Planet Tempus, the Chronos System.

Coiloga landed on the planet. Whereas before, he would've steered clear for fear of the distorted temporal effects, the Power Rangers had put paid to that by switching off the Cosmo Sphere that was causing it. So he was able to come to the planet and locate the remains of his comrade Katseayor. "Ah, Katseayor.", Coiloga said upon finding his comrade's burnt-out body. He hen kicked it. "I never had faith in you anyway." As he kicked the body, he caused part of Katseayor's chest armour to fall off, exposing something. "What? How can this be?" He took the body into his hands and carried him off.

Providence Base, Earth.

The Rangers landed outside the base, only to find the surrounding scenery was surprisingly unfamiliar. "Were the trees around here always brown on the leaves?", Mila asked.

"Yeah, and the humans aren't as showing as much skin as they used to.", Scales added. "This seems like a drastic change of climate for a few hours away."

"'A few hours'? I wish." Commander Goodman, the source of the comment, walked out of the base. "You've been gone for three months, or at least, that's when we were last able to call you."

"It must be an effect of the Chronos-14 distortion.", Myron speculated. "While it may have seemed like hours for us, the distortion in time meant it was months for Earth." He then turned back to the Commander. "What was so important you tried to call us for help?"

"Why don't you see for yourself?", Myron himself was shocked by the familiar figure who exited the building. It was his brother, Heath. "After you left, I was woken up by something, which the Commander here thought warranted calling you back. But after you didn't show up after a week, I decided I might as well help out around here." Myron interrupted him at this point with a hug. "Who ah there, I was expecting you to do this if we met again, but I wasn't expecting you to be this tight."

"I really missed you.", Myron said, barely concealing his emotion. "How did you wake up?"

"I really don't know myself.", Heath answered. "I just woke up in the lab and took note of the new Cosmo Sphere you had on the table, so my first thought was to examine that." He noticed the confused looks on everyone's face. "I assume this new Cosmo Sphere is as much a mystery to me as it is to you."

"Mystery is right.", Yuri answered him. "How about we go inside, so we can compare notes on what happened to both sides of our equation."

Everyone nodded and walked inside. Everyone except Cobras, who felt a strange presence in his mind. "This presence. I know it.", he thought as he walked off.

From high above, Tricerodo and her two Commanaga escorts looked down on Cobras. "He's already walking into our trap, boys.", the former said. "And once he does, I'll have two strong players to re-take the Earth with."

Gingaku Brainworld.

Dr. Cerebron was in conference with Gingaku. "My Lord, Tricerodo has taken my latest weapon and plans to use it to re-take Earth."

"The planet is too heavily guarded for such an assault.", Dark Soul pointed out. "The Power Rangers were recently registered coming back to the planet from Tempus. What weapon of yours could she possibly use to deal with them."

"Ah, but this is no mere weapon.", Cerebron stated. "This weapon will not only turn the Ranger's power against them, but give Lord Gingaku the power of Cosmic Energy to advance his plans."

"It'd better live up to this hype you're giving it.", Gingaku said. "With the Fire Knight in the equation, I'll be requiring power like that to even the odds in the event of a rematch. If you can't guarantee me that, then I'll be more than happy to remove you from my service. Permanently." With that said, he switched off the communication, leaving Cerebron alone.

Alone, until Coiloga entered the room, with Katseayor's torso. "I want you to analyse this for me.", he said as he slammed it down on the table. "And then, analyse me and Tricerodo, so I can be sure of a theory."

"Fascinating.", Cerebron said as he looked at the torso, which had wires portruding from a crack.

Providence Base, Earth.

The Rangers and Heath went into the lab, where Myron placed the Chronos-14 Sphere into its place in the stand that had been constructed for the Cosmo Spheres. "Now we only have 8 of the 89 to add to the collection.", he noted.

"Who'd have thought that the Tempus effect was the result of an overcharged Cosmo Sphere all along?", Heath asked. He then moved on and indicated the mysterious one that he had been talking about. "I think that this is what woke me up from my coma."

