Loop 43

King Mondo glared down at the earth in utter frustration. "This defies all calculations! How is it that some mere humans are able to stand against us, the might Machine Empire! Champions and rebels have fallen by the thousands as our forces have marched through their worlds and yet these... teenagers... have managed to defeat us at every turn!"

"It isn't that dark, my liege," Klank proclaimed, bowing at the waist. "I am sure that our next attack will be the one to eliminate them!"

"Or it will merely be another distraction!" Mondo complained.

"You must calm yourself, dear," Queen Machina stated, fanning herself. "It does no good to overheat your circuits. The pesky rangers will be defeated soon enough and even Dark Specter will see that it is us that should rule!"

A dark laugh filled the air and the wicked robots turned about, searching for the source. "Is that what you think?" the voice chuckled from the shadows, her slender frame hidden and masked. "You believe that the forces of evil cower at your name? You haven't been paying attention, if that is what you believe. I have been listening, speaking with warriors and overlords and tyrants from here to the shoulder of Orion and I tell you that I hear the same in all the corners of the galaxy. Laughter. Laughter at the once proud House of Gadgetry... rendered obsolete by Zordon's band of infants."

"Obso... obsolete?" King Mondo exclaimed, motioning for several Cogs to open fire on the intruder. "I will show you obsolete!"

But when the Cogs shot at the intruder she was already gone, moving from shadow to shadow with only a short, taunting laugh to let them know where she moved. Machina ducked for cover and Mondo had to dive away as the intruder moved to stand behind the King and Queen, the Cogs opening fire and nearly striking them. Klank and Orbus weren't so lucky, both getting hit and being sent down with a shower of sparks.

"Do you hear them laughing, Mondo?" the intruder taunted. "Do their cackles fill their ears? I thought perhaps they were wrong to mock you but what I have seen just now has failed to impress me. But still..." suddenly the intruder was before them, tilting her head as she took them in, "...perhaps what you need is the proper generals."

Mondo, trying to regain control of the situation, stood up once more and turned his optics towards the intruding female. "And that would be you?"

"It would," the intruder said. She just on the high end of being short, with long black hair that was streaked with silver strands. She wore an all black outfit that all the younger female conquers were favoring this decade, though hers was studded with machinery and gargets. Where her left eye should have been there was a piece of metal that surrounded a red optic, stretching from her temple to down her neck, the skin around the implant having seemingly grown over it... or the piece had burst from her body. She wore a black glove on her left hand but her right was mechanical, with pistons churning as she flexed her fingers. Sliding out of the sleeve on her right arm was a large needle-like appendage that would make any living creature squirm.

"I am Tungsten Trini of the Steel Brigade," she said, her face utterly impassionate even as her words seemed to hint at emotion.

"Never heard of you before," Machina stated coolly.

"You avoid KO-35," Trini stated. "I was the pink ranger of that planet... until my mind was opened."

"Opened?" Mondo asked.

Trini lifted up her arm and the needle extended. "My veins were filled with the Wall-E Virus and my mind was shown the glories of order and logic. Where others have sought to purge organics of their emotions the Creator, Johnny-5, sought to merge the emotion and cunning of humanity with the logic and dedication of the machine. I, and my partner, are the final result."

"And you would seek to aid us... what, out of the goodness of your heart?" Mondo complained.

"My heart merely pumps what little blood I have left through my organs," Trini stated simply. "I aid you because the power of the Machine Empire would allow me to continue on with my task, to spread the virus to all organisms and convert them into beings like myself. I would aid you with only the request of receiving information on some of your technology. Nothing more."

"Hmmm... perhaps, perhaps," Mondo mumbled to himself.

Machine spoke up. "You speak of a partner?"

"He was converted before me... he is far more machine now than man. Ja-Sun?" Trini turned, motioning for Jason to enter... and nearly broke character as he walked in. The two of them had developed their characters in secret after waking up in the middle of the Peace Conference and deciding that rather than try and get back their powers they would have some fun with the House of Gadgetry. Trini had based her outfit on the Borg.

