It is not my place to bestow upon you a Keyblade."

"You wanted to be a Keyblade Wielder!?" exclaimed Ariel.

"I…I thought that if I had a Keyblade, then I could better fight the enemy," said Melody, "took keep my world and other worlds safe against the darkness," she then looked into Ariel's eyes, "too keep you, Dad, Grandpa Trident and everyone else safe. And before you say anything about how dangerous having a Keyblade is, I remember everything you told me about Sora and the others. I remember when they came and stopped Gideon's plan to pollute our world. I know all the dangers being a Keyblade Wielder are involved with and I'm willing to face them with courage and light in my heart."

"But…but you can't!" said Ariel desperately, "you're still a child!"

"I'm almost a year older then Sora was when he got his Keyblade," said Melody, "and he's almost a Keyblade Master. All he's got to do is pass that Mark of Mastery test and how hard is that?" she then looked at King Mickey, "seriously, how hard is it?"

"It's different for each Keyblade Wielder," said The King, "it's easier for some than others, and sometimes nearly impossible."

"Well, I still want to try," said Melody in a determined tone. She then looked at The Blue Fairy, "if the powers that be will let me be a Keyblade Wielder, then I will dedicate myself to defending the helpless and innocent against the darkness."

"There's no denying your sincerity and courage," said The Blue Fairy, "but again, it is not within my power to grant this particular wish."

"Oh," said Melody in a disappointed tone.

"Yet a Keyblade may be in your future," said The Blue Fairy, "or some other power that will allow you to defend against the darkness. What that power is, I cannot say, nor when or if it will come. But what I can do is grant a different wish."

"Then I wish that my friends have the power to vanquish Karlaz and her evil forces," said Melody, "I wish," she then looked at Gai, "I wish the Gokaigers had the power to win this battle against Zangyack!" she then looked at The Blue Fairy again with hopeful eyes, "that is, if you can, please."

The Blue Fairy then smiled at Melody, "it is within my power to do as you ask." she then raised her wand, "let it be so, that the righteous pirates be granted the power to vanquish their insidious foes and drive them forever from The Realms of Light!" the tip of her wand glowed brightly for a few seconds and a pulse of blue magic shot out from it.

"It is done," said The Blue Fairy as she lowered her wand, then looked at Gai, "silver warrior whose heart is still as innocent as a child, you and your friends can once again call upon the powers of those whom came before you."

"You mean, they can use the Ranger Keys of the previous 34 Super Sentai!?" Eiji asked. He then looked at his GoGo Changer and saw that it was still working, "wait, I've still got my power and I'm sure the others do as well."

Gai then pressed a button on his belt buckle, causing it to rotate and in a hidden compartment, now appeared the Ranger Key for Dragon Ranger of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, "this is so awesome, I can't even shout," he said in a normal tone. He then looked at The Blue Fairy, "but…how?"

"With magic, of course," said Yuffie.

"Indeed," said The Blue Fairy, "however, the magic will last only until the duration of the crisis. Afterwards, you and your friends will return to your normal powers."

"So we'll have the other Ranger Keys until Karlaz is defeated," said Gai, "okay, I'm cool with that."

The Blue Fairy then nodded in acknowledgement, "And now I must go, for the whish that I was called for has been granted," she then looked at Melody, "do not despair, child of two worlds. When the time is right, the power to defend against the darkness will present itself to you."

"I'll be waiting," said Melody.

"When we get home," said Ariel in a serious tone, "we're going to have a long and detailed conversation about you fighting the darkness."

"Hey, where'd The Blue Fairy go?" Yuffie asked.

Everyone looked around, but The Blue Fairy was gone.

"She's gone back to the mystical plane of existence she lives in," said Queen Minnie, "waiting for the next person to make a wish upon a star."

Just then Bosco, Vokarn and Uad'kexk appeared at the far end of the corridor, "you pirates are really starting to annoy me!" said Bosco.

"Funny, you pissed me, Marvelous and the others off a long time ago," said Gai as he took out his Gokai Cellular.

"You can't be serious," said Uad'kexk, "you can't beat us!"

"That was then, this is now!" said Gai as he held up his Gokai Cellular and inserted the Dragon Ranger Key into it, "Gokai Change!" he shouted and activated the Gokai Cellular, which then scanned the key.

ZYURANGER!

With a flash of green light, Gai had transformed into the green and white suit of Dragon Ranger.

"Wow!" said Melody.

"Cool!" said Yuffie.

"Impossible!" exclaimed Bosco, "you…you can't do that!"

"Yes I can!" said Gai/Dragon Ranger. He then pulled out a dagger with flute-like features, the Zyusouken, and charged at Bosco.

…outside of town…

Just then the belt buckles and Mobalites of Captain Marvelous and the others glowed brightly, causing all the Zangyack forces, including the Sugormin in charge of the Gormin firing squad, to falter and stare at the five Space Pirates in confusion.

"Now what?" Ran asked.

As if acting on foreknowledge, Captain Marvelous pressed the button on his belt buckle and from the compartment, pulled out the Ranger Key for Akarenger of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. Joe then pulled out the key for Aorenger, Luka pulled out the key for Kirenger, Doc pulled out the key for Midorirenger and Ahim the key for Momorenger.

"How?" Ahim asked.

"Did someone on Earth put The Greatest Treasure back together and made a wish to help us?" Joe asked.

"Not after Marvelous blasted it," said Luka.

"But someone made a wish," said Eri as she smiled confidently, "someone with a lot of light and love in her heart."

"How do you know that?" Hanto asked.

"She's a guardian angel," said Ryunouske, "they know stuff."

"Makes sense to me," said Ran.

"Go kick their asses!" said Akashi to the five space pirates.

"You got it," said Captain Marvelous. He then addressed his crew, "okay, everyone, let's put on an extra flashy show!"

"Right!" said Joe, Luka, Doc and Ahim.

"NO!" shouted Karlaz in a fearful and outraged tone, "don't let them transform!" she then glared at her horde of minions, "don't just stand there! Kill something!"

"FIRE! FIRE NOW!" shouted the Sugormin in charge of the execution squad. The line of Gormin adjusted their aim as the five Gokaigers raised their Mobalites and Ranger Keys.

"Gokai Change!" Captain Marvelous and his crew shouted as they inserted their Ranger Keys into their Mobalites and turned them, just as the Gormin fired their weapons. There was a row of explosions in front of the five pirates, but when the smoke cleared, the space pirates had transformed into the brightly colored suits of the very first Super Sentai.

GORENGER!

The five transformed pirates then attacked and destroyed the Gormin firing squad, utilizing the fighting styles of their foremost of forerunners, then destroyed several more minions.

"How'd they get the Ranger Keys again?" Hanto asked as he checked his Brace Shift Changer and saw that it was still working.

"I told you, someone made a wish," said Eri as she saw that her Gosei Cards were still intact and her Tensounder still functioning, while Ryunouske saw that his Shodo Phone was still operational as was Ran's Geki Changers and Akashi's Accellular.

"I'm not one to pass up a second chance," said Akashi, just as several Gormin and other minions attacked them. He grabbed a Combatant Karth that was about to take his head off, catching the stone-like minion's weapon arm and running the spinner of the Accellular down the creature's body, "Start Up!" transforming back into Bouken Red.

Ran quickly changed back into Geki Yellow, Hanto back into GoOn Green, Ryunouske into Shinken Blue and Eri into Gosei Pink, the five of them attacking and destroying more and more minions, yet more and more Combatant Karths, Rinsis, Ugatz, Nanashi and Bibi Soldiers kept coming.

