Tora was in the midst of writing to her mother for the first time since she had come to Earth. "Hi Mama, Jeremy tells me that the transport cube should have fixed itself by now, so I thought I'd take this chance to write to you. In the 3 months we've been here, me and the others have done a lot. We've made some friends, like Johnny and his brother Luke, - who is kind of part human, part three different Animen. Don't ask. - beat a few monsters, and we've managed to find 12 missing Cubezords, plus the legendary Whale. Or at least, we've found something that will lead us to it, thanks to one of Earth's local Power Rangers -they're kind of like the Planetary Guardians - known as Super Megaforce. With it, Johnny was able to turn into the Whale Ranger with the same power that Jonas used all those centuries ago. If this isn't making much sense, then don't worry. I'll be sure to explain it to you when I finish the mission and get back. Love from Tora. XOXO."
As Tora finished writing, Emma walked into the room. "What are you writing?", she asked.
"Oh, it's just a letter to home.", Tora said sheepishly. "It's not been easy to send these with the cube being out of order, but I have quite a few of these written for the day I'd be able to have them delivered."
"And that's relatively soon.", Emma concluded. "Well if you're done, we're having a meeting in the living room to discuss our plan of action for today. Come on." Tora took Emma's hand as the two left the room.
Elsewhere, on Mantack's ship, he channelled energy into his Anima Arm from the rudimentary reanimation device on the ship, after using it on himself. "Arise, Dapperfly and Porcuprick!" He then pointed forward, causing the two to be revived as they were when destroyed.
"We're back!", Dapperfly stated.
Porcuprick on the other hand was angry. "Why did you take so long to bring us back?"
"Oh Geez, more of these guys to deal with." An imposing red-coloured demon with prominent horns and multiple eyes walked forward. "When I led the Nighlok, I only ever had a crew of three at most. Anyone else just gave me a headache."
"Well look at that." A pair of humanoids, one a blonde male with yellow highlights on his uniform and the other a brunette female with purple highlights, stepped forward. "Looks like the great Master Xandred is sad that he's not in charge anymore.", the former of the pair commented snidely.
"Yes lucky that he hasn't needed to dry out at all.", the female snarked.
"Oh don't act so high and mighty." Everyone was interrupted by the arrival of who everyone present recognised as Prince Vrak of the Armada. "Blaze and Roxy here think that because the piece of malware that bootlegged their originals to birth them wiped out all but the Rangers who defeated him, that gives them the air of superiority."
"Hey, watch it Vrak.", Blaze growled. "Didn't the Rangers ultimately finish you off?"
"While you had the advantage, no less?", Roxy added.
"But I didn't lose to two separate Ranger teams.", Vrak countered. "And unlike your master, I was steps away from achieving victory where even my worthless brother failed."
"Woah!", Dapperfly said with shock. "Boss, who'd you mind read to get this bunch?"
"The Yellow Ranger from Megaforce, Gia.", Mantack answered. "Between the Ranger Database she has access to and the various evils she's encountered in her travels through the multiverse. It practically gave me a palette of colours to work with. And I've spent days ensuring that not only is my army in full possession of all their faculties, but that my new aides are fully accustomed to their new job."
"New aides?", Dapperfly asked.
As if on cue, a blue robotic being, who was the exact shape and size of the one who had been there when the bought the ship, along with a robotic woman who looked like she had green hair and a face concealing mask walked into the room. "Hey, what did you do to the engines?", the former moaned, making Dapperfly and Porcuprick realise that he was the same being that had sold them the ship alongside Sledge. "You removed all my mechanisms and added in some new fancy gears and pulleys."
"He's just expressing frustration that the ship isn't as primitive as he remembers, a common organic failing.", the second of the two commented. "The new mechanisms that Mantack installed are far more efficient and will burn through less fuel."
"You see, Metal Alice is capable of getting with the times, Wrench.", Mantack commented as he slapped the metallic being. "And she's willing to do my work without complaining."
"Anybody who Master Vrak sees fit to work with will receive the same respect from me.", Metal Alice explained.
"That's another thing.", Porcuprick pointed out. "Wrench, I can imagine you forcing him into compliance, but how did you assure these others would serve you?"
"By helping to defeat the Rangers, I can create a massive wave of despair to raise the Sanzu River.", Xandred explained. "And then the Nighlok will finally overrun the Earth."
"And by backing the Nighlok in their Earth destruction campaign, I will be able to call upon survivors of the Armada to rebuild and resume our conquest of the universe.", was Vrak's answer.
"And by defeating the Rangers, we can get access to their Morphers.", Roxy explained. "Giving Blaze and I all the power we'll ever need from their Morph-X."
"But we still have at least one who refused to join the winning team.", Wrench pointed out as he brought up video of a Violet armoured figure held in place by chains. "Who would've thought that Void Knight was secretly a goodie two-shoes all along?"
"Not for much longer.", Metal Alice stated. "Thanks to Lord Zedd's Revilifier, all of his moral fibre will soon be stripped from him permanently, making him a willing pawn against the Rangers."
"Speaking of whom.", Mantack took over. "It's time we prepared to attack them."
Back at the zoo house, as everyone was preparing to discuss their plan of action, Jeremy noticed the remote link device that Gia was putting down. "What's that?"
"Oh, that's just a Transportal Device.", Gia explained. "Every Ranger team prior to you has one, it allows you to portal anywhere in the multiverse, but only in the event of an emergency. You can keep that one, we've got a few back at our Command Centre."
"Thank you.", Jeremy practically squeed.
And with that small matter settled, the Megaforce Rangers finished outlining their terms to the Wild Fury Rangers. "You want to do what with us?", Lenny asked.
"Give you some training.", Troy repeated. "After all, it took all of us working together to deal with the two goons Mantack sent out. It might be pertinent to ensure that you can handle greater threats."
"Well we did get the Whale Hyper Morpher in that last battle.", Trunks pointed out. "Johnny was able to beat him in one blow."
"And then it disappeared after that battle.", Noah pointed out. "Are you sure you can easily summon it back in the future."
"He's right.", Johnny pointed out. "But I think if we trained together in one place, it might give either Archris or Mantack the idea that there's tensions between us, and we'd have to face an all out attack."