"It seems to be that globe we found after our last battle.", Proton said as he examined it. "Somehow, it's turned into a real Cosmo Sphere, albeit one of an unusual shape. Liekely due to all of us piloting the Zodiac Megazord this time."

"Never mind where it came from.", Barry said as he picked it up and put it in his Morpher. "Let's see what ability it has." He pulled the Sphere backwards, only to be met with an error sound.

"You really think that this is just for abilities?", Slash said as he picked the Sphere up and put into his own Morpher. "It's obviously a Morphing Sphere." He pushed the Sphere forward, only to be met with the same error message. "How is this thing supposed to work?", he said as he slammed it down on the table.

"Perhaps it requires all of us here to function properly.", Winda suggested, before getting dejected. "Which is currently impossible, because Drago and Tarrant vanished into the past while we were on Tempus."

"Speaking of vanishing, what happened to Cobras?", Scales decided to point out.

Everyone suddenly realised what they had missed. "The last I saw him was outside.", Yuri answered the question. "Who knows where he went?"

"We'd better look for him.", Mila said as the group began to head out.

In the nearby forest, Cobras walked out into a clearing. "I know you're here.", he yelled. "Come out so I can see you."

"My, how rude of me.", Tricerodo said as she stepped out of the shadows, unaccompanied. "You should know who I am by now, Cobras."

"You're Gingaku's Right General Tricerodo.", Cobras realised. "But you're also the one who helped me before."

"Oh yes, when you appeared next to me via the Tempus effect.", Tricerodo pointed out. "But since we're enemies, I suppose a fight is inevitable."

"Indeed so.", Cobras said as he pulled out his Serpent-06 Sphere and inserted it into his Morpher. "Cosmic Energy, Unleash!" He fired, transforming into the Silver Ranger. He and Tricerodo then charged at each other. Cobras tried to hit her with his Cosmo Scythe, but she dodged the hits and pushed him back with her own weapon, knocking him against a tree.

"You really have gone soft with the Rangers.", Tricerodo said with some sadness. "Such a shame to see such a capable warrior reduced to this."

"They've managed to liberate Earth and beat two of Gingaku's best since I joined them.", Cobras noted.

Tricerodo scoffed at this. "And how much of this involved you directly. All you did against Squideyasu was get rid of some rain clouds. Before you joined the Rangers, you were protecting the planet Matoine very successfully. And without you, Gingaku came in and sterilised the planet."

"What?", Cobras said with shock. Tricerodo removed her staff, an opportunity he used to collapse to the floor. "All that work I put into protecting those people, all for nothing." He then reverted to normal, now angry. "And it's all the Rangers' fault. If they hadn't taken me away, I could've saved the planet. But instead, Matoine is gone, just like my home planet."

"I doubt you'd have made much difference as you'd like.", Tricerodo said sympathetically. "Baja was rather a small fry compared to the one who destroyed the planet. You'd have fallen with them." She then called her two Commanagas forth, one of who, was carrying a briefcase. "Which is something I'd like to rectify for you."

Cobras staggered over to the briefcase, opening it to reveal the contents. It was a black version of the Cosmo Morpher, with a slightly modified barrel. "Are you saying that this could help me become stronger?", he said, with desperation in his voice.

"Not even the other Rangers could match your strength.", Tricerodo assured him. "And all you have to do is put it on."

"Don't listen to her." The two Commanagas were knocked back by a shot, as Yuri, Myron, Mila, Slash And Proton arrived. "She just trying to manipulate you.", the latter urged. "She's with Gingaku, the enemy."

"Your enemy, maybe.", Cobras growled as he picked up the black Morpher. "But I'm not going to stay on the same team that been dragging me down for months. The same team that allowed the work I put into saving a planet to go to waste."

"Cobras, what're you saying?", Mila said with worry. "We're supposed to save the universe together."

"I never wanted to save the universe.", Cobras said as he put the black Morpher onto his arm. He cried in pain briefly, but it stopped as his eyes flashed purple. "In fact, I don't even want this anymore." He took out his Serpent-06 Sphere and threw it to the ground in front of them. "Thanks to my new friends in Gingaku, I've awakened an even greater power."

