A/N: Welcome to the next part of 'Black Hole Fury part 2' where Carter has come to rescue the Power Rangers from being executed and activates the powers of the gold Phoenix Ranger, and he was able to best Matt in a fight and managed to overpower him and take him down easily. Now the Black Hole Dragon-Zord and the Phoenix-Zord are here to do battle with one another while the rangers battle a hoard of Galra sentry robots. Let's see what's in store for the Black Hole Ranger now that Carter has commanded his Phoenix-Zord to transform. Enjoy!
Carter gave the command for the Phoenix-Zord to change it's shape and them ran forth before jumping into the Phoenix-Zord's beak before it closed shut and Carter was inside a control room standing in the middle of a circular platform in the center that glowed light blue and on the left and right sides were control panels. The Phoenix-Zord began changing shape, the wings folded onto the back and formed a shield-like shape that was mounted onto the back, out of the upper left and right sides come out two arms that also had short sharp-edged blades like Carter has on his gauntlets, and the legs extended and the claws were attached to the front of the feet. Finally, the beak of the Phoenix-Zord opened up again to reveal a silver face with no mouth and had two green eyes.
"Phoenix Force Mega-Zord!" Carter shouted out. While the rangers took care of the Galra sentries, they all got a good glimpse at the powerful looking Phoenix Force Mega-Zord.
"I can't believe my eyes!" Hunk exclaimed.
"I know, we actually have a second Mega-Zord now" Pidge responded.
"Let's just hope it's strong enough to beat Matt's Fury-Zord" Shiro added before he went back to slicing and dicing his power sword blade right through each sentry body near him that got close. The Phoenix Force Mega-Zord then took a fighting stance in front of the Fury-Zord who also took a stance.
"You humiliated me in front of my master, and now you're gonna pay for it!" the Black Hole Ranger shouted from the control center of his Fury-Zord.
"We'll see who's gonna pay!" Carter retorted.
"Dark-Star Pulse, fire!" Matt commanded, and the black beam of energy that was surrounded by purple lightning which beat the Mega-Zord before shot out of the triangular center jewel towards Carter's Mega-Zord.
"Phoenix-Fury shield!" he shouted. The Mega-Zord pulled the shield that was formed from the wings off it's back and held it up to the Dark-Star pulse to block it. The beam was then deflected off the surface of the shield and bounced right back at the Fury-Zord right in the stomach area which caused it to fall backwards into one of the stadium walls and fall right through, creating a large hole in the middle.
"There's a taste of your own medicine for ya, now stop this right now!" Carter demanded.
"You are in no position to give me commands, ranger! You may have beaten me in combat before, and you got lucky with that shield of yours, but you will not beat me again!" the Black Hole Ranger said in anger while the Fury-Zord stood back up.
"You seem to forget that overconfidence can lead to one's defeat. You've relied solely on the powers that Zarkon and Haggar had given to you that your fighting style is sloppy and undisciplined!" the Phoenix Ranger told him.
"How dare you insult my power! It has made me stronger than you and your weakling Power Rangers would ever hope to be!" Matt snapped at him.
"That power will only consume and destroy you" Carter said before he pressed a button on the left control panel and the shield split apart and the wings reconnected themselves via an elongated pipe that represented a handle that was common with double-ended spears. The wings also let out a curved sharp knife blade like a switchblade would. The Phoenix-Force Mega-Zord grabbed onto the center of the handle and held it in a position as if it were wielding a BO-staff.
"Razor-wing staff!" Carter shouted when his new weapon was engaged.
"You are not the only one who's Mega-Zord possesses a weapon, Phoenix Ranger! Engage Savage-Ax!" the Black Hole Ranger commanded and the dragon wings on the back of the Fury-Zord had flown off by themselves and spread themselves out like a pick-ax blade and the handle appeared out of the very center. The Fury-Zord's hand caught the weapon and assumed an attack position. The two Mega-Zords then engaged in combat and Carter saw the flaws in his enemy's attacks and saw a few openings for an attack. The Razor-wing spear was then swung at the left leg and Matt didn't defend against it since he didn't anticipate the attack, which left a glowing yellow slash-mark where the blade struck and the mark created an explosion which rendered the leg weak and the Fury-Zord was now down on it's knees.
"Give up?" Carter asked.