"He's right.", Marina pointed out. "Johnny and Troy are our leaders, so they should make up one training group by themselves. And as for Luke and Orion."
"Well we already have something of an established camaraderie from the last battle.", Luke pointed out. "I'd be glad to see what I can do against a living legend."
"And I'd be happy to compare notes on our fighting styles.", Orion added.
"But that just leaves 8 of us to pair off.", Jake pointed out. "How will we decide that?"
"It's simple.", Marina answered him. "The bulk of us will be one big group, training in a private area to show off the extent of our teamwork."
Everyone seemed intrigued by this notion. "Sounds like a plan.", Gia said in response. "Where are we doing it?"
Some time later, the two teams of Marina, Lenny, Trunks and Tora and Gia, Emma, Noah and Jake met at the stadium. "So the exercise is simple, right?", Noah asked.
"We morph, we fight, and we all try to counter the other team.", Trunks answered him. He and the other Wild Fury Rangers took out their Primal Morphers. "Now then, I think it's Morphin Time!"
"Primal Spirits, Awaken!" In a flash, the 4 were transformed into the Wild Fury Rangers.
"Not bad.", Jake commented. "But don't think we're going to hold back during his fight."
"Super Mega Mode!" In another flash, all of them had transformed into their enhanced suits.
"Looks like we have our work cut out for us team.", Marina said to the others as part of a pep talk.
"We can take them.", Tora responded.
"But we'll have to beware their ability to turn into any Legendary Ranger.", Trunks reminded them.
"Eh, I can take anything they throw at us.", Lenny insisted, confident in his success. "Let's do this!"
The 4 then ran into battle against the Super Megaforce Rangers. "Don't think because we're older that we've lost our touch.", Noah warned the four.
A fight then broke out between the two, with everyone initially brawling with whoever was in front of them, before separating off into their colour equivalents. "Gia, catch!", Emma called out as she threw her Super Mega Saber at her teammate.
"Good idea, let's switch.", Gia yelled back as she threw her Super Mega Blaster. The two caught their friend's weapons, with Emma using her second Blaster to block Tora's Primal Saber. Emma then threw herself at her foe's waist, delivering a kick to her face. Above, Gia used her two Sabers as flails to try and hit Lenny, who proved agile enough to dodge. "What's the matter? Afraid of losing to a girl?", she asked mockingly.
"Not at all.", Lenny answered as he took out his Primal Blaster, firing shots that semi-deliberately failed to hit their targets. "I'm an equal opportunity warrior." He then leapt in to throw a punch, which Gia used to elbow him to the floor.
Inside the stadium, Trunks threw a kick that knocked Jake back. "I've a had a lot of practice with this move.", Trunks explained as he and his opponent locked swords.
Noah turned away from his battle in progress to see his friend in trouble. "Jake, use my Blaster.", he called out as he threw the weapon.
But Trunks stood in the way to knock the airborne weapon away. "Hey, no unfair advantages.", Jake chided him as he pushed the Animan down and grabbed the firearm, before throwing his sword to Noah. "I owe you one, buddy."
"One sword or two, I'll still triumph over you.", Marina stated as she dodged Noah's sword slashes and then moved in to attack with her Primal Saber. But he blocked this and delivered a flurry of slashes to her chest. "What? Ahh!" Noah then disarmed and knocked the Shark Ranger down.
"Super Mega Double Blast!" Jake fired two consecutive flurries of shots at Trunks, who used some impressive split second breakdancing manoeuvres to dodge.
"You can't hit me with that if I'm right next you.", Trunks called out as he ran up to his opponent, briefly managing to hold his hand in place with a foot, before engaging him in a chase. Jake eventually climbed onto a trolley and pushed hismelf backwards, landing a shot on Trunks' chest that knocked him against a pillar. "Alright, time for the big guns."
"Primal Mode, Unleash!" All 4 Wild Fury Rangers then transformed into their Primal Modes, with Trunks' feet transforming into those of an elephant, Marina growing a shark fin out of her back, and Lenny and Tora's hands turning into claws like those of a lion and a tiger.
"Let's show them these cats have claws.", Tora stated as Lenny grabbed her and swung her around to use as a shield against Emma's shots, before they unleashed their attacks to stop both opponents' assaults.
"Let's double team these freaks.", Marina stated as she leapt towards Trunks, who kicked her back. "Tidal Quake Crash!" She rammed into both Noah and Jake, managing to catch them off guard, before Trunks knocked the pair back with a stomp of his foot.
The 4 Mega Rangers recouped. "Looks like the new kids might have some bite in them after all.", Jake commented as they also regrouped. "It's time we went Legendary."
"Legendary Ranger Mode!", all 4 called out as they pulled out their Ranger Keys, each of them from a different Ranger team.
Emma was the first to change, becoming Dino Charge Pink. "Dino Charge! Unelash the Power!"
Noah then followed by becoming Ninja Steel Blue. "Ninja Steel! It's Morphin' Time!"
Then Gia became the Beast Morphers Yellow Ranger. "Beast Morphers! Activate Beast Power!"
Finally, Jake became the Dino Fury Green Ranger, though the fact its regular weirder had removed the gendered parts of the outfit and no-one had deigned to repair it afterwards meant that there was no change from him using a female's Ranger Key. "Dino Fury! Link to Morphin' Grid!"
"So you think mixing it up will work on us?", Lenny asked. "Let's see what you're made of." The 8 Rangers then charged into battle once again.
In the woods, as part of their own training, Orion was looking around for Luke, who had used his knowledge of the terrain to play a game of hide and seek. "You can't hide forever.", Orion called out. "I will find you."
"Just try it.", Luke yelled back. "I've spent a decade scoping every inch of this place. There's little that could surprise me - OW!" He turned around to see a small solar panel on wheels with a camera-like head, similar to the cartoon flick about pollution and fat people. "Do you know a tiny robot on wheels, Orion?"
"Tensou?", Orion asked as he emerged from the clearing into Luke's hiding place. "What are you doing all the way out here?"
"Orion.", the robot cried out. "Gosei sensed a familiar energy surge within the area. That of… Vrak!"
Both Rangers were shocked to hear this. "Vrak? That was the original enemy for your team, right?", Luke said.
"He was.", came the reply from Orion. "But how could he come back?"
