Reese thought he was dead. He had heard Vexacus's laugh, and seen the hellfire all around him, he had felt the inferno take him. Yet he didn't feel dead. He felt very much alive. He looked around himself, vast waves of sand and barren earth. Somehow Reese knew exactly where he was, he just didn't know how he ended up there.
Reese moved through the dead lands. Watching the husks of cars move past him. This was the Forgotten Lands, somehow he had returned.
"I teleported you three and trapped the other two in a temporal stasis." A withered voice that lingered on familiar said to Reese. The Ranger turned around and met the wrinkled face he had seen so long ago.
"Why'd you save me?" Reese asked the strange man.
The man gave an ironic smile. "You, my dear child, carry a special spark. It was the same spark present in Gan when he gifted Ryukin the power of the first Ranger."
"Gan?"
The man brushed his hands around, "Ancient history, don't even worry about it."
"So you saved me, but why bring me here?"
"I have the key to defeating Zoltar." The man said in a strange voice. "Come, follow me."
The man led Reese through the Forgotten Lands. They moved for what seemed like miles until they reached a familiar building. The two of them passed the statue of Ryukin and moved into the building.
They moved through a long hallway. The hallway left Reese completely stunned. It wasn't the design that bothered him, in fact, it was very modest. Instead, it was the pictures that lined the halls. A framed photo of every Ranger team ever formed hung from the walls. Reese even saw some he recognized, the familiar Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and the Time Force Rangers.
"If this building's so old why does it have recent Power Rangers? Reese asked.
The man smiled. "This building is both old and new." The two of them passed the long dead corpse of a Power Ranger. His suit was strange and white. His empty skull stared at Reese as the fallen Ranger held his own helmet on his lap. "This is the Hall of Legends or at least a future rendition of it."
Reese looked at the photo of his own team. It only contained Luke, Vega, and two teens he didn't recognize.
"This Hall of Legends was trapped in a temporal anomaly that occurred at the end of the universe. The clash of so much energy forced the entire building back to the beginning of our universe. It is the oldest thing in our universe even though it's original counterpart has yet to exist."
The two of them left the hallway and entered a small room. The lights were dim, but Reese could see a glass case at the end of the room. Reese approached the glass and felt his breath shake. It was Morpher.
"This Morpher contains your strongest form. All of your Ninjetti will be channeled into it. If you aren't careful your existence could collapse, but it is the only way you can stop Zoltar." Reese examined the Morpher a few moments. It appeared similar to his current Morpher, only slightly larger and more ancient looking. Reese pressed his hands against the glass. The Morpher took the spot of his old Morpher. As he felt the powerful surge of energy he didn't think he'd miss his old one.
Reese felt the temporal energy shift around him as he was transported to the final battle.
Things looked pretty bad for the Ninjetti Rangers. Ninjetti Gold was silenced, Dragon Knight had been hijacked by Zoltar, and the Rangers found they couldn't keep up with the Armored Riders. Zoltar watched as his enemies were quickly overrun. Everything was going according to his plan, everything flowed like clockwork.
Ninjetti Navy used his new blade to keep up to pace with the Armored Rider Scissor's beast. The creature swung down with its meaty hands, but Ninjetti Navy dodged with his staff. He knew the power he now possessed with double that of what he had previously, but even now he was still struggling to keep up.
Ninjetti Green dashed around Armored Rider Scissor with his thin blade. He had long since dropped his shield,but even in this form all he could do was evade and perform cheap jabs.
Wing Knight found Siren's power to be overwhelming. Her duel bladed staff slashed deep cuts into his armor, sending sparks from his chest.
Ninjetti Black was losing his edge against Dragon Knight. The powerful warrior leaned over Ninjetti Black, and carefully pointed his curved blade against the Ranger's throat.
Without warning, Dragon Knight found himself violently thrown off his feet. He crashed to the ground as the three new figures came to the scene.
"I can't believe it!" Ninjetti Navy exclaimed.
"Reese?" Ninjetti Black stuttered.
"I mean sure." Luke said with a half grin, "You can just forget about me I guess."
"Let's just show these guys what a full team of Rangers can do," Rocky said as he drew his blade.
"Ninjetti Power!" The three of them exclaimed.
The three heroes jumping into the battle forced the opponent to quickly change their status.
Ninjetti Green and red armored Jiraiya tag teamed against Armored Rider Camo. Ninjetti Green used his lightning fast speed while Jiraiya moved with a samurai's grace.
Ninjetti Blue and Yellow circled around Shimazu. The two Rangers worked with a powerful coordination. The two of them were designed to work together, it was something that was blindly clear.
Ninjetti Black was joined by Ninjetti Red as they fought against Dragon Knight. The two brothers stood side by side. They looked at each other and acknowledged the truth, it was time to let bygones be bygones and get the job done.
Wing Knight continued his fight against Siren, although it didn't seem to be doing very much. He just had to hold on. That much was clear.
