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Chapter 4: Introducing, the Armada Ranger

"Ah, back so soon, Zilas." Vrak chuckled as his new minion entered the Command room.

Zilas had returned to the ship with the keys. As he approached his master, he bowed humbly.

"Sire, I present to you the keys of the rangers never recorded on Earth." Zilas said as he handed Vrak the box.

"Excellent work, Zilas." Vrak stated as he held up one of the Red Ranger keys. "By studying these keys, we'll be able to learn more about the rangers' power source, and learn the means to destroy them."

Damaras and Levira stepped forward to examine the keys.

"It will take some time for me to uncover the secrets of the keys." Vrak went on as he examined the Wild Card Ranger (Big One) key. "but soon we will be able to use these powers against the rangers."

Vrak turned to face Damaras.

"In the meantime, Damaras, I want you take our new ally and begin training him for battle. I want him ready to fight the rangers as soon as possible."

"As you wish, sire." Damaras acknowledged. "Come, Zilas."

The two left the room, leaving Vrak and Levira to study the keys powers.

"Is there any news from my father, Levira?" Vrak asked as he began studying the Bio Star Ranger keys.

"Um, no, sir." Levira answered, crossing her hands in front of her body. "It will take some time for the news of your brother's death to reach him, and even longer for him to get here."

"I need an estimate, my dear." Vrak demanded.

"I'd say it will take about a month's time for the news of your brother's death to reach the Emperor." Levira theorized. "And it will take another month for him to get here since he's currently invading another planet."

"Two months?" Vrak repeated. "Excellent, that's more than enough time for me to destroy those rangers."

"Forgive me, Vrak, but you've been here for over a year, and even you couldn't stop the rangers." Levira pointed out.

Vrak halted his working process. The X-Borgs notice this and bolt out of the room, knowing what was about to happen.

"What was that?" Vrak seethed as he put the keys down.

"Nothing." Levira whimpered.

"It sounded to me like you doubt my abilities to defeat the rangers." Vrak stated in an angry voice.

"No, no, sir that's not it all." Levira stammered.

"Silence!" Vrak shrieked. "You have no idea what I am capable of, my dear Levira. I possess more power than my weakling of a brother. My power even surpasses that Damaras. I could destroy you right now in an instant."

"Please, forgive me!" Levira cried. "You know that you are the one who holds my heart. You are my soul mate, Vrak. I do believe in you!"

"Yes, and I agreed that we'd be together if I managed to usurp Malkor and take control of the Warstar aliens, as per father's request." Vrak reminded her, calming himself as he lowered his voice. "But since I failed to do so, I must now conquer this planet single-handedly to pardon my failure. And when I succeed in conquering this planet, I will be able to secure the throne, prove that my brother was never meant to be a leader, and maintain my father's favor."

"I know, Vrak." Levira told him. "How much I wished I could have come with you."

"Never mind that." Vrak shook his head. "Just help me conquer this planet, and we will rule over the Armada together."

Three days later

Troy and Emma enter the Command Center. Noah was already there, trying to repair the broken Tensou, with very little success.

"Any luck, Noah?" Troy asked as he and Emma entered.

"Slow, but sure." Noah answered as he looked up at his friends. "It's just going to take a lot of work and some new parts."

"I just wish we knew who did this." Emma frowned in sadness. "I mean, how could someone attack a poor defenseless robot like that?"

"If only we knew." Troy shook his head. "I just want to know what they were trying to do."

"What do you mean, Troy?" Noah inquired as he took a break from repairing Tensou.

"Okay, let's review what happened." Troy stated. "The Armada sends the X-Borgs down to Earth, we go and fight them. While we're in the city, someone breaks into the Command Center. They trash Tensou and somehow manage to deactivate Gosei. And yet nothing in here seems to be missing."

"He's right." Emma agreed. "I mean, whoever was here could have easily taken all our keys, and that would have put us at a disadvantage."

"We just need to keep our eyes and ears open." Troy suggested. "And once Noah can get Tensou back online, we might get some answers."

Beep! Beep!

Troy held up his communicator. "What's happening, guys?"

We've got some explosions outside the city. Not sure if it's X-Borgs or a monster attack.

"We're on our way!" Troy replied. And with that, the three humans raced out of the Command Center.

The six rangers raced into the quarry, which had been partially demolished by the recent explosions.

"What happened, here?" Noah wondered aloud.

"Hello, Power Rangers." A voice chuckled from a distance.

The rangers turned their attention to the top of a hill. Standing at the top was Zilas, in his monster form.

