VR Vance is knocked through the air, as an explosion goes off. VR Vance lands on his back, before holding up his sword to block VR Ranger's sword. VR Vance kicks VR Ranger's sword, forces him back a step, as VR Vance flips back onto his feet and performs a roundhouse kick.
At the same time, Emeral runs across the back of the warehouse to a parked truck, "Must I always do all the grunt work."
Emeral then gets into the truck's cab.
Several Robot Tanks, giant mechanical tanks, with humanoid bodies, including a blaster arm and a claw arm, are rolling through a destroyed city, as golden dust falls through the air.
"The Machine Empire will return, stronger than before. Unstoppable!"
Machino spreads his arms, "And no one will be able to stop us."
"This isn't possible, the Machine Empire was destroyed by Zordon of Eltar," Blue SPD Ranger says.
"And the few generals that did survive were destroyed by a team of Red Rangers," Green SPD Ranger adds.
"I was hidden away, raised and trained by my maternal grandfather King Aradon," Machino explains. "Now, after building Broodwings' Krybots to finance my resources, I have built my own generals to revive the Machine Empire, bringing it back to its full glory."
"We will never allow that!" Green SPD Ranger takes a step forward.
"You don't have a choice," Machino holds up his blasters, before firing them, causing large explosions in front of the Rangers and Troopers.
Once the smoke clears, the Rangers and Troopers look ahead to see Machino and his Generals are gone.
"I hate when the bad guys get away," Red SPD Ranger says.
VR Vance is knocked to the side and starts to get up, seeing Grimlord standing next to VR Ranger.
"Just give up, Vance Steel, your father and his friends could never stop me permanently, and you won't be any different," Grimlord says.
"You also have never won, and you won't start now," VR Vance says.
"I have already won," Grimlord says.
At that moment, the truck starts up and starts to drive out of the warehouse.
"What?!" VR Vance watches the truck pass him, before turning to Grimlord. "I won't let you win, not now, not ever!"
VR Vance turns back and jumps up, with Grimlord watching him.
The SPD Rangers, VR Ryan, and VR Linda are standing together, as Yellow SPD Ranger holds up her Delta Morpher, opening it.
"I heard everything," Sky's voice comes from the Delta Morpher. "Bridge left his communicator on."
"Oh, again," Red SPD Ranger rubs the back of his helmet.
"We already tapped into the Research Station's security network, and a truck had been stolen, with Vance going after it," Sky's voice continues.
"Vance," VR Ryan says.
VR Vance lands on top of the truck.
Emeral, with his blaster hand up, looks up slightly while driving, "I hate hitchhikers."
The truck starts swerving left to right down the street, while VR Vance tries to remain steady on the roof.
"What Driver's Ed teaches people in this dimension," VR Vance says.
Emeral continues to drive, as the truck swerves left to right.
"Whoa!" VR Vance continues to try and stay on his feet. "Time to get off."
VR Vance flips off the top of the truck, kicking off the truck's back, which shakes Emeral slightly in his seat.
VR Vance, as he falls back onto the street, holds out an arm, firing last blasts from his hand, "VR Laser Beam Command!"
The laser blasts hit the ground next to the swerving truck as it comes to a stop.
VR Vance charges ahead as Emeral exits the truck's cabin.
"Now what?!" Emeral calls out.
"I like to see your license and registration," VR Vance jokes, as he jumps and knees Emeral in the chest.
"You no SPD," Emeral swipes an arm, which VR Vance dodges, before tries another arm swipe, with VR Vance blocks it.
VR Vance punches Emeral in the chest, "No, I'm a VR Trooper." VR Vance pushes Emeral and holds him against the truck. "Now, what is Grimlord up to?"
"I'm no stooge pigeon," Emeral says, before he blasts VR Vance with his blaster hand, forcing him back a couple steps.
Emeral approaches him, continuing to fire his blaster hand, with VR Vance grabs his arm and holds it to the side, before elbowing the arm and grappling him. Emeral punches VR Vance in the abdomen, forcing him to let go. Emeral then continues to fire his blaster hand, which VR Vance avoids, when Emeral grabs him with his other hand and knees him in the chest.
VR Vance flips back before jumping ahead and punches Emeral in the chest.
Emeral is forced back a couple steps, when VR Vance runs up, grabs him by the arm, spins around his back as he lets go, grabs his other arm and continues to spin, spinning Emeral onto his back.
