Providence Base, Earth.

It was late at night. The duty guard was patrolling the hallway, making sure there were no intruders. It was a recent innovation added in response to Gingaku having turned one of the Rangers against them. Commander Goodman was no longer taking any chances in assuming what the enemy might pull to infiltrate and retake the structure. And tonight, the guard could tell she was justified. "Hey!", the guard called out to a shadowy figure, coming out of the vault. "What're you doing here?"

"Drat.", the figure commented as he emerged from the shadows, revealing himself as a figure in silver armour with blue highlights, adorned with a cape and wearing a helmet shaped like a typical UFO. "I should've anticipated there'd be guards."

"Yes, you should've." The duty guard said as he pulled out a stun baton. "You can tell Gingaku that they won't be taking their Control Gear back."

The stranger laughed at this. "I'm not with Gingaku.", he stated, as he zapped the guard with a beam from his hand, rendering him unconscious. "But my goals are currently much the same. To destroy the Power Rangers." He then teleported away, taking with him the item he had stolen: the Reanimiser.

Planet Almeranac, the Coronet System.

The Rangers were speaking with one of the planet's dignitaries. "I thank you, Power Rangers, for your help in liberating our world from its Planetary Controller.", he said.

"Oh, it was nothing really.", Winda assured him. "With the main Gingaku Brainworld destroyed and its remaining leaders all scattered throughout the universe, we have plenty of time to deal with their smaller, more localised forces."

"We can deal with the remnants scattered around our planet.", the dignitary assured them. "You presumably have other business to attend to."

"Thanks again for allowing us to help you.", Yuri nodded. Then the 12 Rangers were teleported back up.

The Shooting Star Ship.

The twelve Rangers began discussing recent events. "I could go on taking down Gingaku remnants for a while.", Scales said.

"It's a heck of a lot easier than the big shots.", Jiro concurred.

Myron however, was less upbeat. "Don't forget, Dark Soul and Dr. Cerebron are both still out there. We have no idea what they'll do next, especially with that energy they collected."

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about them.", Mila said. "We can handle other problems until they rear their ugly heads."

It was then that an alert sounded. "We have an incoming message.", Heath reported from the apparatus. "From the… G5 Galactic Summit?"

The holographic image of a man in red metal armour, adorned with golden shoulder pads and sporting a pair of blue eyes, appeared in front of the Rangers. "Hello Power Rangers. I am Sheriff Skyfire of the Galactic Police. We are requesting your help in apprehending a dangerous fugitive from the law."

"Hold on.", Proton said. "The Power Rangers are universal saviours, not errand boys for the galactic five-o. What makes you think…?"

"This isn't a matter for debate, sir.", the Sheriff replied. "Our agents will be beaming aboard shortly."

Sure enough, two new figures appeared in the bridge of the ship. They were a figure in silver armour decorated with black lines with a silver wash and a middle-aged human male with short, dark hair and a goatee. "Greetings Power Rangers.", the silver figure said. "I'm sure you'll forgive our hijacking of your ship, but we feel you are uniquely suited for the recapture of this criminal."

"Look, who is this criminal that you think we'd be suited to help you take him out?", Slash asked indignantly. "And who are you anyway?"

"My apologies.", the silver figure answered him. "I am Captain Chaku of the G5 Summit. This human accompanying me is Ryan Steele, formerly of a clandestine earthbound group known as the Virtual Reality Troopers."

The man - Ryan - took over. "As for the criminal we're after, he's a guy known as Kabujin." He brought up a holographic image of Kabujin. Unbeknownst to the Rangers, he was the same figure that had stolen the reanimiser from Providence Base. "Me and my friends fought for years against a group of invaders from a virtual reality, trying to penetrate normal reality. We eventually took them out, but Kabujin was one we missed. He managed to escape through the reality barrier and leave the planet before we were even aware he existed."

"He eventually joined up with a crime family I was assigned to hunt down.", Captain Chaku continued. "They helped convert him into a real being and accepted him as a member in secret. We weren't aware of his involvement with the group until long after I thought I'd wiped out their last member. When we discovered Kabujin was active again, I was brought out of retirement to hunt him down. When we discovered his origins, Ryan here was brought on to help me as a consultant."

