Sabrina watched with bated breath as a shadow devoured the entire battlefield, just before something shrouded in black fog tore through the monsters around them in lightning-fast speed.
"What's going on?" Matt yelped.
The shadows spiralled before expelling outwards and cutting through several monsters as they disintegrated to dust. The black fog dissipated to reveal a purple humanoid zord decked in jagged demonic armour, its visage resembling a gargoyle and rusty metallic wings extending from their back.
"What the heck is that?" Jason asked. "Why have you been holding out on us?"
"This is my old zord, the Wraith Zord." Sabrina said slowly. "While they are the most powerful zord in existence, I was not sure if they would come to my help."
The Wraith Zord nodded at the Dragon zord before taking to the skies and summoning a scythe. It dived back at the monsters, swinging their weapon and letting loose a torrent of dark energy that tore through several To'kustars.
"Wow!" Zack whooped as his zord took out several dragons.
"That's incredible but there are so many of them!" Matt informed, the Yellow Celestial Zord flying overhead firing lasers at the horde of demons.
"Dragon Fire!" Sabrina shouted, the Starfire Dragon Zord heeding her command and lashing out at the nearest squadron of nighlok moogers with their twin blades.
"Tiger Roar!" The tiger head on the chest plate of his zord unleashing a sonic wave that obliterated several leviathans.
Even with the help of the Wraith Zord, they were outnumbered as a Muranthian jumped on the Black Lion Zord from behind, pummelling it to the ground.
"Guys, a little help here?" He yelled through the coms.
"On my way." Sabrina responded as the Starfire Dragonzord turned towards the direction where several muranthians had ganged up on Zack's zord. Just then, the Ninja Falcon Megazord swooped in, firing missles from the tip of it's wings, taking care of the muranthians.
"Damn, I've never seen so many monsters together before." Adam's voice came in through the coms. "Glad I brought the cavalry."
Sabrina smiled as five other megazords joined the battle.
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Kim sighed as they teleported near the Youth Centre. God, when will this day end? She'd already fought two zord battles and evil rangers, not to mention meeting new rangers!
Goldar and several monsters and footsoldiers were trying to break through the forcefield APEX had put around the Youth Centre to protect the civilians. Billy and another blue ranger were fighting putties alongside APEX and Promethea soldiers.
"Kiya!" Tommy leapt into the sea of monsters with his characteristic battle cry. Kim rolled her eyes before joining the fray. She fought alongside the Pink Lightspeed ranger as they shot down the putties with their blasters.
Rocky had teamed up with Carter as they fought Robogoat.
Ravi, Roxy and Aisha tore through putties and quantrons.
Tommy swung Saba in a wide arc, letting loose an arc of blinding white light that reduced the monsters surrounding Goldar to ash. As the white ranger, he was the vessel of the mysterious White Light, the embodiment of all good in the universe. As such, he had the ability of purge entities of evil energies though he rarely used that power since it drained his powers. He had only a few minutes left before he demorphed.
"Enough, Goldar!" Tommy growled.
"impressive trick, human but that won't save you. Lord Zedd will conquer this pathetic planet and humanity will fall today."
"We'll see." The leader of the rangers swore as he charged at the titan. Saba fired his optic blasts as Goldar deflected it with his sword and flapped his wings, sending a powerful gust of air that slammed Tommy backwards. The white ranger grunted, stabbing Saba to the ground and creating a seismic wave that knocked Goldar off balance. Not giving the titan a chance to recuperate, he jumped at him and tackled the monster to the ground.
"Surrender and you'll live." He stated, tossing Goldar's sword.
"Never!" He seethed.
"We'll see about that." Tommy said, summoning a pair of energy cuffs just when his morph failed. "Damn!"
Goldar laughed as he threw Tommy off him and stood up. "That was anticlimactic! Your end awaits, Tommy."
"Not so soon. I have a couple of tricks left!" Tommy smirked, thrusting his fists forward as a white light enveloped him. "Ninjetti - The Falcon!"
The light subsided to revel him clad in his ninjetti robes. He pounced forward with a flying spin kick towards the general but Goldar ducked under the kick and caught him by his leg, and swung him around like a ragdoll before letting him go. Tommy crashed through the windows of Angel Grove High and skid down the abandoned hallway.
Tommy rubbed his forehead as he forced himself to stand. His vision was blurry for a few seconds before becoming normal.
Goldar flew through the windows, having recovered his sword. He swung his sword, sending bolts of red energy at the ranger, which he barely dodged.
"You can't win this, human. Die with honour." Goldar snarled, landing in front of him.
Tommy glared at him. "How many times have we defeated you and you still underestimate us!" He spat as he snapped into a fighting stance. He extended his arm, summoning Saba.