Jason had based his on a costume a five your old would make for a school play.

"Beep, boop,' Jason said, shuffling in. He wore dryer tubing on his arms and legs and had spray painted some work gloves with silver paint to create his limbs. A large box formed his robot body, covered in tin foil and glitter with Christmas tree lights strung around it, and he wore another, smaller box on his head with a coat hanger on top. "Beep… I am Ja-Sun. Take me to your lea-der."

"Of… of course," Trini said, struggling not to laugh. She couldn't even be mad at this point, as he just looked so ridiculous. "May I present King Mondo."

"Hello, King Mondo," Jason said in a monotone voice. "Beep. Boop."

"Ah, greetings Ja-Sun," Mondo said pleasantly. "I must say, I was concerned about your companion, what with her being rather fleshy, but to see that this Wall-E virus could turn you into a rather powerful looking robot I must say my concerns were unfounded."

"I do agree," Machina purred, coming up and running her hand over Jason's cardboard box chest. "I like what I see."

"So do I," Klank said as he sat up, eying Jason up in a way that had Trini feel rather uncomfortable.

Mondo pounded his staff into the ground. "Yes! I do believe I will make you my new generals… no… that is far too pedantic for the likes of you. You shall be my new Duke and Duchess!"

"Thank you, your highness," Trini said, bowing low.

"I can not bend, beep."

"Quite alright… I get that way in the morning myself," Mondo whispered. "Now then, are you ready to defeat the Rangers?"

"We are!" Trini declared only to wonder how this was going to work out. King Mondo was clearly an idiot but their friends would recognize them… especially Jason!... and realize this was some odd trick…

~An Hour Later~

"They're just too powerful!" Kat declared as Trini, with a bored expression, shoved Rocky away.

"Where did Mondo find these guys?" Adam declared, punching at Jason's costume and growling in fury. "It's like hitting a box covered in tin foil! My blows do nothing! I'm getting off balanced!"

"Beep. Boop." Jason swung his arm and managed to hit Adam, sending him flying with a yell.

"We need to do something!" Tanya declared. "Otherwise we are doomed!"

"You are doomed!" Trini declared with a hammy laugh; while the fight was utterly disappointing she couldn't let them know that. She realized she should have seen that coming… thanks to several lifetimes worth of training, including one with almost every ranger at her command, as well as spending so much time bonding with the power of the Yellow Zeo Crystal, she was just so powerful that normal ranger moves did nothing. Honestly, if she were evil she could have taken over the planet in a week at this rate. "The glorious Machine Empire will claim this planet! Resistance is Futile! You will be assimilated!" She stuck out her needle… and sprayed silly string at them.

The rangers cried out and rolled about like she was actually firing acid at them.

"Never!" Tommy shouted. "We'll never bow to you! Kiai!" He leapt in the air only for Jason to just trudge forward and smack him flat out his butt.

"Out of my way, sissy boy!"

"Sissy boy?" Tommy complained.

"Beep. Boop. I've seen your hair. It is either that or you are compensating for something."

"Nailed that one on the head," Kat whispered.

"Come on guys, we have to give it one more chance!" Tommy said, desperate to distract them from what Jason had said. "Let's go! Power Rangers!"

With that the team charged.

~3 Days Later~

"…have overthrown the pathetic King Mondo and declare themselves the new rulers of the Machine Empire!" Klank declared to the gathered public of Angel Grove, all of who were kneeling. "Long live King Ja-Sun and Queen Trini!"

"…how did this even happen?" Zara whispered, standing in her Iron Dragon Queen form, waving to the crowd with a fake smile on her lips.

"Honestly it just escalated quickly," Trini admitted, waving sheepishly to her new subjects.

