Episode 20 – Insane in the Brane

"Don't they realize that I need time to come up with plans!?"

The golden robot slammed his spear into the roof of the building, frustrated at his current predicament. "It's not like I can just come up with a brilliant scheme in a week, do you know how difficult that is!? I have absolutely no idea what to do!"

He turned to face a single Ugutz, which he had made simply to rant to. "I need to come up with something, or else the boss is gonna have me scrapped!" He paused, and approached the Ugutz, staring it directly in its mechanical face. "You wouldn't happen to have any ideas, would you?"

The robot gave a long, mechanical shrug.

Yogostein huffed, puffing a blast of smoke into the Ugutz' face, causing it to stumble backwards. "Next time," Yogostein started. "I'm going to make something capable of creative thinking before going off on a rant!"

He smacked the Ugutz backward with his spear, and turned back to look onto the streets. "Maybe I could make some kind of car monster?" He said to himself, watching a vehicle pass by. "Nah, not creative enough."

He grumbled to himself for a moment, and then let out a long sigh. "I wish my old teammates were here."

"So, how was your break?" Wolford asked, sitting on a rather uncomfortably small chair, taken from the kitchen table. Judy and Nick sat on the couch across from him.

"Oh, it was… alright." Nick said, a bit reluctantly.

Judy jabbed him in the side. "Stop trying to act all cool, Nick." She scolded, the fox rubbing his arm. "We had a great time, managed to get a lot of stuff done."

"What kind of stuff?" Wolford asked.

"Helping out around the fairground." Nick answered. "We volunteered to help fix everything while we were there."

"How charitable of you two."

"We were kind of the ones who caused it to get all ruined." Judy admitted, ears lowering a bit. "It was really the only thing we could do. There was some fun rides, though Nick didn't really like the ferris-"

Nick let out a nervous chuckle, interrupting her. "Now's not the time to talk about vacation time, Carrots."

"Well, he asked…" She said, crossing her arms. She then cleared her throat. "Nick's right, we have stuff we want to talk with you about, Max."

The wolf's ears drooped. "Did I do something wrong?" he asked sounding incredibly worried.

"No! No, you haven't done anything wrong." She assured him.

"Aside from all the stuff you did wrong." Nick immediately followed up.

"Shut it." Judy snapped. "We wanted to talk about something that's been bugging us."

"How exactly do you know anything about the monsters we keep fighting?" Nick asked, rather bluntly.

Max shrugged. "I dunno, they just kind of look like ones that were on Zoo Rangers."

"Alright, HOW similar are they." Judy asked, becoming a bit intense. "Like, slight resemblance, or really close?"

"Pretty close honestly." Max answered. "I mean, that Sambash guy looks like he could be Villamax's less lion-like cousin."

The two stared at Max in confusion.

"What, did I say something weird?"

"Max, have you heard of alternate universe theory?" Judy asked.

"I read comic books, of course I have."

"Well, what you said was weird, because…" The rabbit started, only to be interrupted by Nick.

"All of the monsters we've been fighting are from an alternate universe." He said rather bluntly. "So how in the world does this TV show have them in it?"

"Well," Wolford started. "Maybe its-" There was a sudden loud beeping from his Zoolizer. "Oh pumpernickel, looks like we have a monster to deal with."

"It is Monday, isn't it?" Nick said, sitting up and stretching out. "So, where's it at?"

"Central Park."

"Of course."

"Max, you head out first, we'll be there in a few minutes." Judy ordered. "The wolf nodded, and headed out the door.

"Shouldn't we be heading out first?" Nick asked as Judy got up, a ponderous look on her muzzle. "We have bikes, we can get there faster."

"Why didn't our Zoolizers go off?"

"What?"

"They didn't go off." She repeated. "They should have gone off at the same time Max's did."

"These things never have been consistent." Nick said, tapping at the device. "Probably just didn't want to or something."

"I dunno, I have a weird feeling about this." She said, a bit worried.

"There's no need to worry, Fluff." He assured her, heading towards he door. "This will be exactly the same as it always is."

"You mean 'weird and slightly contrived'?"

"I was thinking more 'fun and heroic'."

The monster stepped through the field, mammals of all kind running away in fear from it. "Bleh, this place is so clean." It sputtered.

The monster had two large chainsaws for hands. Most of its body was covered in saw blades as well, with a singular chainsaw blade dividing its own body in half, heading directly through the monster's grimacing face. It body was made of various metals with shades of greens and browns. Its face resembled that of a rather angry sloth. It marched towards a nearby tree, chainsaws revving up.

"I can't wait to dirty this place up!" It laughed, and prepared to strike the tree down.

"Stop it, monster!"

The monster stopped revving its blades, and turned to where the voice had come from. The three Zoorangers stood there, weapons drawn. "Step away from the tree, or we're gonna have to cut you down!" Red yelled, sword on shoulder.

The monster stared at them for a moment.

"Who the hell are you guys?"

The three nearly fell over in surprise.

"We're the, uh, Zoorangers?" Blue announced, a bit unsure. "Didn't your boss tell you about us?"

"The bosses didn't tell me anything about wannabe heroes." It announced. "I'll have to deal with you the way we've dealt with all your types!"

"What's he talking about?" Silver asked, leaning over to the rabbit. She shrugged in response.

The monster's saws began revving up, and it rushed towards them. The three readied their weapons, and rushed forward as well. The chainsaw robot then stopped in its tracks, and dug its chainsaws into the ground, causing spurts of dirt to fly into the three's eyes.

Red rubbed the dirt out of his eyes, just in time to see the monster swing its blade into his chest.

Surprisingly, it didn't hurt.

"Was that… supposed to hurt?" Red asked, as the other two rangers, and the chainsaw monster stared on, baffled.

The monster tried again, rapidly swinging both his arms into the fox, only for no sounds of pain, or even slight cuts, to appear.

"Why can't I hurt you!?" The monster yelled, frustrated. The monster prepared a final swing, aiming straight for the fox's head.

Red raised his sword to block the chainsaw, and there was the sudden sound of an engine grinding to a halt. The fox looked up, and saw that, defying all accounts of logic, his sword was jamming the chainsaw.

One of the chainsaw's teeth bobbed back and forth, slamming into the Foxfire Blade's side, desperately trying to cut through it. "Yeesh," Red sighed. "I almost feel bad for this guy." He then thrust the blade up, knocking the chainsaw away, and jabbed the Banki Beast in the chest, sending it flying in a shower of sparks.

Blue hopped up to Red as the monster flew into the ground. "You been training?" She asked, impressed by how far the beast had been launched.

"Nope, and I wasn't even giving it my all there." He admitted. The two watched as the monster writhed around on the ground, trying to get up.

"Not doing great!" It yelled as it got up. "What the heck are you!?"

"Seriously, did Yogostein not fill you in?" Blue questioned, a bit confused. "He's usually one of the villains that comes up with decent plots."

"How do you know about Master Yogostein!?" The monster yelled, backing away. "Wait, it can't be! We destroyed all of them! I need to get out of here!"

It began to back away faster, almost turning into a sprint, before Silver, leaped through the air, and jabbed his rapier into the monster, knocking it down. "Yeah, we're not letting you get away." He said, planting a foot on the monster's back.

The monster grunted as the two other Zoorangers ran up to it. "I might not be able to hurt you guys…" It revved its chainsaws again, and dug them into the ground, dirt flying everywhere. Silver became disoriented by the dirt, and slipped off of the monster.

"…But I can still cut things!" The monster finished yelling, running away from the three. It ran over to a park bench, the three rangers clearing their visors just in time.

They watched as the monster cut through the wooden bench, each slice stirring up a massive amount of sawdust, which formed into a cloud.

"I didn't realize benches had that much wood." Red said, looking through the cloud. "I can't see anything, can you guys?"

"Sorry, but I have a good nose, not good eyes." Silver replied back, also blinded by the smoke.

Blue was also blinded, but she could hear the rather clear sound of metal clacking, as well as an engine revving down. "But I have good ears!" She said, pulling out her blasters. She quickly shot towards the sound, clearing the dust.

The blasts struck the monster directly in the back, sending it flying. "Wow, I think this might be the most pathetic monster we've ever fought." Red said, scratching his head.

"Pathetic!?" The monster yelled as it got up. "I'm the strongest Banki Beast! Elite warrior of Gaiark, how dare you make a mockery of me!" The sawblades imbedded on its shoulders suddenly raised up, and flew towards the rangers, hitting the ground in front of them, causing an explosion of dirt.

As the explosion cleared, the monster had vanished.

"Great, now he escapes." Red groaned, frustrated. "Why can't we ever get something easy?"

"Alright," Blue started, tapping her foot. "We're gonna split up, look for this guy."

"Why, it's not like he's that much of a threat." Red said, a bit indignant.

"He might not be a threat to us, Nick, but he's a threat to other people." Blue said, quite sternly. "Not everyone's as strong as us."

Red gave off a long sigh.

"Before we split up, can I ask you guys a dumb question?" Silver started, a bit nervous.

"Sure." Blue said, shrugging.

"Have we fought that guy before?"

The two looked at him.

"I mean, I know we haven't." The wolf continued, trying to find a better way to explain it. "I mean, I feel like I've seen him before."

"You mean like how you've seen the other monsters on TV?" Red asked, sarcastically.

"I'm not really sure." Silver admitted. "Just forget I asked."

"So, how should we split up, leader?" Red said, turning to the rabbit. She seemed to be in thought, rapidly tapping her foot against the ground. "Carrots?"

She quickly snapped out of it. "Oh, uh, just split up and look around Savanah Central." She explained. "He probably couldn't have gotten that far with the damage we caused to him."

The other two rangers nodded, and ran off in separate directions. Blue turned back to her thoughts for a moment.

Something weird was definitely going on.

"Maybe I could make a monster that spews gas, that would be pretty chaotic." Yogostein said to himself as he rested on top of the same building. "Wait, I already tried that, didn't work out great. Hmm. Maybe I could try to poison their water! But, something like that would require extra planning than I have now." He motioned towards the Ugutz standing next to him. "Write that down though, that's a good idea!"

The Ugutz nodded, and quickly jotted down something on a metallic notepad.

"Bah, I could really just use some help right about now." The robot bemoaned to himself.

"Master Yogostein!"

"What is it?" Yogostein asked, dismissive.

Wait, who said that?

He quickly spun around to face the creature that had called out to him. He had seen it before, long ago, but he couldn't entirely place it. "Master Yogostein, I…" The monster stared him up and down for a moment. "…Did you get a metal shaving?"

The details of the robot looked exactly like that of that failure created by Hiramechimedes, the Chainsaw Banki, aside from an odd-looking face. But how was it here? He hadn't created a monster, so how could there even be a Banki Beast? His mind raced with questions, but he quickly came to a rather simple conclusion.

Don't look a mechanical gift horse in the mouth.

"What is it, soldier?" Yogostein asked, his voice deepening.

"I ran into three inhabitants that were using the power of the Engines!" The chainsaw beast explained, much to Yogostein's shock.

Engines? He thought those were left behind in his original timeline, how had they gotten here? There was something strange going on. "What did they look like?" Yogostein asked. He needed some intel before rushing in.

"Well, there was a red one, a blue one, and a silver one." Chainsaw Banki explained.

Red, blue, silver. It seems only three of them had shown up. The robotic general gripped his free hand in frustration. Now he had to deal with 6 rangers. "Sosuke…" He mumbled to himself. "I'll get my revenge."

"What was that boss?"

"Nothing!" Yogostein yelled, stumbling. "So, want me to go help beat those guys up?"