Energy lapsed forth from Cobras, which formed into a Cosmo Sphere. However, this one had a dark purple frame and instead of a number, was marked with the Gingaku crest. "Amazing, he birthed his new power all by himself.", Myron said with surprise.

"I'd be impressed too, if he weren't about to try and destroy us.", Slash yelled back at him.

Cobras slid his new Sphere into formation, resembling a clenched fist, and inserted it into his new Morpher. "Dark Energy, Destroy!", he yelled as he pushed the Sphere forward and fired forward. Proton protected himself by calling the Galaxy Saber, but everyone else was knocked back by the force of the blast. The energy surrounded Cobras, transforming him. But instead of the usual Silver Ranger costume, he now had a thick, crimson scarf with yellow lines wrapped around his neck, a similarly-coloured coattail with a snake pattern around his waist, some red colouration on his helmet and the circle on his chest had become an eye. "The Envoy of Darkness! I am the Void Ranger!", he declared.

"'Void Ranger'?", Yuri said with confusion and worry. "Looks like we're going to have to fight him. It's Morphing Time!" He, Myron, Mila and Slash summoned their Morphers and inserted their Spheres, as Proton did likewise with his. "Cosmic Energy, Unleash!"

"Rise! Change!"

The five were morphed into their Ranger forms. "We don't want to fight you, Cobras.", Proton insisted.

"Well, that's your problem.", Cobras said as he fired at them, which they dodged. Cobras ran forward with his Cosmo Scythe, now corrupted with the red parts coloured black and the blue parts coloured purple, to engage his former teammates, who he began brushing aside. As Myron, Mila and Slash tried to hold Cobras down, he simply brushed them aside. When Yuri and Proton tried to push him back, he threw them back and began swinging his weapon. "You can't stop me.", he gloated. "I have more power than all of you now." The eye on his chest fired a beam at the Rangers, who were knocked back as he looked around.

Yuri struggled to try and pull himself up after the blast. "Don't do this.", he urged.

"Why shouldn't I?", Cobras asked. "I can handle all of you like you're those Area Controllers YOU all took down."

"Wait a minute.", Mila tried to explain, but Cobras ignored her, instead placing a Cosmo Sphere from the box onto his Scythe.

"Black Hole Glaive!" The weapon became charged with energy, which he tried to bring down on Mila.

"Leave her alone.", Yuri called as he knocked Cobras out of the way, causing the blast to narrowly miss its target and cut down a tree.

"Ah yes, the golden child.", Cobras said as he telekinetically wrapped Yuri in his scarf. "You think you're so special because you got chosen by that cosmic presence. Well just how special are we now?" He delivered more slashes to his opponent, knocking him down. As the other Rangers ran to tend to their friend, Cobras unleashed one more strike of his Black Hole Glaive, which subsumed them in an explosion and knocked them out of their Morph.

"Nice work, my friend.", Tricerodo said as she stepped forward. "I can count on you for more work, right?"

"Indeed.", Cobras answered her. "You've made me feel more wonderful than these fools ever could."

"Let's go then.", Tricerodo commented as they walked off. "See you later, Power Failures."

The other Rangers struggled to get up after that last hit. "Myron, you're a smart guy.", Mila commented. "How are you going to get us out of this?"

"I don't know.", Myron said, clearly worried. "I really have no solution to this problem."

Gingaku Brainworld.

Gingaku and Dark Soul had witnessed the fight that had taken place. "Excellent.", Gingaku laughed. "Once again, you have outdone yourself Doctor."

"Thank you.", Cerebron's voice echoed. "And like I said earlier, this Gingaku Morpher I created drains its user's Cosmic Energy and transfers it to you, my Lord. And as one chosen to be a Ranger, Mr. Cobras has plenty of Cosmic Energy to give."

"Yes, I can feel my power growing.", Gingaku declared as he developed a glowing aura. " but I'd like to see the Void Ranger fully defeat the Power Rangers to pass judgement fairly."