"You still haven't answered Slash's question.", Drago pointed out. "Why come to us?"

"Because it's come to my attention that Kabujin may have designs concerning you, Rangers.", Chaku replied. "He recently broke into your base on Earth and stole several weapons from your vault. Among them was a "reanimiser", left over from my case concerning Ryjack. I should've taken greater care in retrieving it."

"Don't blame yourself, Captain.", Heath said. "If anything, I should've destroyed the weapon at the first opportunity I had. Instead, I just threw it into our vault."

The other Rangers were confused by this. "I'm probably missing something.", Barry stated. "What's a 'reanimiser'?"

"It's a weapon that can scan objects for the psychic imprint of their original owners and then recreate said owners exactly as they were at the moment of death.", Myron answered. "Spectrum had me steal one from Grid Battleforce while he was building his forces up. It's how those old villains reappeared during the Omega-Zero. It also where Robo Knight came from during Cobras' stint as the Void Ranger."

"Thanks for reminding me.", Cobras commented sarcastically.

"The point is that with the reanimiser, Kabujin could bring back an army of the worst scum to plague the universe.", Ryan stated. "We need to use your ship's long range scanner to pinpoint his location and stop whatever he's planning."

"I'll get to work.", Myron said as he began operating the console. "Who knows how much progress Kabujin has made with his new toy."

Kabujin's Hideout.

In a deserted warehouse, Kabujin was working on a machine. "Everyone was a fool.", he said as he plugged three cables into three cubicles. "They had no idea of the potential that this device could be capable of." He then placed a different item into each cubicle; a large machine gun in the first cubicle, an ornately-carved sword into the second and a broken blade into the third. "But I am less naive. I will use the full potential of this device." He plugged the reanimiser into a terminal connected to the three cubicles and pulled the trigger. "Now rise, my allies in evil."

The gun channeled it's energies into the machine that had been constructed, zapping the weapons in the cubicles. The weapons were surrounded by the energy, transforming into exact replicas of their original users. The gun transformed into a human woman, Caucasian with brown hair that had a purple stripe down the front, wearing a black uniform with a purple segment. This was Robo-Roxy, one of two robotic replicas of the avatars created by the Evox Virus. The second cubicle contained a red-coloured piratical alien, mostly red with a fur collar and golden skulls on his shoulders. This was Bucchan, a former Area Controller from Earth. The third cubical contained a skeletal looking creature with red-coloured parts on his body. This was Deker, the rogue Nighlok that had been obsessed with the Samurai Red Ranger. Of the three, it was Roxy who broke the silence first. "Where are we?", she asked their benefactor. "And who are you?"

"Friends, I am Kabujin.", was his answer. "I have restored you all to life following your previous defeats. And I can provide each of you with your own army." He fired the reanimiser wildly, creating Tronics, the robotic servants of Evox, X-Borgs, the robots that had fought against the Megaforce Rangers and Moogers, the spawned servants of the Nighlok leader Master Xandred. "All you have to do is help me out."

"Help you with what?", Bucchan asked. "If you think I'm gonna get involved with Power Rangers again, then forget it. They're nothing but trouble."

"My friend, I wouldn't worry about the Power Rangers stopping my goals.", Kabujin assured him. "In fact, they're going to help me in that goal. But for that to happen, you'll all need to play your part."

The Shooting Star Ship.

As the Ship travelled through space, Myron's detecter started beeping. "I've found the signal.", he called out.

"You have?", Chaku asked. "That's good news. Where are they located?"

"On Matoine.", Myron answered. "We've had some history with that place, back when it was still inhabited."

"It's the perfect place to hide out.", Cobras stated. "Who'd think to hide out on a dead planet?"

"On the plus side, we can take him down much earlier and easier.", Mila said. "When do we set off?"

"Oh no, Mila.", Ryan stopped her. "I'm keeping you and Drago behind with me, in case something goes wrong."

"A good idea.", Drago nodded. "Sending out a fraction of our resources will allow us to respond to any surprises they might have for us."

"It won't matter.", Yuri assured her. "We'll take out Kabujin's army and then come back and relax after a job well done, isn't that right Captain Chaku?"

"Your enthusiasm is well-advised, Yuri.", Chaku nodded. "Let us go." Drago operated the apparatus, transporting the 11-strong away party to their destination.

