I don't own Power Rangers. Rick, Rebecca, Louis, Zara, Alex, Joe and Jin were created by Jetman21, Thewhatzupwriter26, RushQuake, GoseiShinkenPink, decode9, TimmayIsAwesome and Gadget the Critic, respectively. Ted, Chronus and the Professor were created by me.

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Rebecca and Alex sat at the edge of the gym in the command centre, chatting about one of their classes whilst taking a break from the exercise machines, whilst Ted and Rick were in the fighting ring, sparring. The girls were both wearing grey shorts with t-shirts in yellow and green, respectively, whilst Rick wore black joggers with a blue t-shirt and Ted wore the same, replacing the t-shirt with a red tank top.

"I don't get why we still have the home work." Rebecca complained as Ted landed a punch to Rick's stomach "I mean, Miss Henderson has been out for the last fortnight and we've had that... What's his name?"

"Mr. Ika." Alex responded, watching as Rick responded by kicking Ted in the chest, causing him to stagger, calling over "Careful you two. Just because there haven't been any Kaltax attacks, doesn't mean you two need to beat each other to a pulp instead."

"Just practicing, mom." Ted replied in a slightly teasing tone "You guys seen Louis or Zara? They've not been around lately."

"Louis has been spending time with his family." Rick responded, slapping Ted on the shoulder as he added "Some of us leave this place, you know?"

"I go home." Ted said, before muttering to himself "Just I can't find my dad there, can I..."

Before Rick could respond, the alarm began to sound. Ted and Rick nodded to each other before climbing out of the ring and following Alex and Rebecca out of the gym.

...

"What've we got?" Rick asked as the four teens walked into the control room, the Professor being stood at a terminal.

"Strange power readings in the centre of town." The Professor said "Probably nothing, but I would like the four of you to check it out."

"Okay." Ted said, looking at the holographic projection in the centre of the room "Looks quiet."

"Looks can be deceiving." Rebecca said, half grinning as she said "Need I remind you two of that Cammie girl?"

"Let's not go there." Ted and Rick said simultaneously, Ted moving to the terminal and pressing a few controls as he added "Okay, I've got the co-ordinates. We'll split into pairs. Rick, you and Alex go to the plaza. Rebecca, you and me will check the mall. Professor, tell Zara and Louis to meet up at the skate park and check that."

"I shall." The Professor said "Preparing for transport."

The four teens stood in their pairs, before being enveloped in light of their respective colours and teleporting away.

...

Rick and Alex materialised in the plaza. It was quite serene. However, it was also deserted. The two of them looked around. Normally, at this time on a Saturday, the place was bustling with activity. As they turned around, a blast of golden red energy hit the ground between them, the two of them ducking and rolling away from it, looking at the source.

Stood there, was a man in what looked like a bronze version of Rick's Ranger suit, with added black triangular shoulder pads, and a morpher akin to Cronus' one on his right wrist. His helmet had silver embossed lips and a black rectangular visor that appeared to have arrows pointing inwards at the edges of it. On his hands were bronze and silver gauntlets with spikes on the knuckles over his gloves, gear shaped wrist guards on them, the devices pulsating with golden red energy.

"Another one, great." Alex said as she and Rick scrambled to their feet "You seen him before?"

"Nope. You ready?" Rick said, Alex nodding in response as they both pulled their morphers, the two of them saying "Rev Max, Power Up!"

As soon as the two Rangers were morphed, they charged the bronze Ranger, Alex pulling her swords whilst Rick's cannon appeared in his hands, firing blue bolts at the bronze Ranger, who deflected them with his gauntlets. As he did, Alex reached him, taking slashes at him and having her strikes blocked, before the Bronze Ranger struck her then fired a bolt at Rick, both Rangers going flying.

"Okay, that hurt." She said, picking herself up as Rick did the same "Got any ideas?"

"Yeah." Rick said "Sometimes cowardice is the better part of tactics."

"Meaning?" Alex asked, looking at him.

"Run away." The Bronze Ranger said with a laugh, firing bolts of energy from his gauntlets at the Blue and Green Rangers "Go on. Run!"

The two Rangers looked at each other with a nod before pressing the controls on their belts, teleporting away, seconds before the Bronze Ranger clutched his head as he buckled over in pain.

...