"We have to find the source of those things!" Doc/Midoriranger shouted as he destroyed an Ugatz.

"We're a little too busy to be searching for them, Marvelous!" said Joe/Aoranger.

Just then Regina walked right up to Captain Marvelous/Akaranger, "if you're interested, Karlaz has five containers filled with minions compressed into pellets. They over there," she pointed towards the rear of the enemy horde, "Destroy the containers and you'll severely cut her workforce."

"Why are you telling us this?" Luka/Kiranger asked.

"Because I and my own no longer believe that an alliance with Zangyack is feasible," said Regina, "my friends and I will be taking our leave soon and I thought it rude of me not to leave without saying farewell."

"You traitorous whore!" Karlaz shouted. She then tried to draw her sword and rush at Regina, but was restrained by Janicia and Huvnario Yr, "let go of me! I'll turn her head into a flower pot!"

"My lady, it is not safe for you!" said Janicia.

"Forgive us, Lady Karlaz," said the cyborg majordomo.

"I'll still have her head!" shouted Karlaz. She then shouted to her horde of mooks, "kill her and bring me her head! Kill her friends too and bring me their heads!"

"Oh, now that's just not fair!" said Dio Brando as he, Sephiroth and Insano found themselves surrounded by minions, "we didn't do anything!"

"We're guilty by association," said Sephiroth as he drew Masamune, "that's enough for a degenerate like Karlaz."

"I'm even ashamed to say that she makes me look normal," said Insano. He then pulled out his folding Neuralizer that resembled a book light and used it on the Gormin, "you'll sit down, pat your heads and rub your bellies like good little boys."

With that, the luckless gray metal goons sat on the ground and began patting their heads and rubbing their stomachs.

"You know," said Dio Brando as he, Sephiroth and Insano walked towards Regina, "you could have made them destroy themselves, or their comrades."

"Yes," said Insano, "but the life of a minion is so hard and thankless. I felt like giving those few an easy time for once."

"Now I know you're mad," said Sephiroth in a serious tone, "I just had to be sure. I would never have expected such generosity from you."

"Neither did I until a moment ago," said Insano. He then laughed like the maniac he was, "It only proves that Doctor Insano is so unpredictable that even he cannot predict himself!" he then raised his hand triumphantly, "Proven, with SCIENCE no less!" he then laughed again.

"Yes, we all know how smart you are," said Regina in an offhanded tone. She then looked at Captain Marvelous/Akaranger, "when you next see King Mickey, tell him that I offer a truce for the foreseeable future, until his forces and mine are properly back on their feet, I will not intrude upon The Realms of Light, so long as he does not interfere in my affairs. Tell him." She then opened a Dark Corridor.

"That's it?" Luka/Kiranger asked, "you're leaving?"

"Yes," said Regina in a matter of fact tone.

"Wait, where's Xehanort?" Dio Brando asked.

"And we should wait for Tremaine and Gaston," said Sephiroth.

"No need," said Insano, "they'll come on their own. And if for some reason they buy the farm, they'll be back, I've seen to it."

"Then there's nothing more to say, except farewell," said Regina. With that she, Insano, Dio Brando and Sephiroth entered the Dark Corridor, which closed up after them.

"Well, that was…strange," said Doc/Midoriranger.

"I'll admit, they were somewhat nicer than I thought," said Ahim/Momoranger.

"We still have a battle to finish," said Joe/Aoranger.

"Those mook boxes," said Captain Marvelous/Akaranger, "we've got to take them out!" he then pressed the button on his belt buckle, pulling out the Ranger Key for Red Flash of Choushinsei Flashman, "let's use these!"

"Okay!" said his crew as they pulled out the corresponding keys and raised them up to their Mobalites, "Gokai Change!" they inserted they keys and turned them, transforming into the tenth Super Sentai team.

FLASHMAN!

"Akashi!" shouted Captain Marvelous/Red Flash as he, Joe/Blue Flash, Luka/Yellow Flash, Doc/Green Flash and Ahim/Pink Flash, rushed into the thick of the minion horde, taking out mooks left and right with the techniques and moves of Flashman, "hold the line!"

"No problem!" said Bouken Red as he, Geki Yellow, GoOn Green, Shinken Blue and Gosei Pink, regrouped together, "alright, everyone, let's show our friends what we can do! Attack!" he then snapped his fingers.

"Yeah!" shouted Geki Yellow, GoOn Green, Shinken Blue and Gosei Pink as they fought to keep the minion horde from spilling into the town as the Gokaigers, as Flashman, fought to reach the minion containers.

…the castle foundations…

"NOOOOOO!" shouted Nessie. In the blink of an eye she got in front of Jacob and raised her sword to deflect the beam. It vaporized half of her blade and proceeded to burn a hole three inches wide in her chest. Nessie gave a gasp of shock, looked down at the hole and collapsed but Jacob caught her before she hit the ground.

"Nessie!" shouted Jacob as he held her in his arms, "Nessie! Nessie!"

"Jacob," said Nessie in a voice barely above a whisper, "I…I don't feel so good."

"She needs blood and fast!" said Olette as she blasted a Neo Shadow.

"I think we're all a little busy to go hunting," said Pence.

"And too busy to let Nessie have some of our blood too!" said Hayner.

"Oh, what a shame," said Gaston with mock pity, "and here I thought she'd die. I guess little half breed abominations like her are tougher than they look."

"You son of a bitch!" exclaimed Sara, "I'm going to end you!"

"No, I've only just begun," said Gaston, "prepare to die!" he then aimed his hands at Sara to shoot his destruction beam.

Just then there came a familiar roar from above. Everyone still able to move looked up and saw Beast leaning from one of the upper levels, whom then jumped down to the foundations and tore apart several Neo Shadows before facing Gaston, growling menacingly.

"You!" exclaimed Gaston, his eyes burning with unadulterated hate, "you filthy, twisted abomination! Your days with Belle are numbered, you filthy animal!"

"I thought it was made clear when you fell off the roof of my castle," said Beast, "Belle will never love you!"

"Are you alright?" Olette asked, "I know we were told that everyone was healing from the earlier attacks, but are you sure you should be fighting?"

"I'm fine," growled Beast, "and even if I weren't," he then glared at Gaston, "I have unfinished business with that one!"

"Me too!" said Ranma as he once again tried to get up, his wounds slowly but visibly healing, "this jackass pisses me off something fierce!" but he was then held down by Hayner, Pence and Olette.

"Stay down, boy," said Gaston as he cracked his knuckles, "this is now between me and the monster!"

Ranma then pushed Hayner, Pence and Olette away from him, stood up and glared at Gaston, "the only monster here is you, creep!"

"Aren't we forgetting something!?" Jacob shouted as he held the unconscious Nessie in his arms, "she's not healing!"

"She needs fresh blood and fast!" said Sara.

"Wait, I know where I can find some!" said Olette, "I'll be right back!" with that she ran back towards the nearest door back into the castle.

"Get some gasoline or something that we can burn!" said Hayner, "the only way we're going to destroy that maniac is if we burn him or something like that!"

"Right!" said Olette.

"No you don't!" shouted Gaston as he fired his destruction beam at Olette, the beam missing her and vaporizing large chunks of the ground where her feet were milliseconds before.

But then Gaston was tackled by Beast, pinning the brute to the ground. "I should have made sure!" roared Beast as he raised his claws to slash at Gaston's face, "I should have went after to be sure that you were dead!"