Planet Matoine, Uncategorised Space.

The 11 landed in the middle of a city centre. "This place looks familiar.", Scales said. "Though I remember it having more people, don't you buddy?", he asked Cobras.

"Of course it's emptier.", Cobras said. "Gingaku came by and did a number on this place. Namely, Omega-Zero."

"Aww, it's cute that you know Zero is a number." Everyone turned around to see Roxy standing on a balcony, along with Bucchan and Deker. "Because it's the number of you that'll be walking away with your lives."

Chaku in particular was shocked to see the villains. "How are you here?", he asked. "Records show that you were destroyed on Earth."

"And I'm sure that the red guy was kicked out of life by Myron's brother.", Jiro said about Bucchan. "Maybe it's that reanimiser-thingy."

"You're not as dumb as you look.", Bucchan responded. Then the Rangers clutched their heads in pain, before collapsing into unconsciousness. "Oh wait, you fell for our little front to knock you unconscious."

"Unfortunately, I'm immune to such sonic tricks.", Chaku said as he leapt up to the villain's vantage point and begun fighting them in hand-to-hand.

"That may be, Captain." Chaku was then hit by a ray from afar, knocking him unconscious. "But I prepared something separate especially for you.", Kabujin concluded. "I only got my hands on 10 of the Rangers. But that should be enough for what I have planned."

The Shooting Star Ship.

"Guys, come in.", Mila said with increasing desperation as she worked the controls. "It's no good.", she told the other two. "I can't raise any of them."

"Something must've happened on the planet.", Drago realised. "But what?"

His question soon answered itself, as the image of Kabujin appeared on the monitor. "Ladies and Gentle-beings, I welcome you to the first of many epic brawls to the finish, live from right here on Planet Matoine. And now, let's go over to my lovely co-host Roxy for some colour commentary."

Then Roxy appeared on the scene. "Today's competitors are the Rangers who've been fighting to save the universe. On one side, we have the Red, Black, Yellow and Sky Rangers." Yuri, Tarrant, Slash and Barry indeed stepped forward, as if in a trance. "And on the other side, we have the Fire Knight, the Orange Ranger and the Pink Ranger." Sure enough, Myron, Proton and Winda were their opponents. "7 challengers enter, one survives to fight on. But who will it be?"

Planet Matoine.

Bucchan stood on the sidelines of the battle, as the referee. "Ready, set. Fight!", he called out.

The Rangers pulled out their Cosmo Spheres and morphed, charging at each other, weapons at the ready. They engaged in a brief firefight, before switching to certain opponents. The two Reds ended up against each other, swords locked. "You can't hope to beat me.", Proton stated. "I am the strongest!"

"Don't bet on it.", Yuri responded, before being pushed back by his enemy's shield. As Proton charged forward, he was stopped by Jiro, who threw the Fire Knight over his shoulder.

"And it looks like the Blue Ranger has joined today's brawl.", Roxy stated. "But the Fire Knight jumps back into the fray and wrestles the newly morphed opponent."

"I'm gonna rip your throat in half.", Jiro threatened.

"Wishful thinking.", Proton said as he threw his opponent back and then stood back as Cobras and Scales appeared to hold him back.

"You're open.", Yuri called out as he jumped down with his Cosmo Saber. The hit knocked Proton back, but not out. The two thus continued their sword fight.

"And elsewhere in our complex, Yellow and Pink are going at it.", Roxy announced as Slash and Winda engaged each other in a fight. Slash grabbed his opponent and swung her around on the floor, which she used to kick him and swing her way back up. "You go, girl."

The two then locked weapons. "Only one of us can make the hit.", Winda stated. "And it won't be you."

"Don't be so sure.", Slash said as he broke the deadlock, swinging his Cosmo Dagger.

Elsewhere, Barry was thrown back as Tarrant faced Myron. "And the rest of the Rangers are giving it their all.", Roxy announced as Myron dodged hits and projectiles from the other two, before countering with his Cosmonata.

Myron was pushed back against the wall. "This doesn't look good.", he said as his opponents flexed. "For you." He said as he charged at them.

"And back with our Red battle, the Fire Knight has the upper hand. But Red assumes his Solar form to fight fire with fire. And despite it working, he switches out for Pegasus, to push his opponent back further."

