The Fated Showdown Part 1

Aboard the Relentless Rogue, Akihiro is walking toward the main hangar bay. "My ties with the Syndicate may be cut." he says. "But luckily I still have one guy left. And he's the perfect guy for the job!" He laughs as he walks onto the bay, where he's greeted by a black and red-colored armored mutant. "Satsujin!" Akihiro says. "Sorry to keep you waiting Akihiro!" Satsujin says, speaking in a very feminine voice. Akihiro smiles sadistically. "Its great you're here." he says. "Now we can get down to business!"

John is sitting down thinking to himself, Akihiro's words from before buzzing in his head. "John?" Aaron's voice says. "JOHN!" John finally snaps back to reality in a shock. "What?!" he says, startled. "I'm calling!" Aaron says. John is sitting at the round table in the lounge, where he, Aaron, Tosha, Riley and Colt are playing poker. "Oh." John says. "Right. Um. . .two aces." Aaron lays down his hand. "Three kings!" he says. "I win!" He takes the tokens in the middle, laughing. "You okay John?" Tosha asks. "You're really off your game today." John nods, although he's clearly distraught. "I'm fine." he says. "Just tired is all. Didn't sleep much last night."

Akihiro and Satsujin are meeting on the bridge of the Relentless Rogue. Akihiro looks toward Earth. "Such a beautiful planet isn't it?" he asks. "Yes!" Satsujin says. "Very!" Akihiro laughs. "A great place to start my little game!" he says. "What do you mean?" Satsujin says. Akihiro turns to Satsujin. "You'll soon see." Akihiro says. "For now, I just want you to head to the surface. Lure out Johnny Boy!" Satsujin nods. "As you wish boss!" she says. She walks off. Akihiro turns back to Earth. "Soon." he says. "Soon I will finally get to behold what I've always wanted! Watching the universe burning away, one world at a time. And it starts with Earth!"

At the Bio Base, the alarm goes off and the Rangers rush into the Command Center. "What is it Colonel?" Colt asks. Maddox is already at the computer and is bringing up the disturbance on the viewing monitor. Nothing appears other than a red-colored dot on a map of the city. "The sensor's picking up something in the forest." Maddox says. "But they can't specify anything." "We'd still better check it out." Riley says. "Best not to ignore it." "Yeah." Colt says. "Come on!" The Rangers race out of the Bio Base toward the garage.

The Rangers stop the Bio Force Truck and their bikes just inside the forest and dismount to continue on foot. "There's nothing here." Aaron says. "Well Colonel said something is here." Tosha says. "I say we split up and look around." Colt says. "Right!" the others say, and they all run off in opposite directions.

As John is running, he soon stops as he looks like he noticed something. He walks over to a nearby tree where he notices a slash-mark in the bark. The slash mark looks incredibly unique, appearing as a jagged 'x.' "I know this mark." John says.

As John stands up, Satsujin is revealed to be standing right behind him. "Hello Satsujin." John says calmly. Satsujin laughs. "Am I that obvious John?" she asks. "I never forget an opponent's mark." John says. Satsujin laughs again. "So what's going on?" she asks playfully. "Cut the small-talk." John says. "What are you doing here?"

"John!" Jordan's voice calls out and John looks behind him as the other Rangers run up behind him. "Syndicate!" Colt says. Satsujin laughs hysterically. "Don't make me laugh!" she says. "I'm not working for the Syndicate! I'm just visiting an old buddy!" The others look at John in shock. "You know this mutant John?" Shelby asks. John nods. "Satsujin was a friend of Akihiro's and often assisted us in our fights against the Syndicate." "A mutant fighting against the Syndicate?" Aaron says. "Just when you think you've seen it all." "Well she was a friend." John says. "Until she sided with Akihiro and helped him betray us."

Satsujin giggles. "Oh yes." she says. "I remember that day. It was so much fun. Especially when I killed Captain Leo!" John's eyes widen with shock. "Wait what?!" he asks in shock. "Oh that's right." Satsujin says. "You never knew about that part did you?"

