Miss. Fairweather is currently scanning the cobra tattoo on Ryan's back inside the Aquabase.
"Well?" He asks.
"Sorry, Ryan." She said as Hayden walked into the room. "Never seen anything like it. You should be fine, as long as you don't morph."
"But that's impossible!" Hayden whined. "The Queen of Demons is getting desperate." No sooner had she said that, the alarm sounded.
"Rangers, go to alert status." Captain Mitchell said.
The Mitchell siblings walk out of the infirmary. "What's going on?" Ryan asked as the Rangers run down the hall. Joel slid in a circle to face him.
"Diabolico's back!"
Hayden ran after him and the others. Ryan started to follow, but Miss. Fairweather grabs his arm, stopping him.
"Don't even think about it. Go get some rest."
With frustration, Ryan leaves for his quarters.
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"What is that?" Carter asked as the now morphed Rangers arrived on the scene, suddenly they were struck by lightning, knocking them down.
"Welcome Rangers. How nice of you to drop by." Diabolico appeared before them.
"Diabolico!" Carter growls, getting up from the ground. "Don't you get it? We destroyed your monsters. Don't make us destroy you too."
"Give it your best shot." Diabolico challenges.
"You asked for it." Carter said, reaching for his blaster. "Rescue Blasters!"
All the Rangers fired on the demon, creating a large smoke screen and when it cleared he was gone.
"Where'd he go?" Kelsey asked.
"He has to be here somewhere." Hayden said.
"Look out!" Carter shouts as Diabolico's staff was thrown at them, causing an explosion, sending the Rangers flying to the ground. Diabolico laughs as he reappears seeing the Rangers in pain while on the ground.
"Carter, what do we do?" Hayden asks.
"I don't know."
"There's nothing you can do." Diabolico said. "You thought my three monsters were though alone? Wait until you fight them all!" He throws three gems and the three monsters from before comes back, creating a new monster with three heads.
"Thunderon!"
"Demonite!"
"And Falkar!"
"Oh man. Not these guys again." Joel said as the Rangers stumbled back to their feet.
"Three times the monster? Means three times the headache!" Hayden complained.
"The three of us together make Troika!"
"You may have defeated them separately, but together, their powers are unstoppable." Diabolico told the Rangers. "Troika, destroy them!"
Troika starts to spin as Diabolico disappears. The monster runs through the Rangers rapidly, before charging at Carter and pushing him into metal barrels before striking him down.
The other Rangers run up surrounding their leader.
"V-Lancers, Blaster Mode!" Carter shouts, bringing out the weapon. "Locked on and ready! Spectro Blast! Fire! On target!"
But Troika dodges out of the way of the laser blast. "Hiyah!" He sends a blast of energy at the Rangers, knocking them down. Soon as the smoke cleared, the Rangers were gone. "Huh? Where'd they go? Well, wherever they are, they can't hide forever."
Unknown to him, the Rangers were hiding. Hayden was out cold and is carried by Carter.
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Captain Mitchell meets the Rangers at the lift once they return to the base. "Is everybody alright?" He asks in concern as the Rangers unbuckle themselves slowly and climb out of the Rover.
"Yeah." Kelsey answered as she helps Hayden out of the Rover, the teenager stumbled around before falling and collapsed into Carter, who caught her.
Joel and Chad climbed out from the other side of the Hummer. "We sure got our butts kicked out there." Joel said, rubbing his right arm. "We were barely able to beat those three monsters separately."
"I don't know how we're gonna do it with their new powers combined." Carter said as he helped Hayden walk while the Rangers and Captain Mitchell walk down a hall.
Ileana meet up with them. "No arguing. I want all of you to the infirmary." She said sternly.
"Doc. I'm too sore to argue." Joel groans, looking at her. "Lead the way."
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Inside the infirmary, the Rangers are resting on their own medical beds, their jackets hung on the side of their med beds.
"OUCH!" Hayden screamed, jumping anime style as she nearly hit the ceiling, Joel tried hard not to laugh but when he did he groaned at his own pain. "Ow, ow, ow, ow!" She cried.
"Honey, I told you it was gonna sting." Miss. Fairweather warned her, holding a bottle in her left hand.
