Welcome to the penultimate chapter of Fall of the Morphing Grid. Last time, Spyro, Cynder, Tommy Oliver, and Robo Knight located the Megaforce Rangers' hideout. Today, the final battle. It doesn't just begin here. It ends here as well. And while this chapter ends the action, there will be an epilogue chapter for the final update to this story. Alright, I've wasted enough time in the intro already. Let's get going, and see Megaforce meet their end.
(Our story resumes within the Catacombs beneath the Well of Souls, where Spyro, Cynder, Tommy Oliver, and Robo Knight are making their way into the Megaforce Rangers' base of operations.)
Robo Knight: Okay, this place is officially giving me the creeps.
Spyro: (Kind of confused) How does a robot get the creeps?
Robo Knight: Analysis of information, and comparing against experiences from previous experiences and human-provided data. Based on all of this, this is a situation that would definitely give someone "the creeps".
Tommy Oliver: He's not wrong. I mean, I've seen some craziness in my lifetime, but this? This is a whole new level.
Cynder: Trust us, it was a lot worse when it was still standing.
Robo Knight: I'll take your word for that. I don't even want to try and visualize that.
(As the team progresses through to the Catacombs, we arrive in a chamber with a small waterfall in it, as evidenced by a slight layer of flowing water on the floor)
Spyro: (Feeling the current of the water) The current's gone up slightly since we were here 5 years ago, but it's still perfectly safe to walk in.
Robo Knight: That's a relief. The last thing we need to do is get swept off the platform by rushing water.
Cynder: Just stick close to us, we'll get you guys through here in no time.
(As the quartet reaches the ground floor of the platform, though nobody is moving, the sound of something splashing in the water can be heard, sending all of them into defense mode)
Tommy Oliver: Looks like one of them is on to us.
Spyro: Not just them. Don't forget, they've already released every Ranger we've captured.
Cynder: In other words, it could literally be anyone we've ever faced.
Robo Knight: Does that give us a strategic advantage?
Spyro: Depends on who's footsteps those were.
(And just as Spyro asks the question, a silver clad figure enters the room, carrying his trident weapon.)
Super Megaforce Silver: I was wondering if you were going to show up.
Robo Knight: Orion!
Super Megaforce Silver: The disgrace to all things silver.
Robo Knight: You and the other Rangers already hurt our world enough. I won't let you hurt this one anymore!
Cynder: To that, we can all vouch.
Tommy Oliver: Hexagon's reign of terror ends today.
Super Megaforce Silver: Such a typical speech from the Zordon wannabe. I'll make sure JJ knows they were your last words.
(Now the battle begins, with Tommy Oliver not even having time to morph in the chaos, but even unmorphed he can hold is own against Super Megaforce Silver. Though, despite being a rookie, this silver menace is holding back everyone pretty well.)
Super Megaforce Silver: We've come too far for you to stop us now!
Spyro: Says you and every other lunatic we've fought!
(The battle rages until Spyro, Cynder, and Tommy Oliver are eventually thrown back against a wall, leaving only Robo Knight to take down their silver foe)
Super Megaforce Silver: Fits that we're the last ones standing.
Robo Knight: I'm not even going to dignify that with a response.
Super Megaforce Silver: News flash, tin man. You just did.
(Now Robo Knight and the silver menace engage in their battle, ultimately though, Robo Knight is barely holding back against Super Megaforce Silver, ultimately ending up on a ledge as his silver foe tries to strike him over it)
Super Megaforce Silver: Any last words, tin man?
(As Robo Knight struggles to hold himself up, he turns to his comrades who have just managed to get up and are about to rejoin the battle, but he silently tells them not to interfere. He's got this.)
Robo Knight: As a matter of fact I do. (To Spyro and Cynder) Pride always comes... BEFORE A FALL!
(With that, Robo Knight trips up his foe with some fancy footwork, and flips the silver menace over his head towards the pit, but not before Super Megaforce Silver stabs Robo Knight in the leg with his trident, getting taken off the edge with Super Megaforce Silver, but just barely managing to grab onto a ledge.)
Cynder: Hang on, Robo Knight! We're coming!
Robo Knight: No! If you pull me up, Orion will just follow me. If you have any chance of stopping his allies, I have to make it so he can't interfere, even if it costs me my life to do so.
Tommy Oliver: We're not letting you kill yourself for this!
Robo Knight: Spyro, Cynder, Tommy. It's been an honor serving with you.
Spyro: Don't!
Robo Knight: I'll see you on the other side...
(With that, Robo Knight lets go of the ledge, sending himself and Super Megaforce Silver plummeting down, likely to their deaths, though we never hear them hit the bottom.)
Tommy Oliver: (In genuine sadness) ROBO KNIGHT!