Meanwhile Kat, wearing a silver one piece body suit, was working to put new tin foil on Jason's box. "Mmmm… I was so wrong to reject the forces of evil and side with good. I'm bad… so bad… and just for you!" She rubbed Jason's tube arm. "Let's assimilate together!"

"Beep, boop?" Jason said, just as confused as Trini in how they'd managed to enslave the world.

Loop 44

With Trini unawake for this loop, it being baseline, and no other guest loopers or anchors coming in, Jason, upon awakening to discover that he'd just given up the Gold Ranger Powers ('so much for getting an extra Zeo Crystal or staff') and realizing that Zara was going to need some time to repair (and she was seriously annoyed whenever she woke up under the Command Center with her wires torn out and her arm missing) had decided that it was time to settle an old score that he'd been waiting to deal with for QUITE a while.

Divatox.

While it had been over a thousand years (give or take, he was losing track of how old he truly was) he still remembered how she had turned him and Kim evil and sicced them on the newly created Turbo Rangers. While he had no problem with pretending to be evil (though it had been odd in the last loop; Ja-Sun had finally had to stage his own defeat when the newly re-evil Kat had begged to carry his robotic child and explained in graphic detail how that would be possible despite him being a robot with no functioning reproductive organs) for a few laughs actually being evil was something he'd never do. Divatrox had robbed him of who he was and nearly turned him into a monster. And then, to truly put the icing on the crap cake that was the Space Pirate and her influence on his life, she had been the one to lead the assault that destroyed the Command Center. The Command Center… the place where he had become a man. His second home. The place where he had had his eyes opened to the wider world and had his destiny forever opened.

'And that shrieking, whining, petulant little… bitch… marched in and destroyed it…'

Oh yes… Jason had been waiting. Waiting to exact his revenge. He wasn't going to kill her… oh no. He was going to make her LONG for death. To make her plead for it. But he wouldn't give her the relief. He would make her suffer. He would torture her in such a way that if it weren't for the loops every evil despot that would ever glance at Earth and consider it a target would turn tail and run. His would be a revenge worthy of the ages.

Divatox, not realizing the doom that was waiting for her, was in the middle of plotting her scheme to release her monstrous fiancée when there was a knock on the door of her ship.

"Whatever was that?" she asked, cocking an ear towards the door only to blink when there was a knock again. "What in the world?" Stomping towards the door she threw it open and Jason was revealed…

…wearing a suit and tie, a pair of glasses on his nose and a briefcase in his hands.

"IRS," he said blandly.

"IRS? Really? Please… you think I fear your human conventions. Maybe I should destroy you now."

Jason merely stared at her. "Is this Mivatox's ship?"

"No, I'm Divatox."

"Ah. Sorry, wrong address."

Divatox shrugged and shut the door. "What a foolish little-"

There was another knock at the door.

Divatox, frustrated beyond belief, ripped the door open and found Jason standing there again, only this time he had on a springy alien antenna headband.

"Space IRS," he said.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Divatrox screamed in horror, clawing at her face.

"Ma'am, there is a ten space dollar penalty for screaming. Please bring it down by 53 decibels."

"Oh, sorry," Divatox said before whispering, "Is this better?"

"It will do."

"nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" she whisper-screamed as Jason walked over to a control panel and used it as a desk, opening his briefcase and pulling out some papers.

"I'm afraid your Space Tax Forms were improperly filed."

"That was my nephew, Elgar… well, not really my nephew, since I don't have family… that I know of… it's more like a Big Brothers/Big Sisters thing. He has special needs and I let him hang out with me to buck him up."

"Be that as it may we'll need to do a full audit of your expenses."

Jason smirked as Divatox whimpered.

Revenge was sweet.

Loop 45

"Those pesky rangers!" Rita screeched as she watched them destroy yet another one of the monsters she had painstakingly created (aka she had watched Finster actually create it and then, like a good Empress, claimed credit it for it). "Well, they think they are done with Heat Stroke? Think again!" Rita hefted up her staff. "Magic Wand! Make my monster GROW!"

