Chapter Eleven: "Final Stand." Part I.

Kat slowly opened her eyes, rousing from her light sleep, her head resting gently on the still form of Tommy who held his arms around her. She did not know how long she had been asleep, but after the constant battles it was a relief to finally rest, her mind quickly wandering to thoughts on what lay ahead. From where she lay she could hear his thumping heartbeat drumming in his chest, and knew that he was thinking the same thoughts, slowly pulling herself up to see that he was also awake.

"Morning."

"Morning." Kat smiled back.

They held on as they were for as long as they could, staying in each other's arms on the small bunker located in the Resistance Base, before finally getting up onto their feet. Tommy crouched down to pull on his trainers while Kat splashed some water on her face by the sink.

"I - It's now or never isn't it?" She whispered.

"It is. It's all or nothing, we stop Enrazu now, or." He let the sentence go unfinished.

Kat slowly turned to face him. "Do - do you think we can beat him?"

"We will, Kat. By fighting together, we will." He walked over to where she stood, kissing her softly on the lips. "We'll get through this. I promise."

Kat nodded, hugging him tightly before looking up as the door slowly opened. David entered. He smiled at the two, but his smile was tainted with worry, and they took that as a sign that things had started, Enrazu had begun his attack. As he turned to duck back into the corridor, they followed him, through the mass of bodies that lined either side of the walls, towards the Operations Room.

The Operations Room was full, as every available ranger was awaiting the call to battle: Space, Galaxy, Light Speed, Time Force, Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Zeo Matrix, and even Justin as the last remaining Turbo ranger. The mood was grim, silent, everyone turning as Tommy and Kat entered the room. Tommy knew that they were waiting for his signal, for him to give them the speech that they needed to rise to, struggling to find the right words.

"This is it guys." He started. "This is where it ends. We must stop Enrazu's forces here and now. There's no going back. We're Power Rangers, we stand for all that it good and pure, and I know that together there is nothing that we can't accomplish, no goal that we can not reach. Together, we are unstoppable!" He turned to look into each of their faces. "And no matter how bad things might seem, no matter how tough the opponent, the world is depending on us, and the power of hope in our hearts is stronger than anything that evil can be thrown at us." He paused. "Good luck rangers. And may the power protect you."

The rangers smiled at Tommy, shouting their readiness, inspired by his speech. Tommy turned as he felt a slight pull on his hand, and smiled to Kat, her eyes telling him that she believed, that they all did, that this was a battle that they could win.

"Let's go." He said finally. "Let's go."

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Elsewhere in Angel Grove:

A dark smile spread across Enrazu's features, the very air filled with shimmering portals that passed through the dimensional fabric between worlds, as the last of his Shadow Demons prepared for their attack. Everything was finally in place, the dimensional tear around Angel Grove almost torn apart, and in just a few moments longer, he could initiate the Merger. He laughed, surprised that the rangers had not tried to stop him, realising that they must have finally figured out they were no match for his powers.

He suddenly turned to look up ahead as a loud noise caught his attention, and froze in a moment of shock as he saw no less than thirty-one humans walk towards him, a determined look on each of their faces. "W-what?!"

Tommy, Andros, Leo, Carter, Wes, Cole, and Shane turned to their teams. "Ready guys?"

"Ready!" They all shouted in unison.

"Shift into Turbo!"

Justin's hands blurred in a flurry of motion as he inserted his key into his morpher, a bright pulse of intense blue light surrounding him as he morphed into the blue Turbo power ranger.

"Let's Rocket!"

Andros, TJ, Carlos, and Zhane flipped open the top of the morphers, inputting the morphing code: 3-3-5, before being surrounded by an intense pulse of bright light as they morphed into the red, blue, black, and silver Space power rangers.

"Go - Galactic!"

Leo, Kai, and Damon's hands blurred in quick fast motions as they activated their morphers, a bright pulse of intense light surrounding them as they morphed into the red, blue, and green Galaxy power rangers.

"Light Speed - Rescue!"

Three bright shields of pure energy surrounded Carter, Dana, and Joel as they activated their morphers, transforming them as they stepped through, into the red, pink, and green Light Speed power rangers.

