Brody, Preston, Sarah, Hayley and Calvin appeared on a city street this time, though on this occasion they were sure it wouldn't take them long to find their opponent. Cosmo had already warned them that this would be a gigantify round, and there weren't too many places a one hundred foot monster could hide.
"Alright, we already know what to expect. We need to call the Zords." Brody called out. They heard a massive roar, which chilled all of them as soon as they heard it. Calvin just gulped.
"Well that sounds familiar." He commented.
"Skullgator!" Preston called out as he pointed to the horizon. They could see the massive skeletal monster appearing a little way off. The Rangers all went for their Zord stars, clipping them into the Ninja Swords.
"Ninja Steel Megazord, combine!" Brody called out as they formed up the Megazord, powering up as they entered the cockpit. He grabbed the Ninja Master Blade. "Alright guys, we're on a short time frame, but we've done this before! Let's just keep calm and..."
"BRODY LOOK OUT!" Hayley yelled as they were blind-sided by a harsh attack. They all watched in confusion as the Robo-Rider Zord appeared seemingly from nowhere, hitting them with a flying punch which staggered them.
"The Robo-Rider Zord!" Calvin shot out. "But...Levi's not here, how can it...?"
Before he could say anything, it leapt up, hitting them with a flying kick, before flipping away and landing a short distance away. The Skullgator rushed them in the confusion, hitting them with its sword. Warning sirens started to sound.
"Damn it, they've already taken 20 percent of our power!" Sarah protested.
"I think we can safely say the first attack was no mistake." Brody commented. "Somehow Cosmo's got control of the Robo-Rider Zord."
"But how?" Preston asked. "I thought the he's already used his misfortune card."
"Ah, but I haven't Blue Ranger." Cosmo said as he appeared in the sky. "The gigantify rounds are just a part of the game, all the rounds in the last ten squares are gigantify battles. Your misfortune card allows me to call one of your Zords and control it myself! I chose the Robo-Rider Zord! Good luck facing your own weapons!"
The Rangers were rocked as the Robo-Rider Zord hit them with another attack, before making way for the Skullgator to come in with a massive bite attack. Calvin threw the right arm into its way, letting the Skullgator chew on that while they tried to grapple with it, struggling to get free.
Sparks flew up from their consoles as they started to alert them to the damage.
"I've saved the vital systems, but this thing has a seriously good dentist." Calvin commented. "In about five minutes we're going to lose the arm!"
"Not sure we have five minutes." Brody told them as the Robo-Rider Zord launched into the air, this time slamming both feet down on the Megazord's head, before flipping away. "I don't want to fight our own weapons, but we need to shut down the Robo-Rider Zord."
"We might be able to get control back if we had its Zord Star!" Sarah told him. "But without Levi here..."
"Then we have to do it the old-fashioned way." Brody answered. "I'll take the Robo Red Zord and take care of it."
"Whoa, you want to split up the Megazord?" Calvin complained.
"We have other Zords." Brody reminded him, throwing the Mega Master Blade to Sarah. "You take over."
"Alright, here we go." Sarah said, pulling out another Zord Star. "Astro Zord, Out of the Shadows!"
The Skullgator was forced to release its grip on them as it was hit with some laser blasts. Brody took the separation as the opportunity to disengage the Robo Red Zord.
"Astro Megazord Combine!" Sarah commanded as she took up the central command position. "Alright, time to break some bones!"
Outside the game, Mick and Levi were watching intently. They could see what was unfolding in the glowing orb hovering over the castle. Levi looked to his Zord Star.
"I can't believe my own Zord is attacking them!" He complained. "I never summoned it!"
"Your Zord Star still has ultimate control over the Robo-Rider Zord." Mick told him. "If we can get you in there, you can take back control of your Zord."
"Then I'm going in!" Levi told him, looking to the open grave next to the gaming piece. "It looks like this is the way..."
"Levi wait!" Mick called out. "There's no guarantee Cosmo is going to play fair!"
"I don't get it." Levi said, looking confused.