"I think Mantack's responsible.", Luke responded. "He can revive anybody as long as he's scanned memories of them. He must've scanned the mind of one of your team during the last battle."
"We need to alert the others to the problem right away.", Tensou urged. "I'd do it, but I used up most of my power driving out here."
"Let's go.", Luke urged as the two set off running.
And in the nearby quarry, Johnny and Troy were stood opposite each other, now fully morphed. "So what are we doing?", the former asked. "Are you going to attack me and see if I can summon the Whale Morpher?"
"Not exactly.", Troy stated as he took out a small lion head from his pocket. "You'll be facing my friend here."
He then threw the small object into the air, causing it to grow and transform into a humanoid figure. Robo Knight, Morph! "I am not detecting a current crisis.", Robo Knight stated. "Red Ranger, why have you summoned me?"
"I need your help in training a friend.", Troy explained. "We need to make sure he can access his full power in the future."
"And don't worry about holding back.", Johnny assured him. "I can take anything you throw at me."
"Parameters accepted.", Robo Knight nodded. "Lion Blaster, fire!" He took out his weapon and fired at Johnny, before converting it to a sword and running forward to slash at the Eagle Ranger. "Summon Vulcan Cannon!" He inserted a card into a phone like device and inputted a code. Summon Vulcan Cannon! A large red object emerged from the phone, after which Robo Knight placed it on his Lion Blaster "Vulcan Cannon, activate!" He then took out and inserted another card, after attaching the phone to the weapon. "Victory Charge! Knight Dynamic, fire!"
Johnny tried reaching out his hand. "Come on, Whale Morpher. I need you now." But this proved fruitless, as tha ttack hit him head on and knocked him back. "I think I might need a little more pressure."
"No problem.", Troy commented as he pulled out his Mega Blaster and fired at Johnny.
And over in the city, Jeremy was in the midst of tinkering with his new toy. "Are you sure this is the best place for you to be doing this?", Sir Caesar asked.
"Well I've already managed to input what we know of the cube's energy.", Jeremy explained. "That should give us a rough idea of Cubalia's coordinates and allow us to transport home without the problem of the cube resetting everyone's Morphers." He then pressed a series of buttons. "All I need to do is test this thing."
As if on cue, Ignoblia, Cuborg and Keldor apepared, with the former shooting at both Animen, knocking the device out of Jeremy's hands and into her own. "Well, it seems that your intel paid off, Keldor."
"Of course it did.", Keldor snapped. "When I say that the Rangers have acquired a means of inter-dimensional travel, I am a man of my word."
"And now it's in our possession.", Cuborg laughed. "With this, we can travel to an alternate universe where the Rangers don't exist and claim the Cubezords unopposed."
"More than that.", Ignoblia pointed out. "Just like Mantack, we can gather an array of the deadliest villains who have ever faced the Power Rangers and overwhelm both teams currently in town."
But after pressing a few buttons, the portal ended up opening in the air, with a fireball coming down from the skies. When the smoke cleared following the collision, a Red Ranger with a silver chest plate bearing a red star emblem and a visor shaped like a lion's head stood up. "Okay, not my Earth.", he noted. "Not nearly enough Control Gears for one thing. But on the plus side, at least I landed safely."
As he raised his fist in relief, the three Hunters regarded the newcomer. "Another Power Ranger?", Keldor hissed. "Great."
"For the record, my name's Yuri.", the newcomer answered. "And I suppose I've just come in from another universe all of a sudden. As for my transformed identity." He then did a pose, with his left arm held out in front of him and his right arm held upwards. "Fire of the Lion! Red Ranger!" As he said the second part, he moved his right arm into a thumbs up.
"This one doesn't seem to have any Cubezords.", Cuborg noted. "Let's send him back and move onto destroying our Rangers."
But before they could, 4 more falling objects descended, revealing 4 similar Rangers. One was a pink female, with wings on her back and an eagle pattern on her helmet, one was green female with large chameleon eyes on her helmet, one was a golden male with a helmet resembling a pair of weighing scales and more heavily armoured legs, and the fourth was a silver male with a snakeskin pattern on his sleeves and his helmet design. "Winda, Mila, Scales, Cobras. You guys made it through as well.", Yuri called out.
He then ran over to join them at which point the green one - Mila - responded. "I told you to stay with us when that portal opened. It's a good thing we all came through in one piece."
"Though as you can see, we are at reduced numbers.", Cobras commented.
"Looks like we've accidentally summoned a whole team of Rangers to this universe.", Ignoblia commented in annoyance.
"Not quite." With a flash, 4 more figures, all male, joined the fray. One was Orange with a scorpion pattern on his visor and a stinger wrapped around his body, the next was Yellow with an elongated helmet to mimic a swordfish, the third was blue, with a visor resembling a wolf and fur all over his body, and the last one was black, with a bull shaped helmet and arms and legs that looked as different from the others as you could get. "There are 9 of us.", the Orange one clarified.
"You're about to see what all of us can do.", Yellow added. "Now that Myron, Slash, Jiro and Tarrant are in the fray."
"I heard them planning to destroy some other Rangers.", Yuri explained as he stepped forward. "Guess it's up to us to stop that."
"If you want to do that, you'll have to deal with some friends first.", Ignoblia stated, as she threw coins into the air. "Bacteri, attack!"
As the Bacteri appeared, Yuri wasn't worried. In fact, he was confident. "These guys won't make us break a sweat." He pounded his fists together before pointing at Ignoblia's group. "But we'll take the warmup."
The 9 Rangers then ran into battle, with Slash beating his way past three Bacteri. "These guys are even easier to beat than Detainers.", he commented.
"Because these guys aren't innocent people being brainwashed.", Tarrant called back as he held two Bacteri in place with brute strength. "Which means we don't have to hold back." He threw the two Bacteri into the air, before punching them into their fellows as they fell down. Slash then had the flying Bacteri slashed in half by pressing back on the Cosmo Sphere within his Cosmo Morpher, generating a blade sharp enough to cut them down to size.
"Stop!", Cobras stated as he used his latent abilities to freeze the Bacteri he was facing in place.
"Time for me to join the fun.", Scales called out as he slid in and had Cobras hold him so he could fire on the prone foes to knock them down.