"Titanium Power!"

Ryan thrust his arm into the air, an intense pulse of silver light surrounded him, transforming him into the Titanium power ranger.

"Time For - Time Force!"

Wes, Jen, Lucas, Trip, and Katie activated their morphers, surrounding them in a sudden pulse of bright light, as they unlocked their morphers, transforming them into the red, pink, blue, green, and yellow Time Force power rangers.

"Quantum Power!"

Eric activated his quantum morpher, thrusting his right arm into the air, as a pulse of intense red light surrounded him, morphing him into the Quantum power ranger.

"Wild Access!"

Cole, Taylor, Alyssa, and Merrick flipped open the tops of their morphers, bringing their arms back to their sides to activate its power, a bright pulse of intense light surrounding them. They quickly morphed into the red, yellow, pink, and silver Wild Force power rangers.

"Ninja Storm - Ranger Form!"

Shane, Dustin, and Tori rose their right arms into the air, creating a ninja symbol before bringing them down to activate their wind morphers, a bright pulse of intense light surrounded them. They morphed into the red, yellow, and blue Ninja Storm power rangers.

"Power of Earth!" Cried Dustin.

"Power of Air!" Shouted Shane.

"Power of Water!" Echoed Tori.

"Zeo Matrix Activate!"

Tommy, Kat, Rocky, Trini, Adam, and Jason's hands blurred in fast successive motions as they activated their morphers, an intense pulse of bright light surrounding them, morphing them into the red, pink, blue, yellow, green, and golden black Zeo Matrix power rangers.

"Zeo Matrix Fire Dragon Power!" Shouted Tommy.

"Zeo Matrix Wind Phoenix Power!" Cried Kat.

"Zeo Matrix Ice Wolf Power!" Called Rocky.

"Zeo Matrix Thunder Tiger Power!" Echoed Trini.

"Zeo Matrix Terra Cobra Power!" Cried Adam.

"Zeo Matrix Shadow Lion Power!" Shouted Jason.

Enrazu took an involuntary step backwards, gazing at the different generations of power rangers that stood up ahead of him, ready to fight as one to take him down. His smile had long since faded, dark anger rising to the surface, reaching for this ancient samurai sword on his back before he shouted out to the surrounding Shadow Demons.

"Attack!"

As one the Turbo, Space, Galaxy, Light Speed, Time Force, Wild Force, Ninja Storm, and Zeo Matrix rangers ran forward, heading into battle.

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In the Resistance Base:

"." Billy shook his head, checking the data on his console one more time, not completely understanding what it was that he was seeing. For the tenth time he re-ran the scans, making sure the information was correct, that the fluctuations in the dimensional fabric that he was picking up was indeed real. He waited silently, the results of the scan coming in, confirming his first analysis.

"Billy?" Asked David, walking up to him. "Is something wrong?"

"Majorly!" He turned to face him. "If what my scans are showing is true, then the dimensional fabric separating our reality from the demon reality is being slowly torn apart! It seems that transfering such a large portion of their army over into our world has weakened the natural barriers."

Realisation dawned in David. "T-then if that is true then it would only take something to destroy the barriers for good. B-but what would that do to our dimension?"

Billy shook his head once more. "It would be bad. Real bad." He paused, staring back into the console. "There's something missing here, a piece of the puzzle that I'm not seeing. The demons must know that weakening the barrier between both worlds is disastrous - so what have they got planned? Huh?" Billy suddenly turned as a beeping sound interrupted his thoughts.

"What is it?"

"That's strange. The com is picking up the faint emissions of a power source."

"Coming from where?"

"Right here in Angel Grove. no, wait . from Silver Hills, Mariner Bay, and Turtle Cove also. The computer can't identify it, but the wave pattern is something that I've never seen before." He looked up. "I better go check it out."

David stopped him. "Y-you can't. It's not safe."

Billy slowly smiled. "I was a ranger, remember. I'll be fine, besides, all the Shadow Demons are distracted in their fight against the others."

"Ok, but I'm coming with you."

