Damaras was on the bridge of The Armada Command Ship, pacing around as he watched the battle on the monitor. He knew when the Kingsmen and The Armada Megazord had been sent as reinforcements that Prince Vekar had something serious in mind. He had been noticeably growing more and more impatient with his Commanders' constant failures, and the mounting cost of resources he seemed to be throwing into a meat grinder to be destroyed by the seemingly unstoppable Rangers.

He had sided with Vrak long ago, thinking that he was the best bet to lead The Armada to overall victory. Vrak had told him that everything was going to plan. He had even told him that he had counted on Vekar's move of going into battle. His plan finally made sense; he planned for Vekar's own arrogance to be his undoing, that his insistence on going into battle himself would lead to his destruction. However, there was now a hitch in the plan. He couldn't fathom the result...but he had seen it with his own eyes. He had watched as the Red Galleon crashed into the mountains, taking the Red Ranger with it. He suddenly felt a cold panic running through him. Almost worse than an overall defeat, the worst thing for Vrak's plan had come to pass. Beyond expectation, it looked like Vekar might ACTUALLY succeed!

He was just putting the finishing touches of a feast that Lavira had insisted they throw in his honour for his return. He had contacted them to tell them that he was bringing the Megazord back to rest. Now that he had rid himself of one Ranger, he wanted to savour the experience of hunting down the rest at his leisure. As he stepped into the room, there was a huge round of applause from his assembled troops, and he bowed regally, accepting their adulation.

"My darling, you were magnificent!" Lavira gushed as she rushed to his side, hugging him tightly. "The Rangers had no idea what hit them!"

"Of course, it was inevitable. It's like they always say, if you want something done right, you just have to do it yourself!" He declared arrogantly as he looked to the massive dining table that had been erected in the Command Centre. "What...what's the meaning of all this?"

"I thought, since we're delaying the wedding a little longer that we could still have a little feast to honour your inevitable victory." She told him. She showed him a bottle of wine. "The Kingsmen brought several cases of this with them."

"This vintage, this is the finest wine made on my home planet!" He declared.

"I also happen to believe it is your favourite." She cooed. "I thought an occasion such as this merits something special."

"Where is Argus?" Damaras asked. Vekar just waved him off.

"He has business with the Silver Ranger." Vekar told him. "I decided to let him get it over with. There are four more to hunt; I can give him that one."

Vekar took his place at the head of the table, while Lavira sat at his side. He gestured for Damaras to sit with them.

"Your Highness, I have business..."

"Business shnisness...this is a celebration!" He declared. "Just relax for once in your life won't you?"

Damaras just took the glass from Lavira, who handed it to him with a smug grin. Relaxing was the last thing he felt like doing.

Back on the ground, in Harwood, Noah, Jake, Gia and Emma were running through the streets, searching for their friends. They had become separated from Orion, and Jordan, they knew he was somewhere with the Red Galleon in the cliffs outside of the city.

"Orion!" Jake called out, running through the ruined streets.

"ORION!" Gia screamed as well. There were emergency services on the scene by now, helping people who had gotten caught up in the battle. Emma stopped as she saw someone crawling out of a wrecked car.

"Here, let me help you!" She stated, reaching inside and helping the guy out the back of the car. He looked to her, recognising her.

"Rangers!" He stated. "You're still alive!"

"We weren't sure ourselves for a while there." Noah answered. One of the paramedics on the scene came up to them.

"That was something else, thank God Vekar left afterwards." He stated. "Here, let me check you out, anything to help..."

"We're fine." Jake assured him. "But we've really got to find our friends!"

"Rangers!" A cop called out. They looked over to him, preparing to run. They'd had something of a mixed relationship with law enforcement on their journeys. Some of them had helped them, but others had actually tried to sell them to The Armada. As he came up to them, he smiled. "Thank God you're alright! I thought Vekar had gotten you for sure!"

"Yeah, that seems to be a common thought." Gia grumbled. "We need to find..."

"The Silver Ranger is over on Rivermore, fighting that freaky robot bodyguard Vekar has." He interrupted her. "One of the other units just called it in."

"That's miles away!" Jake complained. The cop pulled out some keys, and jerked his head in the direction of a patrol car.

"Not if you hit the blues and twos!" He told them. Noah just looked to him. "Come on, you guys help out the world all the time, it's a small price to pay!"

"Dibs on driving!" Jake called out excitedly, taking the keys. The others just glared at him. "Oh come on? How often am I going to get to drive a cop car with the siren on?"

"Fine, just try not to park on a fire-hydrant or...do anything else like you would do." Gia told him as they ran for the car. "Thanks again!"

