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Brandon turns around to see Robert standing there with a blaster, pointed at him, in his hand.

Brandon: Robert what the fuck are you doing?

Robert: I'm ending this

Suddenly Robert is surrounded by a ring of light that obscures our view of him. Brandon shields his eyes in response to the brightness of it.

Robert: I really wish it didn't have to happen like this Brandon. But oh well.

The light disappears and we see Deathstroke standing there instead of Robert. Brandon is surprised by this.

Deathstroke: surprise motherfucker!

Brandon: Robert you're Deathstroke?

Deathstroke: well actually Robert Paquette was my cover story. I've been undercover here on Earth for the last 10,000 years. Waiting for my opportunity to join Omegor and take this pathetic planet by force.

Brandon is clearly struggling to come to grips with this new information. Deathstroke just stands there watching Brandon, with a giant smile on his face.

Brandon: this can't be happening.

Deathstroke: oh but it is. I shall destroy you now and soon your friends will join you as well.

Brandon: (activating morpher) don't count on it. Dragon thunder power up hah

He then draws his sword.

Deathstroke: (laughs) so be it.

He then draws both of his swords and the two of them charge in at each other. They meet in the middle in a clash of swords. Though Deathstroke has two swords, Brandon is able to hold his own quite well. The two exchange blows and then break apart to catch their breaths.

Brandon: (panting) you're pretty good.

Deathstroke: for someone who plays video games all the time, you're a pretty good fighter.

Brandon: you'll find all of my rangers are good fighters. We've been trained by those who have more battle experience than us.

Deathstroke: (laughs) this will be interesting

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Brandon: agreed. (thinking) I don't think I can beat him. He's just too strong. And I don't think he's even giving our fight everything he's got.

Suddenly Brandon hears his dragon spirit's voice inside of his head.

Dragon: Brandon listen. This opponent is too strong for you to defeat on your own. If you continue this fight you will be destroyed.

Brandon: (thinking) I know. What do I do?

Dragon: call for backup.

Brandon: (thinking) no! I've lived in my cousin's shadow for years. Now it's my chance to prove I'm better than him.

Dragon: fool. You must have a death wish. But if you wish then…. Open yourself to me. Together we may be able to defeat this foe.

Brandon closes his eyes and the tension leaves his muscles. When he opens his eyes, we see that they are now red.

Brandon: (deep voice) ancient dragon mode.

Brandon changes into his ancient dragon form and Deathstroke smiles.

Deathstroke: finally you show your true powers. Now I can test you to see if it's as powerful as I've heard.

The two begin their battle again. This time, it appears, Deathstroke has stepped up his game. Even though Brandon and his dragon have bonded, it seems Deathstroke is stronger still.

Deathstroke: I'm disappointed Brandon. I thought you would've been more of a challenge. It seems, like when we were kids, you are still inferior to me.

This seems to hit Brandon where it hurts.

Brandon: power down

Dragon: what are you doing?

Brandon: ending this. Dragon thunder power up hah. Battlizer

Brandon's ranger armor and Battlizer appears

Brandon: Deathstroke this ends now

Before Deathstroke can react, Brandon attacks him with everything he's got.

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Deathstroke: (surprised) whoa!

After a minute of relentless attacks, Brandon backs up and begins charging his Battlizer cannon.

Brandon: this is the end. Battlizer cannon, aim, fire

He blasts a beam of energy at Deathstroke. He is surrounded by a cloud of smoke. Brandon collapses to the ground in exhaustion, and his ranger armor, and Battlizer, disappears. A look at his face shows a look of relief.

Brandon: (sighing) it's over.

A look at the cloud of smoke shows a dark figure silhouetted there. The smoke dissipates and we see Deathstroke standing there with his arms crossed across his chest.

Deathstroke: is that all you've got? Pathetic

Brandon: (surprised) impossible. That was a direct hit.