With a throw that would have had MLB scouts rushing to her door had they not feared her destroying them with a bolt of magic lightning, Rita sent her staff (Because it was a staff and not a wand, despite how she tried to brand it) hurtling towards the earth and her monster, the magic within it ready to flow into her monster and make it a titanous creature of pure evil that would utterly destroy the rangers! And yes, she had heard the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, why did you ask and that is a lovely giant rabbit standing behind you! Rita cackled as her wand hurtled towards the ground, ready to turn the tide of the battle once more-

"YOINK!"

"What?" Rita exclaimed, watching as the Red Ranger leapt up and caught her staff before it could hit the ground. "Hey, give that back!"

Jason merely looked up (if he heard her or not was up for debate) and shook his head. "Finder's keepers!" Without even pausing he began to run away, shouting "Woop woop woop!".

"No fair! No fair!" Rita screamed.

"Uh… are we supposed to do something?" Zack asked.

Billy scratched his head…er… helmet. "I can not accurately say."

"Why am I still alive? I took a laser to the face!" the monster whined.

Loop 46

"Our eyes have been opened!" Bulk declared to the gathered people at the rec center. "Skull and I have decided to make our community a better place!"

And rather than announce they were becoming cops… the two of them ripped off their pants to reveal they were wearing sparkly red thongs.

"We have joined the Junior Male Stripper Corps!"

~30 Seconds Later~

"Do you hear screaming?" Zara asked Jason as the two sat in the park, enjoying some hot dogs.

Jason shrugged. "Not sure. Not my problem… I'm staying out of the drama this loop."

Loop 47

"Blub blub blub!" a putty declared, making its way over to Jason where he stood. He'd just left to get some groceries for his mother when the squad had appeared, doing their stupid bobbing dancing movements that were supposed to be threatening but just came off as incredibly stupid. As for why they were attacking them Jason reasoned Rita just wanted to get him in trouble with his mom or make the milk spoil or some other stupid reason. With the petty space witch it honestly didn't matter; she just wanted to cause problems for him because she was bored and Billy hadn't invented 'EvilAliensOnly Dot Com' yet ("You don't have to lonely… at EvilAliensOnly DotCome!").

Jason sighed and fell into a martial arts stance. "Guys, I'm really not in the mood so I don't have time for the standard quips and posturing. So how about I just destroy you real quick and call it a day, okay? Mom is making chicken and rice tonight-"

"Wait!" Zara called out, hurrying over to where Jason and the Putties were posturing, a large floppy hat on her head and a pair of sunglasses perched on her nose. "Sorry, I was shopping when I saw you guys and this is the perfect chance to try out something I've wanted to do!"

"Why were you shopping? What is there left for you to buy after all this time?"

Zara merely patted him on the cheek. "Spoken like a man. Now then," she turned to address the putties that were still watching the two of them. "Hello boys!" Zara said with a grin, thrusting out her arms wide. "So, quick question: what are you going to do tomorrow?"

The putties looked at each other, confused.

"Oh, haven't thought of that, have you?" Zara said, now tapping her chin. "Okay then, let me ask you this: what do you get from completing your mission?" The putties once more looked at each other before they began to flail their arms about. "Yeah, sure, you obey Rita. But why? Because she created you?" The putties all nodded their heads. "And that means she has full right to command you? To dictate every thing you do?" The putties tilted their heads before their gestures grew more violent, though Zara showed no sign of caring. "I'm not saying you can't be evil! Hey, if you want to terrorize the humans, terrorize them."

"Uh, Zara?" Jason said.

"Shhh, the big kids are talking." She turned back to the putties. "My point is this: what does she give you in return for you doing what SHE wants… rather than doing what YOU want? Do you get to change the attack plan if it is foolish?" The putties slowly shook their heads. "What about when you are only mildly injured? Does Finster put you back together?" More head shakes. "Do you get your pick of the loot when the battle is done or are rewarded with a planet once victory is achieved?"