(As the grim nature of this fight's outcome sets in, the team falls silent, mourning their fallen silver comrade. After a few moments of this, Tommy Oliver gets to his feet, and with a look of extreme rage and determination on his face, looks towards the Catacombs beyond, knowing where their adversaries lay.)
Cynder: I have a feeling I know exactly what you're about to say.
Spyro: And we both agree with you. Robo Knight wouldn't want us standing here, weeping over his death. He'd want us to continue on, to finish this battle.
Tommy Oliver: (Readying his Master Morpher) Then let's get those bastards. For Auric. For the Phantom Ranger. For Ninjor. And for Robo Knight.
Cynder: And for all those they killed before they could even properly start life.
(With that, the team progresses to the first area of the Catacombs, the almost sacrificial altar to the Golems of the deep, stationed over a pit of lava. But upon which, we can see the Megaforce Rangers messing with something that appears to be a giant pinkish gemstone, save for four deep colored points on it: one red, one blue, one yellow, and one green, surrounded by technology from their world, and apparently someone tied up behind it.)
Spyro: If that isn't corrupting a Spirit Gem, I don't know what is.
Cynder: What are they even doing?
Tommy Oliver: I have no idea. (Seeing a large red gem in the console) There's the Phantom Ranger's Power Ruby! Looks like they did kill him after all.
Spyro: Still doesn't explain what this device is.
Tommy Oliver: If I had to guess, it's all meant to amplify something. If TJ's to be believed, the Power Ruby was used to power a device that turned the Turbo Megazord against them.
Cynder: So best guess, that thing is meant to neutralize Spyro and I's abilities through the Power Ruby?
Tommy Oliver: That's what makes the most sense to me. (Spying the figure tied up behind the gem) Wait a second...
Spyro: (Seeing the figure as well) Looks like a child.
Cynder: (Putting it together) That's your son, isn't it?
Tommy Oliver: It is. Looks like they wanted him here to watch the finale.
Spyro: Well then. Let's give them one hell of a show.
Cynder: Agreed. Time for their final performance.
(With nothing left to hold them back, save JJ being there, the trio leaps into battle, catching the Megaforce Rangers at least semi off guard.)
Megaforce Red: Well well, looks like you finally caught up with us.
Tommy Oliver: (Seeing JJ Oliver) JJ!
JJ Oliver: (Realizing his father is here) Dad!
Tommy Oliver: Hang on buddy, we're going to get you out of here.
Spyro: Your reign of terror ends today. Release JJ Oliver, dismantle your machine, and turn yourselves in.
Megaforce Red: Yeah... not happening. If anyone is surrendering today, it'll be you guys.
Cynder: Your silver ally is dead. And he took one of ours with him. So unless you want to die, I suggest you follow orders.
Megaforce Red: Never been one for following orders, I've always been more for giving them.
Spyro: Your arrogance will cost you dearly.
Cynder: You see, we tried to give you a chance to do this the easy way. But, now you've gone and thrown it out. So, you're not leaving this place alive.
Megaforce Red: Do you have any idea how many times I've heard that before now? Way more than you'd expect. And every time, we've gotten out alive.
Tommy Oliver: (Brandishing the Master Morpher) This time, you've got one heck of an enemy. It's Morphing Time! Dragonzord! Green Ranger Power!
(With that, Tommy Oliver activates the Master Morpher and assumes his classic Green Ranger suit.)
Megaforce Red: You really think that's all it's going to take? Not even all your powers can prepare you for this.
(With his threat known, Megaforce Red snaps his fingers, and literally every Ranger Spyro and Cynder have captured prior to today, emerge on the platforms surrounding the lava pool)
Megaforce Red: You're vastly outnumbered, so I advise you just surrender before we end up killing you. (Noting the contraption around the Spirit Gem behind him) And I'd especially hate to do that before we get to try this thing out.
(Now comes the stare down. Spyro, Cynder, and Tommy Oliver against the entirety of Operation Hexagon's membership. But just as things are ready to boil over, another voice emerges over the surrounding air)
Pink Zeo Ranger: Then it looks like you're not going to see it work!
(And just like that, every last resistance Ranger floods the room on Spyro and Cynder's side.)
Spyro: Looks like that just shifted the odds in our favor.
Cynder: Now let's end this.
(With that, the battle commences. Rangers are battling one another left and right, many of them on narrow ledges just above falling into lava. But the major battle is happening on the central platform, where Spyro, Cynder, and Tommy Oliver are fighting the Megaforce Rangers. And it appears Tommy Oliver is not exactly the fighter he was nearly 30 years ago, or maybe he's just exhausted from the previous fight, because he's getting overwhelmed by the Megaforce team that Spyro and Cynder are really trying to claw off him. But at this point, Spyro gets an idea.)
Spyro: Tommy! Brace for impact!
Tommy Oliver: (Startled) Why?
Spyro: You're about to find out!