Gaston then punched Beast in the face, forcing him back enough for Gaston to get his legs free and deliver a double kick that sent Beast hurtling off of him and onto the ground several feet away and leaving him severely disoriented.

"That only proves that you're nothing but a dumb animal!" said Gaston as he got up and walked over to Beast, "fit only to be killed and stuffed as a trophy! You're going to die here in this dustbowl of a battlefield, and then, Belle will be mine!"

"Shut up!" shouted Jacob, whom had carried Nessie over to Sara, laid her down, then turned to face Gaston, "I've had enough of you!" he then ran at Gaston, bursting out of his clothes as he phased into his wolf form.

The sudden change left Gaston momentarily stunned, allowing Jacob to run up and tackle Gaston to the ground. Jacob grabbed Gaston's left arm with his jaws and tried to rip it off. But Gaston then punched Jacob in the ribs several times, forcing him to release the arm. The two scrambled to get back up but Gaston regained his footing first and kicked Jacob in the ribs. He was about to kick Jacob again, when Beast rushed at him.

Gaston sidestepped the attack, only for Jacob to try and bite his head off. Gaston dodged and punched Jacob, then kicked Beast in the chest, knocking the two down. He then grabbed both Beast and Jacob and threw them both in the air, then punched them both before they could hit the ground sending them both crashing into the castle walls.

"I don't believe this!" said Pence as he, Hayner and Sara, watched Gaston walk over and kick Beast, then kick Jacob, "two super-powered animal…things are getting their furry butts handed to them by that maniac!"

"You think we can rush him?" Hayner asked.

"It'd be suicide!" said Pence.

"Well, we've got to do something!" said Ranma, "If I could just get him close enough…"

"You're still in no condition to fight" Sara insisted. "if you don't control yourself and stay put, I'll break every bone in your body!"

"For a Princess of Heart, you can be really cruel sometimes," said Ranma, "you know that?"

"I'm just looking out for you and everyone else," said Sara. She then paused as inspiration dawned on her, "wait…I think…could it?"

"Could what?" Ranma asked.

"It might just work," said Sara.

"What might just work?" Ranma asked.

"You want to keep fighting?" Sara asked, "okay. Just hold still, it might tickle a bit."

"What might tickle a bit?" Ranma asked in a slightly exasperated tone, "come on, Sara, give me a break." He then yelped in surprise as Sara directed Crystal Star to merge into Ranma. "what…what did you do to me? And that didn't tickle at all."

"Never mind that, how do you feel?" Sara asked.

At that Ranma smiled eagerly, "I feel like I kick the combined asses of everyone who wanted to kill me!" he then rushed at Gaston and kicked the maniac in the head, knocking him down. Ranma then punched Gaston in the chest several times before he hit the ground, then delivered another kick to the chest.

Beast then recovered and delivered multiple claw strikes to Gaston's head and torso. Jacob then bit Gaston in the torso and began shaking the brute about like a rag doll, tossing him into the air, then bit him again on the other side and threw him against the castle walls. Beast then grabbed Gaston again and slammed him against the wall five times before tossing him back into the air, where Ranma delivered a right cross that slammed Gaston to the ground, where he lay there unmoving.

"Is he…dead?" Pence asked cautiously.

"No, not yet," said Beast, "but he will be soon enough," he then looked at Jacob, whom nodded in acknowledgement, then at Ranma, whom also nodded in agreement. Beast then walked over and grabbed Gaston's right arm and leg, while Jacob grabbed Gaston's right arm with his teeth, then Ranma grabbed Gaston's head.

"Let's finish this prick off before he pulls himself together," said Ranma. At that Beast and Jacob growled in agreement.

"You can't do this to me!" Gaston shouted, "None of you have what it takes to kill me! Just you wait! I'll destroy you all and then I'll destroy all your friends on this battlefield!"

"You really need to know when to shut up," said Ranma, "besides, this ain't no battlefield, it's an operating table."

He then ripped Gaston's head off, while Beast took off the left arm and leg and Jacob the right arm, "and we're the surgeons."

"Dude, you totally stole that from Batman," said Hayner in a slightly distant tone, shocked from the vivid dismemberment he, Sara and Pence just witnessed.

"Huh?" Ranma asked as he, Beast and Jacob walked away from Gaston's gory remains, "I thought I made it up, it sounded cool."

"No, it's totally from Batman," said Pence.

"Where?" Ranma asked, "I've seen all the movies, the good ones and the crappy ones, The Animated Series and the 1966 show with Adam West. Batman never said that line."

"Did you ever read any of the comic books?" Jacob asked after phasing back to human form.

"Uh…no," said Ranma. He then looked at Sara, whom then shrugged her shoulders.

Nessie then coughed and sat up, a pained expression on her face, "it's from 'The Dark Knight Returns,'" she said in a raspy voice, "it's a classic."

"Nessie!" Jacob as he ran over to her and held her in his arms.

She looked up at him and smiled, "you're alright," she said.

"Yeah," said Jacob as he smiled back.

Nessie then giggled, "you're a little underdressed."

"I know and I don't care," said Jacob.

"Yeah, but the rest of us care," said Olette as she reached the area, a large bottle of blood under one arm and a can of kerosene in her other hand.

"Where'd you get the blood?" Ranma asked.

"It was in the kitchen," said Olette as she ran up to Nessie and opened the bottle for her, "and the kerosene was in the pantry."

"Why was…" Nessie said, only to be struck by a fit of coughing.

"Are you alright?!" Jacob asked franticly.

"Yeah…I'm" coughed Nessie, "I'm fine, just a few scorched alveoli, nothing to worry about," she then coughed again.

"Drink this now!" Olette insisted as she handed the bottle of blood to Nessie.

"Cheers!" said Nessie. She then sipped some of the blood and smiled, "shark!" she then downed the rest of the blood, "where did they get shark blood? Anyway, why was there kerosene in the pantry?"

"I have no idea," said Olette.

"Just be glad to have it," said Hayner as he took the kerosene, unscrewed the cap and soaked Gaston's remains. Olette then shot a fireball and the bullying brute was set alight.

"It's finished," said Beast solemnly, "it's finished."

"This part is," said Jacob, "but the rest isn't."

"ENOUGH!" shouted Lady Tremaine. She then raised both hands and sent out a wave of tormenting energy that hit Victoire, Teddy, Will, Lyra, Tidus, Wakka and Selphie, causing them all to scream in agony and collapse to the floor.

"Well, that was something new," said an impressed and smug Lady Tremaine as she watched the fallen heroes twitch and spasm as the pain lingered in their bodies, "I admit, it was a spur of the moment to use my power in that manner, but the results were a complete success, far surpassing what I expected. Now," she then pulled out a knife, "whom shall die first?"

Just then came the sound of a flintlock pistol shot. Lady Tremaine flinched slightly and she looked down, seeing a hole in her chest that was bleeding slightly. She then looked and saw Jack Sparrow standing at the doorway, his cutlass resting on his shoulder and his pistol still aimed at the vile woman, the barrel emitting a small amount of smoke.

As Will, Lyra, Tidus, Wakka, Selphie, Victoire and Teddy, recovered from the torment pulse, they saw Tremaine reach into the hole and pull out the pistol shot, the wound in her chest rapidly closing.

"What was that?" Lady Tremaine asked in a deeply offended tone. She then held up the pistol shot, "is this your pathetic idea of an attack?" she then tossed the shot away as if it were a piece of garbage, "for I am not impressed."

"Sorry to disappoint you, lass," said Jack Sparrow, "but I couldn't resist."

"Jack! Get out of here!" shouted Will as he and the others struggled to get back up, "she's too strong!"