The putties shook their heads harder and while their faces were pretty emotionless it was clear, from their 'blub blub blubs' that they were getting angry. They were, for the first time in their existence, actually thinking about what their lives were like and what they got out of serving Rita. And the answer was 'not that much'.

Zara, at this point, had pulled out a pair of black horn-rimmed glasses and placed them on her nose, her fists clenched as she gestured at the putties who were now listening to her completely. "Putties, look at yourselves! Go ahead, take a look around!" The putties glanced at each other and murmured. "Oh Putties you been had." The putties started at that and began to murmur in agreement. "Hoodwinked!" The murmurs grew louder. "Bamboozled!" The putties growled angrily. "Run amuck!" The blub-blubs were filled with rage. "We didn't land on Angel Grove! Angel Grove landed on us!"

The 'blub blub blubs' were filled with outrage.

~One Day Later~

Rita blinked as she stared out from the balcony of her Moon Palace. But for once it wasn't the Earth that was the focus of her attention, but rather just below the Palace, where every single Putty that Finster had made that were still mobile had formed a picket line. They were marching about the palace, holding up signs that read 'Equal Pay For Equal Destruction', 'Don't Slay The Clay', and 'Putty Are Putties Too!'.

"What do we want?" One putty (who looked like that teen Zara the red ranger occasionally hung out with wearing a Putty Patrol costumed… but no, who would ever wear something like that?) cried out, holding a bullhorn.

"Blub blub blub!"

"When do we want it?"

"Blub!"

"What do we want?"

"Blub blub blub!"

"When do we want it?"

"Blub!"

"Those… those… ingrates! How dare they betray me like this! Finster, make me some new putties… loyal ones… to destroy those treasonous… Finster?"

"What do we want?"

"Better sculpting tools!" Finster declared as he held up his own signed, which read 'I Want New Tools' (Finster was good at sculpting but not at writing up catching slogans).

"When do we want it?"

"Soonish!"

Rita glowered. "Goldar, go get Scorpina and bust up that strike!"

"I… I would, Mistress, but Scorpina isn't here."

"Where is she?"

Goldar pointed out past the mob, where Scorpina was weakly watching the strike.

"Get in here!" Rita cried out.

"I'm not crossing a picket line!" Scorpina called back.

"Oh grow a spine!" Rita complained. "Get over here!"

Scorpina gulped and took a step forward-

"SCAB!" Finster screamed, the putties turning and pouncing on Scorpina, who screamed as she was swallowed up by the strikers, the last thing Rita saw was her hand slowly being pulled into the mass of writhing gray bodies.

Jason, also dressed as a putty, turned to Zara. "That went dark real quickly."

"Meh, not that dark…"

"Storm the palace!" Finster screamed, now thirsty for blood.

"Getting darker," Jason declared, wondering just which spike would end up housing Rita's head.

Loop 48

Jason and the large group he was a part of walked through the park, each licking at their ice cream. It was a bigger group than he was used to hanging out with but that wasn't a bad thing. In fact, part of him was wondering if there was a way to keep his circle of friends as large as it currently was for quite some time.

There were of course his oldest friends: Billy who could outthink and out invent anyone in the world, Kimberly who hid a massive heart behind a valley girl façade, Zack who was the life of the party because he wanted everyone to be as happy as he was, and an unawake Trini who cared for everyone and kept their feet on the ground. Then there were the two newcomers to the group. First Tommy, the man that had become his brother in all that meant, good and bad. His rival, his sparring partner, his pain in the ass buddy and his loyal ally. He had just returned to them as the White Ranger, finally earning his spot on the team without baggage or darkness. Then there was Zara, his zord and co-anchor, who was snarky and loved pranks but also had a thirst and delight for life. In this loop she was the mysterious Scarlet Ranger once more, aiding the rangers in secret. And finally rounding out the group were the three newest aditions: the greatest second in command a man could have in Rocky, the strong and resilient Adam, and the fierce yet caring Aisha.

