Last time on Power Rangers Wing Force, Group captain June Gordon was detained on trumped up charges by her former superior Lt. General Demetrius Alexander. After Tann's monster made from the DNA of the space creature known as a Hadaruga drains the Flying Rangers of their powers, General Alex replaces them with his own Armoured Rangers, who he promises to retire if they fail to fully defeat the monster, dubbed 'Kurorg' by Wayne. However in the ensuing battle, the Armoured Rangers and the Icarus Megazord are trounced by Kurorg. The now powerless Flying Rangers come to the rescue in the Falcon Megazord, but they too are having trouble with the Hybrasect. Will our heroes survive this gruelling encounter? Will they get their lost powers returned? And who is Group captain Gordon really? Find out in this exciting episode of Power Rangers Wing Force.

At the Nest, the guard on duty, one Private Rozum, newly brought to the facility by General Alex, found a blonde man in civilian clothing approaching the location. He stopped the man before he could get much further. "Do you have a pass, sir? Rozum asked.

"I don't have time to bother with your human security methods.", the man yelled. "I need to get inside the Nest to deliver a warning."

Rozum still didn't budge. "That may be, but nobody gets inside this place without a pass. How about you give me a message to pass on?"

"That would take too long. I need to get in there and tell June Gordon of the situation."

Hearing Gordon's name made Rozum smile. "In that case, follow me mister. I'll take you to June Gordon."

He led the man into the facility, leading him to the cell where Gordon was imprisoned before throwing him inside and sealing the door. "What's the meaning of this?", the man yelled, banging on the door. "Let me out."

"It's no use.", Gordon assured him. "Even if you could break the door down, most of the soldiers are under the orders of Lt. General Alexander. He'd still lock you up for associating with me." She then got a good look at the man. "You're one of those Avions that loaned us the Falcon Corde. What was your name?"

"It's Gliderak.", came the answer. "So why are you in this cell, Commander Gordon? Did they find out whatever big secret Avior was always saying you had? He seemed to make it out as a pretty big deal."

"I assure you, my confinement is nothing to do with the truth I've kept hidden from everyone. And as for my secret, I suppose the Rangers aren't the only ones who deserve the truth." With that, Gordon was surrounded by a green glow, which cleared to reveal something that shocked Gliderak.

Out in the city. The Rangers were still being trounced by Kurorg. "Armour intensity is holding, but it won't last forever.", Carrie reported. "We need to do something, or we're done for."

Kurorg successfully overpowered the Falcon and sent it falling to the ground. "We're out of options.", Mark said. "Time to bring out the big guns."

Vehicle Shift, On! Boxer! Take Off! Go, Go!

As Kurorg began to crush the Falcon into submission with his foot, he was stopped in his tracks by the arrival of Dash Boxer, who successfully knocked the Hybrasect away and began grappling with him. The fight was an even one for the most part, but when Boxer tried to do a flying punch, Kurorg intercepted and knocked him to the ground. "Well that made a difference.", Wayne said sarcastically.

"I didn't intend for Dash Boxer to beat that thing alone.", Mark said. "I was just testing a theory, one that seems to be correct." He then pressed a different button on his display.

Falcombine!

The Dash Boxer turned into its cannon form and flew into the hands of the recovering Falcon, who levied it against the Hybrasect. "Dash Cannon Burst!" The Falcon fired its new weapon at Kurorg, vaporising his body except for the orb in his chest.

In their cockpit, the Armoured Rangers breathed a sigh of relief. "We did it.", Vic declared. "We defeated that thing."

"We barely did anything.", Nicky yelled. "The old Rangers saved our butts out there."

"It was our battle, wast it?", Benny Clark suggested. "Therefore, we won it."

"Anyway," Michael suggested "let's just pick up that Ishi that bakemono dropped."

In the Falcon, Carrie noticed a message on her pager. "It's from my contact Seymour.", she said. "This could be what I asked him to find."

Before she could play it, the computer beeped, with the voice of General Alex on the other side. "Everyone, get back to base now."

"We'll have to play it on the way back.", Mark told her. "Let's get there before he does something disproportionate."

Onboard the ship, Tann threw a glass object at the floor. "I was so close. The Hadaruga Hybrasect had both Ranger teams at his mercy. Now it's gone and we've lost track of his sphere, so we can't revitalise it."

