The Shooting Star Ship.

En route to the Dark Nebula for another attempt to attack the Planet Black, the Rangers gathered around for a meeting. "So to recap, we have acquired the 4 Legendary Cosmo Spheres that can disrupt the barrier long enough to launch our attack.", Winda said.

"Perseus-36, Cassiopeia-38, Andromeda-40 and Cepheus-54.", Myron continued. "The plan is to have 4 of us use those Spheres from our Megazords at the ends of the barrier." He brought up a diagram, showing that the barrier was in the shape of a perfect cross. "This will disrupt the barrier from its sources and keep it open long enough to let us get in and out."

"And once they take the barrier down, you'll all be beaming onto the Planet Black, where Gingaku's palace is located.", Heath took over. "There will be some resistance, but I'm sure you can handle that."

"That's a given.", Scales commented. "We defeated two of the Victorious Generals together. There's not much bigger than them, other than Gingaku himself."

Jiro raised his hand. "Wait, we need all 4 Megazords to do this? Then how're we going to control the Cosmo Megazord, given that Yuri will need to be piloting the Shooting Star in order to make the plan work?"

"I'm glad you asked.", Proton answered him, slamming the All Zords Sphere down on the table. "Since you asked, you can use this to do it."

"Well, everything's in place for our assault.", Drago said, before turning to the other Rangers. "Everyone, let's go."

"Ok.", Everyone else in the Ranger team replied, pumping their arms.

"Good luck everyone.", Heath said as the Rangers made for the launch bay.

Planet Black, the Dark Nebula.

Within the antechamber of Gingaku's palace, Cha-ChaMari entered, accompanied by the three Victorious Generals. "Katseayor has been successfully revived, Father.", she reported. "And Coiloga's mental faculties have been restored to full working order."

"Good.", Gingaku said. "We need all of our forces for the coming battle with the Rangers. Now that they've acquired the 4 lights, an attack is inevitable."

"Let them come.", Katseayor said arrogantly. "Thanks to Coiloga, I've been made aware of my true potential."

"Yes, with you two willing to work with me, the Rangers won't stand a chance of taking our planet.", Coiloga declared.

"Don't get cocky.", Dark Soul said, as he entered with Dr. Cerebron. "The Rangers have only become more powerful through their battles with us. While our forces have dwindled to fractions of our former might, too scattered to organise a defence."

"Don't worry yourself about gathering forces.", Tricerodo said, dancing around. "I've called in an army of Detainers to be cloned by the Replicans. And every Gearoid, Commanaga and Neo-Bullroid fresh off the factory line to be sent to provide defence."

"Besides, you don't have the right to call us out on being weak.", Cha-ChaMari stated, pointing at Dark Soul. "Didn't you lose to the Red Ranger? Badly, I might add."

"Says the one who got mutilated by the Yellow Ranger, who I may add, isn't even the best of their fighters.", was Dark Soul's reply. "Anyway, thanks to Dr. Cerebron, I won't lose again in the rematch."

"Indeed.", Dr. Cerebron nodded. "I've infused Dark Soul here with the energies of all our greatest warriors. He'll be as powerful as the Big Bang Ranger, if not more so."

"Don't place too much trust in yourself.", Gingaku said. "I have brought forth a warrior to deal with the Rangers." A figure with a cross surrounding his head, wielding blades attached to his arms, and sporting a blue and gold colouration with the crest on his cross and a collar from which a cape bellowed, walked into the room, forcing the doors open and walking forward dramatically.

"Crosslice, at your service my Lord.", the newcomer said, bowing down.

Then a shadow appeared over the window that was the only natural light in the room, plunging them into near darkness. "They're here.", Dark Soul stated, "We have to move."

The Barrier's 4 Points.

Proton formed the Fire Voyager and landed on the planet north of the barrier. "It's time to bring an end to Gingaku once and for all.", he stated.