Ted and Rebecca looked around the food court where they'd been deposited. There was no sign of any kind of attackers, but there were definitely signs of a struggle. As the two began slowly walking through the area, there was the sound of movement behind them, causing them both to turn on their heel, seeing a young man with dirty blonde hair staggering out clutching his head. Ted and Rebecca ran over to the young man.

"I know him." Ted said looking at the guy "He's in my history class. Jack, right?"

"Joe." The young man corrected groggily "Oh god, there was this guy. This Ranger, this Gold Ranger. He attacked and... Oh wait, I remember now."

"Remember what?" Rebecca asked before noting the device on his wrist, a silver device identical to Cronus' morpher "Ted..."

"It was-" Ted began before Joe hit Rebecca in the gut, staggering her, throwing a punch at Ted and having it blocked "Okay, I get it, you want to fight now. At least give us some warning!"

"Where's the fun in that?" Joe said, smirking as he pressed the control on his morpher "Rev Max. Gold Ranger!"

There was a flash, before Joe was left stood there in a golden bodysuit, similar to Ted's Ranger suit, with black triangular shoulder pads. His helmet had a black visor, shaped like an asterisk with the bottom half cut off, an embossed silver mouthpiece on it. He brought his hands up in front of his face before bringing them down quickly, a pair of large gold and silver blasters materialising in his hands, long blades running down the bottoms of their barrels.

"Oh boy." Ted said, helping Rebecca up "You ready?"

"Son of a bitch suckered me!" She said, getting a surprised look from Ted "Yes, I'm ready."

"Good." Ted said, grinning as they both pulled their morphers "Rev Max! Power Up!"

The two morphed into their Ranger suits, their weapons materialising in their hands as they charged Joe, who began taking pot shots. The two dodged the shots, reaching Joe as he folded the handles of his blasters down, holding the dual short swords that were left in a defensive position. Rebecca pushed her staff down in the ground, vaulting over it and kicking Joe in the face as Ted charged in with his sword.

"Not bad." Joe said as he blocked Ted's strike, before kicking Ted in the crotch, causing him to fall back, clutching the injured area "But even morphed, that still works."

"Son of a..." Ted said as Rebecca helped him up, him shrugging off her help "He's going down. Over Rev mode!"

He quickly shifted into the powered up form, charging in again, leaping in the air and bringing his sword down on Joe, sparks flying as the Gold Ranger hit the ground. Ted and Rebecca regrouped, Rebecca having powered up as well. As she joined him, a golden red energy blast hit the two of them, knocking them back as a Bronze Ranger joined Joe. As he did, the other four Rangers teleported in.

"Figured you'd need help." Louis said to Ted "You guys okay."

"All the better for seeing you guys." Rebecca replied as the six Rangers faced on the other two metallic themed Rangers "Bronze and Gold? We're going to run out of colours soon."

"Don't count on it, girl" Came a voice from behind them, before a silver coloured object streaked past them, Cronus stopping when he was between the other two metallic Rangers "Like my new friends, Rangers?"

"Dad..." Ted said quietly, his fists clenching "All of you, leave now!"

"But you haven't seen our toys..." Cronus said, pressing a control on his wrist "Chrono zords, activate!"

"I don't like the sound of that..." Zara said, as a giant gold and black dump truck and a similarly sized bronze and silver dune buggy came over the horizon "Knew it..."

The three metallic Rangers leapt into the air, Joe going into the dump truck, the Bronze Ranger into the dune buggy, and Chronos into the silver and black space shuttle that had just come into view. The six Rangers looked between each other for a moment.

"Rev Max Megazord, full artillery mode!" Ted called as he pressed a control on his morpher, the carrier truck, motorcycle, speed boat, fork lift and dozer coming over the horizon and quickly combining into the Megazord "See you in a second, Alex."

"Yeah." Alex said, pressing the same control on her morpher "Jet Max Megazord, online!"

The twin helicopters and jet both flew in, quickly combining as Alex leapt up into the cockpit. As she did, the shuttle flew up into the air, it's wings rotating forward 90 degrees as the cockpit folded down, a black and silver head with a red visor popping out of the position the cockpit had been in, as the thrusters and three stabilising fins detached, combining into a five barrelled weapon with a long sword formed from the fins on top. Meanwhile, the dump truck folded it's cockpit down, the rest of the zord splitting down the middle as it flipped up, becoming a pair of legs, which the shuttle quickly landed on, moments before the dune buggy split down the middle and attached to the newly formed shoulders, a pair of hands coming out where the headlights were, catching the sword weapon in it's left hand before taking off to the sky.