Ninjetti Navy circled Twisted Crimson. The red warrior laughed and playfully jabbed his spear at his former comrade. "I beat you once already, what makes you think you stand a chance now?"
"I should have stopped you a long time ago." Ninjetti Navy said, "I stood by and let you hurt so many people. It's time I set things right." Ninjetti Navy swung fast, his staff hit against Twisted Crimson's side, erupting a wave of sparks.
Ninjetti Blue and Ninjetti Yellow grinned beneath their helmets. They armed their weapons and waited as the enemy charged. Then the two of the sprang in the air, they charged their blades with a wave of Ninjetti and slashed into Shimazu, he was killed instantly.
Sankari moved through the shadows. He held his breath as his feet threaded around the former Alphabet Soup had one job to do, and he knew if it wasn't done the heroes could be facing absolute destruction. He slipped into the building and moved through the darkened corridors.
Dr.X stood alone in his laboratory. His hands were wrapped around a small pistol that he gingerly aimed at Sankari. The young scientist's mouth was pulled into a tight scowl as his trigger finger twitched.
Sankari didn't seem that interested in Dr.X. He instead looked around the room for a few moments before locating the boy's computer monitor.
Dr.X must have noticed Sankari's interest because he spat out a shaky warning, "If you try anything I'll shoot you."
"Power…" Sankari said in a strange voice, "Is a very relevant thing. You've spent so long trying to gain the upper hand against your own peers that you've failed to see how defenseless you really are." Sankari moved his hand and launched a wave of Ninjetti that toppled Dr.X's computer to the ground.
The boy howled in rage and fired his pistol, but Sankari was already gone.
Siren stood directly over Wing Knight. She knew it was time to kill him. He was the enemy, and the enemy needed to be dealt with. She lifted her arms up, calculating the proper swing to finish the job, but at the exact moment, things began to shift inside her head. Memories flooded her brain. Her life, her dream to be a reporter, the day she found Kit. Everything rushed through her brain.
She looked at Wing Knight. He had been an enemy before, even when she was still with Kit, but she combined this notion with all of the memories from her past few hours and realized the inconsistency. She lowered her weapon and spoke in a soft voice. "Help the Ranger's finish off the last of the Riders and I'll deal with Kit."
Siren jumped in front of Ninjetti Navy and Ninjetti Red. "Do what you need to do, and I'll do the same." She barked at the duo. She stood in front of Dragon Knight. He looked so different now, so much more evil. His dark armored shined in the light as he charged with his curved blade. She dodged his assaults as he continued to charge, her nimble body providing enough speed to evade every strike. "Kit," Siren said in a strange voice, "He doesn't own you." Dragon Knight swung again, this time, it impacted against her armor. "He doesn't own me either, I'm free from his control." Siren swung her staff down, Dragon Knight dodged it by holding out his own blade, the two of them were locked in a power struggle as Siren hollered. "You don't have to give up! We can both be free now!"
Dragon Knight stopped and fell to his knees the black washed away from his armor, giving away to a red color.
Ninjetti Navy was aided by Ninjetti Black. The two Rangers jumped around Twisted Crimson, striking for any angle they could. Twisted Crimson swung his spear until it was a blur of motion, but even that couldn't stop them.
"I absorbed all of the Shards!" Twisted Crimson exclaimed, "I should be able to take down a couple two-bit Rangers!"
"You shouldn't have messed with my brother." Ninjetti Black said and sliced into Twisted Crimson's dark armor.
"Don't even play that game." Twisted Crimson said, "You didn't give two shits about him a day ago!"
"You're probably right." Ninjetti Black said with a shrug, "But at least I learned how to stop being so damn childish."
Ninjetti Navy swooped in from the side, he slashed his blade Twisted Crimson, erupting a wave of sparks. Twisted Crimson jumped a few paces back, his body was covered in small bits of electricity and his breath was labored. "I've had enough…" He growled
The Twisted warrior collected all the Ninjetti inside of his form. He began to cipher into his chest, causing the dragon to glow with dark energy. Then in a burst of energy he released the dragon, it flew from his chest, taking his armor with him and flew towards the two Rangers.
Ninjetti Black moved first. He jumped forward and threw himself in front of the dragon. The two of them clashed in a display of energy so bright that it nearly blinded everyone around it. When the smoke cleared David Cooper stood there smiling. Blood leaked from his nose and the corner of his mouth, but that didn't seem to affect the glimmer in his eyes. "Don't fuck with someone who has a tough as nails brother," David said before collapsing to the ground.
Ninjetti Navy knew he had the perfect chance to end Devon. The former Ranger was left completely powerless now. Devon's eyes were wide and full of fear, this was the moment Ninjetti Navy had dreamed of.
"I should kill you." Navy said in a hard voice, "But I'm going to let you leave."
Devon didn't think twice, the scrawny coward fled from sight as quickly as he could.