Deathstroke: it turns out the Dragonball guard tactic actually works. Who would've thought?

Brandon goes to get up but fails, and falls back to the ground. Deathstroke draws his sword and walks over to Brandon.

Deathstroke: it seems, as always, you can't beat me. It's a shame it had to end like this. Goodbye Brandon.

He raises his sword above his head and begins to bring it down on Brandon. Suddenly blasts of energy strike Deathstroke from behind, throwing him off balance.

Deathstroke: what the?

He turns around to see Kelsey, Jackie and Laura standing there with their blasters raised.

Deathstroke: oh look your reinforcements have arrived.

Laura: you okay Brandon?

Brandon: thanks to you. Talk about cutting it close.

Jackie: sorry. We were in the middle of a crisis at Central when we realized you were in trouble.

Kelsey: (pointing sword) Deathstroke this is where you meet your end.

Deathstroke just throws back his head and begins to laugh uncontrollably.

Deathstroke: you three defeat me? Don't make me laugh.

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The three of them activate their morphers.

Jackie/Laura: Dragon Thunder power up hah

Kelsey: phantom thunder power up hah

They draw their swords and charge at Deathstroke, who just stands there watching. As they get closer he stands there watching them, not moving a muscle. Once they get within a foot of him he makes his move.

Brandon: watch out!

They realize, too late, what Brandon said. Deathstroke disappears and reappears behind Kelsey.

Deathstroke: boo!

Kelsey turns around as Deathstroke takes a swing. It makes contact and Kelsey goes flying backwards eventually hitting the side of a nearby building. She hits the ground and stays still.

Laura: Kelsey!

She then turns and fires her blaster at Deathstroke, who dodges at the last second. He reappears a short distance away and begins laughing.

Deathstroke: pathetic. Even three on one you still don't stand a chance against me. Just give up and you may be spared. You three are not directly related to the warriors of 10,000 years ago. Omegor may spare your lives, in exchange for undying loyalty to him.

Laura and Jackie look at each other then look at Brandon. They then nod as if they just had a non-verbal conversation.

Jackie: (looking at Deathstroke) thanks but I think we'll pass.

Deathstroke: very well then. Have it your way.

Deathstroke stabs his swords into the ground and begins to remove his armor.

Deathstroke: you are going to seriously regret not taking that offer in a minute humans.

A look shows that Kelsey is being helped to her feet by Brandon.

Brandon: you okay?

Kelsey: (holding head) yeah I'll be fine.

Deathstroke: not for long humans

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He begins laughing and the camera looks over at him. We see that he has completely removed his armor. We see that he is a humanoid figure, not that different looking than Omegor. All four of the rangers regroup.

Kelsey: what do we do? Nothing we throw at him seems to even damage him.

Brian: (over communicator) rangers return to central immediately.

Brandon: but..

Brian: (interrupting him) I said return to central now!

Laura: (sighing) on our way.

Deathstroke: (laughing) go ahead and run humans. But next time you won't get away.

He then teleports away and the rangers return to Central Command.

Central Command:

The rangers arrive back at central to find Brian waiting for them.

Brandon: why the hell did you recall us?

Brian: Deathstroke is too powerful for you to defeat at this time. If he wanted to, he could've destroyed all four of you with one swing of his swords.

Mac: (nearby) so how the fuck do we defeat him?

Kim and Bob, who are standing nearby, hear this and come over.

Kim: we are working on an upgrade for your morphers, which should give you the edge you need to defeat him once and for all.

Bob: for now you guys should avoid Deathstroke at all costs.

Several more hours pass, we see that it is getting closer to night and we see the fighters are getting tired.

Bob: have we made any progress yet?

Brandon: we've defeated quite a few monsters, does that count?

Bob: we need to find where he's launching his assault from.

All of a sudden the big monitor turns on and we see Omegor's face on the screen.