On the east point of the barrier, Drago combined with Barry forming the right arm and Cobras as the left arm. "Dragon Star Megazord, ready for action."

On the west, Yuri transformed the Shooting Star ship into its robotic form. "Shooting Star Megazord, ready!" Then he saw a massive attack fleet overhead. "And I'm not alone."

Finally, on the South Point, Astral Leo assumed his Megazord mode with Yellow as the right arm, Green as the left arm, Black as the right leg and Orange as the left leg. Jiro sat in the main cockpit. "Astral Leo Megazord, ready!" They turned around to see a giant Neo-Bullroid approaching.

"Looks like we're going to be busy here.", Jiro said as he charged the Megazord in to battle with the enemy robot.

{{+++Calculating power levels. Increase vector limit. Open thruster relay+++}} the Neo-Bullroid attempted to compute an escape route.

But it found none. "You stand no chance against my might.", Astral Leo stated as he punched the enemy once more.

Mila was buffeted by this. "Try to remember that we are inside you, Astral Leo.", she called out.

"I'm sure he remembers.", Jiro insisted. "I'm literally inside him. Let's finish this." He pushed the Cosmo Sphere back twice, activating the final attack.

"Astral Projection Break!" Astral Leo fired a beam at the enemy, destroying it. "As they say, this Space is ours."

"Yuri, how you doing?", Jiro asked.

"It could be better.", Yuri replied as he continued to fight off the fleet by himself. He still managed to destroy them all. "And it is now."

"Nothing on our end.", Drago reported.

"Good. Let's unleash the 4 powers.", Proton said. He, Drago, Jiro and Yuri activated the 4 Legendary Cosmo Spheres and activated them. Their Megazords unleashed a wave of energy that converted at the centre of the barrier, shattering it.

"That's the easy part.", Yuri radioed in. "The hard part has yet to come."

Planet Dark.

In a dimly lit room, Dr. Cerebron looked around to see several figures in cubicles. "We might not be able to create a larger army, but that doesn't mean we can't recruit one." He went over to a computer terminal and began adjusting the controls. "Soon, you'll all be awake, but with a new purpose in your miserable lives. Oh the Power Rangers will be surprised at what hits them." He then began to laugh.

Elsewhere on the Planet, the Rangers came down, now unmorphed, in the same area. "I can't believe it.", Mila said. "I can't believe we managed to land on the Gingaku Brainworld. How many people have dreamed of doing this?"

"Probably not many.", Myron answered her. "Most people would want to stay away from this place. I came here once as part of my time with Gingaku. Going back has never been a priority of mine."

"I've also been here several times.", Winda stated. "In fact, I still have a map of the palace for us to plan our assault. If you'll behold my view projector." She generated a 3D image of the structure. "There are three entrances on the lowest level, two on the middle level and one on the highest level."

"The middle section seems like a good place for an assault.", Proton suggested. "I'll take Cobras, Mila and Myron to target that receiver. Then we can send a message to everyone that Gingaku is finished as a major power."

Myron scowled at this. "Targeting that receiver isn't really what I want to get done. I think that the lab should be a main target."

"I'll handle that.", Tarrant said. "You're not the only one who wants to see that lab destroyed. Other than myself, nothing good has come out of it. The sooner it's gone, the better."

Mila thought on Tarrant's words. "What you're saying… Are you suggesting that Dr. Cerebron is -?"

"Yes, he's alive.", Myron answered her. "Spectrum, Tricerodo and Coiloga have all said as much, to the point it makes sense of a lot of things. He must be somewhere Gingaku can ensure his continued assistance, ie the lab."

"I'm going to make sure that he can't make anything else.", Tarrant said. "Winda, Scales, Drago, you're with me, infiltrating the bottom floor."

"I guess that leaves me with the others.", Yuri said. "I know that Gingaku will have Gregory close to him, and presumably Proton's friend Corvin somewhere nearby."

"I didn't even know Proton had a friend.", Barry commented.