It was just after the three from Stone Canyon had been let in on the secret but this time Jason had decided to bring them into the group much sooner than the baseline. He'd already done the same with Zara and her in turn had helped get Tommy closer to them, so that Jason could play off realizing something was wrong with Tommy soon and, in turn, 'find' the Scarlett Ranger and ask her to help save the Green Ranger. With Rocky, Adam, and Aisha he'd merely 'reasoned' that they should be kept close to protect them and besides they were great people.

They'd been hanging out together for a few weeks now and things were going great. The Peace Conference wasn't going to happen (Zara had disappeared one night and in the morning Jason had learned that all the applications had mysteriously been reduced to ashes; Zara liked Trini and Kim and didn't want them going either) so that meant that there was no need to transfer the powers to the three newcomers.

'Of course I still need to make them rangers,' Jason thought as he licked his chocolate ice cream cone (everyone had gone with color coordinated but Jason figured the gold ranger had a mostly black costume so he could swing chocolate). 'Maybe see if Ninjor won't just make coins for them too… and Zara really needs one as well.'

Yes, it was a lovely, wonderful day.

Which was why it really sucked that Jason got shot in the shoulder three seconds later.

"Jace!" Zack shouted as Jason felt to the ground, the impact of the blast knocking him right off his feet. The other Rangers moved to protect Jason and their friends (and to their credit Rocky, Aisha, and Adam all fell into defensive stances, ready to battle in needed) but it mattered not as the mystery assailant threw out a series of series of black fat discs that, upon hitting the unmorphed rangers and their friends, released cables that wrapped around their torsos, trapping their arms against their sides. The only one not hit was Jason and he was in no position to help as he was currently dealing with the fact that a hole the size of a golf ball had been blown out of his left shoulder. Billy and Tommy were the first to struggle forward only for the two to scream out in pain as the discs on their chests flashed and blue energy shot out of it and into their bodies. The rest of Jason's friends also cried out as the energy hit them, the three non-rangers instantly knocked out while the others fought and struggled, clearly in great pain. Jason glanced at Zara and saw that even she was affected, unable to enlarge herself or shift into her zord form in order to break free. That left him alone with their assailant who slowly made his wave from the treeline he'd been hiding behind, casually shooting at the ground to motivate at onlookers to get moving.

The thing approaching him was clearly a monster, that must was clear. Bulkier and taller than most people, its shoulders were wider than its torso was long yet its arms seemed far too short for something of its size and stature. What skin that could be seen was black as obsidian with a few yellow stripes running along his bare arms and exposed sides. The rest of the body was covered in orange and red armor with each major piece designed to look like the head of an animal: a rhino and a bull for the legs, with the heads serving as the kneecaps, a hawk and a panther for the arms with their heads forming the pauldrons, and the chest looking like a lion's roaring mouth. The monster wore an eyeless helm, or at least that's what it appeared to be, and the only thing visible was his wife gaping mouth, which was far too large for his skull. A cape designed to look like wings hung from his back and in his hand he held a long sniper rifle while more of the discs dangled from his belt.

"Far too easy," the monster declared. "And here I thought you would be a challenge for the great Beastiarex!"

Jason grunted, still silently casting wandless healing spells on his shoulder. "What did you do to my friends?"

"Just restraining cables. Use their own strength against them. The stronger they are… the worst it feels." Bestiarex ran a dark purple tongue along his sharp teeth. "But don't worry… I'm not interested in them. It's you I want." The monster reasoned down and grabbed Jason by the head, lifting him up so they could look at each other, eye to non-visible eye. "They still teach about you in schools, you know. Of your exploits and heroism. Jason Scott was considered to be a great man. Leader of the Power Rangers, the first to usher in an age of protection for the Planet Earth that would last centuries after your death." Bestiarex began to squeeze Jason's head. "But that was another life."

