CHAPTER FOURTEEN
TODAY ASSURES TOMORROW
Laveria thought it was a waste of resources to use this prototype weapon on the planet, but she justified its use by considering it a test of its power.
"Previously, we needed to depend on Zom-Bats to extend the height and width of monsters" she explained, removing a small pistol from a compartment and aiming it at the monitor screen.
"Now with our Maximizer canons, we can guarantee more than one giant" she revealed.
Twin guns emerged from the right and left corners of the command ship, powerful diamond tipped crystalline shards surrounded the cannons and slowly pulsated with bright pink energy.
"Watch" Laveria said.
She took aim and squeezed the trigger on the pistol.
As she did so, the use of the pistol sent out a specific and silent command to the energy cannons, and the swift and sharp energy waves were beamed down to Earth, locked on to where Tentacus had fallen and raising him from the dead, as well as raising him to greater heights as his monstrous form towered over the harbour he and the Rangers had fought in.
As the Rangers watched on in alarm, they noticed some of Tentacus' soldiers, known to the Armada as Bruisers, were also being increased in size
Their communicators within the Rangers morphers came to life
"That'll be Gosei" said Troy as he responded to the call.
"Rangers" Gosei spoke, "The Armada has tipped the scales of your conflict with new capabilities, but you are not without new weapons. Along with your new powers come new Zords and a specially designed sky ship"
"Nice of you to consider the kids at the toy aisle, when do we get a cut of the new merch profits?" Jake quipped.
"Thanks Gosei" said Troy, relying on his connection with the morphing grid to instruct him in punching out the correct command codes into the morpher so he can summon the vessel that would lead the Rangers into a fresh conflict.
In a matter of moments, the sky permitted a new and foreboding force into the heavens. The Rangers stood their ground, awe-struck at the sheer size and majesty of their new vessel as it flew overhead.
"Sweet ride" observed Noah.
The skyship let down several ropes for the Rangers to clutch and climb up, allowing them to quickly access the Sky Ship and its cockpit.
As the now gigantic Tentacus and the Bruisers unleashed further fury on the city, they observed the arrival of the Rangers.
"These guys just don't quit" snapped Tentacus.
At Troy's command, the sides of the ship opened, revealing a row of cannons that quickly began to bombard the monsters with its immense firepower.
Troy then ordered the release of the Zords.
A hatch emerged from atop the skyship and from it emerged a wheeler, a jet, a race car, and a submarine.
Yes, even a submarine.
On dry land.
Troy's primary Zord remained the Skyship, so he remained with it as the other Rangers took to their own.
Noah and Jake used their Zord's firepower to repel the blasts of the Bruisers. Emma and Gia joined in also, as their Sub and Wheeler Zords respectively raced to the scene of the action and joined in with their own powerful blasts.
Ultimately, they succeeded in felling one of the Bruisers, who ignited into furious flames and perished.
Troy instructed the Rangers to return to the Skyship, as he had managed to come up with a way of merging all the Zords together.
Retreating into space so they would have the free space and time necessary to form the Megazord, the Rangers found it considerably easy to combine everything without much of a hitch.
They had heard stories from Gosei regarding Zordon's team of Rangers; they once had a very difficult time assembling the Turbo Megazord in the midst of a battle, so they made sure to avoid one.
As soon as the Megazord was formed, they returned to Earth, and delivered some stealthy and stellar manuvers to the lone surviving Bruiser and Tentacus by somersaulting over them and taking precision hits with its twin swords.
The Bruiser unleashed a couple of energy blasts, but the Rangers proved evasive and they had the Megazord somersault over the waves of the lethal lasers.
But having too much of a fun time proved a dangerous distraction.
"You forgot to watch your backs Rangers" Tentacus yelled, grabbing the Megazord from behind and pressed his tenatacled talons tightly on its sides and spine, twisting away at one of the gears.
However, as Tentacus twisted the gears at the side of the Zord, it unlocked a secret feature on the Megazord, powerful cannon emerged from its stomach and blasted the Bruiser in front of it.
The Rangers then managed to break free of Tentacus' grip and turned around.
"Final strike" Troy commanded, the Rangers inserting all their keys into several slots within the cockpit.
Each Zord component supplied the central cannon with its own depository of cannonballs, all of which travelled through each of the connected vessels and slotted themselves into the main cannon, which spat them out at ferocious velocity at Tenatucs, bombarding him with lethal force.
It was too much to bear, and Tentacus finally fell, exploding into a million fragments once more.
"Super Mega Rangers, that's a larger than life win" said Troy in triumph.
Watching the battle at the harbour from afar, on a stretch of road, two men on motorbikes all too familiar with the path of the Power Rangers, were proud to see this latest in the long lineage come together to prevent a catastrophe.
"You can see why they were chosen" said Mentor Ji to his protégé Jayden.
"With a team like that defending the Earth, you can tell we're in very good hands" Jayden said in agreement.
Mounting up, the two sped off into the distance on their bikes; heading towards their own tomorrows, knowing today had assured them there would be more to come.