"Yeah, I should've gone into more detail on my past at some point.", Proton said. "But between our hectic quests, launching attacks on this planet twice and our need to sleep, I haven't had a good opportunity."

"We'll discuss it later.", Slash said. "For now, we should get to work on our respective quests."

"Precisely my point."

The Rangers all set off, separating into the three groups that had been decided. From above, they were observed by Cha-ChaMari, who was accompanied by Crosslice. "So, the Rangers have split up into groups. And one of them is headed for the centre level, which is supposedly the least well-guarded."

"Until we get there.", Crosslice added. "Then I'll deal with the Rangers."

On the lower level, Tarrant's group came face-to-face with a group of Detainers and Commanagas. "Looks like we have some company.", Scales noted.

"Well, it's nothing we can't handle.", Drago said as he pulled out his Cosmo Sphere, with everyone else doing likewise. The 4 then inserted their Spheres into their Morphers. "Charge Up!"

"Cosmic Energy, Unleash!"

The 4 Rangers were soon transformed and began fighting the enemies. Winda took down three of them with a few shots, while Scales proceeded to knock 4 more into each other. Tarrant and Drago took on the two Commanagas, with the former throwing his opponent over his head using a wrestling move and the latter locking weapons with his opponent briefly, before converting his Staff into Rifle mode and shooting his opponent. "Well that was easy.", Tarrant stated. "They didn't seem to be trying there."

"Almost as if there's a trap waiting.", Winda noted. "We should proceed with caution."

The Rangers opened the door, revealing a large room, where various figures were waking up from cubicles. "I think I know these guys.", Scales said. "Oh I know, they're Earth's legendary Power Rangers." He went over to the Red Ninja Ranger (Author's note: officially, Ninja Storm's is the Red WIND Ranger, while Ninja Steel's is the Red NINJA Ranger) and held out his hand. "It's nice to finally meet you guys." He received a slash to the chest for his troubles. "Was it something I said?"

Dr. Cerebron's voice echoed. "Ha Ha Ha. I've made a few adjustments to the minds of these Rangers. They now serve our cause loyally as any soldier in our army. Good news for us, not so good news for you." He then signed off.

"Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!", the Red Ninja Ranger said, preparing his sword and bringing it down towards Scales, who barely managed to block the hit.

And so, a fight broke out, with the 4 Cosmic Rangers facing an army of Earth's defenders. Winda tried flying to a higher ground, but the Yellow Wild Force Ranger intercepted her, slashing at her with her Golden Eagle Sword. Drago found himself in a sword fight with the SPD Shadow Ranger and the Beast Morphers Silver Ranger, with the latter being taken out much easier than the former. Tarrant charged through a group of the physically strongest Rangers, until he met the Beast Morphers Blue Ranger, who gave him a fist fight which was almost evenly matched. However, the artificial Gorilla Strength of the latter was no match for Tarrant's immense weight. Scales shot his way through more of them, until he met with the Red Lightspeed Ranger. "Ah, a fellow marksman, I see.", Scales said. "Perhaps you'd be up for an old western showdown." His opponent nodded. The two drew their firearms, turned away from each other, took ten steps back…

And then Scales was shot at by another figure, the Gold Ninja Ranger. "Did you really think we'd play fair?", he asked.

"No.", Scales replied. "But it did give Winda an opportunity to call upon something."

"Correct." Winda pulled out a Cosmo Sphere, which everyone took a look at. "It's the same one Myron used to reverse brainwashing before." She then inserted it into her Morpher. "Purity-60, Activate!" She fired a beam of energy, that showered down on all the brainwashed Rangers, rendering them unconscious.

On the middle floor, Mila's group made it to the room they were aiming for. "Alright team, once we make it through this door, we can send our message to the universe.", Proton said. "There's no turning back from this point."

"Wouldn't have it any other way.", Cobras said. "Let's go."

