A Quarry Near Corona City, Earth.

Dark Soul and Cerebron had landed on Earth, awaiting the arrival of their fellow remnants. Said remnants appeared in short order. They were a robot with a sideways set of fangs and a pair of purple blades on his arms, an alien with a head shaped like 4 lamp heads with an eye in the centre and white, cog-shaped armour on his body, a mechanical being that looked like he was made of screws and gears that wielded a hammer and an alien wearing what resembled baseball gear with a long neck. "Is that all we can muster?", Cerebron asked.

"With the Rangers having taken out most of the others, yes.", the third of them said. "How can we reclaim our former glory like this? How can we reconquer the universe?"

"That's a matter for later.", Dark Soul answered him. He had removed his black armoured look in favour of a more causal get-up, consisting of a red shirt with a black jacket and white trousers. "For now, I have my own objectives to achieve."

"Why are you dressed like that?", the last of the 4 aliens asked. "That doesn't look like a regulation uniform. If we didn't know it was you, you'd be out."

Dark Soul eyed him with anger. "This look is part of my plan.", he answered. "I am but two steps away from consolidating my power after my latest acquisition."

"Ah yes, the reanimiser.", the robot of the 4 stated. "A powerful weapon indeed. We can use it to bring back an army." He reached to pick up the gun.

However, Dark Soul grabbed the weapon before him, crushing it to pieces and picking up a crystal from among them. "The weapon itself is irrelevant. All I require is this Anima Core." He then swallowed said core. "Just in case any of you were thinking of using it against me."

"I wouldn't dream of it.", Dr. Cerebron claimed. "In fact, you go and carry out your plan, with the help of these warriors and your new toy. I won't get in your way."

Dark Soul was confused, but shrugged it off. "Okay then. Let's go."

As soon as the other 5 were gone, Cerebron began to laugh to himself. "I don't need you fools anymore. With Gingaku gone, I'm loyal to no-one but myself. Now, to finish my work."

Providence Base.

Elsewhere, the 12 Rangers brought the Shooting Star Ship down to land near the base they had helped the Earth Resistance Force to secure. The 12 Rangers emerged from the ship to be met with Commander Goodman and an older man. "Good to have you back on Earth, Rangers.", the Commander saluted them. "What brings you back here? How'd your battle with Gingaku himself go?"

"I wouldn't worry about Gingaku anymore.", Myron assured her. "We sent him up in an explosion. And if that's not proof enough, Yuri here was in the same explosion."

"But the bad news is that his bodyguard escaped and made his way here.", Drago took over. "And so did another of Gingaku's top brass."

"That's troubling.", Goodman said with worry that was unusual for her. "I'll have Caldwell here scan for any unusual activity on Earth. But why would this bodyguard come to Earth? What's here that he wants?"

"That's gonna be a tricky one to explain.", Mila said. "Let's just say that he's going after Pamela, due to her connection to Yuri." Mila then realised the absence of the subject they were discussing. "Where is Pamela anyway? Isn't she normally by your side?"

Goodman gulped at this. "Pamela retired from the ERF soon after you left. She said that with the assurance you'd be doing something about Gingaku's rule over other planets, she felt secure in returning to a normal life."

"Oh that's just what we need.", Yuri said with frustration. "Let's spread out and find her. We need to make sure she's okay. Is that understood?"

Proton stood there in a daze for a second, before responding. "Yes, understood. Find your girlfriend, keep her safe."

"You'll need these.", Goodman said, handing a portable radio to each of the Rangers. "I don't know your frequencies, so I held onto these in case you came back and needed to keep in contact."

"Well, that's all in order.", Drago said. "Rangers, let's go."

Copper Falls, Oregon.

It was a small city, boasting among its few attractions a thriving racing scene, a local milkshake shop that boasted the best reviews in 5 counties, a large damn on the outskirts, a huge untapped oil well, multiple rich families in residence and huge, eco-friendly enterprises that had been implemented within the last two decades.