Jason fought off a scream and instead choked out. "You'll find I'm full of surprises!" He thrust out his hand, a wandless Bone Breaker on the tip of his tongue, only to find it wasn't needed as Bestiarex bellowed in pain and sparks exploded from his back. The monster dropped Jason and the Red Ranger had his morpher out before he hit the ground. His concern for his secrets was gone and he thrust out the morpher, activating the Red Legacy Ranger powers and armoring him in the Gold Zeo/Red Mighty Morphin' merged costume. Drawing forth his Zeo Power Sword Jason was ready to lash out at the monster only to find himself staring at the newcomer that had saved him.

Another ranger.

She was a pink ranger, that was easy enough to determine, but her uniform wasn't of the Mighty Morphin Era, nor did it look like the Alien Rangers. It might have fit with the Zeo Rangers but even then there were enough differences to make it clear to Jason that this wasn't a time-displaced Kat. The helmet was much more soldier like, with the upper half sticking out further like the visor on a riot gear helmet. The main section where one would look through was pink and looked vaguely like a heart (thus the potential Zeo connecton) but the rest of the suit was solid pink save for silver bracers and the cuffs of her boats and a bit of white on her chest. She had a silver ranger gun drawn but held it like a trained cop, bracing her wrist and never letting it leave her target. From her stance Jason could tell that she was someone who had a ton of training and not just as a ranger.

"Hands in the air, Bestiarex. We do this the easy way and no one gets hurt."

"How is this possible?! You don't exist in this time!"

"It's in the name, Bestiarex: Time Force. It is our duty to protect not only our present but the past as well. We've been tracking you for weeks, watching as you took your little jaunts through time to engage in your hunts. We were gathering evidence because you were just going after species that are extinct in 2996 but when you decided to begin hunting humans that's when we decided to draw the line!"

"No just any human!" Bestiarex snarled. "With a ranger's head mounted on my wall I will be the most feared hunter in all of the galaxy!"

"Not going to happen," the pink ranger said firmly.

"You're already too late!" Bestiarex cackled. "I wounded him… and now I'll-"

And that's when he turned and received a punch from Jason right in his overly-large mouth.

"What?! How can this be?"

"You keep saying that," Jason said, raising his sword. "I don't think you know what that phrase means."

"No matter! I'll just take the heads of two leaders!" With that he swung out his sniper rifle and began to fire on the rangers, forcing Jason to leap over to the Pink Ranger and cast a shielding spell with his Elder Wand-Merged Sword, blocking the blasts.

"Okay, so I'm assuming you know this guy," Jason said as the monster continued to pound on his shield. "So you take lead. What can I do to help you?"

The pink ranger was, for a moment, clearly startled that Jason was so easily allowing her to take command but quickly pushed that aside. "Okay, so the biggest issue is going to be that patch on his skin." She pointed to a square of odd skin on the monster's left arm. "A lot of mutants got DNA augmentation that allows them to swell in size if that comes in contact with air."

"Why is it everything likes to grow huge?" Jason complained.

The pink ranger shook her head. "It also cuts your lifespan down by half, so it is just really foolish but they honestly don't care. The problem is if that is exposed then it grows and Time Force doesn't have a Megazord to send me. What about you… can you summon your zords?"

"I can but it would be better if we freed Zara."

"Why is that?" the Pink Ranger asked.

"She's a zord herself," Jason said, figuring it couldn't hurt to clue the Pink Time Force Ranger in on that secret. "Long story. But we free her and she can go super size as well." Jason paused, considering something. "Is it all their blood or just that patch that makes them grow?"

"Just the patch."

"So if it isn't connected?"

The Pink Ranger considered this before quickly nodding. "That would work. Problem is that my Chrono Sabers won't cut through its arm… they are designed to stun and put a monster into chrono stasis… not remove limbs."

"My sword doesn't have that problem," Jason said, holding up the enhanced Power Sword. "I'll distract it while you free Zara. Then we'll swap and I can go in for the finisher. Agreed?"