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Back in the Fight:

Enrazu's forces were wavering, their numbers slowly fading, as the rangers unleashed their unrelenting attack, letting loose with everything that they had in their power. Justin fought alongside his fellow team mates TJ and Carlos; alongside with Andros and Zhane, while the other rangers fought in their respective teams, utilising the close bond that they shared to their advantage. They looked out for each other's backs, making sure that every ranger had backup, giving the demons no chance as they fought as an unstoppable force.

In the midst of battle the images of their dead team mates came back to them: Kimberly, Zack, Tanya, Ashley, Cassie, Maya, Karone, Kelsey, Chad, and Danny, giving them the burning resolve that they needed to continue fighting, even when the thought that they did not have the strength to continue. The Zeo Matrix rangers were in the thick of things, the strongest of the teams, their new powers unleashing attacks the likes the others had never seen.

Tommy fought with the burning heat of fire, his attacks strong and painful, ripping through the burning flesh of his opponents. Kat fought nearby, fuelled with the quick swiftness of wind, her attacks fast and fluid, the quick combos of her attacks making up for lack of power in each punch. Adam fought with an all round strategy, switching his attacks from punches to kicks, fuelled by the element of the very earth.

Not far from him fought Trini, her lightning quick punches and kicks almost unstoppable, not giving the demons as chance to counter attack. Rocky fought with the cold and deadly essence of ice, his attacks powerful but agile, providing cover to all those that needed it. And Jason fought with the mysterious power of shadow, allowing him to confuse the demons with false attacks and power dark moves that ripped through them with a powerful force.

Time seemed to pass, slowly, as if everything was in slow motion, a loud cry coming from further ahead, signalling the end of one group of Shadow Demons. Like an echo, similar cheers began to ring up from the other group of rangers, until the final Shadow Demon fell, their countless bodies littering the once fine streets of Angel Grove.

Tommy turned to check on the others, seeing that every one had made it in one piece, except for Justin and Carlos, whose powers had finally faded. "We're ready for you Enrazu!" He shouted to the remaining demon general. "It's over!"

Enrazu just stared at the generations of power rangers, pure anger and hatred burning deep in his eyes, before thrust his samurai sword forward, and charged.

Andros, TJ, and Zhane ran forward first, firing their astro blasters at the oncoming demon. Leo, Damon, and Kai were next up, using their swords to slash through the dark red and black armour that he carried. As the two teams were blasted back by Enrazu's attacks, Light Speed rushed forward, Ryan letting loose with a few quick kicks, while Carter, Dana, and Joel blocked and countered his attacks. Time Force than approached, brandishing their Chrono Sabers, slicing through the body of Enrazu, causing him to cry out in pain.

Wes, Jen, Lucas, Trip, Katie, and Eric then stepped back, firing their blasters, keeping him off balance long enough for the Wild Force rangers to execute their attack. Cole, Taylor, Alyssa, and Merrick unleashed their crystal sabers, striking hard, but barely being able to dive out of the way of the counter attack. Enrazu was enraged thrusting his sword into the ground, causing all nearby rangers to explode in a shower of sparks, throwing them backwards.

"It's our turn!" Shouted Jason.

Tommy nodded. Together with Kat, Rocky, Adam, Trini, and Jason he ran forward, calling forth the Zeo Matrix weapons to their aid, and firing them all at once at the demon. The explosion was immense, causing him to fall backwards, which was when the rangers unleashed their true powers - each one concentrating hard on their individual attacks. Trini struck first with a thunder tiger bolt, then Adam with his terra cobra strike, followed by Kat's wind phoenix moon kick, and Rocky froze him with his ice wolf freeze. Jason then lined Enrazu up with a shadow lion attack, and finally Tommy finished him off with a fire dragon uppercut.

"Uugh!" Enrazu screamed out in intense pain, falling to his knees.

Tommy panted hard, staring at the demon. "It's over." He repeated.

"Y-you fools!" He spat out. "You hav-en't even come cl-close to see-ing my full po-wer!" A sudden pulse on intense energy surrounded him, resonating through the air, so powerful that it forced the rangers backwards. The ground beneath them began to tear and rip, huge chasms began to form, and they were thrown to their feet.

"W-what's happening?!" Screamed Kat.