"Forget the grunts, she's the real menace.", Winda stated as she used her flight powers to shoot at Ignoblia, who recoiled at the shots.
"How very astute, but it won't save you.", Ignoblia yelled back as she fired her lasers at Winda.
"No, but it will distract you so I can attack.", Mila said in response as she turned off her invisibility and appeared behind the villainess to karate chop her, before delivering a flurry of kicks to knock her down.
Keldor meanwhile was fighting Myron and Jiro. "A robot like him's gonna be a pain in the ass to wear down.", Jiro groaned.
"I am not a robot!", Keldor growled as he took a kick from Jiro, which disoriented him long enough for Myron to wrap his stinger around the villain's sword wielding arm.
"I know.", Myron then commented. "A robot wouldn't fall for that." He then sent Keldor flying into a pillar, before Jiro leapt forward to attack Keldor, followed by Myron doing a kick attack of his own. "Like my brother taught me." The two Rangers then kicked Keldor simultaneously.
Yuri however was alone in facing down Cuborg. "I assume you're the muscle of your team.", Yuri inquired as he and the robot crossed swords.
"What gave it away?", Cuborg asked sarcastically as Yuri dodged his sword swings and hit him with his Cosmo Saber.
"Your inability to anticipate this.", Yuri answered as he locked swords with Cuborg again, using the opportunity to shoot his foe back with his Cosmo Morpher. He then unleashed a stronger slash attack. "Cosmic Slash!"
The attack knocked parts of Cuborg's body off of him, which quickly reformed into an arm. "Why you-!" He moved forward and punched Yuri back with his reformed arm.
"Looks like he does have some fight in him.", Yuri noted as he bounced off a barbed wire fence. "Fortunately, so do I." He was then propelled towards Cuborg, managing to head but him down, where he was soon joined by Keldor and Ignoblia.
The 9 Rangers then gathered in a formation that allowed them to create a star shape. "Cosmic Energy Star Buster!" They then pressed on their Cosmo Spheres twice, before firing to create 9 beams that coalesced into one, which made its way towards the villains.
"Get behind Cuborg.", Ignoblia told Keldor just before the beam hit. It had the intended effect of him taking most of the damage, whilst the two of them were merely blasted back.
"This Space is ours.", Yuri declared.
"These Power Rangers… what are they?", Keldor asked, now slightly terrified.
"We're bringing the universe together.", Yuri answered him, before all 9 Rangers engaged in a group pose.
"Bringing the Universe together, Power Rangers Cosmic Defenders!"
As Cuborg recovered, Ignoblia decided. "This plan was a mistake. Let's withdraw for now." She threw the transportal device to Jeremy. "You can keep this." The three villains then teleported out.
With the fight over, Yuri and Mila walked over to Jeremy. "Is that the thing that opened the portal that brought us here?", Yuri asked.
"It would appear to be.", Jeremy answered. "But I have no idea how to get it working to send you home."
"That's simple.", Mila said as she took the remote. "We just point, and press the green 'reopen' button to recreate the last portal, before pressing the blue hold button to keep it open for long enough." She then did exactly that, opening a portal. She then handed the device back to Jeremy. "There's a user's manual accessible through the red button."
"Thanks for your help.", Jeremy nodded as the Cosmic Defenders entered the portal, which closed once all of them were through. "So there are other Power Rangers out there in the multiverse. Well it's a start."
Back in the quarry, Johnny's training had gotten even more harsh, with him and Troy having locked swords, a fight proceeding that Johnny was losing. Lion Zord, Morph! Then as if the fight couldn't get any harder, Robo Knight reassumed his Zord form, ramming into Johnny before he could react. "It's no good.", he called out. "Maybe this isn't what we're supposed to do."
"It has to be.", Troy insisted. "You were able to wield the Whale Morpher last time when your friends were in trouble."
"In that case, you two are the worst possible choices to help Johnny unlock his Whale powers." Everyone was then blasted back as a familiar blue, white and silver figure appeared at the top of the cliff. "But perhaps I can lend him a hand."
"Vrak?", Troy questioned. "But that's impossible, I destroyed you."
"That would be the product of Mantack's Anima Arm.", Johnny clarified. "He must've read one of your minds to be able to bring back your enemy."
"Oh you won't just have me to deal with.", Vrak declared. "Thanks to your Ranger database and Gia's dimensional hopping adventures, Mantack was able to bring back a whole cabal of like minded individuals." As he said this, Master Xandred, Porcuprick and Dapperfly teleported in.
"No matter how many of you there are, we will not falter.", Robo Knight said as he stood up. "All enemies of the Earth shall be defeated."
"Ah, Robo Knight, my old pawn.", Vrak laughed. "But now, I have access to a new knight to fight by my side."
"I hope you're not referring to those two.", Johnny called out mockingly. "Because when it came down to it, they weren't so tough."
"Why that little-!", Dapperfly almost flew off the handle at this remark.
"Wait.", Porcuprick stopped his ally from rushing in. "While our army deals with the rest of the Rangers, we'll have our new toy take these three out." As if on cue, the same violet knight that had been strapped into the Revilifier teleported in. "Mr. Void Knight, I assume you understand your instructions." The armoured figure nodded. "Excellent. Now then Master, if you'd please give us an easy way to the other Rangers."
"Fine, if you want it so badly." Xandred then turned a crack in the rock into a portal to his native Netherworld, through which the 4 villains stepped, while Void Knight strode menacingly towards the three Rangers.
"Robo Knight, find the others.", Troy urged. "Warn them about the attack."
"Understood.", Robo Knight nodded as he changed forms and flew off. Lion Zord, Morph!
Void Knight then approached the remaining pair, beginning to swing his sword, the Void Fury Saber. "I thought this guy was still alive.", Johnny asked. "I mean, that's what Gia and Noah indicated when I asked them about it."
"Evidently, Mantack's Anima Arm doesn't have the drawback that the the subject can't be alive.", Troy suggested, and the pair dodged another swing from Void Knight, before trying to launch their own sword attack, which was blocked by the shield. "But is there anything about these clones being evil?"
"All I know is that it takes a while before they become real copies.", Johnny answered. "Perhaps he's not quite cooked yet. Either way, we need to take him out before he turns us into kebabs."
