Part 2: Future Preserved
On the island of Animarium, Princess Shayla is sitting at the table, staring into the Holoscreen, though a clear image isn't getting through. There is a faint sound of a familiar voice trying to come through the inter-timeline transmission, but all that's clear is something like, "Guys? Hello? Can anyone hear me?"
Shayla is baffled by this technology from a thousand years hence, cautiously poking her finger against the thin screen of holographic light projected between the pair of transmitter antennae, causing the static image to ripple outward from where she touches it, and an electronic 'bloop' to sound. The Princess quickly pulls her hand away, scared off by the result of her curious inspection.
Just then, the ten Power Rangers, along with Green Lantern and Wonder Woman return to the temple floor, unmorphed and each sore from their recent battle with the Mut-Orgs. Shayla then turns away from the Holoscreen, as she hears Cole, gripping his right wrist, commenting in disappointment, "I can't believe we got beaten." Alyssa walks behind him, holding her hurt left elbow. Max is behind her, rubbing his right shoulder at first, then tossing both of his arms limply forth while giving a grunt of intense frustration. Danny follows behind him, barely touching his injured chest. Taylor is next to walk up the stone steps, briefly rubbing her neck, having mostly had her pride damaged. Eric comes up behind her, taking off his hat due to the tropical climate of the current environment, appearing only as mentally annoyed by the loss to the Mut-Orgs as the lady in yellow in front of him. Billy Cranston follows, then speaking "Princess, it is good to see you again…given the circumstances."
Hal Jordan adds his hello, along with Wonder Woman. Then, the final two Rangers to arrive linger behind in the jungle portion of the Ruins, giving Wes a chance to finally talk to Jen, who is gazing up and around at her new surroundings. Wes gently grabs her arm, and asks, "Jen... How long have you been in the present?"
Jen appears a little hesitant at first, but admits to him the truth, "I've been tracking these mutants for about a week."
Wes is restrainedly upset, speaking, "You've been here for a week? Why didn't you contact us?!"
She's very honest and loving in her tone, as she attempts to explain the reasons for her working undercover in his time, "I wanted to, Wes... But..."
Princess Shayla politely interrupts her, "Umm... Guys?"
The couple turns to her, with Wes replying, "What is it, Princess Shayla?"
She turns to the Holoscreen as she explains, "This... thing, started beeping while you were gone. It... looks like there's some kind of... owl, inside it."
Jen pats Wes on the arm to urge him to follow her as she rushes up to the table, announcing, "That's Circuit!"
Wes comes along, taking the Holoscreen's remote out of his holster, and pressing the button as they both reach the table. The fuzzy transmission from the future suddenly becomes clear, showing the small blue robotic owl known as Circuit, sitting in Time Force HQ. Everyone, including, Billy, Hal, and Diana, gather around the Holoscreen, and watches the little guy, as he greets them happily, "Hi, guys!", and reveals, "Captain Logan is sending us back in the Time Ship to help you out! Reinforcements are on the way!"
A joyous mood erupts in the previous depressed and beaten group of ten Rangers. Eric puts back on his CGD cap, Alyssa excitedly gives Cole a hug, Max cheers "Right on!", Taylor smiles at the equally smiling Shayla, and as for Wes & Jen? They're both happy, most of all for the fact that they're together again, their smiles of boosted morale leading to expressions of deep emotion on their faces as they gaze into one another's eyes.
Hal, Diana, & Billy look at each other, then Diana tells everyone "I still think we need more help here…especially with Solomon Grundy and Amazo involved.
Hal agrees, saying "Time to call in the cavalry." He then uses his ring to contact the other Justice Leaguers.
22, 300 miles up, in orbit, Batman answers, saying, "Black Canary, Flash, Isis, and I are on our way. I've also gotten in touch with the other Power Rangers. They should be there shortly. Batman out."
In Briarwood, at Mystacore, Udonna, the White Mystic Force Ranger, is receiving a transmission from Jason Lee Scott, the Red Morphin Ranger. "Can you and your team meet us on the Animarium? We need your help!"
Nick Russell, the Red Mystic Force Ranger, quickly answers "We're on our way!"
Jason, having finished the conversation, turns to his protégé, Keith Partridge, the Red Lion ThunderCat, and tells him "Get ready. Grundy and Amazo, from what I've heard, are 2 of the worst."
Concurrently, in the year 3002, Time Force prepares to launch one of its inter-chronal vessels aptly known as a Time Ship. All of the hover-vehicles vacate the airspace in the area around the launchpad and runway, as a female voice comes out over the speaker systems, announcing, "Initiating Time Ship launch algorithm: 4697." The Time Ship, rising up from its docking hangar, has Lucas, anxious to pilot anything that can get up some serious speed, strapping himself into the seat, and rubs his hands together, looking around at the controls.
Outside, the female voice announces, "Trans-Warp Megazord, prepare for catapult!" The Time Ship's engines begin to rev, the lights on it shine to life, and the faint yellow, black & silver Megazord walks over to the launchpad. In the Time Ship, Trip fidgetly fastens his seatbelt, seemingly excited to be going back to the 21st Century. Katie adjusts her own seatbelt, with a determined smirk on her face.
The Time Gate powers up with a portal, the announcer voice counts backwards from 10, Trans-Warp Megazord drops his visor and swings back his oversized right arm, the Time Ship is struck in the exhaust port, and flung down the runway, as the g-forces shake their strapped-in bodies about. The Time Ship hits the portal, and soars back through the vortex of time.
At their destination, the beach just Northwest of Silver Hills, the six Wild Force Rangers, two Silver Guardian Commanders, and undercover operative for Time Force, one Morphin Ranger, and 2 Justice Leaguers all await the arrival of the three from the future. Before this, the Justice Leaguers Batman, Black Canary, Flash, and Isis join the crowd, along with Moprhin Rangers Jason, Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger, Zack Taylor, the Black Ranger, Kimberly Hart, the Pink Ranger, Tommy Oliver, the White, Ranger, and Samantha Dean, the Purple ranger, along with their protégés, Keith, Laurie Partridge, the Pink Cheetah ThunderCat, their baby brother Chris, the Black Leopard ThunderCat, baby sister Tracy, the Yellow Cougar, Bill Engvall, the Blue Tiger, Jackie Burkhardt the Purple Lynx, Steven Hyde, the White Jaguar, and Capt. Daniel Aydelott, the Shadow Panther.
Before any hellos can be exchanged, more arrivals, the Power Angels, the Mystic Force Rangers, and the Dino Thunder Rangers appear on the scene. The now rather large group looks upward at the Time Hole, signaling the exit end of the cross-time vortex. The Time Ship passes through it safely, and with delicate ease, lands softly on the sands of the beach in front of the large group of heroes.
Immediately upon landing, the three TF Officers race out of the ship to greet their old teammates. They cheer loudly as they rush across the shore, their excited cries nearly drowning out the sound of the crashing waves nearby. Trip shouts, "Yeah, Wes! It's really you!" Katie exclaims, "Oh, it's go good to see you!" The six WFs are touched by this reunion of another Power Ranger team, all smiling as they hang back, while Wes & Jen to dart forth to meet their three pals halfway. Wes & Trip hug one another first, as Katie & Jen do the same. Lucas is the last to show up, prompting Wes to let go of his Xybrian pal and give the man a firm hand-squeeze, telling him that it's great to see him.