In a flashback, Captain Leo appears in the middle of a scorched battlefield, surrounded by Reptilitrons. The crowd separates as Satsujin steps forward. "Hello Captain Leo!" she says, sounding excited. "What are you doing Satsujin?" Captain Leo demands. "What?" Satsujin says. "A woman can't help out her best friend in one of his latest schemes?" Captain Leo growls at Satsujin, who draws her sword and steps forward to challenge Captain Leo. Captain Leo raises his sword, accepting the challenge.

In a flash of light, Captain Leo is shown falling down dead, with Satsujin standing over his body, blood on her sword. She laughs as she looks at her dead opponent.

Satsujin snaps back. "It was quite fun killing him now that I remember it." she says. John clinches his fist in fury, but holds himself back. "I had a question though John." Satsujin says. "Whatever happened between you and Kumiko?" John's eyes widen with shock as she says Kumiko's name. "Akihiro told me you guys were going to get married before that whole fight. I must say I was kind of disappointed." John just keeps looking at Satsujin. "I mean Kumiko was a very sweet and beautiful woman." Satsujin says. "Surely she could do better than some stoic and battle-obsessed jerk with a sword shoved up his butt that couldn't even protect her from being killed by her crazy brother!"

That proves to be too much for John and he growls in fury as he runs forward, Morphing as he does. "Bio Force! Override!" he calls out. With his Sky Sword already drawn, he charges at Satsujin, who draws her own sword and the two clash. As the two lock weapons, they exchange attacks. Satsujin brings her sword up and knocks John off-guard, then takes advantage of the opening as she slashes him across the chest several times before kicking him in the stomach. John is knocked off his feet.

As Satsujin steps forward with her sword raised to attack John again, but she's hit with a barrage of laser fire. She turns around to see the other Rangers, already Morphed and their blasters aimed at her. She growls and fires an energy blast from her left hand at the Rangers, knocking them all back. "Don't get in my way!" she demands. She holds out her hand as energy appears in it. "This should keep you guys busy!" she says.

She shoots energy from her hands and it splits into six orbs of reflective light which take on the colors of each of the Rangers. The orbs of light quickly transform into copies of the six Rangers, with the key difference being that the 'Ts' on the main five's torsos are black instead of white, and Jordan's clone's torso 'T' is crimson instead of black. The Rangers all gasp. "She cloned us!" Tosha says. "Get them!" Satsujin says and the six clones charge at their enemies. The Rangers quickly charge forward and engage their clones in battle. Meanwhile, John finally gets to his feet and attacks Satsujin again.

Colt locks swords with his clone, but his clone quickly pushes back and stuns him. It then follows up with a series of slashes against Colt's front, causing him to fall back off his feet.

Aaron is forced back several feet as he desperately defends himself from a series of punches from his clone. His clone scores a punch in his stomach, causing him to start to kneel down, but his clone pulls him back up by his neck and punches him several more times in the stomach before letting him go and kicking him back.

Jordan is pushed back by her clone. She draws her Jet Blaster and fires several blaster bolts at it, but her clone quickly flips out of the way. She fires again, but her clone dodges again and then fires at her, hitting her several times in the chest and knocking her back.

Riley flips under a slash from his clone's Electro Sword. He gets up and tries to slash at his clone, but is knocked off-guard as he clone knocks his sword down and then slashes him several times, with one final slash in an upward motion, sending Riley flying back off his feet.

Shelby draws her Bio Sniper and fires at her clone, who just walks through her blaster fire unaffected. Shelby gasps, and her clone then shoots her own Bio Sniper at Shelby, hitting her in the chest several times and forcing her back.

Tosha's clone knocks her Bio Lance away and then pushes it forward. When Tosha grabs the shaft, her clones forces her around before swinging her above her head, sending her flying into a nearby rock.

John and Satsujin continue to fight, exchanging blows and going evenly matched. However, Satsujin brings her sword up and hits John's hand, causing him to drop his Sky Sword. John quickly grabs Satsujin's arms to try and stop her from attacking again, but she kicks him in the stomach. John is knocked back from the force of the kick, and Satsujin holds her sword out as it glows blue with energy. She slashes her sword at John, sending an energy slash at him and knocking him off his feet.