"Cosmo's in control of the game, but look at where the Rangers are! There' only four squares from the end. One decent dice roll and they've won!" Mick told him. "But look at the timer, it's almost out, if he can hold them in that battle, he can stop them from rolling the dice, if they don't roll..."
"They can't win." Levi said, thinking for a moment. "I think I know what to do."
He picked up the hour glass, at which Mick just looked at him.
"Wait, Levi, what are you doing?" Mick asked.
"He can cheat because he's in control of the game right?" Levi asked. "Well, what about someone who's not even playing?"
"I like it!" Mick responded.
"Alright, time to flip the board." Levi said, reaching for the grave, before disappearing in a flash of light.
Inside the game, the Rangers were struggling. Just like the rest of the game, the monsters they faced were a lot tougher than their living counterparts. Although they had faced Skullgators before, this one seemed to be giving them real difficulty.
"You want to chew on something?" Sarah asked as he jammed the Astro Ninja Megazord's blaster into its mouth. "Chew on THIS! Final STRIKE!"
She powered up the Zord, firing off the blast point blank, scattering shattered bone all over the city. The remains of the Skullgator fell to the ground and exploded, giving the Rangers a moment of celebration.
"Alright, nice one Sarah!" Calvin complimented her. They were rocked as they were hit by a blast from a little way off.
"What the hell was that?" Hayley asked as they checked on the damage report. They looked to see the Robo-Rider Zord holding the Bull-Rider Megazord's blaster, opening fire on them. "Shit, we still have to take that down!"
"I'm on it!" Brody told them, his Robo Red Zord beginning to grapple with it, trying to wrestle the blaster from him.
"But we beat the Skullgator, we won!" Preston complained. "Why hasn't the battle ended?"
"Guys, check that out!" Calvin said as another Skullgator appeared.
"He sent another one?" Hayley complained. "How is that fair?"
"I think that's the point." Sarah told her. "We're running out of time and we're almost at the end of the board. The best way for him to win is to keep us trapped in this battle. If we can't roll the dice, we can't move, and if we can't move..."
"Game over." Preston gulped as they prepared for the attack.
From out of nowhere though, there was a flash of light, and Levi dropped out of the sky, landing on a nearby skyscraper. He watched the chaos going on and could see that they were in deep trouble.
"It looks like I'm not yet too late." Levi commented, pulling out his Zord Star. He clipped it into his weapon. "Robo-Rider Zord...time you started playing nice!"
He was about to spin it, but before he could, Cosmo appeared before him, his face twisted in rage. He started waving his cane in anger.
"You can't be here, it's cheating!" He called out.
"Sorry, but it's only cheating if you're actually playing." Levi said with a smirk. "And since I was never playing the game..."
"He's right!" Cosmo shrieked as he finally saw this loophole in the spell. "But if you're not part of the game, then I can do THIS!"
He was about to draw his cane-sword, but Levi had already foreseen him taking matters into his own hands and fired a point-blank blast from his weapon, blasting Cosmo straight off the skyscraper. He watched him fall, but was not naive enough to believe that would be the last they'd see of Cosmo Royale. He spun the Zord Star in his weapon.
The Robo-Rider Zord faltered for a moment, before he could feel it coming back under his control. He looked to Brody as he leapt onto the Robo-Rider Zord.
"Alright Brody, The Robo-Rider is back on our side!" He called out. "And I brought along his buddy for the ride! Bull-Rider Megazord, power up!"
On the ground, Cosmo was just starting to come to, scrambling out of the rubble when he saw the Bull-Rider Megazord taking aim at his Skullgator. He could only watch on as it opened fire, obliterating it completely.
"NO!" He screamed as he tossed his hat to the ground in frustration, and started stomping his feet in a tantrum. "You can't win! This is MY game! I'm in control, you just CAN'T!"
"Hey, don't play the game if you can't take losing." Levi said as he and the Rangers formed up behind him. Cosmo turned to face them, completely livid.
"You're all nothing but a lousy bunch of rotten cheaters!" He whined. "But you're still in my game, and since you all cheated, I'm just going to keep you here! You can't finish the game and your time is running out! The last sands are running as we speak!"
