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, Cronos and the Professor were created by me.

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The Rev Max Megazord entered the city, approaching the gigantic Drone. In the cockpit, Rick and Louis sat in their respective seats, piloting the mech.

"Power levels are at around 75% of normal." Louis commented, grimacing as he added "I don't know if we can do this."

"We've got to." Rick replied, pressing a few controls "Rev Max Megazord Saber!"

The mech pulled it's sword, pointing the blade at the Drone. The two gigantic figures charged at one another, the Drone taking a swipe with it's claws, the Megazord swinging it's sword back in response. The blade took the claws off before the Megazord took a slash, clearing through the Drone as the footsoldier vanished into nothingness.

"Professor, we've got it!" Rick said, pressing the controls for the comm. system.

"Rick, down there!" Louis exclaimed, pointing down at the figure of Lothius "Professor, are our Morphers ready?"

"Almost." The Professor said "It's just coding left to do now, I can send the Morphers through to you... But right now, they're just communicators."

"They won't be indefinitely." Rick said "Send them through."

"Understood." The Professor replied, the Morphers materialising on the consoles in front of them "You're looking at a few more minutes before you can morph"

"Got it." Rick said, standing up and moving to the back of the cockpit, a door at the side opening "Maybe we should take the elevator. It's a bit of a drop."

...

Rick and Louis exited the toe entrance to the Megazord, the mech retreating as they headed towards Lothius. As they approached, Lothius swiped a clawed hand forward, revealing what looked like a glass tear. On the other side of it, Ted could be seen stood, now in his base Ranger form. He slammed a fist against the surface of the tear, a small ripple being visible. As the tear rippled, the image cycled through Rebecca, Jin, Joe, Cronus, Zara and Alex.

"Let them go!" Louis exclaimed, fists clenched "Right now!"

"Where's the fun in that, White Ranger?" Lothius asked, laughing as he added "I'm sorry, are you still Rangers? Where's the spandex?"

"We don't need spandex to take you down, ugly." Rick replied "Let's take him!"

Rick and Louis both charged forward, taking swings at Lothius and having each one blocked. As Louis' sixth attempt was blocked, Lothius kicked him away and picked Rick up by the throat.

"You two are beginning to bore me…" Lothius sneered "Maybe I should end this game…."

"I guess there's no more wait time." Louis said as he stood, charging in and kicking Lothius, causing him to drop Rick "It's now or never!"

"You're right. Ready?" Rick said as they both pulled their morphers, entering a series of commands "Rev Max, Rescue Rangers, Power Up!"

Their standard Ranger suits materialised, before what looked like a cloud enveloped each of them in the areas due to shift, the clouds solidifying and forming the armour components of their rescue suits.

"Prof, tell me there's good news." Rick said into the comm. Line as the morph completed.

"If you destroy him, it might free the others." Came the Professor's reply "Or it might trap them forever."

"Let's find out." Louis said as the drills on his shoulder pads moved down to his gauntlets, the grasping claws on Rick's suit doing the same "Rescue Rangers, attack mode!"

Rick charged in, using the claws to grasp Lothius, holding him in place. As the monster struggled, Louis leapt into the air and came crashing down with the drills on the beast, lightning surrounding it's body. The two Rangers leapt clear as the creature collapsed, a large fireball emanating from it as it did.

As the smoke cleared, the other Rangers emerged, rushing over to Rick and Louis. Ted folded his arms in a faux pout.

"Well, that's not cool, I thought I was the only one who got a custom power up." He quipped before a sound was heard from behind them "Don't tell me…"

The Rangers turned around, seeing Lothius, battered but not beaten, slowly climbing to his feet. He pointed a clawed hand at the Rangers.

"You think that can stop me?!" Lothius asked "I'll show you what I can do!"

"Please do." Ted said with a laugh as he raised his right wrist "Paladin Morpher! Red Paladin Ranger!"

He quickly morphed into his Battilizer form, charging at Lothius. The creature made to take a slash, but the Ranger ducked under it, ramming his spear upwards and through the shoulder of the beast.

"Mind if I cut in?" Rick asked as he raised his arms, a ball of blue energy forming between the claws before he hurled it at Lothius "Final strike!"

"Don't forget me!" Louis said, firing off dual blast of his own from his drills "Double final strike!"

"I'll do the actual cutting!" Ted quipped as he removed his spear, slashing Lothius "Ultimate final strike!"

As Ted slashed through the beast, the blasts from the other two Rangers impacted it. A massive explosion ensued. As the smoke cleared, only the Rangers were left standing.

"And that, Rangers-" Ted began before the ground started rumbling "God damn it. One day we'll skip this bit…"

The Rangers turned to see the gigantic looming figure of Lothius above them. Rick looked to Ted, pausing for a moment.

"I've got an idea." Rick said "But it's risky."

"Part of the game." Ted quipped "What's the plan?"

"Well, first, this." Rick said, smirking inside his helmet as he called "Veloci Rev Megazord, online!"

….