Trip yelps Jen's name, as she & Katie break off their hug, allowing the green-haired lad to give the previously thought-lost team-leader a happy embrace of his own. Eric, meanwhile, stays off to the side, smirking proudly, and giving the three a salute, the same gesture he made when they left some months ago. The WF Rangers smile at one another. Then, hellos are made to all the other ranger teams that are there.
The joy turns to awe as Lucas, Katie, and Trip soon see Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Black Canary, Flash, and Isis, along with 6 other Ranger teams. For them, it's like meeting legends in the flesh.
This ends quickly, when Jen opens her eyes while hugging Trip, and spots two more passengers from the future, exiting the Time Ship, and approaching slowly. She pulls away from him, as her smile fades. All attention turns to these two, Ransik & Nadira, walking side by side along the beach. Ransik has his hands in tight silver buckle-cuffs, while Nadira lacks any restraints. Wes glares at his former arch-enemies with a furious expression, and Jen says Ransik's name softly aloud, not expecting to ever see him out of prison again. Batman notices the look on Jen's face and shares her suspicions.
Cole watches from the background, curious about their attitudes toward this man in black. Jen's about to pull out the Chrono-Blaster holstered under her left arm to blast him, Batman has a batarang ready, and Eric has his hands prepared to whip out his Quantum Defender at any second, when Trip cautions her with an urgent tone in his voice and a gentle touch on the shoulder, "Easy, Jen! Ransik and Nadira are here to help us."
The two mutant criminals stop just a few feet in front of their old foes, Ransik facing Jen directly and addressing her, "Time Ranger... We've had a long and twisted history. I've done many horrible things to you in the past. Allow me, to make up for this one.
Jen is no longer combative, simply listening to his plea with a stone-cold face. Ransik continues to explain, "I know that it is hard for you believe me. But I give you my word, I am here to help."
As everyone listens to him, Cole begins to read into what the mutant mastermind's heart is saying. He closes his eyes, and quickly, he knows the truth, a talent that Wonder Woman shares, for she too has the same look. Cole steps forth, puts his hand on Wes' shoulder with a smile, Wonder Woman does the same, and they move between him & Jen, where Cole places his hand on her shoulder, and turns to her, to confirm, "He's telling you the truth."
Wonder Woman finishes with "He's words come from his heart." She takes this into consideration, telling both Cole and Diana "All right." Jen faces Ransik again, her expression not the most welcoming but her demeanor is at least open minded, when she states firmly, "We'll listen to what he has to say."
Batman agrees, but states "Not one false move."
Ransik faintly nods, looking understandably nervous at Batman.
That night, darkness has fallen on the Animarium. The seven teams of unmorphed Power Rangers, 6 Justice Leaguers, Princess Shayla, Nadira, and even Circuit, listen quitely as Ransik paces about the floor, preparing to tell his tale.
Ransik, hands still cuffed in front of him, sits on the table, looks down at his daughter, and she gives a loving smile and nod, urging him to go ahead and begin his story. He looks over to Cole, Jen & Wes, and admits, "It's all my fault. I'm the one, who created the Mut-Orgs."
With everyone's undivided attention, Ransik begins, "In the YEARS before I donned my mask, and started the most notorious crime gang in history, I was shunned by humans. Wandering aimlessly, I eked out an existence, in the shadows of the utopia, made possible... by Time Force…and the Legion Of Super Heroes. It was in those shadows, that I found others forgotten, by time. I watched as the three spoke in one, evil voice, "Release us!"
I shouted, "What are you?!"
They then said "We are Orgs. Humans imprisoned us in these stone tombs long ago." I asked "What do you want?!" They revealed "Revenge! Free us, so we can punish humans for this. We will give you great power, for your help." I then proclaimed, "If humans are your enemy, then our quest... is the same!" I then used my energy to free the Orgs. They copied my mutant DNA, and created new bodies for themselves: half-Mutant, half-Org. That is how... the Mut-Orgs... came to be. In return for my help, they made my entire body... a weapon. Back then, I was filled with rage. I hungered for power, and because of it... I freed those monsters."
Finishing his story, he stands up, and mostly addresses Jen, as he proclaims, "But now... I have a chance to make things right. And help you destroy them!...if, you will trust me."
Everyone turns toward Jen with looks on their faces of fully persuaded cooperation.
Jen, though, remains silent, looking up at Ransik for a moment, before rising, pausing for another moment, and slowly approaching him, stating "No matter how much we want to... We can't change the past." She stands before Ransik, and concludes "But we can work for a better future."
She lifts up a clear keycard, with the Time Force insignia stamped upon it. The insignia lights up with an electronic noise, before she passes it in front of Ransik's cuffs, causing the shackles to fall onto the floor. Ransik lifts his freed right hand up, offering it to Jen with a nod of thanks. Jen returns the nod, and extends her right hand as well, shaking his for the first time in her life. The two, once mortal enemies, have now agreed to let bygones be just that, for the sake of the future yet to be written.
A few hours later, with the nearly full moon hanging in the sky above, all are asleep on the floating island of Animarium. Trip hugs Circuit tightly, as he lies in a wooden cot. Wes tucks his Xybrian buddy in, adjusting the quilt draped over his body. Wes, wearing merely the navy blue pants and black shirt of his Silver Guardian uniform, steps aside, allowing the green haired teen and his bot to rest. They're not the only ones camping out on the floor of the Temple Ruins, as we can see Lucas & Katie also asleep, in their TF Uniforms, on cots in the background (Chrono-Blaster holstered belts hanging on the end of each). Between them and Trip's, is Ransik, who is sleeping sitting up against the trunk of a tree, with his daughter resting up against him.
Wes approaches Princess Shayla, telling her, "Thank you", in regards to arranging them all a place to sleep. She nods and smiles, and watches over Trip as she moves across the floor. Wes glances back at his pal, then heads over to the back of the place, in front of the stone-carved lion, where Jen sits on a blanket, right beside an open fire, made amid a firm circle of rocks. On the way over, Wes pauses for a second, reaches out to the fire to warm his hand, and looks skyward, being sure everything is currently safe. Jen awaits him by the fireside with a smile, opening up the blanket draped over her shoulders, allowing him to sit firmly by her side, and cover himself up with her blanket.
After a lingering moment of silence in each other's company, Wes smiles, looks her in the eyes, and says in a near-whisper, "I knew that someday I'd see you again, Jen."
She smiles wider, and referring to how he beat his fate on at least one occasion, Jen slyly comments, "I guess I can change my destiny, too." The two exchange loving expressions, until he brings his arm around her, and pulls her. She rests her head on his shoulder, under his chin, cuddling softly in the glow of the fire.
Across the floor, sitting on the edge of the Viewing Pond, Eric watches his partner finally making time with the girl he loved and thought lost. This brings a small smile to the SG co-Commander's face, nodding slightly as if he's glad to see them together again. But, Eric has more mundane tasks at hand, as he picks up his Quantum Defender, and begins to tweak a bit of circuitry on its left side.
Taylor, also not sleeping, wanders in behind him, and upon seeing that he's wrapped up in his tuning task, comments, "Always working."
He turns and looks at her, replying with a confident, "Yep!" Eric picks up a small cloth, and starts to polish his Ranger-issued weapon casually. Taylor, with her hands behind her back in an equally casual manner, asks nicely, "Can I see that?"