Suddenly, VR Vance is blasted and sent flying backward.
"What hit me…?" VR Vance starts to say, when he gets onto his knees and looks ahead. "Oh, you!"
VR Ranger, with his sword at the side, slowly approaches on the street.
VR Vance returns to his feet, "What's wrong? Miss me?" VR Ranger just stares at him. "The silent type, huh? Fine with me." VR Vance pulls his sword out of his arm, before charging. "Let's talk, with our actions!"
At the Delta Base's command center, Sky is standing in front of the computer station.
"Bridge, I want you to go after the truck and Vance," Sky instructs. "Everyone else, check what happened at the Research Station."
"On my way," Red SPD Ranger says, before Yellow SPD Ranger closes her Delta Morpher, then he looks to VR Ryan. "Don't worry, I'll help out Vance."
"Thanks," VR Ryan says, before watching Red SPD Ranger run off.
As the other SPD Rangers start to hurry toward the Research Station, VR Linda places a hand on VR Ryan's shoulder, "Vance might be reckless at times, but he's still strong and smart. He'll be fine."
VR Ryan nods his head, before he and VR Linda hurries after the other four SPD Rangers.
VR Ranger dodges VR Vance's sword stabs, before knocking his sword up with his own, blocks a couple sword strikes, then dodges another sword strike as VR Vance spins around, jumps slightly as he spins and VR Ranger backs up. VR Vance barely kicks away VR Ranger's sword in midspin and goes for a sword strike, but VR Ranger manages to avoid it as he strikes VR Vance.
VR Ranger then grabs VR Vance's shoulder and pulls, tossing him, with VR Vance slams against the side of the truck.
VR Vance gets back up and holds out his sword, "That was a lucky shot. But I'm still gonna win."
VR Vance runs ahead and tries a sword strike, but VR Ranger dodges it and strikes VR Vance in the back. VR Ranger spins to dodge another sword strike and strikes VR Vance in the back again. VR Vance turns and tries another sword strike, but VR Ranger presses his sword against VR Vance's chest and strikes him, spins, and strikes him in the back twice.
VR Vance is forced ahead, trying to remain steady, before turning around, "Okay, that's it!"
"VR Laser Blade Command Now!" VR Vance runs a hand across his sword, with the blade glowing, before sending off a sideway sword slash, followed by a dialongal sword slash.
Both sword slashes combine in midair before flying toward VR Ranger, who blocks it with his sword, before managing to cut the slashes in half, which flies past him and explodes.
"That's… not possible," VR Vance lowers his sword.
VR Ranger holds back his sword, before looking up, seeing SPD Runner 1 flying down, lands and skids to a stop in front of him.
Red SPD Ranger flips through the air, before jumping toward VR Ranger, firing his Delta Blasters, with VR Ranger spins around to avoid.
Red SPD Ranger lands and holds up a Delta Blaster, "Mind if I join in on the fun." He looks over his shoulder to see VR Vance. "Although this doesn't seem too fun."
"Watch out!" VR Vance calls out.
Red SPD Ranger looks ahead to see VR Ranger charges at him with his sword. Red SPD Ranger dodges a sword strike, before holding up his Delta Blasters to block a backhand sword strike. He then knocks the sword up and spin kicks VR Ranger, before firing the Delta Blaters, forcing VR Ranger back several steps.
"Yep, it's time to go," Emeral comes over to the side and fires his blaster hand.
"Whoa, watch it," Red SPD Ranger spins to the side and onto a knee to dodge the blaster fire.
VR Vance runs over to Red SPD Ranger, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Red SPD Ranger stands up, before looking around. "But it looks like our playmates got away."
VR Vance looks around, before looking back at Red SPD Ranger, "I'm gonna be in trouble, am I?"
"I'm not a betting man, really I'm not, never even been to Onyx, but yeah, probably," Red SPD Ranger shrugs his shoulders.
Back inside the Research Station, Ryan, Linda, JJ, Lina, Syd, and Z are in front of an Aquitian scientist.
"Are you okay, sir?" Lina asks.
"I'm uninjured," the scientist says. "But I am concerned about what data the intruder downloaded from our mainframe."
Lina goes over to the computer and starts typing, "I see the record of the data that was recently downloaded."