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Omegor: attention humans. You have, surprisingly, put up a good fight. I am withdrawing my forces at this time. The attack will resume tomorrow morning at 9am. Use this time to collect your dead and wounded. Good night.

The monitor turns off and we hear a sigh of relief from those currently inside of Central.

Bob: well that's a relief.

Sarah C.: yeah

Everything begins to wind down at central, now that the attack has ended. One by one, the rangers begin returning to central. Despite some cuts and bruises all of them are, seemingly, okay.

Tyler O.: well looks like we have a few hours to rest.

Brandon S.: yeah but do we really?

Kim: yes you do. All of you go home and get some sleep.

Greg: but…

Mike: no butts. We need all of you at peak performance. Something tells me tomorrow's attacks will be a lot more aggressive.

Kelsey: but what about all our dead and wounded?

Bob: we'll take care of it.

Suddenly the big monitor turns on and we see all of the ranger's allies on screen.

Tommy: good. I'm glad to see all of you still live.

Tyler T.: we're fine. What about on your end?

Drew: we're all alive on our end.

The others confirm the same thing.

Mack: have you discovered Omegor's base of operations yet?

Ian: we're still working on it but nothing yet.

Barca: well keep on looking he's got to be out there somewhere.

Brandon: wait.. you and your team are from the future. Don't you know where he's holed up?

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Pia: yes we do. However that is something you must discover on your own. To interfere to that extent might cause irreparable damage to the timeline.

Barca: so no.

The rangers nod in understanding.

Mack: we should all get some sleep. We're going to need to be in fighting shape tomorrow if we are going to stop Omegor once and for all.

Brandon: right! Good night.

The monitor turns off. The rangers then all teleport out of central. The scene shifts over to the inside of Omegor's spaceship. It starts in a room we haven't seen before. It appears to be a lab, with computers and equipment. In one corner we see two capsules, a look inside shows Kaylin and Stephon. They appear to be in suspended animation. Dr. Reckor is currently checking a nearby computer.

Dr. Reckor: (to himself) I don't know why we have to keep these humans alive. It's not like Morticai and Psyclone still need to use their likenesses as a disguise.

Just then Deathstroke enters the room.

Deathstroke: Omegor has plans for the humans still. You are to make sure they remain alive. If anything happens to them it'll be your head.

Dr. Reckor: understood general.

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The scene shifts to, what appears to be, the inside of a mansion. We see Drew, Roland, Jo, another human male and four borgs we don't know.

Jo: (to borgs and other human) are you guys sure? You have no need to do this.

Human: if you 3 are fighting then we will fight as well.

Borg 1: Josh is right. It's not fair for you three to put your lives on the line while we sit by and do nothing.

Drew: but

Borg 2: no butts Drew our decision is made. Tomorrow we will join the battle with Omegor alongside you.

Roland: Drew we really didn't face anything too bad today so I don't think they'll be in any serious danger.

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Jo: but I have the feeling tomorrow won't be as easy today. Omegor probably used today to test Earth's defenses.

Josh: whatever Omegor throws us, we'll deal with it.

All of them agree.

Power Chamber:

The scene shifts over to the power chamber. Only Kate, Raphael and Alpha are there now. They are standing at the main console.

Raphael: Willow you need to get some sleep. Omegor's attack will resume in a few hours and he won't delay a minute more then he promised.

Kate: I know but we need to find his base of operations if we are going to win this battle.

Alpha: Raphael and I can keep searching Kate. You need to get to bed.

Kate: but I'm not (yawning) tired.

Alpha and Raphael look at each other.

Raphael: go to bed! Finding him tonight will accomplish nothing. All our forces are exhausted. If we find it tonight you'll know first thing in the morning.

Kate: (yawning again) fine! Good night.

Both: night

Kate leaves the main chamber and Raphael and Alpha return their attention to the monitor. All of a sudden it makes a noise. A map pops up on the screen and there's an X in the middle of it.

Alpha: (quietly) we found him.