He ceases polishing, stares at the Defender, and figures, "Yeah... sure."
Taylor sits down beside him on the edge of the pond, as he essentially brags, "Now this isn't your, uhh... standard-issue Silver Guardian weapon. This...", he flips the laser-gun over, so the handle is aiming upward, and finishes, "...is a one of a kind. The Quantum Defender."
Taylor takes the weapon, grips it between both her hands, and aims forth with a smirk. Eric appears to admire her, resting his grinning head against his finger as he watches her fiddle with his gun. She inspects both sides of the Quantum Defender, before clamping the underside jaw of the Q-Rex faced weapon shut while biting her lip.
Eric slides over closer to her, and cautions, "Now hey, careful with that now. That's... not a toy, you know."
Taylor looks at him in disbelief, informing Eric, "Hey, I was in the Air Force! I could probably teach you a few things about this." She smiles at him, shaking his Defender in one hand. Eric runs his eyes up and down her face, a smile growing more and more on his lips as he looks at her.
Over a ways from Eric M and Taylor, Zack & Diana, having confirmed their feelings for each other, are also cuddled together. "What did you Mom say when you told her about us?" Wonder Woman asked.
"I just said you were 4 years older than me. I really didn't need to freak her out with what we both do. Oddly enough, Dad would really flip…out of jealousy more than anything else." Zack revealed, then continued "I still think it's time they met you. How about coming over for dinner this weekend?"
"I was just about to invite you to Themyscira for the same reason. I'll take Sunday, you take Saturday. This will come as a surprise relief to my Mother, she thought I was with Batman." Diana giggled. Then both shared a hearty laugh, then kissed.
The next morning, a large industrial complex is shown, with twin smokestacks, bellowing out clouds of black smoke. In an empty lot next to the place, thunder rumbles, before a smash of unnatural lightning crashes against the ground. The purple & yellow electricity materializes into Master Org, leading Solomon Grundy, Amazo, and the three Mut-Orgs and a small army of Putrids. The Master gazes upon the complex, calling it, "The power plant..." He turns to the hybrids from the future, and boasts, "We will use the humans own technology against them. To create massive pollution!"
Rofang lifts his left hand, and clenches it into a fist, evilly concurring in the usual broken English, "Yes! Future belong to Orgs!"
Up in the Animarium, the reappearance of the Mut-Orgs, causes the Viewing Pond to fountain up. The five Wild Force Activists, four Time Force Officers, two Silver Guardian Commanders, Ransik, Nadira, and Princess Shayla, are just hanging out, conversing with one another randomly, but rush over to the pond quickly, together, at the first sign of trouble. The image shimmering within the sacred waters is of Master Org, the trio of Mut-Orgs, and Putrids, as they approach the power plant. Ransik points out, "The Mut-Orgs are here."
Shayla, who stands closest to the pond beside him, suddenly realizes, "That's why they went back in time!" She turns to the mutant mastermind, and notes, "To join forces with the Master Org of the 21st century!" Ransik understands exactly what she means, turning to the others and remarking enlightenedly, "So they could rewrite... the future!"
Cole, looking at Trip & Max, declares, "We've got to stop them." Everyone nods in agreement. He then looks at Ransik, and urges to him and the ground, "Let's go!" Again, they all nod, or at the very least Jen & Danny, who are behind Cole
Racing on a paved road to the power plant on foot, the combined teams of Power Rangers, Justice Leaguers, humans & mutants as well, rush up to just before the entrance The heroes gaze up at the power plant, which continues to pour an endless amount of smoke into the atmosphere, from its multiple smokestacks.
Tommy Oliver, the White Morphin Ranger, goes into leader mode, immediately commanding, "Let's split up!" He's just starting to race forth, and the others planning to follow, when Ransik grabs him sharply, and empassionately pleads, "Wait. Help me get to the Mut-Orgs! I'm the only one that can negate their power!" Cole nods in solidarity.
Soon, spread out all across the vast metal jungle that is this particular power plant, the sub-teams begin to appear. Jason, Keith, Jill, Conner, Nick, Cole & Wes lead Ransik & Nadira toward a metal railing, all glancing upward and around for any sign of the Mut-Orgs.
Kimberly, Laurie, Julie, Donna, Vida, Jen & Alyssa are down looking near the entrance. Danny spots the control room through the window in a door, and with much gesturing, urges his teammates to be quiet, as he sends Zack, Chris, Kelly, Eric Forman, Xander, Max, Trip, Billy, Bill, Sabrina, Madison, Ethan, Lucas, and then himself sneaking inside. The teams glance around, finding most all of the monitor screens turned off.
Lucas notices one that isn't, a computer screen with a green & yellow diagram of a round object known as the plant's reactor. The screen, with listings such as "Reactor Core Monitor", "Reactor Core Controller", "Outflow Controller" and "Sector 5", including various charts and power readings, is pointed out to Trip by Billy and Sabrina, who grab chairs and start working on the computers, and Lucas, who grabs the wheel-legged chair, pushes it to him, and says, "Trip! Do your thing. Here."
Trip rushes at the chair as it rolls to him, and sits in it, joining Ethan, Billy & Sabrina, while Danny & Max push him around to face the monitor, and over to it so he can reach the keyboard. He begins to type away, stating unsurely, "I think that I can shut down the reactor from here."
"We can help with that." Billy confirms, and her and Sabrina start on the monitor screens, one of which has a small box up, with yellow writing, which says, "Internal Access Code. Approved. Open Main Control. Panel Override. Access Core Level. Contro..."
Over at the reactor itself, several Putrids are screwing around with the large metal structure, beating it with their battleaxes and un-tightening bolts. Creeping up on them, and hiding behind a large bit piping, are Tommy, Hyde, Megan, Trent, Udonna, Eric M., Trini, Tracy, Kris, Kira, Chip, Taylor, Katie, and Dan. They keep a low profile, crouched and silent.
Back in the control room, Max opens up his Growl Phone, puts it to his ear, and a moment later, he says into the Morpher, "Hey, Taylor! We're ready in the control room. Where are you?"
Taylor, with Growl Phone to her ear, peeks around and replies softly, "We're here at the reactor room."
Max responds, "Good! We'll let you know when we have the reactor shut down." He quickly whips the Growl Phone back into its rest position. He puts his hand on Trip's left shoulder, giving it a firm shake of assurance. He, Lucas, and Danny watch over Trip's green-haired head, as the alien teen works dilligently on the hacking task.
Suddenly, a gang of Putrids opens the door to the control room, and the Rangers who aren't on computers turn around, and get into defensive stances. Lucas tells his fellow TF Officer, "Trip! Keep working."
Kelly adds, "We'll take care of these guys."
Max shouts, "Let's go!", and they all rush into action, while Billy, Sabrina, Ethan, and Trip merely turn back to the monitor and resume typing.
Down in the reactor room, Eric darts toward three Putrids near the reactor, and leaps up and kicks down all three. While the other grunts remain a bit startled by this ambush, the SG Commander urges to his partners, "GO!" He ducks under the swinging battleaxe of a Putrid, and presses on, just as Trini, Tracy, Kris, Dan, Kira, Katie & Taylor rush in behind him, each taking on a Putrid. Udonna gets the one Eric just ducked under the attack of.