"They'll be taking it back to their base, known as the Nest.", "Halatia" said. "They have a room where they can store it, which is probably where they stored the Hybrasect they defeated earlier." Then Mary covered her mouth, realising she had said too much.

Algrin smiled upon hearing this, having finally managed to gather what a brain-scraping session could not. "Should I prepare an army to attack them while they recuperate, my Emperor?"

"Not yet.", Tann said. "While your idea is admirable, I think it wise to have Halatia here restore the Hadaruga first by sneaking into the base." He then brandished his sword at her neck. "Especially if she wishes to remain alive and in my favour."

"Halatia" gulped. "By your command, it shall be done.", she said before walking out of the room.

As she did so, Galvahex followed her. "Why did you agree to follow his orders? I thought you were advocating a choice."

"Like you said, some of us don't have that choice.", was Mary's response. "We do what we're made to do, or face decommissioning." With that said, she teleported down to her apartment on Earth and undid her transformation, to begin her mission.

At the Nest, General Alex had both teams of Rangers assembled in the control centre. "Now then, I said earlier that if my team couldn't handle the situation, I'd give yours their powers back."

"I sense a 'but' coming.", whispered Lulu.

"Silence!", General Alex called out. "Since the emergency I sent the Armoured Rangers to handle was resolved, they shall be keeping their powers."

"What?", Wayne called out.

"That's outrageous.", Steven agreed.

Antonia merely smiled smugly. "That's what you get when we handled the problem."

"That's crazy.", Nicky couldn't hold his frustration in anymore. "The Flying Rangers saved our asses out there. And now you're just going to throw them in the trash in favour of us, a bunch of rookies?"

Alex wasn't happy to hear this. "Simonson, you will stand down."

"No I won't.", Nicky practically yelled. "These guys are the real heroes. We're just a bunch of stiffs you dragged off the streets and gave some suits."

"Suits made of stolen parts.", Carrie stated. "My friend Seymour found out that two of your providers, Hayato Moboroshi and Mohammed Nanak are members of large Asian crime syndicates, both part of groups trying to bring down the American government." This shocked everyone in the room, including the General. "You don't like to hear your treason exposed, do you General Alex."

"My full title is Lt. General Demetrius Alexander.", the man said through grinding teeth.

"That's a bit of a mouthful for a traitor, isn't it?", Lulu snarked.

"Don't worry, I think when they find out the truth, the Lt. General will have to change his name.", Wayne commented.

"They won't find out. Guard!", Alex yelled. Sergeant Brent entered the room. "These people are traitors to this project. Take them away and lock them up with the ex-Group captain." Brent was reluctant, but nonetheless complied. Mark briefly shook the Sergeant's hand before they were led off. Then General Alex turned towards Nicky. "And as for you, you're suspended for this project, pending retraining."

"Good.", was the only response he got. "I'd rather be off a team of poorly-prepped rookies than listen to you." With that, he stormed out.

Outside the base, a car pulled up to the same front gate that Gliderak had been detained at. Only the woman in this car had both a uniform and a pass. Said pass identified her as "Mary James, head of The Design team at Project: Jetman". "This all looks to be in order, Miss. You can go on through."

"Thank you.", Mary said in response, before driving on. She breathed a sigh of relief that her pass hadn't been disabled during her absence. It made the job that she had been tasked with much easier. Along the way to the freezer where the items she had come to retrieve most likely were, she saw the Rangers being escorted to a detention area. "So not only are your powers gone, but now you're dangerous prisoners? You really have a knack for getting into trouble, Mark." She then continued to the freezer, where, fortunately for her, the Hadaruga sphere and the frozen Hybrasect were still there. With no-one around, she turned back into Halatia and zapped the Hybrasect with energy, reviving it. But as she did this, the sphere was charged with runoff energy, which caused it to convulse and transform into an exact copy of the same monster.

"Kuuurrrooorrrrggggg!", the monster growled as it begun its rampage, smashing through the wall.

Mary sighed. "Well at least Tann won't kill me for failing to revive that thing. But now I've got a bug situation." She then saw the bug scuttling its way towards a hammer. "As long as it's not my handiwork.", she shrugged and left the room, heading for the detention cells.