However, the sides of the room were not a radio transmitter. Instead, it was a blank room with a few pillars. "Seems pretty sparse for a transmission relay.", Cobras commented.

"It's a trap.", Myron realised.

"And you fell for it.", Cha-ChaMari's voice echoed. "Did you really think a place like a radio transmitter would be marked on a map? You've walked right into the execution chamber. Your executioner is about to arrive."

Crosslice walked into the room. "So you're the Power Rangers. Executing you will be an honour."

"Looks like we'll have to deal with this creep as well.", Myron said, pulling out his Cosmo Sphere. "Guys, ready?"

"Ready!", everyone else said, pulling their own Sphere out. Everyone inserted their Spheres into their Morphers. "Cosmic Energy, Unleash!/Rise! Change!" In an instant, the 4 Rangers were Morphed.

Proton took the first swing at Crosslice. "Take this.", he declared, before he slashed him. However, it had no effect. "What the-?"

"You fool.", Crosslice declared as he pushed Proton back. "I'm as tough as any of your precious Cosmo Spheres."

"Really?", Myron thought.

Elsewhere, Yuri's group came across Dark Soul as they traversed the path to the upper level. "Tell your followers to go away.", Dark Soul demanded. "This is between you and me."

Slash tried to move forward, but he was stopped by Yuri. "Do as he says. Who knows what he'll do to you otherwise."

"Ok then.", Slash replied. "Guys, we're going on without Yuri.", he said to the others, directing them to carry on.

"Gregory, I don't want to hurt you.", Yuri said. "I just want my friend back."

"Your friend is gone.", Dark Soul stated. "He perished in that shuttle accident. And thanks to Dr. Cerebron, there's nothing left of him." He surrounded himself with a dark aura, which shuddered as he transformed into a black, reptile-like appearance, with white armour that had a loincloth with Gingaku's crest hanging from the waist. "I'm more than Gregory Packer, more than Dark Soul. I am Yamashi!"

"New look, same old lines.", Yuri said. "If you're so powerful now, then try beating me in your previous form."

"As you wish.", Yamashi said as he transformed back into Dark Soul and drew his sword. "Let's go."

"Ok then.", Yuri said as he ran forward, morphing into the Red Ranger and drawing his Cosmo Saber. The two crossed swords as the battle of fate began.

Back in the execution chamber, Myron and Mila tried slashing at Crosslice, only for him to disappear. "You can't stop me, Rangers.", he declared as he reappeared and attacked Proton.

"Don't be so sure.", Cobras said as he used a forbidden ability of his species to freeze the enemy in position.

Myron then wrapped his stinger tail around Crosslice and pulled him towards him. "Go Mila." Mila complied, running forward and slashing at Crosslice.

But Crosslice recovered from the hit quickly. "That won't stop your doom.", he stated as he fired his beam of energy at the Rangers, which Proton ran forward to block.

"Guys, let's try the Legendary Cosmo Spheres on this guy.", Cobras suggested.

"It's worth a shot.", Proton said. "Let's do it." He inserted the Cassiopeia Sphere into his Galaxy Saber, while Myron, Cobras and Mila did likewise with the Perseus, Cepheus and Andromeda Spheres into their own Morphers, before preparing their final attacks.

"Cross Cosmic Energy Strike!", the 4 declared as they launched their energies at Crosslice, damaging him severely.

"No, I can't go out like this.", Crosslice declared. "I'm supposed to take you down." He exploded, reverting to a Cosmo Sphere, which Myron picked up.

"It's Southern Cross-73.", he noted. "That just leaves number 46 to add to our collection. But I'm confused as to how this guy had it."

"Maybe Gingaku brought him to life using it somehow.", Cobras suggested. "But the good news is that our execution is off the table."

"On the contrary," Everyone turned around to see the three Victorious Generals standing there "it's merely been delayed.", Coiloga stated. They then charged forward and engaged the Rangers.