Taylor flips hers over, then grabs the club of another, holding it up while she kicks him in the gut. She reminds her fellow Yellow urgently, "We can't let them pollute the city!"
Katie, who has the battleaxe-wielding arm of a Putrid locked between both her own, nods to Taylor, then releases the footsoldier, only to punch it in the chest. Three more Putrids pop up, but Daggeron grabs the arm of one, then flings him across the room, where he smashes into a green metal wall. Kira goes to town with karate kicks and her Ptera Scream on more who enter.
Nearby, Eric firm, allowing a Putrid on each side of him to attempt to hit him. He blocks both blows, ducks under a third's failed club-swipe, spins around, kicks into one of them, then jump kicks into another Putrid's approaching battleaxe. Eric hops back while kicking into yet another grunt's attempted kick, leaving him open for a punch for the first Putrid who had thrown a hit at him a few seconds back. But he blocks that quickly, blocks the one to his right's next punch, blocks the one to his left again, and soon finds himself holding both their arms down! His quick glance at the pair leads Eric M. to instantly release his hold, jump against a green metal panel behind him, launch off with one foot, roll over the back of the Putrid that was just on his right. Once he has both feet on the ground again, Eric kicks the Putrid in the chest, then in the back with his other leg, bringing the foot soldier down and pinning him harshly against the concrete, between both his legs. Eric pauses for a moment to turn his head and give a triumphant glare.
Some feet away, Taylor kicks into a Putrid, turns and kicks the battleaxe of a second one away, just as a third lunges at her with his club locked between both his arms. She kicks into the weapon from the underside, then over the upper, disorienting the grunt so much he staggers backwards. Finally, that first Putrid comes back for more, so she takes him down with a smooth footsweep. Dan kicks the next three Putrids into each other, then begins some putty smashing, while Trini, Tracy, and Kris become a three woman Putty trashing team.
Outside of the power plant, Flash, Black Canary, and Isis are hunting down Amazo. A superspeeding blur is coming their way, which Isis responds 'Strike Lightning and let thy aim be true!" This has an immediate effect on the android, short circuiting it's power receptors, leaving it easy prey for Black Canary, who uses her karate skills, and her sonic scream to throw it off balance, and finally Flash sends it into the air, then stops, causing Amazo to hit the ground with an otherwise painful THUD. The android quickly escapes, however, but not before the three Justice Leaguers caused Amazo some serious damage to it's circuits, rendering it nearly useless.
Elsewhere in the power planet, Jen & Alyssa hurry along, and discover a gathering of Putrids in a dark corridor. Kimberly and Laurie, who are ahead of them, move Jen and Alyssa back with a gesture of their arms, while Julie, Vida, and Donna join the other Pink Rangers as they move back out of sight of the footsoldiers.
Kimberly and Laurie whisper 'Power Bow' and 'Thunder Bow' just as Jen pulls out a Chrono-Blaster from under her right arm's holster, hanging it to the college student silently. Alyssa takes the weapon without question, grips it between her petite hands, and holds it aimed skyward, while Vida whips out her Mystic phone/Wand, and Donna calls on her Sabertooth Bow. Then Jen pulls out the pair of Chrono-Blasters from her hip holsters, and holds one in each hand.
Kimberly, taking charge of the group of Pink Rangers, commands "Let's do it!" They all exchange nods, and press on into the corridor. Jen leads the way, and begins firing her twin Chrono-Blasters in unison, unloading rapid bursts of pink energy into the sparking-chest of a Putrid. She moves out the way, allowing Alyssa to fire into another Putrid that approaches.
Kimberly, Laurie, and Donna then begin firing their Power Bows, taking out many Putrids and Putties, causing Laurie to comment "Are Rita and luthor renting these losers out to this bunch?" While this is going on, Alyssa covers Jen, who then dives into the fray, spinning around to get a Putrid into position, then blasts him with the pink laserbolts almost at point blank range.
They are joined by Wonder Woman, who is cleaning house of all the Putrids. Jen is in amazement watching the Avenging Amazon at work. "Her name doesn't even begin to do her justice." Jen says to herself, obviously impressed by Diana's combat prowess, while holding position, Alyssa charges into the smoke filled hall, firing her Chrono-Blaster at a couple of grunts on the other side of a latter. Julie follows behind, hitting the Putrids in front with well placed karate kicks.
A Putrid takes a battleaxe-swipe at them, but Jen ducks under it, and blasts down another Putrid in front of Alyssa, while Alyssa shoots into the Putrid that just took a swipe at the two of them. Vida & Julie then use combined wind attacks on the Putrids, sending them into each other, while Kimberly, Laurie, and Donna then shoot their taser and thunderbolt arrows, and finish off their pack of Putties and Putrids with punches, kicks, and throws.
Jen & Alyssa are now in a back to back stance, circling around in a counterclockwise motion, covering all sides at once as best they can. Both start firing their Chrono-Blasters at every Putrid surrounding them, and take the purple punks out of action in a quick flash of sparks. One last Putrid remains, so the pair points their three weapons forth, and unload successive streaks of pink plasma right into the grunt's chest. He falls, and the ladies all regroup, intense expressions on their faces. Wonder Woman then sees that Solomon Grundy is about to attack Batman & Green Lantern. "You can handle this without me, I'm needed against Grundy!" she shouts before flying off.
Solomon Grundy tries to attack Batman & Green Lantern not too far away from the pink battle, but Batman is one step ahead of him, flipping out of the monster's way, then striking fast, leaving him open to a ring-generated machine gun blast, courtesy of GL. Before Grundy can do anything else, Wonder Woman is on top of the monster, hitting him hard in the back, picking up Grundy, then throws him into Amazo, putting the villains out of the fight temporarily.
Samantha, Jackie, Paige, and Elle are busy with Putties and Tengas. "Who invited these losers?" Jackie snaps, as she and Samantha use their slings to take out several Tengas, while Paige throws Putties into each other, and Paige blows the fiends into each other. "Well, that was brief." Elle frowns.
Elsewhere in the complex, probably around the center of the place, Jason, Keith, Jill, Conner, Cole, Wes, Ransik & Nadira prowl carefully along, one behind the other, keeping a close watch on their environment. Suddenly, Rofang dives down behind Nadira, who spins around to face Mut-Org, and lets out a piercing scream, as he slashes into her chest with his jagged sword. She twirls as she falls, sparks and smoke erupting from her chest. Fortunately, Jill sends a burst of fire at the Mut-Org, catching it off guard, giving them both a little breathing room.
Nadira's scream alerts the others men to her peril, all thankful that Jill was able to prevent the attack from being much worse. Ransik cries out his daughter's name as she collapses, leading to him releasing a vicious battlecry as he charges toward Rofang, slamming into his chest with a firm kick, knocking the hybrid back and away from the downed female.
Wes & Cole begin to rush in to aid the pair, when they become aware of the other two Mut-Orgs descending from above. Jason & Keith take over, using their skills to slam the Mut-Orgs into each other. Conner, Nick, and Jill join them in the fight, while Cole and Wes then get into defensive positions, Wes blocking Kired's attacks and Cole blocking Takach's
Several feet away, Ransik cradles his injured daughter in his arms, asking warmly, "Are you all right?"
Nadira holds him closer, and sobs, "Ohh, Daddy!"