"Who are you?" Troy demanded raising his finger at the monster.

"I am Zilas, the new general of the Armada." Zilas announced as he jumped off the hill, landing several yards from the Rangers. "I have been instructed to destroy you rangers to avenge the death of the Prince."

"Guys, let's ranger up!" Troy commanded.

The others nodded and stepped forward. They summon their Legendary Ranger morphers and Ranger keys.

"Super Mega Mode!" The Rangers announced as they placed their ranger keys into their morphers.

"Super Megaforce Red!"

"Super Megaforce Blue!"

"Super Megaforce Yellow!"

"Super Megaforce Green!"

"Super Megaforce Pink!"

"Super Megaforce Silver!"

"Earths Defenders, Never Surrender!"

"Well, if that's how you want to play, I guess it's time to fight fire with fire!" Zilas said as he summoned a strange device.

"What's he doing?" Emma gasped.

"Behold, for you all now face the Armada Ranger." Zilas announced as he pulled out a Black Ranger key.

"How does he have a ranger key?" Noah blurted out.

"Armada Ranger!" Zilas announced as he placed his key into his morpher.

Zilas had morphed into an unusual Black Ranger.

"He's a Power Ranger, too!" Gia exclaimed.

"Hyah!" Zilas yelled as he raced toward the rangers with fists raised for a fight.

"Quick! Go Legendary!" Troy shouted as the rangers pulled out new keys from their belts

"Legendary Ranger Mode: Mighty Morphin!"

"Mighty Morphin Red Ranger!"

"Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger!"

"Mighty Morphin Yellow Ranger!"

"Mighty Morphin Black Ranger!"

"Mighty Morphin Pink Ranger!"

"Mighty Morphin Green Ranger!"

Gia and Emma advanced first with their chief weapons ready to strike.

Emma used Gia's Power Daggers with her Power bow and fired them at Zilas. He managed to avoid the incoming daggers by leaping into the air. Zilas then front flipped over to Gia and delivered a powerful kick to her chest, knocking her back.

Emma readied her bow again to protect her friend, but Zilas was too fast and managed to leap behind her. He then grabbed her free arm and held it behind her back. He used his other hand to control Emma's other arm, which was holding her weapon.

"Let her go!" Troy roared as he raced to save his teammate, wielding his Power Sword.

"Troy, wait!" Noah shouted, holding his arm out in vain.

Knowing Troy would take the bait, Zilas made Emma fire her bow, causing the arrow to strike Troy, who stumbled back in pain.

"HYAH!" Orion yelled as he leaped forward and tried to free Emma. "Dragon Dagger!"

Orion slashed Zilas several times in the back, causing him to release the injured Emma. However, he was now the new target of the evil ranger. Zilas quickly turned around to face Orion and jabbed him in the elbow. Orion dropped his weapon in pain. Zilas summoned his Armada Sabers, and began slashing Orion with excessive force.

"Come on, Noah!" Jake urged his best friend as he raised his Power Axe. Noah nodded, summoning his Power Lance.

Zilas, catching wind of the two rangers coming from behind him, summoned two blasters and fired multiple rounds on Noah and Jake. Unprepared for the counterattack, Noah and Jake were blasted backwards, causing them to de-morph, as did the other rangers.

"Come now, rangers, you have to do better than that." Zilas jeered as he watched them painfully try to get back on their feet. "I was expecting much better from the heroes who defeated our Prince."

Gia, angered at his statement, got back on her feet.

"Come on guys, we're not going to sit back and take this creep's insults." Gia seethed.

"You're right!" Jake agreed as he got back on his feet.

"Let's do it!" Troy shouted as the rangers summoned their next wave of Ranger Keys.

"Legendary Ranger Mode, Samurai!" The five rangers announced as they morphed into the Samurai Rangers.

"Red Samurai Ranger!"

"Blue Samurai Ranger!"

"Yellow Samurai Ranger!"

"Green Samurai Ranger!"

"Pink Samurai Ranger!"

"Gold Samurai Ranger!"

"Oh back for more, huh?" Zilas taunted as he brandished his sabers.

"Orion, you're with me!" Troy shouted as he and Orion raced forward with Spin Sword and Barracuda Blades raised at their enemy.

"Let's go, guys!" Noah commanded. The others nodded and followed Troy and Orion.

"You fools!" Zilas chuckled.

With his weapons in hand, Zilas quickly raced past Orion and Troy, coming came face-to-face with the other four rangers.