"We can't reach it up there!" Rick said, annoyed as the Megazord tried in vain to hit the Chrono Megazord with it's missiles "Alex, get up there!"

"That will not work." Came the Professor's voice "The Jet Max Megazord has the manoeuvrability to battle the Chrono Megazord, but is vastly overpowered by it, as is the Rev Max."

"What can we do then?" Louis said as the Chrono Megazord fired down on the other two mechs.

"Come up with something fast." Ted said as the Rev Max Megazord rolled to the left of another blast and the Jet Max Megazord took to the skies to avoid the same attack "Anyone got any ideas."

"I've got a new programme me and the Professor were working on." Alex's voice came through the comm. system "There's no guarantee it'll work though!"

"Let's try it anyway." Ted said "Professor, upload the programme."

"Uploading. I am also sending the core zords to replace the auxiliaries." The Professor said "The programme will not work with them."

"Understood." Zara said "Disengaging."

The Rev Max Megazord quickly disengaged, reforming in it's basic form a moment later. As it did, the Jet Max Megazord landed beside it.

"What's happening?" Zara said "I've been locked out of the controls!"

"Same here." Rebecca said "What's going on?"

"The programme has put the Megazords on auto-pilot." The Professor's reply came "Believe me, this is much safer."

The Rev Max Megazord jumped into the air. As it did, the Jet Max Megazord split into it's components, the jet's fuselage opening, the cockpit splitting down the middle and coming to rest on the Rev Max Megazord's shoulders, whilst the tail end of the craft separated, joining onto the bottom of the Megazord sabre, the Jet's wings now on the Megazord's back. Meanwhile, the blades and cannons from the two helicopters detached, a set attaching to each arm, whilst the main bodies opened, joining onto the legs and forming armour for them. Finally, the main fuselage reformed in a squared off configuration over the Megazord's chest, giving it green and red body armour, the head of the Jet Max Megazord opening to become a helmet which landed on the head of the Rev Max Megazord, giving it the appearance of a giant mechanical winged knight.

"Welcome to your new Jet Rev Megazord." The Professor's voice came as the Mech stabilised in the air and Alex's seat slid into the cockpit behind Ted's "Now you should have sufficient power and manoeuvrability to take on the Chrono Megazord."

"Let's find out." Ted said, pressing a few controls in front of him "Thrusters to full. I've always wanted to say that."

"Should've figured you'd be a Trekkie." Rick said, rolling his eyes inside his helmet "Preparing cannons. Can we get a lock yet?"

"Out of range." Alex said "We need to be within 500 metres to guarantee a hit."

"Bringing us into range." Zara said "They're trying to pull away."

"Stay on them." Ted said, grinning to himself as he muttered "Red five, going in."

The Jet Rev Megazord closed in on the Chrono Megazord, the gap decreasing marginally with each second. Finally, there was a beeping in the Rangers' cockpit.

"We're in range." Rebecca said "Opening fire."

The Megazord raised both arms, the cannons lighting up with multicoloured energy and beginning to fire. The Chrono Megazord turned, firing its blaster back in response, the Jet Rev Megazord taking the full brunt of the hit and beginning to fall back down to Earth.

"We've lost main power." Louis said "Engaging back up power supply."

The Megazord continued to fall, its eyes blacking out momentarily before the yellow eyes lit up once more, the power surging in the systems as it launched itself back up towards the Chrono Megazord, preparing its lance as it shot up towards the enemy mech.

"Let's finish this." Ted said "Maximum Rev Strike!"

The Jet Rev Megazord shot up, gaining speed, continuing until it reached the Chrono Megazord, the blade ramming through the shuttle portion of the other mech. As it withdrew its weapon, the interior of the other zord was projected on the front of the cockpit, Cronos sat in the middle with the Gold and Bronze Rangers to his left and right, respectively.

"Well played, son." Cronos said over the channel "You actually managed to catch us. I'm impressed. Just remember, next time, we won't just be testing our toys."

The line was cut before the Chrono Megazord engaged a secondary set of thrusters, launching itself off faster than the Jet Rev Megazord could keep up with. As it did, the Professor appeared on the viewer.

"Rangers, return to the Command Centre." He said "I have some interesting information to share with you."

"Okay, just let me say it first." Ted said "That, Rangers, is how we Rev it up!"