Rofang takes advantage of the fatherly distraction, by ripping into Ransik's back with an upper-diagonal slice with his sword. Ransik cries out as the blow shoots out sparks, releasing Nadira from their embrace, but keeping his hand right locked on her wrist.
Nick sees this, and fires an intense blast from his Mystic Phone/Wand, sending his own blast of fire at the Mut-Org, distracting it long enough to allow Ransik to get Nadira to safety. Down this alley, Takach grabs Cole roughly, finds mild resistance, and hurls him away, sending him flipping onto his back as he lands hard against the cement.
Wes knees Kired in the gut, gets slapped aside by the Mut-Org's finger clawed hand in return, leading to the creature kicking him to the side, slamming the SG Commander flying against metal railing, before plopping to the floor in a heap. Kired & Takach regroup, but not before Conner takes them by surprise, using a soccer kick against them, sending one into the other.
As Ransik begins to lead his daughter to safety, Kired rushes in, attempting to attack him. The mutant mastermind ducks under the blow, only to face Takach in their way. Ransik blocks the hybrid's raised arm with a swift punch, spewing sparks in the process. He swings his daughter around, allowing her to take Takach out of their way with a squealing kick of her own. They press onward, Ransik giving a ferocious howl on his way by the dazed Takach.
Down the alley, Wes & Cole, still weary from their recent beatings by the Mut-Orgs, converge together, catching their breaths. Jason & Keith join them, and help them to their feet, while Jill, Conner, and Nick blast Kired and Takach. Ransik brings Nadira to them, and finally releases her wrist, letting the two Reds both hold on to her, so he can turn and face the trio of Mut-Orgs solo. As the hybrids from the future prepare to do their deadliest attack, by placing their sword, fingerclaw-hand, and crossed blades together, and charging up their energies, power pulsating out of each of their bodies, forming into a flaming sphere of increasing strength above their connected weapons.
Jason shouts "Time for the four of you to get out of here!"
Cole quickly adds, "Jason's right, Go... GO!", as he & Wes lead Nadira away from the scene in a flash, Wes screaming, "Let's get out of here!", and Cole adding, "Run... RUN!"
Ransik, though, remains standing, watching the Mut-Orgs in deep reflection. The three retreating pause after a few steps, and turn to look at him, with Wes asking, "Ransik?"
Ransik calmly discerns, "I created these monsters. now it's up to me, to fix my mistake!" He then charges into the fray, as Wes & Cole hold Nadira back, keeping her from following her father, as she screams, "No! NOOO!"
While keeping her in place, Cole and Wes also shout in protest, Wes crying, "Ransik! Don't do it!", and Cole yelling, "No!"
Jill, Keith, Jason, Conner, and Nick add their cries of protest, to no avail. Ransik scrambles for the Mut-Orgs, grabbing their connected weapons with a snarl of pain. Nadira continues reaching out for her father, both her & Cole shouting "Noooo!"
Ransik, grabbing the ever-increasing sphere of fire above the hybrids' weapons, taps into the pool of energy with his own mutant abilities. His metal left-side face mask shimmers while the trio of Mut-Orgs start to glow golden from the reversal of power flow.
Ransik turns slightly, and screams over the growing hum of the energies, "GO! Get out of here, NADIRA!" Reluctantly, she turns her back on her father, and hurries down the alley with Wes & Cole by her side, supporting her enough to aid in move quicker followed by the other Reds. Ransik wails, "Go-ahhhh-ohhh...", trailing off as the light of his & the three Mut-Orgs power implodes upon itself between the four of them. Instantaneously, a tremendous explosion occurs, white-hot with blinding fury, engulfing all signs of the four villains. The bursting flames stretch out through the alleyway, with the group desperately racing away from the scorching blast nipping at their heels.
The explosion subsides, prompting the three to stop and turn around. They see, between the remaining flames, Ransik falling backwards, with sparks erupting from his chest, and purple electricity crackling about. The Mut-Orgs continue to standing before him, though they release sounds of pain of their own, and writhe in agony from this experience.
Nadira cries, "Ahh! Daddy!", before she, Jason, Wes, and Cole dash down the alley, right back the way they just came. The three Mut-Orgs stagger away, weakly slumped in the shoulders and disoriented, Rofang states, "Retreat!" The trio escape from the alley, with Jason, Keith, Nick, Jill, and Conner giving chase, while Nadira, Cole & Wes reach Ransik's side, as he lay seemingly mortally wounded.
Nadira cradles his head against her crouched lap, patting his face gently, sobbing for her daddy. Wes worriedly says his former foe's name, and Cole clutches the mutant mastermind's hand, urging, "Hang in there, Ransik!"
But Ransik, eyes alternating from wide open in pain, to clenched shut in agony, explains in a wavering voice, "Rangers...! I've destroy their mutant halves! You can finish them! Go!" Wes & Cole remain staring at him, thankfully beyond words for his sacrifice. Ransik urges again, "GO!" The two Reds nod to one another, then look to Nadira, who nods back, her face wracked with sorrow and concern. Cole & Wes get up and sprint in the direction the Mut-Orgs fled, joining the other Reds. Nadira weeps softly, "Daddy...", as she continues cradling his head, staying with him in his final moments. Jill returns, notices the condition Ransik is in, and shouts "ISIS!" In seconds, the Human Goddess appears, then sees Ransik. "Let me help him." She commands.
Inside the control room, Lucas kicks, punches, and then both kicks & punches, into a couple of Putrids. Max takes on two Putrids at once, dodging their battleaxe thrusts with bodily wiggling and successful counterpunches. Kelly, Zack, and Chris nail several Putrids and Putties with their combined fighting skills, then throwing them into each other, while Eric F. and Xander go to town on their pack, while Madison blasts them with short water bursts.
Danny kicks a Putrid to his left, gut punches one to his right, then gut punches the one to his left again, and once that Putrid doubles over, he elbows 'em in the back! Once Lucas defeats the last of the grunts, he calls to his fellow TF Officer, "Trip! How's it coming?" At the same time, Bill, who has thrown several Putties out the door, shouts "Billy, Sabrina, how are you and Ethan doing?"
Typing a few final keystrokes, Trip exclaims excitedly, "Yes, I got it! Billy?"
"All taken care of." Bree?"
"Done and done. Ethan?'
"It's a wrap!" Ethan smiles as a female computer voice confirms throughout the room, "Reactor deactivated."
The Blue and Black Rangers quickly gather around Billy, Sabrina, Trip, and Ethan, and see the monitor screen, showing the diagram of the reactor core now lacking the colorful flashing, and green lettering stating, "Core system shutdown."
Trip cheers, "Yeahahah!", Max yelps, "Yes!", Billy, Sabrina, Ethan, and Bill high five each other, and the smiling Danny pats the grinning Lucas on the shoulder, before doing the same to Trip. Max whips out his Growl Phone, unsnapping it open with a one-handed flip, and happily states, "Hey, Taylor. It's all yours!"
Down in the reactor room, Katie pulls a Putrid forth, sending it chest-first into a pair of metal valve-handles, knocking the grunt out. She dusts off her hands, then hops over the Putrid, and joins Taylor's side, as she replies into her Growl Phone, "Got it." Taylor shuts the golden cellphone/morpher with a quick snap, and calls across the floor, "Eric!"