And in said detention cells, Wayne was banging on the doors. "That won't do you any good, Dr. Burley.", Gliderak informed him. "Your Group captain assures you these doors are incredibly strong and resistant to any sound you might make."

Wayne stopped pounding and turned around. "Just great. So not only is the new general an asshole, but he's also a scumbag who locks us in this cell. Can this day get much worse?"

"Keep your hair on.", Mark said. "I'll see if I can pick the lock." He then pulled out a sewing needle and a pencil.

Steven was first to notice the apparent convenience. "Is there a reason you have a set of sewing equipment lying around in your pocket?"

It was Lulu that fielded the question. "Before he signed up for the Project, Mark wanted to be a fashion designer. He still fixes up our clothes sometimes."

Gordon looked forlorn upon hearing this. "And deep down, I bet he still holds onto the dream I tore away from him when I dragged him into my war. I've been fighting it for so long I've become blind to other people's hopes and wishes. I've even hid my identity from you for so long."

This brought everyone's attention back to the elephant in the room. "Yeah, who are you really?", Carrie asked. "You were about to tell us the truth of your identity last time, but you were interrupted. Can you tell us now?"

Before an answer could be given, an alarm sounded with a voice ringing over the intercom. "Alert! Alert! There is an intruder in the compound! All available officers are to try and deal with this problem!"

Everyone was shocked to hear this. "You need to get us out of here now, Mark.", Steven urged.

"I'm trying.", came the irritated response. But as Mark was working, the door opened, seemingly on its own. Everyone was shocked to see Halatia standing there. "How did you…?"

"No time to explain, Mark.", came Halatia's reply. "But for now, you've got to stop that thing." With that, she ran off, as quickly as she came. The Rangers and their allies took a moment to stare at this unusual event, before running off to find the intruder.

And elsewhere, the 4 remaining Armoured Rangers came face to face with Kurorg in the base's corridors. "I bought we already finished this thing once.", Antonia grumbled.

"Looks like we'll have to finish the job this time.", replied Vic, pulling out his boomerang and throwing it at Kurorg.

But instead of being harmed, the Hybrasect merely laughed off the hit, as it had done with those of the Flying Rangers. It then proceeded to begin draining the energies of the 4 Rangers. But nothing happened to them.

"Nice try, Bakemono.", Michael mocked. "But unlike our sempai, we have energy absorbers built into our suits to prevent you from leaching us dry. Our chikara aren't going anywhere." The fight resumed, but the Armoured Rangers were still losing.

In the control room, Nicky, who was watching the scene unfold, had a realisation. "That's it. That's how we can give the Rangers their powers back."

He tried running towards his suit, only for General Alex to stop him. "Belay that idea, son. You are not going to sabotage our team for your own fantasies."

"Sir, with all due respect," Nicky said, before punching the General out cold "SHUT UP!" He then opened his suit's control panel, removed the power core and the absorber, and ran off.

In another part of the complex, the Flying Rangers' party found Kurorg, who had finished beating up the Armoured team and continued his rampage. "How is this thing still alive?", Steven asked.

"That "thing" is made using a Hadaruga.", Gliderak answered. "As long as their sphere survives, they can be reborn as long as they have a large influx of energy. Someone must've picked up the sphere and brought it here."

"And then some other idiot must've given it enough of a charge to revive it.", Mark concluded. "Looks like we'll have to break his orb this time."

He and the other Rangers tried running forward, but Gliderak stopped them. "You don't have your powers. And these things have wiped out entire cities singlehanded. I'll buy you some time to get away." He then turned into his Avion form and ran forward to engage Kurorg. The two grappled briefly, before the Hybrasect got the better of his opponent and began draining him.

Gordon stopped and looked back. "You five go on. I'll stay behind and help him."

"You?", exclaimed Carrie with mild disbelief. "On your own."

"You weren't meant to find out this way.", Gordon said. "But the time it would be best has long passed." She then surrounded herself with a green glow, which cleared to reveal a humanoid bird, with a long neck, a secondary face underneath its head, large talons on its arms and green feathers.

Mark had a realisation. "You were the alien in that ship."

"Now is not the time, Mark.", the alien said back. "For now, get to safety. I'll hold off the Hadaruga." And so, the being they had once known as June Gordon went to fight off the Hybrasect, leaving the 5 Rangers to continue their flight through the base.

