Chapter 16: The Final Fall of the Zangyack Part 1

Ahim and Marvelous returned to the capital with Ahim leading the way. All those in their way quickly parted, shocked to see the determination on the Queen's face. Once they had entered the partly destroyed, half built palace, Ahim, with Marvelous still trailling her, made her way to the communication center. Once there, she turned to the chief operater and requested to have a channel opened so that she could speak to all of New Famille. The chief operater gave no argument and proformed the task given to him as quickly as he could. With his task complete, the chief operater gave Ahim a thumbs up to confirm that she can begin speaking when she was ready. Taking a breath, Ahim picked up a near by microphone and started talking. "Everyone, this is your Queen speaking. First and foremost I want to apologize for the Zangyack's attack last night. I, along with the other leaders, made a terrible mistake in believing that the Zangyack Empire was thoroughly defeat and that they would never harm anyone again. But, that is one mistake that will never be repeated. I am heading to Zangyack Prime to finish this fight once and for all. Whomever wishes to follow me, and you know who you are, your help will be greatly appeciated." Ahim then laid the microphone down and left the communication center with Marvelous in tow. The two pirates made their way down to the hanger where the Kaizo Fighters were docked and it was there that they met Luke, Joe and Don. Dora was standing by the command concole, uploading the coordinates to Zangyack Prime to their navigational computers. Ahim smiled at her teammates, showing her gratitude by nodding at the three of them one by one. Ahim then walked up to Joe. "How is Mai-chan?"

"She is stable." said Joe. "And is resting comfortably."

"Good." said a relieved Ahim. "And Gai-san?" she said turning to Luka.

"He's fine." said a voice coming from behind the Queen. The pirates turned their attention to where the voice came from and to their shock, they found Gai walking through the entrance of the hanger.

"Gai!" exclaimed Don as the silver pirate apporached. "What are you doing up so soon."

"I have my strength back." said Gai. "Besides, riding the universe of the Zangyack was my oath when I first join you, remember."

"Yes, we remember." said Marvelous. "It's good to see that you're well."

Gai smiled and nodded at the captain showing his appreciation. He then turned around to face Luka and was shocked to find her standing before him. Luka stared at Gai with a scowl on her face. Gai braced himself to be slapped by Luka, but she instead pulled him into a tight hug. "NEVER scare me like that again."

"Don't worry." said Gai hugging Luka back. "That was only a one time deal."

"Alright, alright." said Marvelous interrupting the moment. "Save it for when we get back."

Gai and Luka broke their hug and, along with the other Gokaigers, made their way to their respective Kaizo Fighter and claimed into the cockpits. Once Dora had finished with the preperations, she opened the hanger bay doors and began the count down for the fighters to launch. When the Gokaigers were given the go, they slammed down on the excellerators and took off one by one. As the six star fighters claimed to the upper atmosphere, the people of New Famille that saw them go stood and cheered the pirates on. Some of the people even had signs made to show their continued support of the Kaizoku Sentai. They knew the Zangyack's attack on the planet was not their fault and in the aftermath, their only thoughts were not of if the Gokaigers would retaliate, but when. Once the pirates were in postion, the Gokaigers activated their light speed thrusters and zoomed of into the deep reaches of space to Zangyack Prime.

As the Gokaigers exit light speed and enter the outer atmosphere of Zangyack Prime, we venture down to the planet where, in the ruins of Castle Zangyack, Grand Duchess Merina was throwing rocks around in anger. Merina had been throwing rocks and rubble around the entire time she had retunred to her home world and had done so well into the night. Deuce Marces was standing near by, shaking in fear on the Grand Duchess' wrath. With them were the last remaining forty or so Gormin and Sugormin each as well as a dozen royal guards. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" screamed Merina. "How do they keep doing this! Why does my family continue to fail against them?! First my nephew, then my brother, then my son and now me! It's not fair!" scream Merina picking up a large boulder and ripping it in half. "IT'S NOT FAIR!" Marces took one step forward to try to talk to Merina but never got the chance. The silence of the night was broken by a collection of loud booming sounds. The last remaining Zangyack looked all around, wondering where it was coming from. As the boomings grow closer and closer, the Zangyack looked up into the sky and saw six dots heading their way. As the boomings got louder, the dots got closer and its wasn't long before the Zangyack figured out what and who was the cause of it. "Everyone get down!" yelled Merina upon realizing that it was the Gokaigers. They were all flying down to the ruins of Castle Zangyack in a nosedive. The Kaizoku Sentai opened fire on the ruins of Castle Zangyack. Merina, Marces and all the rest of their henchmen scattered about the ruins like cockroaches, trying their best to avoid the rain of laser fire but were completely unable to stopped themselves from being knocked down from the shockwaves made by the explosions. After unloading several rounds of laser fire onto the Zangyack, the Gokaigers pulled their yokes and brought the Kaizo Fighters out of their nosedive. Once they were just a few feet above the ruins, the Gokaigers activated the auto-pilot on the Fighters and ejected themselves out of the Fighters. One by one, the Gokaigers flipped in the air and landed on the ground in their usual lineup. All six pirates stood before their enemies with resolute fury. "YOU!" screamed Merina. "How dare you come!"