"Not a chance!" Matt snarled as he tried swinging the ax at the Phoenix-Force Mega-Zord's side but using it's one free hand, the Mega-Zord caught it and yanked it out of the Fury-Zord's hand and tossed it to the side. The Fury-Zord then took a kick to the stomach area by Carter's Mega-Zord's and then an elbow jab to the face which now knocked it's body to the ground. Using it's feet, the Phoenix-Force Mega-Zord pinned the Fury-Zord's wrists to the ground.
"Now you will be free of Haggar's spell!" called out the Phoenix Ranger before he made the Mega-Zord's hand move to the chest where the arrow was and grabbed onto it tightly. The arrow was lodged into the center jewel pretty tightly but the Mega-Zord showed great strength as it pulled the arrow.
"No! Stop it! What are you doing!? No!" Matt cried out as the Phoenix-Force Mega-Zord pulled harder at the arrow. With one final pull, the cursed arrow was pulled out and the Mega-Zord tossed it to the side. When the arrow fell onto the ground, it began to show signs of accelerated decay and it turned to ash which blew away in the wind.
"No!" Zarkon screamed as he watched the whole battle take place and watching the rangers take victory once again. The Fury-Zord's transformation has been undone and it was reverted back to the Black Hole Dragon-Zord. The purple and black colors on it's body began to fade away, and the true colors of the Draco-Zord had been revealed, the entire Zord's body was shining silver and the chest jewel was yellow instead of purple, and the eyes changed their color from purple to red. Once the Draco-Zord has been freed of the spell, it disappeared and Matt was lying on the ground screaming in pain as the Black Hole Ranger suit disappeared and Matt fell unconscious. The Mega-Zord disappeared and Carter landed on his feet before facing Zarkon.
"You destroyed my Black Hole Ranger!?" he shouted. Carter then saw as the other rangers stood behind him and then looked back up to their enemy.
"Let this be a lesson to you, Zarkon. Hope never dies, all it takes is one spark for the fires of rebellion to be lit" the Phoenix Ranger said. All Zarkon did was snarl and walk away backwards.
"This is not over, Power Rangers" he said before running out of the stadium and towards the shuttle he had arrived on. When everyone saw the shuttle take off, they took deep breaths of relief and calmly said 'Power Down' together and their ranger suits disappeared. After everyone placed their power cards in their pockets, Carter, Pidge, and Shiro ran towards Matt's unconscious body and got down on their knees beside him. Shiro and Pidge watched in silence as Carter read his vitals.
"Is he gonna be okay?" Pidge asked.
"He's just tired. That fight really took a lot of energy out of him, but he should be okay" Carter told her with reassurance. Shiro then saw that Matt's power card and morpher gauntlet were changing as well. The gauntlet was no longer black and purple, but silver and gold, as well as the power card, the dragon head and electrical pathways were gold and sat atop the card's silver plexiglass body.
"The curse, it's been lifted" Keith said, other than the words he spoke just now, he was speechless. The evil that plagued Matt's body was now gone, and the Black Hole Ranger was no more. The rangers were now cheering in victorious joy, Lance and Pidge hugged one another and smiling while one hugged the other lovingly. Carter picked Matt up into his arms and then looked to Shiro, who nodded as a way of saying he knew what he was going to ask and pressed the communicator button on his morpher.
"Allura, open the wormhole up. We're coming back, and we've got Matt" he said. The portal opened up and all the rangers ran through, the portal closing up behind them when they walked through. When they arrived back at the command center, Carter handed the unconscious Matt to Coran who took him into his arms after Carter removed his gauntlet.
"Take him to the med-bay and make sure he's all properly patched up" Carter told him.
"You got it" Coran said before running down the hallways of the command center towards the med-bay. Carter and Allura followed him while the other rangers stayed behind in the master computer room.
-At Galra Central Command-
Zarkon angrily paced around the throne room, his steps creating loud thumps as he paced across the metal surface. He muttered swear words in the Galra language as well as insults directed towards the Power Rangers. Haggar entered the room to see that her emperor was very angry to say the least, and his angry eyes were now focused on her. Zarkon grabbed the witch by the throat and held her up by it.
"The Black Hole Ranger was destroyed and taken by those pathetic rangers!" he shouted in her face, making her flinch.
"Sire, I didn't expect them to have another ranger" she weakly rasped, begging for Zarkon to have mercy on her.
"I grow tired of hearing your excuses. The one thing you've created that actually out-bested the Power Rangers, and you failed to see that removing the cursed poison arrow could be a weakness!" Zarkon screamed before slamming his fist into her chest and sending her flying backwards onto the floor. When Haggar got back up, she weakly groaned towards her master.