However, none of this mattered to Dr. Cerebron, who approached the centre of town accompanied by a pair of Neo-Bullroids, where a burnt out machine lay on the ground. It was a leftover from the tenure of the previous mayor, who had turned out to be a robot, trying to close the city off in a force field so he could turn it into his own personal kingdom. Even without a group of Power Rangers destroying him, his popularity perished when his true intentions came out. "It's still intact enough for my purposes.", Cerebron noted as he examined the device. "But it's out of juice to function. A fact I intend to rectify shortly." The two Neo-Bullroids brought forth a can of the corrupted Morph-X, or Dark-X, he had extracted from the Legendary Rangers. "This stuff can power anything, be it something as primitive as a AA battery, or as sophisticated as a mystical artefact." He then had his servants pour the Dark-X onto the device, not only bringing it back to life but also causing a large structure to emerge from it, as Cerebron looked on.

Corona City, Florida.

Mila was looking around the local shopping centre. "Come on, Pam. You have to be somewhere.", she thought to herself. Soon enough, she saw her target exiting a pharmaceutical store, carrying a small bag of her purchases. "Bingo." She pulled out her radio, calling the others. "Guys, I found the target in Merkur Square, doing her… afternoon shopping. Get here fast."

"Wait, we've got another issue that probably warrants attention.", Caldwell the Commander's assistant called in. "A giant structure resembling a Dark Gear has appeared in a city in Oregon, plus a group of bull-looking robots."

"Cerebron.", Myron radioed from his location, the Mars Co. Industrial Warehouses. "We're going to have to divide our forces to deal with him and Dark Soul. I'll take Yuri, Barry, Tarrant, Scales and Cobras to deal with the Oregon situation."

"I don't like it, but it'll have to do.", Drago responded. "You five go to Oregon, we'll handle Dark Soul."

Pamela continued about her day, unaware of the trouble she was in. "I hope Yuri and the others are doing well.", she thought. "As soon as the universe is free from Gingaku, I can start feeling free to breath." Then she got a good look at the figure standing in front of her. "It can't be… Greg?"

Gregory went over to hug his friend. "It's good to see you again, Pam. After so long in space, I thought I'd never see you again."

"What happened to you?", Pamela asked. "Yuri said you we're caught up in the attack on the shuttle and got separated."

"I ended up going around Space, drifting from planet to planet, where I managed to take out a few of Gingaku's Controllers single-handedly. I ended up finding Yuri on the planet Tategami, but his orange friend attacked me and called me an enemy."

"Don't listen to him, Pamela." 5 of the Rangers, Mila, Jiro, Slash, Winda and Drago, dropped down. "He's trying to trick you by lulling you into a false sense of security.", Mila continued.

"They're lying, Pam.", Gregory insisted. "They just want to keep you away from me, like Yuri."

"What?", Pamela said with confusion.

"Does that sound like somethin' Yuri would do?", Jiro asked. "He barely remembered his time on Earth, do ya think he'd try and keep one of his links to it away?"

"He's not the man you knew 5 years ago.", Slash urged. "He joined up with Gingaku, he's the guy who drove Yuri's other personality to attack anyone. Don't you remember how he was supposedly captured? How do you suppose he got out?"

"I… broke free.", Gregory insisted. "Who are you going to believe, Pam? These aliens, or your old friend?"

"I'm… going to trust…" Pamela hesitated, before coming to a decision. "The Rangers. Nobody escapes from Gingaku, Greg. And they aren't in the habit of releasing prisoners either. What really happened to you out there, Greg?"

Gregory immediately stopped acting and began laughing. "Alright, you got me. While in Space, I got rescued by Gingaku, so I joined up with them to get revenge on Yuri for abandoning me in that shuttle."

"Yuri didn't abandon you.", Winda insisted. "He would've saved you, but it was difficult to help you in the circumstances, based on my analysis of the footage we recovered."

"I'm not about to listen to the word of a defective machine.", Gregory snapped. "Anyway, I realised that remnants of my old life was holding me back from fully destroying Yuri. So I decided to seek out and destroy everything from my past, starting with you, my dear Pamela."

"That won't be happening, I'm afraid.", Drago declared. "Because you'll have to go through us Rangers first."