"What do we do now?", Lulu asked. "We've lost our powers, we're losing our allies and if this Hybrasect is any indication, the Dominion could launch a full scale attack at any time."

"I think I could help you with that first problem.", said an arriving Nicky, holding out his power core and energy absorber. "Plus if one of you will allow me to demonstrate, I can also give your bracelets an upgrade to prevent this energy loss from happening again."

Carrie held out her arm for him to demonstrate. Nicky opened up the panel on top and removed the burnt out power core. He then placed his brand new one inside with the absorber attached. After the panel had been closed, Carrie tried morphing again. "Let's Fly!" The process worked this time, transforming her into the White Ranger. "You wouldn't happen to have any more of these, would you?"

"I don't.", Nicky said shaking his head. "But I have some friends who do."

Onboard the ship, Tann laughed at how well the situation was turning out. "Not only is my creation living up to his potential, but we've discovered the location of the Ranger's base. Well done, Halatia. I'll make sure your name is mentioned in the honours list."

"Thank you.", "Halatia" said nervously.

Algrin then stepped forward. "Can I assemble that army now, Sir?"

"Yes you can.", said Tann smugly. Even if the Hybrasect fails, we can still claim victory this day."

Elsewhere, Vic Hardrock woke up from his unconscious state to find that the old Rangers were doing something with his comrades' chest units. And Nicky was helping them. "Hey, what're you guys doing?", he said, straightening himself.

"Oh not much.", the old black said casually. "We're just taking your power cores to replace our own and claiming your energy absorbers for good measure."

Sure enough, he took some of Antonia's gear out and gave it to the old red. They then moved onto Michael, who woke up and saw what they were doing. "Matsu!", he called out, only to be knocked out again by the White Ranger.

"This guy's been annoying me with his overuse of Japanese all day.", she said. "He may be half-Japanese, but so am I. And you don't see me dropping random foreign words at bad times." She then took out his core and gave it to her Yellow teammate (by colour, not by race). They then moved on to Benny Clark.

Like with his friend, the feeling as they touched his body caused Benny Clark to wake up. "Who ah, I didn't do anything, Officer."

Lulu quickly shut him up again. "That's probably the funniest thing he's said all day.", she said taking his equipment for herself.

Wayne, the only one who hadn't received his powers back, then turned to Vic. "And then there was one."

Vic became defensive. "Don't do this man. You had your shot to save the world and you blew it."

"Funny, that's exactly what we were going to say to you.", was Wayne's reply as he knocked Vic out again. He then took out his core and absorber, inserting it into his bracelet. "That's all of us restored, so now what do we do?"

"What we always do.", Mark said in response. "We save the Earth and defeat the enemy."

Nicky saluted the 5. "I know you can do it."

Back in the corridor, Gordon and Gliderak were losing against the against the immense strength displayed by Kurorg. His energy draining abilities were also contributing to their defeat. "I can't… hold out… much longer.", Gliderak wheezed.

"We have to.", his comrade said in response. "We're the last hope we have of fighting this thing."

Don't be so sure." The 5 Rangers all leapt in and individually attacked the Hybrasect knocking it back. "We can handle it from here.", Mark said.

The 5 stepped forward and activated their bracelets, calling out "Lets Fly!". The familiar wireframe surrounded the 5, turning them once more into their Ranger forms. Kurorg tried to attack, only to be hit from behind by the sudden arrival of the Rover Launcher.

Cannon Mode!

"Let's hit him with a low power shot.", Mark insisted. "We can't risk damaging the base any more." As such, he filled the weapon only with his own energy.

Red Charge! Firebird Shot!

The blast knocked the Red Ranger backwards, but it had the desired effect. Namely, it launched Kurorg out of the base with a massive inrush of energy. Lulu nodded at this. "Now we just have to go and find that thing to destroy it." Everyone in the team moved out.

Gordon, who had been watching the whole scene in disbelief, turned back into her human form and pulled out a miniature radio. "Ratcliffe, Caldwell, are you there?"

"We're both here.", said the voice on the other side. "It's good to hear from you again, Ma'am. We've been looking into the General's claim and apparently he was never given any go-ahead to take over the project."