"Oh don't worry about that.", Tricerodo radioed. "With any luck, the Rangers will come to find their friend. And then, they'll meet their doom."

Tricerodo's Hideout.

Tricerodo was dancing around her lair. "I can't believe I did this. I managed to turn one of the Power Rangers against his friends." She looked over to that Ranger now, who had changed into a grey Nehru outfit with a red cape. "How do you feel, honey?"

"I feel great.", Cobras hissed. "What're we going to do next, now that the Power Rangers are no threat?"

Tricerodo giggled. "I thought that we'd move on and retake the Earth for Gingaku."

"What, with just the two of us?", Cobras asked. "Because even with your two lunkheads, a high chance of success is charitable at best." The two Commanagas took offence at this.

"Prove him wrong, boys.", their boss said to them, before turning to her newest recruit. "Don't worry, it won't just be the four of us. You and I will be going on a recruitment drive. And to increase our efficiency, we'll be sending out someone else to do the same task. The planet Earth will soon be ours once more."

Providence Base.

Yuri's team had regrouped with the others and shared their encounter with the Void Ranger. "So to summarise, Cobras…" Winda tried to say, but struggled "has joined up with Gingaku?"

"That's the gist of it.", Myron responded. "He's also developed a hatred for us in the process."

"No.", Scales insisted. "That can't be. Not Cobras. He's a guy with a strong sense of pride. He'd never join up with Gingaku."

"Well, he did.", Slash stated in a matter-of-fact tone. "He mentioned that he bought we were holding him back. That we'd stopped him from saving Matoine."

"Matoine was destroyed?", Jiro said with shock. "When did that happen?"

"A few weeks ago.", Heath answered. "After you left it, Gingaku sent Tricerodo in to Omega-Zero the planet. He decided that since the planets' defenders had left it and reconquering it would take too long, it was better to recover anyone of value from the planet and then remove the rest from the equation entirely."

"That would hit him right in the pride.", Mila realised. "He spent a long time protecting that planet with Scales. To hear it had been destroyed because he left it would be a real wound to the pride."

"Especially since his own world was destroyed.", Yuri pointed out. "Knowing that two worlds died on your watch, it can't be good for your mental state."

The conversation was interrupted by an alarm sounding. "What's that noise?", Barry asked.

"I decided to fit us with an alarm system in case of a Gingaku attack.", Heath explained. "You can view the trouble on the monitor."

Myron went over to the screen, where he saw two signals at once. "There's two attacks going on at the same time?", he questioned, before switching the alarm off.

"We'll have to split up and deal with both.", Proton suggested. "I'll take Slash, Winda and Myron to the one that's further away. Yuri, you take the rest to the other one."

"Sorry, but I won't be joining you.", Myron stated. "I'm going to stay here and try to figure out how this new Cosmo Sphere works. With Cobras out there, I'd lie, to have access to any edge we can possibly get our hands on."

Proton sighed. "Very well. Everyone, let's go."

Everyone else did a fist pump, saying "Okay", before leaving the room.

The Nearby Point.

Cobras was firing on the people. "Yes, tremble. Your suffering is at the hands of one of the Power Rangers you hold so dear.", he declared.

"That's it, darling.", Tricerodo thought to herself. "Keep at it, until the real Rangers show up."

As if on cue, Yuri's team came running onto the scene. Jiro went over to one of the civilians. "Are you okay?", he asked.

"Go away.", the man yelled as he pulled away. "It was one of you Rangers that caused this destruction."

"No, you don't understand.", Mila insisted.

"Oh, I'm sure they do.", Tricerodo said as she walked out of the shadows. "These Rangers say they're here to keep you safe. And yet, one of them attacks you and destroys your homes. Can you really say Gingaku did worse?"

"No.", the crowd that had gathered all declared.

"Excellent.", Tricerodo stated. "Then you won't mind me doing this." She fired a black gas from her weapon, which enveloped the people. When it dispersed, all of them had become angry.

"These Rangers are worse than Gingaku.", the same man from before yelled.

"We should get rid of them all.", a woman added.