"On the contrary, my young adventurous friend," said Jack as he walked into the room at a slightly unsteady gate, still slightly inebriated, "me thinks the rather unsettling lady with a torture fetish isn't as strong as she thinks!"

"How dare you!" exclaimed Lady Tremaine, "I have enough power to leave you all quivering, helpless masses of despairing jelly! And you!" she glared at Jack Sparrow, "you filthy pirate! You…you…I don't even have an insult fit for you, rapscallion!"

"I am rather hard to describe," said Jack Sparrow, "and the name's Captain Jack Sparrow, savy?"

"I understand quite well," said Jack Skellington as he walked into the room, "when to people with the same first name are friends, it helps to be able to distinguish between the two of them."

"As if we needed help telling you two apart," said Tidus.

"Miserable freaks!" shouted Lady Tremaine, "I'll drown your hearts in misery and sorrow!" she then aimed her left hand at Jack Sparrow and her right at Jack Skellington, shooting two torment beams. Jack Sparrow easily avoided the beam aimed at him, while the one aimed at Jack Skellington seemed to have no effect on the lord of Halloween.

"What!?" exclaimed Lady Tremaine as she glared at Jack Skellington with shocked and slightly frightened eyes, "how?! You should be on your knees in sheer mental and emotional anguish!"

"I guess I'm special," said Jack Skellington.

"That and he's not exactly human," said Lyra as she and the others recovered enough to stand up."

"Yes, he's an odd one," said Jack Sparrow, "yet I'm pleased to make the acquaintance of the well dressed man with a vegetable for a head."

"He's a living Jack-O'-Lantern," said Wakka, "and scary to boot, but in a good way."

"Thank you," said Jack Skellington as he took his head off of his body and gave an elaborate bow.

"What…No!" shouted a now terrified Lady Tremaine, her eyes wide with horror at the sight of Jack Skellingon's head in his hands, "you freak! You horrible, horrible freak!"

"Who are you calling a freak?" an annoyed Jack Skellington asked as he returned his head to his body, "one might say the same thing about you."

"Anyone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on others is clearly sick in the head," said Selphie, "and you, lady, you're one sick puppy!"

"You ought to be locked up and have the key thrown away!" said Victoire, "if I had my way, I'd throw you to the Dementors, if there were any left that is."

"I'd just do whatever I had to do to make sure you never hurt anyone again!" said Teddy.

"Silence!" shouted Lady Tremaine as she crossed her arms to unleash another torment pulse.

"Protego Maximum!" shouted both Victoire and Teddy, their wands producing a double shield that blocked the torment pulse from them, Selphie, Tidus, Wakka, Lyra and Will, while Jack Sparrow dodged the pulse and Jack Skellington ignored it.

"You cannot do this!" exclaimed Lady Tremaine as she brought both hands together and powered up for a massive torment beam attack, "I will make you all suffer! I will feed on your agonies and fill the void in my heart! And there's nothing you can do to stop me!" she then shot her supercharged torment beam at Lyra and Will.

Victoire raised her wand and shouted a spell, casting a shield with mirror-like properties. The torment beam hit the shield and bounced off of it, heading straight for Lady Tremaine, hitting the vile woman straight on. She collapsed to the ground, screaming and thrashing about in agony as she was afflicted by her own power.

"Wow," said an impressed Selphie, "how'd you know that would work?"

"I didn't," said Victoire as she placed her wand behind her ear, "but I guessed that if I could turn that torture beam against her, she wouldn't be able to take it."

"Lucky for all of us that you share Albus Dumbledore's knack for good guesses," said Teddy.

Everyone then watched to their disgust as Lady Tremaine began decomposing, her skin and hair rotting away while she was still technically alive. Yet despite the nightmarish vision before them, none of the heroes in the room could look away.

"I think I'm going to be sick!" said a nauseated Lyra as Tremaine continued to fall apart. Burst blood vessels spurted a viscous black fluid, while green, yellow and more black goo spurted from other parts of her decomposing body. Within seconds her skin was gone and her muscular tissue and internal organs weren't far behind. After a minute, her bones were mostly exposed and crumbling into powder and soon after that, all that was left of the vile woman whom hurt so many people was a pile of rags and ashes.

"There's poetic justice in this somewhere," said Jack Sparrow as he pulled out a bottle of rum, "then again, I was never much for poetry," he then uncorked the bottle with his teeth and took a long swig.

"Okay, I'm making it official," said an annoyed Selphie as she walked up to Jack Sparrow and grabbed the bottle from his hands, "you're cut off." She then opened a window and threw the bottle out, the glass breaking on the ground below.

"Such a waste," said Jack Sparrow as he pulled out a small flask and took a small swig, only for Selphie to grab that and throw it out the window, "isn't there a law against littering or something?"

"I'll pay the fine if it'll keep you from passing out again," said Selphie.

"Well, at least it's over," said Wakka as he, Tidus, Victoire and Teddy looked at the dust pile that was Lady Tremaine.

"No, it isn't," said Lyra after consulting the Alethiometer, "it's far from over."

"I hate it when that thing is right," said Will.

"You want me to throw it away?" Lyra asked as she walked up to the window and prepared to toss the golden compass out.

"No!" said Will urgently, "we wouldn't have survived a tenth of what we went through without it."

"Good, because I was kidding," said Lyra as she pocketed the Alethiometer.

Will looked like he wanted to say something but the words seemed to fail him. Instead, he walked right up to Lyra and without warning, flung his arms around her and kissed her right on the lips. It took Lyra a few seconds to get over her surprise before she returned his embrace and kiss with equal passion. At the same time, Pan and Kirjava had touched paws, then began a playful wrestling match.

"I love you, Lyra Silvertongue," said Will after the two broke contact for some much needed air, "I know we promised to live our lives on our worlds and try to move on and I tried, I really tried, but I know now that I'm incomplete without you!"

"I'm incomplete without you too," said Lyra, tears of happiness falling from her eyes, "I know that we won't be able to stay together for long, no matter what world we're on, but I don't care. I can't live without you, Will Parry."

"And I can't live without you, Lyra," said Will. With that he and Lyra kissed again.

"It's about time," said Victoire as she and Teddy held hands.

"You can't be serious," said Uad'kexk, "you can't beat us!"

"That was then, this is now!" said Gai as he held up his Gokai Cellular and inserted the Dragon Ranger Key into it, "Gokai Change!" he shouted and activated the Gokai Cellular, which then scanned the key.

ZYURANGER!

With a flash of green light, Gai had transformed into the green and white, suit of Dragon Ranger.

"Wow!" said Melody.

"Cool!" said Yuffie.

"Impossible!" exclaimed Bosco, "you…you can't do that!"

"Yes I can!" said Gai/Dragon Ranger. He then pulled out a dagger with flute-like features, the Zyusouken, and charged at Bosco. The flamboyant privateer brought his blade up in time to block Zyusoken but then received a vicious kick to the midsection, then a punch to the face knocking him back.

"Let's try this!" said Gai/Dragon Ranger as he pulled out a silver and white Ranger Key that represented Mega Silver of Denji Sentai Megaranger, "Gokai Change!" he inserted the key into his Gokai Cellular and scanned it.

MEGARANGER!

With a flash of light, Gai now wore the suit of Mega Silver, complete with a bladed weapon, the Silver Blazer, which could switch between a sword and a gun mode.

"You bastard!" shouted Bosco, "I'll cut you to pieces!" he rushed at Gai/Mega Silver, whom brought up the Silver Blazer to block Bosco's Cariblade, then countered with several swift kicks and punches, then witched modes on the Silver Blazer from sword to gun mode and delivered several blasts to Bosco's midsection, knocking him back several paces and inflicting a significant amount of spark damage.