...

The six Rangers walked into the Command Centre from the hangar bay, the core five having returned to their base forms, all six of them having removed their helmets.

"What've we got?" Ted and Rick both asked simultaneously, both glaring at each other as they did.

"I was scanning the Gold and Bronze Rangers during your fights with them." The Professor said, bringing up a recording of Rick and Alex fighting the Bronze Ranger "Notice anything?"

"Aside from Rick getting his butt kicked?" Ted quipped, Zara elbowing him in the gut "Owww..."

"I'm guessing he means something else?" Zara said, narrowing her eyes at him "Idiot..."

"Passive aggressive much?" Ted asked, seeing the others rolling their eyes "What?"

"Nothing." Louis said "Just, you know, you keep being a real idiot lately. I mean, that catch phrase when we fight the bad guys? It wasn't even merited today."

"Rangers!" The Professor snapped "You may all get into a 'slagging match,' as they call it in England, after I show you these readings."

The vitals of the Bronze Ranger was brought up in the projection, with a number of spikes in it, before a sustained spike as Rick and Alex retreated.

"The bios are all wrong..." Alex said, moving to join the Professor and pressing a few commands, bringing up her and Rick's vitals up "See, ours are all mostly normal. His shows strange spikes when he's fighting, almost like-"

"He's being coerced." Ted said "That explains what me and Rebecca saw."

"What are you talking about?" Rick asked, folding his arms "What did you and Becky... Uhm, I mean, Rebecca, see?"

"Becky?" Ted said, smirking "Definitely coming back to that. Anyway, the Gold Ranger was this guy from one of my classes, Joe. He was fine until just before he morphed."

"Ted's right." Rebecca said "It was like he was on some kind of autopilot. Could he be being controlled?"

"It appears so." The Professor said "You all go and get some rest. I will keep analysing the data."

Rick, Louis, Zara, Rebecca and Alex all went to leave, Ted standing there for a moment. The Professor momentarily glanced at him before looking at the monitor again.

"Can I help you, Theodore?" He asked.

"You're hiding something from them." Ted said, cocking an eyebrow "What is it?"

"Why, the same thing as you, Theodore." The Professor said "Exactly who it was detected the invasion in the first place."

"Right..." Ted said, grimacing "You want a hand?"

"I will be fine." The Professor said, turning back to flash him a small smile for a moment as a means of reassurance before returning to his work "I will call if I need you."

"Okay." Ted said, moving to the door, tossing back "Night, Prof."

"Good night, Theodore." The Professor said, waiting until Ted was out of ear shot before remotely closing the doors "Computer, lock down central Command Centre. Authorisation One Seven Zero One Alpha."

"Command recognised." Said a simulated female voice "Entering lock down."

There was a sound of the doors locking before the lights dimmed, being replaced by a red hue. One of the panels beside the Professor opened, revealing a black device with the same design as the Rangers' morphers, grey buttons on it and a series of red lights on it. He picked it up, putting it on his wrist and pressing a few commands. When he finished, a projection appeared of Cronos.

"I didn't expect to hear from you so soon, Professor." Cronos said, smirking "What's up, Prof."

"Ted's getting close to this, asking questions." The Professor said "I had to throw him a bone, keep him off our scent."

"I can believe that." Cronos said "He is my son, after all. You never told me why you introduced me and his mother then told me I had to walk out on her when he was born."

"To help shape him into who he has to be. Trust me, it's easier this way." The Professor said, smirking as he added "He's the key to unlocking the technology. Provided you have the key?"

"I'm working on it." Cronos replied "So, what's my son got to do with this?"

"It's more what you have to do with it." The Professor said "Where I'm from, he never had the motivation your absence gave him. The competitive edge is good too. Would've been helpful before..."

"I see." Cronos said, looking behind him "The subjects are waking up. I'll contact you later."

"Agreed." The Professor said "Adjust the control matrices in their morphers, they're showing up on our sensors."

"Got it." Cronos said "Good night, Prof."

The projection faded. The Professor moved to a container that had came out of a newly opened panel on the central console. He opened it, pulling out an unfinished device, with the final piece of the crystal he'd taken from Zara in it. He smirked to himself.

"We'll have you active soon." He said "Then we can finally end this."

...

Okay, so here's the beginning of the next segment of the fic. It'll become clear exactly what's going on as time goes on, but there are some big hints in here. R&R, please, no flames. B.