He pounced forwards, swinging his sword near Goldar's head. He sidestepped the blow and smashed a spin kick across Tommy's head.
"I have fought for thousands of years, human. You have no chance without your powers to protect you!" the titan gloated as Tommy dropped to the floor, his pristine white robes torn at various places and smeared with blood.
He raised his sword for the kill, only to deterred as Saba flew up from Tommy's grasp and fired red lasers from his eyes, sending him backwards.
"Stupid sword!" He snarled. He charged at Saba, only for the sword to teleport behind him and hit him with another laser attack. He roared, turning around and letting loose a torrent of crimson fire that blasted a hole through the walls.
Tommy smirked, taking advantage of his opponent's distraction and landing a kick on Goldar's back, sending him stumbling forwards.
"You're dead!" The titan hollered only to be hit by an array of energy arrows. He looked sideways to see Kim and the other rangers rushing at Tommy's side.
"It's over, Goldar. Your army is gone and Angel Grove is safe!" Billy announced.
The titan's eyes took in the ten rangers, armed and ready with their power weapons.
"This is not over, rangers!" He swore, teleporting away.
Kim hugged Tommy, helping him to his feet.
XXX
Sentai Six
Leanbow groaned as he regained consciousness. He opened his eyes to see Clare and Niella slumped against a pillar and a gaping hole in the dimensional barrier that led directly to the Mystic Mother's throne room… to Udonna.
While his wife was the supreme sorceress and a powerful warrior by her own right, his heart stilled with fear. These enemies were unlike anything they'd faced before. Lord Zedd wielded the Sword of Darkness, a weapon of infinite chaos energy. He'd somehow managed to summon the residual energies of Koragg and birthed a new general for his evil army… Gaisoulg, the Dark Knight.
If they were already facing Udonna, he had no time to lose. He rushed over to the fallen moon mystics. "Rennervate"
Red energies flared around his niece and sister-in-law, zapping them back to consciousness.
"We have to hurry." He said urgently, helping them up. "Zedd defeated me and made his way to Udonna."
They nodded as the three of them jumped through the portal and entered the Mystic Mother's personal pocket dimension, only to find it razed to the ground. Pillars and walls have crumbled to dust. White marble floors were cracked and Heckyl lay unconscious on the floor, badly bleeding. Clare ran to his side and placed her hands on his forehead, chanelling healing magic.
"We were too late." Niella gasped. "We need to find Udonna."
"I am here." They turned around to see the white witch limping towards them, supported by the Keeper.
"Thank Merlin, you are safe." Leanbow cried out, hugging his wife and pressing a kiss to her forehead.
"I am now but the universe is in grave danger. Zedd has the Orb of Doom." She sighed. "We need to go to Earth."
"Right but first, we must gather our forces, tend to their wounds and alert our allies." Keeper sighed. "We cannot defeat him alone."
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Master Vile cackled as Fienna withdrew her sword and kicked him to the ground.
"You are done. Yield!" The former queen demanded, right before a bolt of red energy slammed into her from behind.
"Isn't this one big family reunion?" Rita Repulsa drawled, joining the battle.
"Stop this madness, daughter. It's not too late to come back from this." She implored, getting up. Nearby the other warriors came to and rushed to her side facing the two sorcerers.
"It's time to end this farce." Rita snapped. "My husband is the most powerful being of the entire universe. You brats stand no chance."
"We used to be friends Rita." Dulcea said quietly.
"Oh darling, that was before you found out who I really was. I believe you called for a public execution after Zordon captured me the first time."
"I didn't give you a chance to redeem yourself and that's on me but you are better than this." The ninjetti said. "This is your last chance."
"I'll pass." The witch scoffed, rotating her staff as a lightning bolt slammed into them from overhead. Thunder cracked and the skies became stormy.
"The Order of Meledon dies today." Vile smirked, charging at Zordon and DImitia. They nodded at each other before their weapons vanished and their fists glowed in red and blue energies.
Zordon shot a bolt of crimson energy which sailed past Vile's flying form as he lunged at him, grabbing him by the throat. A blue energy orb slammed into him, forcing him to let go.
"We need to summon the crystal." Dimitria said, helping him up.
The crimson and navy rangers stood side by side as they joined hands and their armour disappeared. They closed their eyes as the wind picked up around their feet and the zeo crystal hovered over them. They extended their hands at Vile, whose smile faltered.
"What are you brats think you're doing?" He croaked just before a wave of blinding white light slammed into him, eradicating him completely.
"Daddy!" Rita screamed as she was forced back by Dulcea's twin batons.
"Surrender." Fienna demanded.