"No, you're making a mistake.", Barry insisted.

"The only mistake was the one you made in coming here.", Cobras responded. "They're now against you, as I am."

"So it's true.", Scales said dejectedly. "You have joined Gingaku."

"Indeed I have.", Cobras answered. "I'm sorry to break up our friendship, Scales. But if you continue to stand with the Rangers, then your my enemy." He prepped his Void Sphere and inserted it into his Dark Morpher. "Dark Energy, Destroy!"

The 5 Rangers, except for Scales, prepared their own Morphs. "Cosmic Energy, Unleash!" While the 6 Rangers transformed, Tricerodo threw Detainer helmets onto the crowd, who did nothing to resist, as they were taken over and transformed into faceless henchmen.

"Let's go.", Cobras stated as he ran towards the Rangers. He managed to knock Yuri, Jiro and Scales down, but Mila and Barry held onto him. "You're pathetic.", he said as he threw Mila to one side.

"Cobras, that's enough.", Scales yelled as he began fighting his former partner.

"Ah, Ah, no helping.", Tricerodo said as she knocked Barry and Mila back with her weapon. Yuri and Jiro joined in the fight with her as Scales and Cobras ran off.

Scales desperately tried to defend himself against Cobras' Black Hole Glaive. "Don't do this.", he pleaded. "Cobras, I'm your friend."

"My friend?", Cobras became angry as he took another set of swings at his enemy. "Where were you when I was being left behind at the rebellion camp constantly? Where were you when I got beaten back by Abomiknight? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN KATSEAYOR LEFT ME FOR DEAD ON TEMPUS?"

As the Glaive caught Scales' shoulder and pulled him forward, he answered the question. "Believe me, I didn't know about any of that."

"That's the problem.", Cobras said as he looked at the floor, and then back to his opponent. "You don't know anything about me.", he said as he pushed Scales back. "We're not friends." He delivered a series of slashes with his Glaive, which knocked Scales back.

Scales got up. "Look, I'm sorry I didn't think about your feelings. But we didn't get to spend a lot of time together, between the separate missions we were sent on and you keeping to yourself. But I'm sure we can fix this." He went over to his partner and prepped his hand for a high-five. "Peace?"

Cobras seemed to think about it for a moment. "But as Scales came closer, he moved his Glaive to collide with the robot's leg, knocking him down. "That's not enough at this point.", he responded. He then stepped on the robot and slashed him again. "You gave me less credit than the mutt. Now I won't rest until you're nothing but debris between my hands." He continued slashing away.

Elsewhere, Yuri was knocked back by another attack from Tricerodo. "Man, she's much tougher than she looks.", he noted.

"Oh believe me, this is just the start.", Tricerodo responded. "Once I've built up my army of Detainers, I'm going to lead an attack to take back the Control Gear you 'loaned' from us."

"We won't let you do that.", Mila responded.

"It's funny you think you have a choice.", Tricerodo laughed. "Oh boys." The two Commanagas grew to giant size. "You can't stop them and my army at the same time."

"Maybe not, but I'll give it a try.", Barry declared as he ran into the army of Detainers, beginning to hit them, only to receive no response.

The Further Point.

Proton's trio touched down to see the people having Detainer helmets thrown on to them. "Where are these helmets coming from?", Winda asked.

"That would be me." Everyone turned to see a Commanaga, this one with slightly different armour and a red and blue colour scheme. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Lady Tricerodo's loyal right-hand, Structcon."

"Really?", Slash asked. "Because I think you're being replaced at the moment."

"I know about your former friend.", Structcon stated. "He's merely a puppet. Once we've retaken this planet, we'll drain him of his Cosmic Energy until he's nothing but a husk."

"So that's your plan for him.", Proton realised. "Well we're not going to let you carry it out. Galaxy Saber!" He summoned his Morpher and inserted his Cosmo Sphere into it.

The other two did likewise with theirs. "Cosmic Energy, Unleash!"

"Rise! Change!"