"Don't think we're just going to sit by and watch!" shouted Uad'kexk as she drew her blasters, while Vokarn drew his sword.

"I didn't expect you to," said Leon as he drew his gun blade, while Quistis readied her chain whip, Yuffie her shuriken, while Donald readied his wizard staff, Goofy his shield and King Mickey his golden Keyblade.

"Six against two," said Vokarn as he hefted his sword, "my kind of odds."

"I prefer to dispose of my prey in a more quite atmosphere," said Uad'kexk, "but in this case, I'll make an exception!"

"Except this!" shouted Yuffie as she threw her shuriken at the reptilian spy, while Leon and Quistis rushed at her from the side. Uad'kexk dodged the ninja star, then ducked a lash from Quistis's chain whip, then used her pistols to deflect a slash from Leon's gun blade.

The King, meanwhile had rushed at and crossed swords with Vokarn, whom then delivered a massive counter slash that forced King Mickey back several paces. He then raised his sword and blocked a shield smash from Goofy, then deflected a Fireball from Donald, then swung his sword in a horizontal arc that cut Donald's staff in half and shattered Goofy's shield and knocking the both of them to the ground.

"GUYS!" shouted King Mickey as he rushed to his fallen friends, "Donald! Goofy! Say something!"

"Sorry, your majesty!" said Donald as he held his right arm in his left as if it were broken, while Goofy clutched at his right hand as it were also broken, "we tried."

"We really did," said Goofy, "but, gwarsh, that's one scary and strong alien!"

"I'm more than that," said Vokarn, "I am the greatest, most powerful of Lady Karlaz's enforcers! And when she is made empress, I shall be the most powerful warrior in the universe!"

"You'll have to go through me first!" said King Mickey in a grimly determined tone, "no one hurts my friends and gets away with it!" he then rushed at Vokarn, then faked to the left, jumped and kicked off of the wall to come in at the right and from above, surprising Vokarn enough to allow The King to knock the armored alien's sword out of his hands.

"You think that will stop me?!" Vokarn asked as the claws on his gauntlets extended. He rushed at King Mickey and delivered multiple claw strikes that The King barely blocked.

Meanwhile, Leon, Quistis and Yuffie were having trouble getting close enough to Uad'kexk to inflict much damage, the reptilian spy was too fast with her blasters to allow them to get within striking range.

At the same time, Gai/Mega Silver had delivered multiple sword strikes against Bosco, yet for each hit of spark damage the flamboyant privateer took, the less he seemed to feel it, "you can't beat me, Ikari Gai!" shouted Bosco, "Marvy-chan couldn't, nor could the rest of his crew, so what makes you think you can?"

"Because I believe it so!" said Gai/Mega Silver as he pulled out the blue, white and gold Ranger Key of Deka Break from Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, "Gokai Change!" he then inserted the key into his Gokai Cellular and scanned it.

DEKARANGER!

With a flash, Gai now wore the suit of Deka Break, complete with the Brace Throttle, a motorcycle throttle-like wrist brace. Gai/Deka Break then rushed at Bosco again and delivered several more punches and kicks, yet Bosco seemed to ignore the attacks with bored indifference. "Is that all you've got?" he asked offhandedly.

"Not even close!" said Gai/Deka Break as he revved up the throttle feature on his Brace Throttle, causing his hand to crackle with electricity, "Lighting Fist!" he then threw and electric-charged punch at Bosco, inflicting some spark damage but failed to make the flamboyant privateer even flinch. Bosco then retaliated by delivering a devastating sword slash that inflicted massive amounts of spark damage on Gai/Deka Break, knocking him to the ground and forcing him back into Gokai Silver.

"Gai!" shouted Eiji as he tried to get up and activate his GoGo Changer, yet a previously unknown wound forced him back to the ground.

"I'm aright, Eiji!" said Gokai Silver as he used his Gokai Spear to get back up, "I can still win this!"

"Fool of a human!" shouted Vokarn, "none of you will leave this place alive!" he then delivered a claw slash that caught King Mickey on the leg, causing the mouse monarch to cry out in pain and fall to the floor.

"YOUR MAJESTY!" shouted Donald and Goofy. They both rushed over to King Mickey, whom tried to get up but the pain in his leg only allowed him to get up on one knee.

"Get out of here, you guys!" shouted The King as Vokarn picked up his sword advanced on him, "he'll cut you to ribbons!"

"We won't leave you, your majesty!" said Donald defiantly.

"We're in this to the end!" said Goofy, "all for one and one for all!"

"Pathetic!" said Vokarn as he got within striking range of the three heroes.

"We've got to help them, Leon!" shouted Yuffie as she dodged a shot from Uad'kexk's blasters.

"I'd like to but we're a little busy," said Leon as he and Quistis also dodged blaster shots.

"This is the end of you, mouse!" said Vokarn as he raised his sword, "you and your friends!"

"Fellas, it's been great," said King Mickey.

"Yep, it sure was," said Goofy.

"I just wish I could see Daisy again," said Donald.

Just when Vokarn was about to bring his sword down, he was hit on the head by a flower vase. Flowers, water and shards of ceramic fell down his helmet but the desired effect was achieved, distracting the armored berserker. He turned to see where the vase came from.

Further up the hallway stood Daisy, a wrathful look on her face as she held another flower vase in her hands, "get away from my boyfriend, you brute!" she then threw the vase at Vokan. It hit and shattered on his chest plate, dousing more water across his armor.

"Are you out of your mind?!" exclaimed Vokarn.

"Maybe," said Daisy in a nervous tone as she realized she was now defenseless against the armored berserker.

"GET HIM!" shouted King Mickey as he regained his footing and stood up. Donald and Goofy then rushed at Vokarn and delivered a double shove that disrupted Vokarn's balance. The King then delivered a Keyblade strike that disrupted Vokarn's balance even further, causing the armored berserker to swing his sword up and hit an overhead light fixture, breaking the bulbs and connecting with the electrical current.

Blue streaks of electricity shot across Vokarn's armor, still wet from the double vase attack. Vokarn cried out in pain as the electricity began causing massive showers of sparks from his armor. There was a series of small explosions and he fell to the floor and didn't get up.

"Vokarn!" shouted Uad'kexk. This distraction was the opening that Leon had been waiting for he rushed in and delivered a slash from his gun blade. The reptilian spy got her pistols up in time to block but Leon timed the strike to pull the trigger on his gun blade when the block made contact. The firing of the blank cartridge caused the sword blade to vibrate, transferring the kinetic energy to the blasters, causing them to crackle with red energy.

Quistis then lashed at Uad'kexk's legs with her chain whip, snaring the reptilian spy and flinging her to the floor, where Yuffie followed up with a stomping kick attack to Uad'kexk's midsection.

"You bastards!" shouted the reptilian spy as she aimed her blasters at Leon, "die!" she pulled the triggers and her blasters exploded. She cried out in agony as she looked at her mangled hands, burned, broken and bleeding from the blaster overload.

"You're all that's left, Bosco!" shouted Gokai Silver.

"And yet I'm still winning!" shouted Bosco.

"Not for long!" said Gokai Silver as he pulled out a large Ranger Key shaped like a golden anchor, emblazed on it were smaller versions of the helmets of the 15 'sixth rangers' from Super Sentai. He plugged the Gold Anchor Key into the bottom of his Gokai Cellular and scanned it, "Gokai Change!"