Gregory smirked at this. "I knew you would say that, Dragon Ranger." Then his four Controllers leapt in, beginning to engage the Rangers. "Which is why I've called the last survivors of Gingaku to help me achieve this. I'm shrouding myself in the darkness of the night." He transformed into his Yamashi form. "Plus, thanks to the Anima Core I took from the reanimiser, I can even the odds exactly."

He summoned up Diskus' spinning blades, throwing them up in the air and zapping them with energy, causing a clone of Mila's former friend Kota to appear. "Good to see you guys.", he stated as he pulled out the spinning blades. "Taking cafe of all of you…" he transformed into his monstrous form "…is also part of my job."

"Oh, now it's personal.", Mila said with some anger. "Pamela, get to safety. We'll handle these creeps."

"Okay.", Pamela said as she ran off. The Rangers then proceeded to engage their opponents, with Jiro facing the lamp alien, Winda facing the hammer alien, Mila facing Diskus and the robot alien, Slash facing the baseball alien and Drago taking on Yamashi himself.

Copper Falls, Oregon.

The Rangers went into the town hall, talking to the secretary. "We have an appointment.", Yuri said to her. "Concerning the giant Gear that's making itself out of most of your city."

"That's okay, Karen." Everyone turned to see the source of the voice, a middle-aged woman, who spoke with an accent that sounded British, but very faint. This was Copper Falls' current mayor, Seraphina Darcy, who had taken the post both to carry on the legacy of her mother and to make up for the disaster of her predecessor's tenure. "You must be the new Power Rangers I've heard about. We've had our own experience with Power Rangers before. Can you tell us anything about this giant tower?"

"From what I can recall, it's an Annihilation Gear.", Myron answered. "A theoretical idea for a type of Dark Gear that could destroy all organic life on a planet if left to operate for long enough. It was among Dr. Cerebron's ideas on his computer, but he hadn't actually found a base suitable enough to build it from. Evidently, he found it."

"Yes.", Mayor Darcy noted. "This Dr. Cerebron, can you tell me any more about him, other than that he's obviously nuts if he designed something like that?"

"That's basically all you need to know.", Scales answered her. "He's your run-of-the-mill mad scientist, who's obsessed with causing destruction on as large a scale as he possibly can."

"Myron here used to work with him as an assistant.", Cobras continued. "And Tarrant, our large robotic friend, is one of the doctor's creations. In fact, I'd say Tarrant is the one good thing to come out of Cerebron's twisted brain."

"Sadly, my father doesn't see it like that.", Tarrant said, drooping his head. "He thinks I'm a failure just because I have emotions and free will, instead of simply being 'destroy, destroy, destroy' like his other inventions."

"Don't worry, Tarrant.", Barry assured his friend. "We're about to destroy Cerebron and his mad creations once and for all."

"Well, you'd better get on with it.", Mayor Darcy urged. "Before he tears anymore of my city down with his 'Extermination Gear', or whatever."

"You can count on us, Madam Mayor.", Yuri said as he led the others out of the room.

Corona City, Florida.

At the Venere Dam, Proton looked over the railing, feeling the pains in his chest. "What is this?", he asked. "I don't know what's happening."

"Oh well, that's too bad." Proton turned around to see Gingaku, exactly as he had last seen him. "I'd have thought you'd be able to tell me what's wrong with you."

"Orbis.", Proton fumed. "How are you still around? We destroyed you."

"Oh, you can't get rid of me that easily.", Gingaku gloated. "I'll be with you for the rest of your days, Kyle. You can't get rid of me." He then flew into the air.

"I'll stop you once and for all.", Proton declared, summoning his Galaxy Saber and inserting his Cosmo Sphere. "Rise! Change!" He transformed into the Fire Knight and began a battle. Gingaku fired energy blasts, which Proton barely dodged, as he continued running across the dam. Proton then tried firing back, but was knocked down by a cheap shot.

Gingaku then appeared next to him and began punching his opponent backwards. "You can't get rid of me.", he stated. "I'll always be with you Kyle." The two briefly locked swords, but Proton pushed back. He then clutched his chest, feeling the pain once more. "Can you feel that?" Gingaku continued slashing at his opponent, eventually knocking him to the floor. "Just give yourself to me, and you'll live forever."