"Shut up, idiot!" said Luka in her normal snarky tone.

"What?!" cried Merina. "What did you just say to me?"

"You heard her." said Gai.

"You have no right to complain about us being here!" said Joe angrily. "Not after what you did!"

"What you have done for all of your existence." added Don.

"We were going to leave you alone." said Ahim. "We were going to let you all live the rest of your lives in peace. But you could not have that."

"We are here to put an end to this whole thing." said Marvelous. "We swear here and now to bring an end the Zangyack Empire forever. You will never hurt another innocent life again. Everyone, let's go!"

The Gokaigers took out their Ranger Keys and transformation devises. "Gokai Change!" cried the six. "Gokaiger!" cried out the Mobilates and Gokai Cellular and the roman numerals for thirty-five flew out of the phones. Within a matter of seconds, the Gokaigers were fully transformed and ready for their final confrontation with their enemies.

"GokaiRed!"

"GokaiBlue!"

"GokaiYellow!"

"GokaiGreen!"

"GokaiPink!"

"Goooooookai…Silver!"

"Kaizoku Sentai…" cried Marvelous. "GOKAIGER!" cried all six pirates.

"There is one good thing about you being." said the Grand Duchess. "I can kill the six of you and avenge my family. And when I am done parading your bodies around for all the universe to see, I will rebuild to the Zangyack Empire, bigger and better then ever! Gormin, Sugormin, attack!"

Upon the command of the Grand Duchess, the last remaining Zangyack Sailors and Non-commissioned Officers charged at the pirates. As the Zangyack began their attack, the Gokaigers began their counter attack with the main five shooting the Gormin with their Gokai Guns. While Marvelous, Joe, Don, Luka and Ahim started to run towards the Zangyack, Gai jumped into the air and cut down a Sugormin with his Gokai Spear on his way down. Right when Gai started to engage more Sugormin, Don and Ahim threw their Gokai Sabres to Joe and Luka and the blue and yellow pirates threw blades to their green and pink teammates. In a matter of minutes, the Gokaigers killed the last of the Gormin and were moving on to finish off the Sugormin. After cutting down three Sugormin, the Gokaigers chose to fininsh off the rest of them with a series of Gokai Changers. "Shinkenger!" cried the phones turning the pirates into the Samurai Sentai. After placing the Secret Disks on the blades, the Gokaigers charged forward to strike six down with the Shinkengers finishing attacks. "Fiery Dance!" cried Marvelous. "Dance of the Water Dragon!" cried Joe. "Dust Cloud's Dance!" cried Luka. "Winter Wind's Dance!" cried Don. "Heavenly Dance!" cried Ahim. "Senmai Oroshi!" cried Gai. In a brilliant flash of red, blue, yellow, green, pink and golden light, those six Sugormin were destroyed in a massive explosion. "Ohranger!" cried the phones again turning the pirates into the Chouriki Sentai. "Secret Sword: Super-Power Riser!" cried Marvelous with Star Riser in hand. "Lighting: Super-Power Tonfas!" cried Joe, now wheelding the Delta Tonfas. "Explosion: Chouriki Baton!" cried Luka, twirling the Twin Batons. "Lighting: Super-Power Crusher!" cried Don, swinging the Square Crushers. "Hurricane: Chouriki Defenser!" cried Ahim while spinning round and round in a spiral with the Circle Defenser. "King Victory Flash!" creid Gai, firing light bullets from the King Stick. Their six Sugormin targets exploded upon being hit by the Gokaigers attack. "Go-Onger!" cried the Mobilates and "Go-On Wings!" cried the Gokai Cellular turning the Gokaigers into the Engine Sentai. The pirates emerged from the flames of the dead Sugormin as their Go-Onger counterparts. The main five were speeding along the ground like race cars and Gai was flying above their heads with both Rocket Daggers in hand. "Saber Straight!" cried Marvelous, swinging the Road Saber. "Launcher Starter!" cried Joe, firing the Garage Launcher. "Bullet Crush!" cried Luka, letting the Racing Bullet fly. "Axe Touring!" cried Don, swinging the Bridge Axe. "Laser Highbeam!" cried Ahim, firing the Cowl Laser. "Dagger Acrobat!" cried Gai, bring both Rocket Daggers down on his target. As the next six Sugormin exploded, the Gokaigers phone then rang out with "Hurricaneger! Gouraiger! Shurikenger!" Now as the Ninpu Sentai, the pirates tarteted three Sugormin and took them out with the finishing moves of their counterparts. "Triple Thrust Dance!" cried Marvelous, Joe and Luka. "Thunder Blast Slash!" cried Don and Ahim. "Practice Swinging Slash!" cried Gai. As these three Sugormin exploded, the Kaizoku Sentai's phones rang out with "Goseiger!" and the Gokaigers flew out of the flames as the Tensou Sentai, targeting another three Sugormin. "Red Break!" Pink Trick!" cried Marvelous and Ahim attacking as the Skick pair. "Black Attack! Yellow Shock!" cried Don and Luka as the Landick siblings. "Blue Check! Green Miracle!" cried Joe and Gai as the Seaick partners. After these three Sugormin exploded, the Gokaigers made yet another Gokai Change. "Gingaman!" came out of the phones this time as the space pirates became the Seijuu Sentai. With blades in hand the Gokaigers each cried out the finishing attacks of their counterparts. "Flame Flash! Rapids Strike!" "Thunder Sweep!" "Hurricane Gust!" "Flower Heart!" cried the main five slashing with the Starbeast Swords. "Black Chop!" cried Gai swinging Bull Riot at his target. After these six Sugormin fell, the Gokaigers set their sights on the last six Sugormin. "Magiranger!" came from the phones this time, turning the Gokaigers into the Mahou Sentai. The Gokaigers swirled their capes around and extinguised the flames of the latest explosion. "Red Fire!" cried Marvelous. "Blue Splash!" cried Joe. "Yellow Thunder!" cried Luka. "Green Ground!" cried Don. "Pink Storm!" cried Ahim. "Smoky Shinning Attack!" cried Gai. In one last brilliant flash of multi-colored light, the last of the Sugormin were wiped out in one grand explosion.

