Moltor made his way from the ocean, finding himself standing on Venice Beach, surveying the city before him in confusion as Lava Lizards rushed out of the ocean to join him. As he stood on the beach, the sand beneath his feet started to smoulder and melt, turning into glass as he surveyed the area.

"You are certain of what you told me?" He asked one of the Lava Lizards that accompanied him. He was still a little disorientated after the resurrection. All he could remember was his brother, Flurious, betraying him in his lair in the North Pole. He had been weakened by his battles with the Rangers, and Flurious, instead of joining forces with him, had taken the opportunity to destroy him while he was weak. He had frozen him and shattered him, leaving him in pieces on the floor of his cave while Flurious took control of the Corona Aurora. It turned out, that was his mistake.

One of the Lava Lizards had kept a piece of his old master, knowing that the Heart of Hades had the power to restore him. It had taken a long time, the Overdrive Rangers had jealously guarded the secret of the location of Atlantis, but now, at long last, he had found it.

"Yes, my Lord, your treacherous brother Flurious is no more." The Lava Lizard told him. "Your old foes, the Overdrive Rangers are no more! This Armada has destroyed their powers!"

"So, there are no Rangers to stop me!" He stated gleefully.

"I wouldn't say that!" Troy announced as his team arrived on the beach. Moltor just looked out to them, seeing them arrayed before him.

"You...you dare to stand before me?" He snarled as he prepared his weapons.

"Think of us as the party poopers." Troy answered him. "It's kind of what we do. Ready Guys?"

"Ready!" They all called out in unison. Placing their Ranger keys into the morphers, they transformed into their Ranger forms before him. Moltor just turned to one of his Lava Lizards.

"I thought you said there were no more Rangers!" He screamed at it.

"Things change in seven years." Troy responded as he levelled his pistol at Moltor. "Let's make a show of this!"

With that, the Rangers rushed into battle.

Elsewhere on the beach, people panicked and ran, scattering beach wear in all directions. They were ditching valuables and leaving clothing behind as they ran for their lives. No one noticed a kid hiding by a dumpster. She was short, with shoulder length dark hair, and rough, slightly grimy clothing. She looked more than a little pale, and slightly unhealthy. If anyone had cared enough to notice her, they would figure out pretty easily that she was homeless, and had come to this area, which was full of restaurants in the hopes of finding something to eat. She looked around in a panic as she saw the Ranger battle up ahead.

"Jack, will you get out of there?" She yelled, pounding on the side of the dumpster. "JACK, move your butt!"

A moment later, another kid appeared, literally just appeared, walking through the side of the dumpster. He was around the same height as her, with dark skin and dreadlocks. He was holding a couple of polystyrene containers in his arms.

"Look at this, what did I tell you?" Jack asked her as he held up the stack of food cartons like they were some priceless treasure. "I told you Z, with all the health nuts in this area, nobody finishes their lunches! We just hit pay dirt!"

"Well if we don't get out of here, eating is going to be the least of our worries!" Z told him, pointing down the beach. Jack followed her gesture, watching as the Rangers battled with the Lava Lizards. Mack and Emma were concentrating their efforts on Moltor.

"What the hell?" Jack complained. "You've got to be kidding me!"

"Come on Jack, we need to get out of here." Z reiterated, grabbing his jacket and trying to pull him away. Jack was about to go, but there was something that caught his attention, something that he couldn't take his eyes off. As Z tried in vain to pull him away, she finally realised he was staring at a beach towel and a couple of other toys...but most importantly a bag and clothes that had been left behind. "Jack, come on!"

Jack used his genetic power, phasing through her grip and rushed onto the beach, an energy blast narrowly missing his head. He skidded on the sand by the towel and started to rifle through the bag. By the time Z reached him, he had found the wallet, and looked to it with a broad smile.

"Jack, what the hell?" She asked him.

"Z, look at this place!" He replied, pulling out the money and tossing the wallet away. "People have just run off..."

"Because of the giant lava monster that's incinerating the place!" Z interrupted him. Jack just held up the money.

"Z, there's almost a hundred bucks here! When was the last time we had that kind of money?" He asked her. "Clothes, wallets...we're never going to luck out like this again!"

"Jack, those monsters..."

"Those monsters have probably just given us the biggest score we're likely to find! This lot will feed the camp for weeks!" Jack reminded her. "Z, there are kids there that haven't eaten in days; hell we're two of them!"

"Jack, none of that's going to matter if we get dry-roasted!" Z rushed out. Jack just shoved the money away and grabbed some clothing, stuffing it into a bag.

"Fine Z, do what you've got to do." Jack told her. "But I'm not passing up the best score we've seen all year! Now, you can go back to the camp, or you can help!"

Z realised that Jack wasn't going to be swayed in his plan. Although he was young, he had grown up in the homeless camp all his life. He knew the value of things all too well, since he had all but grown up with nothing other than what was sometimes donated to them, or what they could take for themselves. Z had to admit that seeing all these items scattered around was pretty much like several Christmases coming at once. She sighed reluctantly and nodded. Two more copies of herself appeared either side of her.