GOKAI SILVER! GOLD MODE!

With a flash, Gokai Silver now wore a golden chest plate and back plate with shoulder plates, gold leg guards and wrist guards, while his Gokai Spear had taken on a more arrowhead like appearance. Emblazed on the chest plate were the fifteen masks of the previous Sixth Rangers from Dragon Ranger up to Gosei Knight.

"Wow!" said an awed Yuffie, while Leon and the others also looked awestruck.

"You ain't seen nothing yet!" said Gokai Silver in an eager tone. "Alright, Bosco, let's finish this once and for all!"

"My thoughts exactly!" said Bosco as he rushed at Gokai Silver, delivering several sword strikes that produced only feeble sparks, while Gokai Silver endured the attacks as if they were nothing. He then countered with a spear slash that forced Bosco back several paces, then another spear slash, then a spining slash then a reverse slash that knocked Bosco's Caliblade out of his hands. Gokai Silver then delivered a double spining slash that inflicted enough spark damage to knock Bosco to his knees.

The flamboyant privateer then pulled out a pistol and aimed it at Gokai Silver, but he knocked it out of Bosco's hand with the butt of his spear. Gokai Silver then took out his own Ranger Key, inserted it into a lock on his Gokai Spear and turned it.

FINAL WAVE!

Against a brilliantly colored stars cape, Gokai Silver spun his spear around as the helmets of his predecessors appeared around him, then merged into the tip of his spear with a flash of golden light as he aimed the spear at Bosco. The spear blade glowed with bright blue energy as it charged up.

As Gokai Silver into a striking pose, the ethereal images of GoOn Gold, GoOn Silver and Maji Shine appeared to his left, while the ethereal images of Gosei Knight, Gao Silver, Bouken Silver and Mega Silver appeared on his right.

"Gokai Legend Dream!" shouted Gokai Silver as he and his Sentai comrades took aim with their weapons and unleashed several blasts of energy. The blasts then formed into the ethereal images of the rest of the Sixth Rangers, which zoomed towards Bosco and struck him in turn with their blades weapons or fists.

First to strike was Oh King, then Deka Break, then Shinken Gold, then Kiba Ranger, then Shurikenger, then Abare Killer, then Time Fire, with Gokai Silver delivering a triple spear strike to finish off the spectacular combo which causes massive amount of blue energy to crackle across Bosco.

Gokai Silver stopped several paces behind Bosco as the flamboyant privateer cried out in pain, fell to the floor and exploded. With a flash, he reverted back to his normal silver form, leaning on his spear in exhaustion.

"You did it!" shouted Yuffie as she, Leon, Quistis, King Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Eiji ran over, while Gokai Silver powered down to his normal attire.

"Yeah," said Gai as he grinned in a satisfied manner.

"You idiots!" shouted Uad'kexk as she struggled to sit up, "it's not over! Lady Karlaz will devour your souls!"

"Oh shut up!" shouted Yuffie as she walked over and punched Uad'kexk in the face, yet the reptilian spy remained conscious.

"You think to take me a prisoner!?" Uad'kexk shouted, "you thought wrong! I may be defeated, but my loyalty to Lady Karlaz and Zangyack remains unconquered!" she then clenched her teeth and the soft sound of something breaking could be heard. She then gasped in pain and collapsed to the floor, "Long Live Lady Karlaz!" she shouted, then she stopped breathing.

"She's dead," said Yuffie after she checked for a pulse.

"Suicide pill in a false tooth," said Quistis after checking the mouth of the reptilian spy.

Just then they all heard the sound of metal clanging on the floor. They looked and saw the back plate of Vokarn's armor had fallen off.

"Now what?" Leon asked as they all walked over and examined the armor.

"Hey," said Goofy asked as he cautiously moved the armor with his foot, "it's kinda light."

"It has to be light in order for him to move so fast," said Quistis as she got a closer look at the armor, "and strong. Wait…" she turned the armor over and saw that the helmet wasn't removable. "Wait a minute, I think…no, it's not possible, can it?"

"What, is he a robot or something?" Yuffie asked.

"No, it's a powered suit," said Quistis as she examined the armor further, "one made for someone rather small. Look, the inside is like a command cockpit."

Everyone then heard the sound of tiny feet scurrying around the corner, but when they checked, there wasn't anything there.

"Was that the real Vokarn?" Eiji asked.

"I don't know," said King Mickey, "I just don't know."

"We'll worry about it later," said Leon, "we may have won here, but the real fight isn't over yet."

"Ain't that the truth," said Donald.

"There's the containers!" Doc/Green Flash shouted as he and the others fought their way to the throngs of minions, but then were stopped by five Sugormin whom had their blaster arms aimed at them.

"We'll use these!" shouted Captain Marvelous as he pulled out the Ranger Key for Oh Red of Choriki Sentai Ohranger, while the others pulled out their corresponding Ranger Keys.

"Gokai Change!" they shouted, inserted the keys into their Mobalites and turned them.

OHRANGER!

With a flash, Captain Marvelous now wore the suit of Oh Red, while Joe was Oh Blue, Luka was Oh Yellow, Doc was Oh Green and Ahim was Oh Pink. They rushed at the line of Sugormin, ducked the incoming blaster fire and destroyed the minions, finally reaching the containers that were emitting the pellets that expanded into Combatant Karths, Rinsis, Ugatz, Nanashi and Bibi Soldiers.

The five senshi returned to their normal forms as they faced the containers. Gokai Blue swapped his pistol for Gokai Green's saber, while Gokai Yellow swapped her pistol for Gokai Pink's saber. They all inserted their respective Ranger Keys into their weapons and turned them, powering up for their signature finishing move.

FINAL WAVE!

"Gokai Scramble!" shouted Goaki Red. With that, Gokai Pink and Gokai Green fired their pistols at the containers spewing out Bibi Soldiers and Ugats, while Gokai Blue and Gokai Yellow slashed at the containers spewing Rinsis and Nanashi, while Gokai Red fired his pistol and slashed his saber at the container spewing out Combatant Karths. The energy blasts and slashed hit their targets and the five containers and remaining pellets exploded.

"NO!" shouted Karlaz, "you pirate bastards! Those containers were irreplaceable!"

"So find another way of manufacturing minions!" said Gokai Blue.

"We can't!" said Huvnario Yr, "those containers were made by Xoauiuzzj m'Eossikavo and only he knew how to make them."

"Which is unfortunate for us since Xoauiuzzj m'Eossikavo was beheaded for his insolence," said Janicia.

"Which I do not regret!" said Karlaz, "it matters not, you filthy pirates will still die!"

"Oh, get a dose of sanity already!" said Gokai Yellow, "it's almost over anyway."

By now nearly all the Gormin, Sugormin and other minions were nearly all destroyed, thanks to the efforts of Bouken Red, Geki Yellow, Go-On Green, Shinken Blue and Gosei Pink. The rest of the mooks, upon witnessing the loss of reinforcements, had enacted a general rout back towards the encampment.

One of the mooks had called ahead and the landed warships had taken off and were already overhead the retreating minions. The magnetic chandeliers were lowering to pick up the Gormin and Sugormin, while the remnants of the other mooks had grabbed onto their metal comrades and were raised up into the warships, which then shot up towards space.

"I'll be damned," said Akashi after powering down, while Ran, Hanto, Ryunouske and Eri had did the same, all five of them looking up at the fleeing warships, "Zangyack in retreat!"

"For a moment I believed I was hallucinating," said Ryunouske as he put on a pair of glasses and looked up at the retreating warships, "or maybe get my prescription updated."