"Right. Time to power up.", Troy took out his Legendary Morpher and Ranger Key, using them to transform into a stronger Morph. "Super Mega Mode! Time to take care of this guy."
"Right.", Johnny and Troy then ran in to keep fighting Void Knight.
Meanwhile, the fight at the stadium was proceeding, with the Mega Ranger each pulling out a weapon wielded by their Ranger team of choice to turn the tides on their opponents. "Dino SuperDrive Saber!"
"Ninja Super Steel Blaster!"
"Cheetah Beast Blaster!"
"Mega Fury Saber!"
The Wild Fury Rangers were knocked back by this. "We're not beat yet.", Marina insisted as the 4 resumed fighting.
"Guys, we've got a situation!", Luke called out as he came running, only to find that they were currently locked in the middle of a fight. "Aw man, these guys are taking it way too far." True to this observation, Emma swung her Dino Saber into a pillar trying to hit Tora, Trunks stepped on Jake's ChromeFury Saber to stop his attack, Gia and Marina were kneeing and head butting each other, while Lenny and Noah managed to pull each other to the floor. Luke subsequently slumped against a pillar. "They'll quieten down eventually. I just need to wait."
"No time.", Orion urged as he arrived on the scene. He then ran into the middle of the fighting, which had now degenerated to light hearted tomfoolery, with the most dangerous moves being traded were mild finger wagging. "Okay everyone, we need to cut the training short. A situation's come up."
The 4 Mega Rangers reverted to normal. "What kind of situation?", Gia asked.
As if on cue, Blaze and Roxy teleported in with an army of Moogers, Loogies, X-Borgs, Vivix, Tronics and a set of masked beings who looked like their were wearing panama hats and suits. Master Xandred, Vrak, Dapperfly and Porcuprick then emerged from the pillar that Emma had damaged a few seconds prior. "Okay, that seems like a situation.", Lenny commented.
"Didn't we waste that guy yesterday?", Jake asked as he pointed at Porcuprick. "And I'm pretty sure none of these other guys should still be around."
"You can thank our friend Mantack for that little miracle.", Blaze commented. "Not to mention the army we have to destroy you all."
"I should've known that Mantack would take advantage of having some more experienced Rangers around to dig into their minds.", Trunks commented.
"Right now, all we can do is take these guys on and send them back to whatever hell they crawled out of.", Noah stated.
As if on cue, the Lion MechaZord came flying down to transform back into a humanoid form. Robo Knight, Morph! "Rangers, the time has come to combine your powers once again."
"Right.", all of the Rangers nodded.
"Like that will make a difference.", Roxy commented as she and Blaze assumed their robot forms by inserting their Morph-X Keys into their Cyber Morphers. "Take no prisoners!"
And so a fight broke out between the two sides, with Robo Knight engaging with the army of grunts. "Rangers, I will handle these foot-soldiers. You can handle the rest."
"Thanks, Robo Knight.", Orion called back as he and Luke faced off against Porcuprick. "Legendary 6th Ranger Mode: Dino Fury Gold Ranger!" He then pointed his new form's Morpher. "Mosa Blast!" A flurry of shots were launched that Porcuprick used his sword to try and deflect.
Then Luke appeared before his foe, having also changed form. "Primal Change: Alligator!" He then threw his Reel Spear at their opponent, sending him flying backwards.
Nearby, Noah and Trunks had teamed up to take on Dapperfly. "I have more strength in my shoulder than you two combined.", the monster announced.
"That's what you think.", Noah called out as he delivered a slash to the monster that knocked him back. "It's time we tried something new. What do you say guys?"
"Right.", the other Megaforce Rangers nodded as they took out some new Ranger Keys. "Legendary Ranger Mode: Wing Force! Let's Fly!" In a flash all of them were transformed into Rangers that had helmets modelled after birds and collars resembling feathers. Noah's was blue and resembled a swallow, Gia's was yellow and resembled an owl, Jake's was black and resembled a condor, while Emma's was white and resembled a swan.
"Woah, Johnny never indicated guys like these existed.", Marina commented as Gia used her Wing Saber to slash at Master Xandred and Blaze.
"Because these powers don't exist within this universe.", Gia answered as she glided over to deliver a kick to the two villains.
"Wing Gauntlet!", Jake called out as he sent a punch enhanced by the Sky Enforcer gauntlet at Vrak, which Lenny was quick to capitalise on with a sword slash.
Emma then fired her Beak Blaster at Roxy, followed soon after by Tora leaping in for a slash attack with her claws. "Alright, we're actually making a good job of throwing them off."
"Let's keep up the momentum.", Noah stated after shooting Dapperfly back with his AviAttacker. Everyone then took out their Legendary Morphers and a different set of Ranger Keys, which matched their regular colouration one for one.
"Legendary Ranger Mode: AVX! Start Up! Ready, Go!" They all turned into a group of vehicle themed Rangers with tires on their helmets and a t-shape with a yellow outline (black in Gia's case), before the 4 Rangers used super speed to land hits on the assembled villains in a few seconds.
"Let's not let them show us up.", Marina insisted. "Come on guys, let's show them that Animen can do the job as well as any human."
"Right.", Lenny, Tora and Trunks all nodded, before the 4 of them once more assumed their enhanced forms. "Primal Mode, Unleash!"
The 4 then unleashed their attacks on the enemies. "Tidal Impact!"
"Lion-tning Slash!"
"Rock Quaker!"
"Freezing Slicer!" At the last of these, all of the enemies had been downed, as the assault continued.
Elsewhere, Troy and Johnny had brought their battle with Void Knight to a disused warehouse. "You stay back.", Troy insisted. "This guy's mine." He then ran in to launch and attack.
"Oh no, I'm not sitting this one out.", Johnny insisted as he ran up and tried to grab Void Knight by he shoulder, only to hit with the latter's shield, and knocked down.
"I admire your spirit.", Troy called out as he took advantage of this distraction to to launch a kick to avoid Knight and join him. "But you'll need more than that."
"I became a Power Ranger because I wouldn't give up on helping people I barely knew.", Johnny stated. "And I'm not going to start now." This caused a golden glow to appear in front of him. "Of course. I was so focused on being the Whale Ranger that I forgot why I was a Power Ranger. That's why I couldn't keep a hold of it." The glow then vanished. "At least I know how to call on it now."