"This is not the end, I promise you. I can create another Robeast more stronger than Drazil and Praxas" she suggested.
"No! I will not accept another failure from you again! This time, I will not rely on your magic to destroy the rangers" Zarkon said before he walked over to his throne and pressed a purple button on one of the armrests.
"Commander Kanvar, send a transmission out to some off the best bounty hunters in the galaxy. Let them know that there will be a substantial reward for the one who finds and kills the Power Rangers" Zarkon said.
"As you wish. It will be done, master" the male voice on the other end replied. Zarkon then walked over to the window of the throne room and looked out to the stars surrounded by his battleship fleets.
"You think you've surprised me with the addition of a new ranger? Believe me when I say this, rangers, I too have tricks up my sleeve" Zarkon snarled to himself.
-Back on Earth-
Matt had just woken up and his vision was blurry at first but once his vision was properly adjusted to the light, he saw that he was surrounded by Shiro, Carter, Keith, Pidge, Hunk, Lance, Allura, and Coran. He was shirtless and has bandages and stitches all over his body that covered not only injuries he got in his fight with the Phoenix Ranger, but the injuries that the Galra torturers had given him during his time in Beta-Traz.
"W-Where am I?" Matt asked everyone.
"You're in the command center infirmary. Haggar's spell was broken when Carter pulled the arrow out of the Draco-Zord's chest" Shiro told him.
"Oh yeah, I-I-I remember everything now. I'm so sorry for all the terrible things I did to you as the Black Hole Ranger" Matt said with an apologetic tone. Pidge smiled and took her flesh and blood hand into Matt's mechanical one.
"But it's okay now, Matt. You're back on Earth now. Not only that, you can help us battle the Galra and free the Galra" Pidge offered.
"Katie? Is that you?" Matt asked. She nodded and took off her glasses to wipe the happy tears out of her eyes.
"Yeah, you don't know the great lengths I've had to go to try and find you and dad. Now I've found you, and I couldn't be more happier" said Pidge before she hugged him and cried into his bare chest. Matt hugged back and let a few tears leak out of his eyes as well as they hugged.
"I'm happy too, Katie" Matt whispered.
"Call me Pidge, I kinda like it better than Katie" she said. Matt just chuckled lightly at this and ruffled her hair.
"Whatever you say, Pidge" he replied.
"So what do you say? Will you join us? Will you become a Power Ranger?" asked Shiro. Matt then looked down at his lap in guilt.
"You really want me to fight with you? After all I did to you guys?" Matt asked.
"Of course, we could always use more rangers to take down Zarkon for good, not to mention we can try and find dad along the way" said Pidge.
"I'm Keith, the red ranger" Keith piped in, introducing himself.
"Name's Lance, I'm the blue ranger" Lance said.
"I'm Hunk and I'm the yellow ranger" Hunk added.
"Shiro's the black ranger, and I'm the green ranger" Pidge told her older brother.
"So what do you say, Matt? Will you be the silver ranger?" asked Carter. He was silent for a while but then looked to the others smiling.
"I will. I want them to pay for everything those monsters did to me" Matt replied and everyone was cheering.
"This is a really good day for us! We got two new rangers on the team! Let's celebrate with some Squirrel Stew with pickled Viper-Fish guts and poison ivy roots!" Coran cheered. All the rangers made sickened looks at the thought of that horrible sounding dish. Carter then pulled out his cell phone.
"Pizza anyone?" asked the new Phoenix Ranger, and they all cheered in agreement except for Lance and Pidge.
"Actually, you guys go ahead. Pidge and I are gonna go have dinner together tonight" Lance told the others with one arm around her shoulder, to which she blushed and smiled slightly at that.
"You don't really have to do that, Lance" Pidge told the blue ranger.
"I promised you that if we made it out of that arena alive I'd take you out to be wined and dined, and I always keep my promises" he told her. Matt nodded to Pidge and told her it was alright. The two then nuzzled their noses like two puppies.
"Oh great, you're in love, how gross for everyone" Hunk said sarcastically before he began dialing Carter's cell phone for the number for the pizza parlor. With everyone shouting out what they wanted on their pizza, Lance and Pidge walked out of the med-bay holding hands.
A/N: And there is the final part of part 2 of 'Black Hole Fury' and the next update is gonna be so much more awesome than this chapter because we have a team-up chapter coming up! No, it's not a past team of Power Rangers (I'm saving that for a later chapter) but for those of you who loved 'Power Rangers in Space' this team up will remind you of a certain episode in the series. More to come in the next update! Please review, thanks!