Satsujin laughs. "I expected more from you!" she says. John gets to his feet, growling. Then he gasps as he looks behind Satsujin, where he sees Akihiro walking up to her in his mutant form. The other Rangers see Akihiro too, gasping. "Great job Satsujin!" Akihiro says. "You have found Johnny boy!" "Akihiro!" John says. Akihiro laughs. "Surprised to see me?" he says. "Well sadly I can't stay." He and Satsujin jump up to a nearby cliff and look down at the Rangers. "Satsu and I got plans so we got to fly Johnny boy!" he says. "Sayonara!" He and Satsujin turn around and walk off. As they do, the Rangers' clones vanish.

"Wait!" John says and he runs forward. "John!" the others call out to him. But John doesn't listen. He jumps up to the top of the cliff and keeps on running in the direction Akihiro and Satsujin ran off to. The others run over near the cliff, de-morphing as they do. "Where is he going?" Aaron asks. "Obviously he wants to get to Akihiro." Tosha says. "Let's get back to the base and see if Colonel can track Akihiro" Riley says. "But what about John?!" Jordan asks, sounding concerned. "You guys go back." Colt says. "I'll go after him." The others nod and walk back, but Jordan looks after Colt with concern.

At the top of a cliff in a rock quarry, the Relentless Rogue has landed. Akihiro and Satsujin walk down the ramp, followed by a large robotic crab monster, which is colored bronze with pinchers. Satsujin is carrying a large generator-like device with a cable attached to the outside hull of the ship. The generator is colored black and silver, and on its front is a circular dial with a needle on its reader that goes from white to yellow to red. The dial is currently at the bottom. Satsujin sets it down just at the end of the ramp. At the very end, the six Ranger Clones are standing in line at attention. "Do you have the generator set up Satsu?" Akihiro asks. Satsujin nods. "Yes." she says. "But why do we need it?" Akihiro smiles. "Let's just say I think its time I give my ship a little makeover. But I need a lot of power to do it!" He points toward the Ranger Clones. "That's where these people will come in!" he says. "But first I want to have a word with Johnny boy!" He gestures toward the Crab Monster. "In exactly one hour, deploy him. He'll keep the other Rangers distracted while I deal with Johnny boy." Satsujin nods. "Whatever you say!" she says. Akihiro nods, then turns around and walks away, smiling sadistically. "At long last," he says to himself, "my dream begins!"

In the forest, John is running in search of Akihiro. He finally stops as he kneels down, breathing heavily. As he does, Colt finally catches up with him as he runs up behind him. John stands up. "Go back Colt." John says without even having to look behind him. "This doesn't concern you." "You're right." Colt says. "Akihiro isn't my concern. Its you that concerns me." John looks back at Colt. "I thought you were finally past this whole going out on your own John." Colt says. "Now here you are back at that again. Don't you realize that this attitude might eventually get you killed?" John turns away. "Sorry." he says, sounding calmer. "But its been a long time since I've ever thought about Kumiko. And even when we were together, I always had this fear that I wasn't good for her. And for Satsujin to come up and taunt me with Kumiko and telling me I'm not good enough just makes me feel out of it. Not to mention I never thought of it the way Satsujin said it. That I couldn't protect her when she really needed me." "That wasn't your fault John." Colt says. "Maybe." John says. "But if I can't still protect Kumiko, I can at least finally avenge her. By killing Akihiro! And Satsujin who mocks her!" He runs off in a huff and Colt follows him.

The other Rangers are meeting Maddox in the Bio Base's Command Center. "Try and locate Akihiro Colonel." Aaron says. "John's chasing him. If we find Akihiro, we find John." "Right!" Shelby says. "Not only that though." Riley says. "I'm worried that Akihiro's planning something huge for his next scheme. I mean his ties to the Syndicate are broken and now he's teaming up with a mutant both he and John knew. He's up to something. I just know it." Something starts flashing on the viewing monitor. Maddox raises her eyebrows with curiosity. "The sensors are picking up something again." she says. "Its down at the eastern quarry. Its emitting a sort of strange signal." She types in a code and the viewing monitor zooms in on the flash to reveal the Relentless Rogue's landing site with Satsujin, the robotic monster and Ranger Clones all standing next to the generator. "That's Akihiro's ship!" Tosha says. "But what's that thing they're guarding." "Whatever it is," Riley says, "I'm guessing we can't let it do whatever it is it does. Come on!" The Rangers all race toward the garage.

