Mondo and Gasket stared down the red ranger in front of them and then down at Tommy who was still on the ground. They knew that they should be expecting these so called 'Zeo Rangers' but to actually have them there in the room with them was making the King of the Machine Empire more irritated then he had thought possible. Not to mention the fact that they had made it there before they were able to destroy the actual Zeo Rangers.

"So you actually made it here, I'm impressed," Mondo stated as he sized the red ranger up, "you might have actually made good rangers had you valued your lives a little while longer."

"I think you underestimate us Mondo," Conner retorted, pointing at the king, "we might not be the actual Zeo team but we still have experience as rangers."

"Um Conner, only three of us have experience remember," Devin whispered to the red ranger quickly.

"I know that but they don't Devin, don't worry you two just avoid the main bads and handle the Cogs cause I have a feeling that they'll be summoning whatever's left of them," Conner advised his friend, giving him a thumbs up.

Devin nodded and stepped back, giving Cassidy a nod when he saw her look at him. Mondo either didn't see this or didn't care as he kept his gaze on the Red Zeo Ranger in front of him and below him, his family and general joining him as the few Cogs they had left held back the older rangers.

"Let me guess, you wish to save the actual Zeo Rangers don't you? To have your chance in the spotlight?" Mondo surmised almost laughing, "you boy, the one who dares wear this scum's color…"

Conner took a step forward as Mondo stepped down on Tommy some more, his fist clenching and unclenching as he tried to remain calm.

"What?"

"You're his son are you not?" Mondo asked knowingly.

"And what of it?" Came Conner's retort.

Mondo had to admit the red ranger had the same attitude to that of the ranger pinned beneath his foot, that was for certain, and it irritated him. But he remained calm and continued their little chat an idea popping up in his head.

"How about this, you, the son of my sworn enemy, versus my son Prince Gasket," The Machine Empire King suggested, "winner takes all."

"Father?"

Gasket looked at his father confused, uncertain of what it was he was planning. After all Mondo could be planning Gasket's own demise couldn't he, so the Prince felt it only natural to be on edge.

"Hush boy I'm negotiating," Mondo barked at him, Gasket clenching his fist.

"Negotiating my demise!"

"You wouldn't!" Archerina hissed indignantly.

Mondo felt as if he could laugh at the situation, honestly it was all too good. Why he would possibly not bat an eye at his son's death he of course had a plan to ensure that Gasket won. After all while these rangers had proven themselves at least a little bit, there was no way they could beat the royal family.

"At ease my son," he cautioned, turning to him, "I assure you that none of the Royal family will fall today."

Making sure that no one else could hear them the king quickly added.

"After all I have a plan to make sure you'll win."

"Oh?"

"Yes Venjix will make it so that the red ranger will fall, all you have to do is make it look like you're losing," the king explained glancing at the said ranger, "after all he maybe Tommy's son but I doubt he has his skills."

"Father I assure you I can best him myself I don't need Venjix to step in!" Gasket retorted in indignation.

"Of that I'm certain my son but now is not the time for prideful boasting we are her to win after all."

Gasket huffed but nodded in response, understanding what his father was getting at, even if he didn't like it.

"So red ranger what do you say?" Mondo asked, Conner narrowing his eyes behind his visor.

"You seem pretty sure of yourself Mondo."

"A king must always be sure of himself," Mondo explained motioning for some Cogs to come and take Tommy back to the other rangers, "and I'm sure that my son will easily be able to beat you."

"Conner don't do!" Kim called out to as some Cogs held her back.

"Your mom's right Conner don't fight him," Kira agreed taking a hold of his arm.

Mondo chuckled again, loving every second of this.

"What's the matter red ranger, I thought that you'd be more like your father, ready to jump into the fight," he taunted his wife laughing alongside him.

Conner took another step forward, Ethan and Kira grabbing him to keep from going any further.

"Conner what are you doing?" Ethan asked his friend.

"Not sure yet, but I'm about to figure it out," He growled in response.