"I just want to know why you didn't warn me!" The monster yelled, stepping closer to his presumed boss. "I thought we destroyed all the Engines, how are there any Engine users left?"

Yep, definitely something weird going on. Gaiark had never managed to get anywhere close to destroying all the Engines, and what did he mean by 'we'? He was the only member left!

"I have an idea." Yogostein declared. Something had rattled in his brain, something perfect. He pulled out a gear, and tossed it into the chainsaw robot. It began to glow as the gear bored itself into its chest. After a few seconds of writhing, the change had finished.

Only the monster's face had changed, going from an animalistic look to a more humanoid one. "What was that!?" The monster yelled, confused.

"A little gift." Yogostein half explained. "Trust me, it'll be useful. Now we can go beat those guys up before they cause any trouble for us!"

"I'd love to but I already called into base for help." The beast stated. "They should be here to help in a few minutes."

"Wait, who?"

There was a sudden crashing noise, the sky darkening for a split second as it rang through the city. Yogostein turned to where the noise had sounded, directly across from him on the roof. The air seemed to crack open, shifting into a blinding white portal.

Two figures stepped from the portal, the robot unable to make them out clearly. "Peh, so this is the Animal World?" One of them scoffed, with a distinctly male voice.

"The reports are true, disgustingly clean." Said the other one, with a female sounding voice. "Can't wait to filthy it up." To Yogostein's audio receptors, they sounded distressingly familiar.

Wait, it couldn't be, could it?

The light cleared, revealing the two figures. He recognized distinctive features on both. The male one had a large smoke stack protruding from his shoulder, pipes winding around his body, and several cogs covering him, including one sticking out of its head. Its arms and legs were made out of red and white towers, and he walked with a distinctive pipe shaped cane.

For the female one, he recognized her bodysuit, purple in color for most of it, but covered in silver parts. On one arm, she had a coiling tube wrapped around, while on the other she had a large valve. She had a silver skirt that only covered the back, and only her right leg was fully covered. Four large tubes came from her back, ending around a large collar. She wore a silver helmet that had a large valve on top, as well as a steam whistle coming form the side of it.

There was no mistaking it, these two were Kegalesia and Kitaneidas, his old colleagues at Gaiark. Only, they weren't exactly the same. Kitaneidas looked similar, but seemed slightly thinner, and his head had changed from a human-like face to a more mammalian one, specifically the pointed head of a weasel, complete with ears. He still had a large cog embedded in it, separating a white, smiling section of his face, with an orange, scowling side.

Kegalesia, however, was completely different. Instead of a human female, she was now entirely a female mammal, specifically that of a gazelle. Her outfit now conformed to her new body shape.

"Yogostein, I thought you said that you wouldn't need our help?" The one that resembled Kegalesia asked, sounding a bit displeased.

"I knew you couldn't do this by yourself." The Kitaneidas-ish one followed up with a laugh. "You just aren't clever enough to destroy a world on your own!"

"Kitaneidas? Kegalesia?" Yogostein said in disbelief, taking a step back. He was certain they had died. He was sure of it. How had they come back, how had they changed like this?

"What's wrong, you look like you've seen a ghost." Kegalesia joked, before turning a bit more serious. "Seriously, stop looking at us like that, its weird."

Yogostein let out a cough, and tried to stand proud. "So, why'd you call us here, Chainsaw Banki?" Kitaneidas asked, turning to the chainsaw monster.

"We have a problem." He stated simply. "We have some inhabitants here that seem to have partnered with Engines!"

"That's ridiculous." Kitaneidas stated. "We destroyed all the Engines when we took over Machine World!"

An idea popped into Yogostein's head. Whatever was happening, he could definitely take advantage of it. The four of them against the Zoorangers would be a cakewalk!

"I believe we can deal with the problem quickly." Yogostein said, sounding confident. "We won't even need a full-scale assault if we handle it ourselves."

"Deal with Engine users ourselves? Hah!" Kegalesia laughed. "Why would we waste our time on such an insignificant threat?"

Yogostein's eyes began to glow a threatening red. He stomped up to the two, overshadowing them, turning serious. "These are the deadliest warriors on the face of this planet, if we're lax for even a moment, our entire organization will be reduced to scrap by them!"

"I can vouch for him." Chainsaw Banki started. "Those three almost scrapped me without any effort!"

"Exactly. We need to deal with this swiftly." Yogostein ordered. "And I know how to finish them off."

"You lead the charge then." Kegalesia started, a bit sarcastically. "You are the one who wanted to deal with this world personally."

"I was? I mean, yeah, I was!"

Kegalesia quickly pulled Kitaneidas in close, and began whispering. "Does he look different to you?" She asked.

"Yeah, his face is all weird." Kitaneidas answered, motioning around his own face. "He seems like the same Yogostein, what do you think happened to him?"

"I don't know, but we should keep an eye on him." Kegalesia suggested. "He seemed pretty serious about the Engine users, though. We'll follow him, and see what happens."

The two nodded to each other, in agreement. "Gaiark Ministers!" Yogostein yelled proudly, catching the other two's attention. He quickly turned to the chainsaw robot. "And Banki Beast." He turned back to the cityscape. "Let us conquer this pitiful city!"

Just like in the old days, he thought to himself.

"Did you see how I blocked that monster's attack?"

"Yes, I did, I was there."

"Yeah, but did you really see how cool it was?"

"I was five feet away from you, Nick." She let out a sigh. Their Zoolizers had gone off only a few minutes ago, meaning that they could be dealing with two monsters at the same time. This wasn't the time for him to start acting like this.

"I held my sword up, and the chainsaw just-"

"Are you actually even looking for the monster?" She questioned through her communicator, starting to get frustrated.

"I am, Carrots." He said with a disappointed sigh. "I'm on Pack Street, can't find… Hold on a sec."

"What is it, did you find something?"

"Yeah, smoke from what looks like… near Herd Street. Think it means anything?"

"When do you ever see smoke in this city?" She asked.

"Family gatherings."

She tried not to chuckle at his joke. "What I mean is, yeah it's probably the monster. Let Max know, and we'll meet up there."

"See you in a few, Fluff."

She looked around. The rabbit was standing on top of a building on the other side of town. "Guess subtlety will have to wait.' She sighed, before leaping down to the ground, startling a couple nearby civilians.

Without missing a beat, she summoned the Usagider, and hopped on, riding towards her destination.

A bit later, she made it to Herd Street. Herd Street was part of the downtown area of Savannah Central, which means lots of buildings, and more worryingly, lots of mammals for a monster to harm.

She pulled up to the street sign, the fox, still transformed, waiting for her there. His bike was parked next to the sidewalk, and he had his back placed to the pole, looking down at his phone. He looked up from his phone when he heard her stop. "Hey, what took you so long?" He asked, sarcastically.

"I wasn't two blocks away." She scoffed at him as she hopped off the bike. She glanced around, Max wasn't anywhere to be seen. "Where's Silver?"

"Guy went all the way to Tundra Town." Red said, shrugging a bit. "Guy doesn't have a ride, so he had to get back here the old-fashioned way."

Blue groaned, throwing her head back. "Should we just go see what caused the smoke by ourselves?"

"I don't think there's any hurry." Red said. "There hasn't been any commotion in the last bit, so I'm not sure if there's any real danger."

There was a sudden crash, and the two startled rangers turned to face the street. Silver had crashed into the ground, leaving a massive mark in the street. He steadied himself, and ran up to the two. "Sorry I'm late." He apologized. "Got here as fast as I could, any monsters yet?"

Red shook his head. "I bet there will be in a few minutes, though."

The three headed into the business area just outside of the street. The smoke was coming from the middle of a plaza, from some sort of engine looking device. It seemed to be pumping the smoke into the air. The three walked up to it, unsure what to think.

Blue noticed a note attached to the side of the device. She pulled it off, and read the message.

"LOOK UP!", written in what seemed to be… oil?

"What does that mean?" Silver asked, looking at the note.

All three of them looked up, watching as what looked like a laser flew into the plume of smoke, igniting it. The three leaped out of the way before the engine device burst into a massive fireball of an explosion, covering most of the plaza.

The three looked as the fire cleared, the silhouette of Yogostein stepping through it. "Welcome, you meddlesome rangers, to your ultimate doom!" He yelled, slamming his spear into the ground.

The three got up. "Please," Red started with a scoff. "We managed to fend off your monster without any effort, what makes you think he can beat us?"

"What makes you think I'm working alone on this, fox!?" He slammed his spear on the ground, clearing the fire with a massive shockwave. "Let me introduce you to my true partners in crime!"

The three looked up as the remaining smoke whirled into a large cloud, and then crashed into the ground to the left of Yogostein, revealing the form of Kitaneidas. "Air Pollution Minister, Kitaneidas!"

"Pleasure to meet you, organ bags!" Kitaneidas chuckled.

The ground to the right of Yogostein began to crack, before bursting into a fountain of filthy looking water, with the gazelle-like Kegalesia riding on top of it. The water lowered, leading her to the ground. "Water Pollution Minister, Kegalesia!"

"I hope you three are fun to play with." She laughed playfully.

"And finally," Yogostein pointed behind the three rangers, causing them to turn around, bringing the chainsaw robot to their attention. "Chainsaw Banki!"

"Ready to get chopped, Engine users!?" It shouted, revving its saws.

The three were surrounded by the villains. "So, you got a plan, leader?" Red asked the rabbit as the four robots closed in.

"You take the chainsaw guy, Red, we'll take the other two." Blue declared as she pulled out her daggers.

"Alright, leave the small pickings to me." Red said to himself, sounding a bit offended. The fox quickly spun around, pulling out his blade, and rushed at the chainsaw robot.

He swung his blade, the robot's own blade connecting with it. The other two rangers ran towards the two other ministers. As they did, Blue noticed that Yogostein had not moved, and seemed to be watching the two ministers.

Blue had run towards the gazelle, while Silver had gone for the weasel looking robot. Blue stopped in front of the out of place mammal, and looked her up and down. She looked completely organic.

"Why are you fighting with these robots?" She asked. "You're a mammal, right?"

"Please," The gazelle said, dismissively. "This is fake fur and skin. Under it is nothing but a cold machine."

"Well, now I won't have any regrets when I turn you to scrap." The rabbit joked, hopping from foot to foot as she prepared to rush the monster.

She dashed at the robot, daggers prepared to strike. Kegalesia raised a hoof to the valve on her head, and spun it. As the rabbit leaped into the air, prepared to strike, the robot raised her arm that was wrapped in a hose towards her.

A burst of brown liquid spewed from the hose, striking the rabbit in her entire body. Blue was pushed back through the air, and landed on her back. Some of the liquid had gotten into her suit, it smelled horrible and seemed to burn her.

Blue tried to stand up, but her suit sparked with electricity, sending a bolt of pain through her. She fell back to the ground, groaning. "What… is this?" She said weakly.

Kegalesia laughed. "Oh, you know, water fermented with high amounts of chlorine, waste, and lead! Isn't it divine?"

Blue's suit seemed to shut down, her trapped inside of it. She couldn't move.

With Silver, he had gone up to the weasel robot. As he closed in, he paused to look at it. It seemed familiar, but it probably wasn't important. He shook it off, and stepped closer.

"You don't seem particularly… combat ready." Silver said, examining the minister.

"Combat isn't that important when you have a genius mind!" Kitaneidas boasted. "For example, I know just how to beat you!"

"I doubt that." Silver said, drawing his blade. He rushed at the monster, who raised his cane as a weapon. The two clashed, the cane made of surprisingly strong metal.

"Oh, I can assure you that I know to." Kitaneidas continued, his voice calm. He blocked the sword with little effort. "I've studied mammals of all walks of life in case something like this happened."