John keeps running through the forest with Colt following close behind. As they pass through a tree, they gasp as they see Akihiro walking right toward them. John glares at him as he walks toward him. Akihiro smiles. "So you've come Johnny boy!" Akihiro says. "Enough words!" John says. "Let's just end this already!" Akihiro laughs. "Seems you never change Johnny boy!" he says "But I didn't come here to fight you." John looks at him in confusion. "I've come to once again ask you for to join me." "Never." John says. Akihiro smirks. "A pity." he says. "You and I could accomplish much." "What are you talking about?" John asks.

"Let me tell you something Johnny boy!" Akihiro says. "Something you probably never even knew about me."

As Akihiro keeps talking, flashbacks are shown over his dialogue. "I'm sure Kumiko-chan told you about the death of our parents." he begins. As he does, both Akihiro and Kumiko are shown as young children standing in the middle of a burning house as both their parents fall down dead, an army of Reptilitrons swarming over them. Kumiko is on her knees sobbing in both fear and agony, but Akihiro just watches in shock. "Kumiko-chan was devastated." Akihiro says. "But I was different. That was the day that changed my life. My life was boring before that. But when I saw my parents die and all the chaos from the world we were living on at the time being invaded, I felt a sense of joy and happiness that I've never felt before." As he says this, young Akihiro's face of shock suddenly turns into a crazy smile. Kumiko just eyes him with concern. As this happens, several Bio Force soldiers charge in toward the Reptilitrons and scare them off. And as the two forces battle, Akihiro watches with excitement.

"I found joy in chaos and destruction." Akihiro says as we snap back to the present. "And from that day, I've just wanted to feel the ultimate excitement and thrill. The thrill that I will feel when I watch the entire universe crumble and burn away one world at a time. And that starts with Earth!" John continues to glare at Akihiro, while Colt is just dumbfounded. "That's why you joined Bio Force then?" John asks. "And then joined the Syndicate? For the thrill of chaos and destruction?" Akihiro nods, smiling. "Its always been the one thing that's kept me going!" he says.

"Why do you want me joining you though?" John asks. "I don't understand." "Because you and I are a lot alike Johnny boy." Akihiro says. "And I knew that the moment I met you."

In another brief flashback, John and Akihiro meet for the first time as they shake hands, half-smiling at each other. Akihiro eyes John with great curiosity.

"I could feel that you shared the same passions as I do." Akihiro says. "You just needed someone to really push you to go through with it. But then you had all these goody-goods holding you back and pulling you in the wrong direction. First Captain Leo, then my idiot sister, and now you have these Ranger morons. Hell, unlike me, you've actually let your idiot sister hold you back!" John begins clenching his fist in pain, which Akihiro notices. He smiles. "You and I really do have the same desires Johnny boy." Akihiro says. "And together, we may yet accomplish a great goal. The goal to achieve the greatest sense of excitement and thrill as we watch the entire world melt away into chaos." He starts laughing a bit.

"I'm nothing like you." John says. "I've only battled this whole time to protect those that can't protect themselves. And I don't see my family and friends as expendable pawns." Akihiro raises an eyebrow with a sadistic smile. "Really?" he asks. "Is that why you're here now? Look at you. Here you are eager to fight me with the desire for vengeance. And you've abandoned your team again." John's eyes widen with shock as he realizes Akihiro is right. Colt looks on with concern. "Face it Johnny boy." Akihiro says. "This fighting you've done has never been about protecting people. You've just always loved battle. That's why you joined Bio Force. That's why you sought out training with Captain Leo. That's why you initially rejected fighting with your teammates. Its all been because you've just loved battle!" John stands in shock.

Colt steps forward. "Don't listen to him John!" Colt says. Akihiro looks toward Colt. "Stay out of this red boy!" he says angrily. "You're not like him John." Colt says, ignoring Akihiro. "I've seen the real you. We all have. You've always fought to help those you love. And you've always tried to be there for everyone when they need you. You even went out of your way to protect that little girl Rika."

As Colt says this, John remembers bonding with Rika after saving her from the Volucrai. He remembers celebrating Shelby's birthday. He remembers many other fun times he had with the other Rangers as well.