"Good.", Troy nodded, as the two pulled out their swords. "Now we can end this." They ran towards Void Knight as he also pulled his sword out. Both Rangers deliberately swung and thrust their swords at Void Knight's shield, knowing that it was the source of his power. But Johnny stabbing it provided a suitable enough distraction for Troy to launch a kick that knocked Void Knight back, before the two once more swung their swords. But avoid Knight was able to counter with a slash of his own.
"I'll provide a distraction.", Troy insisted. "You work on bringing out the Whale to finish him off."
"Really?", Johnny asked. "Are you sure?"
"Of course.", Troy answered. "This is your fight just as much as it is mine." He then took out a Ranger Key and changed form. "Legendary Ranger Mode: Mystic Force!" He transformed into the Red Mystic Ranger and ran forward with a pair of boxing gloves manifested. "Magi Punch!" He dashed forward, avoiding all of Void Knight's slashes, before delivering a hit direct to the evil clone's face.
As Void Knight recovered, he heard Johnny successfully completing his Morph into the Whale Ranger. "Primal Evolution!" Johnny then charged in and fired a shot at the clone's chest with the Morpher.
"Nice. Now let's keep it up.", Troy called out as he continued his own assault on Void Knight. "MagiStaff, Power of the Phoenix!" He then continued with a slash, before changing forms. "Legendary Ranger Mode: Battalion!" He transformed into the Red Battalion Ranger, one of the many Legendary Powers given to him and his team during the war with the Armada, though this one had only seen use once to overpower Levira's Megazord. "Battalion Dynamite Attack!" He then set himself on fire to crash into his foe.
As Void Knight recovered from this, he was hit with Johnny's final attack, which took the form of a whip. "Super Primal Blow!" This energy was too much for the clone's body, causing it to dissipate, as the two returned to normal and stood up to see Void Knight explode, sending his helmet hurtling forward. "Wow, that was amazing." Johnny then reverted to normal. "I actually managed to control the Whale Ranger powers."
Troy also reverted to human, smiling at this. But then his Gosei Morpher beeped, which he answered to be greeted with the voice of Mantack. "Ah, I assume the two of you dealt with my knight. But it's no matter. The rest of my army has cornered your friends outside the city. I'm sure you can guess where we are. Come alone." The call then ended.
The two Rangers didn't even get a chance to discuss how obvious it was a trap, before Jeremy came running in. "Oh, so it was you guys I saw having a battle that ended in here.", the Animan called out. "I can assume you guys won."
"We were, but I'm not sure our friends were.", Troy answered. "Mantack just hacked our frequencies to tell us he'd cornered them. And as for where, we're not sure."
"Based on him expecting us to know where he was, it's either the forest or the quarry. More likely the latter.", Johnny answered. "But if we just go strolling in there, we're likely to be ambushed by who knows how many bad guys."
"Good thing I've been figuring this out.", Jeremy stated as he held up the transportal device. "We might have an element of surprise after all."
At the quarry, Marina, Lenny, Trunks, Tora, Luke, Noah, Jake, Emma, Gia and Orion had all been knocked out of their morphs and were blasted backwards, landing on the floor of the quarry as Mantack appeared to lead his impromptu army of villains. "Give it up, you louts.", Mantack laughed. "Now I have an army of the greatest villains to menace the Earth at my disposal, and the opportunity to take two sets of Ranger powers, there's little you can do."
"Maybe." Everyone turned around to see Troy emerge from a portal. "But you seemed to have overlooked that your powersets won't be complete."
"That can be easily changed.", Porcuprick stated as he drew his sword.
"Wait a minute.", Roxy realised. "What happened to the other Red?"
"Oh nothing." Everyone turned around to see that Johnny had used his Chain Saber to cut everyone free. "We just needed you distracted so I could free the others."
"You imbeciles!", Vrak growled. "You allowed us to be fooled by simple misdirection."
Troy then ran over to rejoin the others. "We Rangers didn't need to do much to outsmart any of you in battle. We just needed to show you the real power of a team."
"Right.", Johnny nodded, summoning up the Whale Hyper Morpher. "Especially one that's recently got a new weapon to play with."
Everyone was shocked to see this. "Johnny managed to master the Whale Morpher?", Trunks exclaimed with shock. "I don't believe it."
"I do.", Mantack laughed. "Because it means I'm actually gonna get paid."
"You'll have to take it from us first.", Johnny stated. "Now then, Let's Power Up!"
"It's Morphin' Time!", the 12 Rangers declared as they took out their Morphers.
The Mega Rangers inserted their Rangers Keys. "Super Mega Mode!" In a flash, they were all transformed into their Super Megaforce suits.
Troy: "Super Megaforce Red!"
Noah: "Super Megaforce Blue!"
Gia: "Super Megaforce Yellow!"
Jake: "Super Megaforce Green!"
Emma: "Super Megaforce Pink!"
Orion: "Super Megaforce Silver!"
Super Megaforce: "Earth's Defenders Never Surrender!"
The Wolf Fury Rangers then commenced with their own Morphs. "Primal Spirits, Awaken!"
"Predator Spirits, Awaken!"
Johnny went last, so that he could trigger his own new Morph by pulling on the handle to convert the Golden Cube and then depressing the trigger on the grip. "Primal Evolution!" As the others Morphed, Johnny fired a beam of water that enveloped him, before dispersing to reveal his new suit. He then began their roll-call. "Rising up from the Depths, Wild Fury Whale Ranger!"
Marina: "Terror of the Deep Seas, Wild Fury Shark Ranger!"
Lenny: "Ruler of the Jungle, Wild Fury Lion Ranger!"
Trunks: "Sage of the Plains, Wild Fury Elephant Ranger!"
Tora: "Wanderer of the Mountains, Wild Fury Tiger Ranger!"
Luke: "The Bestial Triumvirate, Wild Fury Chimera Ranger!"
Wild Fury: "Call of the Wild!"
The twelve Rangers then posed together as an explosion appeared behind them. "Rangers Forever, Defending Together!"
Mantack and his forces regarded this with annoyance. "I say we pick our dance partners.", the Bounty Hunter suggested.
"Good idea.", Blaze nodded. "Roxy and I will take the one with the large Morpher. He likely has a large amount of Morph-X."