"Conner shake your head," Tommy ordered the younger red ranger.

"He's playing you rookie don't fall for it," Jason called out.

Conner gave them a nod but otherwise kept his eyes on the royal family in front of him. He weighed the options in his mind of fighting Gasket against fighting all of the Royal family and even added in the fact that he was certain that Mondo was more than likely planning something to not keep his word.

"Conner…" Cassidy muttered behind him.

"Uh dude you okay?" Devin asked with uncertainty in his voice.

"Yeah I am," the red ranger nodded, turning towards them, "listen I'm going to fight Gasket but I need you four ready to jump in at a seconds notice alright."

"Wait what?" the temp yellow ranger asked confused.

"Conner what are you planning?" Ethan asked placing his hand on his shoulder.

"I told you, I'm going to fight Gasket, but I have a feeling that Mondo isn't going to keep it just between the two of us," he explained before giving them a thumbs up, "trust me okay."

The four others looked at each other and then nodded towards their leader, taking a step back as Conner turned back to their robotic foes.

"Alright then, just me and Gasket," he agreed getting into his father's fighting stance.

"Yes just you and Gasket," Mondo agreed with a nod.

Giving the Prince a nod, Mondo stepped back as Gasket entered the ring of Cogs that surrounded his opponent. The two sets of rangers did their best to see what was going on, the younger rangers still ready to fight as their red ranger requested.

"Alright guys just like Conner said, we need to be ready at a seconds notice," Ethan muttered, Devin and Cassidy nodding.

"So what do you think Conner is planning?" Kat whispered as she kept her eyes trained on the two combatants.

"Not sure but I know he'll fight with all he gots," Adam remarked, Rocky nodding in agreement.

"Whatever he has planned it's probably boneheaded but will most likely work," Kim sighed shaking her head.

Tommy grinned at that, knowing full well that was most likely true with any red ranger plan, and rubbed his chest where Mondo's foot was as he watched Conner and Gasket start to circle each other. Conner made a move to step forward, Gasket countering by attacking as quickly as he could before the red ranger could get a hit in. Fast and powerful was the name of the game after all. Conner however planned for this and countered back, blocking the few attacks Gasket threw at him and kicking him back before kicking himself off the ground and spinning in midair, lashing out with a second attack. Stumbling back Gasket looked up at Conner and drew his sword rushing forwards to attack Conner. Leaning back Conner managed to dodge the attack and drew his fist back, his fist glowing red before he punched Gasket and sent him flying.

"Gah!" Gasket grunted as he hit the ground, scrambling to get up.

"Gasket what are you doing?" his mother asked the prince exasperated, "Get up and defeat the red ranger this instant!"

Gasket grumbled under his breath as he got back up and picked up his sword, rushing Conner once again moving to avoid the attack. This time though Gasket anticipated it and twisted his body and sword so that he is able to hit his opponent Conner getting flipped through the air.

"Whoa!" he yelped, landing on the ground a second later.

"You won't get me with that trick again red ranger," the prince warned as Conner got back up.

Dusting himself off the red ranger got back into his fighting stance and summoned his Zeo weapon as Gasket drew his sword. The two crouched down and lunged at each other and crossed blades, pushing against the other in a hope to overpower their opponent. Watching from the sidelines Kira could feel her whole body twitch as she waited for the okay to step in and help, but even she could tell that Conner wasn't going to let that happen, at least not yet. The two combatants were way too into the fight for them to let there be any interference and yet she couldn't shake the feeling that something seemed…off.

"Ethan," she whispered to the blue ranger, her fellow teammate glancing over at her, "this doesn't feel right."

"You feel it too huh?"

"Wait what do you two feel?" Cassidy asked confused.

"Yeah cause I'm going to guess that we don't feel what you guys are feeling," Devin remarked motioning to him and the yellow ranger.

"Just get ready to fight you two, I got a feeling Mondo isn't going to keep his promise about it just being Conner and Gasket," the pink Zeo ranger informed them, keeping her eyes on the fight.