"What? How did he…" Jake began before he was cut off by Zilas slashing him with his sword. Jake managed to block the attack with his Forest Spear just in time, but Zilas countered by firing his guns at his leg, causing Jake to lose his grip on his sword. Zilas then kicked Jake, and turned his attention to Emma and Noah.

Emma and Noah summoned their personal weapons; the Sky Fan and Hydro Bow.

Noah made the first strike, firing several rounds of blue energy arrows at Zilas. This managed to weaken the evil ranger enough for Emma to race forward and strike him with her Sky Fan. Gia then decided to join in on the fun, using her Earth Slicer to injure Zilas.

"Ahhhh!" Zilas groaned in pain as Gia slammed her weapon against his chest.

Jake then dashed forward and jabbed him in the chest with his Forest Spear.

"Orion, ready?" Troy asked his teammate.

Orion nodded, and raced toward Zilas at the speed of light, slashing him with the Barracuda Blades. Orion then leaped out of the way, allowing Troy to deliver two powerful blows to Zilas with his Fire Smasher.

The rangers re-grouped as Zilas groaned in pain and sparks flew around him.

"Now, what was that you were saying earlier about us being weak?" Gia taunted.

"He-he-he!" Zilas laughed softly.

"What's so funny?" Jake demanded.

"You fools." Zilas laughed as he got back to his feet. "You haven't begun to see my true power yet. You have no idea what I'm capable of, like this for example. HA!"

Zilas launched a massive fireball at the rangers engulfing them in a massive explosion that caused them to de-morph back to Super Mega Mode again.

"Man!" Gia grunted as she pounded her fist to the ground in frustration. "And just when we thought we had him on the ropes."

"Guys, let try a new combination." Troy suggested as the team got back on their feet. "How about we white this guy out!"

"Right!" The others agreed.

The six rangers summoned new ranger keys, all colored white.

"Legendary Ranger Mode..."

"White Dino Ranger!" Troy announced as he summoned the Drago Sword.

"SPD Omega Ranger!" Noah announced as he readied his Omega Morpher.

"White Wild Force Ranger!" Gia announced as she brandished her White Tiger Baton.

"Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger!" Jake announced as he readied his Rhino Morpher.

"White Alien Ranger!" Emma announced as he summoned her Aquitar Saber.

"Mighty Morphin White Ranger!" Orion announced as he summoned Saba.

"Powers of White, Powers Unite!"

"Pathetic!" Zilas scoffed as he shot bolts of energy at the rangers.

"I got this, guys!" Jake shouted as he rushed forward. He managed to deflect the blasts away from his friends using his Rhino Morpher.

"We're just getting warmed up, Zilas!" Jake boasted.

Zilas made the first move, charging at Jake with his sword ready to strike. As Jake and Zilas' weapons collided, the others readied to make an attack. Despite being hit several times by Zilas's sword, Jake would not back down.

"Jake, we're coming in!" Noah warned.

"You've got it!" Jake affirmed as he slashed Zilas away from him, giving the other rangers a clear shot.

"Omega Morpher, Muscle Mode!" Noah commanded as he revved his morpher, giving himself a boost in strength.

"Tiger Baton!" Gia shouted.

Gia leaped forward and performed a powerful roundhouse kick on Zilas. She then began whacking him with her Tiger Baton. But this proved futile, as Zilas merely slashed her with his sword and kicked her away. Noah intervened and began to pummel Zilas with the boost he got from the Omega Morpher.

"Aquitar Ranger Power!" Emma shouted as she fired dozens of small orgami swans at Zilas, weakening him.

By the time Zilas recovered, he found himself face-to-face with Troy and Orion.

"Let me introduce you to Saba!" Orion shouted as twirled the enchanted sword before throwing it at Zilas. The sword stopped inches from the villain's face and fired beams from its mouth before slashing him.

"He's all yours, Troy!" Orion shouted as he reclaimed Saba.

Right!" Troy nodded in acknowledgement. "White Drago Sword!"

He slashed the sword wildly causing a dozen of energy arrows to appear. He swung his sword in Zilas' direction, causing the laser arrows to fire at the villain, engulfing him in a massive explosion.

"Great job, Troy!" Emma cheered as the rangers reverted back to their basic ranger modes.

"Thanks, but it's not over yet!" Troy pointed out.

Zilas got back on his feet, apparently a little wounded from Troy's attack. He brushed his smoky shoulder with his hand.

"You rangers may have won this round, but I will be back." Zilas warned. "And the next time we meet, you will regret ever crossing me!"

And with that, Zilas teleported away.

"And we'll be waiting!" Troy replied as he looked up to the sky.