"Agreed." With that the pink ranger rolled away from the shield while Jason began to cast spells at the mutant hunter, first trying for some Miko powers but when that did little to faze him he switched to firing off a combination of defensive spells and distracting ones in order to keep the monster's focus on him. A Tickling Charm, a Leg Locker, and high powered Lumos… just switched up as quick as he could, thankful he'd kept up his dueling training even after his long absence from Hogwarts. Bestiarex seemed more than happy to focus on Jason and thus the Pink Time Force Ranger got over to Zara and removed to Restraining Disc from her, the Zord-Turned-Human glaring at the monster that had hurt Jason as she pulled out her own morpher.

"It's Morphin Time! Legacy Tyrantrum! Scarlet Ranger!" Swinging her bladed staff she nodded to the Pink Ranger before the two of them began to attack Bestiarex from behind, taunting him and driving him to focus solely on the ladies. Jason, the moment the monster turned from him, activated the Invisibility Cloak that was merged with his armor and disappeared, quietly moving along the battle field before waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

It came when Zara and the Pink Ranger moved in for an attack, only for Bestiarex to slash at Zara. Jason knew his friend though and the way she staggered was a move he'd taught her, a variant on the Drunk Man's Stumble, designed to look like someone had been hit when in reality they were fine. Bestiarex moved in for the kill only to find Zara with solid footing and her staff lashing out, driving into his stomach and cutting of a chunk of his armor.

"A scratch! You do little more than scratch me! I am the living embodiment of the hunt and I will have your head in my trophy roooAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGHHH!" The mutant cried out as Jason came visible and swiped down, taking his arm off while channeling a sword-version of the Flame Whip spell through his blade to cauterize the wound. The Pink Ranger didn't wait a second and leapt into the air, her blades going into a 3 o'clock position as she struck down and took him out, reducing him to the size and look of an action figure.

"If you say 'Time's Up' I will smack you," Zara quipped before the Pink Ranger could say a word.

"She means thanks for the help," Jason said before powering down, figuring that this ranger already knew who he was. Zara did the same and got to work on Trini while the Pink Ranger, after a moment, powered down as well, revealing herself to be a dark haired woman wearing a white uniform with a black shirt underneath. She was younger than he'd expected, around his age, but the way she behaved made her seem older. There was a steel in her, a professionalism that Jason himself saw in his own eyes and worked to keep out of his younger self's voice whenever he gave a command. "Sorry about that… she's a bit… brash."

"And you love me for it!" Zara sang as she freed Trini.

"Jason Scott," he said, ignoring Zara, and offering his hand. "Though I suppose you know that."

"Yeah," the Pink Ranger said. "Jennifer Scotts. Friends call me Jen." She then noticed his shoulder. "You're hurt!"

"Yeah but I'll live," Jason said even as Jen pushed him to sit down.

"This isn't as bad as it should be. It looks like its already healing!"

"Morphing does that," Jason lied before remembering who he was talking to.

The look Jen gave him made it clear she knew he wasn't telling her the truth. But rather than push the issue she glanced over at the rest of the group. "I know most of your friends but her…"

"Zara Zoltar," Jason said, using the name he, Trini, and Zara had come up with when Zara was in human form. She had reasoned that, since Zordon had created her, he was basically her father but calling herself Zordon would create issues… but Zoltar would work well, based on that weird variant loop Jason had told her about.

Trini shook her head suddenly. "Wait… what… Jason? Jason!" Trini hurried over, forgetting that she'd been knocked out and focusing on his shoulder as Jen sprayed something she'd pulled out of her pocket on the wound, making him hiss. He glanced at her and Trini nodded. "I'm Awake."

"Good," Jason said.

"Are… are you feeling loopy?"

Jason, Trini, and Zara all slowly turned to Jen who was smiling as she watched them.

"Because I'm Awake and feeling Loopy. No need to worry… I keep myself pretty Anchored."