As they got in, Jake spun the car around, before with a screech of tyres, he flew up the road, hitting the siren. The cop just cringed.

"Yeah, I just won't regret that at all." He hissed. "I am SO getting fired!"

In his underwater base, Vrak was desperately trying to reach Damaras, but his communicator had been switched off while he was at the dining table. Of course, without being able to see onto the ship, Vrak had no idea that was what was happening. All he knew was that right now, like Damaras, he was beginning to panic.

"Damn it, why don't you answer?" He growled. "Bucket-headed simpleton, where the hell is he?"

What's going on?" Wayne asked. Vrak turned towards him, glaring at him hatefully.

"My stupid brother suddenly decided to become competent!" Vrak screamed. "Damn him, why did he have to choose now to grow a backbone?"

"He...he's beaten the Rangers?" Wayne asked, suddenly feeling a little ill. He knew Vrak's plan, and he realised that it was beginning to unravel. Vrak just gathered up a weapon, heading to a chamber.

"YES, he's beating them!" He screamed. "God damn my baby brother...he might actually do it!"

Wayne watched as the door closed behind Vrak and gulped. He knew how close things were to falling apart. He had only chosen to side with Vrak in the vain hope that he would bring Mikey back to full health, return his son to him. Now, it looked like they were all screwed.

"I can't believe I'm saying this." Wayne muttered. "Rangers, go and get the son of a bitch!"

In the city, Orion was locked in a deadly battle with Argus, both of them throwing everything they had at each other. He let out a hellish yell as he thrust his Silver Spear at him, with every intention of putting it straight through him. Argus parried, but even still staggered from the force of the blow.

"You're good Silver Ranger!" He complimented him. "But you are still no match for me!"

"We'll see about that!" Orion called out. "Silver Ranger, Gold Mode!"

Slamming the anchor key into his morpher, he powered up, preparing to unleash everything he had on Argus. The cyborg looked to him as he started to power up his Legendary Attack.

"Do you really think you can match power with me?" Argus asked him. He started to power up his Solar Flare attack. Both warriors launched their attacks, which slammed into each other, causing a massive explosion that sent both of them flying from each other. Orion used his spear for support, hauling himself back to his feet. His vision was blurred, and he found it hard to breathe. He threw off his helmet to make it easier to catch his breath.

As Argus also pulled himself back to his feet, He could see that his face plate was cracked. As he got to his feet, a large piece of it fell off, exposing part of a face behind it. His flesh was an unnatural shade, and half of his face was still covered in cybernetics, but his blood boiled as he saw the face of his former friend.

"You're weakening Silver Ranger!" Argus declared. "I never tire! I never suffer pain! I can keep going..."

Orion ran at him, swinging his Silver Spear, which was glowing brightly with energy. Argus was barely able to block it as he unleashed his assault. Both of them struggled for supremacy, but eventually it was Argus' strength that was the deciding factor. Just as he had boasted, he didn't tire, while Orion had already been in several desperate battles that day. His spirit was willing, but his strength was starting to fade quickly. Argus back-fisted him away, sending Orion to the ground, his mouth filling up with blood. He spat it out as he tried to get up.

"You know you can't win! Your strength fades with every passing breath, with every drop of blood that spills." Argus stated. "I am a machine! I'm invincible!"

"You're nothing!" Orion screamed at him. "You're not a machine; you're not even a man! You're scum! The lowest form of being that ever lived!"

"Insults...you're reduced to childish insults now your end is near." Argus stated. "I'll be sure to bring your head back to Prince Vekar. He will appreciate..."

They heard a roar of engines, and a siren. Argus looked up just in time to see a police car flying their way. It slammed into him, pinning him to the fender as it carried on down the street, hitting a concrete building. Gia just looked to Jake as she started to struggle with her seatbelt.

"Really Jake?" Gia questioned him. "You hit him with the car?"

"It worked didn't it?" Jake asked as they all started to slowly make their way out of the car. The seatbelts and air bags had done their job, keeping them safe. They took off down the street, running over to where Orion was still getting up.

"Orion!" Emma screamed, getting to him first.

"Out of the way!" He told her. They all watched as the patrol car started to move. Orion started to make his way forward, levelling his Silver Spear at it. As Argus staggered into the street, he held up his hands.

"Orion, wait!" He called out. He fell to his knees. "For the love of God, please stop!"

"Marv?" He asked, the anger obvious in his tone. He didn't like Argus, the cyborg had beaten him badly in battle before, had caused them no end of trouble, but he wasn't in command of his actions. Marv was a human at one time, a man Orion had considered a friend! All he could think, seeing him before him was that he was begging him to stop, and yet all he saw was what Jake had told him. He could see Marv counting his money as he watched some slave ship taking Orion's people away. He still didn't know how many of them, or even IF any of them were still alive! He gripped the Silver Spear tightly. "You have the nerve to ask me...?"