"I don't know." Answered Rocky. "But I don't like it!"

The noise was almost unbearable, the power emanating from Enrazu immense, until a sudden flash of bright light erupted, and when they could finally see again, they saw that Enrazu had grown in size. No longer was he there height, but he towered over them, over the very city, as a dark shadow that was cast over them.

"This is bad." Said Adam.

Tommy turned to them. "We have the power - it's inside of us! If we just all concentrate like before on the inner spirit of the Zeo Matrix, then I know that we can unleash it!"

"Well, whatever we do, we better do it fast." Noted Jason.

Tommy closed his eyes, listening to the fire dragon within him, and the team slowly followed suit, doing the same. Soon every single sound faded as they concentrated, listening only to the Zeo Matrix power inside of them, urging it to rise to the surface. One by one the emblems on their chests began to glow, and a deep roar filled the darkened sky, a bright flash of light erupting as their spirits ripped forth from their emblems, and formed into solid beings in the sky.

The rangers were lost for words, watching in astonished amazement at the forms of the Zeo Matrix Zords before them, eager to battle, to protect. Without a word they stepped towards their personal Zords, being instantly transported into the cockpit.

Tommy opened his eyes, finding himself inside the Fire Dragon Zord, the environment seeming instantly familiar to him. He reached out for the controls, revving up the powerful engines, before soaring up high into the air, his Zord letting out a massive roar.

"Let's do it guys!" He called to them.

He pressed a button, unleashing a stream of pure fire that blasted Enrazu, bathing him in intense flames. As he did so Kat appeared flying near to him in the Wind Phoenix Zord, the Zord pulling up as it rapidly flapped its wings, unleashing a devastating tornado that tore through Enrazu and forced him back. The ground assault came from the others: Trini and Adam attacking first in their Thunder Tiger and Terra Cobra Zords, unleashing combined attacks of lightning and earth types. Jason and Rocky finished the attack off, letting rip with a stream of pure ice and a dark pulse attack, their Ice Wolf and Shadow Lion Zords attacking with intense power, ripping through the already injured Enrazu.

"N-no!" He screamed. "I - I won't be def-eated!" He swung his ancient sword, cutting down into the Ice Wolf Zord, before turning to his side, and blasting the Shadow Lion Zord with a flick of his wrists. Rocky and Jason fell back, their Zord's hit hard.

"Aaghh!"

"Hold on guys!" Said Kat, swooping down into their aid. She fired another tornado attack, before being joined by Adam and Trini below, their combined attacks pushing him back.

"Looks like we'll need to go to full power!" Said Tommy. "Ok guys, let's pull them together!"

"Right!" They all shouted in unison.

"Right with you guys!" Called Jason.

As one they engaged the docking sequence, combining their Zords together in a burst of intense light, until they formed the Zeo Matrix Megazord.

"Shadow Lion Zord - Megazord Mode!" Jason then pressed a series of buttons on his console, activating the morphing sequence of the Shadow Lion Zord. The lion let out a fierce roar, its body shifting and changing, until it formed into an independent Megazord. "Shadow Lion Megazord - Online!"

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Somewhere nearby:

Billy and David followed the faint signal on his console, carefully making their way through the rows of debris and rubble that littered the city streets, the power signature slowly becoming stronger they closer they got to it. David kept a close look out, making sure that there was nothing that was following them, while Billy kept his gaze focussed on his computer.

"We're getting closer." Said Billy. "It's somewhere further up ahead."

"B-Billy!"

Billy turned to look behind him as David called to him, hearing the worry that was in his voice. He gasped in shock as he saw the pulsating light that was coming from an abandoned building from up ahead, the light rippling and distorting the very air with a shimmering blaze, the pulse growing in strength by the minute.

Billy froze on the spot, not knowing to put into words what he was seeing, but knowing what was happening as for a brief moment the surroundings faded, and they found themselves in the alternate reality.

To Be Continued.

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Author's Note: Sorry if this part or the last feels a little rushed but I decided to bring this fic to its end closer than I intended. Anyway, hope you are still enjoying it, the final part to Zeo Matrix: Tommy's Final Stand will be here soon.