"So?"

"So, this!"

Kitaneidas knocked the blade away, and stuck his staff directly into the wolf's snout. The cloud design at its tip began to swirl, before blasting out as a massive black cloud. It enshrouded the wolf entirely, the smoke going directly through his helmet. He couldn't breath, and fell to the ground.

The smell of it consumed his nose. It wasn't like anything else he had smelled before, it was like every awful smell combined into one.

Kitaneidas stood over him, pounding the staff into one of his metallic hands. "Canines like yourself have an overly sensitive sense of smell.," He started to explain, regardless of if Silver was listening. "So, that smog is practically deadly to you!" He laughed as the wolf writhed in pain.

Yogostein watched as the two generals dealt with the two rangers. He had decided not to go into battle himself, and simply watch to confirm his suspicions. These were definitely his colleagues. As he saw his enemies fall one by one, another brilliant idea came to his mind.

Did he need the Omnipotence? It had brought him back to life, but Gaiark was a much larger force! With their return, and the ranger's demise, he could easily overthrow them, and conquer the world himself. All that would need to happen is for the last of these three nuisances to fall.

He turned to look over Chainsaw Banki, who had engaged combat with the fox.

Red had locked blades with the chainsaw robot, similar to their previous encounter. While he was managing to block it, he had to put more effort into it. The chainsaw's teeth seemed to grind through the Foxfire Blade as well. It had definitely gotten stronger.

It wasn't strong enough, though.

Red broke through the block, and delivered a thrust right into the monster chest, knocking it back. "Augh, why am I still losing!?" The robot bemoaned. "Master Yogostein gave me an upgrade!"

"An upgrade?" The fox questioned with a confused chuckle. "You don't look any different."

"Why would I have to look different to get an upgrade!?" The monster yelled, chainsaws starting to rev again.

"Because that's how it works with all you weirdos." Red was starting to get confused at this point, but interrogations were for criminals, not the evil monsters.

They rushed at each other, blades scraping and sparks flying as they clashed. The robot delivered a cross chop, which proved too much for his blade to handle. Red was knocked backwards. As he regained his composure, he pulled out the Vickscannon.

He fired a volley of shots at the monster, sending it flying. The monster landed with a crash, and began sparking.

"Well, that was easy." Red sighed.

"WHAT!?"

The fox quickly spun around to face the golden robot, who seemed to literally be fuming. Red looked as the fallen bodies of his comrades. He hadn't noticed them while he was fighting on his own.

He needed to get them out of here before they were killed.

He aimed the cannon towards the one that looked like a gazelle, and fired a blast. While Kegalesia was distracted by the smoke, he quickly ran up and picked up the unconscious rabbit, scooping her underneath one of his arms. He then leaped out of the way of one of Kitaneidas's smog blasts, and picked up Silver, dragging him across the ground.

Using all his strength, Red leaped up into the air, and onto a nearby building, leaving the three villains behind.

"What should we do?" Kegalesia asked as she and Kitaneidas approached Yogostein.

Yogostein clenched his fist, and then released it, letting out a laugh. "They won't be a problem for us." He declared, turning to his partners. "I say we return to base, and prepare a full-scale invasion."

"An invasion?" Kitaneidas asked. "Already?"

"Trust me, we'll need it."

"You feeling alright, Carrots?"

She rubbed at her chest. A patch of fur had been burned off. Shortly after the fight, Nick had taken her and Max to the hospital immediately after the fight. There were no major injuries to either of them, if anything the ministers' attacks seemed to damage the suits.

Of course, there were still injuries. Judy was burning all over, even after a day of rest. Max had been knocked out for most of the day, and was recovering at home.

Judy was going to do the same. They stepped into the lobby of Flots Flats, their apartment building. It wasn't anything high class, but it was better than her previous one.

The lobby was rugged, worn after years of use. It was run by an older otter, Ms. Flots. She was a reasonable, kind sort.

Though, sometimes she could be a bit too nice.

As they entered, the two saw Ms. Flots, pacing back and forth. She caught notice of them, and pattered over. "There you two are!" She said. "I've been waiting for you all day."

"Is this about the rent?" Nick asked. He really hoped it wasn't about the rent.

"Earlier today, someone came in looking for you both." She explained. "I told her that you were out, so I let her into the apartment."

"You WHAT!?" Judy yelled. "You can't just let a stranger into our apartment!"

"Over my years, I've learned how to tell when someone is trustworthy or not." The otter started. "She gave me an excuse about being a friend of yours from out of town, but I knew she was lying. I could tell she wasn't lying about needing to see you both, so I let her in."

The two partners glanced at each other. Hopefully her intuition was right, and it wasn't a robber. Or worse.

Without a beat, the two dashed off, leaving the otter behind. The clambered up the stairs, and arrived at their apartment door. Judy quickly kicked it open.

Sitting on their couch was a figure, dressed in a yellow suit. It was another Sentai ranger. On her chest was a stylized number three, with a silver V shape leading down to a belt. Her helmet resembled a stylized bear, with two headlights resembling eyes, and a visor where the mouth would be.

She turned to them, all three startled. "Oh, hello!" She said, giving a wave. "Are you Nick and Judy?" She asked.

"Uh, yeah." Judy said, her guard lowering.

"The real question is 'who are you?'" Nick said as he stepped into the room, arms crossed.

"I'm Saki Rouyama! She declared, standing up and hitting her helmet against the ceiling. She let out a squeak of pain as she rubbed her head. "I'm Go-on Yellow,of the Go-Ongers!" She reached for something behind her. "And this is…"

She pulled out device, a very out of date and bulky looking flip phone. She flipped it open, revealing a yellow screen, which began to glow. The screen turned into a hologram, displaying what looked like a mix between a cartoon bear head, and an ATV of some kind.

"BearRV!" the hologram let out, spinning around. "Nice to meet you, vee vee!"

The two stared at the hologram in shock and awe. "What the hell is that thing?" Nick questioned, a bit cautiously.

"ITS SO CUTE!"

Judy quickly ran across the room, and looked the bear-car hologram in its eyes, startling it. "You're the cutest thing I've ever seen." She declared with absolute certainty.

"Uh thank you?" BearRV said, a bit bashfully.

Nick walked up to them, paws in pockets. "No seriously, what are you?" He asked.

"I can explain that later, vee vee." BearRV said, turning to the fox.

Saki placed the phone on the table, and sat back down on the couch, nodding in agreement with the hologram. "We need all three of you to be here before we can explain what's happening."

"I'm pretty sure we know what's happening." Judy said.

"You don't, vee vee."

Nick sighed. "Alright, I'll call up Max."

What a pleasure it was to be here again. Yogostein breathed in the smog of this world, it had been so long since he had breathed in this kind of pollution.

The base was exactly as it was before he had been destroyed. A brown, dirty factory, pipes extending off into unknown areas. The main room of the HQ featured a large spinning cog, decorated with the Gaiark logo. To the side of it was a door, leading to the upgrade station, and to the right…

He had really missed the bar.

Immediately, Yogostein stomped over to the booth. It had a large machine in it, used to vend out a variety of drinks. He cranked a few knobs, and flipped a few switches. In a few seconds, a yellow liquid poured into a wine glass.

He cranked the machine two more times, making two glasses full of blue and green liquids. He picked up all three, and quickly handed them to his teammates.

They watched as he stepped onto the raised platform in the room, and raised the glass. "A preemptive toast, to our inevitable victory!"

The two ministers looked at each other, and then back to Yogostein. Kegalesia raised her glass alongside Yogostein.

"Seriously?" Kitaneidas said in disbelief.

"I'm not one to refuse a drink." She responded. "Raise your glass already."

Reluctantly, he raised his green liquid into the air. The three quickly gulped them down. Chainsaw Banki looked around, awkwardly. "Why didn't I get a drink?" He asked.

"We would have won if not for you!" Yogostein yelled. "Losers don't get drinks!"

"Also, you don't have any hands." Kitaneidas interjected.

The chainsaw robot slinked down, and walked off.

"So, Yogostein," Kitaneidas continued. "How exactly do you expect us to get this 'inevitable victory'?"

"First, we launch a full-scale invasion!" The robotic general explained. "Chainsaw Banki will lead the Ugutz, while we take on the Rangers. With them destroyed, the Ugutz will be able to dirty up the city without any problem!"

"That's a very… simple plan." Kegalesia said.

"The more complex a plan is, the more likely it is to fail." Yogostein explained. "You easily wiped the floor with them, it won't be an issue!"

"I suppose that works." Kitaneidas said, reluctantly.

"Perfect!" Yogostein let out, stepping down from the platform. "Ready the troops, prepare the Bandoma, we're taking this world by-"

There was a sudden loud slam, followed by thundering foot steps. Someone was entering the base.

"I'm back from the scouting mission!" The being said from down a hallway. It was a familiar voice. It was Yogostein's voice.

He trudged into the main room. This Yogostein was nearly identical, except his head was a large, golden rhinoceros head. It retained the same details as his own.

"I've learned some interesting facts about this world." He started, not noticing the two other ministers looking at him, or his near exact double standing in front of him. "For one, this city is-"

He clanged into the other Yogostein. He finally looked up, and saw his double. "Who are you!?" he yelled, stepping back.

"I should be asking you the same thing!" Said the humanoid Yogostein.

Kegalesia sidled up next to Kitaneidas as the Yogosteins began to circle each other. "What's going on here?" She whispered.

"Don't ask me!" Kitaneidas said.

The two Yogosteins locked gazes, and gripped their spears.

"So, you can call something else cute, but you don't like being called cute?"

"Yeah."

"How does that make any sense?"

Judy gave off a huff, and got up off the couch. "When's Max going to get here?" She asked, ignoring the fox.

"Seriously, isn't that a bit of a double standard?" Nick continued. He received a swift knock to the top of his head. He looked up to see Saki, who was sitting behind the couch.

"Don't be rude to your girlfriend like that!" She said.

"Sorry, ma'am." Nick said sarcastically, rubbing his forehead. He turned back to Judy, who was standing near the door. "He said he should be here soon."

"Did you tell him anything?" She asked, turning back to him.

"Was I supposed to?"

She slapped both of her paws over her face, just as there was a knock on the door. "Oh, he's here already."

She hopped over to the door, and opened it a crack, peeking through. There was Max, standing at the door. He let out a cough. "What did you want me over for?" He asked.

"Are you ready for something that will change your life?" She asked in a rather dramatic manner.

"Uh, probably?"

"Good."

She opened the door a bit more, letting the wolf in. His eyes widened as he spotted Saki. "Oh my god."

"Listen, before you freak out, we can explain-"

"It's Ranger Operator Yellow!"

Everyone in the room turned to look at Max, confused.

He looked around awkwardly. "From… Zoo Rangers RPM?"

They continued to stare at him.

"Well I mean, it's not exact, but the helmet's…" He quickly shut himself up.

"Uh, hello!" Saki gave a quick wave to the wolf, breaking the silence. "I'm Saki, Go-On Yellow of the Go-Ongers!"

"And I'm BearRV!" Said the holographic bear car. "You must be ZooSilver, right?"

Max let out a yelp at the sight of the bear. "What the hell is that thing!?"

"I have been wondering the same thing for the last half hour." Nick said.

"Time for us to give full explanations!" Saki said, quickly standing up, but making sure not to hit the ceiling. She walked over, and picked up the phone. "BearRV, can you explain what you are, first?"

"Sure can, vee vee!" She answered cheerfully. "I am an Engine, we're the main species of Machine World. Machine World is part of series of worlds called Brane Worlds."