Eric M. and Dan are kicking down Putrids with side to side movements. Eric unholsters his weapon, shouts, "Catch!", and flings it in the air. The Quantum Defender lands in Taylor's hand, she spins around and drops onto her back on the ground, and fires the weapon straight at the reactor, and the rapid burst of energy smashes into the large metal machinery, causing it to entirely explode just a very few feet away from her, pieces of it collapsing all around in a crackle of yellow electricity. Outside, the smokestacks slowly cease producing smoke.
Outside, the three Mut-Orgs stagger along, still dazed from losing their mutant DNA, and attempt to escape from the power plant. Rofang mutters, "Mutant power gone... must... get away!" Amazo and Grundy join them, but before they can reach the complex's exit, the voice of a man cries, "STOP!"
The Mut-Orgs do as commanded, pausing and looking around in confusion, with Rofang wondering, "Who there?!"
The source of the protest steps forth, arms folded boldly, eyes covered in his brown hair with white streaks in the front, and a goatee under his chin. A man wearing a silver and metallic blue jacket with "Howling Wolf" written across the back... a man named Merrick, who looks over at the hybrids, dropping his arms to his side and facing the trio. He doesn't remain alone for long as suddenly he is joined by Tommy, Hyde, Udonna, Trent, and Megan. Putrids appear, but they make short work of the henchmen.
Just then, the other unmorphed Rangers arrive. Together, they bravely face the three de-mutant-ized Mut-Orgs. This rattles the hybrids, causing them to gasp in disbelief.
Cole initiates the Morphin command, by raising his right fist and shouting, "Ready!" His seven WF teammates confirm, and then, in unison, they whip out their Growl Phones, lift them up above their left shoulders, and while pressing a button on them, command, "WILD ACCESS!" They are soon morphed and ready for action.
Jason & Tommy take over here, shouting "It's Morphin Time!' Then…
"TIGERZORD!"
"STEGOSAURUS!"
"MASTODON!"
"PTERODACTYL!"
"TRICERATOPS!"
"SABRETOOTH TIGER!"
"TYRRANNOSAURUS!"
…And with that, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers stand ready.
Keith takes command. "ThunderCats, Time To Rock!"
"JAGUAR!"
"LYNX!"
"LEOPARD!"
"CHEETAH!"
"TIGER!"
"COUGAR!"
"LION!"
"FROM THE SHADOWS, COMES FORTH THE LIGHT!"
…and the ThunderCats were now on the prowl.
Sabrina then shouts "Angel Power!" all nine Angels punching their fists together, then a multicolored flash, and all the Power Angels were ready.
Next, Wes raises his left fist, and shouts, "Let's do it!" His four TF teammates join him in crossing and extended out their arms to their sides, the five activate their Chrono-Morphers, commanding, "TIME FOR... TIME FORCE!" The team is now ready for action.
Nick, Vida, Madison, Xander, Chip, Udonna, and daggeron call on their morphers, shouting "Magical Source, Mystic Force!" Soon they were in costume.
Finally, the members of the DinoThunder team gets ready, " Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
All the Red Rangers then shout "Power Rangers... UNITE!" The Justice Leaguers join them quickly.
Meanwhile, Isis is tending to Ransik, using her healing powers. Nadira notices a change in her father, asking "Isis, what's going on?"
Isis looks and sees Ransik's former mutated appearance changing. "Best as I can figure, when he removed the copied mutant DNA from the Mut-Orgs, his own was drawn out, and the explosion he was caught up in is where all that mutant genetic code went. His cellular structure is compensating for the lack of mutant DNA, and correcting the deformities which were a result of his being a mutant to begin with, my healing him accelerated the process. In other words, for all intentions…your father is now human."
Happy, Nadira hugs the human goddess, then whispers "Thank you."
The Mut-Orgs escape to a dirt lot in front of a warehouse within the power plant complex, all grunting in frustration. Then, with his forehead glowing briefly, Rofang summons the Putrids by merely yelling their names and lifting his arm. A small group of the Org footsoldiers appear, dropping in from overhead in a flash of purple light, eyes glowing until they land in battle form. The leader of the Mut-Orgs aims his sword forth, and yelps, "READY?!"
Jason commands, "Let's do it!", and immediately, the Power Rangers and JLA fall back into a collective defensive stance. Rofang orders his troops to, "Attack!", and that the Putrids, Mut-Orgs, Amazo, and Grundy do on cue.
Batman leads the heroes into battle, and soon, the Blue Morphin Ranger, the Blue Power Angel, Blue ThunderCat, Blue Mystic Force ranger, Blue Dino Thunder Ranger, Blue TF Ranger & Blue WF Ranger are all taking on Takach with the help of the Green TF Ranger, Green Mystic Force Ranger, Black Dino Thunder Ranger, Black Power Angel, Black Morphin Ranger, Black ThunderCat, & Black WF Ranger. All are fighting within the power plant, with Takach slashing at Max, who rolls under the blade-swipe, avoiding getting hit. Lucas tosses a high kick at the hybrid, but misses.
Takach then goes for Trip & Max, who flip and roll out of the way. Kelly, Zack, and Chris then use a combined Axe/darkness attack, catching Takach off guard, wounding him. Lucas then goes for another kick at the Mut-Org, but it's blocked by the creature's fist, but Takach is in obvious pain from Zack, Chris, and Kelly's attack.. Danny storms in behind Takach, only to get sliced in the chest by the monster's blade when he quickly spins around. Max lunges at Takach with a jump kick, which the Mut-Org ducks under, and proceeds to kick & bash Max in the chest for his effort, only to have Billy and Bill slash the Mut-Org with their lances, then Billy slams him with Oan energy, courtesy of his Power Ring. Sabrina & Madison use various water attacks to throw the Putties and Putrids off balance,
While this is happening, Max is thrown backwards through the air, and is safely caught between the arms of Danny & Lucas. Danny yells, "Gotcha!", to which a grateful Max replies, "Thanks!"
While the heroes regroup, Takach charges at them, but Danny then lifts Max into the air, and Lucas performs the same lift with Trip at the same time. The two smaller Rangers reach up, side by side, and grab onto the thin metal piping that crisscrosses over the top of all this area, both hang on, swinging back and forth over the approaching Mut-Org's head.
Lucas & Danny brace themselves, as Takach tries to slam both his arms down against them, a tire-blade in each hand. The pair prevent the hybrid from slashing into them with his weapons, and eventually get the upper hand by pushing his arms back until they're held high, allowing Max & Trip to swing around and snatch the tire-blades between their feet! Trip & Max flip over their teammates' heads, while releasing the piping framework and landing perfectly, side by side, blades still clutched between ankles. They kick up the weapons of the Mut-Org, and hold them in hand.
Lucas & Danny let Takach go, then spin around and kick him in the chest at the same sparking time, joined by kicks from Eric F., Zack, Chris, Kelly, Sabrina, Xander, Billy, Bill, Madison, and Ethan. The hybrid staggers back, considerably annoyed. Trip rushes forth, hops over Danny, grabs Max's hands, and uses his assistance to kick into Takach's chest, pulls back to a standing point by his partner, then swing Lucas around while still holding his arm, allowing him to get a kick in on the Mut-Org as well!