"Damn you!" said a shaking Marces. "Damn the six of you."

"What's the matter?" said Marvelous as he and the others returned to there normal Ranger Forms. "Losing grunts to hide behind."

"Don't be mistaken pirates." said Merina. "We don't need protection because we are weak. We have these soldiers because there's no need for us to sully or hands with filth like you. Royal Guards! Put these miserable wretches down once and for all!" By her order, the Royal Guards readied themselves to defend the Grand Duchess and Prime Minister from the Gokaigers.

"Since there's twelve of them," began Don while taking out a green Ranger Key "let's use these guys."

The others nodded and each pulled out the corresponding Ranger Keys to Don's. "Gokai Change!" cried the pirates, inserting the Ranger Keys into their phones. "Kyuranger!" rang out of the phones as Marvelous turned into Shishi Red, Joe Okami Blue, Luka a female version of Kajiki Yellow, Don a male verison of Chameleon Green, Ahim Washi Pink and Gai Houou Soldier.

The twelve Royal Guards charged at the Gokaigers and the pirates scattered about the ruins to lure the guards into more open spaces. The Royal Guards split up in six pairs in their pursuit of the Gokaigers. The main five Gokaigers used the Seiza Blasters on their wrists to keep the Royal Guards following them at a distance until they had found a place in the ruins where they felt comfortalbe fighting them. When satified with where they were, the Gokagier drew the main weapons of the Kyurangers they turned into. With Kyu Sword in hand, Marvelous was able to skillfully parry the spears of the Royal Guards he was fighting. Though he would have preferred a sword, Joe was still able to keep the Royal Guards he was fighting at bay with the beastly powers of Okami Blue and the Kyu Claw in hand. Luka, upon assembling the Kyu Slasher was disappointed with its size, but dispite this, was still able to use her athleticism to fight off the Royal Guards that came after her. Chameleon Green's powers were a Godsend as far as Don was concerned. He used Chameleon Green's power of invisibility to hide from the Royal Guards that chased him and used the Kyu Rapier to poke and prod the two. As these Royal Guards angrily swing at the air trying to hit Don, we turn our attention to Ahim who is using Washi Pink's power of flight to rain down a flurry of laser blasts down on the Royal Guards she was fighting with the Kyu Shot. As for Gai, he was in the middle of a heated battled with the two guards the came after him. The two guards were growing increasingly frustrated as Gai blocked the spears with the Houou Shield and striking back at the two with the Houou Blade. After some time, the Gokaigers were able to gain the upper hand on the Royal Guards. First, Marvelous caught the spear of one Royal Guard in his hand and cut it in half with the Kyu Sword. He then used the Seiza Blaster to shoot the other in the chest to knock him down. Then, Marvelous placed the Shishi Kyutama on the hilt of the Kyu Sword and struck the unarmed Royal Guard with the Regulus Impact. Next, Joe leaped into the air, grabbed one Royal Guard by the shoulders and threw him across the ruins. He then turned to the other and while his guard was down, he placed the Okami Kyutama on the hilt of the Kyu Claw and struck him down with the Lupulus Impact. As for Luka, she found herself in the middle of the two guards. She barried her heel in the stomack of the guard behind her with a devastating back kick and them preceeded to use Kajiki Yellow's pointed visor to poke the one in front of her in the eye. Enraged, the now one eyed Royal Guard lunged his spear forward, aiming for Luka's chest. Luka jumped out of the way of the spear and the Royal Guard ended up stabbing his cohort instead. Horrified with what he did, the stunned Royal Guard could do nothing but stand dumbfounded as Luka placed the Kajiki Kyutama on the hilt of the Kyu Slasher and struck him down with the Dorado Impact. Don continued to poke the two Royal Guards while still invisible, but the two guards were eventually able to find were Don was by looking at the ground and looking at all the dust Don was kicking up. As soon