"Time to end you.", Proton said to his opponent as he inserted and removed his Galaxy Saber from his shield. The flaming sword hit Yuri, knocking him back to his normal mode.

"That won't stop me.", Yuri said as he charged forward again.

From the main studio, Captain Chaku had a good view of events from his chains. "Why do this?", Chaku asked as he saw the Rangers destroying each other. "Why revive these villains if you were just going to have the Rangers destroy each other?"

"Every showman needs an act.", Kabujin stated. "Too many people want to rule over the universe today. I think it's better to give the people what they want: entertainment in the form of violence. And these revived villains can help make my dream reality."

Chaku tried to move forward, but was held back by Deker. "But what happens when the Rangers destroy each other? Your show won't last long without contestants."

"Precisely, Captain.", Kabujin replied. "Once people see the show has a Power Ranger as its main champion, people will be scrambling in to challenge them for the title. And when someone eventually claims it, people will want to beat him. And so on and so forth as long as there's an audience." He then turned away from his captives. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a show to run."

Down at the battlefield, the fight between the Rangers continued to heat up, with no end in sight. Then Mila and Ryan teleported down to the planet. "Stop it.", Mila called out. "You're going to destroy each other." Jiro continued in a punch out with Scales and Cobras. "You're friends, you shouldn't be doing this."

"I'm afraid they can no longer hear you.", Bucchan said. "They've all been hit with aggression waves being transmitted from the central tower. The only way to restore it is to switch it off."

"Don't tell them that, you idiot.", Roxy growled, morphing into her armoured form. "Now we have to stop them before they can shut it off. Tronics!" Her robotic footsoldiers appeared.

"Oh, right. X-Borgs!", Bucchan nervously responded, as his new servants teleported in. "Stop them." Both sets of robots charged at their targets.

Mila help back some of them with her Cosmo Blade, before slashing them back. "I'll hold these guys off, you head for the tower." She then delivered a kick to a stack of crates, knocking them onto a pair of Tronics.

"I'm sure you can handle this.", Ryan said as he kicked a pair of X-Borgs into each other, clearly expecting something to happen. "They don't make 'em like they used to." He then took off.

"You can't save your friends.", Bucchan stated as he and Roxy engaged Mila in battle, locking their weapons with hers. "This will be your end."

In the control tower, Ryan kicked the door in, bursting into the room. "So this is your operation, Kabujin. Pretty quaint."

"Ryan Steele.", Kabujin said with some bitterness. "You're a long way from Earth. But then again, it doesn't matter where I kill you in the end." He pulled out his sword and begun swinging it at his opponent.

However, Ryan dodged this and went straight for Captain Chaku, helping untie him from his restraints. "Thanks, Ryan.", Chaku said as he moved forward and punched Deker back. "Now I can do some damage control."

"No.", Kabujin growled. "Stop them, you fool.", he yelled at Deker.

A yell that came too late, as Ryan smashed the transmitter apparatus.

On the ground, the Rangers continued their brawl, before Chaku leapt in and punched them all out. "Rangers, wake up. You're all free.", he called out.

Sure enough everyone came to. "What happened?", Yuri asked. "How did we get here?"

"Kabujin brainwashed you into fighting each other.", Mila said as she came up to them. "But you're free now."

"That may be true.", Kabujin said, appearing with a captive Ryan. "But you haven't thwarted my plans." He clicked his fingers, teleporting all but Yuri, Mila, Proton and Chaku away. "You've just made me put them on hold. I can start over once I've destroyed you." He clicked his fingers, causing an army of Rinshi, Moogers, X-Borgs and Tronics to charge. "Take care of them."

"Guys.", Yuri said as he stepped forward, pressing his Big Bang Sphere. "Let's take them out."

"Right.", Mila said as she pulled out her Cosmo Sphere and inserted it into her Morpher. "Cosmic Energy, Unleash!" She morphed into the Green Ranger.

"Big Bang Energy, Unleash!", Yuri inserted his Big Bang Sphere and spun it, morphing into the Big Bang Ranger. Across 4 locations, the 11 Rangers began fighting off armies of grunts. "The Warrior of Light, Big Bang Ranger!"