Takach blocks the kick, so Danny somersaults across the ground, following the continuously backing-up hybrid, and then Max hops up, using Danny's shoulders for a boost, hitting Takach with a few kicks on his way down. Max twirls aside, and lets Danny leap, feet first, at the Mut-Org, putting his full weight into the kick. Takach is painfully flung across the area, smashing into a metal staircase railing with his back, falling onto his chest with a groan or three.
Elsewhere, out in an open area of the plant, Kimberly, Laurie, Julie, Donna, Vida, Jen, and Alyssa all take on Kired. Jen and Alyssa do a jumpkick at the same time, knocking the Mut-Org back. He's not hurt at all by that double hit, and is in fact able to easily avoid them as Alyssa tries for a footsweep and Jen a spinning kick.
Kired takes flight, but not before Kimberly and Laurie then unleash a superspeed attack, then joined by Donna, blast the Mut-Org with a volley of taser arrows, seriously wounding him. Trying to get away, and in obvious pain, he then soars over their heads, floating to a nearby roof, seemingly out of their reach...but not out of Julie and Vida's. Both unleash a blast of wind, sending him painfully back down to the ground.
Jen urges, "Let's get him!"
Alyssa replies, "Right!"
Kired hits the ground, screams, then charges the women. Pink TF turns around and locks her hands together, down low, creating a booster step, and telling her partner, "You're up, Alyssa!" White WF rushes at her, and uses that hand-step to leap up and do a flip, thrusting her leg high enough to kick into Kired as he flies past, sparking as a result. She lands safely, but the Mut-Org finds his 2nd forced landing a lot less enjoyable, dropping flatly on his winged back with an agonized whelp.
Elsewhere, Taylor backflips through a small group of Putrids, with Katie following behind, doing the same. They both come to a rest amid the purple head-patters, and begin to engage them in combat, but are soon joined by Trini, Tracy, Kris, Chip, and Kira. Taylor has her Golden Eagle Sword in hand, while Katie just uses her fists. Kira joins them with her Ptera Grips, and Trini and Tracy have their Power Daggers and Thunder Daggers in hand. Taylor slashes into the clubs and chests of the Putrids who dare to tangle with her, while Kira, Tracy, and Trini are in the middle of a carving party, the Putrids and oncoming Putties being the object of said carving. Taylor grabs a Putrid's fist, holds him off while she kicks back and knocks away a second grunt, before shoving the first one down on the ground, and doing a full body flip, landing her feet sharply in the downed footsoldier's back.
Katie calls to her fellow yellow, "Taylor! Over here!"
Clashing her sword against another Putrid's battleaxe, Taylor responds vigoriously, "Right!" Katie then leaps up, and spreads her arms wide to her sides, giving Taylor a chance to bounce off her shoulders, and leap even higher. Taylor curls up into a ball as she flips across the blue sky, landing between several more Putrids. She slashes into three chests, taking out a fourth with a kick to its back.
Elsewhere at the power plant, Rofang aims his left hand upward, firing off a burst of firepower. It strikes an upper floor of an open stairwell on one of the complex's sectors, where Cole dives over the side of the building. Rofang then flings a few more rapid laser-jolts, trying to hit Cole, but missing and frying the metal framework behind him instead. Landing perfectly at the bottom, Cole then flips over into a lion-stance position on top of a stack of wooden crates, then rushes up, wielding a Chrono-Saber in each hand, plunging at Rofang with a mighty wail, hitting the Mut-Org's own sword with his silver pair, knocking him aside. Cole hops down from the crates, unsheathing his Crystal Saber, and trying to slash at the hybrid on his run by.
Rofang ducks under, rises back up, then has to duck under again as Wes spins around and goes for a high kick. The Mut-Org rebounds by tossing a kick at Red WF, which is blocked, but knocks the Ranger back from the force. Rofang goes to strike wes with his sword, and finds the slash deflected by Jason & Keith's Power Swords. Next, Jill & Nick each shoot a blast of fire, while Conner, Jason, Keith, Wes & Cole strike at the hybrid leader with a simultanious slash of their Swords and Sabers. Noticing Rofang is seriously wounder, Wes seizes the opportunity to do a foot sweep before he can recover, and knocks the beast's feet clear out from under him. With Rofang flipped onto his back, Cole cartwheels over his downed body, grabs him on the way over, and pitches him on over to the stack of crates! The Mut-Org tumbles against the hard wood, and rolls off the side with few weary moans.
Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Black Canary, and Flash deal with the now weakened Solomon Grundy and Amazo. Flash whips the android into the air, GL cuts loose with a power ring generated jackhammer, and Black Canary adds her Sonic Scream, damaging Amazo even further. Grundy tries to attack, but Wonder Woman counters by punching, kicking, and throwing the monster, finally tossing him into the weakened Amazo.
Cole whips out his Lion Blaster, and Wes connects both his Chrono-Sabers into one double-bladed weapon. Wes charges up the Chrono-Sabers, and slashes into the air, flinging bolts of said golden energy from the blades, just as Cole fires his Lion Blaster, shooting off rapid bolts of power. Rofang, back on his feet, is struck by their combined firepower, and is sent flying backwards through the air, yelping in agony, and bursting with sparks. He crashes into a clutter of boulders and metal cans, as the pair of Reds continue to lay into him with their lasers.
Around the corner, the remaining few Putrids start to approach the last Power Rangers at the plant. Merrick looks to Tommy, Hyde, Udonna, Daggeron, Trent, Megan, Samantha, Jackie, Paige, Elle, Eve, Tiffany, and Eric M. all by his side, proclaims, "Let's do it!" and all nod in agreement.
Merrick aims his Lunar Cue in Sniper Mode forth, Eric holds his Quantum Defender out with one hand, Tommy pulls out Saba, his enchanted Sabre, Hyde takes out Simba, Trent uses his Drago Dagger, Udonna extends her Snow Staff, Samantha and Jackie take out their Power Slings, Paige pulls out her Boomerang, Megan, Eve, Tiffany, and Elle each fire a blast and all begin to fire away at the Org footsoldiers just ahead of them. The bolts from the weapons strike at the same point, directly behind the line of Putrids, creating an intense fireball, which sends the grunts flipping and falling all about, more pounded by the shockwave of the blast than of the scorching power itself.
Finally, Amazo, Grundy, and the three Mut-Orgs, all seriously wounded from their beatings by the teams of Power Rangers and JLAers, regroup together. In response, Jason, Cole, Conner, Wes, Eric M., and Nick summon their respective armors, while Jill and Keith each stand at the ready.
Jason turns to Wes. "Mind if I say it this time?"
Wes smirks slightly, saying "Be my guest."
Jason then shouts "Orgs! Your time's UP!"
Rofang speaks for the equally astonished Mut-Orgs, when he shouts, "What?!"
The others join the final encounter, with Batman shouting "Let's do it together, guys!"
The Time Force Rangers pull out their Chrono-Blasters, and take aim, while the Wild Force Rangers unsheath their Crystal Sabers, and aim them forth, followed by the Morphin Rangers and ThunderCats assembling their Power Blasters, the Mystic Force rangers going into Legend Mode, calling on their Lion Staffs, the Dino Thunder team assembles the Z-Rex Blaster, Black Canary readies another Sonic blast, the Power Angels take aim, and GL aims his ring.