"Its basically a bunch of alternate universes, stacked on each other like a big cake." Saki continued for her partner, letting out a giggle.

"Wait, I thought you were from an alternate timeline?" Nick said, confused. "Now we have alternate dimensions?"

"Well, we are from different timelines." BearRV continued to explain. "This world we're in is on the equivalent layer as the Human World from our timeline, vee vee."

"I guess it would be called Animal World, though." Saki said.

"Me and a few other Engines went to the Human World to prevent the evil organization called Gaiark from destroying it." BearRV continued. "The Go-Ongers are powered by our Engine Souls, which is how I'm projecting to you, vee vee!"

"I only got like, half of that." Nick started. "But can you tell us more about Gaiark?"

Judy nodded. "We fought their ministers yesterday."

"You fought Gaiark!?" BearRV said, eyes widening.

"But we destroyed them years ago!" Saki said in disbelief. "That must be why AkaRed sent us here!"

"Well, if you destroyed all of them in your timeline, what are they doing here?" Judy asked.

"Well, I guess, maybe…" BearRV's eyes widened even more. "Oh no, vee vee."

"What is it, Bear?" Saki asked, sounding a bit worried.

"I think we're in a lot of trouble."

Yogostein lowered his spear, and started to laugh. His rhino-headed copy slammed the spear into the ground. "What are you laughing at, horrid copy!?"

"I figured it out!" He laughed. "It's so simple!"

"Can you care to enlighten the rest of us!?" Kitaneidas asked, frustrated. "Who are you, and why do you look like Yogostein!?"

"Because, Kitaneidas," The humanoid Yogostein started. "I AM Baron Yogorex de Stein!" He motioned towards the rhino headed Yogostein. "And he is too! We're the same!"

"That doesn't explain anything!" Kegalesia yelled.

"I've spent this entire day trying to figure it out myself!" He laughed. "Why had my dead colleagues risen from the grave, in entirely new forms? Why did they not know they were supposed to be dead!?"

"What are you talking about!?" The rhino headed Yogostein yelled.

"I am the Yogostein from an alternate timeline!" He explained with a laugh. "A timeline where Gaiark was destroyed, and one where pathetic animals don't rule over!"

"An alternate timeline?" Kitaneidas said, confused. "You mean a Brane World?"

"No!" He yelled, startling the air pollution minister. "I come from a completely different timeline, where events changed! If every timeline exists on a different plane, then every timeline must have its own set of Brane Worlds as well!"

"I think I understand." The other Yogostein said. "If alternate timeline theory exists, then its only logical for the Brane Worlds to follow!"

"I knew I'd get it eventually!" Our Yogostein said. The two started to laugh in unison, leaving the other two ministers confused. "I must say, even with a different face, you are just as handsome as me!"

"I agree! If by handsome, you mean ugly!"

The two laughed in unison again, and embraced in a sidehug.

"Did you catch any of that, Kitaneidas?" Kegalesia asked.

"Uh, something about alternate timelines. Basically, they're the same guy." He tried to explain.

"Think we can still trust him?" She asked.

"Well, as long as he's not from a timeline where we're good guys, we should be safe."

Our Yogostein gave off a sigh of relief. "Man, it's a major load to not keep this a secret anymore." He exclaimed. "It's just kind of… nice, being around you guys again." He sighed again. "I haven't seen anyone I can relate to in almost a decade, having you guys here, again, is the greatest thing that could've happened to me."

"That's, uh… sweet?" Kitaneidas said, unsure of how to feel. "But what are we going to do about the invasion?"

"Invasion?" The other Yogostein said. "Why are we invading already, we're only in the scouting stages!"

Our Yogostein stepped forward. "I've been in this city for several months now, I've learned a lot about this dreaded, ecofriendly world." He explained. "And I can tell you that we have dangerous enemies here. An invasion is the only way to deal with them!"

The other Yogostein thought for a moment. "Well, from my intel, I've learned this city is the apex of culture in this world, its practically the capital of the planet."

"So," Our Yogostein interjected, predicting what his double was going to say. "If we destroy the city, we'll let the entire world know that Gaiark means business!"

"Very well, the invasion is on!" The other Yogostein commanded. "Prepare our forces, we leave in half an hour!"

"Yes sir!"

"We're going to have to fight an entire flippin' ARMY!?"

"Seems like it, vee vee." BearRV answered, disappointedly.

Judy pulled her ears over her face with a groan, and started to pace around the room. She paced when frustrated and nervous.

"Nick, can you explain something to me?" Max asked, turning to fox sitting next to him on the couch. "Who exactly is that Ranger looking thing?"

"Well, she's a thing called a 'human'." He started to explain. "She's like the monsters, she comes from an alternate timeline, but she's a good guy. They call themselves 'Super Sentai'."

"Huh." He let out, unable to think of a follow up. "This is kind of like… never mind." He shut himself up before he could come off as a bigger nerd.

"It's like what?" Nick questioned. "Something Zoo Rangers?" He let out a laugh.

"Uh, yeah." Nick's expression fell a bit. "Zoo Rangers RPM takes place in an alternate timeline, and there's an episode of the season afterwards where the red Ranger of the team goes into the main timeline to help."

"Weird."

They were interrupted by Judy, who let out another loud groan. "How are we supposed to fight an entire army!?" She asked herself out loud. "There's only four of us!"

"Together, I know we can beat them!" Saki assured, from behind the couch.

"I feel like I could do it myself." Nick stated, leaning back into the couch.

"Nick, what are you talking about?" Judy asked, baffled by the fox's statement.

"Well, I'm the one who saved you both." He said. "And I managed to nearly beat the monster on my own, twice."

"Oh, come on, seriously!?" Max said.

The three started to argue. Saki pulled up the phone, and started talking to BearRV. "They don't really seem like a great team."

"You and the others were always getting into fights too, vee vee." BearRV said with a giggle. "I'm sure everything will be straightened out."

"But Gaiark could attack soon, and if they're like this…"

"Well, then do something about it." BearRV said. "You're great at keeping things positive!"

"You're right!" She turned back to the three, still arguing, mammals, and clapped her hands, getting their attention. "Alright everyone, let me tell you about teamwork."

The three looked at her.

"Teamwork is like a layered cake," She started. "If the layers don't work together right, then the cake's bad! If the members of a team don't work together, then they aren't a team."

"She's right." Max said. "We just need to do this together, and we can beat them, even if there are… millions of troops."

"We don't even know if there is going to be an invasion, vee vee." BearRV said. "That was just me guessing."

"It might be a safe assumption." Judy said. "Now, all we have to do is wait for them to show up."

With that, Max's Zoolizer let out a loud beeping noise, shocking everyone. "These guy's have perfect timing, huh?" Nick joked as he got up off the couch.

The four arrived in the middle of Savannah Central. The city was already in ruins, a massive army of Ugutz marching through it. At the head of the massive army were the ministers and Chainsaw Banki.

Yogostein spotted the four as they pulled in on their cycles. "Ah, you've finally arrived!" He shouted. "How would you meddlesome rangers like to meet your demise!?"

"Yogostein!" Go-On Yellow yelled back, surprising the minister. "You ready to be scrapped again?"

"A Go-Onger!?" Yogostein stepped back, before regaining his composure. "Doesn't matter! Gaiark will win this time! Alright gang, let's do this, like we rehearsed!"

The rhino headed Yogostein moved forward first. "The dried, cracked ground!" He punched his left fist to the right. He then spun his arms around, leaving them both pointing to the left. "Land Pollution Minister, Yogostein!"

Kitaneidas moved in next. "The blackened skies!" He swung his arms up, pumping his right arm. He quickly jolted his left hand to his shoulder, and then pointed forward. "Air Pollution Minister, Kitaneidas!"

Kegalesia was next. "The fetid and muddied waters!" She jumped into the air, pumping her fist, before moving it forward, hoof outstretched. She then spun her arms around, pulling them both down, and making the peace sign with her left hoof. "Water Pollution Minister, Kegalesia!"

Chainsaw Banki moved in next. "Doing my best!" The robot crossed its blades, before quickly moving into a one-legged stance, the left blade pumped in the air, right leg hoisted in the air. He then quickly leaned down, moving his left blade up into the air, and the right blade downward. "Barbaric Beast, Chainsaw Banki!"

Finally, the human headed Yogostein moved into the line. "The ground soiled by a hateful guy!" He quickly raised his right leg, and left arm, before lowering his leg and raising both of his arms up. He quickly lowered them, crouching over. His right arm was bent in front of him, with his left pointing behind. "Land Pollution Minister, Yogostein! Again!"

The five quickly gave thumbs up, except for Chainsaw Banki, who just pointed his left blade forward. They then spun them around, all saying the same line. "To dirty the planet!" Then, they all pointed forward, before performing spinning kicks in unison, feet scraping across the ground as they finished.

"Barbaric Machine Clan!"

They were all lined up. The rhino Headed Yogostein leaned down, arm in front of him. To his sides were Kitaneidas and Kegalesia, pointing upwards. On the ends were Chainsaw Banki and the other Yogostein, pointing to the side.

"GAIARK!"

There was silence as the four rangers looked at the robots, still in their pose. There was the brief sound of clapping from Silver, who quickly stopped as Red shot him a look.

Go-On Yellow stepped forward. "Hey, you can't just steal my team's rollcall!" She shouted.

"Can and did!" Yogostein yelled back as they exited the pose. "Doesn't matter anyway, you four can't win against our army of ten thousand strong!"

"It's a mathematical impossibility!" The rhino headed Yogostein continued.

"He's kind of right, Blue." Red admitted. "Unless you have a way of getting rid of their army, we're pretty much screwed."

The army marched forward as Blue thought, rapidly tapping her foot. Her ears perked up. "I know exactly what to do."

"Wait, really?" Go-On Yellow said, surprised. "What is it?"

"Saki, Silver, you two distract the ministers for a bit." She explained. "This is a team effort." She glanced at Red.

"What?"

"On it, leader." Silver said, drawing his blade. He glanced at Go-On Yellow, who pulled out what looked like a small car, and attached it to her arm. It didn't matter if she only sort of looked like the yellow Ranger from Zoo Rangers RPM, it was definitely the same.

His heart started to pound. He was fighting alongside a real Ranger. It was a dream come true.

"Are you alright?" Go-On Yellow asked, knocking Silver out of his trance.

"Oh, uh, yeah!" He hastily said. "Let's go start this plan!"

She gave a nod, and pointed the car towards the five robots.

"Bullet Crash!"

The car zoomed off of her arm, and zipped around the five, dealing multiple blows to them.

"HEY!" Kegalesia yelled, stomping one of her feet. "You can't just cheap shot us like that!"

"Can and did!" She taunted. "If you want to say something about it, come after me, old lady!"

"OLD LADY!?" Kegalesia clamped one of her hooves onto Chainsaw Banki's shoulder. "We're going to murder you!"

"Hey, why do I have to do this?" The helpless monster said as the robotic gazelle dragged him away.

"Wait, you can't just leave!" Our Yogostein yelled to them. "You're falling into their trap!" He turned to the other two ministers. "You two don't go anywhere, alright?"

"Got it!" Kitaneidas said. "They obviously want us separated so they can do some-"

Suddenly, a long, silver rope wrapped around the two, and they were flung off. "Oh, come ON!" Yelled Yogostein, the last one standing with the army.

"You think you can take on both of us!?" Kegalesia said, letting go of the Chainsaw Banki, letting him fall to the floor. She glanced at him as he struggled to get up, and pulled him to his feet.

"I've fought you two before!" Go-On Yellow said, readying her car weapon. "But you two have never faced me!" She shot the car off again, causing it to whiz around the two, distracting them.