Myron was facing Robo-Roxy. "Venom of the Scorpion, Orange Ranger!"

Jiro fought with Deker. "Claw of the Wolf, Blue Ranger!"

Cobras and Scales fought off foot-soldiers, with Cobras having assumed his Void mode. "The Envoy of the Dark, Silver Ranger: Void Mode!"

"The Balance Between Good and Evil," Scales said at the same time as Cobras, with the two ultimately doing a back-to-back pose. "Gold Ranger!"

Tarrant also faced Deker. "Strength of the Bull, Black Ranger!"

Mila fought off some of Kabujin's Moogers and X-Borgs. "Stealth of the Chameleon, Green Ranger!"

Mila was being swung around by Myron to fight off Roxy. "Agility of the Eagle, Pink Ranger!"

Slash took on Bucchan with Barry. "Blade of the Swordfish, Yellow Ranger!"

"Howl of the Bear, Sky Ranger!"

Finally, Proton was fighting off more grunts. "The Burning Challenger, Fire Knight!"

Ryan, now free from captivity, held up a small pendant, known as the virtualiser. "Trooper Transform! We Are VR!" A flash of blue light enveloped him, creating his suit, which was comprised of blue armour with silver highlights and a green insignia on his chest. He and Chaku began punching at Kabujin, who held his own. "See Ya."

"Not bad old timer.", Yuri said as he and Proton thrust their swords at Kabujin. Both then kicked him back further.

"This is for my friends.", Mila cried out as she swung her Cosmo Blade down on Kabujin, before kicking him back.

"You're all pretty tough.", Kabujin stated as he recovered. The 5 heroes then stood side-by-side. "But try and find the real me." He did an evil ninja pose, creating two duplicates of himself.

"I'll take them all on.", Mila said as she ran forward, followed by Yuri and Proton and finally by the two non-Ranger allies.

Mila faced one of the three in a corridor, locking blades and using acrobatics to dodge his hits. Eventually, she managed to knock him back with her Blade. "I'll take you down for your interference.", Kabujin stated as his head detached, firing lightning at Mila. But she blocked and dodged all of his shots, before he gave up and reattached his head, continuing the fight in earnest.

"Well you made a mistake.", Mila said as she was held by his grip.

Elsewhere, Cobras made short work of the opponents he was facing, along with Scales.

Slash and Barry were pushed back by Bucchan. "This is the last time you Rangers ruin my life.", the former Area Controller said. The other two swung their weapons at him, being blocked and knocked back.

Barry allowed Bucchan to grab his weapon, before he somersaulted back to Slash. "Don't worry, I'll handle this.", he stated. He then pulled his Cosmo Sphere back twice and aimed at Bucchan. "Cosmic Energy Blast!" He fired the beam, hitting Bucchan and surrounding him with energy.

"Oh no, not again.", Bucchan stated as he exploded once more.

In another part of the city, Myron and Winda were avoiding Roxy's blasts. "You Rangers are annoying, no matter which team it is.", she snarled.

"You've got that right.", Winda said in response, before jumping into the air and firing on her opponent.

Myron then used his Unicorn Arm to Slash at her. "Because unlike you, we have something to fight and win for." As he dodged more of her shots, he removed the Unicorn Sphere and plugged it into his Cosmonata. "Our friends."

Winda likewise placed her Cosmo Sphere onto her Blaster.

"Cosmic Energy Attack!", both stated, launching their attacks at Robo-Roxy, damaging her significantly.

"I can't believe I let myself get destroyed.", she blurted out before exploding.

Jiro and Tarrant continued to face Deker, dodging his sword Uramasa as he prepared for another attack. The two charged at him and pushed the sword away as he passed under them. He then knocked Tarrant out of the way, before throwing Jiro over him. "I'm ready to take this guy out.", Jiro said.

"So am I.", Tarrant said as he placed his Cosmo Sphere onto his Axe, with Jiro doing likewise with his Claw. "Cosmic Energy Crash!"

"Cosmic Energy Scratch!" The two attacks hit Deker, destroying him once more.

Elsewhere, Proton and Yuri were fighting another Kabujin. "Do you think he's the real one?", Yuri asked.

"I don't know, but he's a good fighter.", Proton said as they kept up the attack, knocking Kabujin back.