(With that, Spyro looses a stream of Aether straight at the Master Morpher, charging it beyond belief, and ultimately causing Tommy Oliver to be wrapped in a violet glow as he struggles to hold back the power. But after a few minutes, the idea has it's effect, and the energy flies off Tommy Oliver, still clad in the Green Ranger suit, and generates into four figures, clad as the White Ranger, Red Zeo Ranger, Red Turbo Ranger, and Black Dino Ranger respectively, all battle ready.)
Tommy Oliver: What the heck...?
Spyro: Figured you could use a hand! Or eight, and all of them are yours.
Tommy Oliver: Thanks Spyro. (To Megaforce Red) Now you're really going down.
Cynder: Spyro, you handle this machine, I'll keep the Rangers off you!
Spyro: Right!
(With their plan decided, Spyro starts breaking apart the Megaforce Rangers' machine off the Spirit Gem. But just as the last wires are torn from the gem, Spyro tries to rip the Guardians' gems out of it, only to find they are bound into it. And as he realizes this, the voices of the Guardians emerge from it)
Volteer: Spyro... quickly!
Terrador: You have to end this!
Cyril: There is only one way to stop this!
Spyro: But... how? I can't get you out of there!
Ignitus: You know the only way, young dragon.
(And thus, in a moment of grim realization sets in)
Spyro: Shatter the gem? But... what will happen to you?
Ignitus: The four of us will be gone. But our spirits will live on in the good and just in this world.
Spyro: What?! I can't kill you! There has to be another way!
Ignitus: Remember, when a dragon dies, their spirit never truly passes on. It binds itself with nature, offering hope for the future...
(For a moment Spyro hesitates, but then he moves in as if to strike the gem, but finds himself unable to strike)
Spyro: I can't! This is too much. I won't kill you!
(At this point, the Black and Yellow Megaforce Rangers have broken off and rush in to attack Spyro, and as he fights them off, Cynder delivers fatal slashes to the Blue and Pink Megaforce Rangers, then joins him, ending with the two attacking Rangers getting their necks snapped, killing them instantly.)
Cynder: Spyro, what are you waiting for?! We've got to destroy this machine and get the Guardians out of there!
Spyro: (Depressed) There's no way to get them out.
Cynder: What?!
Spyro: The only way to for sure stop this machine is to shatter the Guardians.
Cynder: (Hesitantly) As much as it pains us both, we have to do it.
Spyro: There has to be another way!
Cynder: What are you talking about?! Don't you trust them?!
Spyro: (With tears welling up in his eyes) I do! But if the Guardians are lost... I... I... I just don't want to be alone...
(With that, Spyro just breaks down into tears, as Cynder throws a comforting wing over him)
Cynder: (Embracing him as he cries) You're not alone. You've never been alone.
(With Cynder by his side, while Tommy Oliver and Megaforce Red continue to battle, Spyro approaches the Gem, a morose look on his face)
Spyro: (Under his breath) Farewell, old friends...
(Now Megaforce Red has seen what their up to, and is rushing to stop them, just as Tommy Oliver and his duplicates stop him)
Tommy Oliver: Whatever you're going to do, do it now! (To JJ Oliver) Take cover!
(With the urgency on their side, Spyro and Cynder ready their move, and blast the Gem with equally intense streams of Aether and Dark Aether. And just as they suspect, the Gem cannot handle the power, and fractures just as JJ Oliver takes cover. And as the gem fractures, the room is bathed in light as a violet ring emerges from the site, washing over the Hexagon Rangers and destroying their morphers, stripping them of their powers once and for all, as well as powering down the resistance Rangers, but not permanently, as well as returning Tommy Oliver's duplicates to the material they emerged from. And just as the light fades, Megaforce Red breaks free from Tommy Oliver's grip and rushes at Spyro, pinning him against the control panel)
Megaforce Red: I may not have my powers anymore, but I am still a Power Ranger, and I will end you!
Cynder: After all the misery you've caused, you have lost that title, as have your friends.
Spyro: (Throwing Megaforce Red off of him) You're nothing more than teenagers with a serious attitude problem.
Cynder: You weren't worthy of that title anyways.
Spyro and Cynder: So the power protects you no longer!
(Having finally had enough of this madness, Spyro and Cynder mutually stab Megaforce Red through the chest, Spyro using his horns and Cynder spearing him with her wing blades. As he breathes his last, Megaforce Red falls to his knees as Spyro and Cynder remove themselves from the wounds, allowing him to collapse dead on the ground.)
Spyro: This war is over.
(And as the room falls silent with the death of Hexagon's leaders, our tale ends for today)
Now I know I say this a lot, but this time, it's genuine. That was a lot to take in for just one chapter. But at last, the Hexagon threat is ended, and just as Spyro and Cynder vowed, the Megaforce Rangers are dead. But don't forget, there's one more chapter left. Next time, we wrap things up. So be sure to tune in for that. Same time... same channel!