Between Eric & Danny in the back, Lunar Wolf Ranger aims his Lunar Cue in Sniper Mode. Cole commands, "FIRE!", and the monsters are caught in an unescapable barrage of energy. The Mut-Orgs, each struck with bolt after bolt of searing heat, letting out one last, collective gasp, while the weakened Amazo blows to bits, and Grundy is simply no more. A sudden, and total, explosion, a ring of shockwave energy accompanying it, ends the battle, and when the fire is blown away, the sparks die, and the smoke fades, not a shred of evidence that Rofang, Takach, and Kired ever existed remains where they were just standing.
Everyone stands still at first, not believing it is over. Cole, Keith, and Jason cross their arms into a rested position, and Jill, for once sounding serious and relieved, remarks, "All right... We did it." Small fires continue burning down just in front of them, dying out, and taking with them the last trace of Ransik's reign of terror on both the future, and the past.
Everyone races back to Isis and Nadira, who is cradling her father's head on her lap, is slumped over, giving Ransik a hug that covers his face entirely. Wes calls out Nadira's name softly, with some concern.
Isis smiles at the other heroes as Nadira sits up, looks to them all, and with an expression of joy on her face, breathlessly remarks, "It's a miracle...!" Everyone is stunned when she helps Ransik stand up, his back to them at first. He slowly turns around, revealing the repercussions of his stunt to relieve the hybrids of his mutant DNA. Ransik's face, now lacking its metal half-face mask, is no longer a partial pink mess. His scalp is no longer dotted with small horns, nor is the skin on his right arm deformed, and if the Venomark was still an issue, it and all other deformities have been wiped clean, as if they were never there. All the teams of heroes are in gaping awe at first, Danny cheering, "Ye-ah!", and Wes wowing as he exchanges a smiling glance with Jen, and Alyssa giggles. Ransik lifts his corrected right arm, places his hand just above his right eyebrow, and salutes the Rangersand the JLAers, smiling at them gratefully, stating in a warm tone, "Hello, my friends." Nadira remains behind him, happy beyond words and appearing both relieved and proud.
The twelve begin to clamor excitedly, as they all work forth to crowd around him, even Jen overwhelmed and jovial at this turn of events. Ransik's left arm, which was always his bad one, is also functioning properly, as well, as he shakes Wes' hand with it, and gives Jen a hug. Even Merrick and Batman join in on the laughing and bunching up about the former mutant mastermind.
Later that day, out in a field on the floating island of Animarium, Circuit sits on a picnic table, just beneath the shade of a large oak tree. Atop the table, are various bowls of fruit, from grapes to watermelon. Princess Shayla places down a bowl of mostly yellowish fruit beside the robotic owl, as he comments, "I just love picnics!", asking the mystical woman, "Is it all set?!"
Shayla looks over the delicious nature-made spread, and decrees, "Perfect!" Across the grassy field, past bushes of various colored flowers, the returning heroes walk along, side by side, like a wave of victorious soliders in a casual march. They shout across the way, once seeing their friends at the table, thinks like, "Hey, Princess!"
That gets her attention, and she elatedly shakes her arms in the air, screaming, "Hey, guys!" The Time Force Officers are back in their old civilian outfitsas are the other Ranger teams, and most of the Justice Leaguers. Batman, of course, has returned to Gotham. Everyone is either waving or whooping & hollering, most everyone looking very happy.
Everybody scatters about the picnic area, converging on the food prepared for them, as the yellow Eaglezord soars just overhead, bellowing a screech as it flaps its wings, its mood matching those below.
It is quite a triumphant celebration.
Under the shade of a large tree, Taylor sits on a chair, reading a book. She's only a few pages into it, the book's title not shown, but it's blue, with a golden lock on the back cover and a large brass key entering it. The sound of the leaves & blades of glass rustling as someone slowly approaches catches her ear. She keeps her head lowered, but raises her eyes enough to see who it is out of the corner of her eye, before lowering them back to the book, while her face begins to light up with a faint blushing. It's Eric, who leans in to ask her, "Is that any good?"
Taylor raises her gaze, and replies indifferently, "It's fine."
He starts to circle around her, repeating inquisitvely, "Fine?"
She confirms, "Yeah!" He points at the book, and wonders, "What is it?"
Taylor covers the cover, and claims, "It's nothing!"
Eric reaches her opposite side, and leans in again, flirtingly noting, "Well, it looks like something to me..."
Taylor flirts back, "It's just a book!"
He leans in some more, and repeats, "Just a book?"
Taylor agrees, "Yeah, just a book!" Suddenly, Eric tickles her side, and urgently warns, "Watch out for...", as he snatches the book out of her surprised hands, and checks it out for himself. Taylor erupts with laughter at first, giving a playfully angry expression, acting apalled at his ruse. He holds the novel in his hands, and begins to comment, "Oh...", when she lunges toward him, trying to recover her book. Eric tosses it in the air, causing her to miss it on her way by, shouting between her chuckling, "Give me that!"
He catches the novel and steps away from her, continuing his comment of, "I've read this before!" Fully aware of what he's in for, Eric stands there, looking at the cover, lingering in place. Taylor dashes at him, giggling freely. He quickly takes off, barely ahead of her, keeping hold on her book, giving a teasing snicker of his own as they depart in chase.
And, at last, out in the field, Alyssa, Kimberly, Laurie, Eve, & Jen rush up ahead, side by side, before turning back around, waving white cloths in the air above their heads, and saying simultaniously, "Ready... and, GO!", finishing this by waving the makeshift flags sharply downward. Jason, Keith, Jill, Nick, Conner, Cole & Wes are across the field, crouched down in starting positions, and once the girls give the signal, all take off in a frantic race! The Reds give this friendly competition their all, with Wes at first taking the lead, then Cole, then, in order: Nick, Jill, Jason, Conner, and finally Keith, who keeps the lead throughout the rest of the race. Alyssa, Kimberly, and Laurie laugh out loud at this macho sight, Jen equally amazed. Jen & Alyssa continue watching the Red Rangers, both of them laughing. Jason, Keith, Jill, Wes, Cole, Conner, and Nick, having finally stopped, walk back towards the two, all laughing with equal humility, no prize for the winner of this race, and no clear winner praised. Wes turns to Cole, holds up his right hand, and Cole prepares to slap him five
Flashback Ends.
Gia is stunned. "Wow. All of you went against those creeps…and still bested Grundy and the other bad guys?"
Jake is even more excited. "Do you think we'll ever meet some of the other Ranger teams?"
"We were just talking about that, and…Laurie smiles, gestures to her right…
…and soon, the Wild Force Rangers enter, followed by the Time Force Rangers, Power Angels, Mystic Force Rangers, and Dino Thunder team. Noah is blown away. "Incredible."
"That's not all." Huntress adds, and soon, with a nod from Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Black Canary, Flash, Hawkman, Hawkwoman, Isis, Martian Manhunter, Nightwing, Troia, RPM, Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, Red Arrow, Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Supergirl, and to everyone's surprise, Batman, soon enter the Command Center.
Noah is amazed at the gathering, when the other Morphin Rangers, ThunderCats, Power Angels, Wild Force Rangers, Time Force Rangers, Mystic Force Rangers, and Dino Thunder Rangers join in. Noah then asks "Do you think we'll meet the other Ranger teams…or the other JLAers?"
"In this business…it wouldn't surprise me. Right now, let's just enjoy the peace and quiet of the moment." Black Canary finishes, as the party begins.
THE END