"Never!" The princess spat. "You all will pay!" Dark energies swirled around her, transforming her into a grotesque monster. Her hair cones became actual horns and her skin became grey and withered. Her staff cracked as she let loose tendrils of dark matter.
Fienna and Dulcea moved quickly to dodge the barrage of attacks. Zordon and Dimitria morphed again. The crystal pierced through the darkness before shattering into four shards that merged with each of their armour, charging their ranger forms with zeo energies.
"You had enough chances to rectify, daughter. I'm sorry for what comes next." Fienna sighed, the four of them charging at her.
"Power Shelter!" Dulcea shouted as a green shield covered each of them, protecting them from the thorns of darkness.
"Phoenix Purge!" Zordon yelled, raising his staff and summoning a wave of blue fire that burned through Rita's dark magic and sent her stumbling backwards.
"Dragon Sword!"
"Soultaker!"
Fienna and Dimitria crossed their swords, sending a torrent of light energy that tore through Rita's monster form. She collapsed against a nearby boulder back in her humanoid form, breathing heavily as her body began to disintegrate.
"I'm truly sorry." Fienna knelt next to her as she demorphed, tears streaming from her eyes.
"Save it!" Rita spat as she faded away to nothing. Zordon put his hand on her shoulder. "We gave her every chance to turn away from evil till the very end. There was no other way."
"I know." Fienna said, morphing back into the White Dragon Warrior. "It's time to end this once and for all."
XXX
Zedd growled as he marched towards the Command Centre, flanked by Gaisoulg and Snide.
"Stop!" A barrier of ice grew in the middle of the desert, stopping him in his tracks.
"You again…" He sneered at the white mystic ranger as he and the other mystics appeared behind them, curtsy of a spell seal.
"This is your last chance. Give up the Orb or be destroyed." Bowen demanded.
"That's funny. I bested you pathetic wizards when I was running out of allies and resources. Now with Dark Spectre all but defeated, I am the most powerful being in all of reality. You stand no chance! Get them, you two."
Snide and Gaisoulg charged at the mystic warriors while Zedd cut through the ice with his staff and sent a lightning bolt at the Command Center, tearing through it's forcefield.
XXX
"Aie aie aie!" Alpha flailed his arms. "Rangers, are you there?"
"Yeah. Just sent Goldar packing." Kim replied over the coms flippantly.
"Head back to the Command Center immediately. Zedd has breached through the defences." He shrieked as the building shook again and the forcefield was taken down and the transmission was cut.
Dex and Kat nodded to each other before transforming.
Alpha gulped before he noticed the small leather pouch Ninjor had gifted the rangers. It somehow called to him. He opened it to find three power coins.
"Convenient much?" Kat snarked, taking one. Dex took the other. The two looked at Alpha expectantly.
"Take it. Obviously, it's meant for you." Dex said.
"Me as a ranger. Aie aie aie! What are you saying, my prince?"
"My grandfather built the first Alpha unit to be a warrior. It's your legacy."
"Alright." He nodded, taking out the last coin just as the doors were blasted open.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Rita's former pet, a bug and a heap of scrap." He scorned. "The rangers are fools to leave this place defenceless. And now, Earth will be mine!"
"Fat chance, Ed." Kat smirked, raising the coin. "It's Morphin Time!"
"Imperial Dragon!" Dex shouted as a dragon shield and armbands appeared on top of his masked rider armour. His antennae and visor got a golden highlight and a broadsword appeared in his hands. "POWER RIDER!"
"Pink Wildcat!" Her warrior form was replaced by pink armour which resembled that of the morphin rangers with a white diamond in it's centre and her power coin in it's middle. Her helmet had a curved visor with fangs bordering it and the head of a wildcat over it with glowing yellow eyes. "PINK WILDCAT RANGER!"
"Cyber Power!" Alpha's armour was like a bulked-up version of his normal form with the lightning bolt in his vest glowing brightly. "ALPHA RANGER!"
Zedd cocked his head before bursting out laughing. "How the mighty have fallen!"
"Do not underestimate us, fiend!" Dex challenged as they took fighting stances.
"I will not sully my hands fighting you idiots." He mocked, slamming his staff and summoned an army of demons, each of them resembling Dark Spectre's muranthian form. "Kill them!"
As the monsters apprehended them, he raised his staff and reached out with his magic to Earth's ley lines. The Command Centre was built on top of a ley line nexus, protecting it from tampering by evil forces. Now that he has access to it, he can cut off the planet's access to the morphin grid and ascertain his victory.
Hope you enjoyed and please review (because I'd really like to know if anyone's still reading this).Either way, only one chapter left till the end of this arc, which may become the finale.