"If you're seeing things, then so am I," said Hanto.

"So are the rest of us," said Ran.

"We're not hallucinating," said Eri as she smiled brightly, "we beat them back."

"We did more than beat them," said Gokai Blue, "we broke their sprits."

"They would never have run away like this if they still believed in Karlaz," said Gokai Pink.

"Which means you've lost control over your own followers!" said Gokai Green to Karlaz.

"Guess you won't be sitting on any thrones any time soon," said Gokai Yellow.

"You sons of bitches!" shouted Karlaz as she struggled to free herself from Janicia and Huvnario Yr, "I'll ruin them with my anger!"

"My lady, you mustn't!" shouted Janicia.

"Leave this to us, Lady Karlaz!" said Akyrot as he, Devapioret, Dakkolain, Yadokarikeiri and Sasogon got in front of the insane would-be empress.

"We're still loyal to you, Lady Karlaz!" said Devapioret.

"To you and Zangyack-zappa!" said Dakkolaim.

"We'll destroy these infidels," said Yadokarikeiri.

"They'll pay for their blasphemy!" said Sasogon as she slammed the butt of her spear against the ground, "Blasphemy! Blasphemy! BLASPHEMY!"

"I almost forgot about them," said Gokai Green.

"You think if we ignore them, they'll go away?" Gokai Yellow asked

"Not likely," said Gokai Pink.

"Then let's take them down!" said Gokai Red as he pulled out the Ranger Key for Bouken Red, while the others pulled out the Ranger Keys for the rest of the Boukengers. "Akashi! This is for you and the others!"

"Give them hell!" shouted Akashi, while Ran, Hanto, Ryunouske and Eri nodded in agreement.

"The only ones going to hell are you bastards!" shouted Akyrot, "get them!" with that he, Devapioret, Dakkolaim, Yadokarikeiri and Sasogon rushed at the space pirates.

"Time for the show stopper!" said Gokai Red as he and his crew raised the Ranger Keys and Mobalites.

"Gokai Change!" they all shouted as they inserted the keys into the Mobalites and turned them.

BOUKENGER!

With a flash, Gokai Red was now Bouken Red, armed with the Bouken Bo. Gokai Blue was Bouken Blue, armed with a knuckle duster shaped like a jet turbine, the Knuckle Blow. Gokai Yellow was Bouken Yellow, armed with two bulldozer blades attached to her fists, the Bucket Scoopers. Gokai Green was Bouken Black, armed with a hammer shaped like a driveshaft and a wheel, the Radial Hammer. Gokai Pink was now Bouken Pink, armed with a blaster shaped like a submarine, the Hydro Shooter.

"What the…!?" exclaimed Akyrot as he and his fellow Action Commanders faulted in their attack. This distraction was exactly what Captain Marvelous/Bouken Red and the others needed. They all then rushed at Akyrot.

Captain Marvelous/Bouken Red delivered a slashing strike with his Bouken Bo, slashing Akyrot in the chest. Doc/Bouken Black delivered an upward swing with his Radial Hammer, striking Akyrot on the chin. Joe/Bouken Blue threw a turbine-charged punch with his Knuckle Blow, hitting Akyrot in the chest, Luka/Bouken Yellow delivered a double strike with her Bucket scoopers to Akyrot's midsection and Ahim/Bouken Pink finished the combo with a point-blank blast from her Hydro Shooter.

"NOOOOOO!" shouted Akyrot as red energy crackled across his body. He then fell down and exploded.

"Don't just stand there like dimwits!" shouted Karlaz to the four remaining Action Commanders, "liquidate them!"

"Yes, Lady Karlaz!' shouted Devapioret.

"Let's switch to these!" said Luka/Bouken Yellow as she held up the Ranger Key for Geki Yellow, while her crewmates pulled out the respective Ranger Keys for the rest of Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger.

"Gokai Change!" they shouted as they inserted the keys into their Mobalites and turned them.

GEKIRANGER!

With a flash, Captain Marvelous now wore the red and black tiger themed suit of Geki Red, Joe wore the blue and black jaguar themed suit of Geki Blue, Luka now wore the yellow and black cheetah themed suit of Geki Yellow, Doc wore the purple and black wolf themed suit of Geki Violet and Ahim wore the white and orange rhino themed suit of Geki Chopper, armed with the hand-like blade known as the Sai Blade.

"Damn you!" shouted Devapioret as she rushed at them.

"Geki Waza!" the five shouted as they charged up their energies. Captain Marvelous/Geki Red then aimed his fist at Devapioret, "Ho Ho Dan!" releasing a Geki-charged blast shaped like Geki Tiger that rushed up and hit Devapioret in the midsection.

"Shun Shun Dan!" shouted Luka/Geki Yellow, shooting a Geki blast shaped like Geki Cheetah that also hit Devapioret.

"Ten Ten Dan!" shouted Joe/Geki Blue as he shot a Geki Blast shaped like Geki Jaguar that hit Devapioret.

Doc/Geki Violet ran up to Devapioret, "Ban Ban Chu!" and delivered a massive elbow smash to Devapioret's head.

Ahim/Geki Chopper then jumped up and delivered a downward chop, "Ei Ei To!" hitting Devapioret in he head as well.

"No, I deny it!" shouted Devapioret as energy crackled across her body, "Ryo-Sama!" she then fell down and exploded.

"You won't make me explode-zappa!" shouted Dakkolaim as he charged up his hand fans with electricity and rushed at the five.

"Let's use these now!" said Doc/Geki Violet as he pulled out the Ranger Key for Go-On Green, while his crewmates pulled out the corresponding keys for the rest of the Go-Ongers.

"Gokai Change!" they all shouted as they raised up their keys to their Mobalites, inserted them into the devices and turned them.

GO-ONGER!

With a flash, Captain Marvelous was now Go-On Red, armed with a red sword, the Road Saber. Joe was Go-On Blue, armed with multi-barreled missile launcher, the Garage Launcher. Luka was Go-On Yellow, armed with a stringed weapon, the Racing Bullet. Joe was Go-On Green, armed with the Bridge Axe. Ahim was Go-On Black, armed with a black blaster, the Cowl Laser.

They all then rushed at Dakkolaim with the sound of a high speed race car zooming past. Captain Marvelous/Go-On Red delivered a slash with his Road Saber, Joe/Go-On Blue delivered a multiple missile strike from his Garage launcher, Luka/Go-On Yellow delivered a smashing attack with her Racing Bullet, Doc/Go-On Green delivered an axe strike with his Bride Axe and Ahim/Go-On Black delivered a barrage of blaster fire from her Cowl Laser.

"This may be the end of me, but not of my comrades-zappa!" shouted Dakkolaim as energy crackled across his body, "Gairak BANZAI!" he then fell down and exploded.

"I'm going to take your heads and stick them on a row of pikes!" shouted Yadokarikeiri as he began swinging his flying guillotine.

"We'll use these now!" said Joe/Go-Oh Blue as he pulled out the Ranger Key for Shinken Blue, while his crewmates pulled out the corresponding keys for the other Shinkengers.

"Gokai Change!" they shouted as they raised their keys to their Mobalites, inserted them into the devices and turned them.

SHINKENGER!

With a flash, Captain Marvelous was now Shinken Red, Joe was Shinken Blue, Luka was Shinken Yellow, Doc was Shinken Green and Ahim Shinken Pink. They all rushed at Yadokarikeiri and delivered several Mojikara-charged slashes with their Shinkenmaru, inflicting massive amounts of damage onto Yadokarikeiri and cutting the chain of his flying guillotine in multiple places, while cutting the beheading part in half.