"I'll never do that.", Proton declared as he stood up. He then found himself being bombarded at high speed by Gingaku, before being hit with a flurry of lasers, causing him to collapse. The figure of Gingaku then vanished, all evidence he was ever there gone. "He was… just a hallucination.", Proton realised as he undid his transformation. "I'm probably overworking myself."

Copper Falls, Oregon.

Dr. Cerebron once more observed his Annihilation Gear. "It's almost ready.", he noted. "Soon, I'll rid this planet of all its lifeforms, while I survive inside my new machine existence. Then I can turn this planet into a new laboratory."

"And what happens then?", the Doctor turned around to see Myron approaching him. "You keep destroying planets, one by one, until nothing is left in the entire universe?"

"You know me too well.", Cerebron laughed.

"You're deranged.", Myron said bluntly. "If I had your intelligence, I'd be putting it to use doing things like ending starvation and poverty. Luckily, I'm already much smarter than you, given I'm not trying something so stupid."

"Be careful where you stand, boy.", Cerebron hissed. "You were a fool to come here alone."

"Who said anything about me being alone?", Myron smirked. Sure enough, the rest of the Rangers that he had brought with him appeared and kicked one of the Neo-Bullroids back.

"You see Doctor, unlike you, Myron believes in the value of other people and their lives.", Yuri announced. "You were doomed from the start."

"Time to make my exit.", Cerebron said, turning around to try and retreat into his new base.

However, he was stopped by Scales and Cobras jumping in his way. "He also figured out your other major flaw.", Scales said.

"You're a coward.", Cobras continued. "You care so much for yourself that you're willing to do anything to save your own skin. It's why you created a method to preserve yourself. It's why you detached yourself from your body when you faced Myron and a Tarrant in your lab."

"But that won't be happening here.", Barry told him. "We're about to crush your metallic butt to nothing."

"Very well.", Cerebron stated. "I'll stay behind and fight you Rangers here and now. But you won't be able to stop my work from going ahead." He fired a beam of energy from his mouth at the Rangers, who dodged out of the way.

"Cosmic Energy, Unleash!" The 6 Rangers all morphed, charging at their opponents. Yuri, Tarrant, Scales and Cobras went for Cerebron himself, while Myron and Barry each took a Neo-Bullroid each. Despite all 3 robotic opponents having cannons on their shoulders, the Rangers pushed through and landed hits with their respective weapons.

"Ah yes, my one failure.", Cerebron said as he eyed Tarrant. "I should've overseen your deactivation myself."

"Well you didn't.", Tarrant said as he struck again with his Cosmo Axe. "And I'm not the biggest failure. If anything, I'm your greatest success." He then knocked his creator back.

"And this is for all the other artificial life forms you've abused.", Scales said as he fired at Cerebron with his Cosmo Rifle.

"I don't have a particular grudge against you.", Cobras said as he continued the assault using his Cosmo Scythe. "But I'm sure you had something to do with my brainwashing, so I'll take you down all the same." He hit Cerebron several more times, before knocking him back with one powerful slash.

"I'll handle the rest.", Yuri said as he delivered a slash to Cerebron with his Cosmo Saber, before pulling out his Big Bang Sphere. "Big Bang Energy, Unleash!" He summoned up Jiro's Cosmo Claw, charging it with energy. "Lupus Werewolf Scratch!" After delivering a powerful hit to Cerebron, which knocked one of his arms off, he then summoned up Mila's Cosmo Blade, also charged with energy. "Chameleon Strike!" This ended up punching a hole in Cerebron's chest, as Yuri called up Slash's Cosmo Dagger. "Dorado Swordfish Cutting!" This strike ended up damaging one of Cerebron's legs, before Yuri began charging up his Big Bang Sphere with energy. "Big Bang Energy Blast!" He fired a beam of rainbow-coloured energy at Cerebron, which knocked him back further. "Try to get up from that."

"Oh I will.", Cerebron declared. "Initiate repair system."