"Fine, I'll help." She told him. "But then we're getting out of here!"

At the site of the battle, Troy took a hard hit from Moltor's sword, being sent spinning through the air, but he went with the momentum, rolling back to his feet. He looked to the others as they assembled beside him.

"The Lava Lizards are gone." Jake told him.

"Great, we could use all the help we can get with this guy." Troy told them. He put a Ranger key into his sword and another into his pistol. The others all followed suit.

"Alright guys, let's send this guy back to Hell!" Troy called out. The Rangers first fired a salvo from their pistols, and followed them up with energy waves from their swords. Striking Moltor full-on, the Rangers watched as he blew apart in a devastating explosion. Troy placed his sword up over his shoulders.

"So much for the hot-head." Troy declared. As they turned away, they saw four kids rifling through the discarded belongings on the beach. Jack looked up as he took some money, tossing a wallet aside.

"Hey, those kids, are they seriously stealing during this attack?" Jake asked.

"Look at them; they look like they're homeless!" Emma responded, noting their clothes. "Hey, hey you there!"

"Oh great." Z grumbled, looking up as she saw Emma gesturing to them. "Jack! We need to bail!"

"Emma, they're dipping a few wallets!" Jake told her. "It's not exactly..."

"They're homeless!" Gia reminded him. "We're looking for 'Lost Children'?"

Just then, they heard something behind them. Turning slowly, they looked around to see the Heart of Hades glowing brightly. Rock and molten material started to form up around it.

"Oh, come ON!" Jake complained. "Seriously?"

"Emma, Noah, go after them!" Troy yelled as he turned to face them. "Jake, Gia, you're with me!"

As Noah and Emma ran off after kids, Troy took out his morpher, and the Red Overdrive Key.

"Alright guys, I've got a plan." He told them. "Just follow my lead."

A few streets away, Jack and Z ran as fast as they could, trying to elude their pursuers. As they made their way into an apartment complex, they both took a chance to rest up and catch their breath.

"It's a great score Z, it's the best score in ages Z." She muttered, glaring at Jack. He just glared at her.

"What were we meant to do Z?" He asked her. "You know as well as I do what this stuff will mean to the camp! People ran off and left a fortune just lying on the ground! When are we going to get another chance like that?"

"If it's not bad enough we nearly got vaporised, now we've got Power Rangers chasing us!" Z complained.

"Somehow, I think they've got more to worry about than a couple of kids trying to scam a few bucks to eat."

"OK, for one thing, it isn't exactly a few bucks." Z reminded him. "Secondly, they're Power Rangers. They're superheroes! I don't think a couple of thieves are exactly going to rank highly in their list of good people."

"Z, enough of the hero-worship alright?" Jack answered, pinching the bridge of his nose. "The Rangers aren't some amazing, wonderful angels that swoop in and make everything alright!"

Z pulled into the wall, sticking her hands in her pockets as she looked to him.

"All I'm saying is, all they saw were a couple of kids knocking off some wallets." Z told him. "They probably think we're bad guys..."

"Will you listen to yourself?" Jack demanded. "For God's sake Z, when will you grow up and stop acting like such a kid?"

"There you are!" Emma called out as she arrived, clamping a hand down on Z's shoulder. The young girl just gulped, before turning and looking up to look at her. Emma de-morphed, seeing how frightened the girl looked.

"You gave us quite the run-around." Noah complimented them as he grabbed the scruff of Jack's neck as he tried to run away.

"Please, we didn't mean any harm!" Z rushed out, staring up at Emma. Emma saw kind of a mix of fear and awe in her. She looked to Jack, and saw only anger.

"We only took what we need." Jack put down flatly. "Those people ran off and left those wallets just lying around. The way I see it, they can't want them too much. Finders Keepers!"

"Do you think the cops would see it that way?" Noah asked him.

"Somehow I think you'd have more to worry about walking into a police station than we would." Jack replied somewhat cockily. Emma just looked to Noah, giving him something of a wordless message to back off. They were kids.

"Somehow I think you're right." Emma told them. "We aren't going to hurt you, we just want to talk."

"What? You're going to take the stuff we took?" Jack demanded. "You look well fed. We found that stuff fair and square!"

"Did he just call me fat?" Noah asked her. Emma rolled her eyes.

"Look, how about we start from the beginning?" Emma suggested. "My name's Emma, and this is..."

"We know who you are!" Z stated, her voice cracking a little. Emma could see her trying to side with Jack, but could tell that a part of her held some admiration for who they were. It appeared that even street kids had seen their wanted posters.

"Well, I guess that has us at a disadvantage then." Emma answered. "What's your name?"

"Z." The girl replied. "His name's Jack."

"Z!" Jack protested, only for Emma to smile.

"Well, I'm pleased to meet you both." Emma told them, looking to Jack. "You both look hungry. How about we take you somewhere we can get you something to eat?"