Elsewhere, Yuri was still fighting Dark Soul. "You don't stand a chance.", Dark Soul said as he threw Yuri down.

"Try me.", Yuri said as he prepared a final attack, firing it at Dark Soul, who responded by charging his sword with energy. The two beams passed each other and hit their targets, knocking them both back. "You can't let Gingaku boss you around anymore.", Yuri called out. "Come back to me. To Pamela"

"You're 5 years too late.", Dark Soul informed him. "I have a new life now. And to cement it, I'll get rid of you and everything that reminds me of the past." He picked Yuri up and threw him over the railing, to his apparent doom. "Good riddance.", Dark Soul said as he looked down on the pit, walking off.

Down in the execution chamber, the 4 Rangers were struggling with The 3 Generals. Proton and Cobras went for their grudge targets of Katseayor and Tricerodo, only for the latter two to essentially ignore them, taking out the other Rangers with their mace and blasts respectively. Coiloga then charged at the two Rangers, taking Proton down with his sword and slashing Cobras back with his claw. "They're a lot tougher than I've ever seen them.", Proton commented. "I've never seen them work so effectively."

"Let's just say I've taken your red friend's words to heart.", Coiloga gloated. "Teamwork and friendship are incredibly effective tactics, especially in taking you fools down."

"We can't hope to beat them all together by our powers alone.", Mila stated. "We need to combine the powers of those 4 Spheres again."

"Not just them.", Myron added. "This Southern Cross Sphere can combine the 4 powers with its own for added strength." He then pulled out the Leo-77 Sphere and inserted it into his Morpher. "Summon Penta Blaster!"

The small Leo Zord appeared, jumping into Myron's arm and transforming into its cannon mode. Myron then plugged the Southern Cross Sphere onto the hilt of the cannon and opened the side of the weapon to reveal 4 slots. "I didn't know his thing had this feature." Mila commented, as she inserted the Sphere she had been using into the first slot.

"It's still something that could turn the tide of battle for us.", Cobras responded as he inserted his Legendary Sphere.

"We've still yet to test it.", Proton said as he inserted the Cassiopeia Sphere.

"What're you up to?", Katseayor asked.

"Yes, wed like to destroy you sooner rather than later.", Tricerodo scolded.

"Don't worry, we'll be right with you.", Myron commented. He inserted his Legendary Sphere and closed the slot, charging the weapon. "Legendary Charge! Cross Ignition!" He fired the beam at the three Generals, who were unable to defend against the full power, being blown back. "So you can't stand up to this power."

"Not as our separate selves.", Coiloga wheezed as he stood up. "But let's see how our combined power fares, what do you say, my allies?"

"Yes, now is the time.", Katseayor nodded. "Arporioshi!"

"Arporioshi!", Tricerodo stated.

"Arporioshi!", Coiloga also said.

"What's happening?", Mila asked. As if fat itself was answering her question, the 3 Victorious Generals jumped into the air, converting into blue outlines, which superimposed onto each other and rearranged their shape into a new one, which landed on the floor and regained colour. The new figure had a torso shaped like an upside down triangle, with legs similar to the shoulder decorations of the three Generals. It had metallic feet, silver with blue lines. It had blue shoulder pads with silver spikes sticking out the top. At the end of its left arm was Coiloga's claw, while the right arm had Katseayor's ball, with the chain wrapped around the arm. Coiloga's head was in the centre of the new being, with wires reaching outwards around the neck, with Tricerodo's weapon's nozzle on the left. Tricerodo and Katseayor had their heads to the left and right of Coiloga's respectively. "What's that?"

"It's the big guy Orbis had the first time I faced him down.", Proton answered. "But I was sure I destroyed him then."

"Who are you?", Myron asked the new figure.

The recipient looked up with his centre head and spoke, with a combination of Coiloga's voice, Katseayor's accent and Tricerodo's vocal patterns. "I am Arporioshi."