"I regret nothing!" shouted Yadokarikeiri as energy crackled across his body, before he fell down and exploded.

"Weakling fools! I don't need them!" shouted Sasogon, "Weaklings! Weaklings! WEAKLINGS! I'll finish you pirates off myself!"

"How about these for a showstopper?" Ahim/Shinken Pink asked as she pulled out the Ranger Key for Gosei Pink, while her crewmates pulled out the corresponding keys for the rest of the Goseigers.

"Gokai Change!" they shouted as they raised the keys to their Mobalites, inserted them into the devices and tuned them.

GOSEIGER!

With a flash, Captain Marvelous was now Gosei Red, armed with a red sword that resembled the tail of a dragon, the Skyick Sword. Joe was now Gosei Blue, armed with a blue and gold energy crossbow that could shoot with the speed of a shark, the Seaick Bowgun. Luka was now Gosei Yellow, armed with a clawed weapon stylized after the fangs of a saber tooth tiger, the Landick Claw. Doc was now Gosei Black, armed with an axe that had the crushing power of a snake, the Landick Axe. Ahim was now Gosei Pink, armed with the Skyick Shot.

"Let's put them together for the finisher!" said Ahim/Gosei Pink.

"Right!" said her crewmates. The five of them then shouted, "Assemble, Gosei Buster!" they then combined their weapons into a large blaster-like weapon, with the Skyick Sword as the center, the Seaick Bowgun as the front, the Landick Claw and Landick Axe as the sides and the Skyick Shot as the back.

The five of them then pulled out Gosei Cards, "Gosei Dynamite!" they shouted as the cards expanded and then were inserted into card slots on the Gosei Buster, which then began charging with energy.

FLASHING SKYICK POWER!

RAGING LANDICK POWER!

SERENE SEAICK POWER!

"PUNISH!" shouted the five as they shot a massive blast from the Gosei Buster that hit Sasogon full on, causing massive amounts of spark damage.

"NO! This is unacceptable!" shouted Sasogon as energy crackled across her body, "Unacceptable! Unacceptable! UNACCEPTABLE!" with that she fell down and exploded.

The five then returned to their normal Gokaiger forms and turned to face Karlaz, Janicia and Huvnario Yr "And now it's just you three," said Captain Marvelous.

"I'd give up now while you can," said Akashi as he, Ran, Hanto, Ryunouske and Eri ran over.

"Give up?!" exclaimed Kalraz as she finally pushed Janicia away from her, "GIVE UP!?" she then laughed like the maniac she was, "I have not yet begun to fight! You may have defeated my Action Commanders and vanquished my innumerable hordes! But so long as I have my armada, I am invincible!" She then looked at Huvnario Yr, "signal the armada! Order every warship to converge on the planet and unleash hell on these infidels! Target with lasers! Target with missiles and torpedoes! Use kinetic bombardment! Hell, toss down the kitchen sinks! I want those filthy pirates and their allies dead!"

"My lady," said the cyborg majordomo in a voice that betrayed a feeling of hopelessness, "my lady…the armada, it is gone."

At that Karlaz's lower left eyelid twitched. "I beg your pardon?" she asked in a calm tone, yet her eyes blazed with outrage.

"The armada is no longer in orbit around Radiant garden, Lady Karlaz," said Huvnario Yr, "the warships were either destroyed by the Zumakali or have initiated an emergency dimensional shift, returning to our universe. Only the flagship, The Great Manticore, is still above us, but the ship is in no condition to fight. Primary propulsion is out, weapons are out and shields failing. Repair crews are furiously working to get the emergency dimensional shifter back online but we must leave now."

"Leave?" Karlaz asked in an unsteady tone as her eyelid continued to twitch, "what do you mean, 'leave?'"

"We must retreat while we still can, Lady Karlaz!" said the cyborg majordomo, "fallback to the empire where you can rebuild your forces. Can't you see that the campaign is lost? You must escape so you can conquer another day!"

"But if I run away, I'll lose everything," said Karlaz, "I'll be branded an incompetent coward in the eyes of the empire, and everything I had worked for to become empress, it would have amounted to nothing!" She then glared at Huvnario Yr with defiant fury, "run away, you say? The offspring of Akudos Gill never runs away! I can still win! Signal the Great Manticore to fire the enlargement cannons."

"Is the enlargement cannons still active?" Janicia asked.

"Standby," said Huvnario Yr, his cybernetic brain implants blinking as he made contact with the flagship in orbit, "yes, the enlargement cannons are still online, but there's only enough power for one shot."

"One shot?" Karlaz asked, "only one?" with that she screeched with fury, ensnared her cyborg majordomo by the neck and began strangling him. He tried to pry her hands away but her grip was too strong.

"My lady, stop it!" shouted Janicia as she tried to get Kalraz to release Huvnario Yr, "stop it! Don't kill him! Please, don't do it!"

"Why not!?" exclaimed Kalraz, "why shouldn't I get rid of this incompetent idiot!"

"You still need him, Lady Karlaz!" said Janicia, "and besides, there are other ways to enlarge a monster."

At that Karlaz calmed down and released Huvnario Yr, causing the cybernetic majordomo to fall to the ground, coughing and gasping for breath.

"Of course," said Karlaz as she smiled a smile that was both joyful and insidious, "there are other ways to enlarge a monster," she then looked down at Huvnario Yr, "tell the flagship to fire the enlargement canon at what's left of Akyrot. The others will make themselves big all their own."

"Yes…Lady Karlaz," gasped the cyborg majordomo. His cybernetic implants then flashed as he signaled the flagship.

A few seconds later a blast from the enlargement canons hit the remains of Akyrot and before everyone's eyes, he was brought back to life, only now several hundred feet tall.

"Yes! I'm back!" the giant version of Akyrot shouted.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" exclaimed Gokai Yellow.

Just then Devapiortet got back up, "it's about to get worse, humans! Ringi! Jashin Gōten Hen!"

With that, Devapioret enlarged several hundred feet, laughing triumphantly as she towered over the Gokaigers.

"I hoped she didn't know that technique," said Ran.

"At least Dakkolaim didn't have any Bikkurium," said Hanto.

Just then there was a green flash and Dakkolaim got back up and enlarged several hundred feet. "Industrial Revolution!" he shouted triumphantly as he reached his full size.

"Oh, come on!" exclaimed Gokai Yellow.

"At least it can't get any worse," said Gokai Blue.

"You've spoken too soon," said Ryunouske, "Ayakashi have two lives, remember?"

Just then Yadokarikeiri came back, now several hundred feet tall. "You human filth!" he shouted upon reaching his full size, "I'll crush you like ants!"

"I don't suppose it'd be too much to ask if…" said Eri, just as a flock of bat-like creatures flew over the heads of our heroes.

"What were those things?" Gokai Pink asked as the bat creatures flew towards and hovered above the remains of Sasogon.

"Bibi Bugs," said Eri in a defeated tone, just as the creatures, the Bibi Bugs, rolled up into hypodermic shapes and plunged into Sasogon, injecting her with poisonous energy that brought her back to life and enlarged her several hundred feet.

"Now this is acceptable!" shouted the giant Sasogon after reaching her full height, "acceptable! Acceptable! ACCEPTABLE!"

"Okay, we're now officially in trouble," said Akashi as he and the others looked up at the five giant monsters.

The end of chapter 9.

Next chapter brings this explosive tale to a dynamite conclusion. Reviews will be rewarded with cake and pie. See you then!