John just keeps looking down. "This is what I'm talking about!" Akihiro says, now incredibly angry as he turns to Colt. "Goody-goods like you holding Johnny boy back from seeing his true desires!" He walks forward and pushes past John. "I guess I'll have to destroy you too!" he says. His eyes glow as he transforms to his mutant form and draws his sword. Colt gasps and flips out of the way, dodging an energy slash that Akihiro sends at him. John looks on with shock.

Colt takes out his Bio Morpher and Bio Tag. He inserts his Tag into his Morpher and hits the activation switch as he calls out "Bio Force! Override!" His full Morphing Sequence is shown as he Morphs.

Colt quickly attacks Akihiro with his Bio Blade, and locks swords. He looks toward John. "John!" he says. "Akihiro is messing with your mind! You're not alike!" John just keeps looking on.

Akihiro growls and breaks the lock as he slashes Colt several times across the chest with his sword. "Your words are meaningless!" he says. "Johnny boy is mine! And you and your fellow Ranger morons aren't going to hold him back!" Colt groans as he gets to his feet. "John is my friend!" Colt says. "And I'll never lose him to the likes of you!" The two charge at each other.

At the Relentless Rogue's landing site, Satsujin attaches a black-colored electronic neck-brace to the neck of the robotic monster. As she does, the brace begins lighting up. "That should do it!" she says. "Now its time to take action!"

Colt is thrown out of the forest and into the rock quarry as he and Akihiro continue their fight. Akihiro walks up behind him. Colt struggles to get to his feet. Akihiro zooms forward and slashes Colt multiple times as he moves back and forth, passing by him. Colt drops his Bio Blade and falls to his knees. Akihiro walks up to him and puts his sword at Colt's neck. "I'll tear your puny team apart one-by-one if I have to!" he says. "John will join me! And you Ranger morons will die!" He raises his sword, ready to finish Colt off, but then a blaster bolt hits his hand and disarms him, causing him to back down as he clutches his hand in pain. He looks forward.

John stands in front of Akihiro, Morphed and with his Jet Blaster aimed at Akihiro. "Johnny boy!" Akihiro says. John walks forward as Colt gets to his feet. "You're right Akihiro." John says. "I do have a passion for battle. And like you, I probably did develop it after past traumas I've faced. But as I've grown, I've realized that I love battling not because of the thrill but because I'm able to protect people. I stand by what I say earlier. You only fight because you enjoy other people's misery. And you've killed those that want to help you. I feel sorry for you!" Colt nods, smiling under his helmet.

Akihiro growls. "You're weak Johnny boy!" he says. He screams in insanity as he fires an energy blast at the two Rangers from his hand, the two Rangers flipping out of the way. Then everyone gasps as they look up.

The Crab Monster appears above the Rangers, now giant and fires lasers from its eyes at Colt and John, who are blown off their feet and drop out of Morpher as they hit the ground. Akihiro looks on as he reverts back to his human form, his eyes now looking red as he has an insane look on his face. Then he looks up at the monster. "Great work Satsu!" he says. Then he looks back at Colt and John as they struggle to their feet. "I'll leave you two to deal with him!" he says, then he turns around, flipping his jacket behind him as he teleports away.

Colt and John look up at the monster as it swings one of its pinchers at them. However, the Bio Force Megazord Saber comes out of nowhere and quickly blocks the attack. Colt and John look up to see the Bio Force Megazord knock the monster off-guard and push it back, followed by the Bio Voyager Megazord walking up and punching it in the stomach. The two Megazords look down at Colt and John. "You guys okay?" Shelby asks. Colt and John nod. "Don't run off like that again John!" Jordan says from the Bio Voyager cockpit.

Colt's Morpher goes off and Colt takes it out. "What's up Colonel?" he asks. John listens in.

"Akihiro's ship has been attached to some sort of generator." Maddox says at the Bio Base. "I'm not sure what its doing, but I'm assuming its bad news. We got to get to it."

"I'll go after it." John says. "You help the others." Colt nods. John starts running toward Akihiro's ship. "Hey John." Colt says. John turns around to face him. "Be careful." Colt says. John nods. "Of course!" he says.

