A/N: I own nothing apart from the plot and the characters I invent. See? I told you it wouldn't take me as long to update this time LOL! :) I hope you guys enjoy the chapter.

"What is going on here?" Camille had entered along with Ecliptor after hearing all the commotion.

"What are you doing out of your cell, Trakeena?" asked Ecliptor.

"Well, it seems we have some impostors Ecliptor, so I thought I would sort it out."

"Trakeena, the reason you were locked up in the first place is because you accused Astronema and Tommy of being impostors; why should we believe you now?"

"Because we have proof," said Mikel.

"I refuse to believe it!" Ecliptor cried.

"You must believe the truth, Eliptor; our comrades on Dracos have been spying on Astronema and Tommy," said Rakael. "They have told us that they are impostors. If you still do not believe it, then I suggest you go down to the rangers' cell."

"What have they got to do with it?"

"The Power Rangers are gone, thanks to Tommy and Karone!"

"Actually," Karone interjected, "We think that the Samurai rangers had something to do with the escape of the Power Rangers. And if that is the case, then whoever captured the Gold Samurai Ranger is to blame; they obviously came to rescue him."

"Oh please!" scoffed Trakeena.

"I'm not lying. Oh, and I wouldn't send anyone down there right now; in case you haven't noticed, someone jumped Dark Spectre and they are still fighting…"

"Did you have something to do with that?" Mikel asked, very suspicious of what had happened.

"No... but I will admit that the timing couldn't have been better!"

"Who is it, anyway?" asked Rakael.

"That's for me to know, and you to find out."

"I've had enough of this!" Trakeena yelled, "Someone arrest the traitors!"

"Not so fast!" They all turned to see the Samurai rangers standing at the entrance.

"Well Ecliptor," said Trakeena, "You wanted proof, you got proof; the Power Rangers have come back to save them."

"Oh, we're not here to save them," said the Red Samurai Ranger.

"I don't think these guys need saving," said the Green Samurai Ranger, indicating to the "evil" Rangers.

"What are you doing here then?"

"I thought it was obvious Trakeena."

"Why don't you enlighten us, Karone?"

"I'll be happy to; they are simply distracting you while all the other Power Rangers are busy destroying the United Alliance of Evil."

Trakeena stormed her way passed the Samurai Rangers and saw that Karone was right; all of the other Power Rangers were also in the Dark Fortress, battling the villains that were present. Unfortunately, Karone was also right in saying that the Rangers were destroying everyone; the villains were clearly losing.

She turned around to face the Samurais, Karone and the others once more. She noticed that the Dragon Dudes were nowhere to be seen. "Its time to give up Trakeena," said Karone. "You lose."

"Not quite; I'm still here!" Trakeena prepared herself to fight, and the rangers did the same.

"No," said Karone, "I'll fight her alone. You guys need to go and help the other Rangers."

The rangers nodded and went to do what they were told as Karone and Trakeena began to fight.

Rangers' Cell

He watched as Dark Spectre fell to the ground and grinned. He had been successful in destroying Dark Spectre again. He continued to watch him as the evil monarch disappeared, leaving no trace behind. This time, Dark Spectre would not be returning any time soon. He grinned. He had to admit, he was surprised when he received the call to come as soon as he could to the Dark Fortress, especially since he wasn't in anyone's good books, but he couldn't pass up the opportunity to destroy Dark Spectre once and for all. And this time, he made sure that he would not go down with him.

He decided he had had enough here. He went through the same corridor in which Astronema and the Dragons had left. When he reached the room in which Astronema and Trakeena where fighting, he couldn't help but laugh. The two women stopped fighting and turned to look at who had entered. Trakeena gasped and Astronema grinned.

Shiba House

"How do you think the rangers are getting on?" Mentor Ji was worried; he had no idea how many villains were still at large, and now Jayden and the others were fighting them.

"Every ranger team is strong, but together, they have the potential to be even stronger," Donna replied.

"I hope Merrick's OK," said Shayla, then added, "and the other Rangers too, of course…"

Donna shook her head and smiled. "I am sure that they will succeed. Although, Rita's plan was a bit… you know, unorthodox."

"Now that's putting it lightly!" exclaimed Shayla. "Unfortunately, she told us about it after she put the plan in motion. Otherwise, we may have been able to talk her out of it."

"I'm sure her plan will work, although it means an extra enemy of sorts for the Rangers."

"He may not wish to fight them," said the Sentinel Knight. "He has not wished to be involved with the Alliance thus far; he may have seen the error of his ways."

"I'm not sure…" said Shayla, "He jumped at the chance to fight Dark Spectre, apparently."

"Is there a way we can see what the rangers are doing?" asked the Sentinel Knight.

Mentor Ji shook his head, but Donna smiled. "I do know a spell that may work… Zordon taught it to me before he was turned into a giant floating head in a glass tube."

"Donna!" Shayla warned, "Rita trapped him in an inter-dimensional time warp; he wasn't turned into a "giant floating head in a glass tube"!"

Donna ignored her and proceeded with the spell. Suddenly, a square of white light appeared out of thin air. Donna made some gestures with her hands and the picture began to focus. "Well, it seems that they have rounded up most of the villains…"

"Really?" the others cried in disbelief.

"No, I just said that to change the subject…"

Dark Fortress

The Power Rangers were busy fighting the United Alliance of Evil. Camille was helping the Jungle Fury rangers and the Pai Zhuq masters fight Dai Shi's army, while Rita was fighting Divatox as the Turbo and Astro Rangers were fighting Elgar and Ecliptor, as well as a few Piranhatrons and Quantrons. Zedd was running around after Thrax, who had decided that running away from his father might be better than fighting him.