{{Input received. Repair damage from Big Bang Energy Blast, Dorado Swordfish Cutting, Chameleon Strike and Lupus Werewolf Scratch}} As the machine body repaired itself, it began blinking a light instead of growing giant like the last one. {{Error. Damage repair safety features has been exceeded. Unable to conduct further repair}}

"What?", Cerebron hissed.

Elsewhere, Myron and Barry had knocked their opponents down. "What do you say we Plus Up and finish these two off?", Barry asked as he pulled out his Bear-22 Sphere.

"Took the words right out of my mouth.", Myron answered as he pulled out his Unicorn-27 Sphere. But before either could insert their Spheres, they were fired on by a Neo-Bullroid, causing them to unintentionally switch.

The two then inserted their Spheres, unaware of the switch. "Plus Up!"

But instead of the usual transformations, it was Myron who grew giant, while Barry gained a horn on his left arm. "I think we must've got mixed up.", Barry shouted.

"Don't worry about it.", Myron assured him, smashing his opponent into the ground with his bare hand. "I can actually make use of this."

"Yeah, you're right." Barry then plunged his horn arm into his Neo-Bullroid, damaging its central core and causing it to collapse.

"Yes, I can use that power.", Cerebron hissed. He then reached out tentacles to grab Myron's arm, aim it towards Cerebron, push the Bear-22 Sphere back and fire. The blast hit Cerebron, causing him to grow to giant size as Myron returned to normal. "How do you like me now?" He then detached his brain from the robot, his containment sphere flying up. "I'll start over with a new body elsewhere, while you deal with this body."

"Oh no he doesn't.", Yuri said. He then handed his Lion-01 Sphere to Barry. "How'd you like to be at the centre of the Megazord?"

"I'll do it.", Barry said, taking the Sphere, inserting it into his Morpher and pushing it left. "Summon Lion Zord!" The Lion cockpit formed around him and connected to the main Zord as it materialised. The Cosmo Megazord then formed, with Orange as the right arm, Black as the left arm, Silver as the right leg and Gold as the left leg.

"What's the signal, boss?", Scales asked Barry.

"Let's destroy this creep.", Barry said as he moved the Megazord into the air, grabbing the floating container that held what was left of Dr. Cerebron.

"Let me go.", the Doctor demanded. He was then fired from the Scorpion arm. "Not like that!", he cried as he flew threw space, where he met with Yuri in the Shooting Star Megazord, who clubbed him into his Neo-Bullroid, causing both to begin flowing with energy. "I'm the greatest mind in the universe. It shouldn't end like this." And then the Neo-Bullroid fell backwards, going up in flames and taking Dr. Cerebron and his evil ambitions with it.

"This Space is ours.", the 6 Rangers declared.

From the ground, an African-American woman in a mechanic's overalls looked on, a smile on her face.

Corona City, Florida.

Elsewhere, the 5 Rangers were losing against their six opponents. "You might as well give up, Rangers.", Yamashi stated. "We have you outnumbered and overpowered."

"Not for much longer.", Slash said, pulling out the Sun/Moon Dual Sphere and inserting the Moon end into his Morpher. "Hyper Plus Up!" He transformed into Lunar Mode, running towards his opponents.

Only to be stopped by the robot. "You don't seem to have actually gotten stronger."

"Oh I wasn't trying to make myself stronger.", Slash smiled. As if on cue, Jiro rose up and began fighting the 6 opponents, managing to gain the upper hand on them, despite being outnumbered.

"Don't forget about me.", Proton announced as he leapt in, helping to fight off the enemies.

It was then that the Rangers received a radio signal from Commander Goodman. "Good news, Rangers. Pamela is safe and sound at Providence Base. You can get back here."

"Oh no.", Mila realised. "I just hope none of them heard that."

"The target's been located.", the hammer user told Yamashi. "She's holed up in the stolen Control Gear the Earth resistance took over."

"Oh really?", Yamashi said. He promptly released a wave of energy that overwhelmed all of his opponents. "I'll let you Rangers live. For now." He then transformed back into Gregory and then began walking off with his warriors. "I have other business to see to."

"This is bad.", Winda noted as the 6 enemies teleported out. "What do we do now?"