"Bio Force! Override!" Colt says and he Morphs as his full Morphing Sequence is shown again.

This immediately cuts to the Rangers activating the Mega Bio Battlezord. "Mega Bio Battlezord!" the Rangers call out.

The Mega Bio Battlezord and Bio Voyager Megazord stand against the Crab Monster. The monster snarls and charges at the Megazords. "Attack!" Colt says. "Right!" the other Rangers say, and the two Megazords charge.

As the two Megazords fight, below them John rushes towards Akihiro's ship, crouching behind a nearby rock. He sees the generator and sees no one guarding it. "That must be it." he says and he runs toward the ship with his Jet Blaster drawn. As he approaches it, however, something suddenly flies in from his right and latches onto his neck, shocking him. He groans in pain as he clutches it and sees the thing that's latched to his neck is a black-colored electronic neck-brace.

John gets to his feet, trying to rip the brace off. Behind him, Akihiro walks up, his hand pointed out. John turns around to see Akihiro and then turns to his left as Satsujin and her Ranger Clones charge at him. Akihiro holds up his hand to stop them. "Stand down!" he says. "Johnny boy is mine!" John looks at Akihiro, who smiles at him. "You've made your decision." he says. "Fine! If I can't have you as my comrade in this goal, then I'll make some use out of you another way!" "What does that mean?" John asks. Akihiro laughs. "You'll see!" he says, and his eyes glow again as he transforms to his mutant form. "Fight me Johnny boy!" he says.

John quickly takes out his Bio Tag and inserts it into his Winger Morpher, hitting the activation switch and calling out "Bio Force! Override!" His full Morphing Sequence is shown as he Morphs. However, his neck-brace still remains on his neck even as he Morphs.

John quickly draws his Sky Sword and charges at Akihiro. As he does, the generator suddenly starts whirring as the dial on its reader suddenly starts to move up. Under it, an LCD display board appears under it, displaying '1%.'

The Crab monster slashes both Megazords with its pinchers. The Mega Bio Battlezord tries to fight back with its saw arm, but the monster dodges it and quickly grabs it with both its pinchers, damaging it. Inside the Megazord, the Rangers groan as their cockpit shutters. The Bio Voyager Megazord moves in and grabs the Crab Monster, pulling it back. The Crab Monster breaks out of the Bio Voyager Megazord's grip and slashes it as it turns around. Jordan groans as her cockpit shutters. As the Crab Monster keeps battling, the brace on its neck begins crackling with electricity.

John and Akihiro lock swords. "Let's settle this the old fashioned way!" Akihiro says. "Gladly!" John responds. The two break the lock and flip back. Akihiro charges forward and the two exchange blows with swords, either attacking or parrying. As John fights, the brace on his neck begins crackling with electricity.

"Lasers!" Jordan says and the Bio Voyager Megazord fires lasers at the Crab Monster with its arms. The Crab Monster takes several hits and is knocked back. "Tank Fire!" Colt says, and the Mega Bio Battlezord fires lasers at the Crab Monster with its tank arm, scoring more hits and pushing it back further.

Akihiro slashes John across the chest several times and knocks him back. John clutches his stomach in pain, but quickly recovers and holds up his Morpher. "Bio Fighter Mode!" he calls out and he hits the activation switch on his Morpher as he transforms to Bio Fighter Mode in a flash of light. Akihiro chuckles as he charges forward.

The Mega Bio Battlezord slashes the Crab Monster several times with its saw arm, followed by the Bio Voyager Megazord coming up from behind and punching it several times. "I got an idea." Jordan says. "Follow my lead." "Right!" the other Rangers respond.

John and Akihiro keep fighting. John manages to knock Akihiro off-guard and slashes him across the chest twice. Akihiro is knocked back, but then he draws his blaster and fires it at John. John's Bio Fighter Armor holds, and he keeps charging forward. Akihiro gets up and meets John with a series of fast slashes, which John parries. John manages to twist Akihiro's sword to the left and then brings his sword up, hitting Akihiro with the butt of his grip. This knocks Akihiro back and John comes forward, slashing him several more times and pushing him back. As Akihiro recovers, he feets his face as he sees blood on his finger and growls in fury. He charges at John and meets him with a series of slashes. John manages to block each attack, but Akihiro's speed pushes him back.

