Disclaimer: The rangers: Saban owns them; I don't, what's up with that?

A/N: Here comes the final battle.

Chapter Seven-The Long and Winding Road

THE POWER CHAMBER

"Power Rangers! Oh POWER RANGERS! Come out to play-ay!" Divatox said, mocking them as Samantha turned on the communications uplink to the outside.

"What do you want with us?" she asked.

"For you to die, can you do that?" Divatox asked, as the rangers fell silent inside the Power Chamber.

Divatox stood, yelling, "ATTACK!" as the piranhatrons took battering rams, heading towards the Power Chamber now quicker than ever.

The rangers went to the front doors, putting their sides against the mammoth doors to try and block the incoming army. Though it was a futile maneuver, it held them back for a while. That is, until the piranhatrons found another way into the Power Chamber. They crashed down on ropes through the roof, and that's when the rangers pulled away from the door, to get rid of them.

The piranhatrons stormed the doors, and flooded into the Power Chamber. The rangers fought over wave after wave of piranhatrons, but more kept coming in at them. Destruction was prevalent around the rangers; Zordon's energy tube had been shattered, as well as cases that once held the old ranger uniforms.

"NO!" Samantha cried, seeing Zordon's energy tube being shattered as she was knocked to the floor by a troop of piranhatrons.

One piranhatron eyed the morphing grid, which if disabled would instantaneously de-morph and be powerless. It pulled out a small sword, moving closer to the grid. However, James eyed him and yelled to Susan, the closest ranger in range.

"SUSAN! STOP HIM! QUICK!" he yelled.

Susan made her move, kicking at the lone goon, and thwarting his attempt, but not a new piranhatron, which landed in from the roof. It smashed apart the morphing grid, and instantly the rangers de-morphed, shocked at what had happened. They continued fighting, until the piranhatrons ordered a sudden retreat.

"What the hell happened?" Samantha asked, feeling for any serious wounds.

"They hit the morphing grid, we just lost our powers," Greg said.

"And it looks like they got the electrical systems, the entire chamber is dim," Neil commented.

Three piranhatrons appeared, pulling out the stopper on a large rotating device. It began ticking and the piranhatrons disappeared. Samantha quickly realized what the device was.

"BOMB!" she yelled as the rangers ducked for cover.

The bomb exploded, and began rolling around the Power Chamber. It continued with more and more explosions, destroying everything in its path. Finally it rolled back to where it began, and created one final explosion, which brought the roof down on the rangers.

Divatox returned outside the chamber, watching the destruction her minions had unleashed on the rangers.

"YES! VIVA LA DIVA, WOO! ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICANT! This calls for a drink! Eltarian wine for EVERYONE!" she said.

She poured a glass for herself, and the rest of the remaining piranhatrons not destroyed in the collapse. They drank, finishing the bottle, and rejoicing in their well-earned victory. That's when a psychic messenger image of Dovatix appeared.

"Sister," Dovatix timidly said.

"Oh, what is it?" Divatox asked.

"I put Zelda away in the dungeons, but there's been a problem," she replied.

"What?" Divatox asked.

"I've been monitoring other planets for weakness, and I found that an Astro MegaShip has just been launched from...KO-35," Dovatix said.

"IMPOSSIBLE! I GOT RID OF ANDROS" Divatox roared.

Dovatix replied, "I realize that my great queen, however, they have selected someone else and that someone has taken the Astro MegaShip, and is searching for Zelda,"

Divatox sighed, saying, "I'll be back shortly. Killing one ranger will be like shooting Gilga fish in a barrel!"

She sighed again, dissolving her piranhatrons and then disappearing herself. In the rubble of the Power Chamber, rose a petite hand out of the destruction. It was Samantha; she had survived the horrible blast, with a cut on her forehead but what of her teammates? As if for an answer, the other four rangers rose up, dusting themselves off, each carrying a wound. James had a gash on his arm, Greg had a banged up knee, Susan had cuts on her cheeks and Neil had scraped up knees.

"It's gone...... it's really gone," Samantha said quietly.

"This is the end of the power rangers. We've failed, Divatox has won" Greg said sadly.

"Zordon would be so disappointed in us," Susan said softly.

"Wait," James said, "What's this?"

He picked up a small black box, and opened it. Immediately, a hologram of Zelda appeared before the teens.

"Rangers, if you have found this, then I have been captured by Divatox and her forces. The only way to save Earth, and the universe is to go into space, and head to Galaxy's Edge. It is a time vortex, which will lead you to Divatox's dark future and to me. In order for you to get into outer space, go to the NASADA center, give them the disk in this box, they will lead you to the shuttle. Good luck rangers," Zelda said, the hologram disappearing.

Samantha pulled out the disk and said, "Let's get to the NASADA center,"

NASADA CENTER-ANGEL GROVE

Samantha led the five into the center, where a gruff security guard stopped them. Samantha showed him the box, and he let them through. The NASADA president led the teens to the shuttle, and prepped it for liftoff. Tears dripped down Samantha's cheeks, now she was the one leaving farther than ever before.

"Liftoff in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! BLAST OFF!" the controller said.

The shuttle's ignition started and rumbled as the craft cleared the tower, and Earth's atmosphere.

KIYA NINJA ACADEMY-TOKYO, JAPAN

Kyle Martis sighed, sitting in his tent. He just finished another rigorous day of practice with his air ninja group. He was enjoying the academy, learning ninja and the Japanese language. Now it was time to check on his girlfriend, Samantha Collins, back in his hometown of Angel Grove, California.

"I wish I could see Samantha," he said as the locket glowed white.

He saw her, but thought the device was malfunctioning when he saw her on a space shuttle, looking out a window down toward Earth. Then he realized it, they were going to save Zelda. Divatox had really gone she-bitch and done it, now they were heading to the dark future.

"Good luck baby," he said quietly.

I'll join alongside you to fight someday he thought to himself.

TO BE CONTINUED...