The Power Rangers all convened on the bridge of the Astro Megaship after the rescue of Zhane. They were all rather dismayed with how the battle had went, and with their cowardly retreat.
"Trey," Zhane asked, his left arm in a sling, "You have fought this Kubista before?"
"Yes," Trey responded, after a short pause, "I fought and killed him a few years before I first came to Earth to help with the attack against the Machine Empire. I don't know how he could be here, now."
"But, he is here," Jason responded, "and he seems to be as strong as ever," he held up his broken sword.
"How are we going to fight this thing?" Tommy asked, turning towards Trey.
"I don't know. With his weapons he might as well be invincible." Trey said, shaking his head.
"But, he isn't invincible," Ashley said.
"No, but I am afraid there is nothing we can do to penetrate that armor of his," Trey admitted.
"You did it before, how?" Andros asked, trying to get as much information on this new enemy.
"I was able to use Pyramidas to disarm him and then destroy his armor. The sword was captured by Triforian soldiers and after a long battle I was able to defeat him, coming close to death myself. So you see, it will be almost impossible."
"But, it won't be impossible! You were by yourself back then, now you have all of us to help you! You did it before, now WE can do it together," Tommy added in.
"Yeah, man, together we can overcome any obstacle!"
"I only hope you are right, Zack, I only hope you are right," Trey said.
"Astronema, I hope you don't have another failure to report," Dark Specter told his promising young princess.
"Quite the contrary, the test of Kubista's abilities went perfectly," she replied.
"So the Power Rangers are finally destroyed?" he asked, pleased.
"Not quite."
"What?" he shouted.
"The Power Rangers retreated after sustaining damage from Kubista. None of them were able to stand up against his power. The Rangers may have survived, but they won't for much longer."
"I hope so for your sake, Astronema."
"Don't worry, my Lord, once the last of my generals is brought into the battle, the Power Rangers won't stand a chance."
"Yet another general, Astronema?"
"Don't worry, my Lord, don't worry."
Three arrows flew through the air and hit their target, obliterating it. This upgrade Trey gave this is really quite strong. She thought, looking at the smoldering pile of ash.
"I'm glad you enjoy it."
Kim jumped, and clasped a hand to her pounding heart.
"Trey! You scared me half to death!" she said, turning around.
"Sorry, that was not my intent," he replied, walking around Kim to look at what she had done with his new upgrade.
"It really is much stronger than before," Kim remarked.
"Ten times stronger. To be exact," he said.
"Hello, am I late?" Zack asked, peering inside the firing range of the Astro Megaship.
"Just in time, Zack. You need to morph," Trey said, Zack complied.
"So I take it that you have completed the upgrade for my Power Axe?" Zack asked.
Trey waved his hand in the air and Zack held out his hands and caught his Power Axe which formed in his arms.
"This is so cool!" he said, after testing it out on a few targets.
"That is not all I have," Trey once again waved his hand in the air and Kim's Power Bow now had the Power Lance and Power Dagger components on it.
Kim nearly dropped her weapon due to the extra added weight.
"Your bow is now three times stronger than it was before," Trey informed.
"Wait, does this mean that we can once again form the Power Blaster?" Kim inquired.
"Yes, it should be a great deal stronger, as well. It could perhaps even best Kubista."
"We'll have to see about that," Jason said as he entered.
"Jason? Did you have Trey fix up your sword, too?" Zack asked, anxious to test out the new Power Blaster.
"No. But we shouldn't need it to form the Power Blaster, it should still work," he replied.
"But it won't be as powerful! That is why you should let me fix your sword and make the necessary upgrades!" Trey input.
"No, I'll be just fine," he said, walking out of the room.
"What's his problem?" Zack asked, powering down.
"I think he is holding a personal grudge against Kubista for what happened to his Power Sword, and his resulting insult," Trey answered.
"Rangers," Andros addressed all fifteen rangers, "The attack on Zhane last month proved two things to us. One: Dark Specter has the ability to jam our communications and sensors on KO-35. And two: that Astronema has more generals than we originally speculated. All this has caused us to move our plans forward by several months," he clicked a button on a remote that he held in his hand and a holograph of a palace appeared from the table they were sitting around.
"What, isn't that Rita and Zedd's palace?" Kim asked.
"Yes," Andros replied. "Zedd's lunar palace is the main base for the control of Earth, and is also a major manufacturing plant for their armada and for Quantrons. Gaining control of it will greatly disrupt their war effort," he pushed a button and a wide view of the moon was shown, computer generated warships surrounded it, "Normally a fleet of warships surround and guard it at all times. But in approximately fifteen hours most of them will return to the Dark Fortress for regular maintenance and for patrol to replace those lost over the past few months," he pressed a button and the ships that were leaving started to blink. "When this happens, we will move in and attempt to take control. We'll only have two Megaships and the Delta Megazord, but I am afraid this is our only option. We had originally hoped to have four Megaships for this assault, but I am afraid that we don't have the time to await completion of what has become the replacement for the Maelstrom. The Arbalest has been completely repaired, and both ships are carrying a complete ordinance of fighters and more. Nearly the entire KO-35 air force is involved is this operation, and failure will mean death for all under the oppression of Dark Specter and the Alliance of Evil. Any questions?"
They all sat in silence, absorbing in all that they had heard. No questions were raised.
"Dismissed," Andros said.
The Astro Megaship, Delta Megazord and Arbalest were in sight of the lunar palace a few hours after a good portion of the protecting fleet had left. All the Power Rangers prepared to launch their attack on the palace.
They would serve as the leading ground attack force, with the KO-35 ground forces acting as backup.
They all stood on the bridge, helmets tucked under an arm, watching the palace grow bigger, and bigger as they approached. The attack would start soon, and soon, the fate of the entire galaxy would be decided.
A/N: Thanks to all for the reviews, and once again, sorry for the long time between updates, but I am afraid it will probably be awhile again before I can update, I apologize. Also Jeanka, sorry, but what you see is what you get. All the other Power Rangers were killed, or weren't formed since Dark Specter took over the galaxy.