"Please, I know I deserve everything that happened to me!" He told him. "My control circuits are damaged...I need to say..."

"Do you think I give a damn about ANYTHING you have to say?" Orion screamed. "You sold my people, my planet like cattle! YOU WERE MY FRIEND!"

"I didn't even know you when I did that!" Marv implored him tearfully. "I know it doesn't excuse what I did, but I never...I never expected to meet and have a friend like you!"

The Rangers all watched as tears started to run from his eye, down the only remaining side of his face.

"If there was anything I could have done, believe me I would, but by the time we became friends, I knew you'd never be able to forgive me!" He implored him. "I...I'm sorry!"

Orion didn't say anything, just standing before him, his spear levelled at him. Marv just looked to him.

"I...I have to ask for your help." He stated. "Please...put me out of my misery!"

"Orion no!" Emma begged him. "What he did was despicable, but this won't bring back your people!"

"We can help you!" Noah told Marv. "You're in control now; you can come with us..."

"The Armada will never let me go!" He yelled. "If they ever get their hands on me, they'll just repair the chips and I'll be a puppet again!"

"You'll be a slave." Orion sneered. "It seems like karma if you ask me!"

"Please, I don't want to live like this!" He begged him. "They replaced almost everything; I'm not even a corpse! Take away all the metal and I'm a bloody smear on the ground! I don't want to live like that, I can't! Please, set me free! Make sure there's nothing left!"

"No!" Orion responded coldly, lowering his spear. "I'm not going to put you down. You get to live with what you've done just like everyone else! You don't get out of it that easily!"

As he started to walk away, the Rangers surrounded him.

"Orion..."

"We don't need him." Orion stated. "Let him make his own way, just like I had to."

Where he was kneeling on the ground, Marv reached for his sword, gripping it. Orion and the Rangers all turned to him, hearing the metal of his sword scraping against the asphalt as he started to get up.

"Orion, please...!" He begged once more.

"Marv, don't do this!" Emma begged him. "We can help...you can..."

"I'll make it easy for you!" Marv told him, powering up his blade. It started to glow white-hot as he started to trace the cross shape in the air. "If you want to stop me, you're going to have to destroy me!"

Orion shoved the other Rangers aside as he powered up his Legendary Attack once more. Marv screamed, before casting his attack forward. Orion fired off his own attack in response. As the two attacks slammed into each other, they struggled for position. Orion started to feel his feet slipping as he tried to hold on, struggling to keep himself from being incinerated.

Their eyes locked across the space as Orion's attack started to be driven back towards him. As he stared at him though, he could swear he saw him smiling.

Without warning, Marv threw open his arms, breaking off his attack, the energy holding off Orion's blast dissipating. The Rangers all watched as Orion's attack went straight through, slamming into Marv full force. He started to spark as he fell to his knees, looking straight at Orion. His face was one of relief as he smiled.

"I'm sorry." He whispered. "Thank you!" With that, he fell to the ground and exploding, leaving nothing of value behind. Orion powered down, completely exhausted, and fell to his knees as the others came to his side.

"Orion..." Emma's words were cut off as he let out a hellish scream, before breaking down in tears.

Up on The Armada Command Ship, Prince Vekar was pouring some more wine, shovelling down delicacies gathered from all corners of the empire with gusto as his cabinet celebrated their impending victory. Lavira was doing a mocking impression of the Red Galleon flying into the mountains with a dinner roll, raising laughs from all round the table. None of them took any notice as one of The Kingsmen entered the room.

"You, what do you want?" Prince Vekar scoffed at him, wiping tears of laughter from his face. "Can't you see...?"

"Your Highness...I have news of Argus." The Kingsman stated. "I am afraid it is not good news."

"What, did he get himself damaged again?" He asked. "Just send him to the lab for..."

"Your Highness...the Silver Ranger has destroyed him." The Kingsman interrupted him. "He is...gone."

"WHAT?" Prince Vekar screamed, getting up from the table, glaring at him in shock. "HOW?"

"Your Highness..."

"How dare they destroy my bodyguard?" He screamed. "I'm going to make them suffer for this! You, assemble a force and take them down to take care of the Rangers! I'm going to take the Megazord and wipe their city from the face of the Earth!"

As he left the room, Lavira watched him go, feeling her heart racing. She had never seen him so livid. He was on a mission to prove himself, and he was putting himself on the line. Before, she would have thought that with his Megazord and his new forces, the Rangers would never stand a chance, that he could never be defeated.

Of course, not so long ago, she would have said the same about Argus!