"But you neglected to warn about how much the stinging hurts more then peroxide." Hayden whined, her voice breaking. "It'd rather be stung by bumble bees again."
"Ok, Joel, you're next." Ileana moved over to the green Ranger.
"Sure, I can take it." He grins, but it fades when she places the cotton ball on his arm, he hissed as he felt the pain shoot through him. "Ok, ok, that hurts!"
Captain Mitchell sighed. "Rangers, what can you tell me?"
"That monster's as strong as all three combined." Kelsey answered.
"Even the Uni-laser bounced right off him." Joel said, wincing as Ileana whipped the cotton ball of medicine on his arm, he turns to look at her. "That really does hurt." He squeaked out.
Ileana frowns as she looks at the bottle of medicine.
"What about the Battle Boosters?" Captain Mitchell asked, looking at Miss. Fairweather.
"That's a possibility. They're nearly finished."
"How do we know if they'll be strong enough?" Chad asked.
"Well, we don't." Miss. Fairweather said, still sitting next to Hayden. "They're only experimental."
"Has anyone seen Ryan?" Dana suddenly asked with a frown.
"He's suppose to be resting." Her father frowned.
Suddenly a beeping is heard, catching everyone's attention. The Captain moves to the computer. "What is it?" He asked.
"The Troika monster has returned, sir." A male voice answered.
"We'll have to find Ryan later." Captain Mitchell told the Rangers. "Get those battle boosters ready."
"Will. I don't think they're ready for round 2." Ileana said with worry as she looks at Captain Mitchell, but the Rangers moving caught her attention.
"This is our city, Ileana." Carter reminded her gently, shrugging his jacket back on.
"Well, be careful." She wished.
"Round 2's on the books." Hayden said wincing as she rolled off the medical bed and ran after the older Rangers.
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"I know how to get the Rangers out of hiding." Troika said, appearing in the city. "Destroy the city!" He starts firing lasers at random people, finally destroying a building. "Come out, come out wherever you are, Rangers!" He taunts.
The morphed Rangers, come on scene and Dana hurries up to a little girl who's hiding.
"Are you alright?" She asks, the little girl nods as a young woman runs over to her and pulls the little girl away from danger.
"Let's go Dana." Joel said as they run up to Troika.
"Let's do it." Carter said. "Ready?"
"Ready!"
"Rescue Blasters, Baton Mode!" Carter calls.
"Hiyah!" Troika shouts before fighting the Rangers.
"You think you've beaten us." Carter said as he stood in front of Joel. "That could be farther from the truth."
"We don't think we beat you. We know it!" Troika screeched.
"You don't know anything!" Carter said. "Hyah!"
Troika strikes Carter with his sword, knocking him down and slams his food onto Carter's chest, Joel comes up behind him and throws him off Carter. The others gathered around Joel and Carter Troika fires several laser blasts, knocking them off their feet.
"Carter, energize your rescue morphers first." Miss. Fairweather said through the communicators as Carter helps Hayden to her feet as they all struggle to stand.
"You got it. Rescue morpher, energize!" Red Ranger calls as the morpher changes on his wrist.
"Activate Battle Boosters." Miss. Fairweather said. Suddenly, the Rangers got another morpher. "These are your Battle Boosters." Miss. Fairweather explained. "They'll intensify your physical strength powers as well as your weapons."
"Alright! Thanks Miss. Fairweather!" Carter thanked.
"Battle Boosters, Battle Ready!" Shouts the Rangers.
"4, 7, 8, activate!" Carter calls as they activate the Battle Boosters, as Troika sends another round of laser blasts, Carter runs through, he punches and breaks Troika's sword.
"Impossible!" Troika shouts as Carter lands another punch.
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"Diabolico told me about the cobra's lair." Ryan said, entering the sand dunes and into the ruins below. "I know if I destroy it, I'll break the curse."
Fire lights up the room, scaring him for a moment before he heads over to the cobra's lair. "You want to destroy me?" Ryan asked the statue. "Well, here I am!" Glaring at the cobra statue in front of him, he reaches out as the statue's eyes glowed red and shot a couple of lasers. As Ryan's knocked back, the cobra statue dissolved and came to life in front of him.
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Troika rolled on the ground as the Rangers fought him.
