The RPM rangers were struggling in their fight with Dark Spectre and had taken to evasive tactics and distance shooting to try and beat the villain. However, the laser blasts were barely making a dent in the magma like body of Dark Spectre, who continued to strike out at the Zords when they got close enough. The Tail Spinner Zord got trapped under his foot as Carlos tried to attack him, and was now getting repeatedly stamped on

'Help guys! I don't know how much more of it can take!' Carlos yelled

But it wasn't Adam, Cassie or Andrew who came to his aid. It was a new Zord, something massive that smashed through Dark Spectre and sent him flying to the floor. Carlos looked up to see what looked like a train shielding him

'What's that?' The former Black Space ranger looked puzzled

'Not a clue,' replied Adam 'but it looks like it's here to help'

'Course I am,' came the voice from inside the new Zord 'don't tell me you don't recognise me'

'Jason!'

'That's right guys. Billy gave me access to this new power; it's a bit risky, but it's worth it if it'll help us beat this guy' Jason told them

'There's more Zords Billy?' Adam enquired

'Affirmative,' Billy replied 'the two other Zords for the Megazord conversions are on the production line, but I decided to try the Paleozords out. They've proved difficult to control, but Jason has got it in him; welcome the new Crimson Ranger'

'Alright!' Carlos yelled 'we've got a new ranger and more Zords, time to beat this guy!'

'You've got it Carlos. Switching to Paleomax Megazord mode' Jason announced. The back carriages, shaped as a tyrannosaurus and a triceratops, became the legs and the Mammoth Zord at the front became the body and arms. Dark Spectre had recovered and was again charging at the rangers, but Jason countered

'It's good to have a full Megazord, it helps for the big battles' Ashley pointed out

'Hopefully now we can hold on until the other Zords are complete,' Billy agreed 'both Zords are almost there, they just need certain additions to get them mobile'

'Well at least the Paleomax has brought us some time,' Ashley commented 'I just hope Jason can control it...'

Terra Venture

The Galaxy rangers had come to combat Villamax and Trakeena on Terra Venture. Neither faction had noticed the destruction of one of the engines; it'd probably only be when three of the four had been blown up by Deviot that the space colony would begin to fall.

'Remember guys, we're fighting to save Terra Venture,' Leo told his team 'so never give up; let's beat these guys!'

Quasar Sabres drawn, the rangers charged head first at the Stingwingers. Trakeena and Villamax watched on, sure that the sheer size of the army was enough to take down the rangers. Leo slashed at the nearest troops, sending them flying, while the other rangers were doing similarly in striking the Stingwingers.

'Keep going team, we've got this' Leo barked out encouragement as he led from the front. Meanwhile, on the Scorpion Stinger, Deviot was angling the laser at the second engine. He fired and quickly smoke began to appear as the laser burned through the metalwork

'What even is the plan Deviot?' Dark Menace asked

'I'm going to bring Terra Venture to the ground, and send it crashing into the Earth,' Deviot replied 'that way I can get rid of Trakeena as well as two teams of rangers'

'What about the Space rangers?' Darkonda asked

'They can be dealt with later,' Deviot replied simply 'they're not of our concern at the moment. Once we've dealt with Earth and Terra Venture, KO-35 will be all to easy to destroy' he proceeded to turn the laser of the Scorpion Stinger to the third engine...

KO-35

Andros was aching all over when he eventually woke, contrasted by the softness of the bed he found himself in; his own bed. He recognised his own room as his eyes adjusted to the light, and sat up to look around the room. The door was closed and no one else was in the room. His arms ached as he levered himself up and turned to dangle his legs over the edge to stand up

Downstairs, Gia and Cathan were chatting but stopped when they saw Andros

'Oh hey, how're you feeling now?' Gia asked

'Fine...just aching...' Andros replied 'what happened?'

'You kinda got into a fight,' Cathan told him 'it's a long story' He gestured to the chair 'Here, sit down'

'I remember being angry with Zhane...but the rest's a blur' Andros continued as he took a seat, rubbing his head to try and ease the aching sensation

'Are you angry with him now?' Gia asked, evidently concerned

'Sorta...I'm angry cos of the situation, but he's still my friend I guess' Andros shrugged

Both rangers looked relieved; it didn't seem like Darkonda's spell still had its effects after the rangers had demorphed and that meant the team could work together again. However, how would the Red and Silver rangers be able to resolve their differences?

Earth

Billy was adding the final touches to the Zords as Ashley surveyed the situation; the Paleomax Megazord had certainly evened things up but they could do with a bit more firepower out there

'Billy, how are the Croc Carrier and Whale Zord coming along?' The former Yellow Ranger asked

'Almost done,' Billy told her 'I've almost finished calibrating the engines and reactors to power the Zords, once that's done they should be up and running'

'How can you do all that from that screen?' She inquired

'The Power Chamber's an amazing place Ashley' Billy replied with a smile

'What kind of power will that give us against Dark Spectre?'

'The Croc Carrier combines with Adam and Carlos' Zords to form the Valvemax Megazord, while the Whale Zord combines with the other flying Zords to give us the Mach Megazord' Billy told her

'So we'll have three Megazords out there?' Ashley looked surprised

'Affirmative,' Billy nodded 'then hopefully we can get the others back and we'll have four. I just wonder where they are...'

Somewhere in space

Tommy had been desperately flicking switches in an attempt to get the Megazord to work, but the power systems were completely down. They had no idea where they had been sent, and the only thing they could see was the vast expanse of stars before them; the visuals to the Megazord were also partially obscured, so they could only see a thin line of the space before them. The power was completely down, and the Megazord couldn't move an inch; it was almost as if they had been wrapped up and hurled into space by Dark Spectre's device

'I never thought we'd be back in this situation' TJ said, breaking the silence 'it's almost as if being a ranger never leaves you'

'Sorry' Kim mumbled

'You never fully explained why you called us back into action' TJ reminded her

'We needed help;' Tommy now spoke 'I became aware of Dimentor's passage into our dimension and asked Kim and Jason to help me. We retrieved our original powers from the Power Chamber and I took my Zeonizers too. We tracked him and found him to be working with Deviot to bring back the Dark family, so we asked Kim to return and recruit in case he came for Earth. However when she got there it seems our plan had been anticipated, and someone trashed it to slow us down. Meanwhile, Jason and I took to tracking his movements and through the Galaxy Rangers ended up back here'

'We had no idea about Billy's prototypes;' Kim admitted 'we're lucky that he had them'

'Sounds fair enough,' TJ conceded 'I suppose if we're needed we can't ignore the call'

'You guys were some of the only ones available,' Tommy told him 'most the previous rangers are out of the country'

'Billy mentioned you and Kat were expected to leave for the Turbo team; where is she now?' TJ questioned, admittedly with a lack of tact

'She's back in Australia,' Tommy sighed 'things didn't work out after we passed our powers to you guys. We were heading in different directions; she wanted to go back to Australia, I wanted to study palaeontology and eventually teach. We just ended up going our separate ways'

'Sorry to hear that man' TJ replied

'Yeah, can't have been easy,' added Kim; she couldn't deny she still had feelings for Tommy, but she was still genuinely gutted for him that things hadn't worked out

There was a bit of an awkward silence for a few moments until, through the small view that they had, Tommy saw something

'Guys look!' He pointed out 'it looks like Terra Venture'

The three looked and their delighted expressions betrayed their excitement at seeing something familiar; at least they knew they were quite close to home. However, their expressions turned to those of horror once they saw the space colony gradually slipping out of view; Terra Venture was falling...