as Don realized he was found out, he reappeared infront of the two and turned the Kyu Rapier into a whip. He first whipped one guard in the face, stunning him and then used the whip to tie up the other and threw him across the ruins. Don then turned his attention back to the dazed Royal Guard standing right infront of him and, after placing the Chameleon Kyutama on the Kyu Rapier's hilt, finished him off with the Hamillion Impact. After Don had struck down that one Royal Guard, Ahim swooped down and kicked up a cloud of dust to blind the Royal Guards she was fighting. The Queen then grabbed one of the guards from behind, lifted him into the air and threw him away from his partner. Ahim the placed the Washi Kyutama on the Kyu Shot, locked onto the the still airbourne Royal Guard and blasted him with the Altair Impact. As for Gai, the silver pirates kicked one Royal Guard several feet away from him with a powerful thrust kick. The second Royal Guard tried to blindside Gai but he was able to counter the guards attack with a powerful backhand with the Houou Shield. Gai then turned his attention back to the guard he had kicked away and sheathed the Houou Blade back into the Houou Shield. After pulling the trigger on the blade, Gai then drew the sword out again and struck down the Royal Guard with Phoenix End. With their numbers cut in half, the remaining Royal Guard ran away form the Gokaigers and met back in the center of the ruins of Castle Zangyack. They did this hoping that they could stand a better chance against the pirates.

It wasn't long before the Gokaigers regrouped themselves and began to advance on the Royal Guards. "We're not done with you yet!" said Gai as he drew a new Ranger Key. The other Gokaigers drew new Ranger Keys too and inserted them into their phones while letting out a mighty "Gokai Change!" "Kyuranger!" rang out of the phones again as the Kaizoku Sentai turned into the other half of the Uchu Sentai. Marvelous this time turned into Sasori Orange, Joe Oushi Black, Luka a female version of Tenbin Gold, Don an adult version of Koguma Skyblue, Ahim a female version of Ryuu Commander and Gai became Hebitsukai Silver. After arming themselves with the Kyu The Weapons of these Kyurangers, the Gokaigers charged towards the remaining Royal Guards.

The Royal Guards plan to fight the Gokaigers as a group failed almost instantly as the Gokaigers were able to split them up again. Thought they put up a good fight, the Royal Guards all fell quickly to the might of the Gokaigers. One by one pirates took out the Royal Guards. Marvelous first used Sasori Orange's stinger to poison the guard he was fighting by stabbing him in the neck. As the guard began to fall back, Marvelous placed the Sasori Kyutama on the hilt of the Kyu Spear and finished the guard off with the Antares Impact. Joe was able to easily overpower the guard he was fighting with Oushi Black's strength. After ragdolling the guard for a while, Joe placed the Oushi Kyutama on the hilt of the Kyu Axe and struck the guard down with the Aldebaran Impact. When it came time for Luka to fininsh off the guard she was fighting, she quickly kicked the guard below the belt, jumped back, placed the Tenbin Kyutama on the Kyu Crossbow and blew the Royal Guard away with the Libra Impact. Don mainly used Koguma Skyblue's long scarf to fight the Royal Guard he had engaged. When it was time to finish him off, Don jumped back, placed the Koguma Kyutama onto the Seiza Blaster and blasted the Royal Guard with the Polaris Crush. Ahim used the Ryutsueder in staff mode to beat Royal Guard she was fighting back and after knocking him back a good distance, Ahim converted the Ryutsueder into rifle mode, placed the Ryuu Kyutama into its mouth and blew the Royal Guard away with the Dragon Crush. Finally, Gai used Hebitsukai Silver's power to freeze the last Royal Guard in place and once he placed the Hebitsukai Kyutama on the hilt of the Kyu Sickle and struck the guard down with the Ophiuchus Impact.

With all the Royal Guards dead, the Gokaigers returned to their normal Ranger forms and turned their attention to Merina and Marces. But to their surprise, they were gone.

Continued in part 2.