"The Wild Fury ones are more inexperienced.", Dapperfly insisted. "They're more inexperienced and will fall easier."
"My thoughts exactly.", Vrak nodded. "They won't be as familiar with my tricks as the older Rangers."
"I don't care who I crush.", Xandred declared. "But these older Rangers should send a more effective message to the people of the world that I've returned."
"And I can get my revenge for that defeat by beating them.", Porcuprick realised. "I guess the boss can take the Red one from those guys."
"Fine by me.", Troy stated. "Time to create a new legend."
Everyone subsequently ran in to begin a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil. Not on the scale of the Legendary Battle, but still an important battle for the Earth. Lenny propelled himself over Vrak's shoulder before Marina also joined the fray with her Primal Saber. "You think you beasts are a match for the power of Vrak?", the evil prince asked.
"Of course we do.", Marina answered as she and Lenny pressed the attack. "Earth's Rangers could beat you, couldn't they?"
Nearby, Luke and Tora landed hits on Dapperfly. "I knew we should've destroyed you beasts the minute we arrived on this planet.", the Hunter growled.
"Tell it to someone who cares.", Trunks retorted as he, Tora and Luke continued pressing the attack.
The two men then grabbed Tora by the arms and swung her to where they could launch a kick. "Snowy Mountain Kick!"
Dapperfly recoiled from this, but quickly recovered. "Take this!" He then fired a green laser at the three Rangers, only for Tora and Trunks to deflect the shock towards Lenny and Marina, who ducked out of the way for Vrak to take the shot. "Oops."
The 5 Rangers then leapt up to attack Dapperfly in their claw formation, with Luke forming the middle finger. "Wild Fury Claw Strike!" The attack made contact with Dapperfly, finishing him off once again.
"That useless imbecile.", Vrak commented as he stood up and the other Rangers ran into position. "I wont be so easy to take down." He then ran towards the Rangers with his sword.
"Primal Mode, Unleash!" The 4 primary Rangers assumed their enhanced modes and ran in.
Luke soon joined them. "Super Primal Mode, Unleash!"
Vrak ran in to face Lenny and Tora, who unleashed their attacks against him. "Lightning Ice Frenzy!"
Vrak didn't have time to recover before Marina came in to attack him. "Tidal Impact!"
And then he found himself blinded by Trunks' attack spitting up dirt. "Rock Quaker!"
And finally, Luke charged into Vrak, before throwing him into the sky. "Final Hunt!"
Vrak soon landed on the ground, weakened from these assaults. "Rrrgh! This is not over." He then began limping away.
A few feet away, Noah was facing down Porcuprick, while Gia and Orion faced down Xandred. "Yellow and Silver. Two of my least favourite colours.", he commented as the two villains were kicked back.
The three Rangers were soon joined by Jake and Emma. "Then let's see how you like a little Red power.", Gia commented as everyone took out a Red Ranger Key.
"Oh no, this won't end well.", Porcuprick realised.
"Legendary Red Ranger Mode!", all 5 Rangers declared as they transformed. They then prepared a Final Strike to attack the two villains.
First up was Noah as the Red Prism Ranger accompanied by Orion as the Overdrive Red Ranger. "Prism Saber!"
"Operation Overdrive! Drive Defender!"
They were then followed up by Jake as the Red Turbo Ranger and Emma as the Red Mystic Ranger. "Turbo Lightning Sword!"
"Mystic Force Phoenix Strike!"
Finally, Gia attacked the pair in the form of the Samurai Red Ranger. "Samurai Katana Power!" As the two villains staggered around from this, Gia led everyoen in pulling out a different set of Red Ranger Keys. "Nice job, guys. Now let's finish this."
Everyone subsequently shifted into different Red Ranger Modes. "Aw geez, again?", Xandred bemoaned. "And people wonder why I need headache medicine."
Noah attacked first, in the form of RPM Red. "Nitro Blaster!"
Next up was Jake as SPD Red. "Delta Blasters!"
Then Gia attacked as Galaxy Red. "Mane of Fire!"
Followed by Emma as Jungle Fury Red. "Spirit of the Tiger!"
Finally, Orion as Mighty Morphin' Red made his contribution. "Blade Blaster!"
All 5 then reverted to their normal Super Mega Modes and initiated slash attacks. "Super Mega Legendary Saber Blast!"
The combined 10 blasts formed a large energy wave that hit the two villains, fatally wounding them. "Yep. We"re doing this again.", Porcuprick commented as the two exploded.
Finally, Troy and Johnny were facing Mantack, Blaze and Roxy. Troy moved to swing his Saber into Mantack's hook. "Now I can get some payback for what you did to my best clients.", the Bounty Hunter growled.
"Like you'll get the chance.", Troy countered as the two continued their duel.
Blaze moved in to swing his sword into Johnny, who kept dodging his shots. "I hear that Whale Morpher was birthed from the Morphin' Grid itself.", he commented. "It must be powerful."
Johnny leapt out of Blaze's immediate range to end up grappling with Roxy. "A source of energy like that would give the two of us power greater than Evox.", she commented, as she and Blaze joined together in attacking Johnny. "Give it to us."
"You want this power?" Johnny then stopped Roxy with his bare hand, before elbowing Blaze back, before using the Whale Hyper Morpher to blast himself into the air, before firing shots at the two robots and landing in front of them. "Then you can have it." He then cocked the Morpher three times, before aiming it at them.
"What the?", Mantack blurted out, distracting him long enough for Troy to kick him closer to Johnny.
"Don't think that'll make a difference.", Blaze stated as he and Roxy ran towards Johnny, who pointed his new weapon forward.
"Super Primal Blow!" Johnny pulled the trigger, unleashing a burst of energy massive enough to knock his two opponents and Mantack down, before stretching up to the Moon in the sky, blowing a significant chunk of it away, before redirecting it towards his targets. "I can control it!"
The blast came down and hit the three villains, with Blaze and Roxy absorbing most of the impact. "This power… it's too much…", Roxy cried out as she and her cohort were incinerated.
Mantack on the other hand merely staggered backwards. "Heh. I actually felt that one. Congratulations."
Vrak came stumbling forward. "Mantack. The Rangers have the advantage. How are we going to press the attack?"