She then pulled out a red and black device, shaped like a gas pump handle. "Mantan Gun, Gun Mode!" She aimed the gun at the two, and fired rapidly, knocking them both away.

Kegalesia let out a whine as she sat up alongside the chainsaw robot. "GO GET HER!" She yelled, pushing him up.

"Uh, alright!" He responded, chainsaws starting to rev. "Time to cut you down!"

It ran towards the Go-Onger, who quickly transformed the gun into a rod weapon. "Mantan Gun, Rod Form!"

The robot swung its blade at her, which she quickly blocked with the rod. With a bit of effort, she pushed the blade away, and smacked the robot in the face rapidly, causing it to stumble back.

The monster gained its composure, only to look up and watch as Go-On Yellow leaped through the air, delivering a downward strike with the rod. Sparks flew, and the monster was launched back onto the ground.

"You're just PATHETIC, aren't you!?" Kegalesia yelled at the monster.

"Why don't you just fight me yourself?" Yellow asked. "Your back hurting too much, granny?"

Kegalesia let out a cry of anger, and stamped her foot on the ground. "I AM NOT OLD!" She quickly pulled out a weapon, a silver stick with a blade at the end.

She rushed at the Go-Onger, the two locking melee weapons. They clashed several times, Yellow switching what hand held the rod before striking Kegalesia in the chest. She stumbled backwards. Letting out a growl, she lashed the stick-like weapon, which quickly unfurled into a hose-like whip.

She lashed it at the Ranger, who held up the rod. The whip wrapped around the rod, Yellow quickly pulling it back. She aimed her arm, the car weapon attached, at the gazelle. She fired it directly into her stomach, causing her to drop the whip.

"You bratty little…" Kegalesia growled, before firing streams of dirty liquid from the hoses on her back, directly towards Go-On Yellow.

The Ranger cartwheeled out of the way as the water splashed against the ground, landing on one knee, the Mantan Gun back in gun form. She fired at the hoses on the gazelle's back, making them useless.

She got to her feet and spun the gun around. "Ha, still got it!"

"Master Kegalesia!" Chainsaw Banki said, putting his blades under her shoulders and lifting her up. "We need to go back to base, you're heavily damaged! We can't have the invasion with you like this!"

Kegalesia let out a growl. "We'll meet again, and next time you'll pay!" With that, the two melted into a brown liquid, which quickly dissipated.

"Well, that's half them done."

Silver pulled his blade back, pulling the silver whip along with it. "Looks like I got a catch!" He said as the energy whip dissipated, the two ministers falling to the ground.

"You idiot mammal!" Yogostein said as he stood up. "You're going to ruin everything!"

"Yeah, that's kind of what I'm aiming for."

"No need to worry, Yogostein!" Kitaneidas said with a laugh. "I managed to take this twirp out in one attack."

That wasn't going to happen this time, Silver thought to himself.

"Hah, a single attack?" Yogostein laughed, snorting from his nostrils. "My copy was right, they are pathetic."

Kitaneidas stepped forward, thrusting his staff. It fired a cloud of black smog towards Silver. The wolf quickly spun the guard on his blade.

"HOT HOT SUN"

He thrust the blade forward, firing a burst of fire at the smog. It caught on fire, and headed directly towards the minister's staff. The fire raced through it, and reached the tip of the staff. Kitaneidas could only let out a small squeak before a massive explosion launched him off.

The minister crashed into the ground, smoke emanating from his body as he let out a wheeze. The staff clanked next to him, its entire cloud design having been burnt off.

"Wow, great job." Yogostein said, sarcastically. "You may know his tricks, but I doubt you know mine!"

"Actually, I kind of do." Silver said, rubbing his head. "I've fought your double before."

Yogostein stomped his foot on the ground, causing a small tremor. He snorted black smog out of his nose. "I doubt you've seen THIS before!" He scraped a foot across the ground, and charged, his rhino horn aimed directly at the wolf.

"I may not have seen you do that…" Silver said, before leaping into the air. He landed on Yogostein's back, wrapping his paws around his neck. "But I've been trained to!"

"Get your filthy organic hands off me!" The rhino robot shouted as he bucked and brayed, trying to get the wolf off.

Silver quickly pulled out his blade, and jabbed it into Yogostein's back, causing a burst of sparks, and then an explosion. They both flew off, and crashed into the ground.

"How dare you attack my blind spot!" Yogostein yelled as he got up, flipping his cape. He pulled out his spear, and twirled it around before slamming it into the ground. He looked over as Kitaneidas walked over, to his side, letting out a cough.

"If you think a trick like that can stop me," The air pollution minister said with a cough. "Then think again!" He pointed his broken staff forward, attempting to look menacing.

Suddenly, it clicked. Silver's ears bolted up as he looked at the two side to side. Now he knew where he recognized them.

"Hey, you two are…" He paused himself. He was in the middle of a fight, no time to point out nerdy details. "Never mind, let's just finish this." He prepared his blade.

The three rushed at each other. Silver swung his blade into Kitaneidas' broken staff, and quickly dodged out of the way as the two ministers swung their weapons at him. The spear swung directly into Kitaneidas' face, while his staff plunged into Yogostein's chest. The two stumbled back, Silver watching on from a few feet away.

"You guys are really disappointing me right now." He said, shaking his head. "I expected a lot better from main villains."

"Shut your mouth, brat!" Kitaneidas shouted. He than began talking to himself. "I don't get it, he was so easy to take out before, how'd he get so strong?"

"Time to finish this, before you two escape." Silver started, pointing his blade towards them. He began to move it upwards, the sword gathering silver energy as he moved it in a clockwise motion.

"COSMIC ECLIPSE SLASH!"

He brought the sword down, firing the energy towards the two generals. They were hit by it, a massive explosion bursting from where they stood. The explosion cleared, and much to Silver's surprise, the two were still alive.

"We need to retreat!" Yogostein yelled, his body sparking all over. He quickly turned to his doppelganger. "Sorry, me, but the plan's backfired!" He slammed his staff on the ground, causing him and Kitaneidas to become surrounded in a black smoke, which quickly vanished, leaving nothing behind.

"Great, I was hoping this would end sooner." Silver sighed.

The silver and yellow rangers gathered in front of the Yogostein they knew, who stamped his spear in frustration. "Idiots!" he motioned towards the army of robotic soldiers behind him. "I still have an army, how are you supposed to beat me!?"

The two looked at each other. "Well, I'm sure Nick and Judy have a plan." Go-On Yellow said, hopeful.

"Hah, there's no way they can defeat my army before we destroy this place!" Yogostein boasted. "They don't have anything large enough to…" He noticed the two looking up at something, definitely surprised. Yogostein turned his gaze upwards as well. "What are you-"

"Oh, scrap metal!"

Without warning, ZooKitsune and ZooSagi crashed down into the army of Ugutz, creating a massive shockwave that eradicated them all in a split second. "Hey guys!" Blue shouted down from her mech. "Great timing, right?"

The general growled in anger, stomping his massive mechanical foot rapidly. "YOU!" He let out another large growl, before pointing to them. "YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THAT'S CHEATING!"

"How is it 'cheating'?" Red asked from his mech, which looked down towards Yogostein. "They're tools we have to fight against you, so we should use them, right?"

"You're not supposed to use the mechs until the monster turns giant!" The robot shouted. "You can't use it on a bunch of minions!"

"Hey, it's not like you were playing fair either!" Blue shouted, the mech's ears jolting straight up, seeming to mimic the anger in her voice. "You brought in four monsters instead of one!"

The three continued to argue. Silver looked up at Yellow, who gave a quick shrug. Neither was really sure what to say.

"That's IT!" The minister prepared his spear, spinning it around as it gathered energy at its tip. He then swung it towards the two mechs, firing off a massive wave of energy. As the energy hit, the two mechs evaporated, causing the pilots to fall to the ground.

Red got up from the ground, rubbing his head. "How'd he manage to beat the mechs in one blow?" He asked Blue, who gave a confused nod.

"I'll show you organics how strong one of Gaiark's finest truly is!" Yogostein yelled, prepping his spear.

The two got up. "Hate to say it, but you're surrounded!" Blue said, pointing her dagger towards him. Yogostein looked around, there was a different range on four sides of him.

"Doesn't matter." He said. "I can wipe the floor with all of you at once!"

The four rushed at him, weapons prepared. Silver leaped in first, only for Yogostein to somehow deftly block him, and deliver a swift kick, knocking the wolf away. Blue and Red hopped in next, striking the robot with their weapons. Yogostein quickly gripped Red's blade with one hand, while blocking Blue's strike with his spear. He knocked her back, and swung the spear forward, knocking Red away as well.

"How did you manage to beat my counterpart?" he wondered aloud, looking at Silver.

"Well don't look now," Red started, getting up. "But you might still have some trouble."

"What?" he quickly spun around, just in time for a yellow bolt to hit him directly in the face. He stumbled back as the speeding object continued to whip through and around him. "Gah, how could I forget about the Go-Onger!?" He yelled, in pain.

"I didn't forget about!" Go-On Yellow said as she pulled out the Mantan Gun. She blasted at Yogostein a few times, causing him to stumble back. She shot a final blast, directly into Yogosteins face.

He let out a cry of pain as the sound of a car zoomed around him. He rubbed his eyes, and looked around, the rangers were nowhere to be seen. He let out a roar of frustration.

He took a deep breath, and exhaled a massive amount of black smoke from his mouth. "This is alright, I can just head back to the base, and restart the invasion." He said to himself. He slammed his spear on the ground, and vanished as black smoke swirled around him.

The smoke cleared, and Yogostein, that is, the humanoid one, stepped into the Gaiark HQ. "What the heck was that!?" He yelled at the three ministers, and the Banki Beast.

"We should be asking you that!" Kegalesia yelled back. She was currently getting a shoulder rub from an Ugutz. Her hoses seemed to be bandaged up. "How did those guys get so strong!?"

"Kegalesia is right!" Kitaneidas said. He was dirtying up his staff, which had a new, shiny cloud topper on it. "You saw how easily we beat them the first time, how did we lose so easily this time?"

"I have a better question." The rhino headed Yogostein said, stomping over to his double. He had a cast around his neck. "How did you manage to take them out so easily? And another question, how did you even get here if you're from another timeline?"

Our Yogostein grumbled, and turned away from the three. "I suppose I should tell you." He said. "I was killed in my timeline, but I was brought back to life by a powerful creature called The Omnipotence." He explained, turning back to them. "There's a chance that it made me stronger, somehow. He also gave me the power to create monsters."

"Is that how you changed Chainsaw Banki's face?" The other Yogostein asked.

"Yeah, it changed when I upgraded him with my… powers." He looked around the room. "Where is that sawbrain, anyway? I need him here."

"He's in the upgrade chamber." Kitaneidas said, pointing to the large door, at the side of the room. A green light was emitting from it.

"So, he's getting an upgrade?" Our Yogostein asked. All three nodded. "This is even better than I hoped!" He exclaimed. "When should he be done?"

With that, there was a loud "ding!" noise that came from the door. It swung open, smoke flowing from it. Chainsaw Banki stepped out, looking completely fresh. "Now that was relaxing!" He said, stretching out.

"Hey, Chainsaw Banki!" Our Yogostein yelled.

"What is it, boss?"

"CATCH!"

Yogostein quickly tossed a red object at the monster, which jabbed into its left breast, directly on the Gaiark emblem, and vanished into it. "What the?" The monster shouted, as he began to glow. The three ministers looked on as the creature changed completely.