On the other side Tommy's eyes kept flicking back and forth between his son and the other currently morphed rangers. Without even looking at the other rangers next to him he could tell that Jason was doing the same as him and they both had the same idea, Kira and Ethan had figured out Mondo's double cross.

"So how much longer do you think Mondo's going to keep this up?" Jason whispered low enough so only Tommy would hear.

"Not sure but knowing him…"

Tommy closed his eyes for a second and thought it through.

"…Not much longer."

Jason frowned and nodded, motioning to the other veteran rangers with them that they need to be ready to fight. This made Tommy grin as he watched them out of his peripheral. Sometimes being a ranger meant that you were always ready to fight even if you had promised to put the morpher down once and for all.

Conner slid across the ground on his knees as he leaned back, Gasket's sword missing his visor by mere centimeters as he spun around and got back to his feet. Twirling his sword the red ranger parried the next attack and lashed out in a counter, Gasket blocking as well and stepping forward in an attempt to push said ranger back.

"Just give up ranger you can't beat me."

"Ever hear the phrase like father, like son?" Conner retorted pushing back.

Gasket growled, not liking at all where this was going.

"What about it?"

"My dad beat yours now I'm going to beat you!"

This seemed to irritate not only the prince but the king as well as Mondo clenched his fist around his staff and slammed it's butt onto the ground.

"Enough of this, Venjix get in there and aid Gasket in finishing the red ranger off," Mondo demanded, his General nodding and quickly jumping into action.

"Whoa!" Conner yelped as he rolled out of the way of Venjix's attack, the red ranger turning to face not one but two opponents now, "okay this just isn't fair."

"Looks like it's time to crash this party!" Devin suggested, the others nodding in agreement.

"Oh no you don't Cogs stop them!" Machina demanded their foot soldiers.

The Cogs gave a nod and joined the fray, trying to keep the other rangers away but leaving the older rangers by themselves.

"No you fools you left the others unguarded!" Archerina growled irritably, stamping her foot.

"Looks like those rusted old bots haven't learned a thing since the nineties," Adam grinned as the Cogs left.

"Doesn't seem so," Tanya agreed happily.

"Come on guys let's show these younglings what it's like to fight old school," Tommy remarked, rushing into join the fight.

Mondo watched as the rangers fought of his son and forces, his anger growing each second. The former rangers were aiding the younger rangers with whoever it was they were fighting, with the yellow, green, and blue ranger fighting alongside the former of their colors along with Jason and Tommy to handle the Cogs, while the pink rangers were fighting Acherina. The only thing that was making this the slightest bit better was it seemed that cocky son of Tommy's was having a bit of trouble fighting off bot Gasket and Venjix.

"Honestly you want one thing, one little thing, but people just refuse to sit quietly and submit," Mondo complained watching the fight.

"Relax my darling these pest will be dealt with soon enough, and it's not like those space rangers could get pass the Cogs holding them back," his wife assured him, Mondo nodding in response, "The question is what shall we do after the Zeo rangers and this growl of wannabes are destroyed…"

"A discussion for afterwards I assume," Mondo replied "First we must make sure of our victory, the only thing that could make this any worse would be…"

Red lightning struck the ground around the rangers, knocking the forces of the Machine Empire back some feet.

"Now then this doesn't look very fair…" came a voice from above them.

The rangers all looked up to see who had come to their aid, all of them surprised to see the gold Zeo ranger standing on the ledge holding out his staff. Seeing the gold ranger, once again, filled Mondo with anger as he clenched his fist so tightly that a snap could be heard as he broke his staff.

"I just had to open my mouth didn't I?"

"Who said you could start the party with out me?" the gold ranger asked, a smile in his voice.

"T-Trey?" Conner asked confused as he looked at the ranger.

"Who you calling Trey, Conner?" the sixth ranger asked, his voice becoming clearer.

Conner couldn't help but grin as he realized who had come to their aid.

"White Dino Ranger and Temp Gold Ranger, ready to rock!" Trent called out giving them a thumbs up.