"What do you got, Lina?" JJ asks.
"It looks like all the data was related to dimensional barriers and the energies they generated," Lina says, as she turns to her friends.
Ryan and Linda look at each other for a moment.
"That was the focus of our recent studies, but our research had hit a wall," the scientist starts. "The powerful source of energy we were studying proved to be too dangerous."
"What was the energy source?" Syd asks.
At that moment, Bridge and Vance enter the room.
"Hey, what did we miss?" Bridge asks.
"Vance, what were you thinking, going after Grimlord on your own?" Ryan asks.
"I know, dad, it was stupid, I don't know what I was doing," Vance says, before sighing. "I'm sorry."
JJ is watching Vance.
Bridge pulls his glove off, before he waves his hand slightly, which gives off a small green glow, "Huh…"
"It's always bad news when you act like that, Bridge," Syd says, crossing her arms.
"I'm sensing a terrible evil was here," Bridge says.
"Well, Grimlord was here," Linda says.
"No, this is… familiar," Bridge says.
"That must be the energy source I was talking about," the scientist says. "A piece of The Evil."
"What?!" Z suddenly says, as the unmorphed Rangers look at each other.
"What's The Evil?" Linda asks.
At the Delta Base's command center, Ryan, Linda, Vance, and the unmorphed SPD Rangers are with Sky.
"A piece of The Evil on Earth was being kept in secret, but it's now missing," Sky explains. "But based on recent information, it seems the earlier diamond heist was just a distraction, as Machino's group stole the piece of The Evil."
"Okay, but what is The Evil?" Linda suddenly says, with Sky looking at her, before she backs up and clears her throat.
"The Evil is a piece of the Abyss of Evil, a dimensional plane composed of pure evil," Sky explains. "And The Evil is just as dangerous."
"According to old Ranger records, the Abyss of Evil is located in Blue Bay Harbor," Lina adds.
"Lina, that was a vortex," Z says. "It's possible there are more vortexes to the Abyss of Evil anywhere on Earth, maybe even on other planets."
"We know too little to speculate, but it's entirely possible that Grimlord and Machino are after the Abyss itself," Sky says. "We should try to find a closer one, just to be safe."
"The VR Troopers will help in any way we could," Ryan says.
"Thanks, we appreciate it," Sky says.
JJ looks over to Vance, who is looking away, deep in thought.
Shortly, JJ comes outside to see Vance sitting on a bench and looking at the sky.
JJ approaches him, "Hey, Vance, why aren't you helping?"
Vance looks over to him, with a small smile, "Why aren't you helping?"
JJ shrugs his shoulders, "I'm not much of a researcher."
"Well, I had messed up enough," Vance says.
JJ seats down next to Vance, "Everyone makes mistakes. You shouldn't let it bring you down."
"My father never made a mistake like I have before," Vance says.
"So Ryan is your father," Vance gives a small smile. "I think I understand how you feel."
"You do?" Vance asks.
"Yeah, my father, Tommy Oliver, was a famous Power Ranger," JJ begins. "And while I know he's proud of me, I still feel like I need to live up to his legacy. And it feels pretty heavy."
"How have you managed?" Vance asks.
JJ presses a hand to his chest, "I try not to think about my father's legacy, and focus more on what I can do."
"Focus on what I can do," Vance says to himself.
At that moment, sudden beeps causes JJ to hold up his Delta Morpher and opens it, "JJ's here."
"You better get in here, we found something."
JJ and Vance look at each other, nod their heads, and get up to leave.
Back inside, Sky is in front of Vance, Ryan, Linda, and the unmorphed SPD Rangers.
"We had detected a rising energy signal in the factory district," Sky explains. "It appeared to be growing energy from the Abyss of Evil."
"Machino kept on talking about reviving the Machine Empire, he's gonna need a whole lot of energy to power an army to do so," Lina holds a hand to her chin. "He must plan on using the Abyss of Evil to do so."
"And who knows what Grimlord will use that energy for," Linda adds.
"We won't allow either of them to do so," JJ says.
"Your offer of help is still good?" Sky looks to Ryan.
"You bet," Ryan nods his head.
"Then, you all better move out, fast," Sky instructs.
The unmorphed Rangers, Ryan, Linda, and Vance then run out of the command center.
Sky turns slightly, before noticing the small case on the computer console.