"Never mind that now. The Nest has been compromised and the Dominion will be on their way here soon. Get everything valuable out of here and move out to the city of Winter Valley. Begin moving the vehicles to the air base 5 miles away."

Outside, Kurorg tumbled backwards as the 5 Rangers stood before him. He tried zapping them with his rays again, but they had no effect. "We've made a few adjustments since you last fought us.", Mark said.

"Our energy is going nowhere, but towards your destruction.", Wayne continued.

The 5 then charged at Kurorg, attacking him with their Sky Enforcers. Mark went first, landing a flying punch on the Hybrasect. Then Wayne did a corkscrew attack, which was repeated by Lulu. Then finally, Steven and Carrie fires at him using their Burst Modes. Then all 5 pulled out their Beak Blasters and AviAttackers, preparing their Sonic Smashers.

Fire Attack, Set Up! Strike Out!

The five blasts hit Kurorg at once, destroying his body in the process. However, the Hybrasect had been reconstituted with the Hadaruga part and was able to regenerate the body as a giant. "We need the Icarus.", Mark called into his communicator.

Take Off! Go, Go!

The Megazord, which had been repaired since its previous clash with Kurorg, now stood in the centre of the city. "We need to destroy his gem this time.", said Mark. "Let's go."

Kurorg began by breathing fire at the Icarus again, which briefly fazed it. Mark the summoned the Icarus' Wing Axe, using it to deliver a series of slashes to the Hybrasect, before he caught on and used the slashes against them. "We need more power. Falcon Megazord!"

F-F-F-Falcon!

Mark nodded. "Alright, let's combine the power of these two."

Miracle Falcombine!

Ultimate Action Shift, On! Hawk Flier! Condor Zoom! Owl Jet! Swan Sonic! Swallow Plane! Falcon Corde! Birdonic Ultrazord! Take Off! Go, Go, GO!"

The Birdonic Ultrazord now stood before Kurorg, who fired his beams at it, only for the titanic robot to walk through them. "Black Hole Crusher!" The Ultrazord then fired its twin beams, which began compressing Kurorg.

"Aaaaaarrrrggghhh!", the Hybrasect cried out as it was reduced to nothing, not even the sphere was left untouched this time. "Alright team.", Mark said. "Let's go home."

However, when they set the vehicles to take them home, instead of the Nest, they found themselves in the abandoned air base where they had trained to use the vehicles. "What're we doing here?", asked Lulu. "Shouldn't we be back at the base?"

"This is the new base." Everyone turned around to see Group captain Gordon, accompanied by Gliderak and his mate Aluze. "Since a Hybrasect ended up inside the base, we've relocated our equipment to this location to avoid the coming attack."

Steven had a realisation. "I've seen your alien form before. I remember now. You were in the ship when Colonel Alex attacked. But wasn't Gordon there as well?"

"You won't have to worry about General Alex anymore.", the Group captain assured them. "Thanks to testimony from Nicky Simonson and an anonymous tip form someone named 'Seymour', he's going to jail for treason, colluding with terrorists, false arrests, breaking military code, murder and brainwashing. I'd be surprised if he didn't end up on death row."

"What about all those troops under his command?", Carrie asked. "The worst they did was associate with him."

Captain Rolfe entered to answer that. "They've been declared unfit for duty. We're going to spend some time rehabilitating them into fully functioning members of society, then we're going to see what they want to do with their lives."

Gordon resumed talking. "Now then, as I was saying before, the real June Gordon took a bullet from Colonel Alexander that was intended for me. To honour her sacrifice, I took her appearance and resumed her life, using it to help me prepare for when the Dominion turned their attention towards this planet."

"Just one question.", Wayne interrupted. "If the real June Gordon died, then who are you?"

Aluze fielded that question. "She's someone important to the free people of the universe, for giving them the resolve to continue fighting back against the Dominion. She is the one who brought our people the technology that helped our people continue fighting when all seemed lost."

Gliderak decided to take over from this overly long introduction and get to the point. "She is Jangar."

No-one among the Rangers knew what they were talking about, except for Mark. "You mean THAT Jangar?", he said, remembering what he had heard about the legendary saviour from van Lyden and Avior.

"The very same, Mark Goodman.", Gordon, or rather Jangar said nodding. "I bet you didn't expect that to come out, didn't you?"