"With a little-used trick of mine.", Mantack answered. He then placed his Anima Arm on Vrak's forehead, summoning spectral images of his older brother Prince Vekar and their father Emperor Mavro. "I'm going to revive multiple beings in one body. Namely, yours." The two spectres then floated over to Vrak, causing him to grow giant and transform into a white and red copy of Mavro. "Rangers, I give you the fusion of three of the most powerful beings in the galaxy, Vravrokar. I'll leave you to his mercy." He then teleported out.
The 12 Rangers were left staring up at the new colossus, which seemed to lack a mind of its own. "This is bad.", Jake noted. "Those guys were hard enough to take down on their own."
"Perhaps now might be a good time to call upon that Whale Zord.", Lenny suggested to Johnny.
"Even if I knew where it was, it'll likely never get here in time.", Johnny pointed out. "We'll have to go back to basics.
"Right.", Luke nodded. "Cyber Cubezords, Roll out!"
The 13 Cubezords soon appeared. "Zords, combine!" In a few seconds, they had all become one. "Predator Megazord, ready!"
"Don't think we're sitting out of this.", Troy insisted, as he took out his Legendary Morpher and dialled the code '5501'. "Summon Sky Ship!" A large red boat appeared, flying through the air, with the main 5 Super Mega Rangers grabbing onto ropes to pull themselves up to the ship.
Orion on the other hand placed the Quantum Ranger Key into his Morpher, pressed the button for said Ranger three times, before pressing the button for his own regular form. "Summon Q-Rex Zord!" A large ship with a drill on it, the upgraded version of Time Force's Quantasaurus after 1000 years of research passed down from Bio-Lab, Hartford Industries, Grid Battleforce and Cranston Tech, emerged from a time warp, with Orion taking his seat in the cockpit.
"Zords, combine!" 4 smaller Zords emerged from the Sky Ship, one for each Ranger. Green and Blue formed the arms, Yellow and Pink became the legs, while the front of the ship opened up to reveal a head, which placed a hat on itself. "Legendary Megazord, ready!"
"Q-Rex Megazord, activate!" Orion placed the Dino Thunder White Key into his Morpher and repeated the process he had used to summon the Q-Rex. It underwent a transformation with the sides folding out into a set of legs, the drill and cockpit section becoming a pair of arms and a new head emerging from within what was now the chest. "Q-Rex Megazord, ready!"
The Wild Fury Rangers reacted to the presence of the two Megazords. "We're actually fighting alongside the actual Legendary and Q-Rex Megazords.", Johnny gushed. "I can't believe this."
"It's time we dealt with the last of the Armada once and for all.", Orion stated, as he plugged his Key into his Megazord's control mechanism, causing the Q-Rex Drill and Q-Rex Dinozord to appear next to the Q-Rex Megazord. "Q-Rex Triple Drill Strike!" The three manifestations of the same Zord then crashed their drills into Vravrokar, buffeting him.
"Nice, Orion.", Troy commented. "Now it's our turn."
The 5 Super Mega Rangers then turned their own Keys, causing the Legendary Megazord to open its chest and arms to reveal a cannon and near-limitless ammunition for it. "Ultimate Super Mega Cannon!"
As Vravrokar took this attack, the voice of Gosei spoke up, on everyone's Morphers. "Rangers. The only way we can triumph is to channel all of your Legendary Power into our Wild Fury friends for a Final Strike."
"Sounds simple enough.", Noah nodded. "Let's do it."
The two Super Megaforce Megazords opened their chests and channeled their energies into the Predator Megazord, with the Rangers inside being soaked in them. "I've never felt this type of energy before.", Marina gushed. "It's incredible."
Johnny then channelled the energy into his Primal Morpher, which he combined with the control weapon. Luke then did likewise, as everyone called out. "Legendary Predator Prey Blast!" The Predator then blasted a beam from its sword that took the form of several Ranger logos, which then crashed into the hybrid creature, destroying it. "Alright, now that's a Super Mega Win."
"You guys are top of the food chain.", Troy radioed them.
Back on his ship, Mantack came barging in. "Where are Master Vrak and the others?", Metal Alice asked.
"They're gone.", Mantack answered her. "The Rangers destroyed them all."
"Then I will do anything to help you make them suffer.", Metal Alice assured him.
"I think we don't have much of a choice in that regard.", Wrench informed her. "But at least you're onboard."
Mantack however, wasn't listening. He instead sat down in his pilot's chair, musing on the situation. "It seems I've underestimated the strength of the Whale Zord. Giving a mere human the power to challenge me, Mantack." And for the first time in his long career as a Bounty Hunter, Mantack decided he was going to ignore the job he was given, and focus purely on revenge. "I think I'll take it for myself."
Back down on Earth, the Super Mega Rangers were preparing to leave. "Are you sure you have to go?", Tora asked.
"I'm sorry, but we all have our own lives to get back to.", Emma answered. "And besides, you're all pretty good. There's nothing left we can teach you."
"And you're sure we can keep the transportal remote?", Luke asked.
"Sure.", Gia nodded. "We have a few of them back at base, like I said."
"Besides, you never know when we might need to call on you guys for help.", Orion pointed out.
Troy went over to Johnny, putting his hand on the junior Ranger's shoulder. "It's up to you to protect the world from Archris and Mantack. And to recover the Whale Zord before they can get their hands on it."
"I think we can handle them.", Johnny assured him, as his thoughts turned to what the Primal Force had explained to them. "I'm more worried about that avatar of the Anti-Grid that we were warned about. Who knows when they'll show up?"
"Whenever that is, I'm sure we can handle it.", Marina assured him. "With or without the help of Legendary Rangers."
"My thoughts exactly.", Troy nodded, as the 6 Rangers grabbed hold of ropes, being being hoisted onto the Sky Ship as they took off.
"So those were Earth's Legendary Rangers, huh?", Lenny commented. "All those different modes they used made them look pretty diverse."
"Well, unless you ignore that they've had dinosaurs and ninjas a few times.", Trunks pointed out. "And we're only the 4th or 5th animal team."
"But there's none quite so like us.", Johnny pointed out. "In all the universe, there's only one set of Wild Fury Rangers fighting the Space Hunters. And that's us."