"Battleship Mode!" Jordan says as the Bio Voyager Megazord reverts back to its Battleship Mode. As Jordan charges the Bio Voyager forward, the Mega Bio Battlezord mounts it as it stands on top of it. "Go!" Jordan says, and the Bio Voyager charges forward. The Mega Bio Battlezord readies its Saber. "Saber! Full Power!" the Rangers call out and as the saber charges to full power. Then the Mega Bio Battlezord slashes at the Crab Monster. The Crab Monster takes the hit and falls forward as it vanishes in a fiery explosion. The Megazord looks on.

On the ground, the generator starts whirring more as the LCD display has suddenly shown '42%.'

John and Akihiro continue to fight as Akihiro pushes John near the edge of a nearby cliff. The other Rangers begin running up behind him. "John!" Jordan calls out. Akihiro backs off and quickly draws his blaster as he fires at them again. "Back off!" he says. The six Rangers are stopped as Akihiro's blaster fire hits the ground near them. They keep looking on.

Akihiro looks back at John, who's breathing heavily from the fight. "I've had enough of you now Johnny boy!" Akihiro says. "Now I'm going to end this!" "Bring it on!" John says. Akihiro quickly zooms forward and slashes John several times across the chest. John keeps taking the hits and his Bio Fighter Mode soon powers down. The Rangers gasp as they look on.

John fights back, slashing Akihiro again. He manages to flip under another slash from Akihiro and slashes him across the back. Akihiro quickly winces, but then recovers, growling in fury. He turns around and slashes John across his helmet, knocking him off his feet and knocking his Sky Sword away.

John groans in pain as he struggles up, but Akihiro steps on his head. "Goodbye Johnny boy!" he says. "Tell my sister I never liked her!"

Akihiro picks up John and pushes him near the edge of the cliff. Akihiro slashes John across the chest several more times, pushing him against the edge. "John!" Shelby says, and the Rangers all gasp in horror.

John is forced against the edge of the cliff with nowhere to run. Akihiro holds out his sword as it glows with energy, his eyes also glowing red as he growls.

"NO!" Tosha says. "Stop!" Riley says.

Akihiro slashes his sword and sends an energy slash at John. John groans as he takes the hit and he's blown off the edge of the cliff and goes flying out of sight.

"John!" Colt says, and the other Rangers rush over to Akihiro.

Akihiro sweeps around and sends another energy slash at the Rangers. The Rangers take the hit and are knocked back, dropping out of Morph.

Akihiro stands over the Rangers breathing heavily. He reverts back to his human form, his face bloodied and sweaty from battle. His tired look suddenly turns into a smile. "I did it!" he says. "I killed Johnny boy!" He starts laughing maniacally, slowly at first, then quite fast.

The Rangers all struggle up. "You're going to pay for that!" Jordan says angrily. "I swear if I have to die killing you, I'll do it!" Akihiro laughs. "Fat chance bitch!" he says. "This is only part one of my plan!" "What?" Colt asks. "Take a look at that generator over there!" Akihiro says and he snaps his fingers as he teleports to in front of his ship, Satsujin and her Ranger Clones gathering behind him. "I attached a power node to both Johnny boy and that Mr. Crabs guy you just defeated. All the energy they spent fighting has been transferred to my generator." He gestures toward it, the LCD screen now reading '50%.' "Oh lookie here!" Akihiro says. "Its halfway there! And once its fully charged, its power will turn my ship into the ultimate weapon!"

The Rangers all gasp. "But I've had enough fun for now!" Akihiro says. "I'll deal with you guys later! Have fun mourning Johnny boy! Sayonara!" He waves as he snaps his fingers again, teleporting away with Satsujin, the Ranger Clones and his ship.

The Rangers all run to the edge of the cliff. "JOHN?!" Jordan calls out. "John?!" Shelby calls.

As the Rangers keep calling out John's name, John is shown lying on the ground of a rocky beach, his face bloodied and maimed, his shirt stained with blood and his hands also bloodied. A final long shot of John's motionless body lying on the beach is shown as we fade to black.

TO BE CONTINUED. . .