The Zeo rangers, with the exception of Tommy, were fighting generals from the Machine Empire, and they were helped by RPM, who were also fighting Venjix. Once the Mystic Force Rangers had finished with Necrolai, who happened to be their only enemy present, they helped the Dino Thunder gang with Mesogog, who proved to be extremely difficult to fight.

The Samurai rangers had been fighting the Nighlok that had been waiting for Dark Spectre, but he soon returned to the Netherworld as he had dried out. They then dispersed; Jayden helped the Ninja Storm gang with Lothor and his minions, Mia joined the Overdrive Rangers in fighting Flurious and Miratrix, Mike and Antonio joined the SPD rangers in fighting the A Squad, Kevin joined the Wild Force rangers in their battle against Master Org and Toxica, and Emily joined the Galactic Rangers in battling Deviot and stingwingers.

There were a lack of mutants for Time Force to fight and the few that where there were taken down easily enough. They decided to join the Lightspeed Rangers in battling Vypra and Olympius.

Tommy and Jason were currently helping Rita fight Divatox, while Kimberly, Trini and Aisha were busy helping RPM and Zeo take down the Machine Empire and Venjix, and Zack and Billy had started to help the SPD rangers, along with Mike and Antonio of the Samurai Rangers, battle the A Squad rogues.

The whole fortress was a mess. There were a couple of villains lying on the ground unconscious, and every so often a Power Ranger would be thrown at a wall. There were lasers shooting all over the places, and loud clangs when swords came in contact with each other. There was a lot of shouting and yelling, and where the Ninja Storm gang was fighting there were a lot of puddles from Tori using her power over water, as well as a few holes thanks to Dustin. And, to top it all off, Zedd was still trying to catch Thrax as he ran through the crowd.

It seemed like forever, but the Power Rangers were finally able to get the battle under control; more and more villains were falling. Once some of the bigger and more powerful villains had been knocked out, the rangers began to tie up some of the others, as they were now getting tired from all the fighting. After a while, the only one left was, to everyone's amusement, Thrax, who Zedd had still not caught up with. However, as he ran past Adam, he stuck out his leg, causing Thrax to trip and fall.

"Is that all of them?" he asked, putting his foot on top of the fallen Thrax so he could not get up again.

"I think so," said Jason.

"No," said Tommy, "Karone is still fighting Trakeena, and then there is the person who attacked Dark Spectre down in the cell."

"We can clean up here," TJ suggested, "You guys should go and see how Karone is doing. Tommy nodded and he, Adam and Jason went into the other room, closely followed by Andros and Zhane.

When they got there, Trakeena was lying on the floor, unconscious. Karone stood facing some sort of monster; most of his body was red and he was somewhat humanoid in appearance. He was holding a sword in his right hand. "So you took out Dark Spectre?" she said to him.

"Yes," he said, quite amused. "And Trakeena too… Now, I must take Astronema down as well."

"Oh please," she said, "do you not know that I am now on the Power Rangers side? You won't be able to fight all of us."

"Darkonda!" Rita and Zedd walked into the room. Zedd remained beside Tommy, Jason and the others while Rita walked up to the once glorified United Alliance of Evil agent. "Thank you for taking out Dark Spectre, but I am afraid your services are no longer needed."

"What makes you think that I am going to take orders from you?"

"Oh, you don't have to take orders from me, but the Power Rangers have the rest of the Alliance either tied up or destroyed, and you will have the same fate if you do not listen. I granted you one extra life for this purpose; it can be taken away very easily if you do not cooperate."

"Fine," he snarled. "But I had better get something out of this!"

"I may let you keep the life I gave you, if you do a good job, that is."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Gather information on the Dragon Dagger Society. You have twenty minutes. If you bring back some useful information about them and what they are planning, then you will be allowed to keep your life."

Darkonda nodded and left immediately.

"What the hell was that all about?" asked Zhane, angry to see them cooperating with Darkonda.

"We made a deal with the devil," Zedd informed him.

"He means we hired him to take down Dark Spectre," Rita explained. "No one else would have been capable of doing so. Now, when he returns, he will give us some much needed information. After that, it's up to you. The fourteen already have the power of the dragons; they must be the ones to defeat the Dragon Dudes."

"Zhane," said Tommy, calmly, "Could you please tell the other Dragon Rangers to come in here?"

Zhane nodded and left the room. After a few minutes, Kimberly, Trini, Summer, Jen, Tori, Taylor, Dillon, Trent and Wes had joined them.

"Alright guys," said Tommy, "Once Darkonda returns, we start thinking of a plan. Knowing us, things won't go to plan, but we should make one anyway."

"This battle is not going to be easy," added Karone. "The Dragon Dudes are really powerful; it will be very hard to defeat them. But we're the Power Rangers, the good guys. And if there is one thing I have learned from being Astronema, it's that the good guys always win in the end."

A/N: So what did you guys think? Please let me know by leaving a review! Also, what do you guys think of Power Rangers Megaforce? Do you like the title? Do you think it will be better than Samurai? What will they do for the 20th anniversary?

As you probably guessed, this story is nearing completion, hopefully I will have it finished by the end of the summer, or even before then! Thanks to everyone for reading and reviewing, adding to favourites and alerts. You know I appreciate it! Next chapter should be up sometime next week or the week after. Yay! Kellybird is finally updating her stories LOL

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