The five core Rangers sat in the cockpit of the Veloci Rev Megazord. To it's left was the Jet Max Megazord, and to it's right, the Battle Max Megazord. Before the Rangers could make a move, Lothius charged in, firing a blast of energy at the Jet Max before punching the Veloci Max in the abdominal area, sparks flying from the zord. Before a response could be made from the Rangers, he spun, kicking the Battle Max and sending it flying.

"Well, that could've gone better…" Joe said from inside the Battle Max "Rick, what's your game plan?"

"Okay. Jin, Alex, check your databases." Rick said "Have you got the Battle Jet carrier program installed?"

"I installed it last week…" Alex said, pausing "If you're thinking of using the Ultrazord, it won't work."

"She's right." Cronus chimed in "The power drain is to high, the zord will short in a matter of moments."

"The Professor said Rescue Ranger mode was designed to work to allow the Ultrazord to function." Louis cut in "It should work now."

"Depending on the power requirements." Ted said, pausing "Okay, here's the play. Dad, you're in the Jet Max with Alex. Alex, Jin, engage the Battle Jet carrier program. We'll keep old ugly over here busy."

"Got it." Jin said, before both he and Alex called "Battle Jet Carrier, Transformation engage!"

The Battle Max and Jet Max separated into their base components. The Rocket flew up high, before opening up on top. As it did, the Jet split in half, attaching to the left and right sides of the rocket. The Dump Truck and Dune Buggy sped alongside each other on the ground, the Tank just ahead of them. The Rocket and Jet landed on top of them, the turret from the tank sticking out of the front, whilst the two Helicopters landed on top of each wing of the Jet.

"Okay, Battle Jet Carrier, transformation complete!" Joe said "Guys, this is on you now."

"No pressure." Ted said.

"Yeah, except if this gets screwed up, it's not a simulation and we're all dead and it's the end of the world." Zara said.

"Zara, time and a place!" Rebecca said "Just… Have a little faith."

"At least we won't be here to see the end of the world…" Louis said "Ted, it's on you."

"Like I said, no pressure." Ted said, keying in the commands "Rev Max Ultrazord, Transformation engage!"

The Veloci Rev launched into the air before landing on the Combat Deck, Alex, Cronus, Jin and Joe having their chairs come up into the Megazord's cockpit a few seconds later.

"Rev Max Ultrazord, Transformation complete!" The Nine Rangers called.

"Oh wow, so you have a bigger toy." Lothius laughed "It won't save you!"

He fired an energy blast at the Ultrazord, making full impact. As it did, the Zord's power readings spiked, sparks flying around the Rangers.

"I should've mentioned that earlier." The Professor's voice came through "In Ultrazord mode, the zords can absorb energy attacks directed at them. However, don't rely too heavily on it. While it increases the fire power of the Ultrazord, too much of an increase could be devastating."

"Got it. Don't get hit too much but take a few." Ted said "In which case, let's finish this. Rev Max Ultrazord, Final Onslaught!"

The weapons over the mech all began to glow in the Rangers respective colours. As they did, the mech pulled the Rev Max Megazord saber, which began to pulse with bright red energy. It pointed the sword out at Lothius, a beam of red light firing from it as all the other weapons fired simultaneously, eviscerating the Kaltax monster. The mech slowly lowered it's arms by it's side.

"Rangers, that's how we Rev it up!" Ted quipped "Now, let's go home. I could murder a chilli dog."

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Ted, Rick, Louis, Zara, Rebecca, Alex and Joe sat in the canteen area of the base. Cronus was in the lab with the Professor, and Jin had mentioned something about wanting to take care of a few things. In front of them was a spread of burgers, hot dogs, fries and multiple varieties of soda.

"So, now we've got an Ultrazord!" Joe said "How cool is that?"

"Stop being moronic. It's a WMD, not a toy." Louis said, pausing before adding with a small smirk "But as those go, it's pretty cool."

"Oh my god." Alex said, half choking on her food.

"What?" Louis asked.

"Did that just happen?" Rebecca asked.

"What?" Louis asked again.

"I think it did." Zara said with a wry grin.

"What are you guys talking about?" Louis asked, becoming irritated.

"Buddy… You just told a joke." Ted said with a laugh.

"Well, technically it was more of a pun." Rick interjected with a broad grin before taking a bite of his hot dog and grimacing "I think the food synthesiser needs work."

"Why's that?" Ted asked.

"Because this is your chilli dog, Ted." Rick said "The chilli is inside the sausage."

"Just the way I like it!" Ted said with a broad grin, taking the hot dog from Rick and swapping it for the cheese burger on his plate "Don't worry, it doesn't have cheese in the patty. Never doing that again…"

The Rangers all laughed. It was the times like these they had to cherish. The fun times, the peaceful times. The times that were so scarce in days to come.

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So, that's the end of this chapter. This takes us into the home stretch of this fic. Next chapter, the Rangers finally come face to face with the Emperor for the first time… With repercussions that will stretch through right to the final chapter. R&R, please, no flames. B.