Its colors changed entirely, going from a dull green and blue to a bright red and black. Its feet shifted, gaining chainsaw blades underneath them. Its build slimmed down a bit, the blades stuck in it still remaining. Its slimmer build allowed a second pair of arms, each ending with chainsaws as well, to burst from its side. Its scowling face turned into more of a wicked grin, and the chainsaw embedded in it grew slightly taller. Finally, the chaos symbol appeared where the object had hit, replacing the Gaiark symbol.

"Chaos Chainsaw Banki!" The monster shouted, spinning in a circle. "Hah hah, wow! I feel fantastic!"

"What in the world!?" The rhino headed Yogostein shouted, absolutely bewildered.

"I can also do that." Our Yogostein said. "He's been upgraded into Chaos Form, now he's stronger than ever!"

"And faster than ever, too!" The monster said, quickly zipping around the room.

Yogostein reached out, and grabbed the monster by its face as it zipped by. "Alright, in a few hours, you and I are going to go invade the city again, got it?"

"Got it, boss!" The monster said, saluting with one of its arms. "I'll do it at mach speed!"

'Oh god, I've created a Sosuke.' Yogostein thought to himself.

"You want to invade again?" Kitaneidas said, baffled. "We got our exhausts kicked, and we don't have any troops!"

"Well that's good, because all you three need to do is prepare the troops." Yogostein commanded. "Because you aren't coming."

"What!?" Kegalesia said, bolting up, the Ugutz behind her being knocked down. "I thought we were supposed to do this invasion thing together!"

Our Yogostein paused for a moment, and turned away.

"I don't want to see you die."

Nick groaned as he laid on the couch. Not because he was in pain, but because he was frustrated. "That's the second time in a month that we've gotten our asses kicked by that guy." He moaned.

"Guess that's what we get for trying to take on a general." Judy said, perusing through the Sentai Encyclopedia. Saki hovered behind her.

"So, what do we do now?" Max asked. He was seated near the window, looking out of it. "They went back to their base, they're probably going to attack again."

"Yeah, we can't just wait for them to come back." Saki said. "There might be major damage caused next time, and all of you are hurt."

"I might have an idea!"

The four turned to BearRV, who was projecting out of the cellphone placed on the coffee table. "We should take the fight to Gaiark themselves!"

"Wait, you mean…" Saki paused for a second. "Go to Machine World?"

BearRV gave a quick nod.

"Okay, hate to break it to you," Nick started, sitting up. "But how exactly are we supposed to go to an alternate universe?"

"Easy!" BearRV said with a smile. "Each Engine has the ability to travel between Brane Worlds, it'll be no problem!"

Nick glanced at the small holographic bear car. He wondered how that could get all four of them to an alternate universe. It didn't even look like it could move off the table. He wasn't in the mood for arguing now, though.

He shook his head. "Alright, so we have a way there." He said, trying not to sound skeptical. "But how do you expect us to handle going right into enemy territory?"

"Nick's right." Judy said. "You saw the army they had, they probably have thousands of soldiers patrolling the base."

Saki giggled, catching the rabbit's attention. "You're saying that like Gaiark is organized."

"Gaiark isn't the most competent evil organization." BearRV chuckled.

"Yeah, you guys weren't there when we fought them." Max said. "They seemed very… comic relief."

"Great, we've been getting our butts kicked by a joke villain." Nick said, dropping back onto the couch.

"So, what's Machine World like?" Judy asked, swiveling in her chair to face the bear car.

"Oh, it's a lot like this world!" She started. "And like the Human World, actually. Except that it's a planet made almost entirely out of roads."

"So, is everyone there a talking car?" Max asked.

"Yep!" BearRV answered. "And everyone there is very friendly. I'm sure we can get some help from my friends if we go there."

"That's right!" Saki said, realizing something. "With this whole alternate timeline stuff, that means we'll meet the others again!" BearRV gave a very confident nod.

Nick jolted up again. "So, that means it's not just going to be us fighting against the army?" He quickly got up from the couch, and stretched his arms. "Well, when can we get going?"

"Any time!" The bear car said. "Well, we need to find big patch of road first."

"How big?" Judy asked.

"Uh, maybe fifty to seventy meters of flat road?"

"This is the best I could do on short notice."

"This isn't even in the city, Carrots."

The four looked over the field. They were on the city outskirts, a massive patch of field located on the other side of the Rainforest District. It had been where most of their giant robot fights had taken place, and the marks from them had still been left.

Large patches of ground had been ripped out, a large amount of grass had been scorched from the numerous explosions. The place was beginning to look like a mess.

Saki held up the cellphone, BearRV materializing from it. "Well, it's not exactly flat, but… it'll work!" She turned to Saki. "Alright, get it ready, Saki!"

Saki gave a nod, and flipped the cellphone closed. She pulled out a suitcase, dropping it to the ground. The three mammals looked on as she opened it. "What is that?" Max asked.

"It's how we're gonna get to Machine World." She stated, pulling out an object. It looked like a small, grey toy car.

"How's a toy going to get us to another world?" Nick asked, skeptically.

"Just watch!" She placed the toy on the ground, and pulled out the cellphone. She popped a memory card-like object out of it. She then placed a hand on the toy, and slotted the card into the back of the toy car.

"Engine Soul, set!"

As she slotted it in, the toy gained colors, revealing itself to look a lot like BearRV. It then began to grow, until it was an absolutely massive machine, around ten meters tall.

The three stared up at it, slack jawed.

"Hey there, vee vee!" It said, in BearRV's voice.

"This is BearRV's real body!" Saki explained. "We're gonna ride her into Machine World!"

"Wow." Judy said, not able to come up with anything else.

"You know, I was wondering how she was going to get us there." Nick said. "Now I know."

"I can't believe it." Max started, as shocked as the other two. His ears jolted up, and his tail started to wag. "I can't believe I get to ride in an actual Zord!"

The two watched in confusion as Wolford ran over to the vehicle. "Don't you ride in a mech every time we fight a monster?" Judy asked.

"Yeah, but I don't get to ride in one that I've watched on TV!"

The two looked at each other, and sighed. "Let's just let him have his fun." Judy said, Nick nodding in agreement.

"You guys will probably want to get suited up." Saki said. "You know, car safety."

Judy nodded. "Car safety is very important, that's one of the things we learned in the academy."

The three transformed, and leaped up into BearRV alongside Go-On Yellow. They entered the cockpit. It was small but large enough to fit them all. Roughly square shaped, with two large yellow panels on both sides. The back of the cockpit had what appeared to be some meaningless technological detailing, and a door.

The control panel had nothing but a steering wheel on it. Go-On Yellow sat in a rather comfortable looking chair, and gripped onto it. The cockpit looked out into a red view screen.

"Hey, think I can drive?" Red asked, leaning over a bit.

"Please do not let him drive." Silver said, a bit meekly.

"Everyone buckled up?" Go-On Yellow asked, ignoring the fox.

"Seat belts are the most important part of driving safety." Blue started, sounding a bit stern. "So, if nobody buckles up, we aren't going anywhere."

"There aren't any seatbelts, Carrots. We're standing up."

"Oh."

There was a brief, awkward pause.

"Anyway, we're going!" Yellow said. "Ready, Bear?"

"Always am, vee vee!"

She started up the vehicle, which started to move forward. "So, any of you been through a warp portal before?" Yellow asked.

"We went through one a while ago." Blue said.

"That was an absolute nightmare." Red continued for her.

"Wait, what?" Silver said, confused. "Why didn't you guys tell me you went to a different dimension or whatever?"

"Didn't really seem that important." Red said, shrugging.

"Well, hold on to something either way!" Yellow yelled as the vehicle started to move faster. "Because this is gonna be a bumpy jump!"

The three gripped onto the seat as the car sped up even more. At that point it was getting difficult to remain standing. Then, there was a bright flash of light.

BearRV flew through the air, and crashed onto the ground, pushing up a massive amount of sand. Yellow let go of the wheel, and let out a sigh of relief. "How's everyone doing back there?" She asked, turning around.

The three mammals were scattered across the cockpit. Silver had his face slammed into the wall, while Red was piled on top of Blue.

"This is why we wear seat belts." Blue groaned, trying to push Red off of her.

The four hopped out of the vehicle, and into the sandy wasteland. There didn't seem to be anything for miles, the only things of note being large mounds of sand, one of which was close to BearRV.

"So, uh, this is Machine World?" Red asked, looking around. "I expected more… anything."

"I think we landed in the wasteland." BearRV said. "This is where Gaiark made their base, so at least we're close."

"Reminds me of…" Silver shook his head. "Never mind."

Blue looked around, and spotted the nearby pile of sand. The wind was blowing some of it away. It seemed enough had blown away to reveal part of what was under it. She trudged through the sand, and approached it, getting a better look. It was black, though stained with brown from the sand. She felt it with her paws. Rubber.

"Uh, guys?" She shouted over the wind. "I think you need to check this out!"

The three rushed over. "Why is there a tire under a sand pile?" Red asked as he examined it.

"I don't think it's just a tire." Blue said, starting to clear away more of it. The other rangers joined in.

What they uncovered was terrifying.

It was a massive grey car, resembling a bird of some kind. It was half buried in the ground. "Oh god." Yellow clasped her hands over her helmet, and started to back away.

"Is this another Engine?" Blue asked. "What… happened to it?"

"It's… dead." BearRV said, stunned.

"Wait," Red started. "If this one was buried under a pile of sand…" He looked around, there were those piles everywhere, stretching out into the horizon. "Then, does that mean that all those other piles are…?"

"How did this happen?" Silver asked. "Did Gaiark do this?"

"We beat Gaiark in Machine World." BearRV said. "This isn't how it's supposed to be."

"Wait." Blue started, going into thought. "In your world, Gaiark showed up around, a decade ago." She started. "But they didn't show up in our world at that time. So, what if, instead of attacking us, they decided to…"

"Destroy Machine World." Yellow finished for her.

"I thought these guys were comic relief or something." Red said. "How did they destroy an entire world?"

"No matter how goofy they seem, Gaiark is a threat." BearRV stated. "Especially now that we know they can do something like this."

Blue took a deep breath. "Alright everyone." She started.

"Let's go save the world."

The five drove through the desert. The ride was entirely silent for nearly an hour. Surprisingly, they never encountered a single Gaiark soldier throughout the entirety of the drive. Eventually, it came into view.

A massive, black structure. It had many chimneys, pumping noxious black smoke into the air. The thing was lined with massive gears, including one on the front which was emblazoned with some sort of symbol.

The Gaiark headquarters.

"Alright." Blue said, fists clenched. "Are you all ready to do this?"

Everyone nodded, and they hopped out of BearRV. Yellow turned back for a moment.

She placed a gloved hand on her friend's tire. "Don't worry." She said gently. "We'll be fine."

"I hope so, vee vee…"

She rushed to join the other three.

"So, does this place have a front door?" Red asked as they stared up at the large structure. There didn't seem to be an entrance anywhere.

"You know what they say," Silver started, pulling out his blade. "When you can't find a door…"

He spun the guard around quickly, it landing on Eclipse Mode. He quickly stepped up to the wall, and began rapidly jabbing into it. In a second, he lowered his blade. The wall quickly collapsed, opening a perfectly circular hole.

"Make your own."

"Wow, that was awesome!" Yellow said. "Great job, Max!"

"Oh, uh…" He rubbed the back of his head, and cleared his throat. "Thanks!"

Yellow and Blue stepped through the hole, Silver standing there a bit awkwardly. Red walked up and patted him on the shoulder, letting out a laugh. "Looks like someone has a crush."

"What?!" Silver slapped his paw away. "It's not a crush. It's like…" He rubbed his arm. "I just finally got to meet one of my heroes. And she complimented me."