The three were morphed into their suits. "That's not going to make a difference. I've been modified to mimic any two elements of my choosing at once." He faced down Slash first, who swung his Cosmo Dagger down. "I'll start by showing you the invulnerability of a tank," he took the hit and felt no pain "with the speed of a rabbit." He moved at a high speed, knocking Slash down.

"Let's see how you can handle this.", Proton stated as he prepared his finishing move. "Burning Calibur!" He brought down his sword to deliver a slash.

However, Structcon emerged from the inferno unscathed. "I'll show you, Fire Knight, the resurrection capabilities of a Phoenix," he walked over to his enemy "with the incredible strength and weight of a robot." He knocked Proton back with a powerful punch.

"You won't be able to get me that easily.", Winda stated as she flew up into the air, using the Fly-57 Sphere to fly higher.

"Oh no?", Structcon asked. "Let me show you the incredible flight powers of a hawk," he jumped into the air, quickly matching the height of the Pink Ranger "mixed with the firepower of a machine gun." He launched a flurry of shots at his target, who was felled by them, crashing into the Earth from a great height. He then landed and addressed the three. "I'll let you live for now. After all, we'll destroy you all soon enough when Lady Tricerodo goes after your base." Structcon then teleported away, laughing maniacally.

"Oh no.", Slash wheezed. "We need to let the others know."

Back with Yuri's team, Jiro was looking at the two giant Commanagas and asking "What're we gonna do about these guys with only three of us?"

"Leave that with me.", Yuri said as he pulled out a Cosmo Sphere and loaded it into his Morpher. "Double-25 Cosmo Sphere, Activate!" He fired at Jiro and Mila, splitting both of them into two.

"Nice idea.", the two Milas said as they high-fived each other.

"Man, I look good.", the two Jiros said as they put their arms around each other.

Everyone then got into position and knocked their main Cosmo Spheres to the left. "Summon Zords." As the 5 Zords appeared, they combined, with the two Greens making up the right side and the two Blues making up the left side. "Cosmo Megazord, ready!"

"Chameleon Tonge Attack!", the Mila in the right arm deployed her Zord's tongue to tie up the two Commanagas. "How about you two come closer." She pulled the two towards the Megazord, which knocked them back with a punch.

"Let's show them the power of two wolves.", Jiro in the left arm said.

"You know it.", Jiro in the left leg said. After a brief scuffle, the left leg kicked the two opponents backwards.

"Great teamwork, even if it is with yourself.", Yuri said as he prepped his Morpher for a final attack.

"Cosmo Megazord Dual Strike!" The two Commanagas were blown apart by green and blue beams respectively.

On the ground, Barry continued to slash at the Detainers, to no result. "It's not working.", he said.

"Oh, didn't I tell you?", Tricerodo laughed. "These are a new model of helmet, which is a lot harder to cut through than the old kind."

"What?", Barry said with shock.

"It's been fun watching you struggle, but I really should stop you before you damage my army." Tricerodo hit Barry down with her weapon, before turning towards Cobras. "We're done here."

"Indeed we are.", Cobras responded as he left Scales' broken and battered body lying on the ground. "I'll finish my business with the Rangers when we attack their base." With that said, the two of them teleported out.

Providence Base.

Myron and Heath had still been examining the new Cosmo Sphere, to new success. "It's hopeless.", Myron said in a rage. "This thing is our best bet against the upcoming attack on our headquarters. And we still have no idea how it works."

"Myron calm down.", Heath said, putting his hand on his brother's shoulder.

"How can I stay calm?", Myron practically shouted. "One of our teammates has not only turned against us, but he's got his hands on a power that puts anything we could offer to shame. And the one hing that could help us isn't any help at all." He went over to the Cosmo Sphere and slammed his hand on top, causing it to glow with energy.

Heath was shocked to see this. "Bro, what did you do?"

"I don't know.", Myron said as he accidentally nudged the ring of the Sphere, causing it to spin around. This caused the light to disperse from the Sphere. Myron then perked up. "I think I've discovered how this thing works. Do you know what this means?"

"It means we might still have a way out of this.", Heath answered him.