Ryan and Chaku took on the third and final Kabujin. "You're under arrest for association with known felons, theft and illegal broadcasting.", Chaku said as he slashed at the enemy.

"Read him the rights later.", Ryan said as he helped knock Kabujin down.

"Nice try.", Kabujin said as he kicked Chaku back, with Ryan coming in close to restrain him.

"See Ya.", Ryan said as he threw Kabujin over his head, towards a recovering Chaku.

"Enforcer Punch!", Chaku said as he hit Kabujin with a powerful punch, knocking him into the ground.

Mila was then slashed back by her Kabujin. "You're all getting really annoying.", he stated, as he continued to punch her back, causing her to slide across the floor and demorph. "I can see why Gingaku had difficulty with you."

Chaku and Ryan prepared to finish off their Kabujin. "Enforcer Strike!"

"VR Laser Saber Command, Now!" The two swords glowed with light, sending energy towards the Kabujin they slashed, who exploded.

"Take this.", Yuri and Protons' Kabujin said as he launched another attack at the two with his cape. But Proton blocked it with his shield as he moved in.

Then Yuri delivered a slash to the Kabujin, before holding him with his cape. "Kyle, go for it."

"Okay.", Proton said as he inserted his Galaxy Saber into his shield and pulled it out again. "Burning Calibur!" The attack hit Kabujin, damaging him on impact.

"Big Bang Energy Blast!", Yuri called out as he charged his Saber with energy from his enhanced Morpher, destroying the copy with one slash.

Mila got up from the floor and continued fighting Kabujin. "It's not the powers that make the Ranger.", she stated as she stabbed him backwards with her Blade. "It's the Ranger that makes the powers." She then converted the Cosmo Blade into a Saber. "I've always wanted to try this.", she said as she inserted her Chameleon-07 Sphere onto the handle and charged.

But before she could land the hit, Kabujin was hit from behind by a newcomer. "Didn't see that coming.", Kabujin commented as he collapsed, fading into nothingness.

The killer was Yamashi, wielding Gingaku's twin swords. "The fool shouldn't have transmitted his show.", Yamashi stated. "He led me right to the reanimiser, a weapon capable of creating an instant army to serve my will." He held up said weapon. "Now my real ambitions can begin to flower."

"So that's why we haven't seen you for a while.", Mila said as she brought her Saber up, ready for the kill. "Well if you want to destroy us, then let's get this over with." She brought the weapon down…

…where it was blocked by Yamashi. "I'm not going to destroy you Rangers. Yet." He then knocked Mila out of the way. "I still have business on Earth to take care of. Then I'll deal with you." He then teleported out, taking his ill-gotten gains with him.

The Shooting Star Ship.

Some time later, the Rangers and their allies had returned to the ship and taken off into space. "We can't thank you enough.", Captain Chaku assured them. "Thanks to you, the last remnant of both our enemies has been taken out."

"We can both retire in peace.", Ryan added.

"It's a shame that Yamashi got away with the reanimiser.", Mila lamented. "Who knows what Yamashi will use it for?"

"That's something we're going to go and find out,", Myron assured her. "And rest assured Captain, we will ensure the destruction of the reanimiser."

"That's good to know.", Chaku said. "Now I will take Ryan back home to Earth. Since you're also headed for Earth, can I offer you a lift?"

"Thank you, Captain.", Drago nodded. "But we'd prefer to make our own way to Earth."

"I'll take a lift home.", Heath said. "With Yamashi and Cerebron out there, who knows what will happen to the people of my planet?"

"Very well.", Chaku nodded. "Have you discussed this with the others on your ship?"

"We've been expecting it for a while.", Yuri answered him. "Heath's pretty much been the one weak link we have on the ship. He's not a Ranger, but he can handle himself in a fight. We'll be sure he can defend his planet."

"Thank you.", Heath nodded as he rejoined the G5 duo. "Shall we, gentlemen?"

"Indeed.", Chaku nodded. "Goodbye Rangers." With that said, the three teleported out, leaving the 12 Rangers alone.

"Course has been set for Earth.", Winda reported. "We will be there soon if we set off now."

"So then, what're we waiting for?", Proton asked. "Let's go." As they did so, Proton cringed, once more feeling a pain in his chest.