"Still sounds like a crush to me." Red dismissed as he stepped through the hole.

"It's not a crush." Silver continued as he followed him through.

They caught up with the other two. The place was like a maze of pipes, none of which seemed to have a visible purpose, other than to pump gas through them. Awful smells wafted through the air, thankfully reduced by their helmets.

The path in continued to get more and more cramped, pipes seeming to close in on them. The mammals had no problem moving through, but Yellow seemed to be having some issues. "Can't we just blast some of these pipes away?" red asked, watching as Yellow struggled to move ahead.

"We need to be subtle." Blue said from the other side of the human ranger. "If we destroy the pipes, the base will explode, which is the opposite of subtle."

"Well, we can't really move ahead." Silver started. "Sorry, Yellow."

"It's alright, I get what you mean." She said. "I have an idea." She started to back up, Red and Silver following along side her. She moved to a point where the two could squeeze through. "You guys go ahead, I'll meet up with you in a minute."

Blue gave a nod. It was better to have three of them in the fight at first, rather than one of them. She'd catch up anyway. The fox and wolf squeezed through, and moved on through the maze of pipes.

Eventually, they came into a more open area, onto a scaffolding. Judy picked up some voices before hand, so they crept in quietly, making as little noise as they could on the metal walkway. They looked down, they seemed to be directly over the main room of the headquarters. All of the ministers, as well as their Yogostein, were there.

"When will preparations be finished?" Their Yogostein asked.

"Around three hours." The other Yogostein said.

"Oh. Huh."

"You hear that?" Blue asked, quietly.

"We might not have your amazing ears, but we aren't deaf." Red joked.

"They're going to be attacking in three hours, by the looks of it." Silver followed up.

"We can't let them do that." Blue stated. "On the count of three, we'll leap down from here and surprise attack them." The other two nodded. "One, two…"

The three leaped down, crashing down into the room. Blue had her blasters prepped, Red had the cannon aimed, and Silver had his paw on his blade's guard. The robots stumbled back in surprise.

"What are you three doing here!?" Yogostein yelled, stepping forward and brandishing his spear.

"We had a bit of help." Red said.

"The Go-Onger!" He yelled. "Where is she?"

"Not here yet." Silver said, honestly. The other two glanced at him. "What? He asked."

"Hah, perfect!" The robot laughed. "I was hoping to surprise you with this when we invaded, but I guess now will do!" He motioned with his free hand. "CHAOS CHAINSAW BANKI, ATTACK!"

A red blur zoomed into the room, the sound of a chainsaw revving cutting through the air. It zipped around the three, dealing sudden and rapid blows to them. In a few seconds, they were on the ground. The monster stopped in front of them, raising its four arms in triumph.

"I'm gonna cut you all down!" The monster laughed, spinning around.

"Does he seem different to you?" Red asked, as he struggled to get up. He used his sword as leverage. "Because he seems different to me."

"I don't think now is the right time to talk about personality changes, Red." Blue said back, also struggling to stay up. "So, he's got four arms now." She started, examining the monster as it celebrated alongside the ministers. "We have four weapons Everyone, take an arm!"

The three rushed up to the monster, weapons drawn. "Chainsaw Banki, watch out!" Yelled Kitaneidas.

The monster spun back around, and locked blades with all four of them. Its main two arms locked with Blue's daggers, while its lower arms were locked with Red and Silver's blades. In a swift movement, the monster knocked the daggers out of Blue's paws, and knocked her away. He followed by knocking away Silver as well, launching the wolf across the room.

"JUDY! MAX!" Red yelled. He looked up at his sword. It had a dent from the earlier fight. The chainsaw seemed to be pressing down on it, deliberately.

"Ready to see what its like to be humiliated, fox?" The monster sneered, staring directly at him.

The robot pulled back its chainsaw, and began swinging all of them into the sword, one by one. With each blow Red could feel the sword getting weaker. The dent in it turned into a crack, a pressure point.

Then, in a flash, it happened.

The sword cracked in half. The chainsaw whizzed right past his snout, leaving him stunned.

"We did it!" Yogostein cheered, alongside his partners. "We finally beat them!"

Red stood there, completely still, the two halves of the sword still in his gloved paws. He glanced at his partners. They were both unconscious. He quickly ran off, still carrying the pieces of the sword.

Above them, Go-On Yellow finally made it through. "Oh no!" She yelled, watching as Red ran off.

"There you are!" Yogostein yelled. "Come down here and see how long it takes for you to be beaten!"

She spotted Blue and Silver, unconscious. "Thanks, but I'd prefer to kick that Banki's butt!" She leaped down from the scaffolding, and drew the Mantan Gun, switching it to rod mode.

"Alright, let's dance!" The monster said, zooming towards her.

Yellow began zooming around the room as well, the small area becoming filled with tire screeching and metal scraping. The two were red and yellow blurs, clashing into each other. Yellow leaped out of her dash, and smacked the monster across the head, stopping it in its tracks.

She quickly transformed the rod to its gun mode, and began circling the dazed monster, firing rapidly in circles. Dust kicked up, and when it cleared, the Go-Onger and the other rangers were gone.

"Coward!" Yogostein yelled. "Come back here and fight!"

She stopped somewhere in the base, the two mammals on her shoulders. "Nick!" She yelled, trying to get him to answer. "Nick, where are you!?"

"Over here."

She turned to a corner. He was sitting near some pipes, still in suit. His paws were clutched to his head, and the sword pieces were laid out in front of him. He sounded like he was crying.

She placed the unconscious bodies down, and sat down next to him. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"I just…" He hesitated for a moment. "I feel useless. I feel like I messed up this entire thing. I couldn't even save my friends…"

Saki paused for a moment. "Whenever I feel down, there's one thing I always tell myself."

Nick looked up at her.

"Smile, smile."

The fox tilted his head in confusion.

"It's my motto." She explained. "When the world is crashing down on you, think about all the good things you have."

"You mean, like…" He thought for a moment. My home? My job? My…" He looked over to Judy's body. She was still breathing. Max was still breathing too. His mind rested a bit.

"You have people to talk to about these things." She continued. "One thing I've learned is… they are your family."

"My… family?"

Saki nodded. "When you fight alongside someone for long enough, they become your family."

"I've… never had a family." Nick said.

"Well, now you do."

There was silence for a moment.

"Thanks."

"You're welc-"

They were interrupted by a sudden burst of light. The sword pieces had started to glow. "What the…?" Yellow said, looking at the pieces. There was another light, emitting from the car attached to her wrist.

"I think I know where this is going." Red said, picking up the pieces. He quickly got up. "I'm gonna throw these into the air, and you're going to shoot that car into them."

"What?" Yellow said, getting up. "Why?"

"Just go with it, this is how we're gonna beat these guys."

"Uh, alright!"

Red tossed the pieces into the air, and Saki aimed the car towards it. She fired it directly into the glowing pieces. When they collided, a massive burst of light shone through the base. The light was so bright in the cramped area, that Blue and Silver were woken up by it.

"Whoa, what's…" Silver said, a bit groggily, as he covered his eyes.

Blue jolted up. "Red, did you just…?"

"You know I did, Carrots!"

They light flew back to Red, covering his paws. It cleared revealing two large gloves covering them They were mostly yellow, with long silver claws coming from the ends of each finger. On the back of both of them were what looked like two lights, both colored red.

Silver quickly got up, and got a close look at them. "Is that how you guys unlock weapons?" He asked. "That's so cool!"

"I know, right?" Red said. He looked at them. "Think I'm gonna call these guys the Racing Claws!"

"Alright, so here's the plan…" Blue started.

"You already have a plan? You've only been awake for thirty seconds!"

"Listen, we both know how this is going to go." She started. "You and Saki are going to go fight the monster with the new weapon, defeat it, and then it will turn giant. Me and Silver are gonna go prepare for the giant fight."

"Oh, I guess that's reasonable." Red said, rubbing his arm. He scraped it a bit with one of the claws. "Ow, these things are really sharp!"

"Just go back there and defeat the monster before we have another army to deal with." Blue said, as she and Silver started to walk off.

Silver quickly turned back, walking backwards. "Tell me the attack name when you get back!"

"I will, Max!" He said back. He turned back to Saki. "Alright, let's go." She nodded, and the two headed off.

After a bit of walking, the two entered the main room. The five villains seemed to just be sitting around with drinks. "What the hell?" Kegalesia said, noticing the two first. "Looks like we have company!"

"I thought we scared you off!" The human headed Yogostein yelled.

"Not yet, you rusty pile of scrap!" Red shouted back, shining his new claws.

"CHAINSAW BANKI! ATTACK!"

The chainsaw robot fumbled around from its laying spot, and rolled right off the raised platform. It quickly got up, and flashed its four blades.

"Alright, Saki." Red started. "I'll let you know when you come in."

The two approached each other, and began circling. Red began by quickly lashing out, at least as best he could with how heavy the gloves were. The Banki Beast managed to block each hit. "Is that the best you got?" The robot jeered. "You're not fast enough!"

Red growled, until he heard a small dinging noise. The lights on the gloves had changed from red to yellow. A grin crept across his face. "Oh yeah?" He said. "How about this!?"

Red lashed out again, this time much faster. He lifted himself up into the air with the speed. While Chainsaw Banki managed to block a number of the attacks, most of them went past him before he could block. With a final strike, the monster went flying into the wall.

"Get up, you idiot!" Yogostein yelled. "You're supposed to beat them!"

The monster got up, and let out a roar. Red looked at the gloves. The light was green. The robot dashed forwards, at full speed.

"Gonna have to be faster than that."

Red turned into a second, much more lightly colored, blur. He dashed through the monster, halting it completely. He dashed through the stunned monster rapidly, before stopping in front of it. Using all the momentum gained, he thrust his claws forward, launching the monster into the other villains. They crashed together, forming into a pile.

"Get off of us!" Yelled one of the Yogosteins

"Alright, Yellow!" He called back. "Let's finish this for good!"

She nodded, and started to dash around the fox, becoming a yellow circle. He took a deep breath, and launched forward. The fox began bouncing rapidly through the circle, before using his momentum to bounce off of Yellow one last time, launching into the air. He splayed the glow out, them gliting in the darkness of the base.

"FINISH LINE CUTTER, GO-ON EDITION!" They both yelled.

The claws lit up, glowing yellow. He slashed them forward, shooting off several busrts of energy at the pile of robots.

The resulting explosion blew the front of the base open.

"Holy… expletive!" Blue yelled as the explosion finished. It created a path directly to the main hall from the base's front. "How did you do that!?"

The two let out coughs as the smoke cleared. "Must've hit a gas line or something." Red said, clearing the air with one of the claws. They started to claw, and flew off his paws, combining into a yellow ZooTag, which dropped into his paw.

"Alright everyone." Blue said, pulling out a ZooTag. "Get ready."

Suddenly, a red object flew from inside of the ruined base, and into the desert. The four-armed robot appeared in front of them, giant. "INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!" It yelled, lowering down to menace them.

"Didn't expect him to be this close." Silver said, all four of them shocked.

They each plugged in the ZooTags, and ZooCoin, into their Zoolizers, summoning the mechs. All three of them attacked the monster, ZooSagi delivering a powerful kick, ZooKitsune slashing through with its tail, and ZooOkami delivering a few slashes with its claws.

They each hopped into the mechs, and transformed them into their humanoid robot modes. Go-On Yellow looked up at them as they approached the monster. "Wow, those are so cool!" She said, clasping her hands.

She heard shuffling from the ruins. "Damn Zoorangers!" She turned to see Yogostein, stepping out of the ruins. He motioned his hand towards the robot. "BANDOMA! ATTACK!"