"Oh, you mean this thing?" Levi said, revealing the hour glass. "You see, I decided to pick this up on my way in."
"Now...you be careful with that!" Cosmo said, looking decidedly worried as he saw Levi hold it. Levi dropped it, and saw the look on Cosmo's face as it fell, before catching it again. It was just a theory, but he had a feeling the hour glass was the key to it all.
"Wow, this must be pretty important." Levi said. "It'd be a shame if anything happened to it right?"
The other Rangers all pulled out their Ninja Blasters, putting in Power Stars to power them up.
"Wait, WAIT!" Cosmo shrieked, beginning to freak out, seeing his plan falling apart. "That's a valuable game piece!"
"That's exactly what I suspected!" Levi answered, throwing it up into the air. "You know what to do guys!"
"WHIPLASH!" They all called out, firing off the blasters. The hourglass was completely destroying it. Cosmo fell to his knees as he saw this.
"NO! My game is over!" He complained. "You...you ruined everything!"
"Sorry to ruin your fun." Levi said as the Rangers started to disappear. "On second thought...no...I'm really not! See you around Cosmo!"
The Rangers all appeared back in the Shop Class in a flash of light. Finally able to stand up, Calvin grinned brightly.
"Wow...I've never been so happy to be able to stand up!" He commented.
"Given the amount of time you spend on the couch...I can believe that." Hayley teased him.
"So, the game's over." Preston stated. "Cosmo's spell is broken, what happens now?"
"Well, I know the first thing we're doing." Sarah said, packing the game roughly away into the box. The others followed her as she took it into the Ranger Base, before throwing it straight into the forge. They watched on in satisfaction as it burned up, destroying the last remaining piece of the whole nightmare.
"Now that...that felt good!" Sarah commented. "Thanks Levi, you arrived just in time."
"Don't thank me." Levi said apologetically as he started to look a little uncomfortable. He looked to Mick, who just nodded in approval. "I should have been with you from the start. All of you agreed to sing with me and I never asked you if you even wanted to sing."
"We did." Sarah assured him.
"Well...that might be the case, but I didn't ask, and you all did what I wanted to do regardless of what you wanted to do because I'm your friend and I wanted to sing." Levi continued. "I like to think of myself as a normal guy, that I don't let who I am change me but I guess when it comes down to it, I'm a little used to getting my own way."
"Levi, you are not spoiled!" Preston interjected.
"That's the thing, I might not have thrown a tantrum or screamed or anything but in a way, I kind of am." Levi admitted. "On the road, people would do what I wanted, whatever I asked and pretty much no one ever said no. I guess in a way I'm kind of used to getting my own way even if I didn't realise it."
He looked to the forge and sighed.
"I ruined your fun by saying the game looked lame." He told them. "Hanging out with your friends, that's what makes something fun, even if it's something you don't normally like."
"Well you were right about one thing, that game was kind of lame." Sarah remarked as Preston put his arm around her.
"Well, maybe we can find one that's not so lame." Levi suggested. The others all held their hands up and backed away.
"Whoa, I think it'll be a LONG time before I want to play any more board games!" Brody commented.
"Yeah, I think I'll stick to building deadly weapons." Sarah said, nodding her head. "That is WAY safer!"
"Well if we're not going to play board games, how about we go and sing some more?" Hayley suggested. Levi just shook his head.
"Nah, we've done what I like doing. I think you've sang enough for one day." Levi answered. "How about we all go for ice-cream? It's my treat!"
"Now THOSE are some real magic words!" Sarah squealed as she gathered her belongings. The other Rangers all did the same, following Levi as he was heading out the door.
As he was about to leave though, something caught Preston's attention. He saw a small length of ribbon hanging from the edge of a work bench. He didn't know what it was from, but it was just hanging there. Picking it up, he inspected it. It was a wide piece of blue ribbon. He smiled as a thought came to him, before putting it away in his pocket, before picking up his jacket and going with them.