"We have plenty of money." Jack snorted. Emma just nodded.

"Yeah, and you have a lot of clothes too...by the looks of it way more than the two of you are likely to use." She commented. "Come on, we just want to talk."

Noah looked at Emma reluctantly.

"Emma, what are you doing?" He asked her.

"I'm getting some hungry kids something to eat." She responded.

"Emma, we can't exactly walk into a restaurant..."

"I'm not planning anything like that." Emma assured him with a smile, pulling out her cell phone. "Cat's apartment isn't too far from here."

"You think you can bribe us with a meal?" Jack demanded. Emma just looked to him.

"Like I said, by the looks of it, you've got way more than you're intending to use yourselves." Emma assured him. "You're taking this back to help others aren't you?"

"If you have more than you need, you share it out." Jack put down abruptly. "If you ate yesterday and the guy next to you ate two days ago, you give your food to him! We help each other out, that's the way it is!"

"Well, we know someone who lives near here." Emma explained. "All we want to do is take you there, get you something to eat, and then you'll have more of this to share around won't you?"

"She's got a point Jack." Z told him. He just looked sceptical.

"You're really going to let us walk away with all this stuff?" Jack asked. Emma looked to Noah. Strictly speaking, they were stealing. They knew it wasn't exactly right, but they also knew what they were stealing for. It wasn't as though they were taking watches and jewellery or video games or other luxury items. They were taking clothes, and money to get food. He finally relented.

"I guess it's like you said. Those people left it behind." Noah told them. "Better you get it than someone else."

"Come on." Emma said, offering Z a hand. "It's not too far."

Back at Venice Beach, the battle against Moltor raged on. Buildings nearby were aflame, and the beach was by now completely deserted, allowing the Rangers to concentrate on the task at hand.

Gia, as Overdrive Yellow, was using her Drive Claws to send massive waves of sand flying at Moltor, blinding him and keeping the worst of the heat at bay.

"Alright Troy, he's fighting blind!" Gia told him. "Whatever you've got in mind, now would be a good time!"

Troy launched himself into the air as Jake covered him with a Drive Defender. He brought the brought his Drive Lance down, the head lamps in his helmet lighting up to let him see through the sand storm Gia had created. Taking careful aim, he drove the point in just above where the gem was lodged into Moltor's chest, the momentum driving the blade deep into his chest. Troy used all his strength, beginning to pry the gem outwards. Despite his pain, Moltor started to lash out, striking Troy as he tried to pry it loose. Troy though knew he couldn't give up. This was their best chance.

"Gia, use your claws!" He yelled, nodding towards the space. Gia rushed in; ramming her Drive Claw into the opening Troy had opened, beginning to help him. They both ignored Moltor's relentless attempts to cut them down. Eventually, they managed to rip the gem out, at which Gia flicked it over to Jake.

"Alright Jake, it's down to you!" Gia told him as Moltor finally cut them down. Both she and Troy converted back to Corsair mode at his final attack, grateful that the Overdrive Key's energy had taken the beating, allowing them to carry on.

Jake, who was up on the sidewalk, stopped the gem with his foot. Moltor started to rush towards him as Jake produced the Drive Slammer.

"Time to drop the hammer!" He stated as he brought his hammer down, shattering the gem. Moltor fell to his knees at this, looking significantly weakened.

"Alright guys, let's give this another shot!" Troy instructed them, once again putting a Ranger Key into his sword and his pistol. Jake converted back to Corsair mode, doing likewise as Gia also prepared her weapons. With all the strength they could muster, they launched their final attack once more. Moltor started to spark as he slumped face first onto the sands and exploded. The three Rangers all fell to their knees, completely exhausted.

Meanwhile, up on the Warstar's flagship, Prince Vekar was watching the battle with interest. He gestured to Lavira.

"Lavira, how about you try out that new device you were telling me about?" He asked. Lavira just looked at him.

"But my Prince...it has not been tested since I performed my latest experiments." She reminded him.

"Not to mention this...creature...is not one of your warriors." Argus reminded him. "He once tried to take over the Earth himself. He cannot be trusted!"

"Well, it all depends on how you look at things doesn't it?" Prince Vekar replied casually. "If your upgrades haven't been perfected yet, then it isn't one of my warriors, so we will lose nothing. If it does make him grow..."

"He could defeat the Rangers." Argus suggested. Prince Vekar just let out a small, derisive chuckle.

"He could...or they could defeat him. Either way, I doubt the winners will be in much of a state to continue." He told them. "No matter what happens, we win."

"Maximiser, activate!" Lavira called out, levelling her hand-set at the Earth. A bright purple beam fired from the ship, making its way towards the Earth.

Back on Venice Beach, Troy, Jake and Gia had all finally caught their breath.

"That guy was a serious pain in the ass." Jake commented. "At least he's down for the count this time."

Just as he said this, the purple beam struck home. Troy and Gia just glared at Jake.

"I know, I know." He groaned as they all flipped out their morphers, preparing to call the Megazord.