From the ruins of the base flew a large number of vehicles, looking moth-like in design. "Bandoma!?" Yellow cried out.

The two mechs stepped towards the monster. "Alright, let's do this quick." Red started, the mech drawing its sword.

"I know, let's combine!" Silver suggested. "That'll definitely be-"

"Maybe you should keep a close eye on your rears!" The monster interrupted. The mechs turned around, only to be blasted by fire from the fighter ships.

"Hey, this isn't fair!" Blue yelled as the mechs stumbled backwards.

"All's fair in love and war!" The monster yelled slicing through both the mech's backs.

"I'll cover the fighters." Silver said, transforming ZooKami back into ZooOkami. "You guys deal with the monster!"

"Got it!" They both shouted.

ZooOkami pounced up, slashing at a few of the Bandoma, knocking them to the ground. "Come get me!" Silver yelled, the mech running off into the desert. The fighters turned their attention to the wolf, and quickly followed.

"OH GREAT!" Both the monster and Yogostein yelled.

ZooRobo turned back to the monster, and prepped its blade. It swung mightily, only for the blade to be blocked by the monster's lower chainsaw arms. "One blade against four? Pretty dumb right there!" It quickly jabbed its upper arms into the robot's chest, knocking it back.

"Oh no!" Yellow yelled. She looked over to BearRV, who was parked nearby. "Bear, we need to help them!"

"Agreed, vee vee!" She said. "Hop in, and let's ride!"

Yellow hopped into the bear car, and drove it up to ZooRobo. "You guys need some help?" Yellow shouted up.

"Yeah!" Blue said back. "Just, be careful about the fusing thing."

"The what?"

"Saki, I feel…" BearRV said. Suddenly, the two became enveloped in light, BearRV transforming into an orb. It levitated up, and into ZooRobo.

Inside the cockpit, the two's seats slid over, making room for a third. The cockpit resembled BearRV's upper half, but much smaller. Yellow was seated at it, gripping the steering wheel. "What the? Where…?"

"Saki, what just happened?" BearRV asked, apparently still conscious as the cockpit.

"Welcome to air Zooranger," Red started, putting on a deeper voice. "Remember to keep your arms inside at all times, and please, if you have a weird tag thing, place it into the prerequisite slot."

"You mean…" Yellow lifted up a yellow ZooTag. "This thing?"

"That'd be the one." Blue said. "And do it quick, please!"

She nodded, and plugged the tag into a slot. "That's very uncomfortable." BearRV let out.

"Sorry!"

Suddenly, a sound began to play.

"BAN BAN BOOM!
GIRI GIRI!
CUTTING THROUGH!
ZOOKUMA!"

In front of the mech appeared a large, yellow bear robot. It resembled the build of the other mechs, but bear shaped. Its front feet ended in long, pointed claws.

It slammed them against the ground, letting out a loud roar. It then leaped up, and slashed at the chainsaw monster, its claws cutting directly through its lower limbs. They fell to the ground, pushing up the sand.

"Augh, my arms!" It cried out. "That thing cut off my arms!"

"And we're about to cut a lot more than that!" Blue started. "Combining time, guys!"

ZooRobo leaped into the air, splitting into pieces. ZooKuma leaped up, and started to fold out, the bear head and body forming into a body, and the front limbs folding out into arms. The other parts connected shortly after, much in the way they had with the other two.

"ZOOROBO, KUMA MODE!"

"So, you got a new form?" The monster joked. "I bet you still can't beat my speed!" The monster then began rotating in place, chainsaw arms outstretched. The sand around him began to kick up, swirling around him and becoming a tornado.

"Try cuttin' through THIS!"

ZooRobo pulled back one of its claws, which began to glow with energy. It thrust it forward, flinging the energy towards the monster. It cut directly through the sand, and the monster. Before the sand fell, it left three marks in mid air.

The monster stumbled around, weakened. ZooRobo lifted its arm up into the air. The three claws began to extend, becoming seemingly miles long. The monster looked up, stunned.

"CRASHING SLASH!" The three cried out.

The claw was brought down onto the monster, slicing directly through it. It began to spark and smoke. "I guess I was the one who got cut down!" The monster said, before tipping over and exploding into a burst of sand.

"We did it!" Blue cheered, pumping her fist into the air.

"Sorry, not yet, Carrots." Red said. "We still have some problems to take care of."

The two other pilots nodded.

"Problem one, THAT!"

Red pointed towards ZooOkami, who was dashing off in the distance, still being chased by the fighters. ZooRobo performed a number of sweeping slashes, firing them at the cloud of fighters, creating a massive explosion.

ZooOkami ran over to them. "Thanks for the save guys!" Silver thanked from inside.

"No, we need to thank you, Silver." Red started. "Without you, we would have been cut up for sure."

"Nick, did you just thank somebody for something?" Blue said, baffled. "Like, without being told to?"

"Well, isn't that what families do?"

"Family?" Blue said to herself, quietly. She shook it off. "Anyway, lets go get rid of those Gaiark guys."

The four hopped out of the mech. In the rubble of the base were the four. The three of this universe were considerably battered and beaten, seemingly unconscious, while the Yogostein they had known was mostly looking well.

"Alright, Gaiark, we're going to-" Yellow tried to start, but she was interrupted.

"Wait!" Yogostein yelled. "Please, don't. Don't destroy them."

"What?" All four of them let out.

"I know they've caused trouble, but…" He looked around the ruined base. "Their base is ruined, and you've shown how easily you can defeat them. They won't come back. I…" He stumbled for a moment. "I don't want them to die again. They're my family."

There was stunned silence for a moment.

"I understand."

Everyone turned to Red, shocked. "Seriously?" Blue started. "You're the kind of guy who can point out when someone's lying."

"He's not lying." Red started. "At least not about the family part. Let's just leave him be."

Red started to walk off. Yellow and Silver followed after. Blue stayed for a moment. She glared at Yogostein, who seemed genuinely melancholy. "If we ever see them in our world again," She started, threatening the robot. "We will destroy them."

"I understand." Yogostein said quietly. "Just leave me be."

She turned, and walked off.

The four hopped out of BearRV, and back into the field. It was night time. As soon as they got out, BearrV shrunk down, the Engine Soul popping out of the now greyscale toy. Saki picked the toy up, and put it in the nearby suitcase.

"Well, that was an adventure." Nick said, untransforming and stretching out. "I sure learned a lot."

"What did you learn, exactly?" Judy asked, also untransforming.

"Important things, Carrots."

He felt a tap on the shoulder, and turned to see Saki. She held out her palm, which had the ZooTag in it. "Here you go."

"Thanks." Nick said, grabbing it. "You're a real positive lady, you know that?"

"I get that a lot." She said. "Now, if you excuse me, I have a bunch of cakes to make."

"What?"

Saki held the phone up. "That's her job, vee vee!" The holographic BearRV said. "She works at a patisserie!"

"And I think you have a race to go to tomorrow, Bear!" Saki said in return. "Besides, Speedor probably misses you by now."

"If he isn't complaining about not being the one to come!" The two started laughing.

"What an odd couple." Nick said, shaking his head in an amused way.

"The rainbow line should be coming by here soon." Saki stated. "So, I guess this is… goodbye."

"See you later." Nick said, giving a quick salute.

"It was very nice meeting you, Saki." Judy continued.

Max awkwardly walked up to her, looking a bit sheepish. "Um, before you go…" He held out a notepad and a pen. "Could I get your autograph?"

"Sure!" She quickly grabbed the notepad and pen, and jotted down her signature.

Max looked at the notepad. It wasn't anything he could read, seemed to be a different language, but it was still a signature.

The three headed back into the city. "So, that was weird, huh?" Judy started up as they continued through the rainforest.

"Yeah, didn't realize this alternate universe… timeline stuff could get so complicated." Nick said, with a yawn.

"You guys wanna hear something even weirder?"

They turned to face Wolford, who looked and sounded very serious. "This sounds… absolutely insane, but… Everything that happened today matches up with something in ZooRangers RPM."

The two looked at him oddly.

"Seriously!" He said. "The two minister guys, Kitaneidas and Yogostein? They looked exactly like general Crunch and Shifter from that series."

"You mean, in the same way Sambash kind of looked like a villain from one of them?" Nick asked.

"No, I mean EXACTLY THE SAME!" He stressed. "And BearRV looked exactly like one of the Zords from that season too! Saki's suit was nearly the exact same as the Yellow Ranger from it too!"

"So, what are you getting at?" Judy started, not sure what to think.

"Well, I…" He paused. "What if there was some kind of… interdimensional bleed, where aspects from one reality manifested over in ours? Like, instead of becoming a real being, it just became part of a TV show?"

"That's a weird theory, but…" Judy shook her head. "We have absolutely no way to disprove that."

"So, if aspects of the Sentai reality bled over to our timeline," Nick started. "Does that mean aspects of our timeline bled out into theirs? What if we were like, a movie in their world?"

"We don't have anything to disprove that either." Judy shrugged. "But who'd want to watch something about us? It's not like we've ever done anything that exciting before now."

"True enough."

The three laughed, and headed off.

Yogostein slammed a bottle onto the table. For the last few hours he had been drinking his sorrows away. Or at least tried to. It wasn't working as well as he had hoped. He tried to take a sip of the last bottle, but it was empty.

He slammed his face against the table, letting out a loud groan.

"Yo, what's wrong, Yogo?"

He looked up, sitting next to him was Sambash. He slammed his head back down. "Nothing." He lied.

"I can tell when something's wrong, man, I'm not dumb." He said. "You don't usually drink this much this late."

"Have you ever lost your family before?"

"Can't really say I have." Sambash said. "I think my mom was a centipede, so she left me at birth."

"Oh, well, I've lost my family. The only people I could call my friends in this world."

"You have me, don't you?"

Yogostein looked back up at him.

"We're friends, right? We hang out all the time when we're not doing evil stuff!"

The robot jolted up. "You're right!" He exclaimed. "I'm not alone, I have you, and everyone else here!"

"That might be a bit of a stretch."

"I know." He admitted. "Want me to go get something to drink?" Sambash pumped his fist in response, signalling a yes.

"Any updates, Leopold?"

"We're working on a version one of the weapon, sir." The leopard said into the phone, sounding a bit anxious.

"Good. But, I have a question."

"W-what is it?"

"How will we know if this weapon can even harm them?"

"I think I have a way, Sir." Leopold started. "We've done some research, and it seems that the coin has an odd… wavelength."

"What does that mean?"

"It means this thing isn't from our world." The leopard explained. He walked over to the casing with the coin inside. "We're trying to figure out a way to weaponize it."

"How will that make it deadly to them?"

"Well, they come from our world." He started to explain. "Meaning they have a similar wavelength to anything here. If we make it so that the weapon can harness the alternate wavelength, it could become the deadliest weapon in the world."

"Amazing." Exclaimed the goat from the other side of the phone. "Have I ever told you how much of a genius you are, Leopold?"

"I don't think you've ever said that to me." He said. "So, uh, thanks?"

"Well, if you don't have anything by next week, I'll retract it. Good bye."

The phone hung up. Leopold gulped, and looked at the coin. He sat down in a nearby chair, and planted his paws up into his face.

"I don't want to do this…"

I'm not dead!

Yes, I have returned from my two-month hiatus, with this special episode. I don't have much to say about it, other than the concepts here might be a bit confusing without visual representation. Not much of a big deal, in my opinion, but I'll explain it to anyone who wants a more clear explanation.

Also, how about that Zyuohger ending huh

Next time, LEVEL UP!