"Hyah!" Joel, Dana, Kelsey, Hayden, and Chad shout as they punch the demon.
"These things are awesome!" Carter said, after he landed the final punch, knocking Troika back. "5-5-5. Activate Booster Beams!"
All six colored booster beams aimed and fired at Troika, hitting their target. "Alright!" Carter said as Troika falls back onto the ground. "You think they learn that they can't beat the Power Rangers."
"This is far from over." Diabolico said as he appears on the steps near the Rangers.
"What are you going to do about it?" Carter demanded.
"What I should've done a long time ago." Diabolico said, growing. "Destroy you myself!"
"Aw man, I don't get to fight him." Hayden whined. "Well, good luck guys."
Carter pats her on the back. "Thanks."
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Ryan was thrown into a pillar and rolled onto the ground, his black clothing covered in dirt and sand, something dropping in the sand caught Ryan's attention.
Hayden's broken necklace laid in the sand in front of him. "Hayden." Ryan reached for the jewelry and held it in his fist as he laid on the sandy floor.
"You're no match for me." The Cobra said as its mark climbed up Ryan's back. The man groan, but he pushed through the pain as he leaped to his feet.
"Titanium Power!" Ryan shouts, going through the morphing grid. "Hyah!"
"Hyah!" The Cobra statue shouts and their fight continues.
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Inside the Aquabase, Hayden raced down the corridors till she reached Ops and slid to a stumbling stop and crashed into Ileana, who bumped into Captain Mitchell. "I'm sorry Ileana."
"It's alright."
"Hayden, you ok?" Her father asked as the two had turned their attention on her.
"I think I need all the medicine in the infirmary." The teen answered. Ileana wrapped her arm around her shoulders.
"Let's get you to the infirmary." She said, guiding her out.
"Actually, why bother? Dad might have to burry me next to mom." Hayden said as she's lead out.
Captain Mitchell shook his head, going back to watching the Rangers' battle on the monitor.
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"You used up all your energy and time!" The Cobra statue said to Ryan as he struggled to maintain his balance and drops his weapon. The Cobra statue throws Ryan towards the wall, causing him to force dimorph in the process. "And now my brother on your back will finish the job!" He laughed as the cobra tattoo glows and nears Ryan's neck.
Ryan groans, he grabs his now torn shirt and pulls it off, craning his neck to look at shoulder.
"Maybe I'll help him out!" The Cobra statue shoots green energy balls out of his hands, Ryan quickly dodged the attack, and grabbing his fallen weapon and throws it at the pillar behind the cobra statue, causing the roof to start rumbling from above before falling and crushing the Cobra statue.
And the cobra statue on Ryan's back finally vanishes. Ryan looks at his back as he stands up and sighs in relief that he no longer has to worry about the cobra.
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Hours later, still inside the infirmary. Hayden slowly awoke, finding Ryan sitting next to her medical bed as he wore a new shirt. "Ryan?" She sat up as she looked at him, then looked around the room.
The other Rangers were sitting in their own medical beds.
"Diabolico's gone." Ryan told her. "And so is the curse of the Cobra."
"That's great!" Hayden beams.
"And Mariner Bay is now the safest city." Joel starts, but is cut off when the alarms blare.
"That's a drill, right?" Carter asked.
"We don't have drills." Captain Mitchell said. "Let's move!"
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The Rescue Rover screeched to a stop, and the Rangers stared up at the sky as they climbed out and moved with the rest of the citizens.
"What's going on?" Chad asked as the sky began to darken.
"Hello Rangers." Queen Bansheera greets. Making everyone jerk and the Rangers braced themselves.
"I thought she was destroyed!" Ryan gasped.
"Who is that?" Kelsey asked, turning to Ryan.
"Queen Bansheera." He answers. "She's worse then 10 Diabolico's!"
"Diabolico proved himself unworthy!" Queen Bansheera announces. "But I assure you, my son will not!"
"Her son?" Carter asked, turning Ryan.
"Impus."
"Behold my hair and your destructor!" Queen Bansheera reveal Impus' cocoon to the Rangers and Mariner Bay.
A cold wind picks up, Carter takes a step backwards, and the others run up to stand behind him and Ryan as they all watch the cocoon.