Raphael looks closely at the map and claps his hands in excitement.

Raphael: (quietly) Draconia! He's made his base at Draconia. I should've known, seeing as that's where the final battle took place 10,000 years ago.

Alpha: what now?

Raphael looks over at Alpha and raises his hand.

Raphael: im sorry.

He shoots electricity at Alpha who shuts down.

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Raphael: I started this, now it's my job to end this.

He sends the coordinates to Central Command.

Raphael: just in case this goes wrong.

After the coordinates are sent Raphael then teleports out of the Power Chamber.

The Next Day:

Kate wakes up and gets changed into her clothes. She enters the main chamber and finds Alpha deactivated.

Kate: Alpha!

She rushes over to Alpha and tinkers with some controls on his back. Alpha turns back on and Kate breathes a sigh of relief.

Kate: Alpha what happened?

Alpha: (thinking) the last thing I remember is your brother and I were searching for Omegor's camp. Oh! That's right we found it. After that everything went dark.

Kate: (activating communicator) Raphael are you there?

All we hear is static from the other end.

Kate: Raphael respond.

There is still no response.

Kate: shit!

The rangers arrive in the power chamber at that moment. And Kate tries to hide her nervousness.

Kate: (calmly) morning rangers.

Rangers: morning

Kate: ready for round 2?

Brandon: I think so.

Greg: let's head back to Central. I'm sure Omegor will announce the beginning of today's invasion to the world again.

They then all teleport to Trucchis

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Draconia:

The scene shifts over to the hill next to Draconia. We see Raphael standing there looking out over the area. A look shows Omegor has set up his camp in the castle Kate was being held in.

Raphael: looks like this might be a bit harder than I thought. Battle armor

Omegor's armor appears on Raphael and he sits down on the ground and waits.

Raphael: it's too soon to attack. I've got to make sure I don't initiate a retaliatory attack as a result of my attack.

Raphael sits there and waits for several hours.

Central Command:

The rangers are standing around inside central command. They appear on edge, as they wait for Omegor's attack to begin once more.

Kim: what time is it?

Brandon checks the clock on his phone.

Brandon: 8:50

Bob: 10 minutes til game time.

One of the nearby employees turns around, from the monitor, and looks at the rangers.

Employee: hey guys.

John M.: what's up?

Employee: uh there's something you should see.

They walk over to the monitor and the employee clicks on a message. A video pops up on screen and we see Raphael's face.

Raphael: rangers. I've thought long and hard about this, and decided this was the best course of action. If you're watching this video that means I've discovered the location of Omegor's camp and have already left for it. If that's the case you should be receiving another message containing the coordinates of the camp. This information must only be used in the event of my death. I know you'll undoubtedly try to stop me. But I have to do this. I was the one who released Omegor, so it's only right that I be the one who stops him. You need to be ready for the backlash from my assault on his camp. good luck and with any luck I'll see you later. If not I'll see you in the next life.

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The video ends and the rangers all look at each other.

Employee: there's another message.

He clicks on the second message and we see the coordinates on the screen.

Kate: Draconia

Mike: are you sure?

Kate: positive

Dan walks over to them.

Dan: it's 8:59 rangers.

The monitor changes to show Omegor's face.

Omegor: good morning Earthlings. I hope you got a good night's sleep. Today's attack will be even worse than yesterdays.

The transmission ends and the alarm begins going off.

Tyler T.: and so it begins once again.

Brandon: right. Ready?

Others: ready

Dragon rangers: dragon thunder power up hah

Kate/Taylor: white ranger dragon power

Tiffany: emerald ranger dragon power

Mac: crimson ranger power

Flame Rangers: flame ranger power

Phantom Rangers: phantom thunder power up hah

Kyle D.: white ranger phantom power

Sarah: emerald ranger phantom power

Psyclone: psyclonic armor

Chaos and Illuminator change into their true forms and Sir Loin changes into his knight armor.

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